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cHEIRO'S
LANCUAGE
OF
ThNE HAND
-A_-_
COMPLETE PRACTICAL WORK ON TIJE SCIENCES OF CFIEIROGNOMY
AND
CHEIROMANCY.CONTAININC
TFIE
SYSTEM,
RtJLES.
AND EXPERIENCE
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HANDS
TAKEN FROM
LIFE,
INCLUDING
fhc
hands
of Madame
Sarah
Bernhardt,Mark
Twaln, Madame
Nordlca. Col.
R. G.
lngersoll
Mrs Frank
Lesl ie,
Mr. W. T.
Stead,
he Right
Honorable
oseph
Chamber lain,
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Chamber lain,
sq. ,
M.P.,
Mrs.Annie Besant,
i r
Freder ick
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Sir
John
Lubbock,
M.P., F.R.S.,The Countessf Aberdeen,
ir
Edwin
Arnold.
The
Lorci
Chief
Justice
of England,
he Swami
Vivekananda,
ev. C.
H.
Parkhurst,
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Lady
Llndsay,
ir Art hur Sullivan,
ady Henry
Somerset,
Proninent
Menrber f the House
of Commons,
Madame Melba,
Lord CharlesBeresford,
Mr.
Willianr
Whiteley,
Gen.
Slr
RedversBuller,
V.C.,
K.C.B.,
Rev. Minot
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P n s m c u
. . . . . .
A
DurnNsE
. . .
I'ART I.-CIINIRO(+}f(
)}IY.
clraDrf,n
I. Or rsr: Sru,pgs oF fl^lNus .lxn tr'rxanRs. .
II.
Tsn
El,uuuxrnny,
oB
Lorvnsr
Trpu
III. Txs
Sgtrann HlNp
AND
ts f$trrulvrslolis..
:5
27
gt
The Square Hantl
with
Short
Squar.e
Fingers,
Tlre
fuuare
Hand with Loug
Square
Fingers.
The
fuuare
lfand with Knott.v
Fiugers.
The Square
land
with
Spntulate Fingers.
The
Squaro
Hsnd with Conic
I'ingers.
?he
Sguare Hand
with f'sychie ]'ingcrs.
The
Square Hand with l{ixed Fingers.
IV. Tnn Splrur,ern
Hern
gz
V.
Tsn Pnrlosornrc
H.L\D. .
.. :r+
VI. Tnu Coxro Elxo 3T
VII.
Txs
Psycnrc lf.lNn
40
VIU.
Tgr
Urxso
H.* .rn. : . . .
. .
4A
IX.
Trs
Trous
45
Tho
Supple-jointotl
Thuurb.
The Firm-joiuted
Thunrb.
?he
Seeond
Phalange.
X. Tsu
Jorxrs
oF
THn
XI. Tug
tr'rNcnns
The
Length
of
the I'ingcrs
iu
Rehr,tion
o
Onc Anotlrcr.
Xil. Tnu
P.lr,u,
AND rlncn lxrr liM.lr,l llrxrrs. .
XIIL
Tnn Nlrr,s
.
. .
Long
Nails
irr Relation
o
llo*ltir.
thort
Nails
irr liiltfion
to Heolth.
Disposition
os
shoryn
by
tlre
Nails
51
53
56
58
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Contents.
CEAPTEB
XIV.
Tsu
EarR,
N
TEE
Earos. -A
Suoersr rvn
guoBY. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '
XV. Txa
MouNrs,
TEEIR
Posruox
aND
TEErn
Mn-lxrxog
..
......
The Mount
of
Venus.
The
Mount
of
Jupiter.
The
Mount
of Saturn.
The
llfount
of the
Sun.
The Mount
of
Mercury.
The
Mount of
Mars.
The Mount
of
Luna
Tho
Leaning
of
the
Mounts
toward
Ono
A-nothen
XVI.
Tm
Elxos oF
NarroNs.
.
. .
The Elementary llancl.
The Square
Hand,
and
the Nations
represented
by it.
The
Philosophio.
The Conic.
The Spatulate.
The
Psychic.
PART
II.-CHEIROMANCY.
I. A FuW
Rpu.tms
rN
RorunENcE
To run
Rs.loINo
OF
rsn
Hlxp
69
II.
Tnr Lrxns oF
rIrE
H-nxu
.. .. .
.
72
III. Ix Rur,errou
ro
rsE
LrNus
74
IV.
Tns Rreut
.e,xo
Lnpr
HHlos
77
Y.
Tns
LrNn or
Lrnu.
. i - ro
79
VI.
Trn
LrNs or Mlns 86
YII"
Tun
Lrrvn oF
HEAD
W
VIII.
Tsu
Lrxn
or
Ifplo rN
REr,ATroN
To
rIrE SEYEx
Trrss
91
The
Liue
of
Head
in
Relation
to
the Square
Eand.
The
Line
of
Head
in Relation
to the
Spatulate
Hand.
The
Liue
of
Head in Refation
to
the
Philosophie
lond.
The
Line
of Heatl
in Relation
to tbe
Conie
Hand.
The
Liue of
Head.
n Relation
to the
Psychic
Haud.
IX.
Ixs.lNrry
as
slro\YN
BY
TEE
LrNn
op
Hneo
95
Ilurderous
Propensities
as shown
by
the
Line
of
Head.
X.
Tns
Lrxn
or
fln.r.nr
98
XI. Tnn Lrxu oF FAIE " " 102
XII.
Tus
LrNn
oF SuN
"
"
' '
106
XUI.
Tnn
LrNr or
H+ll,rnr
oB
THE
HEPATToA.
..
.. ..
.....
'
"
"
'
10 9
XIV.
Tnr Yr.l.
L.a.scrv.e.
ND
TIIE LrNr: or
lNrurrrolt
'
111
XV.
Tnn
Glrnor,u
or
VnNus,
TrrE Rrxa ox,
SaruRN,
AND
IrE
TEREn
Bn^l'our,ETs.
..
L12
XVI. Tlln
LrNp oF
MARRracE
" "
114
PAO
6t
6 t
66
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Contents,
CI|APTER
PAOE
XVI I . Cnu ,pnsx
. . . . . . . . . . . 110
XVIII.
Tnr
Sr.rn
. 121
The Star on tbe Mount
of
Jupiter
The
[itar
on the Mount
of
Saturn.
The Star on
the
Mount
of the
Sun.
The
Star
on the lllouut
of
lllerourv.
The Star
ou
the Mount
of Mors.
The
Star on
the l\lount
of
Luua.
The Star
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LIST OF
ILLUSTRATIONS.
t
onso
PAot
PrrATl
rrrrraDrr frrwn w
I . Tcg
.Eluuuxr.nny
l lxo
. .
. . .
:
. . . . .
. , . . . . .
" "
)
II. Tgu
Squlnu,
oB
UsEFUr,
HAND
.. ...
I
III.
Tsu
Spl.rur,.lrn,
oR
Acrrvp
HlNo
IV.
Tsg Kxorw,
oR
PsrLosoPsrc
Hluo.
U
Y.
Tsg Coxlc,
oR
ARTIsTTo
HINP
37
VI.
T$s
P'srcurc,
on
IPu,u,ISTIc
HHro
VII.
Tnu
Mrxnu
IIHqn
43
VIII.
Tsuuss
IX.
Trrs
Jonms
oF
TIIE
F:Nenns
51
ilho
Pointed.
The
Philosopbie.
X . : N l r r s . r i r ,
" " '
6 8
FiSs,
l aud
2, Thrqat
Afreotions.
Figs.
3 and
5, Bronehial
Afrectims.
Figg.4,
6, and 7,
Delicacy
of Lungs.
Figs.
8,
9,
and
L0,
Consumptive
Teudencies.
XI. Neus
Showing
Tentlency
toward
Heart-diseaso.
thowing
Tendeney
toward
Paralysis.
XII.
fs,s
Mogxrg
oF
TIIE
H.l'No.
Xm.
Tsu
Mrp
o.F
rHEl.txo
...
.....
XIV.
Sraws
tronND
rN
TIIE HlxP
fig.
1. forked
Lines.
f,ig.
2. Sister
Irines.
fig.
3. Spots
on
Lines.
Fig.
4.
Islands.
Fig.
5.
Tasseled
Lines.
Fig. 6. Aseending and DescendingBranches.
X'ig. 7.
pYavy
Lines.
tr'ig.
8. Sepillaried
tines.
Fig.
9.
Brbken
Liines.
tr'ig.
10.
Chainerl
Lines.
nig.
11.
The $quare
on
Line.
50
08
n
.l
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xiv I'ist of lllust.rutiotts,
PI/ATE trACINGl
P GE
XV.
Srexs
FoUND N rHE
HaNo 76
Fig.
1. The
Star.
Fig.
2. The Island.
Fig. 3.
The
Spot.
Fig.4. The
Cross.
Fig. 5. The Triaugle.
Fig.
6.
The
(irille.
Fig.
7. The Square.
Fig.8.
Thc Clire,lo.
Fig. 9. The Tripotl
anclSpear-head..
XVI. Moornrclrrolis
oF
PRrNcrpAr, rNus. . . 79
XVII.
I\foprrrcerroNs
oF
PRrNcu,Ar, TNES...
87
XVIIL
MoprrceTIoNS
or PRiNcrpAr,
rNES...
.
98
XIX. l \ Ioornrc , r .TroNs
F
PRrNCrper ,rxus. . . . . . . . . . .
i - r . .
106
XX.
IIonIFrcATroNS
F
PRrNCrpAr,
,rxes
..... 112
,XXL
1lfontrtr',rrlo]is
oF
PRrNCrpAr.,r]ins
121.
XXII. MoorrrclrroNs
or
PnrNcrpal
LrNes
. ..
.
..
.
.
. . 129
XX[I.
Trun-rnn
SysrEM oF
SEvEN
.
1A
PAGE
XXIV. a. If{unouRpn's
Hluo
.. ..
159
XXV.
A SurcrontsHeNo
.
161
XXVI. A Bery's Her.rp .... 103
XXUI.
Tnn
He-.roor
l\feoeup
S^e.nl,n nnrneRDT
....
.. 165
XXVIII.
Tnn
IIIND
or'
IIlnr
Trv,rlN
. . .. 167
XXIX. Tnu HlNo
or,
Il.r.olrrn NosorcA
,. .. 169
XXX. ?nn HewD
oF
Jonx Tur:o
Donf
Bnxrr.oy.
.
171
XXXI. Tnn HeNo
or
Cor,oNELRoeErir lNonnsor,r,
. 173
XXXII.
Tno
H..rxo
or
llns.
Fnexx
Lusr,rn
...
175
XXXIII. Tsr:
H.q.xo
r
W.
T.
Srnao
.
.
.. 177
XXilY. Tns
H,IND
oF Tr rE Rrcnr
Hox.
Josnpn
Cn;rueunr,.ux,M. P. . . . . .. .
.
I7g
XXXV.
Trrn
HIND
oF AusrrN Cuenrunr,*rrx, sq.,lU.P.
. . 181
XXXVI. Tnr
HeNo
or' llns. ANsru Rr:snxr
... 183
XXX\TI.
Tnn
Hl.lrD
or
rrru J,oRr)
'ntRr-Jt'srrco
o['
Exur,lso
...
185
XXXYIII. l lno H..rxrr ]F TrrE lor:srnssor AnenuEEN.. . .. . . . . 18 7
X x X x . T r r u I I . l ' x o t r r S l n J o r r x L u r t u o c x . I I . P . , F . R . S . . . .
XL. Tnn H.tNo
or
Srn En{'rx Anxor.rr
191
XLI. Tnn HaNp
or
Sln Fnr:pnnrcx
Lprc+srqr:{,,. R. A.
.
....
.
19 3
XLn. Tur:
Illxr,
or
rlrr:
Srr,rrr
YTyEKANANDa
lgb
XLIII. Tnu
llesrr
or
ll. II.
Cuntrss,
Esq.
lg7
XLIV.
Tun Hl,xD or
rHE
Rsv.
C.
II.
P.q.nrHurisr.D. D.
1gg
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PLATE
XLV.
Tnn
XLVI.
Tnn
XLVII.
Tun
XLYIII.
TUT:
XLIX.
Tnn
L.
Tns
LI.
Tnu
LII.
Tlrr:
LIII.
Tun
I,tY. Tsn
IIeNo or
HlNo
or
Il.l,xtr
or
Hlrn
or
Hexo
or
Li,st of fil,ustrations. xv
PIOE
LeoY
LrxoseY""' "
2o l
Srn
Anrnun
Sur,lrvAN..
..
J,epv
IIuxttY
Sour:nsur
e PRourxnNt
MnMsER
oF
rrrn
Housr
or CoultoNs"
"
'
'
M.tolrtn
M.nr.n-q..
Hexo
or
MrNot
J.
Srvacn
Hexp oF
II. N. Illournotueu, Esq
2A3
20 t
2u7
201)
21,r
HaNo
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CHEIRO',S
ANGTIAGE
OF THE
HA.ND.
PAITT
T.-CHT'IROGNO}[Y"
CHAP'IEIT
I.
OF THN
SHAPES
OF II.INDS
AND
rI){T1ERS.
Par,ursrnv
should
really
lnean
he
sturll'of
the haud
in its
e,ntirety.
It
is,
horrevet',
livitled nto
trvo
sectiorrs:
he
twin seient:esf
clrt,ir.lgrrolrrv
nd
cheirotnalle.v.
The
first
rlc'als
sith
the
shali
r.rf
he irarrd
aurl firrgcrs,
nr l
relittes
o
the
ltet'etlittrr'.v
nfluenr:e
f ehalacter
and tlisposition
auil
the sce-
otrd
to the lirres
attd. narkings
of
thc
1ralm,
o
thc
eventsof
past,
llresent,
and
future.
It will tltcrefore l-rtt eadily undcrstood hat the seeoudportion of this
stutly traunot
be eonrplete
without
the first
I
an
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6 Chciro's
Language of
the
llanil,
acter of strangers while sitting in the raih'oad car, the churoh, the ooncert,
or
the salon.
The
tharacteristies
of va,rious
nations as shown by
the shape
of the
hantl
is
also
a
fascinating
braneh of
the stud.y,autl
one very
mueh
ovetlooked.
Later,
I
will
encleavor
o
point
out the
leading eharaeteristics
hat
I
rnyself
have observed.
n
relation to this
portion
of
the
subject.
The
varying
shape
of
honds and
their
suitability
to
various kiuds of oceupation
is also
wodhy
of note,
and although
by the exercise
of
will
ri'e
ean alter
and
mak
upr
in a
eertain
degreer,for
almost
any constitutional
defeet,
yet
it is undoubtedly
the
e&se hat
oertain
types are
more suited
for
one
work
than another,
which
is
the more immediate provinee of cheirognomy to determine.
'We
will there-
fore
at
onee
proeeed
o
consitler
the different
types
of hands
with their vari-
ous
modifioations,
in their
relation
to temperament
and charaeter.
There
&re seveu
ypes
of
hands, each
of
which
mey
again be subdivided
into
seven
varieties.
The seven
types
are:
f.
llhe elementary,
or
the
lowest type.
II.
The square,
or the useful
hand.
.
ff[.
The spatulate,
or the nervous
aetive
type.
IV. The philosopbic, or the knotty hand.
Y.
The
conie,
or the
artistic type.
Yf.
The
psychic,
or the idealistic
hand.
VIf.
The mixed hand.
The seven
varieties
are
formed by the blending
of the seven
types.
-
Among
oivilized
nations the
elementary
being
rarely
founcl in
its
pur{ty,
we
therefore
eommence
with the
square,
divid.ed into seven
heads,
as, for exam-
ple
: the
squa,re
with
square
fingers, short
i
the square
with
square
fingers,
long; the
squa,re
with
knotty
fingers
;
the square
with
spatulate
fingers
;
the
square
with
oonic
fingers;
the square
with
psychic fingers; and the
square
with mixed.
ingers.
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d*
{.4""
-t
\'Ii
Plaft
l.JfHE
ELEMENTARY
HAND'
4,
{
n
lf
T
I
t
,
7
u.'l
\
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CEAPTER
T.
THE SLEMENTAIT,YT
OR LOIVEST
TYPE'
Tsrs hand
naturally
belorigs o
the
lowest
type
of
mentality.
fn appear-
ance
t is eoarse
and clumsy,
with
large, thick,
heavy
palm, short
fingers, and
short nails (Plate I.). It is always important to notice the length of the palm
and
fingers.
Some
books on
palmistry
stete
that
to show
intellectuality
tho
flngers
should.
always
be longer
than the
palm
;
but
&n
examination
of
this
statement
will
show
that
it is
not correei.
It has
not
betin
proved that fin-
gers
have
been
found longer
than
the
pahn. That
they
may be
nearly
as
long,
or
as long,
there ean
be
no doubt;
but
it
is a
vcry
ralo
case
o
find
them
even
of
the
same
ength.
'When,
however,
n
proportion
to
the
size
of
the
palm
the
fingers
are long,
it indicates
a
more
intelleetual
natnre
than
when
they are short.
fn Dr. Cairn's
work
on
the
physiognomy
of the human
body,
hc
states
hat
'6
the bones
of the
palm
form,
among
bruto
animals, al-
most the
whole
hand.tt
fhe deduction,
therefore, s that the rnore tho palm
dominates
he
hand"
tho
more
does
he
animal
nature
ruie.
This is
the
irn-
portant
point in
the elementary
hand: the
palm
is always
thiek
and.coarse,
a1d
the
fingers
short
and clumsy.
There are
also
veiy
ferv
lines
to
be seen
on
bo
pahn. The
people
possessing
such
a
type
have
Yery
little mental
capacity,
and
what
they do
possess
eans
more
to
the
order
of the
brute.
They
have
little or
no control
over
their
passions
love
of
form, color,
and
beauty
does
not appeal to
them.
The
thumb
of such
hands
is short
and
thic\
with the
upper
part or
nail
phalange
heavy,
full,
and
generally squarc.
Such
people
are violent
in temper,
passionate
but
not
courageous.
If
they
commit
murder,
it is in the
fury
ancl
n the
spilit
of destruction. They pos-
sess
a
certain
low
cunning,
but the
cunning
of
instinct,
not
reason. These
are
people without
aspirations
they
but
eat,
drink,
sleep,
and
die.
(Seealso
36
The llancls
of
Nations,tt
Chapter
XVI.)
27
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CHAPTER III.
TIIE SQi:AnE
HAND AND
rTS SUBDr\rHrOt{$-
THg s{:rarehnnd rneauli he iralrnsquareat the wrist, squareat the baee
of the fi.ng*rs, n,l
tlte
fingers Lernselves
quare
Plate
I.).
Snch
a t.,pe
is
also
ealled
:he
useful,
heralrsr-rf is fountl irt so
many
x'alks
ot'
life.
Witn
this
t3,'trreh.e
railsas
well Ari]
srlnerally
short and square.
Pei:glle
wiih such
a hantf are ortlerly,
lrulctual,
and
precise
in manner',
not,
howeverr rr:m
auf iuria{6r
rneo
of
uature,
mt more fi:om confonnit.v o
eustom
anrl
habit. They respect *uthority,
the.v
ove
tliseipline, hey have
a
plaee
or
everythiug
and everl'tiriug
is ketrrt
u
its
place,not only
iri
their
bcusehold,
but
in
their
brains. The3'
respect
a.w and
order,
and are sltrves
t'r eristom
they are
not
quarrelsrrule, ut are
rietermined
n opposition; thev
prefer reason io instinet, peace o war, and are methodical in work and iu
habit.
'They
are endowed with
gteat
perseverance, ut
are tenaeious,
not
resigned;
they
are
not entbusiastieover
poetry
or
art; they
ask
for
the
material, they
win
suceess n
practieal
things.
In religion
they
will
not
go
to extreme,s; hey
prefer
substanee o
show,
and
dogma
to i'ieas.
They hre
not adaptable
o
people,
or
versatile;
they
have
iittle or\Sinaiity
or
imagina-
tion,
but
in
work
they have
great
application,
foree of bharaeter,
strength
of
will, and often
outdistance their
more brilliant
and
insprrational
rivals.
They
naturally
love the
exaet
seibnces,
nd
all
practical stutly.
They
en-
eourage agrieulture
and
commerce;
they
love
home
anct the
duties
of
home,
but are
not demonstrative
in afrection.
They are sincere
and true in
promises.
stanch in
friendship,
strong
in
principle, and
honest
in business.
Their
greatest
ault
is
that they
aye nelined
to
reasonby
* twelve-inoh
rule.
and disbelieveall they eannot
understand.
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ll.-THE
SQUARE.
CR
USI'FUL
HAND'
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The
Square
Hantl
untl i,ts Subdiaisi,ons.
THE
SQUARE EAND WITH
SIIORT SQUAR,E
FINGERS.
This
peculiarity
is
very often
found,
and very easily
reeognized. The
subject
with such a type
is materialistic in every
senseof
the
term.
He
would be the
kind of rnan
who would say:
'3
Exeept I hear with
my ears and
see with my
eyes,
cannot
believe.'
And even then I
very much doubt if
such a, m&n
would be
eonvinced. It
also denotes
an
obstinate
kind
of na-
ture, as
a rule, narrow-minded.
Thesepeople make money, but by
plodding;
they
may not
be miserly,
but they
are business-like
and
practical;
they
like
to
accumulato
wealth; it is
the material
they seek.
TIIE
SQUARE HAND MTH
LONG SQTIARE FTNGERS.
The next modification
is the
square
hand.with
very long
fingers.
This
denotes
a
greater
development
of
mentality than the squarehancl
with
short
dngers. It denotes ogic
ancl methorl,
but iu a
gteatel
degree
han
possessed
by the
purely
square ype,
which, tied down
b)'
rule
and
custorn,
must follow
ihe beaten rack.
This hand,
on
the
contrar.v, hough submitting
everything
to seientific
examinatioh,
will not be so influenced
by
prejudiee,
but
will
pro-
ceetl
eautiously
and thoroughly
to
logical
conclusions,and will find its
voca-
tion in
a .qcieutific
areeri or in
ono involving logic antl reason.
THD seuinn nlND wrrl{ KNorry FTNGERS.
This
type is
generally
fountl
with long f ingers, and
gives,
n
the first
place,
extreme ovd
of detail.
It is also
ond of eonstruction; it
builds
plaus
from
any
gi,aen
point
to
any knou)n possibility;
it
may
not
procluce
great
inveutors,
but
it will
produce
good.
architects, mathematicians,ar:cl
calcula-
tors, and if
it applies
itself
ro
medieal work,
or
to scienceof
any kind, it
will
ehooso
some specialty and
use its love
of detail in
the
pqfection
of its
own
narticular
study.
TEE
SQUARE IIAND WITII
SPATUIJATE FINGEBS.
This
is the hand
of invention,
but always
on
praetical
lines.
Men with
this formation
run the
gamut
in
inverrtion,
but on a
praetical plane.
They
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gl
Cffis
l^quqe
of fu
Ed,.
makc
usduf
'lings,
instroments,
and
household
utichsr
and arc,
as
vcll
good
engineen*
They
love
meebanieal
vork of
almost
overJr
kinq and tho
finest
useful
inechanism
hns been
tumed out by
nen
Yith the
squaru hsnd
and
the
spotulato
fingprs.
TEE 8QUABE
AIID
WrrE
GOnrC
nrGEBS
Now,
though
at
firrt sigbt
it may appoar
*U"ogp
to ssy
that
musical
omposition
comes
under this
head,
yet
a little oonsideration
will show
thst
such
not
onty
is th
"asg
but that
there
is a logical
reason
that it sbould
bo
Erl'
In
the
fust
ptace,
the square
hand
is nort
t'he hand
of the
stilrdont
It
grve
motre
he
lnwer
of application
and
continuity
of
efiortr
while ths conie
fingprs
grve
the
intuitive
and
inspirationd
facultie.
The
musieal
comlnsert
no
matter
how
imaginativg
no matter
how
inspiretl in
ideas,
is eertainly
not
rithout
the
stndentts
side
to
his elraracte,r.
ff
we consider,
for a moment,
the
qnality
of
brain
and. the
tlisposition
which
is
absolutoly
neeessarJrr
wo
will
understand
mono clearly
why
the
hand
must be thus
wonderfnlly
baf'
arced-wby
the
inspirational
imaginative
naturt
must
be
linled to tbat
of
the
thoughtful
the
solid, the
inethodie.al
and
that
which at*q
prooeeds
ron
the
foundation
of the
known-aq
for
instaneg
harmony
and. eountergnirit-
to
raach
the
world
of
the
unknowa,
tbrough
the
gates
of
imagination
and,
idealism.
f
have
given
great
study
-to
the
hands
of nusigal
peoplor and I
find this ruls invariablo I find that tlre same&lso applies to litenry po.plq
thoge
rho
from tbe
foundation
of study
build
up
the
ity
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Tlrc
Square
land ani its
^SrrDrlilfsiott.s.
3t
mark
ou
what he
kuows is
gold.tt
63
Yes,tt reply,
6(
sufficient
or
your
own
uature,
perhafs,
but not sufficieut
ot thc
u-orld
tbat
expeets he diarnond
trr
shine
and
the
gold
to
glitter.
If the flowcr rnad.etself, theu
might it re-
fuse to allow
its perfume
to
seent the
earth.tt
On the contrary,
the squale
true
will exert its
powers
o the
greatest
ad.r'antage f
all mankind.
fgE SQUARE rrAND
AND
PSYCHIC
FrI{GERS.
The
square
hand with
purely psychic
fingers
s
rarely found, but
an
ap-
proach
to it is often seen n
the
forru of the square
palm
eombined
with
long,
pointed
fingersand long rrails.
Such
a
formatiou eauses
eople
o start well,
and
mean well,
but
makes
hcm subservient o every
moocl
and caprice. An
artist with sucha type will havea studio of unfinishedpictures,and the lrusi-
ness nan
will
have his offiee illetl with
unfinished
plans.
Sueh
a blending
of
types the extreme opposite of cach other makes
a nature too eontradietory
to ever suceeed.
THE
SQUARE
HAND Al.iD MIXED FINGERS.
This
is
a
type that
is very
often
seen,
antl
luore
so
among men than
Bmong
wotrren.
ft
consists
of every finger,
eirrg
different
in
shape,
sorne-
timers wo or three,
sometimes
ll.
It is ofterr
ound tliat
tho thurnb
of
such
a hanil
is
supple,or bends
back very
mueh
n the
nriddle
oirrt
;
the first finger
is
gener*lly
pointed,
he seeond. quai'e,
her thirtl spatulate,
antl the
fourth
pointed.
Such
a hancl ndicates
great
versatility of
ideas; at times such
a
man
will be full
of
inspiration, again he
will be seientific
and extremely
og-
ical
;
he will
descend
rom
the
most
inraginative idea to thc
most
praetical;
he will cliscussany subject
rvith the
gteatest
ease;
but
from *qt of eotr-
tinuity of
purpose,
he will rarely,
if er'er, ise
to any
great height
of\power or
suecess.
I have
not spaceat
rny
disposal
to thus
give
the subdivisions
of
every
t.vpe,
but this
is au
exarnple
or the
stud.ent
of
how the seven
ypes
rnlay
be
divided.
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CHAPTER
TV.
TEE
SPAIILAIE
H.f,}ID.
Tnn sliatulate
hand is
so called not
only brcause the
tip of eaeh
finger
nxemtrles
the spatula that ehemists
use in
mortars, but alsr-'be*ause
he
palm,
instad of
having the squaneness
f the
precetllng-
ygre,
.o
either
unusually
broadat the wrist or at the base of the fingers {Platc: III.}.
'TFhen
tlie
greaterl
breadth
of formatior,r
s
ai
,,ire
wri-ct, the
palm
of
the
hand
bettopss
prnnted
foward
the iirrg.ers;
wheu,
{.rrr
lic eantrar_r, he
Ee'eat-
est
?-rread,th
s fountl at the
base
of tlre finger*'s,hg
.qilalre
of
the hanrl
slopes
bafk tocrarrl
the rrist.
lv.e will discuss
ihese
lwo
loints
a liitle iater, but
we
rnusi
first
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il
Ptate
ltl.-THE
SPATULATE'
OR
ACTIVE
HAND.
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T'he
Spatulate
{end.
33
dividuality of their own. A singer,a,etress,octor,or preacherwith such a
developmeut
will break all rules of precedent-not
by any
rneaus
or
the
sake
of ecceutricity, but sirnply
because
hey have an origiual
rvay of looking
at
thirrgs,and their sense f
independenee
nclines hern
to
resent suiting their
blain to other
people's
deas. It is from
this
hand
that
we
get
not
onlv
our
great
diseoverers
nd engineers,
but also the
whole
army of
rnen
and
w()lnen
ve
are
pleased
o
call
crauks,
sirnply
because
hey
rvill rrot follow
the
rut made b)' the centuries
of sheep
hat have
gone
before
hem.
Such men
and
woriGrr
with the spatulate
hands
are he advance
gents
of thought.
They
are,
t is
true,
verv often
before heir tirne;.they
are
oftelr
yr'olrf;
n the way
they set about their work; but they are,as a nrle, the he'raltlsof solne new
thought
or
life
that will,
years
ater',
grve
ife
to
their
fellow-nten.
This brings
ns down
to
the iwo tlivisiorrs have
ust
utentioned..TV-e
il l
norv
cotrsitler heir nreaning.
The spatulateharrdwith the broad development
at the
baseof the
fingers
is
the
lnol'e
practicat
of the
two. If he
be an
iuventor,
he
will
use
his
talents
for rnakiug
oeomotives, hilrs,
'ailways,
rrrlall
the nl()l'e
useful
things of life,
for tho sirnple
eason hat
he comcsnearer
he
forruatiou
of the square ype.
IJrrt
f
hc
htrs the
igreater
angular
tlcvelopnrcut
at the
wt'ist, his bent will be
for
aetion u
the
domain
of itleas.
He will iuvettt
flying-rnaeltittes
f he
has
the in'.'entive alent, hunt for newflowers f he be a botauist,be' he tleurigod
of sorne
new
gospel
f
he
bo
a
priest.
These
peoplewortder
hat God took six
clays
o make the earth-with
the little powet
that the-v
possess
hey would.
revolutionize the
world
in a
day. Rut
they all
hat'e
their
putpose in the
evolutiou
of life;
they al'e
necessary,
herefore hey are
created.
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CHAPTER,
V.
THE
PIINOSOPHIC
IIAND.
Tnn n&meof this type
explains
tself, the
word
('philosophic
t
being
de-
rived
from
the
Greek
phi,los,
ove,
and
sophi,a,
isdour.
This
shape
of
hand
is easily
eeognizecl
it is
generallS'ong and atrgular,
with
bouy
fingers,
level-
oped
oints,
alrcl
ong
nails
(Plate
V.).
As far as success
u
the
form
of wealth
is
concerued,
t is not a favorable type to have; it gleanswisdom, arely, if
evor,
gold.
People
with
such
a tyJre
al'e,
as
a
t'ule,
students,
but
of
peerrliar
subjects.
They
study
nrankind
they
kuow every
chold
atttl tone
n
the
halp
of
life; they
play
lrpon
it, and
are
gratified rvith
its
responsive
melod.v
more
than
with the
clink
of cr-'in.
fu this
rva--v
he-v
have as
rnrtch
anrbition
as
other
types
of humanity, only
theils
is
of
n different
kind, that
is all.
They
like to be
distinct
from other
people,aucl the.v
vill
go
through
all
kirrds
bf
privations
to
attain this entl
but
as knowledge
gives
powel', so tloes
the
knowledge
of marrkind
give power oyer
man. Such
people ove
mystery
iu
all
things.
If
tlrey
preach,
hey
preachover the
heads
of
the
peolrle; if
they
paint, they ate
rny3tic;
if they are
poets,
ht,y
diseard
he
drauratic
clash
and
eolor
of
life for
the visionary
sirniles
and vaporish
rJrapings
of
the spirit.
Theirs
s the
peace
of
the resthetic;
heirs the
domaiu
beyond
the borderland
of matter; theirs
the cloudland
of thought,
where
the dreaded
grub-worm
of
nraterialism.
larenot
follow.
Such
harrds are
found
very
largely'amollg
the
Oriental
nations,
particularly
in India.
The Brahmans,
Yogis,
and
other
mystics
possess
hem
in
gleat
nurnbers.
In England,
striking
examples
re
found in the
hands of Cardinal
Newmar],Cardinal
\Ianning,
ancl
Tennyson.
They
are also
largely
seen
among
the
Jesuits
of the Catholic
Church,
rarely
in
the
English
Church,
and more
rarely still
in Baptists,
Presbyterians,
and
Independents.
In character
they
are
silent and
secretive
they
are deep
thinkers;
careful
ovr
little matters,
even
n the
use
of little words
they
are
3+
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Plate IV.-THE
KNOTTY, OR
PHTLOSOPHIC
HAIID.
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T'|rc l'ltilosolflic
Hantl.
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proud with the pride of being tlifferent from others; they rarely forget an
injurg
but they are
patient
with
the
patienee
of
power.
They
rvait
for
opportunities,and
so opportunities
selre
thern.
Such
hands are
generally
egotistieal,
which
is in keeping
with the life they
letrd.
\Vheu
iu auy ex(:ess
of developrnent
hey
are ttrore
or
less anatieal n
rerligiou
t' tn1'sticism.
Of
this the
rnost wonderful
examples
at'o
foutrtl iu the
East, where
from the
eatliest
ehildhootl the
Yogt
rvill separate
hirnself
fl'ortl all elairns
of
relatiort-
ehip
autl kindretl, antl
starvrl
arrd
kill
tlre botly
that
the soul
lrrav
ivtl. I
difter
in nry
definitiou
of this
type
ycrr'
lalgell-
ft'om
tltc'
trtotlern
wt'itel'sou
palmistry.
I fear it has been
oo
oftcn
tlte
casc
that
thc' writel'oll
this sub-
ject has follorvecloo eloselywhat other authorities tavt' saitl,rvithout aking
the
trouble
to
follorv out
his o\n'll
obsc'r't'utions.
fic
gt't]ittest
ujuly that
has
been done to
palrnistry has
lrcen
rloue
rr the
rrinetet'ttth
:trntury,
by the
(t
latly anrl
gentlenrau
'
writers
of
tho
tltl-.
Strch
pt'oplci eatl a
ferr
ltor>ks.,
dr.votosometimes
ferv mouths,sornt'tiures
ess,
o the
stutly
as a
facl,
ot'as
somethirrg
y
whieh
to
rnir,kc tinsel
rt'putation
of
lrcirrg uteresting, heu
thel-
write
their
lralnes o
a
lxrok arr,l lisaplxratr
uto the
rvhirl of
sotticty
rom
wherrce
heycaulo.
Orrly this
wctk
I rea,d
pamlrltlt't
writteu bya
laci-r- ho
eight months ago did
not
know a
liuc
otr the
ltarttl,but
to
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Cheiro's
mtguage
of'tlrc
l{and,
power
of analysis
be for
chemicals
or for
rnankind..
The
end. of the finger
being square aud eonic combined gives the solemntone to their inspiration
auct its
them
speeially
or
the
religious
thought
or the
mysticism
with which,
as
a rule,
they beeome
associatecl.
Again,
these
hands,
n
the
pursuit
of what
they eonsir,ler
ruth, will
have
the
patienee
of
the
square
ype,
with
that
love
of
self-urartyrdom
which
is
the
eharaeteristic
of
the conic.
It is the
blending
of these
almost
opposite
charaeteristies
which
brings
about
the
peculiar
icleas
that
make men
and
women
with
thc
philosophic
t)rpe
of
hands
so different
from
the
praetical
drones
n
the vast
hive
of humanity.
1
lF
1
I
J
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Plate
V.-THE
CONIC,
OR
ARTISTIC
HANID.
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CHAPTER
YT.
T H S C O N I C H A N D .
Tsn conie hand,
properly
speaking, s meclium-sized,
he
palm
slightly
tapering,
and the
fingers
fullqpt the base,ancl
eouic,
or slightly
pointerl,
a,t ho
tip or nail
phalangtl
(Plate
t). It is
ofte'n eonfounded
with the
next
type,
the psychic, which is the long, narrow harrtl, with extretnely long, tapering
fingers.
The main characteristics
of the eonic hand
are impulse
aud.
nstinct.
Prcoplewith ihe, conic
hand are often, in
fact, designatetl
66
the
r,hiltlren
of impulse.t
There is a
great
variety in
corinection
with
this
type,
lmt
it
is
more usuafy found
as a full, soft
hand, $ith pointed fingers,
and rather long
nails.
Such
a formation
deuotes an artistic, impulsive
nature, but
one
in
which
love of
luxury and indolerree
predominate. The
great
fault with
people possessing
his type
is, that though
they
may be
clever antl
rluiek
in
thought
and
ideas,
yet.they
are so utterly devoicl of
patience
aud tire so
easilg that they rarely, if ever,carry out their intentions. Suchpeopleappea,r
to
their
greatest ad.vantagen
eonipany,
or
before
strangers.
They
g,re
good
eonversationalists,
hey
grasp
the drift of
a subject
quiekly,
but they
are
more
or
less superfieial
n knorvledge,as also n
other
things
;
they
have not
the
power of the student, through
want
of applieation
they dq
not reason,
they
judge
by impulse and
instinct. It
is that
quality
whieh
makes them
ehangeable
n
friendship
and
afreetion
one ean easily ofrend
hem
over little
thin 's.
They are also very
mueh influeneed
by the
people
hey
come n con-
tact
with,
and
by their
surroundings.
They are impressionable
n afai,resde
c@ur,.
hey
cerry their
likes and dislikes to
extremes;
they are
usually
quick-
tempered,
but temper
with them
is
but
a thing of the
moment.
Theyl how-
ver, when
orit of temper,
speak
beir mind
plainly,
and
are too
impetuous
to
study words
or expressions.
They
are always
generous
ancl sympathetie,
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3S
Clteiro's
f'anguage
of
the
lland.
selfish
where
their
own
personal
eomfort
is coneenretl,
it is
true,
but not in
money matters; they are easily influencerl to give money for charitl', but,
alas
here they
have
not the
l)ower
of discrimirration,
conseqluently
he
morrey
is
given
to anybody
or
anything
which
rnay r'ou$e their synrpathies
at the
rnoment.
These
hands
rlever
get
that
credii for
eharity
rvhieh
falls to
the
lot of the
rnore
practical types.
To
get
clctlit for
charity very
ofteu tlonsists
rn saviug
what
rve
give
to the beggar
and
giviug
it to the
clttrt'ch,
.mt the cortic
fingers
uever
think
of that.
Tlrc begght'
cotnes,atrti
i f the
imptrlse
to
gir-e is
there-well,
they
give,
and that
is all.
This
interesting
ty'per
ars ecrr called, aurl deselvcrlly
so,
the
artistit ',
l tttt
such
relates
rnore to tempcrarnerrt thau
to the ean'yirrg
out
of thr, artistic
ideas. It would reall.v be rnore con'ect to say that tire ou'ners of such ltattrls
are
influeneed
by
the artisticn
tlian
that
they are
artistic.
llhey are
IIXIt'e
easily influeneed
by color,
rnusic, eloquence,
tears,
jo.v,
or
sol'r'o\v,
han
artv
other
type.
Men and wornen
possessing
his
cluss
of
.lruutl
t'esportd
quickly
to
sympathetic
influc,nces
they al'e
crrrotional,
anrl
risc
to
the
grcatest
heights
of
ra.pture,
or
descend
to the
lowest
rlepths
cif rleslrait',
ol't'r ilnt'
tt'ifle.
When
the conic
hand
is hald
antl
clastir., t tlcrrotesall
the
griotl
rpalities
of the
first-mentioned,
but aer:e'ntuatetl
ry greater
energy
aurl
fit'tnness
of will.
The
conic
hand
hard"
is
artistic
in natun,,
an
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(lonic
lland.
39
rises or falls. X'or instanee,a wom&nwith square fingers ean be as great a
singer,
and
may often
be capable
of rising
to
Elreater
things
than the
tvoma,nwith
the
pointed.
ormation
I
but
she
will
r:eaeh hat
point
by
differ-
ent
means"-by
her application,
by
her study,
by her conscientiotts
work,
aud
by
the
greater
power
of endul'ance
and
patienee
hat she
possesses.
Stutly
and developrnent
are one
half the
latltler
of' faure.
Genius sits
otr
the
t"ungs
to dream, Study
works
and
rises
ruug
lry nttrg;
it, is the
ea,rthrvortrts
tlottt:
who, dazzled, y
the
heights above
thr:rn,
confounrl thc two,
antl oft
(fr:own
Study
and call
it Genius.
tlhe
artistic
type
as
u
t1-pe
hut rclates to teur-
perament;
the
variety of
fingers
uclieates nly
wltere that
tetnperantetrt
s
strongest: as, for instance, the q,rtistichand with s(luill'e fingers ttrlic:ates
moro the
student,
and,
eonscquently, nore
exacttress
n founrlation,
nc'thod,
and
correctriess
sueh
persorls
vill
try arrcl rl- agairr
nntil'
tlur.vare successful.
The spatulate
fingers on tlre
artistic hautl will
give,
sav,
to a
lrrrittter
the
greater
breadth
of design
antl eolor', he
lnore dtrritrg
tleas that
will rntrkc
tho
man
famous for his originalitl',
Tlrtr
lliilosophie
will
give
the
nrl-stieal
treatment
of the idea-the
tones
arrd scuritoues
hat
subdue
he
ah'eatl1' ub-
dued
colors.
The lights and sharles
hat
creep across
he
carlvas, he
poem
irt
the
petals
of the asphodel,
he
Rarcdictas
n
the
hantls hat sootlte
he
clying-
all
will be detail, brit
detail leatling
to the
regions of
the spirit;
all will
trs
oalm,Uut with that calmrfess hat an'eBonc with the senseof the urysterious.
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CHAPTBR
VII.
T H E
P S Y C ) H I C
H A N D .
Tnn
most beautiful but the
rnost
unfortunate
of the
seven
s what is
known as the.psychic
Plate
VI.). This in its
purity of type
is a verv
rare
handto find. The narne explains tself-that whieh appertains o the soul.
The very
word seems o suggest o one's
mincl the old
fable of
the
envy
of
Yenris
oward
the
rnaidenPsyche-the
war of the
goddess f
passion
agaiust
the
more s;riritual
chanrrcif he
daughterof the soul.
In
its
pureness f tvpo
it
is a
hard
hand to
fiud:
nineteenth-eentuly ivilization
cloes
ot encourage
such
rare flowers
of
lilr.
whitenessancl
cy
purity; the calmness,
oldness,
and.
lrerrmy ehastity
of such a type
arc not
souglrt
after
by the
present-tlay
sons
of the
soil,
whuse heads ale bowecl
n tlre
quest
for
goltl,
and whose
niood
s
heated by the eloseness
f
the eattle.
But although
the exaet
ype
may
be
hard to find,
yet
there
&re hundredsof
men and
women who
so
ap-
proaeh.
he
psychic
that thev
must
tre
considered
part
of
it,
partieularly
wiren tbe
eustoms hat eontrol
our
l)reserrt-day
ife
are taken
into eonsider-
ati.on.
'Ihe
psychic
is the
most
beautiful
hand of all.
It
is in formation
long,
narrow, and
fragile-looking,
with slender, apering
fingers and
long,
almonrl-shaped
ails.
fts
very
finenessand beaut5
however,
n{icate its
want of
energy
and'strength,
and one
instinetively
pities suchhand.s f they
have to try to
hold theil
own
in the battle
of life.
Individuals
with the
psychic hancl
have tho
purely
visionary,
idealistic
nature. They appreciate
the
beautiful
in every shape
and
form
I
they
are
gentle
n manner,
quiet iu
temper;
they
are eonfiding,
and
they
instinctively
trust every
one who
is kind to them.
They have no
idea of
how
to
be
prac-
tieal,
business-like,
r
logical; they
have no eonception
of
ord.er,
punctu-
ality,
or
discipline they
are
easily
nfluencedby others
against
heir
will,
they are
c&rried away by
the strong
rush of
humanity.
Color
appeals
to
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Ptate VI.-THE
PSYCHIC,
OR
IDEALTSTTC
HAND.
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I
I
The
Psychic lIund.
4L
this nature in the highest possibleway I to some,every toue of musie,every
joy,
every
sorroq
every
emotion
is reflectecl n
a color. This
type is
uucou-
sciously a religious
one;
it
feels what
id
true, but has not
the
power
to
seek
truth.
In religion
such
people
will be
more impressed
with
the
serviee,
he
music, and
the ceremony
han
with
the logic
or.truth of the
sennon.
They
are innately
devotional,
they seem
o dwell on
the
confinesof the
spiritual,
they
feel
the
awe
and the mystery
of
life,
without knowing
why.
All
forms
of magic
antl mystery
attract
them;
they
are easily mposetl
upou,
arrrl
yet
bitterly resent
being deeeived.
These
ndividuals
have
the
intuitive
faculties
highly'developed;
they
are
gootl
as sensitives,mediums,
clairvoyants,
becanse
they are more alive to feelings, nstincts, and impl'essioushau arr: their rrlol.e
matter-of-fact
brothers and
sisters.
Parents
having
such chil
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Chei,ro's
anguay1e
f the
Hand.
less-of that we may be assured; therefore et us encourageand help thent,
instead.
of
crushing
and
tlestroying them as we too often
do. Alas
in the
worldly
sense
hey
are
generally
left far behind in the
raee
for fame aud
fortune.
I cannot
refrain from tlrawing
the
follorving
picture,
as-illustrative
of sueh
ypes:
They are
as
lilies thrown, by some
ruthless hantl, upon the
tempest-tossed.
river
of
life-they seem
so
helpless
n the onward sweep
of that
terrible
eur-
rent.
One sees
hem
at times elinging to the banks
for
pity. Ah those
beautiful
hands
have
no strength
;
they are swept on
again by the
rising ticle
of bubbling,
babbling,
frothy
humanity.
A little lower,
one
sees hem,
soiled
and stained,erouching beneath he shad.ow f some rock, trying, as it wcl'e,
to
look
happy amid
the weeds hat
for a moment moek the
stlearn.
Again,
it
is the
rush of the
onward tide or
the wash of some
passing barge that
drags
them
from the shelter
of the stone
and
hurries them
nearer and
nearer
to
the sea.
The
river is
broader
now,
quieter,
ealmer,
wider:
we
expancl
n
our
views
as
we leave
the narrow banks
of
I'outh.
See,
now, as the
rright
is
nearing,
how those
lilies rest
and
dream upon the
tide.
The
river is silent
tlow, the
rush is
past,
the
day of
life is done.
See
how
it
bears
the
broken
flowers tenderly,
as if
sorry
for the
roughness
of its early
tide.
All
is
quiet
now, all
is
ealm.
'Wider
and wider
yet
it
grows,
ealmer
and
yet
still
calmer.
The end
has come. The mists
fall
no\M, hieker
and closer
and.whiter.
Ilow
still it is
The
silence
hangs ike a coklnesson the
heart.
The
river widens
out into the sea, and
lilies and
flowers
and weetls
drift-it
may be to the
garden
of God.
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bte
VIIJTHE
MIXED HA}ID.
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CHAPTER YIIL
T I I E
M I X E D
E A N ' D .
'Isu
mixed
hand is the
most
difficult of
all to
deseribe.
In the ehapier
on the
square
I
gave
an
illustration of that type
with
mixed
fingers.
In
that o&se,however, the mixed fingers have the foundatiou of the squale
hand, whereaswith
the true
mixed type no such
foundation
can be cited
for
the studentts
guidance.
fhe mixed. ype is
so
called beeause he
hand.cannot
possibly
be classed
as
'square,
spatulate, eonie,
philosolhi.,
or
psychic;
the
fingers
also belong
to
different t5'pes-often one
pointed,
one square,
one
spatulate,
one
philo-
sophie,ete.
The mixed hand
is
the
hand.
of
ideas, of versatility,
and
generally
of
ehangeability of
purpose.
A man
with such
a hand
is adaptable to
both
people
and cireumstances, lever,
but erratic
in the
application
of
his talents.
IIe will be brilliant in conversation, be the subject seiettee, rt, or gossip.
IIe may
play
some
nstrument fairly
well,
may
paint
a
little, and so
on
I
but
rarely
will
he be
great.
'When,
however,a strong
line of
head
rules the hantl,
he
will,
of all
his
talents,
choose he
best,
and add
to
it
the
brillianey
and
versbtility
of the
others.
Sueh
hands flnd
their
greatest
seope
\
work
re-
quiring
diplomacy
and tact.
They are
so
versatile that
they
havb
rro diffi-
culty
in
getting
on with the different
clispositions
with
which the..v onte
nto
eontaet.
Their
most striking
peeuliarity
is their
adaptability
to eireum-
stances:
they never
feel the
ups and
downs
of fortune
like
others
alrnost
all
elassesof
work a,reea,sy
o them.
They are
generally inventive,
partic-
ularly if they can thereby relieve themselves of lir,bot'. They are t'estless
and.do
not remain
long in any town
or
plaee.
They are
fond of
new
itleas:
one
moment they
detgrmine o
write a drama, he next,
perhaps, hey
invent
a
gas.stove
or
go
into
polities;
but as they are always
ehanging,
anr-l
un-
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Chei,ro's
ahguage of the
Hand,,.
stable
as
water,
they
rarely
succoed..
ft
must be
remembered that
when
the
palm belongs to a certain typo these charaeteristics are much rnodified as,
for
insta,noe,
mired
fingers on
the
square, he
spatulate,
the
philosophic,
or
the
conic
will often
sueeeed
where
the
pure
development
of the
type
would
fail.
'When
the entire
hand is rnixed
it is
then that,
through
ver'satility of
talent
and
purpose,
he
subjeet is
inclined. o
become he
36
Jack of
all
traded,"
to
which
class
of unfortunates the
individual
possessing
his
type
of
hand is
so aommonly
relegated n works
on
palmistr5r.
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CLUBBED
THUMB
SUPPLE-JOINTED
THUME. F]RM-JO:NTED
THUMS
f t o t
{ho
s rb
Ptate
VIII.-THE
THUMBS.
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CHAPTEB IX.
TEE THUMB.
Tnn
thumb
is in
every senseso important
that it calls for
special
atten-
tion, not
only in
the
domairr of
cheirognomyr
but also n its relation
to cheiro-
mancy. The truth of palmistry bould rest upon the solid founclationgiven
by
the study
of
the thumb
alone, n
its
relation
to the
most important
char-
aeteristies
of the
subject.
fn
every
age the
thumb
has
played
a conspicuous
part,
not
only irr
the
hand.,
but also
n
the world
itself.
It is
a well-kno*n
fact
that among many
of the tribes
of
Oriental
nations, if
the
prisoner,
when brought
before his
eaSrtors, over his
thumb
by
his
flngers, he
is in this dumb
but eloquent
fashion giving
up his will.and
independence,
nd
begging for mercy.
\Ye
find in
the
war annals
of
the children
of IsraeF nstances
of their cutting otf
the thumbs
of
their
enemies.
Gipsies, n
their
judgment
of charaeter,merke
thp thumb the great foundation fot' all their reomarks. Being i:rterestedwith
gipsies
in
my
early life,
I know
this for
a
fact,
for I have seen
and watched
them
from
the
position,
angle, and
general
appearance
of the thumb
make
their calcrilations
accordingly.
In India
they
have
a variety
of systernsb;'
which
they
read
the hand,
but
here, again,
hey make the
thumb
thd
center
and foundation,
no matter
what
system
hey work
out.
The Chinese
also tre-
lieve
in''
pahnistry,
and
they, too,
base heir
remarks on the
position
of the
thumb
itself. Again,
it iS an interesting
faet to
notice that
even
in
Chr:is-
tianity
the
thumb has
played.
an
important
r6le, the thumb
representing
God;
the firbt finger
Christ,
the indieator
of
the will
of
God,
and
the
orrly
finger on the hand. hat has,by virtue of its position, the power to point, or
to
stand
upright indeperrdent
of the rest
I
the second
representing
he
Holy
Ghost,
as the attendant
to
the
first.
In
the
Greek
ehurch
the bishop
alone
gives
he
blessing by
the thumb
and
first
aud
secontl
ingers,
represeuting
the
4ir
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Clrciro's
Language
aJ'
lrc
lland,
Trinity; the ordinary priest has to use the whole hand. And, again, in the
old
ritual
of the
English
ehurch,
we
find.
that
in
baptism
the
cross
must
be
made
by the
thumb.
I do
not wish
to
tire
my
readers
by
going into
a
lengthy
dissertation
upon
the
medieal
points which
could
be
given
by
the
hundrecl
in
proof
of
the
importanee
of
this
member;
but
the
rnost
significant
of
all
is that
which
relates
o
what
is
known
in
medical
wcirk
as
the
6(thumb
centertt
of the
brain.
It
is
a
well-known
faet
among
the
speeialists
of
nerve
diseases
hat
by
an ex-
amination
of
the
thumb
they
can
tell
if
the
patient
is
a{Tected
r
is
likely to
be
afrected,
y
paralysis
or
not,
as he
thumb
will
indieate
such a
likelihood
a
lolg time before there has appeared'the slightest trace of such a diseasen
any
other
part
of
the system.
If
it
indicate
such
an
affection,
an operation
is
at
once
performed
on the
thumb
center
of the
brain,
and
if that
operation
is
suecessful
which
is
again
shown
by
the
thumb)
they
have
baffied he
dis-
ease
an6
the
patient
is saved.
And
yet, in
face
of this,
which
is a well-
known
faet,
there
still
aro
peoplewho
do
not believe
n the
study
of
the
hand.
'Within
the
last
few
years Dr.
Francis
Galton
has
demonstt'ated
n
Lonclon
the
marvelous
accuracy
by
which
criminals
can
be
traced
by
the
stud'y
of
the
corrugations
of
the skin
of the
thumb.
En
passant,
he
English.
govern-
ment
thought
well
of
the
idea,
and
even
proposed
to
put it
into
practiee-and
yet that very government arrestedand prosecuteclpalmists during t'hesame
year
in
almost
every
part
of
the
country.
Justice
is indeed
blind.
Another
very
interesting
point is the
old
dea
of
the
midwives-an
idea,
by
the
waYr
hat
ean
easily
be
seen
o eontain
a
good deal
of
truth.
They
believed
that
if the
child
some
days
after
birth
was
nclined
to
keep
the
thumb
inside
the\fingersl
rt foreshadowed.
reat
physical
delicaey,
but
if,
seven
days
after
birth,
the
thumb was
still
covered,
hen
there
was
good reason
o suspect
hat
the
child
would.
be
delicate
mentally.
If
one
will
visit
the
asylums
of
the
country,
he
cannot
fail to
notiee
hat
all congenital
idiots
have
very
weak,
poor thumbs
;
rn fact, some
are so
weak
as
not to
be
properly
developed,
ven
n
shape.
All
weak-minded ndividuals have weak thumbs,and the man or womauwho will
stand.
alking
with the
fingers
cove*iog
and
concealing
the
thumb
has
little
self-confidence
r self-reliance.
It
is an
interesting
thing
to
watch
the
hands
of
people
when
'dying.
One
will
see
that,
as
death
approaches
and
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reason goes, the thumb loses all power and. drops in on the hand, but
that
if
the
reason
has
only faded
temporarily
the
thumb
still retains
its
power
and
there is
every
hope of life.
It is D'Arpentigny
who
has
said,
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The
thumb
individualizes
he man.t
This
is
remarkably
true,
particularly
when
one
follows
out
Sir
Charles
Bellts
discovery
hat in
the hantl
of
the
chimpanzee,
hieh
s
the
nearest
approach
o
the
humau,
hough
well
formed.
in
every'w&yr
et
the
thumb,
if measured,
oes rot
reaeh
he base
of
the
first
finger.
The
deduction
to
be made s,
therefore,
hat
the
higher
and
better-
proportioned
the thumb,
the
more
the
intelleetual
faeulties
rule,
ancl
uice
Qsersd,,
his point
the
stutlent
will prove
by
the most
casual
observation.
The man with the short, elumsy, hiek-set hunrll is coarseand brutish in his
idea.s
and
animal
in
his
instincts,
while the
man
or wbman rvith
the
long,
well-shaped
thurnb
is intelleetual
antl
refinerl,
anrl in
the
attainrnent
of a
desire,or
the
carrying
out
of an
object,.sueh
a
person
will
use
he
strength
of
intellectual
will,.as
opposed
o that
of
brute force,
ulii"h
will
be
applied
by
the man
with
the
thick,
short formation.
The
thumb,
ther.efore,
hould
be
Iong
and. irrn
uporl
the hantl.
ft
should not
stand
at
right
anglcs
to
the
palm,
nor
yet
should t
lie
too closs
o the
sitle.
ft
shoulcl
have,
a
slopc
to-
ward
the fingel's,
antl yet
uot
lie
down on
thern.'
Wheu it
stanrls
off
the
hand,
at right
angles
to it,
the
nature
will
fly
to extremes,
rom
sheer
1-
dependenccf spirit. It will be impossible
o mauage
r
eontrol
such
natures
they will
brook
no
opposition,
and
they
will
be inelined
to
tire
aggr.essive
u
their manner
and
bearing.
When
the thumb
is
wbll for.med,
ut
lying
tlown,
cramped.
oward
the fingers,
t
indicates
the
utter
want
of
indepentlqnce
of
spirit.
ft
denotes
a nervous,
imorous,
but
eautious
nature;
it rvill
be
iilrpos-
sible
to find
out what
such a
person
s
thinking
about
or.
what
he
intends
to do;
he
canuot
be outspoken,
because
his nature
is
the reverse.
.If
the
thumb,
however,
s
a long
one, he
will
use
his
intellectual
fac,ulties
o
outwit
his
opponent,
but if it
be
short
and
thick he
will eautiously
await
his
op-
portunitYofor
any
deed
of
violence that
he
may
meclitate,
When
a
well-
formed thumb,
therefore,
strikes
the happy
medium
of these
two
extlremes,
the
subjeci
will have
sufficient
4dependenee
of
spirit
to
give
him
dignity
and
force of
character
he
will
also be
properly
eautious
over
his
own
affairs,
and
have
strength
of rvill
and
d.ecision.
It
therefore
stand.s:
the
long,
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brute
foree
and
obstinaey
the
small,
weak
thumb,
weakness
of
will
and
want
of
energy.
From
time
immemorial
the
thumb
has
been
divided
into
three
parts,
which
are significant
of
the
three
great
powers
that
rule
the world-love,
logic,
and.
will.
The
first
or
nail
phalange
denotes
will.
fhe
second
phalanser
ogic.
The
third,
which
is
the
boundary
of
the
Mount
of Yenus,
Iove.
'When
the
thumb
is
unequally
developed,
s,
for
instance,
he
first
pha-
lange
extremely ong, .rvefind that the subjeet dependsupon neither logic nor
reason,
but
simply
uPon
will.
-When
the
second
phalange
s
much
longer
than
the
first,
the
subject,
ihough
having
all
the
calmness
nd
exaetitude
f
l'eason, et
has
not
suffieieut
will
and
determination
o
cart'y
out
his
ideas.
IMhen
he
third
phalange
s
long
ancl
he
thunrb
sntall,
he'man
or
woman
is
a
prey to
the
more
passionate
r settsual
icle
of
the'natut'e.
One
of
the
most
nteresting
things
n the
study
of the
thumb
is to
notice
whether
he
f.rst
joint
is
supple
or
stiff.
IMhen
supple,
ho
first
phalange
s
allowed
o
bend
baek,
and
forms
the
thumb
into
an
arch
whert,
on
the con-
trary,
the
thumb
is stiff,
the
first
phalange cannot be bent back, even by
pressure;
and.
hese
wo
opposite
peculiarities
bear
he
greatest
possible
ela-
tion
to
character.
The
supple
humb
(Plate
YIII.)
is the
distinctive
peculiarity
of the
Latin
races
the
stiff
joint
is
more
the
property
of
the
Northem.
The supple
ointt
for
instance,
s very
rate
among
the
Danes,
Norwegians,
Germans,
English,
and
Scotch,
whereas
it
is
found
in
large
numbers
among
the
lrish,
French,
Spanish,
talians,
and
whcr.ever
hese
races
have
congregated.
I hardly
think
that
the
theory
of elimatic
influence
bears
out
this
point.
f am
more
inclined
to
eonsider
that
the
unconscious
nfluenee
of
the
surroundingsr
prenatal
or
otherwise,
has
more
to
do
with
this
peculiarity,
for the
charabteristigs
hat it
shows
in
the
individual
are
also
the
characteristics
of
the
nation
to
which
that
individ.ual
belongs.
t
i
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TIIUIIIB.
X'orexample,
he supple-jointed
humb, bending frorn the
hand, s the
in-
dieation of
the extravhgant
person,
not
only
iu matters
of mone1',
lut
in
thought; theseare ifets
natural spendtllrifts-improvident
of tinre, rnprovi-
dent
of wealth.
They have adaptability
of
temperarnent
or both
people
and
circumstancesl
hey
are
quickly
at home
in whatever society
hey at'e ht't ,wn
they have the
sentimental
ove of
kindrerl ancl
eounttv,
as opposed o the
prae,tieal;
hey settle
down easily to
new
rrork autl
new
'sttrt'ouutlings,
antl
consequentlythey uickly make a home u whate\:el'eountry
he;'
are
plaeerl.
TEE FIRIVI-JOINTED
THUIIIB.
Again, in
a
general
way,
the exact
opposite
of
all
this
is founrl arnong
ho
people
with
the stiff, flrm
joint
(Plate
YIII.).
Iu
the
first
plaee,
hey
are
mor6
practieal;
they
have
a strong
will and.
kintl of
stubtrorn
lettrnrrinatiou
vhich
makes them
rather
stronger
n character',
rrtl rvliich
is
a
large elernent
n
their
success..They are more eautiousand seeretir.e
they adt'a,uce y
slow
stepswhere the other nature
will act by leapsand trounds.
Agaiu,
they ale
not erratic like
the
first
mentioned;
they stick
to one thing; they ean'y
out
their purposewith a kind of resistless tuhtrornness they have the praeti
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the
great
difrerence,
as far
as
eharacter is
eoncerned,
shown by these
two
formations.
lIy
statement
that
the
waist-iike
appearance indicated
tact
aroused a good deal of interest, and as it was taken exception to by some of
my critics,
I
wiil
here
endeavor
to show in a
logical way
rvhy
such
should
be
the
ease.
In
the first place,
he
student has by this tir ne seen
he truth
of
my
remarks
aitout the
finer
formation
of
the
thumb beiug the indication
of the
greater
dcvelopment
of the
intellectual
will,
and the coarse formation
that of
the nature that
will
use more
brute force
in
the
accomplishment
of
an
object.
It therefore foilows
that
the wa.ist-iike
appearance, wirich
is
a
portion
of ttie
finer
development, ind,icates
the
tact
born of mental
power,
whereas
ih e
fuller,
coal'ser development
intlicates
force
in the carrving
out
of
a purpose,
in keeping
rvith
the
characteristies
of
each nature.
When the first or nail phalange is thiek and heavy, with a short, flat nail,
it is a
sure indieartion
of the
ungovernable
passion
of the subject. All
brutal
unimal natures
have
such clubbed formations,
the force of krlind
passion
com-
pletely
dominatiue whatever
reason
they
possess.
Sueh
people,
as a rule,
also have
the
first
joint
stiff, and
the two.points together
give
tha,t terrible
obstinac-''
of
purpose
that
drives the
subjeet,
onc