The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-21

dogmas of the elder palmistry, con-
trast the tangled and contradictory
doctrine Of to-day, 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 II first out
line the major states and territories
of the hand-map as palmists see 1t. II
you open your palm as widely as pos
sible, you Will see certain protuber-
ances and certain lines The protuber-
ances, according to evolutionfsts. 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 a 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 afhxed 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. 1t was-and still II
asserted that these chunks OF slae
affect the soul-structure. the complex
ity and destiny of the individual borr
under" them. II Saturn was in 1.-The
ascendency" when you were born. yol
will be sour and saturnine: II Jupiter
you will be jovial. etc. One might Al
well say that a person born In Wash
tngton square could not lie. and = per
son born in Lincoln square would b
assassinated.
Now lengthen the ears of thes'
iackastrologers one yard more AM
you reach the palmists- Certail
Jumps of muscle in what used to be
foot but is now a hand are arbitraril
given the arbitrary names OF t4es
planets and then assigned the qualitie
of those imaginary gods by whose I
ties these planets were dubbed IS the
were identified. And SO we reach tn
, uttermost tip of the top icicle on tn
, peak of idiocy and are told that sine
; somebody called the large thumb
muscle the mount of Venus" Their
!. fore the thickness of your thumb-mu
, Gle is the exact gauge of the quanttt
: you posses Of those qualities 't
o which Venus was a proverb.
There is nothing in all palmistry
:. Incredible as the credulity Of the b
T. levers in 1t.
e So we have a mount OF Jupiter
which measures the Jupitertan qua
[ ties. So we have lines which tndica
e intellect, sentiment, wantonness. ar
J. even destiny. And We have little gu
r sidiary uuirks OF pattern called star
j crosses, grilles. and the like. Whit
J. mean other things
$ But TO outline the hand: At the ba'
: of the thumb is the mount OF Venus
at the base OF the first finger is Il
l. mount of Jupiter. second finger. 81
It urn: third Apollo (who had no pla
!, ell: little finger. Mercury. Unds
u meath Mercury is the mount OF Mar
and underneath this at the base OF Il
z hand is the mount of the moon II
ID hollow of the palm is the plain
lr Mars.
lie The large wrinkle made by q
G thumb turned in Is the lifeline.
e. whose clarity and length depel
longevity and health. This line G.
,r he charted OF for dates by beginni
e at the top and dividing it into near
is equal arcs for periods of FIVE or t
Is wears. The fate-line which runs
le the middle of the hand can be chart
ID OF for dates by beginning at the Z
Of and dividing II into nearly equal ar
ID for periods of Ave or ten years I
fate-line, which runs up the middle
ar the hand-if It does-can also
r. charted in fve-year periods. beg
- ming at the base. II the fingers
,e folded inward they form in most pail
a two wrinkles. The upper Is
heart-line and 1t shows the satisn
,e or unsatisfied state Of the affections