A small lab for reading palms

Palm Reading Lab turns one photograph of an open palm into a short, free reading. The site is built for people who are curious about the lines on their hand and want a plain-language starting point, not a prediction or a verdict. Think of it as a palm reader that works from a single photograph and commits only to what that photograph shows.

The reading is generated in two steps. First, a vision model reports observable features from the photo: hand shape, finger length, and the presence, length, and clarity of five lines. Every field is a fixed choice, and the model is told to answer unclear when the photo does not show enough. Second, a deterministic template turns those features into the sections you read on the page. The same features always produce the same text.

What we will not do

We do not treat palmistry as science, and we do not use it to make medical, health, lifespan, financial, or legal claims. A reading describes what a tradition says about visible creases. It does not diagnose anything and it does not predict events.

We also do not keep your photo. It is resized in your browser, sent once for the reading, and not written to our storage or logs. The privacy page explains the providers involved.

How the site is edited

The guides are written in plain American English and checked for length, unique titles, and clear limits. Where palmists disagree, the page says so instead of picking a confident answer. The four hand shapes and the line lengths follow common Western palmistry conventions, with the measurement thresholds stated openly so you can see how a label was reached.

About the plate

The engraved hand on the home page is plate XXII of William Salmon’s Polygraphice, published in London in 1685 and engraved by Frederick Hendrick van Hove. It marks the mounts and the lines that Western palmists named, which is the tradition these pages describe.

The scan comes from the Science History Institute and is in the public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). We cropped it to the hand and changed nothing else. The line drawings on the guide pages are our own.

Who writes it

The site is published by the Palm Reading Lab team. We do not invent named authors, credentials, or client stories. If something on a page is wrong or unclear, write to hello@palmreadinglab.org and we will correct it.