Thursday, October 31, 2013

Rules For Rapid Observation - The Fingers

The Fingers:-


Palmistry
Illustration
Observe the fingers. If they look short and stumpy in proportion to the rest of the palm--one may be sure that
the individual to whom they belong is of an animal nature, possessing coarse instincts, devoid of real
intellectuality, and belonging to the lower order of humanity.
If the fingers and the palm appear equal in length, the owner belongs to a more cultured race. He has inherited
from a more intellectual line of ancestors and for all work requiring intelligence and a higher mentality he or
she could be depended on, whereas the first-mentioned type could not--no matter how well he might talk or
advocate his own superiority.
If the fingers look unusually long and thin, and in this way out of proportion to the palm, the man or woman
will err on the side of too much ideality and refinement and is not suited to business or work requiring "level
headedness" and practicality. It would be useless, for example, to put such a person in charge of work-people
or over work-rooms. His ideality and refinement would be thrown away in such positions, and even with the
best will in the world he would be completely out of harmony with his surroundings.
Such a man, however, could be depended upon in all positions requiring personal mental work, research,
science, literature, philosophy, educational work or, in fact, anything relating to the higher qualities of the
mind.
If his fingers, in addition to their length, were also knotty or jointed (joints much pronounced), he could be
depended on to a still greater extent for all work requiring great thoughtfulness, detail, and concentration of
mind.
If, on the other hand, these long fingers were smooth jointed, he would, while having the same desire for
ideality and for everything intellectual, be impulsive and inspirational, would lack a sense of detail and a love
for detail in his own work, would be visionary, artistic, emotional. Such a person would be suited to artistic
work, such as painting, making designs, models, etc., but could not be trusted to perform anything requiring
detail, research or science, and would be utterly useless in any position where discipline or control of others
were required.


4THE FINGERS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY

Let us now observe the fingers separately from the rest of the hand.
The first finger is considered as the Dictator, the Lawgiver, the finger of Ambition, the Indicator, the Pointer,
etc.
If this finger is unusually long and nearly equals the second, all these tendencies are extremely pronounced.
Therefore, if your employee has this finger long, you can safely entrust him with control over, and charge of
others. You will be amazed how well he or she will make rules and regulations and see that they are obeyed;
but beware, Mr. Employer, lest your first finger is short in proportion as that of your employee is long, for, if
such be the case, you too will have "to toe the line" and you may find yourself in a very disagreeable position.
But let me give you a further warning: Should this man or woman have a first finger that is long and crooked,
you will assuredly find out to your cost that the personal ambitions of such an individual are "crooked." Such
an employee would be perfectly unscrupulous in finding out your secrets and getting you into his power.
If the second finger is straight and well shaped, its owner will be very serious, a little inclined to melancholy,
but will pay due regard to whatever responsibilities with which he may be entrusted, but again beware if this
finger is crooked. In this case the owner would be, however, more subject to what may be called "a crooked
fate" than wilfully "wrong." Such people are, as a rule, the children of strange circumstances over which they
seem to have no control. They are continually getting themselves into trouble and into false positions, but, I
must admit, more by a strange fatality of things than by their own wilful actions. Nevertheless, such
infelicities might be very unpleasant for their employer, especially if he has more heart than brains.
The third finger, if extremely long and straight, indicates an extraordinary desire for glory, celebrity, publicity
and the like; and although this might be an extremely good quality in the case of an actor, preacher, politician
or public man, it may be most undesirable if such a person is to occupy the position of a private secretary, or
the confidential clerk to some family lawyer.
If this finger is crooked as well as very long, all the above qualities will be intensified and exaggerated. The
love of spending money and fondness for show will also be more marked, the gambling tendencies very
pronounced. No position involving the handling of money, should be entrusted to the possessor of such a
finger.
The fourth, or little finger, if long (passing the nail joint of the third) is indicative of power of speech and
subtlety in choice of language--the saying "to twist a person round one's little finger" originated from this very
sign. Such people have a marvellous gift of speech, eloquence and flow of language, valuable gifts, of course,
for orators and public persons, but not desirable qualities in a wife if a man is fond of sleep.
A short "little finger" denotes the reverse of the above. Such persons find the greatest difficulty in expressing
what they want to say, but they can write better than speak and should be encouraged to do so.
These individuals have, however, not much power over others and the shorter the "little finger" is, the more
timid and sensitive they are in the presence of strangers. If this finger is crooked, then these weaknesses are all
the more emphasised, but if formed crooked and long the power of eloquence is also crooked. Such people
will tell any "fairy tale" to suit their purpose--they are natural born liars and the position of President of the
Ananias Club is their rightful inheritance.
The first and third fingers absolutely of equal length is the best sign of an equally balanced mind, but such a
sign is rather rare to find.
When the fingers are very supple in the joints and turn backwards or outwards from the palm, it is an
indication of a quick wit and clever brain; but such persons lack continuity of purpose. They have no "hold,"
as it were, on any one thing.
Fingers slightly curved inwards towards the palm, denote persons slow to grasp an idea, or a subject, but such

people have retentive memories and "hold" or grip, as it were, any one thing they may take up.

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