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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.
palmistry/palm reading → see somatomancy (Latin palma, ' palm ') papyromancy : by folding paper, especially paper money (Greek papūros , ' papyrus paper ' + manteía , ' prophecy ' ) pedomancy → see somatomancy (from podomancy , influenced by Latin pēs [ pēd- ], ' foot ' )
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]
Onychomancy: fingernails analysis. Onychomancy or onymancy (from Greek onychos, 'fingernail', and manteia, 'fortune-telling') is an ancient form of divination using fingernails as a "crystal ball" or "scrying mirror" and is considered a subdivision of palmistry (also called chiromancy).
It is related to astrology and palmistry (Hast-samudrika), as well as phrenology (kapal-samudrik) and face reading (physiognomy, mukh-samudrik). [1] [2] It is also one of the themes incorporated into the ancient Hindu text, the Garuda Purana. [3] The tradition assumes that every natural or acquired bodily mark encodes its owner's psychology and ...
Lal Kitab (Hindi: लाल किताब, Urdu: لال کتاب, literally Red Book) is a set of five books on Vedic astrology and palmistry, written in Hindi and later, in the Urdu script too. [1] Poetic verses with philosophy and hidden nuances form the core farmanns or upaya (remedy recommended) of the book.
Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham's kids are home for Thanksgiving!. Durham, 46, shared a rare photo of herself, her actor husband, 53, and their four children — Ella, 21, Michael, 18, Brendan, 16 ...
This short was hand-colorized for a 1972 re-release. Colorized prints (mainly television prints) by Fred Ladd's Color Systems are missing several scenes, including three risqué "pre-Code" clips.