1. Palmistry, The totally real science of By Matthew R. Johnson

2. Has been linked to: India Middle East China Ancient Greeks Forced underground Catholic church claimed it to be devil worship Resurfaced around 1500s Paracelsus (1493-1541) Fludd (1574-1637) History Mystery

3. Heart Line Long: Idealistic Short: Self-centered Deep: Stressful Shallow: Sensitive Straight: Emotional Curved: Intellectual Forked: Heartbreak Absence: Overly logical

4. Life Line Long: Good health Short: Health issues Deep: Smooth life Shallow: Low energy Broken: Struggles Double: Soul mate is near Forked: Diversions Absence: Anxiety

5. Head Line Long: Ambitious Short: Intuitive Deep: Good memory Shallow: Bad memory Broken: Disappointment Double: Talented Forked: Career change Absence: Laziness

6. Fate Line Deep: Inheritance Shallow: Failures Broken: Trauma Jagged: Struggle Forked: Dual destiny Absence: Preplanned life

7. Love Line(s) Number: Significant relationships Length: Quality of relationship

8. How did you know?!?! Confirmation Bias

9. Definition: The tendency of people to interpret and filter data so as to verify a preformed hypothesis Plain English: We’re really good at ignoring evidence that goes against our opinions Confirmation Bias

10. All I did was make suggestions, a lot of them. All of them are common things that one has or could experience. Statistically, some of them will be right. You will remember the couple correct ones over the several incorrect ones. This is how most “occult readings” work (tarot, horoscope, etc) . It’s all in your head…

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