Palmistry: Hand shape

Depending on the type of palmistry practiced, and the type of reading being performed, palmists may look at various qualities of the hand, including the shapes and lines of the palm and fingers; the color and texture of the skin and fingernails; the relative sizes of the palm and fingers; the prominence of the knuckles; and numerous other attributes of the hands.

In most schools of palmistry, hand shapes are divided into four or 10 major types, sometimes corresponding to the Classical elements or temperaments. Hand shape is believed to indicate character traits corresponding to the type indicated (i.e., a "Fire hand" would exhibit high energy, creativity, short temper, ambition, etc. - all qualities believed to be related to the Classical element of Fire).

Although variations abound, the most common classifications used by modern palmists:

Earth hands are generally identified by broad, square palms and fingers, thick or coarse skin, and ruddy color. The length of the palm from wrist to the bottom of the fingers is usually equal to the length of the fingers.

Air hands exhibit square or rectangular palms with long fingers and sometimes protruding knuckles, low-set thumbs, and often dry skin. The length of the palm from wrist to the bottom of the fingers is usually equal to the length of the fingers.

Water hands are seeable by the short, sometimes oval-shaped palm, with long, flexible, conical fingers. The length of the palm from wrist to the bottom of the fingers is usually less than the width across the widest part of the palm, and usually equal to the length of the fingers.

Fire hands are characterized by a square or rectangular palm, flushed or pink skin, and shorter fingers. The length of the palm from wrist to the bottom of the fingers is usually greater than the length of the fingers.

The number and quality of lines can also be included in the hand shape analysis; in some traditions of palmistry, Earth and Water hands tend to have fewer, deeper lines, while Air and Fire hands are more likely to show more lines with less clear definition. 

Palmistry: Significance of the left and right hand

Though there are debates on which hand is better to read from, both have their own significance. It is custom to assume that the left hands shows potential in an individual, and the right showed realized personality. Some sayings about the significance include "The future is shown in the right, the past in the left"; "The left hand is the one we are born with, and the right is what we have made of it"; "The right hand is read for men, while the left is read for women"; "The left is what the gods give you, the right is what you do with it"; "The right hand is read for right-handed people, while the left is read for left-handed people". The choice of hand to read is ultimately up to the instinct and experience of the practitioner.

Left The left hand is controlled by the right brain (pattern recognition, relationship understanding), reflects the inner person, the natural self, the anima, and the lateral thinking. It could even be considered to be a part of a person's spiritual and personal development. It is the "yin" of personality (feminine and receptive).

Right As opposites are, the right hand is controlled by the left brain (logic, reason, and language), reflects the outer person, objective self, influence of social environment, education, and experience. It represents linear thinking. It also corresponds to the "yang" aspect of personality (masculine and outgoing). 

Palmistry: Techniques

Chiromancy consists of the practice of evaluating a person's character or future life by "reading" the palm of that person's hand. Various "lines" ("heart line", "life line", etc.) and "mounts" (or bumps) (chirognomy), purportedly suggest interpretations by their relative sizes, qualities, and intersections. In some traditions, readers also examine characteristics of the fingers, fingernails, fingerprints and palmar skin patterns (dermatoglyphics), skin texture and color, shape of the palm, and flexibility of the hand.

A reader usually begins by reading the person's 'dominant hand' (the hand he or she writes with or uses the most)(sometimes considered to represent the conscious mind, whereas the other hand is subconscious). In some traditions of palmistry, the other hand is believed to carry hereditary or family traits, or, depending on the palmist's cosmological beliefs, to convey information about past-life or karmic conditions.

The basic framework for "Classical" palmistry (the most widely taught and practiced tradition) is rooted in Greek mythology. Each area of the palm and fingers is related to a god or goddess, and the features of that area indicate the nature of the corresponding aspect of the subject. For example, the ring finger is associated with the Greek god Apollo; characteristics of the ring finger are tied to the subject's dealings with art, music, aesthetics, fame, wealth, and harmony. 

Palmistry: History

A Palmistry or hast rekha can trace its roots back to Greece from Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) discovered a treatise on the subject of palmistry on an altar of Hermes, which he then presented to Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.E.), who took great interest in examining the character of his officers by analyzing the lines on their hands.[1] Aristotle stated that "Lines are not written into the human hand without reason. They emanate from heavenly influences and man's own individuality." Accordingly, Aristotle, Hippocrates and Alexander the Great popularized the laws and practice of palmistry. Hippocrates sought to use palmistry to aid his clinical procedures. However, it is believed that Palmistry reached the shores of Greece from the Far East.[2] The practice of palmistry has been used in the cultures of India, Tibet, China, Persia, Egypt and to some countries in Europe. Studies show that most ancient communities like the Sumerians, Tibetans, Hebrews, Babylonians, Egyptians and Persians were greatly interested in the study and practice of palmistry.

It is believed[3] that Palmistry originated in India with its roots in (Hindu) Astrology (known in Sanskrit as Jyotish), Chinese Yijing (I Ching), and Roma (Gypsy) fortune tellers.[3] The Hindu sage Valmiki is thought [4] to have written a book several thousand years ago, whose title translates in English as "The Teachings of Valmiki Maharshi on Male Palmistry", comprising 567 stanzas.[4][5] Renowned palmist Cheiro learnt palmistry in India where he is believed to have read ancient scriptures on palmistry. From India, the art of palmistry spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, Persia and to other countries in Europe [3][6] From China, palmistry progressed to Greece where Anaxagoras practiced it.[3] However, modern palmists often combine traditional predictive techniques with psychology, holistic healing, as well as alternative methods of divination.
Captain Casimir Stanislas D'Arpentigny published La Chirognomie in 1839.[6]
Adrien Adolphe Desbarolles published Les Mysteres de la Main in 1859
Katherine Saint-Hill founded the Chirological Society of Great Britain in 1889
Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont (Comte de St Germain) founded the American Chirological Society in 1897
Count Louis Hamon (Cheiro) published Cheiro's Language of the Hand in 1894.[6]
William Benham published The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading in 1900
Charlotte Wolff published works from 1936–1969, contributed to scientific chirology
Noel Jaquin published works from 1925–1958, contributed to scientific chirology
Arnold Holtzman (Psychodiagnostic Chirology)
Edward Heron-Allen published various works including in 1883 Palmistry - A Manual of Cheirosophy which is still in print.[6][7]

In Renaissance magic, palmistry (known as "chiromancy") was classified as one of the seven "forbidden arts," along with necromancy, geomancy, aeromancy, pyromancy, hydromancy, and spatulamancy (scapulimancy) 

Palmistry: Introduction

Palmistry or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy, Greek kheir (χεῖρ, ός), “hand”; manteia (μαντεία, ας), “divination”), is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palm reading, or chirology. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.

The information outlined below is briefly representative of modern palmistry; there are many ― often conflicting ― interpretations of various lines and palmar features across various schools of palmistry.

Dreams: Universal Symbols

The following list provides the basics and gives you an idea of their function. From this you can begin to
develop your own list.

UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS

Abundance: Desire for independence.
Accident: Something unplanned.
Actor/Actress: Desire for recognition.
Adultery: Guilt.
Airplane: See Transportation.
Altar: Self sacrifice.
Anchor: Stability. Sometimes a desire for a permanent home.
Aniffifl.^The feminine aspect of the individual. Guide to the inner world.
Animal: Depends on your feelings for the particular animal (for typical meaning see the specific type). A helpful animal normally represents the instinctive self.
Animus: The masculine aspect of the individual. Uncompromising conviction. Force. The God.
Apple: Desire.
Arrow: Pleasure; festivity.
Auction: Promise of abundance.
Automobile: See Transportation.
Baby: Crying: frustrated plans. Laughing: plans fulfilled. Sleeping: Waiting period; patience.
Ballon: Frustration.
Basement: A place of refuge or retreat.
Battle: Internal conflict. Bells: Fulfillment of plans; joy.
Bicycle: Hard work will bring plans to fruition; also see Transportation.
Birds: Usually transcendence from one state of being to another.
Birth: Transition to new phase, or new aspect, of self.
Bridge: Overcoming difficulties; a change.
Broom: The ability to sweep or clean up.
Bull: Animal nature; stubbornness.
Burial: End of a phase; time to take a new direction.
Candle: Constancy.
Cane or Crutch: The need of support.
Capital (City or Town): The center. Also see Cities.
Castle: Ambition.
Cave: A place of retreat or refuge; a need for time to think and meditate.
Circle: Totality; perfection; infinity; the All; the Collective Unconsciousness.
Cities: Gatherings of consciousness. If significantly placed, it can represent the Anima.
Climbing: The self-mastery process; raising consciousness.
Clock: The passage of time; the need to take action.
Clothes: Attitudes; personality.
Coffin: See Burial.

Colors: The symbolic meaning of color is a fascinating study in its own right. I only wish to touch lightly on the subject here, to give you the basic idea of the meanings of individual colors in your dreams.

The following list is not inclusive but will give you the primary colors:— 

RED—strength, health, vigor, sexual, love, danger, charity
ORANGE—encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, plenty, kindness
YELLOW—persuasion, charm, confidence, jealousy, joy, comfort
GREEN—finance, fertility, luck, energy, charity, growth
BLUE—tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity
INDIGO—changeability, impulsiveness, depression, ambition, dignity
VIOLET—tension, power, sadness, piety, sentimentality
Cradle: Potential for advancement.
Crossing the River: A fundamental change of attitude.
Crying: Emotion; usually a sad event.
Crystal: Union of matter and spirit.
Curtains: Concealment; adornment.
Darkness:  The spirit world; the subconscious; turning inward.
Death: The end of something; opportunity for new beginnings.

Dog: Loyalty; laziness; anger.
Eating: Need for new interests; stimulation.
Evening: Descending into the subconscious world.
Eye: Perception; self-examination.

Falling: Failing to live up to expectations.
Fish: Transcendence from one state of being to another.
Fire: Anger; purification; abundance of energy.
Flowers: Contentment; pleasure.
Flying: See Transportation.
Girl: Immature feminine aspect.
Glass: Perception; being able to see (sometimes into the future).
Graduation: Initiation; completing a phase.
Hair: Thought Grey or Silver hair indicates wise thought.
Hammer: Power to drive forward.
Helpful Animal: The instinctive self.
Highway: The path; the way ahead.

Horse:

WHITE HORSE—Symbol of life (the Keltic Goddess Epona was often depicted on a white mare); prosperity.
BLACK HORSE—Change of fortunes.
WILD HORSE—uncontrolled instinctive urges.
WINGED HORSE—transcendence from one state of being to another.

House:

The symbol of personality and conscious interest from the spiritual view. The particular room represents particular interest:— 

BATHROOM—Cleansing; elimination of the undesired. 

BASEMENT—place of refuge, retreat, concealment. 

BEDROOM—place of rest and recovery. 

DINING ROOM—place of sustenance; refortification. 

KITCHEN—a place to prepare the sustenance. 

LIVING ROOM—place of socializing. 

Ice: Coldness of character; frigidity; rigidity.

Illness: Boredom, delay.

Individual Self: The "real" you; the inner you; the all-wise, spiritual self. 

Jail:  Confinement; frustration; inability to act. 

Journey: See Transportation.

Judge or Jury: Your conscience.

Key: The answer to a problem.

Kiss: Satisfaction; completion. .

Ladder: Ability to climb (note the length of the ladder). 

Left  (as in side or direction): The subconscious side; sometimes the wrong side or direction; the logical side; the scientific side. 

Light: Hope. 

Lines: Broken lines represent the feminine aspect. Solid lines, the masculine 

aspect.

Lizard: Transcendence.  

Lock: Frustration; security.
Man or Male: Animus, the masculine aspect. The age indicates the maturity or lack of it in the individual.
Mask: Falsehood; deception; concealment
Mirror: Need to reconsider.
Mother: Haven; comfort.
Nakedness: Real; true; without false attitudes; exposed; natural.
Night (especially midnight): Greatest strength of the super-consciousness.
Noon: The greatest clarity of consciousness.

Number: 

In interpreting numbers you should first of all examine their
balance or lack of balance.
EVEN numbers signify balance and harmony.
ODD numbers signify imbalance and discord. In considering the following definitions, note that a larger number is made up of a combination of smaller numbers:
ONE—the beginning; the source; the ego.
TWO—duality; the male and female; positive and negative.
THREE—the trilogy: father, mother and child; past, present and future. Completion of the first plane.
FOUR—the material universe; consciousness, reality and law; physical power, initiative, religion and spiritual evolution .It is Three and
One.

FIVE—the number of Wo/Man. It represents materialism, expansion, change, understanding and justice.
It is Three and Two.
SIX—the number of cooperation and balance. It represents interaction between the material and the spiritual; mental and physical. It signifies psychism, peace and completion of the second plane. It is twice Three.
SEVEN—Completion; old age; endurance; evolution and wisdom. The seven stages of spiritual transformation. Four and Three.
EIGHT—the number of dissolution and separation.The law of cyclic evolution and invention. Five and Three.
NINE—rebirth and reformation. Intuition; travel; karma and completion of the third plane. Three times Three.
ZERO—the circle. Infinity; the universe; the All.
Ocean: Opportunity; spirituality.
Owl: Wisdom; need for further evaluation.
Pearl: Joy. Broken string of pearls—misunderstanding.
Pirate: Suspicion.
Prison: See Jail.

Pyramid: Thirst for knowledge; seeking.
Railroad: A set path to follow; see also Transportation.
Rainbow: Great happiness; opportunity.
Reading: Learning; gaining in knowledge; perceiving.
Riding: See Transportation.
Right: The conscious; correctness; the artistic side.
Ring: Completion; loyalty.
River: Spirituality; a boundary.
Rocket: See Transportation.
Rocks: The unchanging self.
Rodents: Transcendence or a less-than- nice person; distrust; betrayal.
Roller Skates: See Transportation.
Roses: See Flowers.
Ruins: Failure of plans.
Sacrifice: Overcoming pride.
School: A place of  learning; a need to learn.
Scissors: Distrust.
Sea: See Ocean.
Self-Image The inner or spiritual self. The age indicates maturity or the lack of it.
Sex: Union of opposites; union of male and female principles; satisfaction; completeness.
Shadow: The subconscious; insubstantiality.
Ship: See Transportation.

Skeleton: The basics; the root of a problem.
Snake:  Spiritual wisdom; transcendence into a state of wisdom.
Snake-bite:  Infusion of wisdom (bites are not usually painful in dreams).
Soldiers: Force; power; regimentation.
Spade:  Penetration; cutting; tough work lies ahead.
Sunrise:  Clearing of consciousness; awakening.
Sunset: Need to protect assets.
Swan: Beauty; comfort; satisfaction.
Sword: Penetrating and cutting; conflict.
Table: Support; a platform for presentation.
Telescope: Need to get closer to subject.
Thief: Loss or fear of loss; insecurity.
Thunder. Anger.
Towns: See Cities.
Touching: The manner of touch and your feeling about it is important.
Touching normally represents the laying-on of hands, usually healing. On rare occasions it may mean a curse.
Can be comfort; security.
Trains: See Transportation.
Transcendence: Achieving full realization of the individual self.
Transformation: See Transcendence.

Transportation: 

Spiritual advancement. The more efficient the mode, the more effective and rapid is the advancement. The rocket would be the most rapid and the highest traveling. Crawling would be among the
least effective. A train is forceful and direct, but is confined by narrow tracks. A car is fairly efficient and maneuverable. The airplane is more efficient than the car or train and rises higher than any surface mode of transport. Roller skates are more effective (faster) than walking, but require a smoother surface and more effort; etc..
Traveling: The act of spiritual advancement.
Tree: The life principle; psychic growth and development; success.
Tunnel: Hiding; being afraid.
Turning: Changing or developing. See Left or Right. Turning in a circle represents lack of progress.
Twins: Ego and alter ego.
Umbrella: Shelter.
Veil: Insecurity.
Volcano: Sexual energy; emotions.
Wall: Frustration; inability.
Watch: See Clock.
Water: Spirituality; emotion.
Wedding:  Culmination of plans; happiness; success.
Witch: Supernatural ability; wisdom.
Woman:  The anima. Her age represents maturity Or lack of it.
Wreath: Self-pity.

Duties of Muslim for Muslims

Our Holy Prophet SAW has said :
“Every Muslim has Six duties to perform for every other Muslim.” and they are as follows:-
1. When he becomes sick, to visit him.
2. When he dies, to attend his funeral.
3. When called for, in a certain calamity, to assist him.
4. When he makes salaam, to reply.
5. When he sneezes, to say May Allah I have mercy on you.
6. And to always be a well wisher for him, whether he be present
or absent.