CHEIRO THE TOWERING PERSONALITY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN PALMISTRY

The Towering Personality of the Twentieth Centruy in Chirology

Born November 1, 1866, Dublin, Ireland

Died

October 8, 1936 (aged 69)

Occupation

astrolger, numerology, palmist and author

William John Warner or Cheiro

Count Louis Hamon (or Count Leigh de Hamong)

Nationality

American

Cheiro acquired his expertise in India. He went to India and landed at the Bombay (Mumabi) port of Apollo Bunder when he was a teenager. There he met his Guru, an Indian Brahmin, who took him to his village situated in the valley of the Konkan region of Maharashtra. After studying thoroughly for two years he then returned to London and started his career as a palmist. This most renowned figure in the world of Palmistry of Chirology, had an unusual gift for the occult sciences, but also that he had a rather remarkable talent for befriending some of the most eminent people of the day. Cheiro was reluctant to marry but was aware that he was destined to marry late in life. This did happen after a woman took care of him during a serious illness. A separate chapter is devoted on this matter in his memoir. Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; told the fortunes of famous celebrities like Mark Twain, W. T. Stead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Ewart Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain. Cheiro's ability as a predictive palmist is legendary and with such a range of respectable and eminent people to attest to it, it cannot seriously be doubted. From a consideration of his written works alone it is hard to see how he managed to be able to be so accurate in making any predictions from the hand. As he was also an adept at astrology and numerology, it may have been through these arts, rather than from the hand, that he managed to make such

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accurate predictions in particular cases. The hand does not really provide such scope for prediction in the way that the more fatalistic arts of astrology and numerology can. A fact to be considered :Cheiro had mastered Panchanguli Sadhana by the virtue of which he could make absolutely accurate predictions. Panch-anguli is the deity of Kaal Gyaan i.e. who can help one know about Time. Through her Sadhana a person could easily foresee future mishaps and avoid the same in time. Also it is through Her Sadhana that a person could become expert in Palmistry and a reliable soothsayer. This issue could be debated loud and long through the corridors of Time. At the same time, it is fact that Cheiro did practice this Sadhana. Mark Twain wrote : Cheiro has exposed my character to me with humiliating accuracy. I ought not to confess this accuracy, still I am moved to do so The books written by Cheiro: Numerology: Cheiro's Book of Numbers Palmistry : Cheiro's Language of the Hand (first self-published in 1894) Cheiro's Guide to the Hand You and Your Hand Cheiro's Palmistry for All The Cheiro Book of Fate and Fortune

Astrology:

- Where were you Born? - Cheiro's You and Your Star: The Book of the Zodiac

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Others:

Cheiro's Book of World Predictions Cheiro's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist Titanic's Last Secrets True Ghost Stories (attested tales of paranormal experiences) A Study of Destiny(also published as The Hand of Fate, was first released in 1898)

After some years in London, and many world travels, Cheiro moved to America. He spent his final years in Hollywood, seeing as many as twenty clients a day and doing some screenwriting before his death there in 1936. He died of a heart attack, and his body was cremated. His widow, the Countess Lena Hamon, said her 70-year-old husband, who had been a friend and adviser to film players of late years,and earlier to European aristocracy and royalty, had predicted his own death to the hour the day before he died. From Time Magazine of October 19, 1936: Died. Count Louis Hamon ("Cheiro"), 69, celebrated oldtime palmist; after long illness; in Hollywood. Author of a book on palmistry at 13, he amassed $250,000 from rich female clients, owned an English-language newspaper in Paris, The American Register. On the night he died, said his nurse, the clock outside his room struck the hour of one thrice.