Richard Unger Founder and Director of International Institute of Hand Analysis.  Here he explains Hand Analysis:

What Is Hand Analysis?
Hand analysis is the modern form of the ancient art of palmistry. Whereas palmistry is defined as foretelling the future from the lines of your palm, hand analysis seeks to further self- understanding through an examination of the entirety of your hands. There is nothing particularly mystical about the process. No special gift is required to do it. Anyone can benefit from the experience. That being said, hand reading is totally mystical and life altering. To have your hands read is to stare deep into the truth mirror, to stand revealed before your very eyes. A hand reading shows you who you are today and who you can be at your best.

The hand analyst examines the overall shape of palm and fingers to determine basic temperament, the thumb to see you how you "get things under your thumb," and the twelve zones of the fingers to see personality strengths and weaknesses. The lines in the palm are examined to determine basic wiring: the type of emotional system you have, what kind of computer you possess, which nervous system type you are, etc. Talents and hidden motivations are revealed.

?Both hand shape and lines change over time, but fingerprints remain unaltered from five months prior to birth. By comparing the original imprint revealed in your fingerprints with the dynamic map of your personality and character shown in the lines and hand topography, a hand reading gives perspective to your current circumstances in relation to the big picture of your life story.

What is Soul Psychology?
Soul Psychology is a model for understanding a person's core nature and differs markedly from standard psychology. What would make you feel this has been a life well lived, that you are not wasting your time on this planet? What is your Life Purpose? What are your Life Lessons? Good questions, Soul Psychology questions. Personality psychology can help improve behavior and outcomes, but it is Soul Psychology that addresses the hunger for meaning deep in the center of one's being.

What Is Life Purpose and Why Is it Important?
By definition, Life Purpose is that which brings satisfaction at the deepest possible level. More than a goal or set of goals, beyond right livelihood, your Life Purpose is your Right Life, an ongoing connection to a personal directive, a call to cosmic duty. It is your highest potential expressing itself naturally and powerfully in all that you do.

Whether hidden or known, your Life Purpose is the guiding principle behind the events of your life, the voice of your destiny calling out to you from your soul. Your Life Purpose lies within you, always seeking expression, some means of awakening you to the power of its message. It is elusive, it is always there; it is real, it is a dream.

Why Do I Read Hands?
"Two hands open and in front of my eyes an entire Universe stares back at me. I descend into their world, like a cave explorer, my ropes and lanterns at the ready, immersed in this alien environment both strange and familiar: their essence, the meaning behind life's events, asking me to put into words and images that which calls out for understanding and acceptance.

And when I take notice, I see a transformation in my own experience: I am clear and centered, weightless, aware, more alive, more thankful and more alert than at any other time in my life.

Why do I read hands? To help other people, to become more self aware, because nothing, absolutely nothing, connects me more to my spiritual center, because my own Life Purpose commands it, because they are there.

Richard Unger