A closer look
Chiromancy, or palm reading, originated in ancient India and spread across Eurasia, operating on the premise that the creases on your hand map out your personality and your entire future. Medical science has long established that palm lines are simply palmar flexion creases that develop in the womb to help the skin stretch and squeeze when you clench your fist. Palm readers will look at a completely functional fold of skin designed to help you hold a sandwich and dramatically inform you that it means you will have three marriages and a short lifespan. It is truly a remarkable grift to charge people money to interpret the natural wrinkles they acquired as a twelve-week-old fetus
