Palmistry
Reading character and events from the lines, mounts and shape of the hand; chiromancy, one of the seven forbidden arts of Renaissance magic and still widely practised.
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Nature and meaning
- Category
- Somatic
Details
- Summary
Reading character and events from the lines, mounts and shape of the hand; chiromancy, one of the seven forbidden arts of Renaissance magic and still widely practised.
- Method
- Read the hand as a whole before the lines; the dominant hand is the lived life.
- Best for
- ChiromancyLinesMountsHand shapes
- Keywords
- ChiromancyLinesMountsHand shapes
- Origin
- Classical antiquity
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