HANDS AND CHARACTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 768, 14 September 1929, Page 23

HANDS AND CHARACTERS

MODERN READINGS I.—THE PHILOSOPHIC HAND This type of hand is large, long, bony and well developed. Tlie finger tips are half conic, half square, and the nails are long. The upper and lower joints of the fingers are large and protruding, and the thumb is large and long. The hand is hard and firm. This hand belongs to the student of human nature. The developed joints denote mental and material order, and such people have a practical outlook on life, being systematic, caring little for what others say. and liking to investigate for themselves. They must be able to prove before i believing, they seldom act impul- | oively, and they take little for ; granted. They are deep thinkers.

inclined to be silent and secretive; careful over little matters. These people take pride in being different from others. They learn easily, store away much knowledge and are often egotistical, but they have some excuse for this in the undoubted ability they possess. The owner of this type of hand is rarely guided by sentiment. He is ruled by the Head, not the Heart; seldom demonstrative where the affections are concerned, yet sincere. Tact and diplomacy are strong points here, and knowledge is usually more to him than money. He is fond of anything curious and antique; people, places, and things out of the common appeal to him and for this reason he makes a good collector and explorer. In dealing with people of this type, it is well to be able t#o back up anything you may state; and do not ex- ! pect a quick decision in any importI ant matter placed before them. They are usually hard and honest workers. As marriage partners, they are steady, sincere and industrious, but they are difficult to please .and must not be expected to enter into the pleasures of dancing, theatre-going and the usual frivolities of life. Indeed, they act more as a balance to those who are gay and pleasure loving. If the hand is very hard, the thumb large, and the finger joints very knotty or excessively developed, you have tlie crank who will rush to extremes in everything.