Palmistry for All by Cheiro (free reads TXT) 📕

PAGE Preface iii Introduction xv PART I PALMISTRY OR CHEIROMANCY CHAPTER I. A Brief Résumé of the History of the Study of Hands Through the Centuries To The Present Day 1 II. The Line of Head or the Indications of Mentality 8 The Line of Head and its Variations 10 The Line of Head joined to the Line of Life 16 The Line of Head separated from the Line of Life 19 The Line of Head and its Secondary Signs 22 Changes in the Line of Head 26 Crosses and Squares in connection with the Line of Head 30 Double Lines of Head 31 The Line of Head on the Seven Types of Hands 33 III. The Line of Life and Its Variations 36 IV. The Line of Mars Or Inner Life Line 44 V. The Line of Destiny Or Fate 47 From the Line of Life 50 From the Wrist 50 From the Mount of the Moon 51 From the Middle of the Palm 55 Influence Lines to the Line of Fate 57 Double Lines of Fate 57 VI. The Line of the Sun or Success 61 From the Line of Life 63 From the Line of Fate 63 From the Plain of Mars 63 From the Mount of the Moon 63 From the Line of Head 63 From the Line of Heart 63 VII. The Line of Heart as indicating the Affectionate and Emotional Nature 67 VIII. Signs Relating to Marriage 73 The Line of Marriage: At the Base of the Fourth Finger 73 Influence Lines to the Fate Line 77 Influence Lines on Venus 79 IX. Lines denoting Children, their Sex, and Other Matters concerning Them 81 X. The Line of Health or Hepatica 83 XI. The Girdle of Venus 88 The Ring of Saturn 90 The Bracelets 91 XII. The Line of Intuition 92 The Via Lasciva 93 XIII. La Croix Mystique 95 The Ring of Solomon 96 XIV. Travels, Voyages and Accidents 97 XV. The Island, the Circle, the Spot and the Grille 101 XVI. The Star, the Cross, the Square 104 XVII. Different Classes of Lines and Right and Left Hands 107 XVIII. The Great Triangle and the Quadrangle 110 XIX. How to tell Time and Dates of the Principal Events in the Life 112 PART II CHEIROGNOMY—OR THE SHAPES OF THE HANDS AND FINGERS I. The Study of the Shape of the Hands 117 The Seven Types of Hands: The Elementary 119 The Square 119 The Spatulate 121 The Philosophic 122 The Conic 124 The Psychic 125 The Mixed 126 II. The Thumb 127 The Supple Jointed 128 The Firm Jointed 128 The First, Second and Third Phalange 131 III. The Fingers 133 Length of Fingers to one another 133 Smooth Jointed 135 Knotty Jointed 135 IV. The Nails 136 Long Nails 136 Short Nails 137 Flat Nails 138 Their Indications of Disease 139 V. The Mounts of the Hand 140 VI. The Mount of Mars 144 VII. The Mount of Jupiter 150 VIII. The Mount of Saturn 154 IX. The Mount of the Sun 158 X. The Mount of Mercury 162 XI. The Mount of The Moon 168 XII. The Mount of Venus 173 XIII. Advice to The Student: the Best Means to make Casts or take Impressions of the Hands 178

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