hand reading
Divining via palms
Hand reading is the practice of examining the lines, shapes, and features of a person's palm to interpret personality traits or predict their future.
Also called palmistry or palm reading.
The term can also refer to analyzing an opponent's likely cards in poker based on their betting patterns: Based on the hand reading, he figured his opponent was bluffing.
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- kinesicsStudy of gesture meaning
- mountsClimbs onto or riding horses
- chiromancyDivination from palm lines
- heart linePalm crease indicating emotion
body language · head line · palm lines · fate line · microexpressions · fortune-telling · life line · tarot · spiritualism · sixth sense · nonverbal communication · mystic · fingers · fate · divination · destiny · carnival · future
- palmistrypalm lines, chiromancy, palm reader, heart line, head line
- poker tacticsbluff, bluffing, check-raise, position play, pot odds
- game tacticsstrategy, tactics, positioning, decision making, counterplay
- gambling tacticsbasic strategy, card counting, betting strategy, betting systems, running count
hand readingscientific method
Structured process for investigation
empirical research · psychological testing · statistical analysis · clinical diagnosis · laboratory testing
hand readingastrology
Divination by celestial positions
tarot reading · tea leaf reading · horoscope reading · numerology · I Ching
hand readingfingerprint analysis
Identifying people by digit patterns
medical diagnosis · psychological evaluation · DNA testing · forensic analysis · blood work