Palm Reading for Beginners: Find Your Future in the Palm of Your Hand

157 Pages·2000·3.5 MB·English

by  Richard Webster

About the Author
Richard Webster was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1946. New Zealand is
still his home, though he travels widely every year lecturing and conducting
workshops on psychic subjects around the world. He is a prolific author and also
writes monthly columns for two magazines. Richard began his working life in
publishing, and became in turn a bookstore proprietor, pianist, stage hypnotist,
palmist, ghostwriter, and magician before becoming a professional teacher and
writer on psychic topics.
Llewellyn Publications
Woodbury, Minnesota
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Whole Hand
2 The Major Lines
3 Timing on the Hand
4 Minor Lines
5 The Fingers
6 The Mounts
7 The Quadrangle
8 Marks on the Hand
9 Skin Ridge Patterns
10 Health, Wealth, Love, and Happiness
11 Putting It All Together
12 Making Palm Prints
13 Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Suggested Reading
Illustrations
Figure 1: Earth Hand
Figure 2: Air Hand
Figure 3: Fire Hand
Figure 4: Water Hand
Figure 5: Elementary Hand
Figure 6: Practical Hand
Figure 7: Spatulate Hand
Figure 8: Conic Hand
Figure 9: Psychic Hand
Figure 10: Philosophical Hand
Figure 11: Mixed Hand
Figure 12: The Four Quadrants
Figure 13: Physical Heart Line
Figure 14: Mental Heart Line
Figure 15: Heart Line Ending Below First Finger
Figure 16: Heart Line Ending Below Second Finger
Figure 17: Heart Line Ending Between First and Second Fingers
Figure 18: Unimaginative Head Line
Figure 19: Imaginative, Creative Head Line
Figure 20: Writer’s Fork
Figure 21: Head Line with Distinct Bend at the End (Material Needs)
Figure 22: Head Line Joined to Life Line (Cautious)
Figure 23: Gap Between the Head and Life Lines at the Start (Independence)
Figure 24: Life Line Coming Well Across the Palm (Energy)
Figure 25: Life Line That Hugs the Thumb (Lacking in Energy)
Figure 26: Sister Line (Also Known as the Line of Mars)
Figure 27: Worry Lines
Figure 28: Protective Square
Figure 29: Destiny Line
Figure 30: Destiny Line Starting Well Away from the Life Line (Independent
Outlook)
Figure 31: Timing Using the Destiny Line
Figure 32: Timing Using the Head Line
Figure 33: Timing Using the Life Line
Figure 34: The Minor Lines
Figure 35: Simian Crease (Head and Heart Lines Combined)
Figure 36: Stress and Strain Lines
Figure 37: Fingers Set on a Curved Arch (Well-Balanced Person)
Figure 38: Fingers Set on a Tented Arch (Lack of Confidence)
Figure 39: Jupiter Finger Same Length as Apollo Finger
Figure 40: The Three Phalanges of the Thumb
Figure 41: Murderer’s Thumb
Figure 42: The Mounts
Figure 43: The Quadrangle
Figure 44: Markings on the Palm
Figure 45: Three Main Types of Fingerprint Patterns
Figure 46: Tri-Radius
Figure 47: Loop Patterns
Figure 48: Indications of Money on the Palm
Figure 49: Print One
Figure 50: Print Two