CHIROMANCY 
 
 
Chiromancy: Greek kheiromanteia : divination by the hand. Known since high antiquity, chiromancy was used by the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Hebrews, the Chinese...  
Signature symbolic system of the man (of the hands ochres applied to the walls of the caves of prehistory to the fingerprints modern); the hand offers a true landscape of signs and lines which the palmists interpret like as many cles symbolic systems.  
According to the specialists, there would not be two identical hands.  
 
 
 
 
 
The life line : Furrow which occurs between the inch and the index under the line of head; it forms an arc of circle circumventing the mons veneris. The old ones read in this life line, the character, and not the symbol of the duration of the existence.  
The longer this line is, the more salutary the life will be long and. If the line reaches the wrist, the lifespan will be higher than 70 years. If it is double, it is a sign of vitality. Chained, it is sign of bad health. The ruptures indicate changes or obstacles. A corrugated line means physical lack of resistance. If the line ends in a fork, that forecasts a difficult old age.  
 

 
The line of head : 
 
 

 
 
Furrow which is born between the inch and the index, with the top of the life line and below the love line, it crosses the palm towards the mount of the Moon. The line of head is the reflection of the intelligence and the memory. The old ones appellaient it "axis of the hand". Its length is variable.  
If this line appears close to the life line, it is the sign of a very far-sighted personality. But if it finishes in fork, it testifies to a great imagination and beaucoups of good direction. A chained line reveals a whimsical character whereas a line of head which join the love line means that the ambition will be with go.  
 
 
 
 
The line of chance  
 
 
Indicates the furrow which occurs of the bottom of the palm and moves towards the middle finger, dividing the hand into two. It can be born on the mons veneris, the plain of Mars, or the mount of the Moon and can separate in several lines, thus indicating chances to various times of the existence. Because of his Latin name Saturniana, one also names it line saturnale.  
 
 
 
 
The love line  
 
 
Indicates in chiromancy, the furrow which occurs between the index and the major one (Saturn or Jupiter mount) and crosses the palm moving towards the auricular one. Of variable length, the love line makes it possible to decipher the course of the emotional life.  
If the line is curved, the person will be gracious and sensual. But if it is blurred, the individual will have a great capacity to like. Near to the fingers, it is sign of jealousy. If the line appears under the major one, it testifies then to a little selfishness. In the shape of chain, with islands or ruptures, it means a great inconstancy in love. A love line doubled indicates a great capacity in love.  
 
Line of intuition Indicates in chiromancy the furrow which is born on the life line, approximately to its last third, and moves towards the Mercury mount. Also called line mercurienne, one puts it in correspondence with the Mercury attribus: the smoothness of spirit, mobility, speed, the communication.  
 
Various graphics of lines  
 
- double Line: the initial character of the line is reinforced.  
- Line of chain or chained line: obstacles and bad luck.  
- Line in islands: the islands indicate temporary problems.  
- fork at the end of the life line: difficult old age  
- Line ending in a three-pronged fork: it indicates a prosperous association.  
 
7 types of the most common hands  
 
Elementary hand or primitive:  
This very traditional hand presents a spatulée palm and little flexible device, potelés fingers and an inch and rather courts. A rough and strong skin. In general, the people having such hands enjoy a good physical health. They follow rather manual occupations; they are workers very steady in all that they undertake. They have their own philosophy of the life and there are very attached.  
 
Spatulée or active hand:  
Very similar the preceding one, it resembles a spatula. It is broad on the level of the junction of the palm and the wrist; the inch is larger: the people who have these hands are active and energic, constant and undertaking. Intellectual, they move towards professions in connection with the policy and the company. They love the animals, are very faithful in love and marry young people.  
 
Hand with the conical fingers:  
The fingers of this type of hand are always conical but the palm can vary, which will give different features of character. If the palm is of normal size, the individual will move towards arts; if it is broad but short with a long inch, he will seek the richness and glory; a dévellopée palm and a large hand will révèleront a sensual person. In all the cases, they are creative and very enthusiastic individualities.  
 
Analytical and knotty hand:  
This hand is osseous and angular, long and fine. The fingers are knotty and the two phalanges of the inch have the same length: this kind of hand belongs to people having a very developed direction of the deduction; they are good mathematicians, scientists or of the philosophers; without prejudices no, they always weigh for and it against before giving an opinion. They are at the same time jealous and very generous.  
 
Square or orthodoxe hand:  
This hand is large, has a broad and firm palm and an inch very developpé with the junction with the palm. The articulations are knotty. They are hands of conventional people, in love with the formalism. They very often move worms of the professions in connection with the law. They make good lawyers, judges and politicians. Extrèmement serious, they are honest, very practical and obeying the higher authority.  
 
Mixed or adaptable hand:  
The palm of this type of hands is rectangular or square. On the same hand, the shape of the fingers varies: some are conical, other squares or spatulés. They are the sign of a great diplomacy, accompanied by a great tolerance, optimism and a capacity of astonishing adaptation. Independently, the people concerned can have qualities and features of character specific to the other types of hands.  
 
Pointed or intuitive hand:  
This hand is delicate. The palm is very smooth and the fingers are fine and pointed. The articulations are knotty and the small inch. It is called the psychic hand because it generally belongs to rêveuses, imaginative people and very to idealists. Some of them turn to mysticism, others towards the religion. Generally, in fact altruistic beings make the good around them and which are very appreciated.  
 
 
 
Mounts  
 
 
The various parts of the palm of the hand are called mounts. They carry a whole a planet name. They reflect principal qualities of chacuns. To study them, it is necessary to fold the palm towards the wrist and to observe the size of each one. Two or three mounts of excessive size indicate a stable character. It is also necessary to observe the various lines which they comprise.  
 
Jupiter mount : B  
Of normal size, it indicates an ambitious character, resulting from success as regards the social aspects. An excessive size is sign of pride and supersititions; as regards health, it indicates a certain tendency to the digestive problems. A mount of jupirter of reduced size is a sign of idleness. In addition, if a cross appears on the mount, it means happy marriage. A circle or a square is signs of chance.  
 
Saturn mount : C  
Of normal size, it indicates prudence. Of excessive size, sadness and loneliness. Of reduced size, it is sign of a vegetable life. A star on the Saturn mount announces a depressive character. A cross, an accident. A square, protection. A triangle, faculties psychic. The chance, it is represented by a vertical line.  
 
Mount of Apollo : D  
If it is of normal size, it is sign of intelligence. An exaggerated size indicates leaning for the luxury and an explosive character.  
A reduced size represents the materialism.  
If a star, a triangle, a vertical line or a circle appear on the mount of Apollo, glory and the triumph in the artistic fields are programmed. Lines forming a kind of grid are the sign of too much vanity. A square indicates a risk of accident.  
 
Mercury mount : E  
If it is of normal size, the mercury mount indicates a certain intellectual promptness and a diplomatic character. Of exaggerated size, it represents a tendency to the lie, dissimulation. Of reduced size, it reveals a lack of ability for the trades of the trade. A person whose mercury mount comprises a triangle will have all qualities of a good politician or PD. A circle is sign of richness. On the other hand, a cross predisposes you to make you swindle.  
 
Mount of Mars : F  
Of a particular relief, it is divided into 3 parts: the plain, the valley and the high part.  
If the valley dominates, you have an aggressive personality. If the high part is more important, then resistance and courage are your principal features of character. But if the plain dominates, you show an exaggerated individualism. Lastly, a triangle on one of these parts will make you a good soldier and will allow you to gain the lawsuits to which you could possibly face.  
 
Mount of the Moon : H  
If it is of average size, it reveals a wild imagination and turned towards mysticism. If it is very developed, you are an irritable and superstitious individual. Lastly, if it is of small size, you will not swarm with ideas. When with the various symbols, a triangle will make you a writer, a grid indicates a certain melancholy, horizontal lines indicate that you have the very voyageuse heart. A square is sign of protection.  
 
Mons veneris : With  
A mons veneris of normal size makes you a first price of beauty, impassioned music. If it is on-dévellopé, you are large vain. On the other hand, if it is of reduced size, hypocrisy is your principal defect. A star on the mons veneris indicates a certain sexual appetite. A cross or a circle, a disappointment in love. A triangle links the love and the interest. A square gives you the insurance to dominate all your sentimental failures very quickly.  
 
Signs of the paranormaux capacities  
 
the triangle : When the lines of head, mercury and life form a triangle, you have to undoubtedly make a person who devotes herself to the occult sciences.  
 
the mystical cross : It usually appears on the Saturn mount; it is a sign of mysticism and capacities paranormaux.  
 
The ring of Solomon : He appears at the beginning of the line of head. It forms a curved line around the Jupiter mount and finishes between the index and the major one. It is sign of wisdom and a great ability for the occultism.