Reading the hand

In chiromancy the lines are read together with the mounts, the fingers and the overall shape of the hand, the depth, length, breaks and branches of each line carrying meaning. The atlas describes the lines and their traditional interpretations, presenting palmistry as a divinatory tradition rather than endorsing its claims.

The atlas gives each line its position, the sphere it governs, and the meanings of its features. The mounts of the palm, read alongside the lines, are treated in their own category, within The Body & Its Centres.