What if your family tree is chock full of alcoholics, obsessive-compulsive individuals, or even the occasional lunatic? Are you doomed to a life of genetically predisposed circumstances or characteristics?

While certain lines on your hand can be inherited, you are always the master (or mistress) of your own fate. Palm reading for trauma indicators is not meant to bring you down or to make you worry about things you might not think you have control over; rather, you can use it as a warning signal that you might have a difficult choice ahead.

Lines can change as you change. In fact, they change all the time — from year to year, your lines are not always the same. Studies over long periods of time have shown that many minor (and even some major) lines can be changed by positive intentions and redirected thought. Weak fate lines can be enhanced over time, becoming stronger than even you thought possible. Attitude is everything — it all depends on you.