page_title: Palmistry
hierarchical_section_title: Palmistry
context_page_description: Palmistry, or chiromancy, is the claim of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as chirology, or in popular culture as palm reading. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.
  There are many—often conflicting—interpretations of various lines and palmar features across various schools of palmistry. The majority of Academics are against palmistry, although it is symbolized in the Hamza symbol in Judaism, practiced by the highest Hindu caste Brahminis, and is also discussed in the Book of Job 37:7 indirectly. The contradictions between different interpretations, as well as the lack of evidence for palmistry's predictions, have caused palmistry to be viewed as a pseudoscience by academics.
context_section_description: Palmistry, or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy; from Greek kheir (χεῖρ, ός; "hand") and manteia (μαντεία, ας; "divination")), is the claim of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as chirology, or in popular culture as palm reading. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.
  There are many—often conflicting—interpretations of various lines and palmar features across various schools of palmistry. The majority of Academics are against palmistry, although it is symbolized in the Hamza symbol in Judaism, practiced by the highest Hindu caste Brahminis, and is also discussed in the Book of Job 37:7 indirectly. The contradictions between different interpretations, as well as the lack of evidence for palmistry's predictions, have caused palmistry to be viewed as a pseudoscience by academics.
caption: The Fortune Teller by Enrique Simonet (1899)
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