In China, the pattern on a person’s palm is only one of many clues to his or her destiny. To fortune-tellers, facial features are an indicator of personality and can be used to assess the person’s prospects. Other methods of prediction include analyzing the characters and numbers in a person’s name.
在中国，掌纹只是用来预测命运的线索之一。对算命师来说，脸部特征是一个人个性的表征，并可借此评估一个人的未来。其它的算命方法还包括分析名字的用字和笔画。