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“The lines on your palm describe what kind of person you are and predict what trouble you experience at present,” says Daw Khin Yadanar Sint, who has made a career of reading the palms of people from all walks of life since 1993. She added that astrologers can tell a lot about a client by examining his or her hands. Even the colour and shape of a palm can hold clues, so that vegetable sellers have flat palms and rich and successful people have pink and fleshy palms. Daw Khin Yadanar Sint said every line on the human hand has a meaning. A person might travel many different paths during a lifetime and encounter many events that mark important stages in the journey. Her job is to advise on the right move at the right time to ensure success in work, or in love. “The more I keep the moral precepts, the more my preaching is right,” she said. She dedicates her life to reading palms because the work keeps her calm. She says astrology cannot protect people from the fate in store for them. But their fortune is reflected in the pattern of the lines of the palm.
Some pregnant women seek advice on the best time for their child to come in the world, and contrive to follow the stars’ advice when they give birth. Some people ask what kind of house they should buy, and which direction it should face, and apply the astrological calculus and advice they receive. Saya Chan Nyein started his career as palmist and astrologer in 1990, noting that palmistry and astrology, arts older than the Buddha himself, could not be ignored. “In fact, our prediction might not be as correct as Buddha’s prophecies. But people flock to us to overcome their present troubles, and we can listen and advise,” he said. When people anguish over a dilemma, stumble into crime or fail in health, that’s when they think of astrologers, he added. “Some used to ask advice from the astrologer before they do business, they want to know whether they will make money. Some ask about family affairs or their work,” he said. “It is true that they do rely on us,” he adds.
Most people approach famous palmists and astrologers whose predictions appear weekly in local journals, hoping for a glimpse of the future.
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