Author name: Jennifer Hirsch

The use, or the point of both doing readings to help others and of having your own hands read, is that the dialogue therapy that

Shamans call it ‘pulling in your fibers’. Buddhists talk of ‘hungry ghosts’. Judaism speaks of fragmentation of soul. Our weakened fibers, the disenfranchised, fragmented bits

Chirology is a powerful dialogue therapy. My job as palm reader is to try to help people, via my interpretation of the forms and markings

Amidst my large collection of palm prints are approximately 20% sets of hands with ‘too many lines’. People ask ‘why do I have so many

Many intuitives (Highly Sensitive People) grapple with a lifelong quest to grow their inner earth element, that of self worth, of feeling substantial, of feeling

Most hands have three easily noticeable lines, the earth (life), which runs around the ball of the thumb and two transverse lines, the water (heart)

Our hands are infinitely multi-dimensional and any number of hand characteristics offer meanings for dialogue. Today we begin our conversation with noticing any scars, warts,

Sooner or later in our human experience, we find ourselves on holy ground, exploring the terrain between the question “who am I?” and its exquisite

“Hollow palms signal karmic debt.” This is what my first palmistry teacher taught me. That the look and feel of the middle of the palms,

The textures of our palmar skin reveal how we receive in the world, and what sort of impression the world makes upon us. Our skin

When I first studied hand reading I was instructed by my UK tutors to initially ignore the lines in the hands. I was taught instead

At some time in our lives most of us have worn an amulet. Be it religious stars or crosses, hearts or horseshoes, lettering or symbolic

This case ‘vignette’ is a true story about a mistake I made many years ago when I first began offering chirology consultations professionally. A man

The hand you use to sign your name with is your active hand – even if you are ambidextrous and predominantly use your opposite hand.

A creative technique to help you to rapidly learn to accurately ‘read’ the prints is called ‘creating a hand chart’. A hand chart is your

“..… why the examination of the hand rather than an imprint is of little or no use to the expert. It is not possible to

Here are some brilliantly accurate gems from my first palmistry lessons. I found an advert in the ‘Personal’ column of the ‘Star’ newspaper which read

In the movie Avatar, a powerful connection was activated when the Avatar people plugged their pony-tails into the creatures they wanted to ride. Once they

Many years ago I was privileged to shake hands with Nelson Mandela. His hands not only exude warmth and comfort by touch, but they also

Arches have no triradius and are composed of ridges that flow gently from one side of the fingertip to the other. Earth governed arches evoke

Whorl patterns are formed from concentric or spiraling skin ridges. Two triradii support whorls, one on either side. Whether in bull’s eye or spiral form,

 Composite glyphs are composed of combinations of two main glyphs. In all of humanity, there exist only two composite glyph patterns, double loops, and peacock’s

Loop patterns flow inwards and re-curve to flow outwards on the same side as the in-flow. The water element, with her principles of receptivity, sensitivity