Palmistry for All

PART I. Palmistry or Cheiromancy

PALMISTRY OR CHEIROMANCY

CHAPTER

I. A BRIEF RESUME OF THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF HANDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY 1

II. THE LINE OF HEAD OR THE INDICATIONS OF MENTALITY 8 The Line of Head and its Variations 10 The Line of Head joined to the Line of Life 16 The Line of Head separated from the Line of Life 19 The Line of Head and its Secondary Signs 22 Changes in the Line of Head 26 Crosses and Squares in connection with the Line of Head 30 Double Lines of Head 31 The Line of Head on the Seven Types of Hands 33

III. THE LINE OF LIFE AND ITS VARIATIONS 36

IV. THE LINE OF MARS OR INNER LIFE LINE 44

V. THE LINE OF DESTINY OR FATE 47 From the Line of Life 50 From the Wrist 50 From the Mount of the Moon 51 From the Middle of the Palm 55 Influence Lines to the Line of Fate 57 Double Lines of Fate 57

VI. THE LINE OF THE SUN OR SUCCESS 61 From the Line of Life 63 From the Line of Fate 63 From the Plain of Mars 63 From the Mount of the Moon 63 From the Line of Head 63 From the Line of Heart 63

VII. THE LINE OF HEART AS INDICATING THE AFFECTIONATE AND EMOTIONAL NATURE 67

VIII. SIGNS RELATING TO MARRIAGE 73

THE LINE OF MARRIAGE: At the Base of the Fourth Finger 73 Influence Lines to the Fate Line 77 Influence Lines on Venus 79

IX. LINES DENOTING CHILDREN, THEIR SEX, AND OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THEM 81

X. THE LINE OF HEALTH OR HEPATICA 83

XI. THE GIRDLE OF VENUS 88 The Ring of Saturn 90 The Bracelets 91

XII. THE LINE OF INTUITION 92 The Via Lasciva 93

XIII. LA CROIX MYSTIQUE 95 The Ring of Solomon 96

XIV. TRAVELS, VOYAGES AND ACCIDENTS 97

XV. THE ISLAND, THE CIRCLE, THE SPOT AND THE GRILLE 101

XVI. THE STAR, THE CROSS, THE SQUARE 104

XVII. DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LINES AND RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS 107

XVIII. THE GREAT TRIANGLE AND THE QUADRANGLE 110

XIX. HOW TO TELL TIME AND DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE 112

PART II. Cheirognomy--or the Shapes of the Hands and Fingers

CHEIROGNOMY--OR THE SHAPES OF THE HANDS AND FINGERS

I. THE STUDY OF THE SHAPE OF THE HANDS 117

THE SEVEN TYPES OF HANDS: The Elementary 119 The Square 119 The Spatulate 121 The Philosophic 122 The Conic 124 The Psychic 125 The Mixed 126

II. THE THUMB 127 The Supple Jointed 128 The Firm Jointed 128 The First, Second and Third Phalange 131

III. THE FINGERS 133 Length of Fingers to one another 133 Smooth Jointed 135 Knotty Jointed 135

IV. THE NAILS 136 Long Nails 136 Short Nails 137 Flat Nails 138 Their Indications of Disease 139

V. THE MOUNTS OF THE HAND 140

VI. THE MOUNT OF MARS 144

VII. THE MOUNT OF JUPITER 150

VIII. THE MOUNT OF SATURN 154

IX. THE MOUNT OF THE SUN 158

X. THE MOUNT OF MERCURY 162

XI. THE MOUNT OF THE MOON 168

XII. THE MOUNT OF VENUS 173

XIII. ADVICE TO THE STUDENT: THE BEST MEANS TO MAKE CASTS OR TAKE IMPRESSIONS OF THE HANDS 178

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Cheiro Frontispiece

The Lines of the Hand 1

Lord Kitchener's Hand 2

PLATE

I. The Three Principal Positions for the Commencement of the Line of Head 11

II. The Line of Head joined to the Line of Life and its Terminations 18

III. The Line of Head separated from the Line of Life 20

IV. Islands on the Line of Head 24

V. More Variations of the Line of Head 27

VI. The Line of Head and Line of Heart running together 29

VII. Double Lines of Head, also Crosses and Squares 32

VIII. The Line of Life and Sections of Influences from the Mounts 37

IX. The Line of Life and its Variations 40

X. The Line of Life and Line of Mars 45

XI. The Line of Destiny and its Modifications 51

XII. The Line of Destiny and its Variations 53

XIII. The Line of Destiny and its Modifications 56

XIV. The Line of Destiny, Islands, and other Signs 59

XV. The Line of Sun and its Modifications 62

XVI. The Line of Heart and its Variations 68

XVII. The Line of Marriage 74

XVIII. Marriage Lines and Influence Lines which further help in denoting Marriage 78

XIX. The Line of Health 84

XX. The Girdle of Venus. The Ring of Saturn. The Bracelets. The Line of Intuition. The Via Lasciva 89

XXI. Travels, Voyages, Accidents, and Descending Lines from the Mounts 99

XXII. The Island, the Circle, the Spot, the Grille, the Star, and the Square 102

XXIII. Minor Marks and Signs 105

XXIV. Minor Marks and Signs 108

XXV. The Great Triangle and the Quadrangle 111

XXVI. Times and Dates of Principal Events 113

CHEIROGNOMY

ILLUSTRATIONS

I. The Elementary Hand 120 The Square or Useful Hand 120 The Spatulate Hand 120 The Philosophic Hand 120

II. The Conic or Artistic Hand 123 The Psychic Hand 123 The Mixed Hand 123

III. Thumbs: The Clubbed Thumb 129 The Supple Jointed Thumb 129 The Firm Jointed Thumb 129 The Waist-Like Thumb 129 The Straight Thumb 129 The Elementary Thumb 129

IV. The Fingers: The Smooth 134 The Square 134 The Knotty 134

V. The Nails: Delicacy of Throat 137 Chest and Bronchial 137 Spinal Weakness 137 Weak Action of the Heart 137 Paralysis 137

VI. The Mounts of the Hand: The Mount of Venus 141 The Mount of Mars 141 The Mount of Jupiter 141 The Mount of Saturn 141 The Mount of the Sun 141 The Mount of Mercury 141 The Mount of the Moon 141

Palmistry for All

Part I--Palmistry or Cheiromancy

CHAPTER I

A BRIEF RESUME OF THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF HANDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES TO THE PRESENT DAY

The success I had during the twenty-five years in which I was connected with this study was, I believe, chiefly owing to the fact that although my principal study was the lines and formation of hands, yet I did not confine myself alone to that particular page in the book of Nature. I endeavoured to study every phase of thought that can throw light on human life; consequently the very ridges of the skin, the hair found on the hands, all were used as a detective would use a clue to accumulate evidence. I found people were sceptical of such a study only because they had not the subject presented to them in a logical manner.

There are hundreds of facts connected with the hand that people have rarely, if ever, heard of, and I think it will not be out of place if I touch on them here. For instance, in regard to what are known as the corpuscles, Meissner, in 1853, proved that these little molecular substances were distributed in a peculiar manner in the hand itself. He found that in the tips of the fingers they were 108 to the square line, with 400 papillae; that they gave forth certain distinct crepitations, or vibrations, and that in the red lines of the hand they were most numerous and, strange to say, were found in straight individual rows in the lines of the palm. Experiments were made as to these vibrations, and it was proved that, after a little study, one could distinctly detect and recognise the crepitations in relation to each individual. They increased or decreased in every phase of health, thought, or excitement, and were extinct the moment death had mastered its victim. About twenty years later, experiments were made with a man in Paris, who had an abnormally acute sense of sound (Nature's compensation for want of sight, as he had been born blind). In a very short time this man could detect the slightest change or irregularity in these crepitations, and through the changes was able to tell with wonderful accuracy about how old a person was, and how near they were to illness, and even death.

The study of these corpuscles was also taken up by Sir Charles Bell, who, in 1874, demonstrated that each corpuscle contained the end of a nerve fibre, and was in immediate connection with the brain. This great specialist also demonstrated that every portion of the brain was in touch with the nerves of the hand and more particularly with the corpuscles found in the tips of the fingers and the lines of the hand.

The detection of criminals by taking impressions of the tips of the fingers and by thumb marks is now used by the police of almost every country, and thousands of criminals have been tracked down and identified by this means.

To-day, at Scotland Yard, is to be seen almost an entire library now devoted to books on this side of the subject and to the collections that the police have made, and yet, in my short time, I remember how the idea was scoffed at when Monsieur Bertillon and the French police first commenced the detection of criminals by this method. If the ignorant prejudice against a complete study of the hand were overcome, the police would be greatly assisted by studying the lines of the palm, and acquiring a knowledge of what these lines mean, especially as regards mentality and the inclination of the brain in one direction or another.

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