Cheiro

Cheiro ( born 1 November 1866 in Dublin, † October 8, 1936 in Hollywood) was an Irish occultist, palmist, numerologist and author future interpretive works.

Life

Was born of the derived according to own data from the Norman nobility Cheiro in Dublin (Ireland ) and William John Warner. However, he took a very early age the name Count Louis Hamon. His pseudonym Cheiro is based on the concept of palmistry (English cheiromancy, palmistry ).

Cheiro considered himself clairvoyant, who joined the palmistry, numerology and astrology to a system of prediction and thereby allegedly came to remarkable results. From a young age he traveled to distant lands, to acquire the secret knowledge of the old masters. After many years of searching, he then returned to London to pass on his knowledge.

Cheiro was considered the largest and most successful palmist his time and was a guest on many well-known personalities. He read the hands of Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, General Kitchener, William Gladstone and this led to remarkable results. He reportedly said the date of death of Queen Victoria, the year and month when King Edward VII would pass away, the fate of the Russian Tsar, the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy, the assassination attempt on the life of the Shah in Paris and much more advance.

After many years of creative life in London and many world travel Cheiro emigrated to America. There he spent his last years in Hollywood and died in 1936 at the age of 69 years.

Works

Parts of his books have also been published in other languages ​​. In his book Book of Numbers, he published his extensive knowledge of Numerology, including his interpretation of 52 double numbers. Very popular was the "method Cheiro ", are systematically associated with a number in the letter. In his autobiographical book, " Cheiro 's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist ", he described his interviews with King Edward VII, William Gladstone, Charles Stewart Parnell, Henry Morton Stanley, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Friedrich Max Muller, Blanche Roosevelt, Joseph Chamberlain, Robert G. Ingersoll, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Lillie Langtry, Mark Twain, Richard Croker, Natalia Janotha and other prominent personalities of his age.

Works (selection)

• When Were You Born?
• You and Your Stars
• Cheiro 's Language of the Hand (1897, in German in 2012 Numerology The mystery of numbers, Aurinia Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-943012-71-2. )
• Cheiro 's Guide to the Hand
• You and Your Hand
• Cheiro 's Palmistry for All
• Cheiro 's Book of Numbers
• Cheiro 's Book of World Predictions
• True Ghost Stories
• A Study of Destiny (1898, also known as The Hand of Fate ).
• Secrets of the Hand - Your Past, Present and Future ( in German Secrets of the Hand - Know your past, present and future )