Palmistry library
Short guides to each part of the hand. Start with the main lines, then the five hand types.
Palm lines
The life, heart, head, fate and marriage lines.
Hand types
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water hands, the five types of Chinese palmistry.
Hand mounts
The raised pads of the palm: Venus, Jupiter, Moon, Mars and the rest.
Finger reading
How the thumb is set, finger length, joints and the sections of each finger.
Special marks
M signs, crosses, stars, islands and triangles, and how much weight to give them.
The main lines
The Life Line in Chinese Palmistry
The arc that wraps your thumb is the line Chinese masters read first. It is not a clock counting down your years. It is a record of vitality, of how strongly your body and your will are bound together.
The Heart Line in Chinese Palmistry
The upper line beneath the fingers records how feeling becomes action. Chinese readers watch where it begins, how cleanly it travels, and whether it bends toward the index finger or retreats toward the outer palm.
The Wisdom Line in Chinese Palmistry
Known in Western palmistry as the Head Line, this middle line is where Chinese readers watch judgment, learning style, and the private weather of the mind.
The Fate Line in Chinese Palmistry
The vertical line rising toward the middle finger is not present on every hand. When it is clear, Chinese readers treat it as the spine of vocation, duty, and timing.
The Marriage Line in Chinese Palmistry
The small lines on the outer edge beneath the little finger are easy to overread. Chinese readers treat them as relationship contracts, not a count of marriages.
The five hand types
Wood hand
Long palm, long fingers. You think in branches. Decisions take a season.
Fire hand
Long palm, short fingers. You burn fast. The trick is choosing what's worth lighting.
Earth hand
Square palm, short fingers. You stay. People build their houses on what you say.
Metal hand
Square palm, long fingers. You cut clean. Friends call when their thinking is muddy.
Water hand
Oval palm, long fingers. You feel it before you can name it. Trust that.