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WHAT IS
PALMISTRY? Palmistry is a very ancient science which has been effectively used in India for more than 4,000 years. It is based on the holistic principle that our whole life is reflected in every part of our body. For instance, iridology studies the eyes, reflexology focuses on the feet, auriculotherapy is based on a representation of the body on the ear, and palmistry analyzes the hands. Too often used as a fortune-telling tool, palmistry is actually much more useful as a self-improvement system. Your hands show who you really are, like a roadmap. A good palmist will be able to tell you what your strengths and weaknesses are and point you to the right direction in order to find happiness. CAN PALMISTRY HELP ME EVALUATE A RELATIONSHIP? It has been done for millenniums in India. In prearranged marriages, children were matched to their life partner quite early, based on their astrological data and their hands. As long as the family's greed and social position didn't interfere with this decision, the two partners were united according to their compatibility. Their marriage was not based on love at first sight like many are nowadays, but on the opportunity to develop a happy, long-lasting relationship. They gradually learned to love each other and their love increased with the years since they were compatible in the first place. Today, prearranged marriages are not very well regarded. We choose who we please, fall in love and... sometimes end up with a divorce. Why not combine the old palmistry science with the freedom we have now, in order to avoid making mistakes or at least to know what we are getting into? HOW RELIABLE IS PALMISTRY? The science itself is very reliable. The interpretation may vary. An in-depth study of your hand by an expert palmist can give you a wealth of information about you and your potential. How reliable is it? So reliable that for several years, I didn't go out with a man without first looking at his hands! And even though, most of the time, I would have liked to be wrong in my analysis - when my Prince Charming's hands were telling me he was not Prince Charming -, I was unfortunately right, and the relationship didn't last! I slowly learned to recognize what type of hands and men I tended to attract and I decided to attract what I really wanted. When I finally met someone compatible, I knew it from the start. Even though I was still scared (because of my previous failures), I was aware that the positive aspects of the relationship would give us the strength to work on the negative ones. And this is exactly what happened! WHICH HAND SHOULD I LOOK AT? A good palmist will look at both hands. If you are right-handed, your left hand is your inactive hand and it represents what you were born with, what you really are deep inside (your old habits). Your right hand, or active hand, shows your resolutions and how you are leading your life presently. If you are left-handed, your left hand is your active hand and your right one your inactive hand. Consequently, it is advisable to look at both hands. However, you have more direct influence on your active hand since it changes according to your resolutions. Yes, your hands do change depending on what is happening within you and how determined you are. Therefore, you can always evolve - and hopefully improve - and your hands will reflect the changes. Usually, you can focus on your active hand and check your inactive hand for any major difference. A difference would explain an inclination to behave two different ways, based either on old habits (inactive hand) or resolutions (active hand). LET'S SAY MY PARTNER AND I HAVE OUR HANDS ANALYZED AND I FIND OUT THAT WE ARE NOT COMPATIBLE? Let's take the opposite statement: what if you discover that the hands of both partners have the exact same features? You deserve to be in the Guinness Book of World Records! This is how exceptional it is. And why is it so exceptional? Because opposites attract! You may find you may have more similarities with your friends than with your partner. But chances are that you wouldn't fall in love with your friends or you wouldn't really want to have them as life partners. Therefore, the purpose of using palmistry to evaluate your relationship is not to find someone exactly like you, but to learn at an early stage what your similarities and differences are and how to relate to each other. MY LIFE LINE IS SHORT. DOES THIS MEAN I AM GOING TO DIE AT AN EARLY AGE? This "short life line" story is probably one of the most common myths of palmistry! Let me reassure you: the length of the line doesn't have anything to do with your life span! The life line (the line that starts between the thumb and the forefinger, and goes around the base of the thumb towards the wrist) shows how you are starting to use your energy. When it stops, it just means that you are using your energy differently. It could be because of a change in your activities (less physical activities), retirement, a more quiet life, etc. Even though death is not completely out of the question, it is probably not the reason for a sudden stop of the life line. |