be taken up. It was from this standpoint that I interested such men as Gladstone, Professor Max Muller, of Oxford, Lord Russell, when he was Lord Chief Justice, King Edward VII., and many others too numerous to mention; and lastly, it is from the same standpoint that I have now written this book, which under the title of Palmistry for All, will, I hope, appeal to all classes, and cause such an interest in the Study of Character that, instead of such an art being left in the hands of a few, it will, on the contrary, become universally used for the benefit of all.
Cheiro
Note.—Cheiro retired from all professional work some time ago, and the public is therefore warned against persons pretending that they are the real "Cheiro," and endeavouring to pass themselves off as the author of his well-known works.
CONTENTS
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
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Cheiro
Frontispiece
The Lines of the Hand
1
Lord Kitchener's Hand
2
PLATE
I.
The Three Principal Positions for the Commencement of the Line of Head
11
II.
The Line of Head joined to the Line of Life and its Terminations
18
III.
The Line of Head separated from the Line of Life
20
IV.
Islands on the Line of Head
24
V.
More Variations of the Line of Head
27
VI.
The Line of Head and Line of Heart running together
29
VII.
Double Lines of Head, also Crosses and Squares
32
VIII.
The Line of Life and Sections of Influences from the Mounts
37
IX.
The Line of Life and its Variations
40
X.
The Line of Life and Line of Mars
45
XI.
The Line of Destiny and its Modifications
51
XII.
The Line of Destiny and its Variations
53
XIII.
The Line of Destiny and its Modifications
56
XIV.
The Line of Destiny, Islands, and other Signs
59
XV.
The Line of Sun and its Modifications
62
XVI.
The Line of Heart and its Variations
68
XVII.
The Line of Marriage
74
XVIII.
Marriage Lines and Influence Lines which further help in denoting Marriage
78
XIX.
The Line of Health
84
XX.
The Girdle of Venus. The Ring of Saturn. The Bracelets. The Line of Intuition. The Via Lasciva
89
XXI.
Travels, Voyages, Accidents, and Descending Lines from the Mounts
99
XXII.
The Island, the Circle, the Spot, the Grille, the Star, and the Square
102
XXIII.
Minor Marks and Signs
105
XXIV.
Minor Marks and Signs
108
XXV.
The Great Triangle and the Quadrangle
111
XXVI.
Times and Dates of Principal Events
113
CHEIROGNOMY
ILLUSTRATIONS
I.
The Elementary Hand
120
The Square or Useful Hand
120
The Spatulate Hand
120
The Philosophic Hand
120
II.
The Conic or Artistic Hand
123
The Psychic Hand
123
The Mixed Hand
123
III.
Thumbs:
The Clubbed Thumb
129
The Supple Jointed Thumb
129
The Firm Jointed Thumb
129
The Waist-Like Thumb
129
The Straight Thumb
129
The Elementary Thumb
129
IV.
The Fingers:
The Smooth
134
The Square
134
The Knotty
134
V.
The Nails:
Delicacy of Throat
137
Chest and Bronchial
137
Spinal Weakness
137
Weak Action of the Heart
137
Paralysis
137
VI.
The Mounts of the Hand:
The Mount of Venus
141
The Mount of Mars
141
The Mount of Jupiter
141
The Mount of Saturn
141
The Mount of the Sun
141
The Mount of Mercury
141
The Mount of the Moon
141
THE LINES OF THE HAND.
Palmistry for All
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
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 principal study was the lines and formation of hands, yet I did not confine myself alone to that particular page in the book of Nature. I endeavoured to study every phase of thought that can throw light on human life; consequently the very ridges of the skin, the hair found on the hands, all were used as a detective would use a clue to accumulate evidence. I found people were sceptical of such a study only because they had not the subject presented to them in a logical manner.
There are hundreds of facts connected with the hand that people have rarely, if ever, heard of, and I think it will not be out of place if I touch on them here. For instance, in regard to what are known as the corpuscles, Meissner, in 1853, proved that these little molecular substances were distributed in a peculiar manner in the hand itself. He found that in the tips of the fingers they were 108 to the square line, with 400 papillæ; that they gave forth certain distinct crepitations, or vibrations, and that in the red lines of the hand they were most numerous and, strange to say, were found in straight individual rows in the lines of the palm. Experiments were made as to these vibrations, and it was proved that, after a little study, one could distinctly detect and recognise the crepitations in
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