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[[File:Palmistry.png|thumb|right|350px|[[Sybill Trelawney]] reads [[Hermione Granger]]'s palm.]] |
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{{Quote|Don't complain, this means we've finished palmistry. I was getting sick of [[Sybill Trelawney|her]] flinching every time she looked at my hands.|[[Harry Potter]].|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}} |
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In [[1996]], Harry sat his Divination [[OWLs|OWL]], which involved palmistry as its last part. As with the rest of his Divination exam, this part went very badly; he mixed up the life and head lines in [[Griselda Marchbanks|his examinator's]] hand, thereby informing her that she ought to have died the previous Tuesday. |
In [[1996]], Harry sat his Divination [[OWLs|OWL]], which involved palmistry as its last part. As with the rest of his Divination exam, this part went very badly; he mixed up the life and head lines in [[Griselda Marchbanks|his examinator's]] hand, thereby informing her that she ought to have died the previous Tuesday. |
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==Palm lines== |
==Palm lines== |
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*[[Life line]] |
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*[[Head line]] |
*[[Head line]] |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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+ | *<span style="font-size:13px;">The terms "Chiromancy" and "cheiromancy" derive from Greek </span>''cheir''<span style="font-size:13px;"> (χειρ), "hand" and </span>''manteia''<span style="font-size:13px;"> (μαντεία), "divination"</span> |
==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
Revision as of 17:50, 19 April 2013
- "Don't complain, this means we've finished palmistry. I was getting sick of her flinching every time she looked at my hands."
- — Harry Potter.[src]
Palmistry (also known as Chiromancy, Cheiromancy, Palm-reading, or Chirology) is the art of predicting events in the future through the study of the palm. It involves the studying and interpretation of one's palm lines.
Palmistry is taught to the third-year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter and other students in his year learned from Professor Trelawney in 1993. It was taught in Divination, where, as always, Harry was sick of his teacher predicting his death.
In 1996, Harry sat his Divination OWL, which involved palmistry as its last part. As with the rest of his Divination exam, this part went very badly; he mixed up the life and head lines in his examinator's hand, thereby informing her that she ought to have died the previous Tuesday.
Palm lines
Type of Hands
- Earth Hand
- Fire Hand
- Water Hand
- Air Hand
Etymology
- The terms "Chiromancy" and "cheiromancy" derive from Greek cheir (χειρ), "hand" and manteia (μαντεία), "divination"
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
See also
External links
Divination | ||
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Professors: Percival Rackham · Mudiwa Onai · Sybill Trelawney · Firenze | ||
Known Seers: Calchas · Cassandra Vablatsky · Cassandra Trelawney · Gellert Grindelwald · Inigo Imago · Johan Hoffman · Liz Tuttle's mother · Mopsus · Professor Mopsus · Susie Sooth · Tycho Dodonus · Unidentified Canadian Seer · Unidentified female Seer · Unidentified male Seer | ||
Textbooks: The Dream Oracle · Unfogging the Future | ||
Methods: Astrology · Bibliomancy · Capnomancy · Cartomancy · Catoptromancy · Crystal-gazing · Crystal ball · Dream interpretation · Fire-omens · Heptomology · Horoscope · Ichthyomancy · Lithomancy · Myomancy · Ornithomancy · Orrery · Ovomancy · Palmistry · Personal chart · Phyllomancy · Prophecy · Rune stone · Scrying mirror · Tarot cards · Tessomancy · Xylomancy | ||
Divination at Hogwarts: Divination (class) · Divination Classroom · Divination staircase · Sybill Trelawney's office · Classroom Eleven · Xylomancy (class) |