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AI Disclosure

How ReadMyPalms Uses Artificial Intelligence

ReadMyPalms uses AI extensively. This page explains where, how, and what to expect.

What Uses AI on ReadMyPalms

Palm scanner

Uploaded palm photos are processed by AI vision models, which identify visible lines and mounts. A large language model then interprets those features through the lens of traditional palmistry symbolism. The reading text is AI-generated.

Aura scanner

Your photo is analyzed by an AI vision model and an LLM generates a reading based on traditional aura color systems. The aura colors and interpretation are AI-generated, not measured from an actual energy field.

Tarot reading

Cards are drawn pseudo-randomly by the application (not by AI). The interpretation of those cards โ€” what they mean for you, given your question โ€” is AI-generated by a large language model trained on Rider-Waite tarot tradition.

Ask Stella chat

Every response in the chat is AI-generated by a large language model. Stella is an AI character, not a human astrologer. See Meet Stella for more on what Stella is.

Daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes

Horoscope text is generated by LLMs prompted with traditional Western astrology frameworks. Personalized by zodiac sign and date, anchored to real planetary positions calculated from the Swiss Ephemeris. The prose is AI-written, not the work of a human astrologer.

Programmatic content pages

Tarot card profile pages, zodiac sign profiles, compatibility readings, Chinese zodiac pages, and birthday pages are programmatically generated. The page templates are filled in with traditional calculations and LLM-written prose. These are AI-assisted, programmatic pages.

Editorial Content: AI-Drafted, Human-Reviewed

Editorial articles in our palm-reading guides and blog are AI-drafted from a detailed editorial brief โ€” one that specifies structure, tradition attribution, source citations, and the reflective/symbolic framing this site uses โ€” then reviewed and edited by the ReadMyPalms team before publication. We do not claim these articles are human-written; we claim they are AI-drafted to a human-defined editorial standard and approved by a human before going live.

Our about pages, editorial standards, privacy policy, terms, and this disclosure page itself are written by the ReadMyPalms team. They describe the site's actual practices and are not generated on demand by a model.

The distinction we draw: an "AI-generated reading delivered to you as the product" (clearly AI; e.g. palm scanner, tarot interpretation, Ask Stella chat) versus an "AI-drafted article reviewed and approved by a human editor" (editorial guides, blog posts). Both involve AI; the difference is whether a human has shaped the final output before you see it.

Which AI Models We Use

We use a mix of large language model providers depending on the feature, latency budget, and what each model is best at:

  • OpenAI (GPT family) โ€” primary provider for many features
  • Anthropic (Claude family)
  • Google (Gemini family) โ€” including vision models for image features
  • Groq (serving Llama-based open-weight models, used in some lower-latency or higher-throughput cases)

The specific model handling any given reading may rotate based on availability, cost, and how the underlying models evolve over time. We update this list when the mix changes meaningfully.

Why AI for Divinatory Readings?

It's a fair question. If palmistry and astrology are symbolic traditions designed to be practiced by a human, why hand them to a model? The honest reasons:

  • โ—†Modern LLMs have absorbed an enormous amount of palmistry, astrology, and tarot traditional knowledge from their training data โ€” books, articles, manuals, forum discussions. They can speak the symbolic language of these traditions fluently.
  • โ—†They generate personalized readings 24/7 at near-zero marginal cost. That's what makes free, instant readings feasible at all.
  • โ—†They are not psychic. They are not predictive. They are not connected to any spiritual force.
  • โ—†What they actually are: sophisticated pattern-matching systems trained on traditional source material. They produce text that is statistically likely given the prompt and their training. That's the entire mechanism.

Limitations of AI Readings

  • โ—†Not predictive. AI cannot foresee your future. Neither can traditional palmistry or astrology, and the AI version doesn't change that.
  • โ—†Can make mistakes. LLMs hallucinate. Occasional factual errors about tradition details, sign correspondences, or interpretations are possible. Treat anything that sounds load-bearing as a starting point, not a verified fact.
  • โ—†No personal context. The AI does not know you. It generates a reading from the inputs you give it โ€” a photo, a zodiac sign, a question, a short text message. It cannot actually "see" anything spiritual, and it does not retain knowledge of you between unrelated sessions.
  • โ—†Statistically generated. Each reading is statistically likely text given the prompt and the model's training. Different runs over the same inputs may produce noticeably different readings. That's the model, not a deeper truth shifting.

How to Use AI Readings Responsibly

  • โ—†Treat readings as reflective prompts, not predictions. They're most useful when they help you think about something, not when they tell you what will happen.
  • โ—†Use them for entertainment and personal exploration. Don't use them as input to medical, legal, financial, or psychological decisions. If you're working through something serious, talk to a qualified human professional.
  • โ—†Remember you're conversing with software, not a human practitioner. There is no person on the other end of Stella's chat.

Privacy and Data

When you use an AI feature, certain inputs are sent to the AI provider serving that feature. Specifically:

  • The photo you upload (for the palm scanner and aura scanner)
  • The text you type (for the Ask Stella chat)
  • Your zodiac sign or birth date when relevant to a reading

We do not send personally identifying information to AI providers unless you include it in your message. We do not train AI models on user data; we use the providers' APIs for inference only.

For full details on what we collect, how long we retain it, and how to request deletion, see our Privacy Policy.

Questions or Concerns?

If you have questions about how we use AI, want to flag a concern, or believe a specific reading went wrong in a way worth telling us about, email hello@readmypalms.com. We read every message, and we'd genuinely rather hear about a problem than not.

For the legal framing of what the readings are and aren't, see our Terms of Service. For data handling specifics, see our Privacy Policy. For the broader editorial frame, see our Editorial Standards and How We Research pages.

We'll keep this disclosure current as our use of AI evolves. If the model mix changes, or a new AI-powered feature launches, or our approach to a particular reading shifts, this page is where we'll say so.

Related: read more about how we work.