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What might a curve in your palm mean to someone who reads the hand as a map of character?
In Indian Palmistry, Mrs. J. B. Dale introduces a way of reading character and fortune through the human hand. Her practical handbook starts with the whole hand before turning to individual lines. Shape, fingers and thumb become signs to interpret, each with a place in the palmist’s method.
The book draws on the idea of an old Indian tradition of bodily signs, viewed through Western palmistry. It also offers a glimpse of an early twentieth-century parlour interest. You explore what palmists say the hand reveals, from the life line’s link with vitality to the thumb’s association with will and reason.
What you’ll discover
- The whole hand first Begin with the hand’s overall shape before looking closely at the lines within it.
- A map of lines Trace the life line around the thumb and explore its traditional connection with vitality.
- The thumb and character Discover why palmists treat the thumb as a sign of will and reason.
- Fingers worth a closer look See how fingers join the lines and thumb in this system of interpreting character.
- Tradition through Western eyes Explore how a Western handbook presents palmistry as drawing on an Indian tradition.
Who will love it
This book suits readers who love old systems of signs, who are curious about astrology and the lore of the East, and who enjoy studying a hand line by line.
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- The hand becomes a readable map
- Palmistry belongs beside astrology
- Choose the hand before interpreting signs
- Planetary gifts depend on their measure
- The main lines organize the reading
- Small marks depend on exact placement
- Indian symbols turn palms into pictures
- The reading extends beyond the hand
- A vocabulary bounded by a warning
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Indian Palmistry
Fifty-six numbered signs on the palm promise fortune, journeys and danger to those who read a hand.
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“He puts a mark in the hand of every man, so that everyone may know his own work.”
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Picture a stranger who takes your right hand, turns it toward the light and begins to read it. He studies the pads beneath your fingers, the curve around your thumb and the tiny circles drawn by the pores of your skin.
Indian Palmistry at a glance
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- Challenging long sentences, a rich vocabulary
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Palmistry is rooted in ancient claims and astrology
The author opens with a claim about age. She describes cheiromancy as the art of foretelling a person's life from the shape and markings of the hand. She notes that a recent Act of Parliament calls it palmistry and forbids practising it for gain. Her aim is to give this old art firm ground again.
To show its age she turns to India. Sages who saw the infant Buddha read a wheel mark and foretold his rise. She gives about 550 BC as the likely date for Buddha, so the art must be older still among the Indians. She also cites the Book of Job, where a sign on each hand lets a man recognize his own work.
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Dale, J. B., Mrs. Indian Palmistry. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/indian-palmistry.
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What is Indian Palmistry about?
It teaches the art of reading the hand. It covers the mounts under the fingers, the main lines, fifty-six numbered signs, Indian symbols such as the fish and the lotus, and a short checklist for judging any palm.
Who wrote Indian Palmistry and where do its ideas come from?
Mrs. J. B. Dale wrote it. She draws on the Latin work of Dr. J. Rothman, translated by George Wharton in 1652, and adds material from the East, with the terms palmists use explained.
Which hand should you read in palmistry?
The general rule in the East is to read a man's right palm and a woman's left. The right hand of a man shows events about to happen, and the left shows events past.
The author
Mrs. J. B. Dale
1853–1921 · Writer on palmistry
Mrs. J. B. Dale died in 1921. Little is set down about her life in this book. It shows her as a compiler and arranger, one who gathered the teaching of Dr. J. Rothman and George Wharton and joined it with lore from the East, in the long tradition of palmistry joined to astrology.
“He puts a mark in the hand of every man, so that everyone may know his own work.”
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