I’ve been interested in palmistry for many years. As a teenager, I bought a book about it, and developed what I considered a very healthy love and skepticism for the art. I mean, palm reading is a very involved art, and it’s entertaining as all get out, but how could all that information about your past, present, and future REALLY be written in the palm of your hand? You have to be a real believer in destiny to buy it. A few years back, when my mom and I passed a psychic’s tent at the county fair advertising palm readings for $5, we decided to fork it over and see what the lady had to say. For entertainment value only of course. (I know, we weren’t convincing ourselves either.) Well that woman blew our minds with insight into our private lives – nothing generic, nothing she could have guessed by just looking at us. We’ve often referenced that day with a shake of the head, and a “how could she have known?” I was convinced as of that day that there was something to palm reading that I missed as a teenager reading that book!
Nine years later, I find it almost ironic that my day job involves fingerprints – all day long, I’m looking at the patterns of lines and markings on people’s hands. This is strictly for identification purposes. We sometimes get palm prints submitted, and one day I found myself looking at a set out of curiosity. I was wondering if there was any relationship between patterns and criminal behavior. Then I started thinking that all these whorls and arches and loops would have some sort of significance to a palm reader, right? So I bought some books on palm reading, and it’s SO neat and entertaining.
I have a loop, called the humor loop, on the palm below my pinky and ring finger. It denotes an active sense of humor and an optimistic attitude. My sister, who is in nursing school, has a set of lines below her pinky called medical stigmata which indicate a propensity for healing. One of my dear friends who is a tarot reader and spiritual channel has numerous markings on her hands that indicate her gifts as an intuitive. My husband has militia lines running between his thumb and forefinger, and he’s been in the military for 15 years! Still not convinced? Well, that’s fine. As with anything, you can’t prove a thing to a total skeptic, but I am blown away by how much fun I’m having looking at people’s hands lately. And who knows? This might make interesting fodder for a future book.
I had my palm read once, and she did know an awful lot about me. It was kind of creepy. She also told me that I would have three kids, and guess what. I do! Interesting stuff.
Creepy is a great word for it 🙂
Can I scan my palm and fax it to you? I'm intrigued. Must look into this…
I was thinking I might collect a bunch of prints from people I know just to look at a variety. I'm not sure if a scanner or photocopier would get enough fine detail, but it's worth a try…
Heather: You could put marker ink on your hand then press it to a sheet of paper – a scanner would probably have better luck with it there. <br /><br />I've always been intersted in plam reading and other ways of devising the future like tarot cards. I don't take anything too seriously, but it's all great fun. I can spend hours reading about the different meanings of the cards.