An Introduction to Hand Reading
The Hand-Mind Connection
PART ONE
The Basic Modifiers
The Attributes That Make Each Hand Unique
1 Texture, Flexibility, Consistency, Coloring, and Size of the Hand
Texture of the Skin: Fine, Coarse, and Medium * Flexibility of the Hand: Stiff, Flexible, Extremely Flexible, and Straight * Consistency of the Palm: Flabby, Soft, Elastic, and Hard * Color in the Hands and Lines * Hair on the Hands * Nails: Color, Texture, and Shape and Size * The Three Worlds of Palmistry: Mental, Practical, and Physical
2 The Fingers
Carriage * Setting * Structure: Bent, Twisted, and Leaning * Finger Lengths: Long, Short, and Standard * Smooth and Knotty * Three Worlds in the Phalanges of the Fingers * Fingertip Shapes: Spatulate, Square, Conic, and Pointed * Sensitivity Pads
3 The Thumb
The Three Parts of the Thumb * Size and Setting: High, Medium, and Low * How to Measure the Size of the Thumb * Carriage * Shapes: Elementary, Nervous, Broad, and Balanced * The First and Second Phalanges * Supple and Stiff Thumbs * Checklist for Reading the Thumb
PART TWO
The Mounts
The Seven Archetypes of the Palm
4 How to Judge the Mounts
Physical Characteristics of the Seven Mounts * Designating Mount Prominence * Other Factors Influencing the Prominence of the Mount
5 The Mount of Jupiter
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Jupiterian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Absence of the Mount * Jupiter and the Basic Modifiers
6 The Mount of Saturn
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Saturnian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the
Mount * Absence of the Mount * Saturn and the Basic Modifiers
7 The Mount of Apollo
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Apollonian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Absence of the Mount * Apollo and the Basic Modifiers
8 The Mount of Mercury
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Mercurian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Absence of the Mount * Mercury and the Basic Modifiers
9 The Mount of Mars
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Martian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Mars and the Basic Modifiers
10 The Mount of Luna
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Lunarian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Absence of the Mount * Luna and the Basic Modifiers
11 The Mount of Venus
Archetypal Associations * How to Judge the Mount * Personality Traits * Lifestyle * Love, Sex, and Marriage * The Lower Type of Venusian * Physical Characteristics * Health * Career Choices * Signs on the Mount * Absence of the Mount * Venus and the Basic Modifiers
12 Mount Combinations
PART THREE
The Lines
The Road Map of the Hand
13 General Principles of the Lines
How to Judge the Lines * The Checklist * Signs on the Lines: Defects, Repairs, and Strengthening Agents * Age on the Lines
14 The Heart Line
Quality * Curved or Straight * Color * Proportion to Other Major Lines * Beginning of the Line * Influence of a Forked Line * Defects * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Heart Line and Head Line * Length of the Line * The Quadrangle * Branches and Splits * The Simian Line
15 The Head Line
Quality * Curved or Straight * Color * Proportion to Other Major Lines * Beginning of the Line * Defects * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Length of the Line * Influence of a Forked Head Line * Deflections, Splits, and Branches
16 The Life Line
Beginning of the Line * Factors that Help Determine Life Span * The Line of Preservation * Quality * Color * Proportion to Other Major Lines * Chance Lines * Defects * Breaks * Splits * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Termination of the Line
17 The Line of Saturn
Age on the Line * Quality * Absent Line of Saturn * Proportion to Other Major Lines * Color * Beginning of the Line * Childhood on the Line of Saturn * Line of Saturn as a Sign on the Mount * Defects * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Length * Multiple Lines * Partnership * Inheritance * Use of Chance Lines * Branches and Splits
18 The Line of Apollo
Quality * Age on the Line * Color *Beginning of the Line * Defects * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Special Strengthening Agents * Termination of the Line and Signs on the Mount * Branches * Apollo and Risk Taking
19 The Line of Mercury
Health on the Line of Mercury * Age on the Line * Beginning of the Line * Quality * Health Defects of the Archetypes * Color * Defects * Repair Signs and Strengthening Agents * Termination of the Line and Signs on the Mount * Branches
20 The Lines of Influence
Read Both Hands * Timing on the Line of Influence * Worry Lines * Chance Lines * Influence Lines at Different Stages of Life * Special Formations on Influence Lines * End of the Line * Maturity, Friends, and the Public
21 The Minor Lines
Girdle of Venus * Ring of Solomon * Mystic Cross * Line of Mars * ia Lascivia * Ring of Saturn * Line of Intuition * Lines of Affection * Children Lines * The Rascettes, or Bracelets * Lines of Travel
Conclusion. Reading a Palm
Putting It All Together
Appendix A. The Hand Classified by the Four Elements
Fire, Water, Air, and Earth
Appendix B. Fingerprints
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
The Authors' Stories * The Hands of the Authors and How They Work Together