Palmistry question and answers

Knotty joints are an indication that the person has a tendency to direct the love of science shown by this long phalange to the more exact sciences, whereas if the joints are smooth the tendency will be to enter more into the study and love of occult sciences.

Yes, close attention to work of an intellectual or mental order will intime develop the joints of Philosophy and Order, because it must be borne in mind that whilst the hand shows the true character, the hand doesnot form the character,but the character forms the hand.

No, this is not in accordance with nature.

This is an indication of a love of outward order, such as the tidy appearance of a room, office, external appear­ance, etc., but cupboards, drawers and the interior of boxes, etc., will be in confusion and disorder;for the Squareness of the hand shows love of neatness, order and decorum, whilst the Smoothness counteracts this effect.

This development will tone the intuitional character down to reason, and shows much inventive genius, but it is not a practical type of hand, as there will be in sufficient ability to carry out the inventions.

When both joints are developed the hand becomes the Philosophical hand, more especially if the fingers are slightly mixed in their shape, and consequently this development is dealt with under the "Philosophical hand”.

This is called the joint of Order and indicates love of order in things of a material nature, and has alike effect to the development of the First joints on the different types, only that it deals with things material, whereas the First joint deals with things mental and spiritual.

The mechanical skill indicated by the Spatulate type will remain intact, but the love of comfort shown by its softness, combined with love of philo­sophical reasoning as shown by the development of the joint, takes away the practical side of the nature; therefore there will be plenty of plans and schemes but no practicality or energy to carry the mout.

'The First joint is called the Philo­sophical joint,or knot, and when this is developed it indicates a desire to examine and search into mental things, acting as a boundary between the Divine world (First phalange) and the Intellectual world (Second phalange), hence the thoughts and ideas conceived or accepted by the intuition, imagination, etc., are controlled, modified or guided by the reason indicated by the development of this joint.

A natural grace and artistic motion, and a love of things perfect and beauti­ful; but the owners are too ardent and impulsive, acting too often without due thought, and consequently meet with fre­quent failures.