palmistry
Fortune from fingers
Palmistry is the practice of reading a person's character or predicting their future by examining the lines and features of their palm.
Also called palm reading or chiromancy, it has ancient roots across many cultures but no scientific validity: She visited a palmist at the county fair.
The adjective is palmistic.
Essential connection to safety
- headlineNews article title
- moneylineWager on outright victor
- mountsClimbs onto or riding horses
- percussionSound through impact
Divination from palm lines
- fortune-tellingClaiming to predict futures
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
oracle · seer · clairvoyance · premonition · foretelling · fate · destiny · psychic
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
witchcraft · sorcery · occultism · esoteric · enchantment · ritual · amulet · talisman
Grasping body part
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- thumbShort opposable digit
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- middleCentral point or position
ring · pinky · knuckles · joints · whorls · loops · arches · ridges
Interpreting written text
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
lifeline
Essential connection to safety
chiromancy
Divination from palm lines
- fortune-tellingClaiming to predict futures
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
prophecy · oracle · seer · clairvoyance · premonition · foretelling · fate · destiny · psychic · medium
tarot
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
spiritualism · witchcraft · sorcery · occultism · esoteric · enchantment · ritual · amulet · talisman · hex
hand
Grasping body part
middle · ring · pinky · knuckles · joints · whorls · loops · arches · ridges · creases
reading
Interpreting written text
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- nonsciencespseudoscience, astrology, numerology, phrenology, graphology
- divinationdivination, fortune telling, fortune-telling, fortune teller, tarot
- Occult PracticesOuija board, seance, tarot, tarot cards, crystal ball
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, graphology
- body lorephrenology, physiognomy, face reading, reflexology, lifeline
palmistryscientific method
Structured process for investigation
proof · psychometrics · statistical analysis · neuroscience · clinical psychology
palmistryastrology
Divination by celestial positions
tarot reading · numerology · tea leaf reading · I Ching · augury
palmistryevidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research
scientific method · proof · hard science · statistics · data analysis