To build you skills as a palmist, it is essential you practice on the people around you, your family, your friends and your work mates and pick up some of the details not present on your own hands. Asking these people to help you means you can tell them your impressions without necessarily hurting their feelings - and they get a free analysis. You wouldn't usually charge for this service at the beginning, although you may like to ask a small favour in exchange so they don't own you any karmic debt.
Using a magnifying glass and a good light source is invaluable in a lot of cases so investing in a cheap magnifier is a must if you wish to progress in palmistry beyond your own personal interest (and adds professionalism). Also remember to talk clearly, and show them how you came up with your answers to heighten a clients confidence in your abilities. Always be very careful when considering health and relationship problems. These are matters best handled with diplomacy and with as much use of the word 'possible' is is necessary. Remember, lines do change and so do events! The small lines of the hand will change every six months and the major ones take two to seven years to significantly alter readings. For this reason, you may like to read the same hand every few years to see what has changed.
The most important thing is to make sure they are relaxed and comfortable with what you are about to do. Chat for a while before you start, introduce yourself and tell them a few things about your own life. This will help them open up and help create a friendly and light atmosphere for you both to work in. Ask them what they know about palmistry and what they would hope to learn from it. Sometimes they just want to know how long they are going to live, so leave this answer until near the end of your study to keep interest up. Remember also that longevity depends on many factors and you should never tell them of approaching death even if they have a particularly short life line. You should also ask the age of the person to help estimate timescales and also find out which hand they dominantly use to write with.
Hand Analysis
Both hands should be held flat and placed close together in front of you so you can examine the differences between them. You may like to place a cushion under the hands to makes things a bit easier. If you can, the first thing you should pick up on is your sitters hand type, colour, temperature and the nails. Hand types make a considerable difference on your analysis and you can presume lots of personal traits before you look at the fingers and mounts. For example, if the sitter has an Elementary Hand you can consider the individual to be not generally intellectual and can act without showing emotion or aspirations. Don't mention any of this to the client straight away, but if these traits show up again as you study the fingers you can now confidently pose a question to confirm your findings.
Traditionally it is said that the characteristics of your life (the life-plan) you inherited at birth are shown on your left hand, along with the thoughts and feelings you have about your life. This hand showns which traits you were born with and which elements are naturally stong. For example, a stong health line here can show a robust immune system, and a strong intuition line can show redominanty inituitive character. For simplicities sake we will call this your 'born' hand, and the lines here will generally be deeper and better defined than your other hand. The right hand relates to how you followed your life path as an adult; showing your past experiences and accomplishments as well as your current personality and situations in the present and future. We could call this your 'life' or 'experience' hand, and the lines here will usually be more broken and surrounded by many smaller experience lines. As a general rule, the 'born' hand will be the left and the 'life' hand will be the right on a right handed person. If the client is left handed this rule is reversed, the 'life' hand now becomes the left and the 'born' becomes the right. For this reason it is important to establish youe clients domonant hand before you begin. In the event of an ambidextrous person, the 'life' hand will usually be on the left.
- Before you dive straight in, take the time at look at both hands together and pick out some of the major aspects you will look at in detail. If both hands seem quite different, this can indicate the person will have an active and interesting, often eventful life. If the hands are the same, then the person will make good use of the gifts given at birth, although life may seem rather humdrum and uneventful at times. By compairing both hands, you can also see which gifts have been followed though in life and which have been neglected.
- Now find out about the character.. start with the fingers and phlanges of the 'life' hand and then check the mounts before moving onto the lines. This will give you an idea of the sitter and can backup your feelings about the hand type and other characteristics. Characterising is the first step in a complete reading and your feedback will be able to prove (or disprove) that you know what you are doing. If you are unsure of a particular trait, ask them a question about it to confirm your findings. Skillful questioning will also give you more confidence as you get more and more positive responses. The thing to remember about this process is that you will uncover both the positive and negative aspects of the character. Sometimes the client may not agree with the negative points (through pride,ego or scepticism) and only agree on the good ones. Remember to point out that the poor areas may seem negative but are actually a good guide to things which can be improved and built on; helping personal growth.
- The lines are what most people think of when they look at palmistry. Begin with the three major lines, the head line, the heart line and the life line to show mental, emotional and physical aspects and ask for a date of birth so you can generally predict timings of events. It is usually best to show the good indications first before trying to tackle the possible problem areas with a little more tact and understanding. Now take the reading a stage further and look at the other major lines on the hand. Remember to use both hands as this will help point to how well the individual is coping with the life they lead and what gifts they may make use of. Take note of any extra symbols present around and on the lines you are looking at as many (such as triangles and circles) may weaken the effect of even strong indication lines. A magnifying glass will come in handy as you get down to the very small impressions and is essential if you decide to study the art of palmistry further. Try not to leave the sitter cold with wild announcements - point to the lines you are looking at and state quite clearly what YOU interpret these finding to mean. Never try to guess or give answers as fact.
- After your line study, take a little extra time to look at both hands again and round off your examination with a few items of good news to make the job as light hearted as possible (study seriously but don't show it to the client or you could make them nervous). End with a questions and answers session and encourage them to ask about their own lines so they are satisfied you arenīt just making it all up.
Try to be as open as possible throughout, especially with yourself and answer any questions as fully as you can - even if you have to look in a book. Maybe you could build up a personal profile of the person and take a photocopy of the hands so you can keep a record for later review. If you would like to know more about palmistry, check your local library for books and even colleges sometimes offer classes. Lastly a tip - always keep learning, use it or loose it!
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