Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiromancy
The art of scrying by reading the lines, mounts and planes of a person's hand is Palmistry.
a palm reader
Palm reader (hand reading) Numerologist (name, birthdate reading)
Leonato offers Hero's hand in marriage.
Neither, I avoid that stuff. It's dangerous. When reading palms, you need to ascertain the dominant hand of the person you are reading (are they right-handed or left-handed) In a Right hand dominant the right hand is the current and future, the left hand is the past. The opposite is true of a left-handed person.
disadvantages can be that if they put their hand in front of their mouth then the listner which is trying to communicate will not understand but the person that was trying to communicate with their hand in front of their face with a disability will not know and understand that.
Your hand
In Hindu astrology the palm can be analysed for astrological information. An astrologer reads the lines in the palm to tell little astrological details and suggests remedies for maladies.
ZAP. You cant look at it till the time the person tells you.
No, the shorter one tells the hours.
hand in pocket
You need at least 3 people. You need to make a list of fortunes you wrote before you play. When you are ready, you can make your friends guess what fortune they will get. Then they will pull their hand into the bag. Some people who guess their funky fortunes are sometimes correct.
Someone can learn about hand reading by visiting their local library, and searching the mysticism section or for palm reading. Information regarding this topic can also be found online from sources such as Scientific Psychic.