Which Hand Should I Read? Palmistry Hand Quiz

How it works

Pick a traditionPalmists don’t all agree on which hand to read, so you choose which way to follow.
Answer one or two questionsWhich hand you write with, or which hand the custom reads for you.
See your hand, and whyThe answer names its source. Nothing you tap is sent or saved.

What palmistry says

The writing handCheiro reads the right hand as what a person has developed and the left as what they were born with. In palmistry tradition this is taken to mean the hand you write with and the other hand.Cheiro, Palmistry for All (1916), Part I, ch. XVII: Right and Left Hands
Both hands togetherCheiro’s advice is to examine both hands: where they agree, a sign is read more firmly.Cheiro, Palmistry for All (1916), Part I, ch. XVII: Right and Left Hands
The Indian customMrs Dale records the general rule in the East: read a man’s right palm and a woman’s left palm, and in either case, take the hand where the lines are clearest.Mrs J. B. Dale, Indian Palmistry (1895), The Hand to Examine
Left-handed?In the writing-hand way you simply swap: your left hand is read as the life you are making, your right as what you started with. This swap is the later convention, not Cheiro’s own words.
Women and menThe lines themselves are read the same way on every hand. The traditions differ only in which hand they look at.

What this tool can’t tell you

What palmistry can’t tell you. Palm lines can’t tell dates, how long you’ll live, your health, whether or when you’ll marry, how many children you’ll have, or how much money you’ll make. No line reads a man’s or a woman’s destiny differently.Palmistry is a tradition for reflection, not a science. Is palmistry real?

This quiz tells you which hand to look at, not what your lines mean.
The two traditions disagree and neither is proven. We show both, so you can choose.

Questions about this tool

Is the left hand read for women?

In the old Indian custom Mrs Dale recorded in 1895, yes: a woman’s left palm and a man’s right palm. Many palmists today read the writing hand for everyone.

I am left-handed. Which hand do I read?

In the writing-hand way, your left hand. It is read as the life you are making, and your right as what you started with.

Why do my two hands look different?

Almost everyone’s hands differ a little. The writing-hand tradition uses that: one hand for what you started with, one for what you have made of it.

Which hand does the PalmSays app read?

The app asks which hand you write with and frames the reading that way. If you use both hands, or don’t say, it reads the hand on its own.

Does this quiz use AI?

No. It follows the traditions written on this page. Nothing you tap is sent anywhere.