THE difference between the right and left hands is another important point to be considered.

Even the most casual observer, by looking at a limited number of hands, is struck by the marked difference in the shape and position of the lines in the right and left hands of the same person.

This is an important point to be observed by the student. In practice, one should examine both hands, but depend more upon the information given by the right than that given by the left. There is a well-known old saying on this point:"The left is the hand we are born with; the right is the hand we make.’ This is the correct principle to follow, the left hand indicating the natural character, and the right showing the training, experience, and the surroundings brought to bear on the life of the subject.

The old idea of reading the left hand simply because it is nearest to the heart belongs to the many superstitions which degraded the science in the Middle Ages. The heart at that time was regarded as the supreme organ – hence this medieval superstition. If, however, we examine this study from a logical and scientific standpoint, we find that the greater use of the right hand for long generations has placed it, as regards both nerves and muscles, in a more perfect state of development than the left.

It is usually exercised in carrying out the thoughts of the brain, being, as it were, the more active servant of the mind. If, therefore, as has been demonstrated, the human body passes through a process of slow and steady development, and every change it undergoes affects and marks its effect upon the entire system, it follows that it is more logical and reasonable to examine the right hand for those changes which even at that moment are taking place, and upon which the development of the future depends.

My advice, therefore, is: place both hands side by side; examine them, and see what the nature has been, see what it is; find the reason by your examination for this or that change; and, in forecasting what will be, depend upon the development of the lines in the right hand.

It is very interesting to note that left-handed people have the lines more clearly marked on the left hand, and vice versa.

Some people change so completely that hardly two lines are alike on both hands; again, some change so slightly that the difference in the lines is barely perceptible. The general rule to follow is, that when a marked difference is shown by both hands the subject has had a more interesting, eventful life than the person with both alike. The more interesting details as to a subject’s past life, and even the very changes in his method of work and ideas, can be brought to light by a careful examination conducted in this way.

DO YOU THINK LINES ON YOUR HAND REALLY AFFECT WHAT YOU DO AT PRESENT OR WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE?

ISN’T IT INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY PLAIN PALMS, DEVOID OF ANY LINES? WHAT CAN YOU COMMENT ON THEM?

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