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Sandra McNair, age 14, of Casper, Wyo., for her question:

CAN THE FUTURE BE TOLD WITH PALMISTRY?

Palmistry is the practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character by the lines and configurations of the palm of the subject's hand. Palmistry was seriously practiced and widely accepted during the Middle Ages and was revived as a serious art during the 19th century, especially in France. Since the turn of this century, however, palmistry has been regarded as being without any scientific basis.

Palmistry is chiefly concerned with the mounts of the palm, the lines on the mounts and the lines interlacing the palm. The left hand supposedly reflects inbred and the right hand acquired characteristics.

The presence of each mount signifies a certain personality trait and the absence of a particular mount indicates the lack of a corresponding trait.

The four most important lines represent life, intelligence, the heart or sensation and personal fortune. Markings known as squares, stars, circles, points, triangles, crosses, rings, branches and islands corroborate or modify by their positions in the palm the deductions made from the mounts and lines

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