Palmistry is a science – based on the study of your hands – that can help you know yourself better. Palmistry-based counseling can be used for self-discovery, relationships, career options, recovery from depression, opportunities for children, etc. One of the greatest benefits of palmistry is that handprints taken at different times provide you with "Before" and "After" snapshots of your personality. This can be a great tool to chart progress in mental healing or attitude/habit reforming.

The hand changes throughout your life. The lives that you see in your palm now are not quiet the same as they were there a year ago, and probably very different from the five years ago. Although your hand gives an outline of your life, it is only a tentative outline. You yourself will have the final decision in the course your life will take. Whether you want the position or not, you are the captain of your soul.

Palmistry is an ancient practice. Hands have been of recorded interest to humanity as far back as 12,000-15,000 years ago. The prehistoric caves in Santander, Spain display hand drawings of palms with the major lines portrayed in amazing detail.

The modern theory is that the lines of the hand represent graphic shorthand of the circuits of the brain. The nerve group that controls the hands is exactly in the centre of the brain, and all the electrical energies of our thinking pass through it. Palmists feel that the lines on the hand are formed in some relation to thought patterns, nerve linkages, or even chromosomal structures.