The Science of Palmistry

This book is based on Eastern and Western understandings of the science of palmistry. It will be of interest to both beginners and practicing specialists. To make the content of the book accessible for understanding, it includes 302 illustrations — images of lines on the hand and palm prints of real people. The illustrations are prepared with the utmost care under the personal supervision of the author.

The author of the book, M. M. Gaafar, is a famous Egyptian palm reader with years of experience, which he has summarized in this book for the benefit of everyone. His work can be considered a foundational and original material on reading character and future events from the palm, as well as other signs such as the length and shape of fingers, nails, and palms in general. The author also refers to various medical data, such as signs of physical and mental illnesses that may be reflected on the palm. The subjects of his study include the human palm, fingers and fingertips, the hand and its relation to health, the thumb, the mounts in general and individually, the Mount of Jupiter, the Mount of Saturn, the Mount of Apollo (the Sun), the Mount of Mercury, the Mount of Mars, the Mount of the Moon, the Mount of Venus, general properties of the mounts, principles and rules of palm reading, lines on the palm, the Heart line, the Head line, the Life line, the Saturn line, the Apollo (Sun) line, the Mercury line, secondary lines and Lines of Influence, signs and symbols, descriptions of standard cases, signs of marriage.

If you want to learn about your character, your weaknesses, flaws, and abilities, and most importantly, the possible outcomes of your life — study your palm. It holds wonderful knowledge about your inner self and future events. And, of course, you can easily read the palms of others just like your own. The book 'Ilm-al-Kaff' is written in an accessible language, and you will not have difficulties in understanding this teaching. But this is not only a book for beginners. A person familiar with this science will also find invaluable information about little-known facts that the author reveals. You will become acquainted with his experience and extensive knowledge gained from studying thousands of palms. He describes the science of palm reading so clearly that anyone can extract something valuable from it.