{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_52523/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_52523","id":"gutenberg_52523","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52523","summary":null,"tags":["Category: How To ...","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Palmistry -- India"],"text":"INDIAN PALMISTRY.\n\n\n                                   BY\n\n                            MRS. J. B. DALE.\n\n\n                                LONDON:\n     THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY, 7, DUKE STREET, ADELPHI, W.C.\n\n                               NEW YORK:\n                     THE PATH, 144, MADISON AVENUE.\n\n                                MADRAS:\n                 PROPRIETORS OF THE THEOSOPHIST, ADYAR.\n\n                                 1895.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  PLATE I.\u2014THE REFERENCE HAND.\n]\n\n\n\n\n                                PREFACE.\n\n\nCheiromancy, the art of foretelling the events of life by the lineaments\nof the hand, derived its name from the Greek word _cheiros_, the palm,\nand _manteia_, to foretell, whence it has been vulgarly called\nPalmistry\u2014as it is named in a recent Act of Parliament to forbid its\npractice for gain or reward. In Coleman's _Mythology of the Hindoos_, p.\n202, it is written: \"On the Buddha's foot is the mark called the\n'chakravarti,' wheel or discus, which should have been on the palm of\nthe hand, by which the sages at his birth divined that he would rise to\nconsiderable eminence.\" He says (p. 19): \"Various data have been\nassigned to the period of Buddha's existence. The most correct seems to\nbe about 550 B.C., whence, as the sages practised cheiromancy at\nBuddha's birth, its existence must have been much earlier known among\nthe Indians.\" \"In the year 1652,\" writes Zadkiel, \"the celebrated\nastrologer, Geo. Wharton, Esq., published a translation of 'a matchless\npiece' as he terms it, on the subject, written in Latin by Dr. J.\nRothman.\" Since that period the art of cheiromancy has gradually fallen\ninto disuse, chiefly from the extensive nonsense published by recent\nwriters. One of the writers makes a shallow attempt to disprove the\nconnection which exists between astrology and palmistry, while another\nsays it is based on the principles of the Kabalah, the latter being\nnothing more than a mnemonical system of astrology. From the writings of\nDr. J. Rothman and Geo. Wharton, Esq., I propose now to give, together\nwith some of the choicest of those of the East, the principal matter,\nand to explain in the ordinary language used by palmisters such points\nas may require elucidation. Mr. Wharton, a careful student in these\nsubjects, clearly proves that palmistry can only act in accordance with\nastrology, and that the art of cheiromancy cannot be relied upon beyond\nthe period of from one to two years at most, for he observes in his\npreface, \"What more convincing than if, by inspection made into the hand\nof any man, I truly pronounce this or that planet essentially dignified\nor angular in his geniture, or in such or such a position with other\nplanets or stars, another unfortunate, afflicted or defected? Or if, on\nthe contrary, by looking first into the geniture and considering therein\nthe several positions of the planets and their configurations one to\nanother and with other stars, I tell him, and that distinctly and truly,\nthe lines and signatures engraven upon his head or hand\u2014what, I say, is\nor can be more satisfactory than this to rational men, as touching the\npower and influence of the planets and stars upon these inferiors, and\nconsequently of the lawful use and truth of the science called\nastrology, cheiromancy and metoposcopia, between which three sciences\nthere appear to be such a secret coherence and harmony?\"\n\nIt is also written in the _Book of Job_, xxxvii. 7: \"In the hand of all\nmen he shall put a mark that everyone may know his own work\"; but in our\ntranslation of the _Bible_ it is written as follows: \"In the hand of all\nmen he putteth a mark that every man may know his own work.\" This alone\nproves that Job believed in this science.\n\nThe author does not claim that there is anything new in this work,\nalthough the method of translating and setting may be original.\n\n\n\n\n                          REFERENCES TO HAND.\n\n\n                                 No. 1.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of Jupiter.\n\n_Location._\u2014Root of forefinger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When very fully shown denotes pride, tyranny; when\ndeficient in size denotes idleness and vulgarity; when there are\nconcentric circles shown by the pores of the skin, here they indicate\nsure success in religion, marriage and monetary matters, ambition;\nbroken circles or elongated, slightly less powerful; entirely void, no\nsuccess thereby.\n\n\n                                 No. 2.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of Saturn.\n\n_Location._\u2014Root of middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When fully marked denotes wisdom, prudence; when very\nfull, taciturnity, sadness; when concentric circles are placed here\nsuccess in all Saturnian affairs; when absent or elongated the person\nwill never make much headway with such things and persons.\n\n\n                                 No. 3.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of the Sun, \"Apollo.\"\n\n_Location._\u2014Root of ring finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When prominent it gives art, genius, intelligence;\nwhen very full, denotes a greedy and untruthful disposition; when flat\nor small, then it causes the person to be dull; when concentric circles\nappear here, the person will be very powerful, have riches and honour by\nthe state, or marry a high-born person; elongated or none, shows the\nperson will have mean preferment, or none, as the case may be.\n\n\n                                 No. 4.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of Mercury.\n\n_Location._\u2014Root of little finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When prominent and full, and with concentric circles\nthereon, it denotes science, inventiveness, wit and success in all\nMercurial matters, as writings, professions, especially church and law,\nand journeys; when very large and with elongated circles, it denotes\ntheft, lying, cunning; when flat or none, it shows a negative life, and\nunfortunate in all above.\n\n\n                                 No. 5.\n\n_Name._\u2014Girdle of Venus.\n\n_Location._\u2014A curved line from root of forefinger to root of little\nfinger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When this line is clear it shows a natural desire for\nthe opposite sex; when double it denotes an intemperate and lustful\nlife; when broken, it shows terrible loss and infamy through lusts, a\nfilthy person.\n\n\n                                 No. 6.\n\n_Name._\u2014Via Combusta.\n\n_Location._\u2014Extends through hollow of hand to mount of middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014See Lines (8) page 36.\n\n\n                                 No. 7.\n\n_Name._\u2014Via Solis.\n\n_Location._\u2014A curved line running from root of ring finger to the mount\nof the Moon.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When straight and uniformly composed and well\ncoloured, it promises the favour of great men and great honours; if\ndissected or uneven judge the contrary, or the frowns or ill favour of\ngreat people, with impediments in life or envy.\n\n\n                                 No. 8.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Fortune.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line extending from the mount of Jupiter to the mount of\nMercury.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When long and with incisures, denotes that the\nprincipal members of the body are strong, constancy; if short or\ncrooked, the contrary; if severed, the same; when it stops at the mount\nof Saturn, it shows a vain lying person; if it branches on mount of\nJupiter it denotes honours; if single or without branches, it shows\npoverty and want.\n\n\n                                 No. 9.\n\n_Name._\u2014Liver line.\n\n_Location._\u2014A curved line running through the palm of the hand, between\nthe line of Fortune and the Life line.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When straight and not dissected by obscure little\nlines, denotes a healthy body; if extending only to the hollow of the\nhand, or short, it denotes a short life, or full of disease; the longer\nthis line, the longer may the life be; if cut at end poverty in old age.\n\n\n                                No. 10.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Life.\n\n_Location._\u2014A curved line running round the root of the thumb.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014When broad and uniform, denotes a long and healthy\nlife, and but few diseases; if slender, short or cut, or with little\nobscure lines running through, it denotes feebleness of body, sickness,\nshort life, except line be strong; if sloping nicely to Liver line, and\nbeautified in the angle with parallels or little crosses, it shows a\ngood wit and even temper.\n\n\n                                No. 11.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Saturn.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line extending from the wrist lines up to middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014If it extend to the middle finger it indicates\nprofound meditations, and if fortunate, events in counsels and actions;\nif short (without other testimony) misfortunes; if bent towards the\nmount of the Moon, in the hollow of the hand, imprisonment.\n\n\n                                No. 12.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of the Head and Brain, called by some the line of Health.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running from the wrist, or line of Saturn, and\nextending up to the mount of Mercury.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014If this line be uniform and not intersected, it forms\nwith the line of Life and Liver line (sometimes called the Head line) a\ntriangle on the plane of Mars, if of good colour, it denotes prudence,\nmanly wit and fair fortune; the more perfect this triangle, the better\nwill be the person's wit and courage; if obtuse it shows an evil nature\nand a rude man; no triangle shows a fool or a knave.\n\n\n                                No. 13.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of the Moon.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running from the line of Saturn and line of the Brain\nto the mount of the moon called sometimes the Via Lactea.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This line being uniformly composed, proportionate and\ncontinued, denotes fortunate journeys both by land and sea; also a good\nbrain, the favour of women (the mount of Venus being also unafflicted),\na composed and graceful speech; if it be cut or distorted it argues\ninfelicity and proneness to lies; if whole and ascending up to little\nfinger it denotes great happiness.\n\n\n                                No. 14.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of the Moon.\n\n_Location._\u2014The outside part of hand, opposite to root of thumb, between\nmount of Mercury and wrist.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Imagination, refinement, poetry; if very large or full\nit denotes despair, caprice and almost lunacy; when flat and hollow,\ndenotes dulness, want of speech, positiveness.\n\n\n                                No. 15.\n\n_Name._\u2014Plane and place of Mars. The mount of Mars.\n\n_Location._\u2014The place of Mars is twice represented, one on the side of\nthe palm by the mount of Mars, and the other in the palm between the\nline of Life and the Liver line, called the plane or place of Mars.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014The mount of Mars shows courage; when in excess,\npassion; when small, temerity.\n\n(_Vide_ marks, etc., specially numbered.)\n\n\n                                No. 16.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mount of Venus.\n\n_Location._\u2014In the root of the thumb.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Love of beauty and pleasure; where large, inconstancy,\ncoquetry; when small, coldness.\n\n\n                                No. 17.\n\n_Name._\u2014Dragon lines or Bracelets.\n\n_Location._\u2014Lines to be found on the wrist.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014If double or triple and forming a right and continuous\ntract, it shows good composure of body; thrice, indicates health, wealth\nand prosperity; a star or cross here shows tranquillity in old age; if a\nline extends to the mount of Moon or Mercury from Dragon lines, it shows\nesteem and life in a foreign country.\n\n\n                                No. 18.\n\n_Name._\u2014Plane of Mensa, or place of Fortune.\n\n_Location._\u2014The space between the line of Fortune and the Liver line.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Great and broad and forming a nice figure, it declares\na liberal man, magnanimous and long-lived; if small and narrow, it\nargues slender fortune, niggardliness and fearfulness; a star or cross\nin this space, clear and well-proportioned, especially under the mount\nof the Sun, shows honours and dignities to follow.\n\n\n                                No. 19.\n\n_Name._\u2014Egyptian Staff.\n\n_Location._\u2014Just below chain of Fortune.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Great renown in antiquities\u2014a great commander and\nofttimes a great statesman, a lover of ancient research.\n\n\n                                No. 20.\n\n_Name._\u2014Chain of Fortune.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small crosses or stars between the line of Life and the\nLiver line, under the mount of Jupiter.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014These denote wit and an even nature; riches and\nhonours, or wealth by position of noted kind.\n\n\n                                No. 21.\n\n_Name._\u2014Sun place.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small circle on the line of Life opposite to the mount of\nthe Moon.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014The loss of eyesight; two circles, the loss of both\neyes.\n\n\n                                No. 22.\n\n_Name._\u2014Envy line.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running from the root of the thumb, near the Dragon\nlines, to the line of Saturn.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes envy.\n\n\n                                No. 23.\n\n_Name._\u2014Perilous line.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small line running from the Life line and passing through\nthe point formed by the cutting of line of Saturn and Liver line.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This indicates perils of all kinds, and disease, and\nsometimes sudden death or misfortune.\n\n\n                                No. 24.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Friendship.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small line starting from the line of Life, about midway,\nand passing through the Saturn and Liver lines, forming a small\ntriangle, and extending to the mount of the Sun.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This shows honours and favours from great ladies of\nrank and fortune.\n\n\n                                No. 25.\n\n_Name._\u2014Cross of Indigence.\n\n_Location._\u2014A star on the Liver line or natural mean, near or on mount\nof the Moon.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Poverty in old age.\n\n\n                                No. 26.\n\n_Name._\u2014Path of Mars.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small line running midway from line of Life to plane of\nMars with a small star on or near the end.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Hurts and wounds.\n\n\n                                No. 27.\n\n_Name._\u2014Dragon's Head.\n\n_Location._\u2014A star on Dragon line or Bracelets.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Tranquillity in life, in old age.\n\n\n                                No. 28.\n\n_Name._\u2014Dragon's Tail.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running from second Bracelet into the mount of Venus.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Adversities from kindred or wife.\n\n\n                                No. 29.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Mars.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running parallel with the line of Life on mount of\nVenus.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This augments and strengthens the things signified by\nthe line of Life; it particularly promises good success in war and a\nrobust constitution.\n\n\n                                No. 30.\n\n_Name._\u2014Mars Cross.\n\n_Location._\u2014Cross or star on the mount of Mars.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Fortunate journeys.\n\n\n                                No. 31.\n\n_Name._\u2014Oracle of Jove.\n\n_Location._\u2014The sign Jupiter under the mount or on the mount of Apollo.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes honours and ecclesiastical dignities.\n\n\n                                No. 32.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Calamity.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small line running from line of Life up through second\njoint of thumb.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This signifies a violent death and danger from married\nwomen.\n\n\n                                No. 33.\n\n_Name._\u2014Cross bars.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small lines on the second joint of thumb.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This is an indication of contention and brawling;\nsmall hair lines running horizontally to thumb shows riches in second\npart of life.\n\n\n                                No. 34.\n\n_Name._\u2014Girdle of Pollux.\n\n_Location._\u2014A ring round the thumb.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This is an indication of hanging.\n\n\n                                No. 35.\n\n_Name._\u2014First phalanx of forefinger.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small lines running parallel with joint.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Indication of inheritance. This phalanx hollow or\ncurved upwards indicates avarice; if turned backwards, extravagance.\n\n\n                                No. 36.\n\n_Name._\u2014Second phalanx of forefinger.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small lines in the centre running vertical to joints.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Indicates many children.\n\n\n                                No. 37.\n\n_Name._\u2014Third phalanx of forefinger.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small lines running vertical to joints.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes a jovial disposition. This finger thick at the\nroot denotes a greedy appetite.\n\n\n                                No. 38.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small star or cross.\n\n_Location._\u2014On third phalanx of forefinger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Shows an unchaste and lascivious life.\n\n\n                                No. 39.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small star.\n\n_Location._\u2014On second phalanx of middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes melancholy; a star near middle of third\nphalanx denotes unhappiness.\n\n\n                                No. 40.\n\n_Name._\u2014A line with star at bottom.\n\n_Location._\u2014A small line running throughout middle finger, with a star\non third phalanx.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes folly and madness.\n\n\n                                No. 41.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small lines running vertical to joint.\n\n_Location._\u2014Second phalanx of ring finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Indicates fame, especially if a straight and\nwell-defined line passes up the middle of the finger.\n\n\n                                No. 42.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small cross bars.\n\n_Location._\u2014Third phalanx of ring finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Honours and riches.\n\n\n                                No. 43.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small cross or star.\n\n_Location._\u2014On mount of Mercury close to joint.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Eloquence.\n\n\n                                No. 44.\n\n_Name._\u2014Two small stars or indented line.\n\n_Location._\u2014On mount of Mercury, one below the other, or a clear\nindented line on mount of Apollo.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014The first indicates a brilliant mind. The line on\nmount of Apollo also shows a noted and brilliant mind, but the loss of a\ndear male friend, sometimes death of wife.\n\n\n                                No. 45.\n\n_Name._\u2014Cross bars.\n\n_Location._\u2014On second phalanx of little finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Shows a thief or a very deceitful person.\n\n\n                                No. 46.\n\n_Name._\u2014Marriage lines.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small lines on outside of hand on mount of Mercury.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014These, according to their number, denote the number of\nhusbands or wives should the widow line also appear; without it they may\nmean lovers.\n\n\n                                 No. 47\n\n_Name._\u2014Crest of Hermes.\n\n_Location._\u2014Small crosses or star on third phalanx of little finger,\nespecially in the centre.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Shows ingenuity and eloquence.\n\n\n                                No. 48.\n\n_Name._\u2014Small concentric circles formed by pores of the skin.\n\n_Location._\u2014On first phalanx of all fingers.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Denotes that the person will be always earning or\ninheriting money all his life, and in fact it is one of the most\nsuccessful signs in the hand for pecuniary success.\n\n\n                                No. 49.\n\n_Location._\u2014On Mounts.\n\n_Name._\u2014Concentric.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014The same on the mounts indicate money by or through\npersons or things indicated by the mount of the fingers, on the\nforefinger, a wealthy partner; on the mount of Saturn, wealth by lands,\nhouse property, legacies; on the ring finger by successful business, or\nprofession and fame; on the mount of Mercury by writings, by profession,\nby eloquence, etc. Should these assume an elongated form, as seen on\nmiddle finger, then, if unbroken, the person will succeed by labour and\nmany difficulties; if none appear, then they will never succeed in\npecuniary matters, unless the hand is otherwise very strong.\n\n\n                                No. 50.\n\n_Name._\u2014Lapis Lazuli.\n\n_Location._\u2014Tip of middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Same as above on mount of Saturn\u2014but in foreign\ncountries or from abroad.\n\n\n                                No. 51.\n\n_Name._\u2014Lapis Lazuli.\n\n_Location._\u2014On mount of Saturn or middle finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Same as No. 50.\n\n\n                                No. 52.\n\n_Name._\u2014Shell form shown by pores of skin.\n\n_Location._\u2014On first phalanx of little finger.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This is perhaps the best means of success, as shown\nabove, in writing and speaking, etc., if other testimonies concur, but I\nprefer the complete circle.\n\n\n                                No. 53.\n\n_Name._\u2014Corn or diamond loops.\n\n_Location._\u2014On joints of fingers.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Should the lines on the joints, between the phalanges\nof the fingers, take the form of a barleycorn or diamond, the person may\nexpect many and unexpected advantages, but much depends on the sum of\nthese lines when counted.\n\n\n                                No. 54.\n\n_Name._\u2014Luna lines.\n\n_Location._\u2014Near mount of Moon on outside of hand, below the Liver or\nFather line.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014Aptitude for travelling, a sailor, quietness,\ncontentment, poetic imagination when regular; cross bars here give\ndiscontent, sometimes suicide, a morbid imagination.\n\n\n                                No. 55.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of intuition.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running from the Liver line to the mount of the Moon.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This shows poetic intelligence, seldom found except in\nhighly imaginative and intellectual persons.\n\n\n                                No. 56.\n\n_Name._\u2014Line of Temper.\n\n_Location._\u2014A line running vertically from mount of Mars to mount of\nMoon.\n\n_Interpretation._\u2014This denotes determination and decision.\n\n\n                         A SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT.\n\n(1) Observe the kind of hands from the front or inside.\n\nShort hands denote an impulsive judgment without analysis.\n\nSmooth hands denote impression, ability, inspiration, intuition.\n\nHard, firm hands denote great energy and perseverance.\n\nSoft, loose hands denote a kind of debility or laziness, a\ndisinclination to work.\n\nKnotted hands denote reflection, order, success.\n\n(2) Observe the fingers.\n\n_Pointed._\u2014Forefinger (first), intuitive; middle finger (second),\nfrivolous, light-hearted, gay; ring finger (third), artistic, testy,\nnice, refined; little finger (fourth), eloquent.\n\n_Square._\u2014Forefinger (first), truthful, cautious; middle finger\n(second), grave, thoughtful; ring finger (third), reasonable, a thinker;\nlittle finger (fourth), judicious.\n\n_Spatulated._\u2014Forefinger (first), mystic, delighting in occult studies;\nmiddle finger (second), morbid, fanciful; ring finger (third), dramatic,\nsympathetic; little finger (fourth), mechanical.\n\n(3) Look at the nails on the hands.\n\n1.\u2014Narrow, indicate an irritable temper or aspiring spirit.\n\n2.\u2014Round and full, indicate learning and liberal views.\n\n3.\u2014Small, indicate pride, stubbornness, narrowness and bigotry.\n\n4.\u2014Broad and flat, indicate a mild and timorous disposition.\n\n5.\u2014Filbert-shaped, indicate refinement and courteous manners.\n\n_Note._\u2014When the hand is allowed to open freely, the space between the\nfirst and second fingers, farthest apart, denotes independence of\nthought; third and fourth, independence of action, and if both are very\nwide apart, originality and self-reliance.\n\nIf the thumb inclines inward, avarice; outward, generosity.\n\n(4) Observe the length and depth of the lines.\n\n(5) The quality, whether they are crooked or straight.\n\n(6) Observe whether they touch or cut other lines.\n\n(7) Observe whether they are touched or cut by other lines.\n\n(8) Their place and position.\n\n_Note._\u2014The lines are sometimes lengthened until certain years of our\nlife, while others are shortened. At one time they may become pale, at\nanother they become notably clear and red. The minor marks, such as are\nfound on the mounts, sometimes quite vanish, and at other times they\nwill assume different shapes and colours. Therefore the most studious in\npalmistry cannot attain a complete knowledge of the events of a life at\nonce, because they come and go as nature, or the circumstances of life,\nchange and twist, but can only read for a year or so in advance. These\nchanges are caused, as before stated, by the progressions and changing\nof the laws relating to nature, of which we are a part.\n\n\n                          THE HAND TO EXAMINE.\n\nThe general rule in the East is that the right palm of the male and the\nleft palm of the female ought to be examined. In either case take the\nhand in which the signs and lines are clearly shown. If they concur in\nboth hands and appear clear and nicely marked they declare a constancy\nof fortune and health, etc. In the male generally the right hand is the\nfate hand or the positive hand, that is, events about to happen; while\nthe left denotes the negative or those events which have come to pass or\nbeen accomplished by the person, or those just passing away. Judge the\nconverse in the female hands.\n\n\n  SIGNIFICATION OF ANIMALS, FLOWERS AND PROMISCUOUS MARKS FOUND ON THE\n                                 HAND.\n\nThese are principally formed by the smaller lines running with the pores\nof the skin. Great care must therefore be taken in determining these\nforms, because very much depends on their position. The numbers herein\nreferred to have reference to Plate II of the hand which I have set\napart for the express purpose of showing these marks and signs.\n\nThe first space of the hand near to the mounts is that part which has\nprincipally to show the animal passions\u2014lusts and intrigues.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  PLATE II.\n]\n\nThe second space, or the part of the hand between the girdle of Venus\nand the Table line, deals more specifically with love affairs or the\nspiritual side, while the former treats more on the physical plane.\n\nThese two, therefore, taken together, may be considered the moral region\nof the hand.\n\nThe next space between the Table line and the Liver line may be called\nthe mental and social region.\n\nThe one following this may be called the commercial region or the wealth\ngenerally of the person.\n\nThat space enclosed by the line of Life is the artistic or dramatic\nregion.\n\nThe right hand side of the hand separated by the line of Saturn denotes\nthe positive nature, while the left hand portion is the negative or\nimaginative nature of the individual.\n\nIf a fish or a similar figure be found at the root of the hand (No. 1)\nit signifies great success in the world\u2014riches and many children.\n\nIf a lotus flower or like-shaped figure be here, the person, if a\nfemale, will be sure to become a great lady, in fact almost a queen. If\nthe same be on a male hand he will be sure to be renowned and great (No.\n2).\n\nA serpent found here or on the wrist just above the Bracelet and near to\nthe line of Saturn, the man will become a great warrior or hero (Nos. 1\nand 3).\n\nAn octagonal figure placed between the line of Life and the Liver line\nwill cause the person to be burdened with the possession of landed\nestates (No. 4).\n\nIf conch, or marine shells, or any circular figure be found here (No. 5)\nthey presage that the person will be a learned man, especially if they\nshould be found on the first phalanx of the little finger (No. 6), on\nthe mount of Mercury (No. 7), or on the mount of the Moon (No. 8).\n\nShould the sign of a flag be found here, and particularly on the mount\nof Mercury (No. 7) or on the palm of the hand (No. 9), the person will\nbe a philosopher and a great thinker.\n\nA trident (No. 10), the three-pronged sceptre of Neptune or similar\nfigure, the person rises to great fame, almost a prince or princess. If\nthe trident be formed, but somewhat indistinct, he will not rise so\nhigh, but sure to have very important appointments and be attached to\nroyalty. He will also be very kind, generous, and likely to acquire\nfame.\n\nIf in the male hand, or even on the female hand, there be anything like\na spear or bow and arrow the person is sure to get a throne (No. 11);\nand if all three, bow, arrow and lance together be there, the person is\nsure to be a king or queen (No. 12).\n\nShould the sign of a wheel and flag come together on the same hand the\nperson will have riches and power, respect among his fellow-men, will be\na great ruler or prime minister, and be noted or celebrated for his\nwisdom and goodness (No. 13).\n\nIf the sign of an elephant, which of itself is good (No. 14), or the\nsign of an earring (No. 15) and wheel (No. 16) appear on the same hand\ntogether, the person is likely to be an emperor or great personage.\n\nA hill (No. 17) or wristlet (No. 18) like a bough or something like the\nhead of a man (No. 19), or a pitcher (No. 20), the person is almost sure\nto rise to the exalted position of a minister of state.\n\nIf the sign of a barleycorn be found on the flat part of the thumb the\nperson will spend life very happily and go through life easily (No. 21).\nShould the barley appear on the mount of Mars, in the centre of the\nhand, the person will be very intellectual, respectable and wise (No.\n22). Should the form of the barley be found under any two fingers,\nespecially on the mount of Saturn, the possessor will lead a happy life,\nhonourable, have a good partner in marriage and have many children (No.\n23).\n\nIf the line of the Heart (or the line of Fortune in India) (No. 25),\nextend only to the mount of Apollo (the Sun), the person will scarcely\nlive ten years. And should this line be broken in many places the person\nwill die by drowning. But if another smaller line appear running\nparallel with the Heart line and which extends only to the mount of\nApollo (No. 26), the person will meet his death either by a fall from a\nhouse or a tree. Should, however, this line extend from the outside part\nof the hand to the mount of Jupiter, the life will be long and good, if\nnot broken.\n\nIf a line rises from the mount of Venus to the first phalanx of the\nthumb he will be a commander of a large army (No. 27).\n\nA vertical line on the mount of Jupiter, the possessor will be a great\ndiplomatist, but an irreligious person (No. 28). If this line appear on\nthe mount of Saturn, he will be a prosperous man with a beautiful wife\nand have many children (No. 29).\n\nA line under the Sun denotes a trades person with a long life, but only\nrises to the middle class (No. 30).\n\nIf a vertical and well-defined line appear on the mount of Mercury (No.\n31), the person is likely to lead a long life in a foreign country.\n\nIf the line of the Heart (Fortune line) goes to the mount of Saturn, he\nwill live thirty years.\n\nIf the Life line and the Liver line (called the Head line in England) be\nseparated entirely, the female will either be seduced before marriage or\nhave illegitimate children, or in both sexes be illegitimate themselves.\n\nIf the palm of the hand be filled with numerous and indistinct marks or\nlines the person leads a very unhappy life.\n\nIf a person have single lines or marks thus == between the phalanges on\nthe joints of the fingers and when counted together make twelve, they\nwill be happy, prosperous and rich for the most part of life.\n\nIf they make thirteen he will be very unhappy.\n\nIf they make fifteen he will be dishonest or a thief.\n\nIf they make sixteen he will be a great gambler and cheat.\n\nIf they make seventeen he will be guilty of debauchery and much\nwickedness.\n\nIf they make eighteen the person will be very fortunate and religious.\n\nIf they make nineteen he will be very clever and respectable.\n\nIf they make twenty an enthusiast in religion.\n\nIf they make twenty-one he will be a great poet and become famous.\n\nWhen these lines are joined at the ends and form the shape of a\nbarleycorn or wheat, the fame and learning of the person depend on the\nnumber; one would be weak, two strong, and so on. If the lines just over\nthe mounts be united at the ends, as described above, the person in\nwhose hands the same appear will have riches and wealth, but generally\nby marriage. If they be united over all four fingers the person will be\nvery rich, over three less wealthy and so on.\n\nSmall concentric circles, formed principally by the pores of the skin,\non the points or first phalanges of the fingers and thumb, and these be\nnot broken and appear the same on all four fingers and thumb, the person\nwill be extremely famous and very powerful.\n\nAlso on the outer ridge of the hand will be found various marks.\n\nAll the marks above the Heart line indicate the number of wives, and all\nbelow the number of children, the short one indicates those that will\nprobably die.\n\nThe line around the lower joint of the thumb just above the mount of\nVenus, if well-defined and clear, and particularly if they bend thus \u203f\non the mount, denote the person to be famous as a sculptor or painter.\n\nIf on the mounts of Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo, Mercury, there be found\nconcentric circles, and very complete, and in no way broken, the man\nwill attain great wealth and power through marriage or marry some noted\nperson.\n\nIf at the end of the Hepatica or Liver line there so be an opening like\nthe tail of a fish, the person will have great happiness and riches.\n\n\n                               THE LINES.\n\n(1) The line of Life, which ought to be called the line of the Heart,\nembraces the root of the thumb.\n\n(2) The Liver or natural mean runs straight through the middle of the\nhand.\n\n(3) The line of the Head or Brain rises before the line of Life and\nextends towards the mount of Mercury, forming a triangular figure in the\npalm of the hand\u2014the great sign of success and brilliancy.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  PLATE III.\u2014THE LINES AND MOUNTS ON THE HAND.\n]\n\n(4) The line of Fortune or Title line, which begins under the root of\nthe little finger and extends towards the forefinger.\n\n(5) The Bracelet lines at the root of the hand, stretch across the\nwrist, and may be single, double or treble, etc.\n\n(6) The Sun line, called for clearness Via Solis, is a right line which\nbegins at the mount of Apollo and stretches into the hollow of the hand\nafter curving towards the mount of the Moon.\n\n(7) The line of the Moon, called the Via Lactea, runs upwards from the\nline of Saturn, through the mount of the Moon.\n\n(8) The line of Fortune or Saturn begins at the wrist lines, extends\nthrough the hollow of the hand to the mount of the middle finger. If\nthis line be cut or severed it is called the Via Combusta; when this\nline assumes a double line in the middle of the palm it is said that you\ndo more good to others than yourself.\n\n\n                              THE MOUNTS.\n\nThese are the fleshy or prominent parts under the fingers, called:\n\n(1) The mount of Venus, in the root of the thumb.\n\n(2) The mount of Jupiter, in the root of the forefinger.\n\n(3) The mount of Saturn, in the root of the middle finger.\n\n(4) The mount of Sun (Apollo), in the root of the ring finger.\n\n(5) The mount of Mercury, in the root of the little finger.\n\n\n                           THE LINE OF LIFE.\n\nThis line, broad, uniform, lively colour and a good length, denotes the\nparty to be long lived and subject to few diseases. This line slender,\nshort, cut or broken, or with obscure little lines, or pale, or blackish\ncolour, denotes feebleness of body, sickness, short life. This line\nsloping nicely to the Liver line and forming a nice angle with parallel\nor little crosses at the juncture, shows good wit and even temper, a\nsharp quick person and business man.\n\nLittle branches in the upper part branching towards the Liver line\nsignify riches and honour. These little lines running the opposite way\ntowards the wrist denote poverty, deceit, unfaithful servants. Little\nconfused hair lines in this line signify diseases.\n\n\n                            TIME OF EVENTS.\n\nShould they be found in the lower part of the hand the good or bad will\nbe in early age. In the middle of the hand towards the hollow, in the\nmiddle age. If towards the Liver line, in declining age.\n\nDanger of death is threatened if this line be broken.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  PLATE IV.\u2014THE LINE OF LIFE.\n]\n\nTo find the exact age this line may be divided into seventy parts, each\npart counting one year of life.\n\nThe character \u2609 in this line shows loss of an eye. This character double\ndenotes the loss of both eyes.\n\nA line ascending from the line of Life (beneath the angle formed by the\nline of Life and the Liver line) to the line of Saturn, denotes an\nenvious man, and shows also a perilous disease in that part wherein it\ntouches the vital. So much the worse if it cut the line of Life or\nsevers the mount.\n\nA line passing from the line of Life to the ring finger promises honours\nto follow by means of a lady of rank, or gain through favour.\n\nThe line of Life thicker than ordinary at the end under the forefinger\nshows a laborious old age.\n\n\n                            THE LIVER LINE.\n\nThis line being straight and not dissected by obscure little lines,\ndenotes a healthy body.\n\nIf it be short or broken and does not reach beyond the hollow of the\nhand, it denotes diseases and a short life.\n\nThe longer this line, the greater may the life be warranted.\n\nIf cut at the end by a small intervening line, it threatens poverty in\nold age.\n\nWhen this line is very close to the line of Life, it denotes diseases of\nthe heart, as palpitation, syncope, etc.\n\nIf the space between the line of Life and the Liver line, especially of\nthe space between the Liver line and the line of Fortune, be broad, it\nshows prodigality.\n\nIf the Liver line turn and wind several ways, unequal, of a different\ncolour and dissected, it bodes disease or obstruction in the liver, and\nhence the disease arising from its weakness. It also denotes\ncovetousness and depravity of nature and wit; more especially if from\nunder the region of the middle finger it extends towards the line of\nLife, thus making a short or narrow triangle. Where it is well drawn and\nof a good clear colour, it is a sign of a cheerful and ingenious\ndisposition.\n\nIf this line have a sister line it promises inheritances.\n\nIf continued with some little hard knots, it forebodes manslaughter\neither perpetrated or to be perpetrated, according to the number of\nthose knots.\n\nIf a cross be found therein, under the region of the middle finger, it\npromises death at hand.\n\nIf it ends with a fork towards the mount of the Moon, it is a sign of\nhypocrisy and evil manners.\n\nWhen it bends towards the Mensal it is a token of a slanderous tongue\nand envy.\n\nWhen it projects a remarkable branch through the line of Life unto the\nmount of Venus, and cuts or touches the line of Mars, especially if the\nline be of a ruddy colour, it warns to be guarded against thieves and\nintimates, fraud and deceit of enemies. This same branch shows also\ngreat heat of the liver, coming from Mars, whereby life is endangered.\n\n\n                    THE LINE OF THE HEAD AND BRAIN.\n\nIf this line (ascending from its place with uniform proportion) connect\nthe line of the Liver and Life in a triangular form, having a lively\ncolour and not intersected, it declares a person of admirable prudence,\nand of a manly wit and fair fortune. The more perfect this triangle, the\nbetter shall the temper, wit and courage be. But if it be obtuse, it\nargues an evil disposed nature and a rude man. If there be no triangle,\nmuch worse, a fool, a prodigal and a liar, and frequently a short life.\n\nThe nearer it approaches a right angle, and not acute, the better the\nperson. But when the angle formed be very acute, especially when the\nlines of Liver and Life touch under the region of the middle finger, it\nargues covetousness. If not under the middle finger, it shows a keen,\nsharp and powerful wit, also a clever business person.\n\nThe left angle (male hand), if it be made upon the natural mean in the\nmount of the Moon, and be a right angle by the line passing to the mount\nof Mercury, confirms goodness, and quality of the intellect.\n\nWhen the line of the Head and Brain throws out unequal and incomposed\nbranches towards the mount of the Moon, thereby making unusual\ncharacters, it denotes in men weakness of brain and dangerous sea\nvoyages; but in a woman frequent sorrows of mind and difficulties in\nchild-bearing. Equal lines thus projected presage the contrary in both\nsexes, viz., in men, a clear and well-composed brain and frequent\nvoyages, and in women cheerfulness and felicity in child-bearing.\n\nThe line of the Head has this peculiarity; if it project a cleft or a\nmanifest star upwards to the cavea martis, it signifies boldness and\ncourage; but if it let fall the same downwards, thefts and\ndeceitfulness.\n\nWhen the line of the Head is joined to the line of the Dragon's Head it\npromises a prudent and pleasant old age. The same throwing a branch in\nthe shape of a fork towards the place of the line of Fortune signifies\nsubtlety in managing affairs and craftiness either to do good or evil.\n\nIf this character \u2295 appears in or near the fork it gives riches and\nhonours by means of ingenuity and arts.\n\n\n                          THE LINE OF FORTUNE.\n\nThis line is also called the Table line. This line, when it is long\nenough and without incisures, argues a due strength in the principal\nmembers of man and denotes constancy. Judge the contrary if this line be\nshort or crooked or is severed. When this line terminates under the\nmount of Saturn, it shows a vain and lying fellow.\n\nIf it projects small branches unto the mount of Jupiter, it produces\nhonours. Should this be a simple line on the mount of Jupiter, and void\nof any good marks or branches, it is a sign of poverty and want.\n\nIf it severs the mount of Jupiter, cruelty of mind and excessive wrath.\n\nIf it throws a branch between the forefinger and the middle, it\nthreatens to a man a wound in the head, but to a woman danger in\nchild-bearing.\n\nA small line running from the line of Fortune to the space between the\nmiddle and ring finger, denotes sorrow and labour.\n\nA line passing from the Liver line to the line of Fortune, forming an\nacute angle, brings sorrow and labour.\n\nShould there be no Liver line and the line of Fortune connected by a\nsmall line to the line of Life, it threatens a deadly wound.\n\nThe absence of the line of Fortune shows a malevolent, contentious,\nfaithless, inconstant person and of base conditions.\n\nConfused little lines in the line of Fortune denote sickness, and if\nunder Mercury, in the first age; under the mount of the Sun in manhood;\nunder the middle finger in old age.\n\nWhen certain points are observed in this line they argue lust and vigour\nof body.\n\n\n                          THE BRACELETS LINE.\n\nIf this be double or treble and forming a right and continuous tract, it\npromises a good composure of body.\n\nThe line which is nearest to the thumb, of a good lively colour, and\nunbroken, promises riches. Should this line be broken in the middle,\ncrooked and very pale, it denotes debility of body and a want of all\nthings.\n\nA cross or star placed here shows tranquillity of life in old age.\n\nIf there be a star single or double or any lines near the mount of the\nthumb, in women they denote misfortune and infamy.\n\nA line passing from the Dragon line through the mount of Venus, presages\nadversities either by means of some kindred or a wife.\n\nA line running from the Dragon line to the mount of the Moon shows\nadversities and private enemies; crooked or distorted it increases the\nevil and shows long servitude.\n\nThis line being clear and straight and extending as far as the region of\nthe Moon, presages many journeys both by land and sea.\n\nIf this line continues to the mount of Mercury it argues that the man\nwill live in a foreign country in great esteem. If it extends to the\nLiver line it shows an honest behaviour and a long life. If to the mount\nof the Sun, single or double, it denotes great good and enables the man\nto govern and rule in great affairs. If it pass to the mount of Mercury\nit betokens a man fit for many things. If it does not extend to the\nmount of Mercury, but is broken about the middle and ends beneath that\nmount, it denotes an untruthful, tittle-tattling, discontented person.\n\nIf this line ascends directly to the mount of Saturn, it denotes a good\nposition of Saturn in the geniture; but if crooked and passes towards\nthe Dragon line and the Liver line, it denotes a hard, covetous, and\nlaborious man.\n\n\n                             THE VIA SOLIS.\n\nThis line being straight and uniformly composed and well coloured,\npromises the favour of great men, and joyful honours; if dissected and\nuneven, judge the contrary, with various impediments and envy.\n\n\n                            THE VIA LACTEA.\n\nThis line being uniformly composed, proportionate and continued, denotes\nfortunate journeys both by sea and land; also a good brain, the favour\nof women (the mount of Venus being unafflicted), a composed and graceful\nspeech. If it be cut or distorted it argues infelicity and lies; but if\nwhole, ascending towards the little finger, it is a sign of great\nhappiness.\n\n\n                          THE LINE OF SATURN.\n\nThis line being fully and wholly protracted to the middle finger is an\nargument of profound meditations, and of fortunate events in counsels\nand actions.\n\nThis line deficient is an evil sign portending many misfortunes, unless\nother positions favour it. If bending backward, into the hollow of the\nhand towards the mount of the Moon, after the form of a semicircle,\nthreatens imprisonment.\n\nThe line beginning from the line of Life and passing through the\nLiver line, to the mount of Saturn\u2014and if there it touch the\nSaturnia\u2014threatens imprisonment.\n\n\n                     MORALITY. THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.\n\nThis line of itself, unless there be other testimony to counteract it,\nis sufficient to indicate fulness of nature to appreciate the opposite\nsex, while the want of it denotes (except in a measure given by the\nfulness of the mount of Venus, etc.) coldness, unnaturalness for the\nother sex, and usually a cold, insipid partner, a poor, neglectful\nmother or father. But if this line have a sister line, that is, a small\nline running parallel with the Girdle, it argues intemperance and lust\nin both sexes and baseness in sexual matters\u2014a filthy person. If this\nline be divided or broken up by various lines it denotes losses and\ninfamy by reason of these lusts.\n\n\n                THE LINE OF MARS. COURAGE AND FORTITUDE.\n\nThis line is sometimes called the sister line to the line of Life\nbecause it is often found running parallel with that line and denotes\nincreased vital force\u2014courage, because it strengthens the heart and thus\nthe energy. When clear and well-defined it presages a long and active\nlife, with little or no diseases. People with this line will suffer\nlargely from gout, rheumatism and apoplexy if they take stimulants of\nany kind, inasmuch as the person will have sufficient energy of himself,\nand all stimulation which will increase the vascular action will only\nimpede and retard the heart's action, like too much oil to a machine.\nThis line strengthens all things denoted by the line of Life, and if\nclear and decidedly red it promises great success in war.\n\n\n                     THE RULE TO TELL THE PLANETS.\n\nWhen a figure similar to that used by astronomers in designating the\nplanets is found on the mount particularly set aside for that planet, as\non the mount of Jupiter there is the figure \u2643, and on the mount of\nSaturn there is the sign \u2644, on Apollo the sign \u2609, on the mount of\nMercury there is the sign \u263f, and on the thick part of the thumb you find\na similar sign \u2640, on the mount of the moon the sign \u263d, on Mars' place\nthe figure \u2642, and so on, then they are termed benevolent. How far,\nhowever, this is relevant to the subject I do not state, but I should\nrather advise the student to treat this with great care, although the\nmarks given underneath will be found of value when placed as indicated.\n\nThe planets are considered unfortunate when confused lines, broken\nsemicircle, gridiron marks, or signs contrary to the mounts indicated\nabove, as \u2643 to mount of Jupiter, and so on, are found on the mounts or\nplaces.\n\nVenus (\u2640) is dignified when you find on her mount a clear star, or red\nfurrows running transversely parallel.\n\nA jovial, merry nature is shown by fulness or elevation of the root of\nthe thumb, but luxurious, amorous, graceful, comely, concupiscent, very\nhonest, just and constant in friendship.\n\nDescription when strong and full: the body somewhat tall, skin clear,\neyes pleasant and sparkling, full of allurement and temptation. The hair\nis brown, light, crisp and soft, sometimes slightly waving in front or\ncurling; a noble mind. The mind is ofttimes prone to boasting, and loves\nthe society of ladies; an admirer of music, painting and beauty.\n\nProfessions must be judged according to the strength or debility of the\nmount; it produces musicians, merchants for fancy goods, teachers,\napothecaries, gardeners, etc.\n\nThe mount weak, not elevated or badly marked, causes men to be\ninconstant, lascivious, vain. A cross near first joint of the thumb\nsignifies an adulterer, or has had or will have a mishap through\nfemales.\n\nThe place of Venus, void of incisures, flat and smooth-looking, shows an\neffeminate, rude and sorrowful person, or one foolishly and ridiculously\naddicted to merriment and jesting.\n\n\n                     THE PLANET MARS. COURAGE, WAR.\n\nMars is fortunate (1) when line of Life is strong, deep, red and\ndecently drawn; (2) when a cross or star is found on his place,\nespecially the palm of the hand.\n\nDescription when strong: denotes full courage, often bold, dauntless,\nstout, warlike, contentious, firm of purpose, large and lusty appetite,\nimperious.\n\nHair light brown or sandy, yellow, often red.\n\nThe eyes, blue or grey-green, which often grow red and terrible-looking\nwhen angry.\n\nMars unfortunate: men, etc., are quarrelsome, violent, deceitful, angry\nnatures\u2014produces thieves and murderers.\n\nProfession according to strength: generals, surgeons, ironmasters or\nworkers and tradesmen of all kinds who work with metal, as ironmongers,\nfarriers, etc.\n\n_Note._\u2014Mars has signification of wives, husbands, sons and friends\n(deceitful or otherwise).\n\nDiseases: he produces fevers, blisters, sore eyes, skin diseases,\napoplexy, wounds, wicked thoughts.\n\nWith Jupiter he affects the gall, the reins, back and liver.\n\nWith Venus he affects the privy parts and sexual diseases.\n\nIf Mars be strong females have largely constructed bodies and love men\nof rank; if Venus be strong men love women of rank; if weak they form\nattachments for servants, coachmen and inferiors.\n\nThe sign \u2644 placed in cavea of the hand threatens a fall from a precipice\nor some high place; a fall is also indicated by the line of Saturn\nstopping or breaking on the mount of Mars (hollow of hand).\n\nImprisonment: a crooked line ascending from mount of Mars to the mount\nof Saturn.\n\nJourneys and peregrinations denoted by a line running from plain of Mars\n(hollow of hand) down to the Bracelet lines and ending immediately below\nthe mount of the Moon.\n\n\nTHE MOUNT OF JUPITER. HONOUR, FAME, RENOWN, ECCLESIASTICAL, STATE, LAW.\n\nThe planet is fortunate when (1) a star or double cross; (2) parallel\nlines or (3) line clearly drawn from line of Life to his mount.\n\nDescription when fortunate: he signifies a noble, glorious, honest,\nbenevolent, affable, honourable, merry, renowned, neat, just and\nequitable person; good-looking, formidable and happy, with beautiful\nhazel or blue eyes.\n\nHair dark brown; grave gesture, modest, and faithful to their promises.\n\nProfessions, etc.: great dignitaries, churchmen, lawyers or counsellors,\nstatesmen or persons brought into contact with great men who are highly\nesteemed and loved. They favour their wives, sons, and all good men.\n\nJupiter rules the liver, blood, ribs, lungs and gristles.\n\nJupiter unfortunate when half a gridiron on his mount. This shows losses\nby powerful women. When generally unfortunate: when flat, flabby, with\nno good marks on it, interlaced with a lot of little hair lines, etc.,\nhe causes persons to lose their estates and brings about great\ncalamities in money matters, although, if nothing else stops it, the\nperson will usually recover it after he becomes strong.\n\nDiseases: when afflicted he causes troubles of the heart, cramps,\ninflammation of the lungs, windy spasms.\n\nApoplexy indicated by a line transversely cutting his mount and\nextending towards the mount of Saturn (middle finger), and forming there\na cleft or little lines.\n\nSplendid honours and fame, riches, public rewards from princes and great\nmen, a cross, especially a clear and red star on the mount of Jupiter or\n\u2643 marked thereon.\n\n\n    THE MOUNT OF APOLLO. THE PLANET SUN. INGENUITY, PUBLIC HONOURS,\n                            BRILLIANCY, ETC.\n\nThe Sun is fortunate\u2014same as in last planet.\n\nDescription when fortunate: persons are faithful, ingenious, honoured,\nhigh-minded, wise, humane, religious, just, moderate, aged, and do all\nthings wisely.\n\nHe gives a well-set body with yellow or sandy hair, and rules the heart\nand eyes, the diaphragm (bowels) and nerves.\n\nDescription when unfortunate: the persons are proud and easily elated,\nmanifesting their access to dignity by unjust means, boasters and\nimmodest.\n\nDiseases: he produces sore eyes and blindness, especially of right eye\nin man and left in a woman, and trembling of the heart, syncope, etc.\n\nPolitical honours: the Via Solis being uniform and of a clear good\ncolour; it also gives the favour and grace of princes.\n\nTrouble and enmity from political and legal men when the Via Solis is\nconfused and afflicted.\n\n\n                 THE MOON. TRAVELLING BY LAND AND SEA.\n\nWhen fortunate: good and clear marks near this mount, stars, etc. These\npersons are successful in journeys and messages and great prosperity in\nforeign countries; to a female felicity and happiness in bearing\nchildren.\n\nOminous signs placed here show death and affliction in childbirth.\n\nDescription: the persons will be famous, honest and honourable, with\nwell-set large bodies proportioned and pleasant. They travel by land and\nsea, and causes them to desire to lie or walk by the side of\nwater\u2014rivers and running waters.\n\nWhen unfortunate principally known by pale and confused line on the\nmount of the Moon.\n\nThe mount flat, soft and small, she causes persons to be inconstant in\nlife and actions.\n\nDiseases: affects the brain, stomach and belly, and occasions paralysis,\nepilepsy, cancer, spots on the body, gripings and severe colds.\n\n\nTHE PLANET SATURN. THE MOUNT OF SATURN. COUNSELS, MATHEMATICIANS, GRAVE\n                       THINKERS, INVENTORS, ETC.\n\nWhen fortunate: when the line of Saturn runs uniformly and clear to his\nmount or \u2644 marked thereon.\n\nSaturn unfortunate when there are confused lines on his mount or\ncontrary or unfortunate signs thereon.\n\nSaturn fortunate: men are silent, provident; good and profound, not\nalways rich, counsels, grave meditators, somewhat melancholy, and\ngenerally have a foolish way of laughing and jesting.\n\nDescription: they generally have a slender body, and rather tall, pale\nand feeble.\n\nHair brown or blackish colour, yet sometimes sandy. The eyes are sunken.\n\nTrades, etc.: they are fortunate in agriculture, in minerals of all\nkinds, as mines, etc. They are somewhat careless of their wives and less\naddicted to sexual excesses, are more grasping and tenacious than is\njust.\n\nWhen Saturn is unfortunate he makes persons sorrowful, laborious,\nsordid, humble, covetous, unfaithful, liars, unfortunate, malicious,\noppressed with continual griefs and calamities.\n\nDiseases: he gives dangerous diseases, colds, coughs, melancholy,\nhypochondriacal complaints, dropsy, gout, falling sickness, quartan and\nhectic fevers.\n\nAccidents: he produces falls from houses, imprisonment and danger of\ndrowning.\n\nA deep line running from the space between the forefinger and middle\nfinger to the line of Fortune and cutting or interrupting it, signifies\na wound or disease in the lower part of the abdomen.\n\n\n  THE PLANET MERCURY. THE MOUNT OF MERCURY. STUDY, RESEARCH, SCIENCES,\n                             SPEAKING, ETC.\n\nWhen this planet is fortunate, men are ingenious, studious, scientific\nand searchers after secrets.\n\nProfessions, trades, etc., according to his dignity: he produces\norators, poets, eloquent speakers, persons ready to learn anything,\nmathematicians, merchants, sometimes crafty, variable people.\n\nWhen unfortunate he produces persons full of levity, liars, prattlers,\nthieves, cheats, inconstant, faithless, traitors, etc.\n\nDiseases: he produces madness, fury, acute fevers, etc.\n\nSigns of deceit and danger to life: the mensa sharpened by the concourse\nof the line of Fortune and the line of Life or the Liver line. The best\nsign is the mensa diverging, open at both ends and forming the figure \u224d.\n\nPerfection of wit and science: a star placed (or other clearly-formed\nflowers or flag) in the mensa especially under the mount of Mercury or\nthe Sun.\n\n\n                      MENSA. THE PART OF FORTUNE.\n\nWhen fortunate: liberal, magnanimous and long-lived people. The space\nbetween the line of Fortune and the Liver line (called sometimes the\nline of the Heart and the line of the Head), and forms a nice figure.\n\nWhen unfortunate: small and narrow (by the approaching of these two\nlines), it argues slender fortune, niggardliness and fearfulness.\n\nHonours and dignities to follow by great and noble personages, when a\nstar or cross appears in this space, clear and well-formed, especially\nunder the mount of the Sun (see chapter on figures and flowers on hand).\n\nThe sign of \u2643 here promises prominent ecclesiastical dignities.\n\nGood fortune is denoted by the star or triple cross. Good and equal\nlines in this space denote a good fortune; evil or unequal lines the\nreverse.\n\nThe worst sign when no mensa is found, for it shows obscurity both of\nlife and fortune.\n\nMisfortune and loss of honours when confused little lines appear here,\nthe good is diverted, and anxieties and troubles threaten, to honours\nespecially, if under the mount of the Sun.\n\nFortunate journeys: a cross or star on the outermost part of the mensa\non or near the mount of the Moon is a sure sign.\n\n\n                        THE FINGERS. THE THUMB.\n\nRiches and honours shown by overthwart lines clear and red underneath\nthe nail and joint of the thumb.\n\nA violent death or danger through a married woman, etc.: a line passing\nfrom the upper joint of the thumb to the line of Life.\n\nA contentious nature: confused lines on the lower joint of the thumb;\none always brawling and scolding.\n\nDeath by hanging, etc.: a line surrounding the thumb at the middle\njoint.\n\nRiches and possessions\u2014to be worked for: equal furrows under the lower\njoint.\n\nIdleness and lack of energy: if the first and second joints are void of\nincisures.\n\n\n                    THE FOREFINGER OR INDEX FINGER.\n\nInheritance: denoted by many overthwart lines in the top joint; these in\nthe second joint show envious and evil-disposed persons.\n\nIssue, bad tongue: right lines running between the top and second joints\ndeclare in a woman a numerous issue; in a man bitterness of tongue.\n\nA jovial disposition: right lines in the joint near the mount of\nJupiter.\n\nUnchaste and lascivious: in a female hand a star being placed in the\njoint near the mount of Jupiter.\n\n\n                           THE MIDDLE FINGER.\n\nAn unhappy, melancholy and depraved mind: denoted by small gridirons or\nconfused marks in the joints of this finger.\n\nSuccess with metals: manifested by equal lines.\n\nDrowning or violent death: this is denoted by a star in the joints of\nthis finger.\n\nFolly and madness: a crossed line, extending from the root of this\nfinger upwards through the whole length of the finger.\n\n\n                            THE RING FINGER.\n\nGreat and noble fame denoted by a line ascending unbroken from the mount\nof the Sun through the joints of this finger to the end.\n\nHonour and riches: this is shown by equal lines in the first joint (near\nthe mount).\n\nEnmity of great men: denoted by overthwart lines here; it is made late\nin life when these lines are intersected.\n\n\n                           THE LITTLE FINGER.\n\nThe planet Mars has dominion over this finger. A strong and valorous\nperson when strong and well fed.\n\n_Note._\u2014From the joints of this finger as from the mount itself are\njudgments passed concerning merchandise and favours.\n\nIngenuity and eloquence: a star in the first joint (near the mount of\nMercury) shows this; it is also shown by a right line extending from the\nmount of Mercury to the end of finger, also a great speaker.\n\nFoolishness, etc.: denoted by obtuse and confused marks placed here.\n\nA thief and deceitful person: this is shown by confused and unfortunate\nmarks appearing in the first and second joints of this finger.\n\nPerpetual inconstancy: this is shown by adverse lines in the last or top\njoint of the finger.\n\n_Note._\u2014The number of wives and husbands are frequently indicated from\nthe small lines passing from the outermost part of the hand to the mount\nof Mercury, but I consider the proper place is from the mount of Venus.\n\nIf the end of the little finger does not reach so far as to touch the\nlast joint of the ring finger, it signifies that the partner in marriage\nwill be imperious in all things.\n\nThe mounts marked with good figures and characters show good and happy\nomens, being vitiated with confused or broken characters, etc., or\nlines, they always denote the contrary, unless they are restrained by\nother lines that be good.\n\nChiromancers generally teach that the first joints near the mount of the\nfinger indicate the early age, the second, the flourishing state of\nmanhood, and the last old age. But our opinion is that the planets shown\nby the nativity of the persons do, in their proper order, manifest their\nmarks and characters whether for good or bad.\n\n[Illustration:\n\n  PLATE V.\u2014ALLEGED MARKS ON THE FEET OF THE BENIGN BUDDHA.\n]\n\n_Note._\u2014A knowledge of astrology will prove an acquisition to the study\nof palmistry or any science.\n\n\n              SIGNS ON THE HEAD. HOW TO READ THE FOREHEAD.\n\nIf a person has a broad forehead and takes the form of \u2312, a crescent, he\nwas born of poor parents but is sure to be rich.\n\nIf a prominent single vein or mark extends from the nose to the top of\nthe forehead the person is born to immense wealth.\n\nIf there are many similarly placed the person is very vicious.\n\nIf the forehead is depressed in the middle he is very jealous and a\nlascivious or sinful man.\n\nIf the forehead is narrow he is a great miser.\n\nIf there be three furrows going across the head he is likely to live a\nlong life, especially if they go over the eyes.\n\nIf there be four such lines the person will be a commander or great\npotentate and live a very long time.\n\nMany indistinct lines on the forehead denote lewd persons.\n\nIf there be any marks in the middle of the forehead and they take the\nform of a crescent \u2312, the person will be very prosperous and fortunate.\n\n\n                           SIGNS ON THE FEET.\n\nIf a crescent or elongated horseshoe mark appear on sole of the foot and\nthe toes separated well from each other, the person will have a harsh\ntemper and remain poor.\n\nIf a female's toes are well set together and close, and has a wheel or\nflower mark on either or both feet, she will become a lady of rank and\nposition.\n\nIf there be an ear-shaped figure on the foot and without hair, or a\nlittle tuft, the person may expect to be successful in the world.\n\n\n                               THE ARMS.\n\nIf her arms are very long she will be renowned and well-to-do.\nShort-armed persons generally remain poor.\n\n\n         Women's Printing Society, Ltd., 66, Whitcomb St., W.C.\n\n\n                         NATURE'S FINER FORCES\n\n                        and their Influence upon\n\n                        HUMAN LIFE AND DESTINY.\n\n                          BY R\u00c2MA PRAS\u00c2D, M.A.\n\n                         _Cloth, 8vo. 4/6 net._\n\n\"Of these excellent essays we cannot speak too highly; they will prove a\nnew revelation to our scientifically inclined readers and demonstrate\nconclusively the impregnable basis of ancient Aryan Science, which did\nnot neglect the PSYCHIC and MENTAL DATA which the modern scientific\nworld MUST acknowledge ere long, and so enter upon an entire\n'Reformation' of its methods and hypotheses. The whole science of the\nTatwas is founded on that which is termed 'Vibration' or 'Motion' and\nopens up possibilities which readers of 'THE SECRET DOCTRINE' alone at\npresent can foresee.\"\u2014_Lucifer._\n\n\n                     The Dream of Ravan. A Mystery.\n\n                         _Cloth, 8vo. 2/6 net._\n\n\"It is beyond question that the unknown writer of this work was both a\nscholar and a mystic. That he had studied the _R\u00e2m\u00e2yana_ from the\noriginal texts and was a master of Ved\u00e2ntic psychology is amply\nmanifested; that he was a mystic himself and spoke of things that were\nrealities to him and not mere empty speculations, is evident to every\nearnest student of Indian theosophical literature. In no other western\npublication have the three 'states' of man's consciousness been so\nstrikingly and so intelligibly set forth as by our author. In this work\nthe mystic and student of yoga will recognise many a home truth but\nslightly veiled, and many an important secret wholly disclosed.\"\n\n\n                           SOMNIUM SCIPIONIS\n\n                       _Translated into English_\n\n          WITH AN ESSAY \"THE VISION OF SCIPIO\" CONSIDERED AS A\n                  FRAGMENT OF THE MYSTERIES. BY L. O.\n\n              THE GOLDEN VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS. BY A. E. A.\n\n                  THE SYMBOLS OF PYTHAGORAS. BY S. A.\n\n                    _One vol., cloth, 8vo. 2/6 net._\n\n\"Not since 1804 has any English version of the two famous Pythagorean\ntreatises included in this volume appeared in book form. Of their\nimportance it is sufficient to state that they have been justly held in\nthe highest esteem by Mystics from an early period to the present time.\nThis has also been the case with the _Somnium Scipionis_ or Vision of\nScipio, Cicero's famous essay. L. O.'s able essay will be found most\nvaluable to students.\"\n\n\n                      The Building of the Cosmos.\n\n                            BY ANNIE BESANT.\n\n                      _Cloth, 8vo. Price 2/- net._\n\n\"Sound; Fire; Yoga; and Symbolism are the subjects treated of in this\nmost excellent book. The essay upon Yoga, the Kingly Science of the Soul\nwhereby a man may attain to that Divine Wisdom which is his birthright,\ndeserves to be read of all men. To lovers of the Scriptures of the World\nthe essay on 'Symbolism' will appeal strongly and will be found most\nhelpful, for in those Ancient Writings the most important truths are\nfrequently veiled from the superficial reader by an allegory or a\nsymbol, and in this essay the reader will find a clue to the method by\nwhich the study of symbols may be approached with beneficial results.\nConsiderable light is thrown upon some of the very complex symbols\npertaining to Indian Philosophies.\"\n\n\n            THE YOGA OF CHRIST: or the Science of the Soul.\n\n                        WRITTEN DOWN BY A. K. G.\n\n                  EDITED BY F. HENRIETTA M\u00dcLLER, B.A.\n\n               _Cloth, 8vo, 2/- net. Wrappers, 1/- net._\n\n\"This book appeals especially to that large class of devout souls who\nfind neither satisfying Truth nor edifying practice in Modern\nChristianity; who believe, nevertheless, that Christ had a message for\nthem, and that somewhere hidden beneath the noise of words, and the\nmisinterpretations of sectarians, a Truth, divine and living, may be\nfound: to them the following pages will bring, if not the full radiance\nof Christ's illuminating Love, at least many valuable suggestions for\nthought, and aids in the solution of difficult problems. That\nChristianity, the religion which the West has made peculiarly its own,\nshould be reverentially taught by 'an Indian' from an Indian point of\nview, is in itself unusual, may be regarded as a happy omen of the\nultimate breaking down of those barriers of Sectarianism which have\nhitherto been potent in dividing the English people from sympathetic\ncommunion with the natives of India.\"\n\n\n                  THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY,\n                 7, DUKE STREET, ADELPHI, LONDON, W.C.\n\n\n\n\n                          TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES\n\n\n 1. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical\n    errors.\n 2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.\n 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.","title":"Indian Palmistry","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":10785}