Real Palmistry

Your Life is in Your Hands

Non-Fiction - Self Help
143 Pages
Reviewed on 09/05/2014
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Reviewed by Suzanne Cowles for Readers' Favorite

Real Palmistry: Your Life is in Your Hands by Mark Seltman is a fascinating how-to book about the 5,500-year-old science of reading palms. This easy-to-follow guide gives insight into revealing character through hands and how the topographical map of lines and bumps shows the past, present and future. Use the knowledge gained to create your own life path, become aware of behaviors, control life and reach your ultimate destiny. Seltman explores the four archetypes (Intuitive, Practical, Thinking and Feeling) by examining the size, shape, proportions, skin texture and tone, finger length, quality of lines, thumb flexibility, fingerprints, nail health and ridge patterns. Based on the Beham System of Western Palmistry, Seltman discusses character, values, will power, logic, creativity, purpose, astrology and keywords. With the archetypes, he combines three modalities (Initiators, Builders, Adapters) to create twelve personality types.

I learned that no two people are alike, that there is an art to learning this ancient trade, the client’s details must be examined in the context of the whole being, and that the dominant astrological sign plays a huge part in the outcome. Without knowing anything about palmistry, I quickly defined my own character and found it to be accurate. Although this handy book is for beginners, there is a suggested reading list for more advanced study. Real Palmistry: Your Life is in Your Hands by Mark Seltman gave me a simple synopsis of this unique craft and a way to predict nature’s patterns, timing and life cycles for a better understanding of who I am.