| One of the most rewarding palm reading experiences | | | | People with short, square fingers will be the opposite |
| I’ve had is helping someone find the right career. | | | | to long fingered people. These people enjoy a |
| It’s sad to read people’s palms who are | | | | “hands-on” job. Mechanics, carpenters, and |
| unhappy with their careers. Some people have been | | | | gardeners often have short fingers. |
| stuck in the same career for twenty or thirty years, | | | | Success in Business |
| but have no idea what they should be doing. | | | | You will find self-employed people with every possible |
| A palmist can not say: “You will be working as a | | | | variation of hand. A plumber will have a very |
| clerk in an insurance company,” but can tell the | | | | different hand from a tailor, who likewise will have a |
| person the type of work they would be happier | | | | different hand from a salesperson. |
| doing. Naturally, if the person enjoys their work, | | | | However, if someone is going to do well in business |
| they’ll be more successful. | | | | he or she will have a number of points in common |
| It’s very gratifying to read a teenager’s | | | | with other successful business people. The first of |
| palm that has no idea what career to pursue and help | | | | these is a strong thumb, the larger the better. This |
| direct them towards a particular career path. | | | | gives determination and the desire to succeed. |
| A few years ago, I had a twenty year old client who | | | | A good business person will need a Destiny line, as |
| was about to start studying engineering in Sweden. | | | | this will give direction and focus to his life. |
| After reading his palms, I realised he would be a | | | | Occasionally, someone without a Destiny line achieves |
| successful business man. | | | | great success, but this is very rare. What will have |
| After several years, he phoned me and asked me I | | | | happened is that this person will have been ambling |
| was interested in joining his Multi Level Marketing | | | | along quite happily and chanced upon something that |
| organisation. He was now a very successful | | | | led him or her to success. The presence of a Destiny |
| businessman and had a large number of people in his | | | | line gives the person a road map to follow. |
| organisation. He started out as a civil engineer, but his | | | | He or she will also need a strong, straight Mercury |
| interests turned to business. I felt extremely happy | | | | finger as every business requires communication skills |
| that I saw this in his palms and was able to help | | | | of one sort or another. A long Mercury finger also |
| guide him. | | | | gives shrewdness and financial acumen. |
| Hand Shapes | | | | A good length Jupiter finger will show how ambitious |
| The hand’s shape gives us the first clue to a | | | | the person is. One person will be content owning a |
| positive career choice. Someone with a square palm | | | | corner delicatessen, whilst another will not rest until |
| needs to be in a practical field. If this person has a | | | | he or she has a hundred of them. |
| good Destiny Line he or she would do well in | | | | As well as this the business person will need the |
| management or business. If the palm is oblong, the | | | | various qualities necessary in the field he or she has |
| person will be imaginative and will need opportunities | | | | chosen. Someone with a broad hand containing few |
| to utilize his or her thoughts and ideas. | | | | lines, wide apart fingers with spatulate tips, and an |
| Air Hand | | | | angle of practicality on the thumb would last only a |
| Someone with an Air Hand will be happy in a field | | | | few days cooped up in an office. This person needs |
| where they can communicate with others. Radio | | | | to be out of doors and would be happy and |
| broadcasting, television announcing, teaching and sales | | | | successful I careers such as farming or seafaring. |
| would all be good career choices for this person. | | | | Talents |
| They’ll actively use the analytical side of their | | | | Fortunately, every one of us is different and I |
| brain and be reliable and conscientious. | | | | believe that everyone has a talent or special ability of |
| Fire Hand | | | | some sort. Usually when we talk of talents, we refer |
| Someone with a Fire Hand is more likely to be | | | | to creative abilities and many people are blessed in |
| outgoing than an Air Hand. The person with a Fire | | | | this way. |
| Hand will use intuition to make quick decisions. He or | | | | However, most people do not do anywhere near as |
| she will need change, variety and some way to | | | | much with their talents as they could. There are a |
| express them selves. They would be good at sales | | | | number of reasons for this, The talent may be |
| or any other career where they’re left to | | | | unrecognized. The talent may not be approved of by |
| “get on with it.” | | | | the person`s family. I once read the palms of a male |
| Earth Hand | | | | ballet dancer of Oslo, Norway who did not take up |
| If your client has an Earth Hand they’ll enjoy | | | | dancing until his twenties because of his father`s |
| repetitive tasks and relish practical work. This person | | | | strong disapproval. Lack of motivation is the main |
| will be reliable, honest and have hands that can think | | | | reason people do not develop their talents. I am |
| for themselves. They would be happy as a | | | | continually told by clients to whom I have pointed out |
| carpenter, plumber, mechanic or any field where they | | | | a talent that they do not have time to work on it. |
| can use their head and hands. | | | | This is simply an excuse. We can all find time to do |
| Water Hand | | | | the things we want to do. |
| Someone with a Water Hand will need pleasant | | | | As well, most talents require a sacrifice of some sort. |
| surroundings and work that provides aesthetic | | | | Very few people are prepared to practice the piano |
| pleasure. If this person is creative, they’ll be able | | | | for eight hours a day in the hope of ultimately |
| to develop this talent, but may need constant | | | | becoming a successful concert pianist. It is the same |
| encouragement from family and friends to keep | | | | with athletics. If someone wants to become a |
| working. Suitable careers would include interior design, | | | | champion swimmer he or she is going to have to |
| fashion and theatre. | | | | spend countless hours in the pool swimming up and |
| THE MOUNTS | | | | down whilst friends are out having fun. It require |
| The mounts reveal what a person likes doing, so | | | | considerable dedication and plain hard work, so |
| they’re extremely helpful in vocational analysis. | | | | matter how talented the person may be. |
| Jupiter Mount | | | | Artistic Ability |
| If the person has a strong Jupiter Mount, they’ll | | | | You are now familiar with the general indications of |
| be enthusiastic, proud, and ambitious. They’ll be | | | | creativity on the palm To determine if this creativity |
| happy running their own business or managing | | | | is expressed through painting and drawing we look |
| someone else’s. They’ll do well in politics, the | | | | first at the Apollo finger. If this finger is strong, with |
| church, athletics or any field where their ambitions | | | | a good mount at it`s base and a long first phalange |
| are given plenty of scope. | | | | with a broad tip on it, we have someone with ability |
| Saturn Mount | | | | in this area. A long second phalange will provide a |
| You won’t find many palms with Saturn as the | | | | good sense of colour. You will always find this sign on |
| main mount. Someone with this formation will prefer | | | | people with good taste in clothes. |
| to work on their own in a peaceful environment. This | | | | We also need to check the lowerhalf of the palm to |
| person will be more comfortable living in a small town | | | | see how imaginative the person is. Ideally, the Mount |
| instead of a big city. Consequently, they’d make | | | | of Luna will be strong, helping to create a curve of |
| a good farmer, horticulturist or landscape gardener. | | | | creativity on the percussion side of the palm. |
| They may have an interest or career in mathematics | | | | If the person wants to be financially successful from |
| or engineering. An interest in the occult could lead this | | | | art, he or she will need a longer than average little |
| person into making a living as a psychic or teacher. | | | | finger, a strong thumb and a reasonably wide palm. If |
| Apollo Mount | | | | these business indications are absent, this person |
| If the strongest mount is the Apollo mount, the | | | | would be better working for others as a staff artist, |
| person will almost always be positive and happy. | | | | or perhaps using it as a hobby rather than a career. |
| They’ll have a quick mind and work hard to | | | | Writing Ability |
| achieve success. This person will be creative and | | | | Writing is a branch of communication and we look |
| could have a career that uses these skills. No matter | | | | first for a good-sized little finger. The second |
| what occupation this person chooses, it will reflect | | | | phalange should be the most prominent. If the Head |
| their love of beauty. | | | | line curves up to the Mount of Luna, the person will |
| Mercury Mount | | | | be a creative writer with a talent for fiction. If the |
| Someone with a dominant Mercury Mount, will be | | | | Head line runs straight across the palm the talent will |
| shrewd and have good business sense. If this person | | | | lie more with non-fiction. Fiction writers should have a |
| is interested in science, they’ll make a good | | | | well-developed lower half of the hand with strong |
| doctor or scientist. Their quick thinking, ability to work | | | | Luna and Venus mounts. |
| hard, and exceptional speech skills make a law career | | | | Poets also need a strong sense of rhythm and |
| a natural option. In business, they’ll be innovative | | | | rhyme which is indicated by the angle of pitch at the |
| and hard working. They’ll always be several | | | | base of the thumb. |
| steps ahead of the competition. | | | | Acting Ability |
| Venus Mount | | | | Actors need to express themselves, so a good tip |
| If Venus is the main mount, the person will be | | | | on the Mercury finger is essential. Ideally the fingers |
| sympathetic, understanding and full of energy. They | | | | should be smooth and tapering to allow the emotions |
| won’t take life too seriously and will always try | | | | to be expressed. The hand should be as wide as |
| to look on the bright side. This person would make a | | | | possible to give the person confidence and the ability |
| good retailer, as long as they like what they’re | | | | to push for him or herself. This is very important for |
| selling. The most enthusiastic grocer I’ve ever | | | | long-term success in an extremely difficult field. |
| met was a striking example of a Venusian. He adored | | | | Character actors are likely to have knotted fingers. |
| the grocery business and considered himself | | | | Comedians and actors in comic roles will have well |
| fortunate to work in the field. This person would also | | | | developed mounts of Mercury and Luna. The whole |
| do well in a philanthropic field, where their sympathy | | | | percussion side of the hand should be well marked. |
| and sense of fair play could be used. | | | | Musical Ability |
| Mars Mount | | | | An entire book could be written on determining the |
| When Mars is the dominant mount, the person will be | | | | different types of musical talent in the hand which |
| boisterous, aggressive and courageous. They’ll be | | | | makes it hard to even attempt a few lines on the |
| adventurous and remarkably logical in dangerous | | | | subject. |
| situations. Naturally, this person would do well in the | | | | Singing ability in indicated be perfectly round fingers |
| armed forces, police force, security, or any field | | | | and a thumb containing both the angles of practicality |
| offering variety and plenty of excitement. | | | | and pitch. A good sized Mount of Venus gives a love |
| Luna Mount | | | | of melody and the Luna mount harmony. For success |
| As Luna governs the imagination, someone with a | | | | in this field the person should also have a good length |
| dominant Luna Mount, will excel in a creative career. | | | | Apollo finger and a pronounced Apollo mount. |
| This person will be good with the written word, but | | | | To be successful as a player of a musical instrument |
| since they lack confidence, they’ll find the | | | | the person will need the angles of practicality and |
| spoken word difficult. If they’re interested in | | | | pitch, plus strong Venus and Luna mounts. Successful |
| music, they may enjoy playing or composing. They | | | | instrumentalists can be found with every possible |
| could also be a good travel writer or consultant as | | | | shape of hand, though players of stringed |
| they have a strong desire to travel. | | | | instruments are usually possessors of Air and Water |
| THE FINGERS | | | | hands. Players of percussion instruments usually have |
| D’Artepigny, a French army officer, was the first | | | | Earth hands with broad fingertips. |
| to devise a system for classifying palms. He was | | | | In addition, talented musicians are likely to have a |
| particularly interested in the fingers and noticed a | | | | loop of music, loop of response or loop of stringed |
| striking contrast between artist’s fingers and | | | | music. |
| scientist’s fingers. | | | | Dancing Ability |
| He noticed that artists generally had smooth fingers | | | | Dancers need to be able to respond to rhythm and |
| while scientists had knotted ones. D’Artepigny | | | | time, making the two angles of practicality and pitch |
| was sufficiently intrigued with his discovery to carry | | | | essential. The Life line needs to come well across a |
| on and become the first “modern” palmist. | | | | preferably wide palm, giving stamina and energy. |
| Long Fingers | | | | Venus and Luna mounts should be high and firm, |
| People with long fingers will be happiest in careers | | | | enabling the person to lose him or herself in the |
| where they can immerse themselves in detail. My | | | | dance. |
| bank manager and my accountant both have long | | | | A jazz dancer is likely to have pointed or conic |
| fingers which is great because I want them to take | | | | fingertips, emphasizing inspiration and the ability to |
| great care of my money! | | | | improvise. A dancer with square tips will be able to do |
| Someone with long, tapering fingers will avoid manual | | | | exactly what is required and will perform previously |
| work, if at all possible. | | | | memorized steps perfectly. |
| Short Fingers | | | | |