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About Palmistry > Basic Palm study > Basic line study Basic Hand Concept Hand types Finger types The Thumb Colour and Character Mounts on the Hand Hand Types The Elementary or the Lowest type We must consider the seven types of hand starting at the lowest, the elementary or as it is often called the necessary hand. This hand naturally belongs to the lowest type of mentality it is on the border line between the brute and the man. In appearance it is coarse and clumsy, with large, thick, heavy palm, short fingers and short nails. It is always important to notice the length of palm and fingers. The important point in elementary hand: the palm is always thick and coarse and the fingers are short and clumsy. The hand itself is extremely short and barely reaches the base of the first finger. There is very little to be seen on the palm. There are very few lines on such hands, seldom more than the three lines heart, head and life. People possessing such hands have little mental capacity.
The Square or the Useful hand This is so called because the palm is square at the wrist, square at the base of the fingers and the fingers and nails are also square. Such a type is called the useful hand because it is found in so many walks of life. The square hand is most practical and logical of all the types. People with such a hand are orderly, punctual, and precious manner. They form conformity with custom and habit. They respect authority, they love discipline, they have a place for everything and every- thing is kept in its place, not only in there household, but in their brains. They respect law and order and are slaves to custom, they are not quarrelsome, but are determined in opposition, they prefer reason to instinct, peace to war, and are methodical in work and habit. They neutrally love the exact sciences and practical studies. They encourage agriculture and commerce; they love home and the duties of home, but are not demonstrative in affection. They are sincere and true in promises, staunch in friendship, strong in principle and honest in business. Their greatest fault is that they are inclined to reason by twelve-inch rule and disbelieve all that they cannot understand. They are good lawyers, doctors, scientists and the business men.
The Spatula or the Nervous active type :- This hand type is called spatula not only because the tips of each finger resembles the spatula which chemists use in mortars, but also because the palm, instead of having the square ness of the preceding type, is either unusually broad at the wrist or at the base of the fingers. It is usually found crooked and irregular. The palm itself spatulated in two positions, either extremely broad at the base of the fingers and tapering back towards the wrist or very broad at the wrists and stopping towards the base of the fingers. The spatulate hand may be
The Philosophic or the idealistic hand :- The name of this type explains itself. The word 'philosophic' being derived from the Greek word 'philos' meaning live and 'Sophia' meaning wisdom. It is the most easily recognized hand. It is usually long and angular with bony fingers, developed joints and long nails. They are philosophers. It is seldom that they gain great success in the form of wealth. They study mankind, they know every chord and tone in the harp of life, they play upon it and are gratified with its responsive melody more than with the click of coin. Such people love mystery in all things. If they preach, they preach over the heads of the people, if they paint, they are mystic, if they are poets, they discard dramatic clash and color of life for the visionary
The Conic or the Artistic type:- The conic hand if properly speaking, is medium-sized with the palm slightly tapering, and the fingers full at the base, and conic, or slightly pointed, at the tip or nail phalange. It is often confined with the next type, the psychic, which is the long and narrow hand, with extremely long, tapering fingers. The main characteristics of the conic hand are impulse and instinct. People with conic hand are often, in fact, designated as 'the children of impulse'. On the contrary this type simply indicates the love for art and beauty in every shape and form. They show an artistic, impulsive nature.
The Psychic or the Idealistic hand :- It is the most beautiful but the most unfortunate type of hand to possess if we consider worldly advancement. In formation it is long, narrow, and fragile-looking, with slender, tapering fingers and long, almond-shaped nails. Its very fineness and beauty, however, indicate its want for energy and strength. This type of hand has the purely visionary and idealistic nature. They appreciate the beauty in every shape and form, they are gentle in the manner, quiet in temper, confiding, and they instinctively trust every one who are kind to them. the brute. The have little or no control over their passion, love of form, color, and beauty does not appeal to them. The thumb of such hands is short and thick, with the upper part of the nail phalange heavy, full,and generally square. Such people are violent in temper, passionate but not courageous. If they commit murder, it is in the fury and in the sprit of destruction. They possess a certain low cunning instinct. These are people without aspiration. Simply they eat, drink, sleep, and die. Either hard and firm or soft and flabby. In the first mentioned case it indicates a nature, restless and excitable but full of energy of purpose and enthusiasm. If the speculate hand is soft and flabby it denotes a more restless and irritable spirit, such persons could stick to nothing long. They change with the mood of the moment, and are usually dissatisfied, discontented and erratic. The most striking characteristic of all is the singular independence of spirit. It is this sprit that makes them explorers and discoverers and causes them also to depart from the known rules of engineering and machines to seek the unknown and thus become famous for their inventions. No matter in which grade or position of life these spatula hands find themselves, they always strike out for themselves and assert their right to possess a mark individuality of their own. A singer, actress, doctor, or preacher with such a instinct will break all rules of precedent - not by any means for the sake of eccentricity, but simply because they have an original way of looking at things and their sense of independence inclines them to resent other people's idea. Similes and vaporize drippings of the sprit. These people are mostly religious. Such hands are found very largely among the Oriental nations, particularly in India. The Brahmans, Yogis, and other mystics possess them in great numbers. In England, striking examples are found in the hands of Cardinal Newman, Cardinal Manning, and Tension. They are also largely seen among the Jesuits of Catholic Church, rarely in the English Church, and more rarely in Baptists, Presbyterians. In character they are silent and secretive, they are deep thinkers, careful over little matters even in use of little words, and they rarely forget an injury and are blessed with the power of patience. Quick in thought and ideas, yet they are so utterly devoid of patience and tire so easily, that they rarely carry out their intentions. Such people appear to be the greatest advantage for the company. They are good conversationalists, they grasp the drift of a subject quickly, but they are more or less superficial in knowledge and other things. They judge everything by impulse and instinct. They are also very much influenced by the people with whom they come in contact, and by their surroundings. They are impressionable in affairs de Coeur; they carry their likes and dislikes to extremes, they are usually short-tempered but it is a thing of the moment. Such people tire so easily that they rarely carry out there designs or intentions. They are generous and sympathetic, selfish where their own personal comfort is concerned, it is true, but not in money matters, they are easily influenced to give money for charity, but alas! Here they have not the power of discrimination; consequently the money is given to anybody or anything which may rouse their sympathies at the moment.
They have no idea of how to be practical, business-like, or logical. They have no conception of order, punctuality or discipline. They are easily influenced by others, against their will; they are carried away by the strong rush of humanity. Color appeals to there nature in the highest possible way, to some, every tone of music, every joy, every sorrow, every emotion is reflected in a color. This is unconsciously a religious one, it feels what is true, but has not the power to seek truth. In religion such people will be more impressed with the service, the music, and the ceremony than with the logic or truth of the sermon. They are devotional by nature; they seem to dwell on the confines of the spiritual. They feel the awe and the mystery of life, without knowing why. All forms of magic and mystery attract them They are easily imposed upon and bitterly feel resented on being deceived. These individuals have the quality of taking initiatives.
The Mixed hand :- The mixed hand is the most difficult of all to describe. I is so called because not only the fingers, but the hand itself, cannot possibly be classed under any type of hand such as square, speculated etc. The mixed hand is the hand of ideas, of versatility, and generally of changeability of purpose. A man with such a hand is adaptable to both people and circumstances, clever, but erratic in the application of his talents. He will be brilliant in conversation, be the subject science, art, or gossip. He may play some instrument fairly well, may paint a little, and so on, but rarely will be great. When, however a strong line of head rules the hand, he will, among all of his talents choose the best. Such hands find their greatest
Scope in work requiring diplomacy and tact. They are so versatile that they have no different dispositions with which they come into contact. Their most striking peculiarity is their adaptability to circumstances, they never feel the ups and downs of fortune like others and almost all classes of the work are easy to them. They are generally inventive. They are fond of new ideas: one moment they determine to write a drama, the next, perhaps, they invent a gas-stove or go into politics but as they are always changing, and unstable as water, they rarely succeed. |
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