PALMISTRY

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Introduction

The art of Palmistry can be traced back as far as the Stone Ages. Pictures of human hands are frequently found in cave drawings, indicating their special interest in this part of the body. These paintings can be seen in the Lascaux Caves in France, the remarkable Santander caves in Spain and in several caves in Africa.The ancient Vedic scriptures contained an abundance of information on palmistry. K.C. Sen, an eminent Indian palmist, says the earliest writings on palmistry were ancient Sanskrit. These verses have been preserved and are still guarded from the public eye. Cheiro, the famous palmist, claimed to have seen one of these manuscripts in the early 1900’s..The hand comprising of many "lines" and "mounts" distinguished individual to individual in terms of size, quality and intersections, further on an expert palmist examines characteristics of the fingers, fingernails, fingerprints and palm skin patterns (dermatoglyphics), skin texture and color, shape of the palm, and flexibility of the hand, etc.

The major Mounts are: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun, Mercury, Mars and the Moon. They are especially valuable in determining the type to which a subject belongs.

Significant lines palmists focus on - Life Line,Head line, Heart Line, Fate Line and Apollo Line / Line Of the Sun.