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A confidence artist who narrates the story you already told them with your face.
means A person who claims to interpret your character or foretell your future by examining the lines and shapes of your palm.
from A plain compound of "palm" and "reader." "Palm" comes from Latin "palma," meaning both the flat of the hand and the palm tree — the spread fingers reminded Romans of a frond. "Read" originally meant to interpret or advise (Old English "rǣdan," to counsel, related to German "raten"), long before it meant scanning a page — so a "reader" of palms is, fittingly, someone offering counsel drawn from signs. The practice itself, palmistry or chiromancy, is far older than the English word, tracing back through Greek "cheir" (hand) and "manteia" (divination).
- cold reading
- Vague guesses dressed as cosmic insight
- the lines
- Creases form from how you fold hands, not fate
- ancient gig
- Palmistry traces back over 3,000 years
- banned trade
- Some US cities still outlaw fortune-telling for money
- life line myth
- Its length predicts nothing about lifespan
madame fogel — famous palm reader in new york city during the 1920s-1940s, consulted by celebrities and society figures
peter microscopius — 16th century palmist in germany who wrote influential texts on chiromancy still referenced today