PolarfateHow to tell your hand's shape
Look at two things: the palm, and the fingers. Is your palm closer to a square, about as wide as it is long, or a rectangle, longer than it is wide? Are your fingers short compared with the palm, or long? Those two answers point to one of the four types.
The four types
Earth hand: a square palm with shorter fingers. Read as practical, steady and down to earth, someone who likes to make and fix things and values reliability.
Air hand: a square palm with longer fingers. Read as curious, sociable and quick-thinking, someone who loves ideas, conversation and learning.
Fire hand: a longer, rectangular palm with shorter fingers. Read as energetic, spontaneous and bold, someone who acts on enthusiasm and enjoys a challenge.
Water hand: a longer palm with long, slender fingers. Read as sensitive, imaginative and intuitive, someone who feels deeply and notices the mood of a room.
Fingers and thumb
Beyond length, readers notice the fingers themselves. Smooth fingers are often read as acting on instinct; fingers with noticeable knuckles as someone who likes to think things over first.
The thumb gets its own attention. A long, firm thumb is read as determination; a flexible one that bends back easily as an adaptable, easygoing nature.
Mixed hands
Many hands don't fit neatly into one type, and that's normal. Readers often describe a hand as mostly one element with a touch of another, an earth hand with air fingers, say, which is read as a practical person with a curious streak.
Hand shape and the zodiac
The same four elements group the zodiac signs, so some people enjoy comparing their hand's element with their sun sign's. They don't have to match. When they differ, it can be an interesting prompt: which side of you does each one describe?
In Polarfate, your hand's element is part of your Palm Blueprint, kept from your scan.