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palmistry

foretelling the future through the study of the palm
Occupation occupation Q182687
palmistry
Pietro della Vecchia · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

palmistry is an occupation[1]. palmistry ranks in the top 10% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: divination[3]
  • Commons category: Chiromancy[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chiromancy[5]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7], Otto's encyclopedia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Uses: palm[12]
  • Practiced by: chiromancer[13]

Why It Matters

palmistry has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] palmistry is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 70
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uz, sw */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → palmistry
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: palmistry, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951449|palmistry (#289951449)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000200-chiromantie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000200-chiromantie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 20w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → palmistry
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: palmistry, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144664791|palmistry (#144664791)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → divination
    Local thumb → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 15421, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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