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A Brief Resume Of The History Of The Study Of Hands Through The Centuries To The Present Day
The success I had during the twenty-five years in which I was connected with this study was, I believe, chiefly owing to the fact that although my pr...
Read article ↗PalmistryAccidents
Accidents are generally marked by lines descending from the Mount of Saturn and touching the Line of Life. When falling on the Line of Head, they inc...
Read article ↗Hand shapeAdvice To The Student The Best Means To Make Casts Or Take Impressions Of The Hands
I would strongly advise students of this subject to make casts of hands in plaster of Paris, wax, or any other suitable material, in order to make a...
Read article ↗PalmistryAscending Lines
When the Line of Life is found with a number of ascending lines, even if they are small, it denotes a life of greater energy; and the dates at which...
Read article ↗PalmistryChanges In The Line Of Head
Another extremely interesting point in studying the Line of Head is to take notice of certain changes in its position, or lines either dropping or ri...
Read article ↗PalmistryCrosses And Squares In Connection With The Line Of Head
Small, sharply-defined crosses in any position just over or touching the Line of Head are generally signs of accidents to the Head itself. _Under Jup...
Read article ↗PalmistryDifferent Classes Of Lines
The lines on the palm should be clearly marked, a good pink or reddish colour, and they should be free from breaks, crosses, holes or irregularities...
Read article ↗PalmistryDouble Lines Of Fate
When the Line of Fate is itself double, it is a sign of what is called "a double life," but if, after running side by side for some length these two...
Read article ↗PalmistryDouble Lines Of Head
Double Lines of Head, are as rarely found as are cases of the single line right across the hand. In all cases where the Double Line of Head stands ou...
Read article ↗Hand shapeFlat Nails
When the Nails appear very flat and inclined to lift themselves up from the flesh towards their outer edge, the threatened danger is towards paralysi...
Read article ↗Hand shapeHealth
People born in this period suffer largely from despondency, insomnia, and a feeling of martyrdom. Like the Positive type of the same Mount, they are...
Read article ↗Hand shapeHealth The Mount Of Jupiter (negative)
The Mount of Jupiter may be considered negative or mental when the subject is born between the dates of February 19th and March 20th, and in a slight...
Read article ↗Hand shapeHow To Tell Time And Dates Of Principal Events In The Life
The most correct way in which to tell time by the hand is to divide the Line of Life into periods of seven years, and also the Line of Fate, followin...
Read article ↗PalmistryInfluence Lines
When any small line joins the Fate Line or goes on with it as an attendant line, such a mark usually indicates marriage at the date when these lines...
Read article ↗PalmistryInfluence Lines On The Mount Of Venus
These are fine lines that run parallel with the Line of Life, but they must not be confounded with the Line of Mars, or "Sister Life Line," which com...
Read article ↗PalmistryInfluence Lines To The Fate Line On The Mount Of Venus Connection With Marriage
The student may also get very great help in ascertaining details about the likely marriage of the person whose hands he is examining by the following...
Read article ↗PalmistryLa Croix Mystique The Ring Of Solomon
What is called "La Croix Mystique" is found in the quadrangle of the hand between the Lines of Heart and Head. It is more usually found in the centre...
Read article ↗PalmistryLines Denoting Children Their Sex And Other Matters Concerning Them
The Lines relating to children are those finely marked upright lines found immediately above the Line of Marriage (12, Plate XVIII.). A very good pla...
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