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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.
In humans, a single transverse palmar crease is a single crease that extends across the palm of the hand, formed by the fusion of the two palmar creases.Although it is found more frequently in persons with several abnormal medical conditions, it is not predictive of any of these conditions since it is also found in persons with no abnormal medical conditions.
Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] He read palms and told the fortunes of famous celebrities like Mark Twain, W. T. Stead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Ewart Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain.
In beliefs like palmistry, these two lines are called the head line and the heart line. When these two lines meet to form a single line, it is called the single transverse palmar crease, formerly known as the "simian line" (a term which fell out of favor because of the pejorative connotation).
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Mir Bashir (Urdu میر بشیر) was a famous Kashmiri palmist born in 1907 in British India. [1] Mir Bashir moved to England in 1948 and was the leading palmist of London at that time. [2]
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