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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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ABNORMAL

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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Austen

Chamber lain,

sq. ,

M.P.,

Mrs.Annie Besant,

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Freder ick

.eighton,

.R.A.,

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,

.D..

Lady

Llndsay,

ir Art hur Sullivan,

ady Henry

Somerset,

Proninent

Menrber f the House

of Commons,

Madame Melba,

Lord CharlesBeresford,

Mr.

Willianr

Whiteley,

Gen.

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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.

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onso

PAot

PrrATl

rrrrraDrr frrwn w

I . Tcg

.Eluuuxr.nny

l lxo

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. . .

:

. . . . .

. , . . . . .

" "

)

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.

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08

n

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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

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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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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

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Plate IV.-THE

KNOTTY, OR

PHTLOSOPHIC

HAIID.


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T'|rc l'ltilosolflic

Hantl.

35

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.

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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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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,,

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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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PSYCHIC,

OR

IDEALTSTTC

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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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MIXED HA}ID.


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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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46

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

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lte

Thqnnb.

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,

36

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,

well-


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luntl.

formed, humb denotesstrength of intellectual will; the short, thick thum\

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

I

r


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TIIE

SUPPLE.JOINTED

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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Hand.

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

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