i n d i a n + p a l m i s t r y PALMSTIC DICTIONARY ---- Uncloned World. Basic Summaries From Comte C. De Saint Germain ---- This is from the end of the authorative book The Study of Palmistry, which I picked up in Mumbai at one of the city's many book shops and markets, in 2005: As the author wrote in the preface of his book: "Remember that Palmistry is a language and that it has to be learned, like any other language, by gradually assimilating, first the elements -- the letters -- and then the syllables, the words, the sentences, the paragraphs, the pages, the volumes. FAST WORK, in this case, IS NO WORK AT ALL, indeed, it has destroyed the ambitions of more would-be palmists than any other mistake made by them..." So work your way through this work slowly and not too fast, to learnt the full basics, of the ancient science of Indian Palmistry: Bankruptcy ---- A poor Line of the Sun (sometimes absent), a poor Mount of the Sun covered with confused lines. The Mount of Mercury insignificant. An island on the Line of Liver. Often a bad break on the Line of Fate, when the bankruptcy really ruined the subject's life prospects; or the Line of Fate stops abruptly at the date of the disaster. Benevolence ---- Half-soft hands, with long nails, rather brittle. Fine Mounts of Jupiter and Venus. A wide Quadrangle and a specially good Line of Heart, starting forked, from inside the Mount of Jupiter. Sometimes the Line of Fate, starting inside the Mount of Venus, is read in this way. Biliousness ---- Yellow-hued palm; cold, sometimes clammy, skin. Exaggerated or much lined Mount of Mercury. Wavy Line of Liver. Birth, Illegitimate ---- An island at the beginning of an otherwise poor Line of Fate. Sometimes confirmed by an island at the starting point of the Line of Life. Seen it marked by a Children Line, reaching down to the Line of Heart on the Mount of Mercury close to the Percussion. Bladder Troubles ---- Lower part of the Mount of the Moon exaggerated or much lined. Blindness ---- Of one eye: one circle on Line of Life; or both eyes: two circles. A cross on the upper part of the Line of Liver and a circle on the Line of Heart. Same cross with a break of the Lines of Head or Heart under the Mount of the Sun. A star in the Triangle close to the Line of Liver. Blood Circulation, Defective ---- Numerous white spots on the nails. Line of Heart broken under the Mount of Saturn. See heart troubles. Bloody Downward Flux Of ---- Exaggerated or much lined Mount of Saturn. Blood Poisoning ---- Black or blueish spots on the nails. Blood, Superabundance Of ---- Red skin. Red nails. Red lines. Exaggerated Mounts of Mars and Jupiter. Line of Mars deeply marked. Blood to the Head, Rush Of ---- Exaggerated or much lined Mount of Jupiter. See also Heart Trouble. Blood, Troubles With ---- Exaggerated or much lined Mount of Mars. See also Heart Trouble. Bohemian, Unconventional Ways ---- Very small hands, soft palm. All first phalanges flexible, and that of the thumb thrown back. In a bad meaning: abnormal shortness of the First Finger and exaggerated Mounts of Venus and the Moon. Boldness ---- In a good sense, see Courage. In a bad sense: Lines of Life and Head widely separated at the start. Exaggerated Mounts of Jupiter and Upper Mars. Abnormally long Third Finger. . Breast (Wound On) ---- Capillary cross lines on Mount of Saturn. Brain Fever ---- Deep Line of Liver entirely absent in the Quadrangle. Same Line ending at the Line of Head, with many bars cutting the Line of Life (often turns to melancholia). Line of Head quite close to the Line of Life for a while. Brain Trouble ---- Plain of Mars hollow towards Head. An Influence Line from the Mount of Venus cutting the Line of Head. A star on the Line of Head at the end of a Line of Influence. Line of Head wavy and inclining towards a wavy Line of Liver. A break of the Line of Head. Pale and wide Line of Head with with black spots on it and Line of Life forked at the start. Line of Head starred, or crossed, by a deep bar, or badly broken, or sloping into an exaggerated, much rayed or starred Mount of the Moon. Brain Trouble, Constitutional ---- Absence of the Line of Head. Island at the starting point of the Line of Head (if the trouble is inherited). Brain Trouble Due to Guilty Intrique ---- Island on Line of Influence ending in a star or black dot on Line of Head. Brain Trouble, Temporary ---- Thinness of a small portion of the Line of Head. Broad Ideas ---- Well proportioned palm and fingers. Square tips the best. Excellent thumb. Finely shaped Quadrangle. Line of Head long, slightly separated from the Line of Life at the start and slightly forked at the termination. Mounts of Jupiter and Venus the most prominent, though not exaggerated. Bronchitis ---- Exaggerated or much lined Upper Mount of Mars. Cross lines (especially if deep or forked from the Percussion into the Upper Mount of Mars. Brute Animality, Instincts Verging To ---- Thick, very hard hand. Thick, clawlike nails overrun with flesh and skin. Much hair and a naturally rough and red skin. Characterless tips; short, smooth fingers. Clubbed first Phalanx of the Thumb. Insignificant Mounts, except exaggerated Mounts of Mars and Venus. Only the three chief lines; generally short, especially the Lines of Heart and Head. A cross in the middle of the triangle. Burglar Tendencies ---- Heavy, thick, elementary hand. Smooth, short fingers. Clubbed first Phalanx of Thumb. Mounts of Mars and Venus abnormal. Often exaggerated Mount of the Moon, square shaped at its lower part. Only the three chief lines, short and red. A star and often a grille on the Mount of Mercury, and similar signs on the Upper Mount of Mars. A cross in the Triangle. Business, Aptitude For ---- Elastic Palm. Fingers longer than Palm, with second knot marked and square tips. Strong First Phalanx of the Thumb and good Line of the Head. Mount of Mercury most prominent, with the fourth finger above average length. A line from the Rascette to the Mount of Mercury. Lines or Branches from the Line of Head to the Mount of Mercury. An excellent Line of Liver. At least fair Lines of Fate and the Sun. (These indications prognosticate not only aptitude, but success.) Business Failure ---- See Bankruptcy. A | B | C | D | E Contact the author Rob Sullivan at bunyarra@hotmail.com. Anticopyright June 2007/July 2004.