Cheiro

Cheiro was the professional name of William John Warner (1866–1936), an Irish-born palmist, astrologer and numerologist who became the most celebrated fortune-teller of the late Victorian and Edwardian era. He opened consulting rooms in London in the 1890s and later worked in Paris, New York and Hollywood, reading the hands of Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, Edward VII and other famous clients, several of whom left testimonials to his accuracy. He wrote a long series of popular manuals, including Palmistry for All, Cheiro's Language of the Hand and Cheiro's Book of Numbers, as well as memoirs of his encounters with the famous.