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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.
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 ...
Streejātaka (female astrology): A special branch of astrology dealing with female nativities. Graha Samudriki (Astro-Palmistry): Palm reading as horoscope. Hasta Rekha / Samudrika Shāstra : Based on palm reading. Padatala Shāstra (Plantarology): Based on reading of lines & signs on the sole.
Died. Count Louis Hamon ("Cheiro"), 69, celebrated oldtime palmist; after long illness; in Hollywood. Author of a book on palmistry at 13, he amassed $250,000 from rich female clients, owned an English-language newspaper in Paris, The American Register. On the night he died, said his nurse, the clock outside his room struck the hour of one thrice.
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).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 August 2024. Small natural indentation in the flesh For other uses, see Dimple (disambiguation). Dimple (Gelasin) Bilateral cheek dimples (as seen on model Miranda Kerr) Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] A dimple, also called a gelasin (from Latin gelasinus, from Ancient Greek ...
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).
In 1945 she and Noel Jaquin founded an organisation for those interested in palmistry, astrology and similar studies. [3] In 1971 she became Life President of the Society for Study of Physiological Patterns. [2] She was quoted as an expert in books on the subject. [4] Hutchinson died in Kensington [2] on 30 July 1981.