Which hand to use

[shaunna]

I've been interested in palmistry since I was little. My grandma gave me a book on it a long time ago but I never took it very seriously. When doing a reading, which hand is the proper one to use? Also, when doing a reading, does anyone ever include the size and shape of the nails and tips of fingers?

[flexon]

hey shaunna, nice interest. I was told that left hand is for early age n right hand is for after 50 yrs old. Other school of thoughts is that right is for ladies and left is for males. What you think?

[rhan]

From what I was told, use the master hand.. Dunno how true though..

[flexon]

somehow the dorminant hand when u clasp your hands ba...that 's according to another theory

[makofate]

im also curious which hand to use.. but then does it really matter??
i feel that both hand looks quite the same though not exact replica...
maybe general life can be tell from both hands but details only show at the " right" hand?

[shaunna]

i feel that both hand looks quite the same though not exact replica...

I have to disagree here. Both my hands do not look the same upon close inspection. The life line on my left is considerably different from the right. Also the star of Saturn doesn't appear on my right hand but is present on my left. How about you?

[quills]

Hi hi,

Maybe a bit late post, July, and now is October already but hopefully this can help.

I'm not expert, but from what I know so far,
most palmist said they would use both hands to do a reading. But that would take a long time, more than a couple of hours.
But reading one hand can pretty much tell what your near future will be like. Palmist will read the hand we use the most. If you're a lefty, then ur left hand will tell u about ur presence state. However, if you're a right handed, just like most people are, they will read your right hand to tell you what will happen in the near future.

Say, if you're a right handed person, then the left hand is the passive one. The left hand reveals your past life or the influence from your family life, your surrounding in early life.
My right palm is different then my left palm.
Most of the time, the lines on the master palm (one that we use most of the time) will change.

The shapes and length of fingers or nails, type of hand, even the loops in our fingertips all determine the palm reading. Even on how you spread your palm open can pretty much tell what kind of person you are.

Just like the saying said, "We can't stop the rain from falling, but we can decide whether to get wet or not".

Quills

[shaunna]

Thank you quills. You answered several of my questions. I've only dappled in the subject so I wasn't sure .

[lcly77]

Hi shaunna

Hope I'm not too late to respond on this topic.

For Male - Left hand is younger day and Right hand is later day

For Female - Right hand is younger day and Left hand is later day

You can verify it by looking on your own hands - I believe most of us will have a more complicated lines on the hand that represents later day coz at our young age we don't have as much worry as the later day.

[rtyt78]

Lcly,

Could there also be a link whereby right handed people have deeper and more complicated lines in the right palm?

[lcly77]

Hi rtyt78

My family members are right-handed and all of us are left hand palm has more complicated lines.

[Ken]

The below is what I found from Yahoo news.  It may interest palmistry enthusiasts

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID,AP Science Writer AP - Tuesday, January 13WASHINGTON -


The length of a man's ring finger may predict his success as a financial trader. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to their index fingers, tended to be more successful in the frantic high-frequency trading in the London financial district.

 
Indeed, the impact of biology on success was about equal to years of experience at the job, the team led by physiologist John M. Coates reports in Monday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The same ring-to-index finger ratio has previously been associated with success in competitive sports such as soccer and basketball, the researchers noted.

The length ratio between those two fingers is determined during the development of the fetus and the relatively longer ring finger indicates greater exposure to the male hormone androgen, the researchers noted.

Previous studies have found that such exposure can lead to increased confidence, risk preferences, search persistence, heightened vigilance and quickened reaction times.

In a separate study last year, Coates and colleagues reported that the hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seemed able to boost short term success at finance.

They studied male financial traders in London, taking saliva samples in the morning and evening. They found that those with higher levels of testosterone in the morning were more likely to make an unusually big profit that day. Testosterone, best known as the male sex hormone, affects aggression, confidence and risk-taking.

In the new study, the researchers measured the right hands of 44 male stock traders who were engaged in a type of trade that involved rapid decision-making and quick physical reactions.

Over 20 months those with longer ring fingers compared to their index fingers made 11 times more money than those with the shortest ring fingers. Over the same time the most experienced traders made about 9 times more than the least experienced ones.

Looking only at experienced traders, the long-ring-finger folks earned 5 times more than those with short ring fingers.

While the finger ratio, showing fetal exposure to male hormones, appears to signal likely success in high-actively trading that calls for risk-taking and quick reactions, it may not indicate people who would do well at other sorts of financial activities, the researchers said.

Some traders require additional skills on dealing with clients and sales workers.

And the advantage may even reverse for some, Coates team said, such as traders taking a more analytical and long-term approach to the markets.

One study, which looked at average finger ratios in university departments found that faculty from math, science and engineering exhibited longer index finger ratio, rather than ring finger, they noted.