Palmistry

Another important learning branch is that one can analyse the physical features of the hands to interpret personality characteristics and predict future events in one’s life. This can be done by looking at palms. This form of art is called palm reading, chiromancy, or chirology.

People who read palms are called palmists, palm readers, or hand analysts.

History:

It is believed that its roots are in Hindu astrology. In Sanskrit, we call it Jyotish. Sage Valmiki had written a book that contained 567 stanzas with a headline called The Teachings of Valmiki Maharshi on Male Palmistry. During the 16th century, the art of palmistry was suppressed by the Catholic Church.

Some of the lines of the hand in palmistry:

• Lifeline
• Headline
• Heart line
• Girdle of Venus
• Sunline
• Mercury line
• Fate line

For modern palm readers, it’s important to analyse both the left and right hands if we want to know the above-mentioned lines. Analysing both palms reveals how a person is manipulating their potential in this lifetime. The texture of the hand plays a key role in reading palms. The shape of hands and their associated elements: fire, earth, air, and water; you can get to know the mountains and plains of the hand, regions that correspond with major areas of life as well as lines, tell a story about the future.

Benefits of palmistry

1. It figures out the purpose of one’s life.
2. If one has to overcome obstacles in life, it provides an insight into their strengths and weaknesses.
3. It helps in decision-making and guides the person in relationships, finances, career, friends and family.
4. It helps people discover themselves and their creative sides.
5. It helps to find the perfect career.

Significance

If a person is in a dilemma about which path to take, palmistry plays a key role in deciding to take the right path. It also helps in decisions about higher education, marital status, and even career. It is an indicator of a characteristic feature and the traits of a person.

This also deals with events that happened in a past life. It gives a detailed analysis of events that happened in the past, and accordingly, solutions will be given. Through this jyotish, one can know their strengths and weaknesses. A SWOT Analysis can be done, and it is a traditional and ancient analysis.

Conclusion

Palmistry /Jyotish is an art that aims for people to excavate and understand themselves better. It helps in disclosing one’s concealed capacities. The contemporary art of Jyotish helps people to take the right direction and improve personal issues. They have a chance of working on their drawbacks and figuring out a way to use their strengths to their advantage. A good palm reader should give the right guidance and infuse the person who approaches him with self-confidence and should assist him until the problem is solved instead of looking at his profits.