Palm reading, also called palmistry, originated from ancient India, and is now popular and fashionable worldwide as a way of seeing a person's fate and personality by reading palm lines, hand shapes and colours, etc. The Art of Palm Reading also known as chiromancy or palmistry is the art of evaluating a person's character and future life by "reading" the palm of that person's hand. In ancient Chinese palm-reading theory, the right palm represents females while the left represents males. In mainstream palm reading, there is a more credible theory that recommends that both hands should be read.