This is a unique book, dealing lucidly with the fascinating predictive sciences of Astrology and Palmistry in a single volume. Profusely illustrated, the book highlights the differences between Western and Hindu systems of Astrology and explains the Hindu art of predicting, giving valuable information on the methodology of predictions, the planets, the signs of the zodiac and on hands and what they reveal. The book also explains the rationale of Astrology and Palmistry against the background of the Fatalism vs. Free Will Controversy.