What your palms say about you, according to a palm reader

You might regularly check your horoscope for the day, week or month. Maybe you’ve even visited a tarot reader or have a friend who owns a deck of cards – but have you ever considered having your palms read?

“When people think about palm readings, their mind goes to a mysterious travelling woman, telling fortunes and offering dramatic conclusions, and I understand why,” says palm reader Asha Swati Mitra. “We palm readers are fairly rare to come across.” However, it appears palm reading is a misunderstood practice: it’s less about predicting the future than it is about revealing things about ourselves.

“All good, modern palmists focus more on what makes us who we are and how to use that information to better ourselves, rather than prophesying things that may or may not come true, depending on how much you change between receiving the prediction and the deadline,” says Mitra.

The best part is that we can all have a go at reading our own palms on a basic level. Here, Mitra explains the indicators to look for on your hands to reveal information about your stress levels, love life and happiness.

First, you’ll need to be able to identify your life, heart and head lines:

• Life line: runs from between your thumb and pointer finger downwards towards your wrist
• Heart line: runs from between your pointer and middle finger down and across the palm
• Head line: just below the heart line running in a similar direction

“Anxiety, frustration and challenging times can be seen in a couple of different ways on the major life, head and heart lines,” says Mitra. “Redness of the line, not to be confused with redness on the hand in general, shows we are under pressure, often the self-imposed type, while ‘islands’ on the line, which look like the line splits into a bubble and then rejoins into a direct line, show we’re distracted or feeling stuck. A calm, happy palm is one with fairly smooth major lines, good bounce to the muscles on the palms and colour to the skin.”

“Comparing the heart lines on both your hands can show what your internal needs are (on the subordinate hand) and how others perceive your needs (on the dominant hand – often your writing hand),” says Mitra. “When these lines are different in quality and/or starting place, there might be miscommunication in your relationship in terms of what you really want and what you’re asking for. It’s preferable to see heart lines that are similar to each other on an individual’s hands.”

“A lot of happiness comes from confident decision making,” says Mitra. “Even if things don’t go exactly to plan, you can feel content in the fact that you made the choice that felt right at the time, and hopefully you learned or gained something from it. Depending on whether you have a long or square palm will change the approach you should take. For some people, it will be very obvious that your palm is long. It will look narrow, maybe even stretched out. However, I’ve been fooled many times thinking a palm is square and it turns out to be long. To get it right, measure from under the ring finger to the base of the palm, and across the widest part before the thumb.

“If it is longer than it is wide, you should follow your gut, but only if following your gut has led you to the right decisions before. We often confuse fear or ignorance for gut instincts or intuition. If your palm is about the same height and width (within 0.5cm), then you do better with your intellect. You need all the information and understanding to strategise the best solution. However, beware that you could fall into an information bias – if you’re looking for reasons to do or not do something, you’ll find them.”

Get in touch with Asha to unlock the simple, personalised steps that can guide you towards your version of success. Book a Guiding Hand Reading!

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