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Palmistry is the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. [1] Also known as palm reading, chiromancy, chirology or cheirology, the practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who practice palmistry are generally called palmists, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.
Caravaggio's painting, of which two versions exist, shows a well-groomed, vain young man having his palm read by a Romani woman. The wily Romani woman is guilty of deceit, however: her seductive smile is false, and because the young man has been charmed off his feet by her beauty, he does not notice that she has meanwhile slipped the ring from his finger. [1]
The film focuses on a woman who is told by a palm reader that one of her loved ones will die. The woman then tries to convince her husband not to board the RMS Titanic, as she fears for his safety. The husband boards nonetheless, though is rescued by the RMS Carpathia after Titanic sinks. The film is said to confront the fraud of palm reading ...
Onychomancy: by a form of palmistry looking at the fingernails. Palmistry: by lines and mounds on the hand. Parrot astrology: by parakeets picking up fortune cards; Paper fortune teller: origami used in fortune-telling games. Pendulum reading: by the movements of a suspended object. Pyromancy: by gazing into fire. Rhabdomancy: divination by rods.
Romani woman performing a palm reading on a girl in Santiago Chile, 1944. Items portrayed in this file depicts. File history.
Is My Palm Read is a 1933 Pre-Code Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, ... where she puts on a skirt made of palm fronds to make a hula girl ...
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Palm reading (手相) – This analyzes the positioning of palm lines for love, personality, and other traits. It somewhat resembles Western palmistry in technique. Kau Cim (求籤) – This requires the shaking of a bamboo cylinder, which results in at least one modified incense stick leaving the cylinder.