CHECKLIST # 1 The Fingers

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                         Time for me to stop putting this off. I'll start with what I work with most, Palmistry. I'll also talk about its correlation with the Tarot and Astrology as it pertains to the planets, the houses and the elemental suits. I'll later try to correlate the traditions of reading as it has evolved to include handwriting analysis.
 
                         Look at your hands. Notice relative finger length. Are they long, short, are some much longer than the others?
   
                         4/5ths of all women have index (Jupiter) fingers that are longer than their ring (Sun) fingers. Conversely 4/5ths of all men have longer ring fingers. This is supposed to be one of the gender determined differences between men and women. As a character trait men and women with the longer ring finger are more sporting, risk taking, and especially for women artistic. This is the trait associated with the normal male inferiority complex and our discomfort with being told what to do. Conversely, woman tend to be much more cooperative and nurturing. In case of the occasional man with a long index finger you could be talking to a man who can take and give orders, a great director. I spend a lot of time in a gym and I can assure you guys are always trying to measure up in some way or another. Most men need the strong grounding energy of feminine intelligence in there life. As my Mom said, quoting Eleanor Roosevelt, "If women ran the world, there would be no war. Women do not fight for sport, they fight to win." You will find many of us guys fight simply not to loose. These basic polarities will be helpful to understand, especially when we come to those perplexing biases, and the so called war between the sexes.

                       Shape of the hands and fingers, are they square, or rounded, or pointed, or maybe spatulate. Square is orderly, dry even mechanical. Rounded is even tempered. Pointed is romantic even fatalistic, believes in destiny. Spatulate fingers come out to form pads almost like puddles. Like toes of the gecko lizard, such people cling and are acquisitive. Knotty bony fingers are philosophical. Most people have a combination of fingers on different kinds of hands. Hands can be of different lengths relative to the fingers. Long hands that come with long fingers, are usually sensitive. Especially with long fingernails, it may take a very long time for these people to get over things. Short hands and fingers usually go along with strong core and a more impulsive nature. Small hands big ideas, big hands small details. A person may have small hands and still have a big head and vice versa. If we have a chance we will look at the diagnostic yin and yang of Physiognomy. I'm going to sign off here for tonight, I want to give a clear general over view or the line markings and how it reflects the bends of the fingers.

                       As always, try to find books on the related subjects. my familiarity with scanning technology is lacking. Almost any books on palmistry will give you basic illustrations, even when wrong.