Understand the Degrees of the Palm

Reading palms is an ancient art that goes back many centuries. Practitioners claim to be able to interpret everything from personality trait to the future of an individual by looking at the lines on their palm. Once you become practiced at reading palms you will be able to recognize the different shapes, or degrees, at a glance. Until then this article will help you to understand what you are looking at.

Steps

Degree of Sympathy

  1. Determine this by how far down the palm the heart line is. The further away from the fingers it is, the more sympathetic and understanding the person will be. If the heart line hugs close to the fingers, the person will be unfeeling, unsympathetic and critical.

Degree of Extroversion

  1. Calculate the distance between the heart and head lines, in what is called the quadrangle, to find the Degree of Extroversion.
    • If the heart line and head lines are close together, the person will be more introverted than not.
    • The wider the space becomes, the more outgoing and extroverted the person may be.

Degree of Vitality

  1. Determine the breadth, height and firmness of the Mount of Venus. If the life line is clearly marked and encircles a firm Venus in a wide arc, reaching well across the hand, the person will have plenty of energy and staying power. Conversely, if the life line is weak and hugs close to the thumb, the person will have little energy.
  2. Check for flabby. If the Mount of Venus is full, but flabby, the person will have great ideas but will never get around to doing any of them. When things go wrong, this individual will always blame others rather than him or herself.

Degree of Creativity

  1. Measure the size of the curve of the percussion (little finger) side of the palm. As this curve is usually created by a good sized Mount of Luna, which governs the creative subconscious, a bulge on this side of the palm is an indication of creative ability.
  2. We have to look at other parts of the hand to determine how the creativity is put into use.

Degree of Caution

  1. Measure the degree of caution by seeing if the head and life lines are joined at the start. If they are joined, the person will be basically cautious. If separated, he or she will be more independent.
    • This person can also be impulsive and jump into new activity without thinking first. The more widely separated these lines are, the more extreme the impulsiveness.

Degree of Logic

  1. Determine by the size of the second phalange on the thumb to find the Degree of Logic.
    • If it is longer that the first phalange, the person will like to think things out carefully before acting.
    • If the second phalange is shorter than the nail phalange, he or she will act first and think later.

Degree of Will

  1. Like logic, this is also measured in the thumb. If the tip phalange is longer than the second phalange, the person will act first and think later, but will also have a great drive to succeed. This person will make many mistakes along the way, but will pick him or herself up again each time and continue.
    • If the tip section is shorter than the second section the person will be lacking in will power. He or she may be full of wonderful ideas, but they usually stay as ideas as there is a lack of motivation and incentive to put them into practice.

Degree of Tact

  1. Find the size of the second phalange of the thumb to determine the degree of tact.
    • If this phalange bows inwards on both sides, creating a wasted appearance, the person will be naturally tactful and diplomatic.
    • If the second phalange is thick and oblong in appearance the person will be lacking in tact.

Degree of Practicality

  1. Look at the size of the angle created by the outside of the thumb where it joints the palm. This is the angle of practicality. Someone with a large bump at this point will be good with his or her hands. In fact, these hands will virtually be able to think for themselves.

Degree of Self-Worth

  1. Measured by the length of the Jupiter finger (first finger) compared with the Apollo finger (third finger) is the Degree of Self Worth. If these fingers are equal in length the person has a good self-image and relates well in the world. If the Jupiter (first) finger is shorter than the Apollo (third) finger, the person lacked confidence early in life and is not totally sure of his or her worth. The shorter the finger is in comparison with the Apollo (third) finger, the greater the feelings of inferiority the person will carry around.
    • If the Jupiter (first) finger is longer than the Apollo (third) finger the person will have plenty of confidence and ambition. The longer the Jupiter finger is, however, the greater the feelings of superiority he or she has over the rest of humanity.

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