As of May 2024, I am now teaching Hand Analysis online and have established a six month ‘Handreading Immersion’ course comprised of 60hrs of live teaching in 20 weekly sessions on Zoom. It is an intensive and complete training in professional handreading, previously only available in person. As I only wish to teach students who […]

David Bowie – the exaggerated personas that he developed through the course of his career were dramatic and theatrical musical expressions – all extreme manifestations of a long Fire finger.

There are a number of widely held assumptions about what handreading is all about. They’re not true ! Widely-believed Myth But in actual fact….     The lines of the hand tell you how long you are going to live No.  The length of the palmar lines do not indicate the length of your life […]

One of the most difficult lineal features of the hands that I have come across is where there is a doubled formation of the Major Water line in the hand.  The Major Water line is the uppermost of the three main lines that runs across the hand under the fingers, starting under the little finger […]

Everyone who studies hands know that the lines of the hands change over time.  It is a very simple and obvious thing to notice once you start looking at hands. But rarely do we get to see how the lines of the hands change.  To do that requires both the passage of time and a […]

In times of crisis, people turn to gurus and spiritual leaders for insight, understanding and guidance. The advice that they give can come in many different forms and will largely be dependent upon the spiritual tradition that frames their perspective; and also on the degree of personal insight and understanding that they have. Fortunately, we […]

Your life lessons for this lifetime can be seen in the fingerprints on the ends of your fingers. Have a look at the fingerprint on your index finger – the index finger reveals your spiritual ideals and aspirations. Loops (Water) A vital role that loops play in life is to bring people together. With an […]

The hand is a map of karma. Whilst the fingerprints, as genetic markers, are indicators of past-life karmas that you have brought into this life, the lines of the hands describe your present patterns of suffering. It is comforting to know that the lines of your hands change over time, especially in response to changing […]

I am often asked about the difference between palmistry and the approach to handreading that I take, to which I usually reply that what I do can best be described as Buddhist Handreading. There are a number of different factors that create that emphasis, not least because I have been a Buddhist since 1983. There […]

The first reference to handreading in Western European literature can be found in the work by Aristotle ‘De Historia Animalium’ Book 1, which was written in c.345 BC.  Aristotle posed the questions: why are there lines in the hand; and why do people with long lines live a long time, and those with short lines […]