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How to Photograph Your Palms for a Reading (That Actually Works)
Whatever you think of palmistry, a reading of your hands can only be as good as the photographs of them. We validate every image before analysis and reject the unreadable ones rather than guessing — so here is exactly what makes a palm photo readable, drawn from the failure cases we actually see.
The five rules
- Light: bright, even, indirect. Face a window. Harsh overhead light carves false shadows that read as lines; dim light erases real ones.
- Framing: the whole hand, wrist to fingertips, filling most of the frame. Cropped fingers cost the reading real features (finger proportions matter in the tradition).
- Focus: rest your elbow on a table, tap the screen to focus on the palm centre. Blur is the single most common rejection.
- Angle: palm flat and square to the camera, fingers gently spread. A tilted or cupped hand distorts every proportion the reading uses.
- The right hand in the right slot: with your palm facing the camera, your LEFT hand shows its thumb on the LEFT side of the photo, your RIGHT hand on the RIGHT. Swapped hands are the mix-up we reject most.
Why both palms
The comparison between your two hands — the given hand and the built hand — is the heart of a serious reading, so one palm is never enough. Photograph both in the same light, same framing, one after the other.
What happens to the photos
On Palmsaga your photographs are analysed in memory and deleted the moment analysis completes. They are never stored, never used for anything else, and your reading never contains them. The photo-quality check exists so that when a reading speaks confidently about your heart line, it earned the right to.
Curious what your own hands say?
Both palms, read in a few minutes — for entertainment and self-reflection, framed exactly as honestly as this guide. The preview is free.
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