Practice Exercise: What Career Should I Have? A Palmistry Case Study
- Pisces Palmist
- Aug 7, 2024
- 6 min read
"What career should I have?" is a common question I get asked as a palmist, and it's one every serious student of the hand needs to learn how to properly answer. This piece is both a real case study and a hands-on practice exercise, working through a genuine reading, step by step, using the same method I'd apply for any client asking this exact question.
I don't know this person, and I hadn't read their hand before they asked. Below are both their left and right hands. As always: read the left hand for internal traits, the right for external ones.
How to Approach "What Career Should I Have?"
Before diving into the specifics, it's worth understanding the general approach. Answering this question properly means weighing up someone's emotional makeup, personality, and innate skills together, not looking at any single feature in isolation. If you're working through this yourself, I'd strongly recommend David Brandon-Jones' Your Hand and Your Career, it's an older, lesser-known book, but by far the best I've come across on this exact subject. I've read it more times than I can count, and still return to it.
Here's the framework I'd use for this hand, broken into six areas worth examining in turn.
1. Hand shape and fingers
What does the overall hand shape and finger/thumb structure tell you? Consider which of the 7 classical hand shapes, and which of the 4 elements, this hand best fits into, and which mounts are most and least prominent. What do these signs suggest about character and skill when read together?
2. The heart line
What does the heart line reveal about this person's emotional psychology? Why might it differ between the left and right hand? What working environment would suit that emotional makeup best?
3. Finger leanings
Where do the fingers lean, and on which hand? This can reveal a great deal about where someone places their energy and effort. Consider how closely the fingers sit together, the length and thickness of each relative to the others, and what each finger represents individually. What stands out to you, and what might it mean?
4. Health line and fate line together
Read alongside each other, what might these suggest about potential career restrictions? Which kind of career might suit this person better as a result?
5. The head and life line
The head line is joined to the life line for a notable stretch here. What does that suggest? How does this help point toward a suitable career? How does the head line differ between the left and right hand, and what does that tell us about this person's current mindset?
6. Where the fate line begins
Where does the fate line originate, and what does that tell you when cross-referenced with everything else you've identified? How does it differ on the left hand, and why might that be?
Give It a Go: What Career Should I Have In Palmistry?
Now it's your turn. Working through the six areas above, what would you tell this person?
It genuinely doesn't matter if you don't feel you've "got it right," or if some of this feels unclear right now. This is about learning and sharpening your eye as a developing palmist, not about arriving at a perfect answer on your first attempt. Sometimes there isn't a single right answer, and not everyone will spot the same things. Even if you feel you haven't found anything at all, the real lesson is in the trying, you may well notice something I haven't. Make as many notes as you can. The palm is both a map and a language, give it a proper go.
What is this palm trying to tell you?
Frequently Asked Questions
How does palmistry help answer "what career should I have?"
By reading hand shape, the heart line, finger leanings, and the fate line together, a palmist can build a picture of someone's natural skills, emotional needs, and working style, all of which point toward the kind of career environment they're likely to thrive in.
Why read both the left and right hand for career guidance?
The left hand shows inherited, internal traits, and the right shows developed, external ones. Comparing the two reveals both someone's natural inclination and how they've actually applied it in the world so far.
What's the difference between the health line and the fate line?
The fate line reflects career and life direction; the health line, read alongside it, can point to physical or energetic factors that might restrict or shape which career path suits someone best.
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Assignment 1
I do not know this person and I have not read their hand but they did ask me
"What career should I have?"
This is an often asked question in palmistry and you will need to understand how to answer it. In this assignment, think about what sort of career this person would best suit - considering, emotional make up, personality, before finally concluding on their potential skills based on what you see here.
Attached are both the left and right hands. Assess the left for internal, read the right for external traits.
Consider the differences in the left and right hand, and what this may tell you.
I highly recommend David Brandon-Jones' 'your hand and your career' to help guide in answering such questions. It's old and unknown but superior to other books by far. I've read it countless times and still do.
1. What does the overall hand shape and fingers/thumb tell you? Consider the 7 hand shapes and the 4 elements this best fits into and which of the mounts is most and least prominent. What do these signs tell you about their character and skills as a combined conclusion?
2. What does their heart line tell you about their emotional psychology? Consider why this differs on the left hand. What career setting would this person best suit as a result?
3. Consider the finger leanings here. What does this tell you. Often, where the fingers lean (depending on which hand) can reveal a lot about psychology and where a person places their efforts. Consider closeness of fingers and what this reveals. What might this person now be investing their efforts into, considering left and right hands. Consider what each of the fingers represent, their individual phalanges, lengths against each other and thickness. What stands out and what does this mean to you?
4. Consider the health line in conjunction with the fate line. how and why might a person might be restricted in their career regarding this? Consider which career might be more suitable due to this.
5. The headline is joined to the life for a significant time, what does this mean for this person? How might this help us determine a good career choice?
How is the headline different on the left and right hand and why? What does this tell us about their current mindset?
6. Where does the fate line begin and what does this tell us when cross referencing with other identified signs?
How does this differ on the left hand and why?
Now, for your first assignment, answer:
"What career should I have?"
Please remember that it doesn't matter that you might not 'get it right' or if you feel you aren't getting it. This is about learning and honing your skills as a budding palm reader. Sometimes there are no right answers and not everyone sees all. Even if you feel you don't have any ideas at all, the lesson is in learning and trying. You may surprise yourself and may see things I don't. Make as many notes as you can and once you see the answers next week, you will mind will begin to bridge some gaps.
The palms are both a map, and a language. Give it a go.
what is this palm trying to tell you?
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