Arms of the Astral Self specifies that you make unarmed strikes with them. So no you wouldn't be able to dual wield heavy or versatile weapons, or even wield weapons with them at all.
For 10 minutes, these spectral arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms’ appearance, and they vanish early if you are incapacitated or die. While the spectral arms are present, you gain the following benefits:
You can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength modifier when making Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
You can use the spectral arms to make unarmed strikes.
When you make an unarmed strike with the arms on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.
The unarmed strikes you make with the arms can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls, and their damage type is force.
You don't wield weapons with arms, you wield them with hands. Astral arms don't necessarily say they have hands, so you can't assume they do. They can only do what the feature says they can do.
To add on to what Scatterbrained said. In the ability that gives you this new way of fighting. It actually specifically only speaks of being able to fight with unarmed strike with the Astral arms. It says nothing about them being able to wield anything. So when you apply the Rule of Specificity that means that naturally at least by RaW that they cannot wield any kind of weapon at all even if they did have hands. And the way the rest of the ability and the general flavor of the monk that tends to revolve more around unarmed strikes in many ways. That tells us that likely RaI it's meant to be read that way as well. (which is not me saying that monks can't use weapons. Weapons just tend to be another way monks are adaptable but to some extent limited for the monk as well.)
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So can an Astral monk duel wield Warhammer two handed with Astral self arms. And duel wield feat.
Arms of the Astral Self specifies that you make unarmed strikes with them. So no you wouldn't be able to dual wield heavy or versatile weapons, or even wield weapons with them at all.
please show me. cause i just read and it says you can use these arms for umarmed.
For 10 minutes, these spectral arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms’ appearance, and they vanish early if you are incapacitated or die. While the spectral arms are present, you gain the following benefits:
You don't wield weapons with arms, you wield them with hands. Astral arms don't necessarily say they have hands, so you can't assume they do. They can only do what the feature says they can do.
My homebrew subclasses (full list here)
(Artificer) Swordmage | Glasswright | (Barbarian) Path of the Savage Embrace
(Bard) College of Dance | (Fighter) Warlord | Cannoneer
(Monk) Way of the Elements | (Ranger) Blade Dancer
(Rogue) DaggerMaster | Inquisitor | (Sorcerer) Riftwalker | Spellfist
(Warlock) The Swarm
To add on to what Scatterbrained said. In the ability that gives you this new way of fighting. It actually specifically only speaks of being able to fight with unarmed strike with the Astral arms. It says nothing about them being able to wield anything. So when you apply the Rule of Specificity that means that naturally at least by RaW that they cannot wield any kind of weapon at all even if they did have hands. And the way the rest of the ability and the general flavor of the monk that tends to revolve more around unarmed strikes in many ways. That tells us that likely RaI it's meant to be read that way as well. (which is not me saying that monks can't use weapons. Weapons just tend to be another way monks are adaptable but to some extent limited for the monk as well.)