Editing Palmistry (section)

===Modern palmistry===
Palmistry experienced a revival in the modern era starting with Captain Casimir Stanislas D'Arpentigny's publication ''La Chirognomie'' in 1839.<ref name="chinn24"/> The Chirological Society of [[Great Britain]] was founded in [[London]] by Katharine St. Hill in 1889 with the stated aim to advance and systematise the art of palmistry and to prevent charlatans from abusing the art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnnyfincham.com/history/ksthill.htm|title=The London Cheirological Society}}</ref><ref name="Guiley">{{cite book |last1=Guiley |first1=Rosemary |title=The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy |date=2006 |publisher=Facts On File |location=New York |isbn=1438130007 |pages=240–241}}</ref> Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont (Comte C. de Saint-Germain) founded the American Chirological Society in 1897.

A pivotal figure in the modern palmistry movement was the Irish William John Warner, known by his [[sobriquet]], [[Cheiro]]. After studying under [[guru]]s in [[British India|India]], he set up a palmistry practice in [[London]] and enjoyed a wide following of famous clients from around the world, including famous celebrities like [[Mark Twain]], [[William Thomas Stead|W. T. Stead]], [[Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Mata Hari]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Thomas Edison]], the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]], [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|General Kitchener]], [[William Ewart Gladstone]], and [[Joseph Chamberlain]]. So popular was Cheiro as a "society palmist" that even those who were not believers in the occult had their hands read by him. The skeptical Mark Twain wrote in Cheiro's visitor's book that he had "exposed my character to me with humiliating accuracy".

[[Edward Heron-Allen]], an English [[polymath]], published various works including the 1883 book, ''Palmistry: A Manual of Cheirosophy'', which is still in print.<ref name="chinn24"/><ref>{{harvnb|Heron-Allen|2008}}</ref> There were attempts at formulating some sort of scientific basis for the art, most notably in the 1900 publication ''The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading'' by [[William Gurney Benham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixie.edu/com/icl/File/disiplines/PALMISTRY%20ORIGINS%20AND%20HISTORY%202011.pdf|title=Palmistry: Origins & History}}</ref>

In 1970, [[Parker Brothers]] published a game designed by Maxine Lucille Fiel called "Touch-Game of Palmistry" which allowed players to do "palm reading and analysis" through selecting cards that matched designated palm features.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://poststar.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/maxine-l-fiel/article_ebde2516-57c2-51de-9bc6-5cb399e6cbae.html|title=Maxine L. Fiel obituary |date=Apr 28, 2020 |newspaper=Post Star |location=Glens Falls, New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122182955/https://poststar.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/maxine-l-fiel/article_ebde2516-57c2-51de-9bc6-5cb399e6cbae.html|archive-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

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File:Cheiroy.jpg|[[Cheiro]], an influential exponent of palmistry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
File:Palmist signboards Yangon.jpg|A modern palm-reader's shop in [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]
File:Les lignes de la main Artlibre.png|Some of the lines of the hand in palmistry:{{ordered list|item_style=margin-bottom:0|Life line| Head line|Heart line| Girdle of Venus| Sun line|Mercury line|Fate line}}
File:Mounts-melbourne-hand-analysis.JPG|The mounts in palmistry: Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo, Mercury, Mars positive, Mars negative, plain of Mars, Luna mount, Neptune mount, Venus mount <ref>{{cite web |author=Sara Sirolli |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=palm.reader.free.palmistry.scanner |title=Palmistry diagram of hand |year=2008}}</ref>
File:Japanesefortuneteller-teso-may28-2015.jpg|A [[Japan]]ese palm-reader waits along the street for a customer, 2015
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