How much does a reading cost?

14 credits per palm, charged when you submit. If a reading fails to come back, the credits for it are returned to your balance automatically — you only ever pay for a reading you actually get.

What is palmistry, exactly?

Palmistry is the tradition of reading character and inclination from the hand — documented from ancient India and China through Aristotle to Victorian parlours. Its core vocabulary is the five lines this reading covers: heart, head, life, fate and sun, plus the hand's shape, fingers and mounts (the padded areas under each finger). Whether you treat it as old wisdom or as a mirror for self-reflection, the reading here stays honest about which it is: the lines are really yours, and the meanings are the tradition's.

What does each line mean?

In the tradition's own terms: the heart line is about how you love, the head line about how you think and decide, the life line about your energy, the fate line about the direction you drift in, and the sun line about your gifts and when people notice them. Each is also read for depth, length, where it starts and stops, and whether it breaks — that detail is what palmistry has built on for centuries.

What kind of photo works best?

One open palm facing the camera, filling most of the frame. Fingers relaxed and slightly apart, soft even light from the front — a window in daylight or a room lamp. Skip the flash and avoid strong backlight, which wash the lines out. Slightly blurry is fine; the reading works from the main lines, not the fine print of your skin.

Left hand or right hand?

Whichever you like — both work. Tradition calls the non-dominant hand what you arrived with and the dominant hand what you are doing with it, so reading both and holding them against each other is half the fun. Read one now and the other later, and the comparison is yours to keep.

Is palmistry accurate?

The artwork is genuinely yours — the lines in the image are traced from your photo, and the reading describes what is actually visible on your palm. Beyond that, palmistry is a tradition for reflection and fun, not a science: treat the reading as a mirror and a conversation piece, not a forecast. It will never predict death, illness or misfortune.

What exactly do I get back?

A portrait PNG (1024×1536) in a clean, minimal style: a title, an at-a-glance summary, a small black-on-white artwork tracing your main lines, a section for each of the heart, head, life, fate and sun lines with what yours looks like and what it is said to mean, your palm's shape and features, and a short closing note.

Can I choose what language the reading comes back in?

Yes. It follows the language of the page you are on by default, and the selector above the submit button lets you pick from 40 languages before you run it. The whole reading — title, line names, the sections and the closing note — is written in the language you pick.

Is my palm photo private, and how long is it kept?

Uploads and results live in your workspace and no other user can browse them; nothing you run here is published. Results stay downloadable for 7–365 days depending on your account, after which they are deleted from storage.

What happens if a reading fails?

The credits for that palm are returned to your balance automatically and the result card says so. You can retry the same photo from the result card without uploading it again.

Can I save or share my reading?

Yes — the reading is yours, and you can download it whenever you like. Most people keep it to themselves, though: come back to it a few months later and read it against how you were feeling at the time, and it usually says more than it did the first time.

Palmistry — an old craft, read from one photo

Palmistry has read hands for three thousand years; here it starts with one photo of yours. Upload your open palm and get the heart, head, life, fate and sun lines read one by one — what each says about how you love, how you think, and where your energy goes.

Drop an image here, or select a file

JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 15 MB

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Palmistry readings — before and after

Every reading below came straight out of the tool from the photo beside it, with no touch-ups. Drag the handle to compare, then try your own palm at the top of the page.

Palm held up against a wall — Before — Palm held up against a wall
All five lines traced and named, one by one

Palm held up against a wall — After — Palm held up against a wall
All five lines traced and named, one by one

Hand resting on a desk — Before — Hand resting on a desk
The reading follows the real lines, not a script

Hand resting on a desk — After — Hand resting on a desk
The reading follows the real lines, not a script

Soft daylight from a window — Before — Soft daylight from a window
Even faint fate and sun lines picked up

Soft daylight from a window — After — Soft daylight from a window
Even faint fate and sun lines picked up

Warm lamp light in the evening — Before — Warm lamp light in the evening
A clean reading from a casual snapshot

Warm lamp light in the evening — After — Warm lamp light in the evening
A clean reading from a casual snapshot

What palmistry actually reads

Palmistry — chiromancy, if you prefer the Greek — is the old craft of reading character and inclination from the hand, and it works from five lines. The heart line curves under your fingers and describes how you love. The head line crosses the middle of your palm and describes how you think and decide. The life line arcs around your thumb and describes your energy. The fate line runs up the middle for the direction you drift in, and the sun line for your gifts and when people notice them. This tool does that reading from a photo of your open palm, and hands it back as a palmistry reading image: your lines traced as a small ink artwork, each one named, described as it appears on your hand, and explained in the tradition's own terms.

The reading is drawn from your actual hand — where your heart line ends, how far your head line slants, whether your fate line shows at all — not from a generic script that would fit anyone. By the end you tend to have a clearer sense of how you are in relationships, how you decide things, and where your energy is best spent. The tone stays warm and light: palmistry is for reflection and fun, and it will never predict death, illness or misfortune.

Palmistry carries vocabulary of its own — mounts are the padded areas under each finger, and the fate line, sun line and dominant hand all carry specific meanings here. If a term is unfamiliar, the glossary explains it in plain language.

Palmistry specifications

Palmistry specifications
Parameter	Value	Notes
Input	JPEG, PNG, WEBP · up to 15 MB	A phone photo of one open palm — lines facing the camera, fingers relaxed.
Output	PNG · 1024×1536 portrait	A portrait PNG reading: title, at-a-glance summary, your traced line artwork, the five major lines explained, palm features and a closing note.
Credits	14 credits per palm · no daily cap	Charged per palm when you submit, with no daily cap.
Result retention	7–365 days by account	Results stay downloadable for the retention window of your account, then are deleted from storage.
On failure	Credits refunded automatically	If a reading cannot be produced, the credits for it are returned to your balance automatically.

How a palmistry reading works here

Three steps from a phone photo to your own reading

Photograph your open palm

Palm facing the camera, fingers relaxed and slightly spread, filling most of the frame. Soft, even light shows the lines best — skip the flash, since a hard light flattens them out.

AI reads your lines

Drop the photo in and it traces your five major lines, then walks through each one: what it looks like on your hand, and what the tradition says it means.

Get your reading

It comes back as a palmistry reading image with a before/after slider, so you can see your own hand next to the reading. Download the PNG if you want to keep it.

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