Palm Reading Software: How to Photograph Your Hand for an Accurate Analysis

The Astrometry Palm Reading software analyses your hands from photographs, so the quality of the reading is decided before any calculation begins: at the camera. This guide covers the exact shots the software asks for and how to take them well.

The six photographs and why each matters

The software keeps six slots per hand, because different evidence needs different framing:

• Full palm: the whole hand, fingers slightly spread, for overall shape and the major lines.
• Close-up of the palm centre: where the heart, head and life lines cross, at a distance where line texture is visible.
• Fingertips: for fingertip shapes and, where relevant, fingerprint patterns.
• Thumb spread: the thumb's angle and flexibility relative to the hand.
• Little finger edge: the side of the hand, for the edge mounts and the little finger's set.
• Wrist creases: the bracelets at the base of the palm.

Lighting rules

Use bright, diffused daylight: near a window in the daytime is ideal. Avoid direct sunlight, which blows out line detail, and avoid a single overhead bulb, which casts shadows into the very lines the software needs to see. If lines look faint, a slightly angled light source from the side raises their relief.

Camera technique

• Hold the phone parallel to the palm, not at an angle, so proportions are not distorted.
• Fill the frame with the hand but keep all five fingertips and the wrist inside it.
• Tap to focus on the lines, and check the shot at full zoom before moving on.
• Keep the hand relaxed; a tensed palm flattens the mounts and deepens lines artificially.

Common mistakes

The failures we see most often: photographing only one hand and expecting a complete reading, cropping the wrist out of the full-palm shot, using flash (which flattens line depth), and submitting a photo taken across a table at arm's length where no line detail survives. The software gates its findings by confidence, so weak photos produce fewer findings rather than invented ones; that is a feature, but good photos give you the full report you paid for.

Privacy by design

The software stores your structured evidence and results, never the photos themselves. Your images stay in the browser session and are discarded after analysis. The Desktop Edition goes further and runs the entire analysis offline under its lifetime licence.

Frequently asked questions

Which hand should I photograph?

Both. Palmistry tradition reads the non-dominant hand as the inherited pattern and the dominant hand as the lived one, and the software is built to compare them.

Can I use a scanner instead of a camera?

A flatbed scan of the full palm works well for line detail, but the angled shots (thumb spread, little finger edge) still need a camera.