Required Supply: Symbology for Seers

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If you’ve taken Somatomancy at the 1st-4th level, you’ll already know that this branch of divination involves predictions based on the human form. The most common method of Somatomancy is Chiromancy, or palm-reading. That is what we’ll focus on in this lesson.

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There are three different factors on a human hand that can be studied for divinatory purposes. Palm types look at the overall shape of the hand, with the four types named after the classical Greek elements. The three major lines across one’s palm each represent an aspect of your being, and each of the seven bumps between fingers and down to the end of the hand are called mounts, representing certain traits of that person.

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Assignment

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Please carefully read chapters 3 through 5 of the Obscurus textbook, Symbology for Seers, then complete the assignment that follows.

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Read and analyze your own hand along with one other person’s. Look at the palm type, lines, and mounts of both hands, and use the information you read in your course textbook to discuss what these aspects of your palms mean about each of you. Compare your palms, explaining the similarities and differences. Overall, your response should be between 400-500 words, and don't forget to include visuals of the two palms (eg. pictures, drawings). 60 points