How did palm reading originate?

Palmistry or chiromancy has been around a long time. It seems to have developed in India several thousand years ago and to have spread to China and the Classical world of the West. The theory behind it -- depending on just which school is followe... read more

Palmistry is said to have originated in India and then spread throughout China finding it’s way to Egypt, Greece and then to Europe. The reading of hands is not a mere superstition. It is a science that was studied by the ancients along with astrology and has developed and been used ever since, right up until this present day. read more

Palmistry or chiromancy has been around a long time. It seems to have developed in India several thousand years ago and to have spread to China and the Classical world of the West. read more

Palmistry, or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy; from Greek kheir (χεῖρ, ός; “hand”) and manteia (μαντεία, ας; “divination”)), is the claim of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palm reading or chirology. read more