Palristy is the art of discovering one's character and one's future through one's palm. This phenomenon has only become more popular over time and was practiced by great men, like Aristotle, thousands of years ago. Although people all over the world believe in it, palm reading has many flaws. All aspects are analyzed and questioned, including the different characteristics of palm reading and alternative suggestions for how the reader seems to know a lot about people. Scientists believe that cold reading is used for many practices, including this one. Without actual concrete evidence of how palmistry works, it will never progress the way palmists want it to. However, it still has benefits, such as the fact that it can improve a person's confidence in their life. Whether palm reading is real or not, it can still be exactly what a person needs; However, everyone should know not to take what palm readers say too seriously. People all over the world pay money to have a stranger tell them what their future holds by analyzing every unique feature with their own hand. This phenomenon is more commonly known as palmistry, but is also called palmistry (Merton 1899). Palmistry is “the art of characterizing and predicting the future through the study of the palm tree” (Merton 1899). Those who interpret the palms are called palmists, palm readers, hand readers and hand analysts. This pseudoscience has been around for a long time, dating back to 3,000 BC. It originated in India, then spread to Tibet, China, Persia and parts of Europe (Krau 2003). Palmistry has always been a controversial subject. It was banned in the Middle Ages by King Henry VIII, who considered it, along with others...... middle of paper... and hope for their future (Skafte 1970). It can also bring people together by creating a fun and rewarding experience for friends and family that they will remember for a long time. Although palmistry does not have much support, it continues to flourish. It was around thousands of years ago and will probably be around for many more. Practitioners of palmistry are widespread and even include powerful men, such as Aristotle and Alexander the Great. “Aristotle discovered a treatise on palmistry on an altar of Hermes, which he showed to Alexander the Great. He became fascinated with examining the character of his officers by analyzing the lines on their hands. Aristotle said: “Lines are not written in the human hand without reason. They emanate from celestial influences and from man's own individuality” (Krau 2003). Only time will tell if these two men were right.