How to Read Your Palm — Palmistry Guide
A reference guide to the major palm lines — Life, Heart, Head, and Fate — and the seven traditional planetary mounts of classical palmistry, explained in plain language for reading your own palm without prior familiarity with the practice.
Traditional palmistry reads the length, depth, and breaks in each major line, plus which of the seven planetary mounts (fleshy pads at the base of each finger and across the palm) is most developed, as indicators of temperament and life themes — this guide explains what each actually signifies in plain language.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a short life line mean a short life?
No — that's a popular myth. The life line is read for vitality, physical health, and major life changes, and its depth and clarity traditionally matter more than its length.
Why doesn't everyone have a Fate Line?
The Fate Line is a vertical line up the center of the palm that simply isn't present on every hand. Traditionally its absence is read as a life path driven more by personal choice than by fixed circumstance.
What do the mounts on my palm mean?
The fleshy pads at the base of each finger and around the palm's edges, each traditionally tied to one of the seven classical planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo/Sun, Mercury, Venus, Luna/Moon, and Mars.
Is uploading a palm photo to this site private?
Yes — hand-landmark detection and line-segmentation all run locally in your browser via WASM. No photo or derived measurement is ever sent to a server.
What's the difference between an Earth, Air, Water, and Fire hand?
Traditional palmistry types the whole hand by proportion before reading its lines: Earth hands are broad and square, Air hands square with long fingers, Water hands long and oval, Fire hands square with shorter fingers.