chiromancer

Reader of palms

A chiromancer is a person who practices chiromancy—palm reading.

The chiromancer examines the lines, mounts, and shapes of a person's hand to divine character traits or predict the future.

The term is more formal than palm reader or fortune teller, carrying a whiff of the occult or scholarly pretension.

divination

palmist

One who reads hands

fortune-tellerPredictor of personal fate
seerOne who envisions futures
oracleAuthoritative wisdom source

soothsayer · clairvoyant · prognosticator · augur · crystal-gazer · diviner · psychic · medium · sibyl · prophet

client

reading

Interpreting written text

consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
querentOne who seeks guidance
predictionForecast of coming events

guidance · destiny · fate · future · silver · fee · parlor · booth · carnival · fairground

occult

tarot

Divination card set

seanceRitual to contact spirits
ritualCeremonial set of actions
esotericAccessible to few

arcane · mysticism · occultism · spiritualism · alchemy · witchcraft · coven · amulet · talisman · incantation

hands

palm

Hand's flat interior

fingersAppendages of the hand
thumbShort opposable digit
knucklesFinger-to-hand joints

wrist · lines · creases · mounts · flexibility · phalanges · thenar

palmistry

palm

Hand's flat interior

life-lineSafety cord for emergencies
mountsClimbs onto or riding horses
fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals

whorls · arches · loops

Opposites

method of divination

chiromancerastrologer

Zodiac interpreter

tarot reader · crystal gazer · numerologist · tea leaf reader · necromancer

epistemological approach

chiromancerscientist

One who studies nature

empiricist · psychologist · dermatologist · skeptic · rationalist

Family

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