Palmistry Secrets

Here are just a few of the "handy" tips and secrets I've picked up over the years.

1. Predicting the future
2. Thumb position
3. Attitude towards money
4. Arthritis and knuckles
5. Fingernails and the spine
6. Extended index finger

Predicting the Future

Palmistry cannot "predict the future". The hands can show the current patterns and trends along with their natural outcomes, but our thoughts and actions can be altered.

The lines of the palms are not permanent - They do grow and change somewhat over time.

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Thumb Position

The position of the thumb shows the subject's current strength of will. Look to see how far away from the rest of the hand the thumb is held, making special note of cases where it has fallen inside the hand, or is held rigid at a 90 degree angle.

Any time the thumb has fallen inside the hand, the individual's will has been broken. Their words and actions are not their own, but have been imposed upon them by another. At these times the subject must be handled gently, for they can react to outside stimuli with anger or open hostility.

If you find your own thumb showing a broken will, review your recent thoughts and actions to see where you have "given up". These patterns in ourselves can be difficult to spot at first, because we are acting in exactly the "correct" way in which we have been conditioned.

In cases where the thumb is spread to its maximum angle and held so firm that it quivers, the subject has completely lost control of their temper, and can strike out violently at anything they feel stands in their way. As long as the thumb holds this position, no amount of reason or negotiation is likely to have any effect.

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Attitude Towards Money

Many personality traits are revealed by the spacing between the fingers. Look at the spread between someone's middle and ring fingers. This distance can be up to an inch and a half at the fingertips, or the fingers can be held so tightly together that they overlap.

The wider this space is, the more generous the person, and the more willing they are to part with their money. A narrow space shows a more frugal person who knows the value of the dollar. When the fingers touch, their attitude is almost miserly.

In Hand Analysis, one hand is seen as stationary, and one is the moving hand. In most cases, the dominant hand will move frequently while the other remains at rest.

First look to the spacing on the stationary hand. This is your reference to the individual's basic attitudes towards money. Now look to the moving hand and compare the two. See which hand has a larger spread between the middle and ring fingers.

Since the moving hand reflects the current situation, a wider space here would show that the subject is presently feeling more generous, and is more willing to part with their money. When the space is narrower on the moving hand, they are not likely to spend on anything except necessities.

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Arthritis and Knuckles

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis are said to be indicated on the hands by an enlargment of the topmost knuckle on the fingers. The knuckle will begin to enlarge long before there are other physical symptoms.

The part of the body affected is shown by a knuckle enlargement of the corresponding finger:

• Index Finger - Hips and lower back
• Middle Finger - Knees
• Ring Finger - Legs and feet
• Baby Finger - Neck and upper back

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Fingernails and the Spine

The fingernails are said to reveal many traits about the condition of the spine. A spinal curvature is indicated when one nail, instead of being straight, curves in towards the fingertip. Compression of the discs or vertebrae is shown by a flattening or folding of the nail. Use the following list to identify the general location of any misalignment:

• Thumbnail - Cervical Vertebrae 1 + 2 (First two bones of the neck)
• Index Fingernail - Cervical Vertebrae 3 - 7 (Neck to shoulder blades)
• Middle Fingernail - Thoracic Vertebrae 1 - 12 (Shoulder blades to mid-back)
• Ring Fingernail - Lumbar Vertebrae 1 - 4 (Mid-back to pelvis)
• Baby Fingernail - Sacrum and Coccyx (Pelvis and tailbone)

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Extended Index Finger

Some hand positions show a constructive mental outlook, while other positions reveal a destructive mental focus. The most destructive hand position is when the index finger alone is extended, with the thumb fully contracted.

The Index Finger represents the Ego. When extending only the one finger and waving it about, the subject is expressing only self-centered, egotistical thought patterns and behavior.

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