Astrology and it's abuse by Astrologers has left a terrible taste in my mouth. Planets have nothing to do with events down here. Their mostly named after boys anyways. These mis applied metaphors are an abstract Meta Formal Language, and are in fact a perfect Wheel of Life model providing a perfect comparative totalistic metric, by which we can study human variability and our sample distributions simply by looking at other people's hands. Unfortunately this form of divination has become synonymous with fatalistic determinism, and is a throwback to pre science. These prejudices are even often used to rationalize ancient ancestral loathings, racism and bigotry. When we have to compare the traditional language of Astrology on to the mappings for variability using Palm Readings (Chiromancy) we discover that the only clear models are in fact still ancient and very elegantly simplistic. Once we remove the study of the hands and variability from the abuses of religions, we get to see the emergence of a "New Tradition. The five fingers and their subordinate small mounds, and the two primary large mounds are thusly labeled;
Thumb: Mars
Index: Jupiter
Middle: Saturn
Ring: Sun
Pinkie: Mercury
the Ball of the Palm: Venus
and the Heel of the Hand: The Moon
This is all that is needed to partition the hand into it's designated nodes. Just like the wrist, our fingers and the mounds have lines connecting, dividing and separating line designations. But the still language is buried beneath a false mystic of the Occult. I do not encourage or support the Occult or mystic in general. My express intention with this literary exercise is to extricate this lost art from the so called "psychic reading technique" and it's misappropriated practice. The diagnostics are of the same order as each of the other Spiritual Technologies I have featured. We as a society, are often abused by the spiritually deluded charlatans. I am equally hated by antagonistically biased belligerent scientists who insist that anyone who looks at another person's "Hands" is presumably stupid, insane and then therefor must be corrupt. I can assure you, I'm not taking a penny. Technically, an enumerate partition naming and counting all ordered phenomena always precludes the inevitably resulting symmetrical re coalescence. Such is the un spun web which has no weaver.
The five fingers and two mounds can be found to order the generation and dissolution of all lines of attention that form on the hands. Here is the repost of my enumeration of the lines as discreet phenomena;
Variabilities of the Lines on the Hands.
Lines on the hands can be Indexed by discreet variabilities. Qualities are numbered, ordered by distinctions. I choose not to go back to check my notes, this rolls off my keyboard.
First are the Primary Deep Lines, often simple, few in number and usually short. {Life Line, and then the Heart Line and Head Line which may form only one undifferentiated single "Simian Crease," all the way across the hand under the fingers.} Signifies robust and passionate grounding and hard boundaries, often unemotional.
Second, we see more line structures that generally are slightly lighter, forming patterns or signs. {Such as the "Rings," "Bracelets," "Folds" and "Parallels" which can go all the way across, along or around the fingers, palms or wrists.} Signifies greater complexity of mental and emotional processing, possible longevity.
Third are multi layered markings that take on higher order, usually complicated, often confused. {Such markings are usually remembered by their associated symbol "Signature." Symbolism was mainly established for developing a memorable language, as in the "Mystic Cross," "Jacob's Ladder" and "The Eye of God." These can be deep or floating and can shift, change, grow in for the first time ever or even disappear all together.} Usually signify greater subjectivity of perspectives or sensitivity.
Fourth order forms are the markings that convey the most information stored in the persistent structures of these otherwise simple design programs. {Such are the most elegant signs and subtle multi processing loops significant of complex personal identity. Stars, Triangles, Grills, repeating wave parallels.} Exaggerated sensitivities are almost always nervous on some level or another. Often signifying unique abilities and or a type of wealth or another.
"The Law of Signatures" is a term borrowed from Herbalism referring to the way a plant is thought to best treat the organ system it most resembles. Like Hepatica has Liver shaped leaves, or Bleeding Heart flowers treat heart ache, etc. This mnemonic is often the attribution of association that survives long after the origin of a practice or superstition if forgotten.
