Q&A for How to Read Palms

Palmists believe that the vertical lines under your little finger can give you indications about the number and gender of your future children. The lines may also branch off of a love line. Try to count the lines to get an idea of how many children you’ll have (although these lines can be faint and difficult to count). Broader and deeper lines are thought to indicate boys, while fainter lines are thought to indicate girls. Palmists also claim that broken or diverted lines could indicate that the child will have a health issue.

Look at the “marriage lines” or “love lines,” which are small horizontal indentations on the outer side of your hand, under your little finger. You may have an easier time seeing them if you curl your hand into a fist. Each line or groove is thought to represent a different marriage, and deeper and longer grooves represent stronger or longer-lasting relationships. However, some palmists believe that these lines don’t distinguish between marriages and other types of romantic relationships.

It means you will shape your own future. Your fate is not predetermined.

Yes, of course the lines in your hand change with time. For example, the length of life line of your hand indicates how healthy you are, and your health can definitely change over time depending on your age, level of activity, etc.

The term means that whenever a situation occurs which involves you and someone you love, you will always put yourself ahead of the other person. You want to receive a lot of love, but you don't necessarily want to give love.

It means that many of the things that happen in your life are out of your control. Bigger forces than your own will are at work.

Having inconsistent thoughts means applying different principles or values at different times, resulting in ideas or conclusions that are not congruent with your values, or thoughts that are not congruent with each other. They contradict each other.

Most people can match most of the lines described here, but it's common to be missing one, or to have a network of lines that doesn't match perfectly. There are many different interpretations for what this means. Don't fall into the trap of trying to convince yourself that your palm matches what the palm reader says, if it's clearly different than this diagram.

There is no scientific evidence for palmistry. It has its roots in many traditions found across Asia and the Middle East, as well as later resurgences in Europe.

Find your child line. Make a fist with your right hand. Look on the outer side of your hand, near the pinky. The number of lines you have will be the number of children you produce (the line connecting the finger to the hand does not count as a child line). Of course, personal choice, birth control and success or failure to hitch up with someone will also have more concrete reasons to do with how many children you end up having.

Breaks usually mean changes of direction - you may be prone to many changes in life from external forces.

It means your future isn't that clear, so it might darken over time. If it doesn't, you can choose your path.

No. There is nothing on our palm that tells us when we are going to die or how.

I don't think it's possible to find that out with just palm readings. You can find out how many marriages/relationships you will have, but not any specific names.

If the heart line starts under the Saturn mount, it indicates love for outer appearance.

It depends on where they are located. More crosses on the heart line means more negative connotations with emotion. More crosses on the head line signify more tough decisions. More crosses on the life line would mean more stops or halts on your life's journey.

They can control their own fates, everything they do is their choice and not other forces.

If it goes all the way across your palm, it means you are a person who thinks what they feel and feels what they think. (Your emotions and thoughts flow in unison.)

Clean & clear heart lines indicate that the people who have it, will be very cool, calm & have a nice manner.

In some traditions, this is the small horizontal line (or lines) between your pinkie finger and your heart line. A longer line is said to indicate more selective tastes in marriage, and higher demands on your spouse.

You may have had emotional problems with your mom, dad, siblings, or spouse.

Marriage is a legal concept, not a palmistry one. The "marriage" line is considered to show the capability for close emotional connections in other schools of training.

First, you have to find your marriage line. The marriage line is the line going from your pinkie to your heart line. If you don't have a heart line, it means your marriage is almost unpredictable, and you should try some other way of predicting. It could also mean you might never get married. If it is short and does not connect with the heart line, it means that you might not find the marriage such a good idea as you thought at the time, and if it's long but broken, you will stay together, but not happily. If your marriage line is long and goes through the heart line, it means your marriage will be a happy one, and if it hits your fate line, it is even better.

Xs generally indicate obstruction of some kind.

No. This often happens. Whatever lines are on your palm are perfectly normal. They are like fingerprints -- none are the same, and though yours may look it, there might only be the slightest of differences.

Two or more parallel heart lines usually means more than one life partner or other deep non-familial relationship in your life.

According to some sources, the average adult male hand is 7.4 inches (19 cm) from wrist to fingertip, and 3.3 inches (8 cm) across the palm. For women, these respective numbers are 6.8 inches (17 cm) and 2.9 inches (17 cm). Make rough adjustments if you're taller or shorter than the average person of your sex.

That is hard to answer since we do not know who you are or your line of work? Yes if you are a geriatrics nurse, no if you are a typist.

It means that you have a very good fortune. You're very lucky, and progressive in your physical and mental activities.

That means your brain is often confused with feelings and vice versa. Of you have a short heart line, you often confuse your emotions with knowledge. If you have a short head line and long heart line, you often confuse your knowledge with emotions.