Dear Pravin, thank you very much for your fantastic detailed response. Really interesting. I will reply after digesting your answer in a day or two (computer probs and long day here). I'll check mayarose's hand as a reference on a better PC. Btw, whoever scanned and uploaded each chapter in the palmistry classes section one by one deserves a gold medal. Sending you sunshine and light rain and cool breeze. ArcticDreams.

Added Sun Jul 2nd
I've really not much more to say in the way of debate. I asked a question, I received an answer from an esteemed contributor. It really was a perfect and thoughtful answer, very well explained. I still consider myself a skeptic, though having spent time reading posts on this forum from 2005 it seems there is something inexplicably true about palmistry. When my beliefs are challenged, I am compelled to read until I arrive at either resignation or acceptance.

I have managed to locate the jupiter 'teacher' square (R+L) & intuition line (L). Maybe not visible on original photos, very clear in flesh. According to their symbolism I am compelled to say that I do own those two 'qualities'  i.e joy from teaching people & an inexplicable telepathic/psychic/intuitive ability (the latter I don't wish to enhance or 'finetune')

I do not find any influence line cutting your life line and then cutting the fate line at 60 for that is not possible.
My amateur ages (30, 35, 60!) are just that - amateur! Refer to my most recent image with the green influence line. Clearly it doesn't hit my fate at 60 (that was my awful guess!). I am hoping that the negative influence lines from within my life have all been experienced (wishful thinking). It has to be said that my life would be dull and plain without an obstacle to teach me the art of coping and understanding how humans behave. I'll say I'm more at peace with myself today after experiencing all those 'islands', 'chains' & 'cuts' of 30s, 20s and beyond. I've learned and seen enough to understand a lot about myself. Indeed what life does not have problems?

Thank you again, Pravin Kumar. Kudahafiz and may light snow fall onto your eyelids in Bombay in August

Okay, i'm still learning... here's my reading...

Long head line shows strong willpower and desire to obtain what you want at any cost.  The whorl between your ring and middle fingers shows me that you can feel a little overbearing and controlling in relationships, this controlling feeling is lessened due to your heartline touching life line, giving you a more kind approachable feel.  The whorl between the pinkie and ring finger usually means you have a good sense of humor.

When the heart line touches life line.. Cheiro says in his ebook that you get confused about who to love, and you give your love to the worst people.  You need to work on picking better partners for yourself.  You are idealistic by nature, but a practical approach is better if you want to achieve your dreams.  

You have the croix mystique (the cross between heart and head lines) giving you strong intuition abilities.  

There's a small faint star on your faint line at age 17, and also this is the end of a hard period on your life line.  It shows a point where you went through a sort of illumination or realization about life, and you became stronger than you were before.

Around age 23, a guy came into your life.  His influence changed your mindset and caused you to make bad choices.  After he entered your life, your head line started to curve downward and it branched off into two different directions.  The downward branch indicates the more imaginative mindset, the straight branch is the practical one.  Either way, the decisions you made were ones that you regretted and were not happy with.

Looks like you broke up when you were 26, you met another guy, and y'all broke up when you were 30.

Your fingers are held really close together, and your life line touches your head line for a while.  This makes me feel like you are cautious and restrained.  You keep reigns on your life tightly and may limit yourself from possibilities due to fear of stepping outside your comfort zone.

The diamond shape in your head line show that you're still recovering from the bad choices you made, but the sun lines start appearing around age 38, and things will get better.  Your fate line also starts to curve to the right, showing a more jupiterian type turn of your fate, confirming that things will start getting better.

Try not to worry so much.  (The Girdle of Venus is really putting a damper on your good qualities)

Don't waste your time falling in love with jerks.

Believe in yourself, and go for what you want.  Don't be overly greedy...  If you help other people, they will help you back.

Your sun line appears to start near mount of moon meaning that your luck is subject to the caprices of others, and deal with public esteem of you.  You're luck with success will come from their support and esteem of you.

There's a branch coming from life life going to moon.  This shows that you will travel abroad.  I'm not sure what age.

Did you have any children recently?  (Sister line inside your life line starting at age 35)

Thanks,
~Lylak