palm reading basics
Palm Reading Basics
Palmistry is an art and a lot of patience and practice is required to master it. This Buzzle article will give you a clear idea of palm reading basics.
- Shape: The shape of the hand is divided into the four elements of nature, viz., air, water, fire, and earth. A person having an earth-shaped hand would have a square-shaped palm, short fingers, clear and deep-set lines, and thick skin. One who has air-shaped hands would have a square-shaped palm, long fingers, and thin but clear lines. A person with water-shaped hands will have an oval palm, long fingers, a lot of fine lines, and soft and moist skin. One who has fire-shaped hands will have a long palm, short fingers, thick and well-defined lines, and hard but warm skin. Earth hands symbolize practical, strong, but modest people; water hands symbolize sensitive, emotional, and creative people; fire hands symbolize confident, positive, and risk-taking people; whereas air hands symbolize sociable, restless, and logical people.
- Size: A person with large hands is somebody who would think first and then act, while a person with small hands is more active and impulsive and thinks a lot less.
- Flexibility of the Thumb: If the person's thumb is flexible to a certain extend, it would mean that he/she is quite accommodating, easy-going and adaptable; while people with more rigid thumbs are pretty obstinate.
- Life Line: This line starts in the area of the palm that lies between the thumb and the index finger, and extends downwards till the edge of the palm. You will be able to interpret everything related to a person's, life like his/her age, health, etc., by studying the length, shape, and thickness of this line. However, how long a person would live cannot be interpreted by studying any of the lines on the palm, and it is a popular misconception that the length of the life line indicates the same.
- Fate Line: This line is present on the palms of some people and absent in the rest. If it is present, it extends from the center of the palm, vertically down to the wrist. It indicates the presence of situations in an individual's life that have brought about some drastic changes in his/her life.
- Marriage Line: This line can be found right below the little finger. It indicates an individual's married life and other events related to it, even the number of times he/she may get married.
- Head Line: This line can be found just above the life line. It indicates a person's intellect, nature, and psychological and mental problems that he/she may suffer from.
- Mount of Venus: This mount is found at the base of the thumb. It indicates passion, love, and sympathy.
- Mount of Jupiter: This mount is found at the base of the index finger. It indicates love towards nature, leadership, and ambition.
- Mount of Saturn: This mount is found at the base of the middle finger. It indicates balance, wisdom, and soberness.
- Mount of Apollo: This mount is found at the base of the ring finger. It indicates creativity, success, and happiness.
- Mount of Mercury: This is found at the base of the little finger. It indicates shrewdness, success in business, and criminal tendencies.