Palmistry is the art of discovering one's character and future through the palm of the hand. This phenomenon has become more and more popular over time and was practiced by great men, such as Aristotle, thousands of years ago. Although it is believed by people all over the world, there are many flaws in palm reading. All aspects of it are analyzed and put to the test, including different palm reading characteristics and alternative suggestions about how the reader seems to know a lot about people. Scientists believe that cold reading is used for many practices, including this one. Without real hard evidence of how palmistry works, it will never advance as palmists want it to. However, there are still benefits, for example it can improve someone's confidence in their life. Whether palm reading is real or not, it can still be just what a person needs; However, everyone should know not to take what fortune tellers say too seriously. People around the world pay to have a stranger tell them what their future holds by analyzing all the unique characteristics of their 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 by the study of the palm” (Merton 1899). Those who interpret palms are referred to as 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, and then spread to Tibet, China, Persia, and parts of Europe (Krau 2003). Palmistry has always been a controversial topic. It was banned during the Middle Ages by King Henry VIII, who considered it, along with others... a means of paper... and a hope for his future (Skafte 1970). It can also bring people together by creating a fun, bonding experience for friends and family that they will remember for a long time. Even though palmistry doesn't have much support behind it, it continues to flourish. It existed thousands of years ago and will likely exist for many more. Believers in 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 stated: “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.