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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.
Ahead, experts share the 101 on palmistry, including the meaning of every hand shape, the lines you should really read, and what, exactly, palmistry can reveal about your life. Choosing Which Hand ...
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).
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.
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.
Hand rubbing. Hand rubbing is a gesture that conveys in many cultures either that one has a feeling of excited expectation, or that one is simply cold. [1] In Ekman and Friesen's 1969 classification system for gestures, hand-rubbing as an indication of coldness is an emblem intentional gesture that could equally well be verbalized.
Palm Sunday itself marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem. He entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified—yet welcomed this fate in order to rise from the grave and save His ...
Today, the palm, especially the coconut palm, is a symbol of a tropical island paradise. [39] Palms appear on the flags and seals of several places where they are native, including those of Malta, Haiti, Paraguay, Guam, Florida, Poland, Australia and South Carolina. The palm branch symbol is included in MUFI: ⸙ (2E19, 'Palm Branch' in Unicode).