This week’s great small businesses I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with @sisterpalm!
- Tell me a little about yourself:
“I am a palm reader and artist from Austin, Texas by the name Sister Palm.
Just coming into my thirties, I’ve already been studying the occult science of hand analysis for over ten years, in which time I’ve been exploring techniques from all cultures around the world & time periods, seeing how palmistry is truly an ancient art closely.
In 2019 I started reading hands professionally as Sister Palm because there is an interest & need for the resurgence of palm reading in my community. I find my career as a palm reader very satisfying because the information one can gain about themselves through hand analysis is not only miraculously accurate, but also incredibly helpful & valuable to everyone in every phase of life!”
2. What interested you in palm reading?
“I’ve always been a little mystical and intuitive, but it was actually my career as a visual artist that led me to learn palm reading. As an artist you have to train your eyes to see every little detail about something; intensely looking for informative detail is something I was already doing and I started learning about face reading and body reading because I was drawing people. After finding surprising success through learning ‘oriental face reading’ I was curious to see if hand reading held any validity as well. In my personal research over the years I’ve come to realize that looking into the hands for information about ourselves and our lives is as old as humanity itself, and hand reading has been talked about in every civilization since the dawning of time. The vast and enigmatic history of hand analysis intrigued me to study more about the ancient art and science of palm reading. As I continue my personal research I become more intrigued with palm reading because it is the visual representation of a person’s astrological chart and genetic make-up.”
3. Can you talk about your most memorable palm reading you had and why?
“The most memorable palm reading I ever had was actually reading my own father’s hands for the first time in the year 2009. I was a sophomore in college visiting my father over lunch at this Korean Restaurant in Copperas Cove, Texas, telling him about my new interest in hand reading– which was just another one of my many hobbies at the time. I know my father to be a good-sport, so I asked if I could take a look at his hands for practice. I didn’t know what I was looking for. I wasn’t even looking for anything, but I wanted to practice and the beginning palmist is encouraged to look at a lot of different hands as a learning method.
What started as a casual conversation on what I had recently learned about in one of my palmistry books actually caused an epiphany! Observing the marriage mount on his dominant hand my jaw dropped: his “children lines” on the percussive side of the hand were clearly marked in accordance with his two marriages and five offspring: two children with his first wife and three children with the second! Amazing accuracy! It was right there; just like my books had described. Even now, I recall how shocking it was to see something I knew to be true so plainly marked on his hands. After seeing the accuracy of his marriage and children lines I knew the hand actually does record information about a person, for such a clear marking could be no coincidence. That affirmation ignited a life-long interest in the divinatory arts for me.”
4. If you had to pick 3 people (dead or alive) to read for. Who would you pick and why?
” I would love to read Dr. William Benham’s hands because he wrote the most comprehensive book on palmistry in the year 1900 called The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading, and his studies on hand reading are referenced in countless publications even to this day. I believe Dr. William Benham was a very interesting person, and I have a lot of respect for someone like him, who went against the cultural norm to pursue his own interests in the occult sciences. He pioneered hand reading for all of us and I am very interested in the character of his hands. While he published hundreds of hand prints over the years, he never included his own, which adds to my personal curiosity of what the hands of this great person might look like. I mean, I’m sure he had Philosopher’s hands and perhaps a Mystic Cross!
For my own research on the genetic effects of the planetary archetypes, I would pick the hands of my grandparents and great grandparents to read, were they not deceased as well. I think it would be fascinating to print the hands of multiple generations to see which archetypal traits are carried from person to person via genetics. Having printed my own hands and the hands of my parents and siblings, I am interested in researching the relationship amongst the hands of blood-relatives further.”
5. Do you have any exciting news or events that you would like to share?
“I am releasing my first ever PALMISTRY ZINE! This is very exciting for me because I get to combine my love of pleasing visuals with my love of sharing information around the occult science of hand analysis! A lot of times people express an interest in hand reading to me, but, and I know from first-hand experience independently researching palmistry, there’s a frustration around the unreliable resources available for learning this valuable skill. I think hand reading is a wonderful tool and I’m excited to create a resource that serves as a straightforward and simple introduction to seeing what your hand has to say about you! As Aristotle famously said “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” “
If you would like more information about @sisterpalm. Here is her contact information:
Instagram: @sisterpalm
She also offers in person readings in Austin, Texas and virtual readings via zoom.
thank you so much for the interview Miriam!
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