chiromancy
Divination by hands
Chiromancy is the practice of reading palms to predict someone's future or assess their character.
The lines, mounts, and shapes of the hand supposedly reveal personality traits, life events, and destiny.
The term is more formal than palm reading but refers to the same thing: The fortune teller offered chiromancy alongside tarot readings.
Claiming to predict futures
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
seer · clairvoyance · augury · foretelling · presage · premonition · foresight · omen
Essential connection to safety
Interpreting written text
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- palmistOne who reads hands
interpretation · analysis · client · prediction · destiny · fate · future
Pursuit of divine union
- esotericAccessible to few
- tarotDivination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
runes · seance · ritual · alchemy · kabbalah · hermetic · arcane · metaphysical
Hand's flat interior
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- thumbShort opposable digit
- knucklesFinger-to-hand joints
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
fortune-telling
Claiming to predict futures
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
oracle · seer · clairvoyance · augury · foretelling · presage · premonition · foresight · omen · portent
lifeline
Essential connection to safety
reading
Interpreting written text
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- practitionerOne who works regularly
palmist · interpretation · analysis · client · prediction · destiny · fate · future
mysticism
Pursuit of divine union
numerology · runes · seance · ritual · alchemy · kabbalah · hermetic · arcane · metaphysical · spiritualism
palm
Hand's flat interior
thenar
Thumb-side palm muscles
chiromancyempiricism
Knowledge through observation
scientific method · evidence-based reasoning · psychology · behavioral science · data analysis
chiromancyastrology
Divination by celestial positions
numerology · augury · geomancy · necromancy · scrying