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The Nails Of The Hand
A study of the Nails of the Hand is a remarkably accurate guide to many diseases. This part of Palmistry is now recognised by the majority of medical...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Philosophic 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 the...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Psychic Or Idealistic Hand
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...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Second Mount Of Mars
The second Mount of Mars, lying between the Heart and Head Line (Plate VI., Part II.), is more important when the subject is born between the dates o...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Smooth And The Knotty Fingers
The First Finger is called the Finger of Jupiter. The Second is called the Finger of Saturn. The Third is called the Finger of The Sun. The Fourth is...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Spatulate Hand
The Spatulate or active nervous type (Plate I., Part II.) is usually crooked or irregular looking, with large tips or pads at the ends of the fingers...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Square Type
The Square type is so designated on account of the palm being like a square in shape, or at least nearly so. Such a hand in fact "looks square." It i...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Study Of The Shape Of The Hand
We now leave the domain of what must be considered Palmistry, the study of the Lines of the Palm--or Cheiromancy, as it was called by the Greeks from...
Read article ↗Hand shapeThe Thumb
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 understoo...
Read article ↗Hand shapeC The Mount Of Venus And Its Meaning
The portion of the palm under the base of the Thumb and inside the Line of Life is called the Mount of Venus (Plate VI., Part II.). When well-formed...
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