Dictionary of Indian Palmistry Symbols: What the Signs on Your Hand Mean

By Sulabh Jain

Over thousands of years, Hindu palmists have observed special symbols located on the hands of people. They learnt that the combination of a few lines in the form of these symbols could add more depth to a palm reading than simply reading each line one at a time. In other words, the sum of a few lines on a hand could give a greater meaning than each line could all by itself. These combinations of lines were given names and entered mainstream palmistry in India through its shastras (ancient texts). This style of palmistry was mostly practiced by monks, hermits, and other holy people. Over the course of time, the people who could interpret these symbols became fewer and fewer until a large number of the symbols became lost over a period of time. This book attempts to save the remaining symbols that are still known for future generations of palmists.

This is the first book of its kind to catalogue and record the symbols of palmistry that are used in India. It is a vital reference for beginner palmists and an essential skill for the experts alike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Feb 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524522476

Sulabh Jain

Sulabh Jain was first taught palmistry as a child by his grandfather. He has been practising palmistry in a professional manner for many years in Sydney where he lives with his family. Sulabh is the host of the YouTube channel ‘Chariot Palmistry’ where he teaches many of his methods. He is also the author of The Evolution of Religion: The History and Religions of Egypt and Harrapan India. Sulabh can be contacted via www.chariotpalmistry.com.

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Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

A-Z Descriptions

Conclusion

Appendix I: Deities and Their Symbols

To Bagwan Das Jain

My grandfather and first palmistry teacher

Introduction

Palmistry reveals symbolic truths as well as spiritual truths. Understanding these truths is a skill that requires more than just the study of the lines and the shape of a person’s hand. A few thousand years ago, Indian palmists discovered that the combination of a few lines could add more depth to a palm reading than simply reading each one line at a time. In other words, the sum of a few lines on a hand could give greater meaning than each line could all by itself. These combinations of lines were given names and entered mainstream palmistry in India through its Shastras (ancient texts). This style of palmistry was mostly practised by monks, hermits, and other holy people. Over the course of time, the people who could interpret these symbols became fewer and fewer until some of the symbols became lost over a period of time. This book attempts to save the remaining symbols that are still known, for future generations of palmists.

The easiest way to understand the presence of palmistry symbols on a hand is to interpret them as a mirror that reflects a person’s way of thinking and their past actions. These thoughts and actions are called Yogas¹ by palmists and astrologers. In India, the term Yoga is used to describe a type of energy that will manifest itself at some point in the future. So the presence of a symbol on your hands will tell us that at some point in the past, you performed a particular action that will give the results described in this book, or that you are in the process of performing those actions. Each symbol will detail a major chapter in your life. As such, these symbols are not to be read in isolation of any other lines on your hand, but should be seen as a point of reference in your larger spiritual development.

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If you are new to palmistry, I should offer a warning. Finding and locating symbols on a palm can be hard work for a beginner. A good deal of training and practise is needed before a student can claim to have found a rare sign on a stranger’s palm. Also, interpreting a symbol should not be done without looking at the other lines on the palm. It is wiser to think of these signs as actions from the past that will give their results in the future. Deciding when that future event will take place should be determined by the major and minor lines on the hand. For example, you may see a lotus symbol on a person’s hand and interpret that to mean that that person will lead a financially comfortable life (as described later in this book). However, that person may be in financial difficulty at the time that you read their hands. It is wiser to inspect the Saturn and Sun lines to determine when that comfort will be activated before making your comments. In other words, do not rush to conclusions and make rash predictions based on a single symbol or even on a combination of them. Instead, study the entire palm and use these symbols as signals for an activation of energy at a particular point in time in a person’s life.

Another trap that I expect many beginners to fall into, and one that I myself was guilty of when I first started learning palmistry, is to look at their own hands to find symbols and then exaggerate their meaning hoping for great things in the future. A few good signs do not mean that you will have a trouble-free future. I therefore advise you not to get too carried away by the presence of rare signs on your palm. Many schools of palmistry in India teach that you should not read for someone that you are emotionally attached to, including yourself. This is because you, the reader, become biased and easily miss other obvious signs. Therefore, by looking at your own hand, your interpretation of the lines on your hand will exaggerate the good or downplay the bad. In either case, you will not be in a position to correctly read and interpret these signs for yourself. If you find some rare symbols on your hand, acknowledge their existence but do not dwell on them.

On the other hand, pardon the pun, do not be discouraged if you do not find any symbols on your own palm. Some of the signs described in this book are very rare, and in my many years of reading palms, there are