Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-05-05

dogmas of the elder palmistry, con-
trast the tangled and contradictory
doctrine of today, and then conclude
by quoting what real scientists say
of the evolution and meaning of the
curious features of the hand-that
wonderful tool which Aristotle called
"the instrument of instruments"
1t may help the laity If | first out
line the major states and territories
of the hand-map as palmists see 1t. If
you open your palm as widely as pos
sible, you will see certain protubeF-
ances and certain lines. The protuber-
ances, according to evolutionists, are
remnants of the pads Of our ancient
quadrupedal ancestors. BY palmists
they are called mounts" and they
are not only named after the Greek
gods of astrology, but are still sup
posed to indicate the qualities typified
by those gods and the influences ex-
hailed by their namesake planets.
There is something really sublime
in this process. An ancient race grad
ually invented group of gods. These
gods were fortunate enough to have
a number of marvellous poets, dra-
matists, and sculptors as press agents.
They became very popular and their
fame remained long after their power
had vanished. Some of these gods
got their names arbitrarily affixed to
certain large but remote chunks of
whirling Stag called planets. Then the
stupendous idiocy of astrology was
evolved, and by jugglery of dates and
!, Zeniths and things, it was-and still is
asserted that these chunks of Stag
, affect the soul-structure, the complex.
ity and destiny of the individual born
under" them. If Saturn was in 1.-The
ascendency' when you were born, you
will be sour and saturnine; if Jupiter,
/ you will be jovial, ETC. One might as
! well say that a person born in Wash.
ington square could not lie, and a per
son born in Lincoln square would be
) assassinated.
Now lengthen the ears of these
. jaCkastTologers one yard more and
: you reach the palmists. Certain
) Jumps of muscle in what used to be a
foot but is now a hand are arbitrarily
> given the arbitrary names of these
!, planets and then assigned the qualities
, of those imaginary gods by whose tt
: ties these planets were dubbed as they
were identified. And so we reach the
! uttermost tip of the top icicle on the
5 peak of idiocy and are told that since
r somebody called the large thumb
t1,ncp1n athn pf fbara
. fore the thickness of your thumb-mus
d Gle is the exact gauge of the quantity
: you posses of those qualities fol
g which Venus was proverb.
There is nothing in all palmistry sc
: incredible as the credulity of the be
+ levers in it.
So we have a mount of Jupiter
which measures the Jupiterian quail
t ties. So we have lines which indicate
9 intellect, sentiment, wantonness, ant
/ even destiny. And we have little sub
r sidiary quirks of pattern called stars
j crosses, grilles, and the like, which
y mean other things.
But to outline the hand: At the base
: of the thumb Is the mount of Venus
at the base of the first finger is the
!. mount of Jupiter; second finger, Sat
= urn; third, Apollo (who had no plan
- eD; little finger, Mercury. Under
meath Mercury is the mount of Mars
and underneath this at the base of tn,
9 hand is the mount Of the moon. TIL,
i hollow of the palm is the plain o
r Mars.
The large wrinkle made by the
thumb turned in is the lifeline, OF
whose clarity and length depend
longevity and health This line car
be charted off for dates by beginning
at the top and dividing it into nearly
D equal arcs for periods of five or tel
years. The fate-line which runs III
: the middle of the hand can be charteC
l off for dates by beginning at the tol
l and dividing 1t into nearly equal arc!
for periods of five or ten years The
fate-line, which runs up the middle o.
r the hand-if 1t does-can also bt
: charted in five-year periods, begin
8 ming at the base. If the fingers ar,
3 folded inward they form in most palms
5 two wrinkles. The upper is tht
heart-line and 1t shows "the satisfied
3 or unsatisfied state of the affections.