Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading: Learning How to Read Yourself and Your Future, Line by Line

222 Pages·2001·4.54 MB·English

by  Rita Robinson

Learning How to Read Yourself
and Your Future, Line by Line
D
ISCOVER
Y
OURSELF
T
HROUGH
P
ALM
R
EADING
By
Rita Robinson
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DISCOVER YOURSELF THROUGH PALM READING
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Robinson, Rita
Discover yourself through palm reading : learning how to read yourself and your
future, line by line / by Rita Robinson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56414-542-5 (pbk.)
1. Palmistry. I. Title.
BF921 .R625 2001
133.6—dc21
2001031541
For Linda Liebman,
years of ongoing discovery.

A
cknowledgments
Many thanks to the countless numbers of people of all ages, ethnic
groups, political persuasions, from rich and struggling to gnarly and gentle,
who have shared their hands with me so that I might become more aware,
open, knowledgeable, and curious about the art of palm reading.
Special thanks to Doreen Baylus and Dana Brookins for undergoing
the ink blot test and still considering me a friend. Special thanks, also, to
my editor Jodi Brandon, who nudged me for a few more needed explana-
tions and clarifications and to Barbara Cunningham-McEwen for her
thoughtful graphics.

C
ontents
Introduction 11
Chapter 1: Hands Reveal Genetic Influences 17
Knowing ourselves 18
Personalities and temperaments 19
Where do the lines come from? 19
Survival traits 20
Marriage, friends, and genes 20
What can we change? 21
Why certain characteristics predominate 24
How do we get the genes we have? 24
Family traits in sports 25
Fingerprints 29
Everyone’s palm is unique 33
Chapter 2: Right-Hand vs. Left-Hand Dominance 35
Dominant or non-dominant hands 35
Right-hand dominance 35
What causes left-handedness? 36
Left-handedness 37
Right- and left-hand readings 39
What about people who use both hands? 41
How important is all this to palmistry? 41
Birth hand and the inner life 42
Markings to note for comparisons 43
Chapter 3: Hand Shapes and Textures 45
Hand structure 45
Changing shapes 47
The four hand shapes 48
Other conditions to consider with palm shape 60
Chapter 4: Thumbs 63
Human development 64
From beginning to end 64
Thumb shapes 65
Chapter 5: Finger Names and Shapes 73
What forms the fingers? 73
Finger names 74
Fingertips 79
Other characteristics of the fingers 80
Phalanges 83
Putting it all together 86
Fingernails 89
Chapter 6: Major Lines of the Hand 93
What forms the lines? 95
Imperfect lines 95
The line of life 96
The line of heart 101
The line of head 104
Combined head and heart lines 109
The line of fate 110
Chapter 7: Palm Mounts 115
The two major mounts of the hand 116
The mounts of the fingers 119
The minor (lesser) mounts 122
Chapter 8: Minor Lines and Their Meanings 125
The line of Apollo 125
Health-related lines 127
Lines related to mental nature 130
Minor lines concerning relationships 133
Some general marks affecting lines and formations 137
Travel lines 140
Chapter 9: The quadrants, quadrangle, and great triangle 143
The quadrants 143
The quadrangle 146
The great triangle 146
Chapter 10: The Right Fit at Work 149
Presidential fodder 150
Limelighters 153
Independent workers 154
Touching base with your personal skills 159
Professions and potential markings 159