Palmistry for AllIn Palmistry for All, world-famous palmist Cheiro shares with his audience the secrets of reading anyone's palm. With the information in this book, he claims that people can know one another's true character and intention-knowledge greatly desired by many American businessmen, in particular, of his day. With twenty-eight illustrations to assist them, readers are given everything they'll need to formulate their own palm readings. Anyone interested in how palm readings are done will be delighted by Cheiro's thorough explanations.Irish occultist Cheiro-aka WILLIAM JOHN WARNER (1866-1936)-wrote a number of books, including The Language of the Hand and When Were You Born? Among his famous followers were Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde. |
Contents
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THE LINE OF LIFE AND ITS VARIATIONS | 38 |
Rising from the Line of Life | 51 |
THE LINE OF THE | 60 |
PART II | 63 |
THE LINE OF HEALTH OR THE HEPATICA | 74 |
The Island | 87 |
The Elementary Hand | 103 |
THE THUMB | 109 |
THE NAILS OF THE HAND | 115 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 118 |
The Mount of Jupiter | 124 |
The Mount of Mercury | 132 |
The Mount of Venus | 139 |
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119 The Mount affection ambition appears artistic ascending born brain called career CHAPTER character Cheiromancy clear commence considered crosses curve danger denotes developed disease distinct Double Line especially extremely Fate Line foreshadows forked Girdle of Venus give Head joined Head Line Health Heart Line imaginative inclined indicates Influence Line islands line is found Line of Destiny Line of Fate Line of Head Line of Marriage Line of Mars Line of Sun lives Marriage Line Moon Mount of Jupiter Mount of Luna Mount of Mars Mount of Mercury Mount of Saturn Mount of Venus nails nature nervous occultism palm Palmistry period person Philosophic position possess practical qualities relate RING OF SATURN rise rôle rule running seen seldom sensitive side Spatulate square straight strong student success Sun Line temperament tendency things Thumb type of hand usually weakness wrist xviii
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Page 66 - XVI.). The Line of Heart relates purely to the affectionate disposition, in fact, to the mental side of the love nature of the subject. It should be borne in mind that, by lying as it does on that part of the hand above the Line of Head, it is consequently on the portion of the hand that relates to mental characteristics and not to the physical. The Line of Heart should be deep, clear, and well coloured. It may arise from the extreme outside of the Mount of Jupiter (2...
Page 84 - It takes more or less the formation of a semi-circle from the face of the Mount of Mercury to that of the Mount of the Moon, or may be found on the Mount of the Moon alone. It...
Page 21 - organ of all organs, the active agent of the passive powers of the entire system.
Page 66 - THE LINE OF HEART AS INDICATING THE AFFECTIONATE AND EMOTIONAL NATURE THE Line of Heart is that Line which runs across the hand under the fingers and generally rises under the base of the first, and runs off the side of the hand under the base of the fourth or little finger (ii, Fig.
Page 118 - Moons" indicate the reverse of this. They always denote poor circulation, weak action of the heart and anaemia of the brain. When close to death the "Moons...
Page 77 - Fig. xix). The Line of Mercury, or of Health, relating as it does to the nervous system, and also to the mind (Mercury), lends itself to the supposition that the all-knowing subconscious brain is cognisant, even at an early age, of the force of resistance in the nervous system. It may know how long this force will last, when it will be exhausted, and consequently may mark the hand long years in advance. The Line of Health is one of the lines of the hand most subject to changes. It is the thermometer...
Page 44 - Fig. ix), it is a sure sign of a tendency to bad health, and especially so if the hand be soft. The same marks on a hard, firm hand would not indicate as much delicacy, because hard, firm hands denote in themselves a robust constitution.
Page 45 - IX.), it gives less control over the temper. When this sign is noticed, especially in the case of young persons, it will be found that they are more quarrelsome, more disobedient, and have less ambition in connection with their studies. ASCENDING LINES When the Line of Life is found with a number of ascending lines, even if they are small, it denotes a life of greater energy; and the dates at which these lines ascend from the Line of Life may always be considered points at which the subject has made...
Page 67 - They are not very demonstrative when in love, but they are capable of the very greatest sacrifices for those they care for. They do not expect the person on whom they bestow their affection to be a god or a goddess. When the Line of Heart rises on the Mount of Saturn the subject will be rather selfish in all questions of affection. These people are not self-sacrificing, like the previous type. They are inclined to be cynical, reserved, undemostrative but very insistent in trying to gain the person...
Page 42 - The Vital", as used by the ancients. It is reasonable to assume that it is this intimate connection with the vital organs of the body which enables it to...