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Palmyst
About Palmyst

Self-discovery, grounded in analysis.

Palmyst is a modern self-discovery platform that helps you understand yourself through structured palm-line-pattern analysis. We generate meaningful reports about personality, relationships, career tendencies, and emotional patterns — so you can make clearer decisions and take better actions.

Why we built this

Palmistry deserves a modern, honest toolkit

Palmistry has been studied for thousands of years. Over the last century, researchers in dermatoglyphics — the science of skin-ridge patterns — have published more than 6,000 peer-reviewed papers correlating hand features with genetic, developmental, and behavioural traits.

Yet most palm-reading apps still lean on fortune-telling tropes: fate, destiny, cosmic predictions. We think that's a missed opportunity. The same observations used by traditional readers — line clarity, mount development, hand shape, finger length — map beautifully onto modern self-reflection.

Palmyst is our attempt to build what a thoughtful, analytical, modern palmistry product should look like. No mysticism. No urgency tactics. Just a calm reading, a clear report, and actionable suggestions you can take into your week.

6,000+

Scientific publications on dermatoglyphics

40+

Palm-reading tools across 5 life areas

3

Platforms: Android, iOS, and web

Meet the founders

Built by a technologist and a palmistry expert

Palmyst sits at the intersection of structured analysis and a fifteen-year traditional practice. Both founders contribute to every report.

Dr. Piyush Jain

Co-founder, Palmyst

Dr. Piyush Jain is the co-founder and the creator of Palmyst. He holds a Master's and PhD in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University and is an advanced palmistry expert. His work brings analytical, evidence-grounded pattern recognition to traditional palmistry — turning a centuries-old practice into structured self-reflection rather than fortune-telling.

  • Education

    PhD & MS, Computer Science · Florida Atlantic University

  • Palmistry

    Advanced palmistry expert

  • Role

    Co-founder · Palmyst

Raavika Bakliwal

Co-founder, Palmyst · Palmistry, Vastu & Wellness lead

Raavika Bakliwal is the co-founder of Palmyst and brings together palmistry, vastu, and mental-wellness practice. An interior designer by training, she has spent more than 15 years studying the analytical side of traditional palmistry — line clarity, mount development, hand shape, finger structure — and works as a mental wellness instructor, helping people translate self-understanding into calmer everyday emotional rhythms. She brings the depth of a fifteen-year practice to every Palmyst report.

  • Practice

    15+ years in palmistry & vastu

  • Wellness

    Mental wellness instructor

  • Background

    Interior designer

  • Role

    Co-founder · Palmistry, Vastu & Wellness lead

How we work

Four principles that guide every reading

Rooted in research

Over 6,000 scientific publications link hand patterns to developmental, genetic and behavioural traits. Palmyst builds on that body of work — never on prediction.

Structured, not mystical

We observe the same markings a trained palm reader would — line clarity, mount development, hand shape — and translate them into structured reflections about you.

Designed for action

Every Palmyst report ends with specific, actionable suggestions for a real situation you're navigating today. No vague prophecies.

Made for India

Hindi and English. Rupees. Indian context. Built by a small team in Jodhpur and shipped on Android, iOS and web.

Say hello

We'd love to hear from you.

Questions, feedback, partnerships, press — the team reads every message.