#chiromancy

[thesorceresstemple]

[upennmanuscripts]

Everybody look at your hands!

Diagrams of hands from:

Ms. Codex 1663: For palm reading, f. 122r ff Ms. Codex 1680: For use in chiromancy, f. 77r Ms. Codex 1690: Hand of the Philosopher, p. 193 Ms. Coll. 390 Item 778: Manual and guide for a palm reader Ms. Codex 1248: Guidonian hand, f. 122r

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Edith Niles - Palmistry - Tower - 1965

[mamaangiwine]

If you are a practitioner who believes palmistry is a "scam" or a "parlor trick", or even a lesser form of divination, I would suggest you take a moment to consider why you believe that and who in history stood to gain, and who stood to suffer, from that characterisation.

[victusinveritas]

Chiromancy Chart (Front of the Hand). Compendium Rarissimum. Art

[dancyrilkingston]

Pictorial representation of the meanings of chiromantic areas, planetary mounts, and palm lines (as interpreted in palmistry)

[danskjavlarna]

"What evil is in my hand?" 

Source details and larger version.

A lifeline: my collection of vintage palmistry imagery.

[l-vingdeadgirlz]

9 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 🔮

divination is the practice of seeking knowledge & insight into the future and the unknown by supernatural means .

𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 - also sometimes called " seeing " or  " peeping " , is the practice of looking into a suitable medium ( crystal ball , mirror , smoke , water , ect . ) in hopes of seeing messages & visions .

𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - otherwise known as palm reading or palmistry is the practice of predicting  a person's future by interpreting the lines on their palms .

𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 - involves throwing charms & interpreting how they land in relation to each other and/or reading how they land on a divination board .

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - is the practice of using a deck of cards to tell the future or gain insight to a situation . you can do this using a regular playing deck , tarot cards , oracle cards , ect .

𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 & 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 - numerology is the practice of applying spiritual significance too numbers & arthmancy is the practice of analysing those numbers .

𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - capnomancy a form of fortune telling in which you assign meaning to shapes that are formed in smoke from candles , fire , burning herbs & incense . capnomancy is performed the same way you would interept shapes in clouds .

𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - is the practice of using shapes formed in melted wax of a candle and is essentially a type of candle divination .

𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - is a form of divination using books . in order to practice bibliomancy , you must ask for guidance , open a book & read whichever page or passage that you feel most drawn too . typically , you would do bibliomancy using a religious or spiritual book .

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 - is fortune telling using seashells . placing a seashell on your ear & analysing the sound is considered conchomancy . seashells can also be used in casting .