Which hand to read in palmistry: left or right?
In Indian tradition, a woman's left hand and a man's right hand are read. Western palmistry reads your dominant hand (the one you write with) for your present and where you are heading, and the other hand for your natural tendencies. Either hand gives a reading, and comparing both shows where you have changed.
The Indian tradition: left for women, right for men
Hast rekha shastra traditionally reads a woman's left hand and a man's right hand, and many families still follow this. Some readers in India also use the dominant-hand rule, and many look at both hands before giving a reading.
The dominant-hand rule
- Dominant hand (the one you write with): your present, your choices and where you are heading.
- The other hand: the nature and potential you were born with.
- Left-handed people: the left hand is the dominant hand and is read for the present.
- People who use both hands equally: both hands are read and compared.
What differences between your hands mean
The lines often differ between the two hands. A line that is stronger on your dominant hand is read as a quality you have built up yourself, and one that is fainter as a part of your nature you use less today. When the marriage line looks different on each hand, readers compare the two and read the difference as change over time.
Which hand to photograph for Palmkara
Either hand works. The app asks which hand is in the photo, left or right. If you are not sure, follow the tradition: a woman's left hand or a man's right hand. Photograph the open palm in daylight, with the whole hand in the frame.
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Read my palm freeFrequently asked questions
Should I read my left or right hand?
In Indian tradition, women show the left hand and men the right. By the dominant-hand rule, the hand you write with is read for the present and the other for your natural tendencies.
Is the left hand the past and the right hand the future?
A popular saying puts it that way. Palmistry more often reads the non-dominant hand as your natural tendencies and the dominant hand as what you have made of them.
Can I get a palm reading from either hand?
Yes. Either hand gives a reading. Palmkara asks which hand is in the photo and reads that hand.