The Line of Life is that line which runs round the base of the thumb and lies directly over a large blood-vessel called the great Palmer Arch. This blood-vessel is more directly co...
When the Line of Life is found with a number of ascending lines, even if they are small, it denotes a life of greater energy; and the dates at which these lines ascend from the Lin...
These are fine lines that run parallel with the Line of Life, but they must not be confounded with the Line of Mars, or "Sister Life Line," which commences higher up nearer the Mou...
The Mounts of the Hand vary in the most remarkable manner in accordance with the character and dispositions of races and their different temperaments. In almost all the Southern an...
When the Nails are found very long, the general constitution never appears to be so strong as when they are medium in size. Persons with long Nails are more liable to all diseases...
When the Line of Fate rises from the Wrist and goes straight up the centre of the palm to the Mount of Saturn, provided at the same time the Line of Sun is found well marked, luck,...
This is a strange mark which takes the form also somewhat of a semi-circle, but in this case it connects the Mount of the Moon with that of Venus, or it may simply run off the hand...
The Philosophic Hand received this name from the Greek [Greek: philos]--love, and [Greek: sophich]--wisdom. When the Greeks made a study of hands they noticed that all those person...
In the judgment of character by the formation of the Hand, the Thumb is of about the same importance as the nose is to the face. It must be understood to represent the natural Will...
As its name implies, the Elementary is the lowest type of all. It is just a little above the brute creation. This type is extremely short, thick set and brutal-looking. In passing...
The Mount of Jupiter is found at the base of the first finger. When large, it shows desire to dominate, to rule and command others, to lead and organise, and to carry out some dist...
On the Mount of the Sun the Circle is favourable in all other positions it is unfavourable. On the Mount of the Moon it threatens death from drowning.
Accidents are generally marked by lines descending from the Mount of Saturn and touching the Line of Life. When falling on the Line of Head, they increase the danger to the head it...
When the Line of Fate only makes its appearance far up in the centre of the palm, in what is called the Plain of Mars, it indicates a hard early life and that the subject must alwa...
The most correct way in which to tell time by the hand is to divide the Line of Life into periods of seven years, and also the Line of Fate, following the accompanying design The L...
There are seven distinct types of hands, bearing in their own way more or less relationship to the Seven Races of Humanity. These seven types of hands are as follows: I.--The Eleme...
What is called the Ring of Saturn is very seldom found, and it is by no means a good sign to have. It is also a semi-circular line, but found lying across the Mount of Saturn. In a...
Another extremely interesting point in studying the Line of Head is to take notice of certain changes in its position, or lines either dropping or rising from it, which will also b...
The Island is never a fortunate sign. Whereever it makes its appearance, it reduces the promise of the Line or Mount on which it may be found. On the Line of Life it shows delicacy...
Small, sharply-defined crosses in any position just over or touching the Line of Head are generally signs of accidents to the Head itself. _Under Jupiter_, they usually are brought...
What are known as "islands" in the Line of Head are very important, especially if they are considered both in relation to the age at which they occur, and also in relation to the m...
The Conic, also called the Artistic, Hand (Plate II., Part II.), is always graceful looking, with the fingers tapering and pointed. It has, not only on account of its appearance bu...
The Spot is a sign of temporary arrest of the qualities of any Line on which it may be found. On the Line of Head, shock or injury. On the Line of Life, sudden illness. On the Line...
This type, may in many ways be considered as the highest development of the hand on the purely mental plane, but from a worldly standpoint it is the least successful of all. Its po...
The Mount of Saturn is found at the base of the second finger. Its chief characteristics are love of solitude, prudence, quiet determination, the study of serious sombre things, th...
What is called the "Mixed Hand", is an aggregation of all the types, or at least, some of them. It is very often found having all the fingers different from one another, as for exa...
The lines on the palm should be clearly marked, a good pink or reddish colour, and they should be free from breaks, crosses, holes or irregularities of all kinds. When very pale in...
When the Nails appear very flat and inclined to lift themselves up from the flesh towards their outer edge, the threatened danger is towards paralysis, and still more so when they...
The Quadrangle, as its name implies, is that space lying between the Lines of Head and Heart. To be well marked, it should be even in shape and not narrow at either end. When marke...
The Mount of Mercury is found under the base of the fourth finger. On a good hand it is a favourable Mount to have, but on a hand shewing evil tendencies, especially mental, it inc...