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Posts: 6476 · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:52 am

Chapter 17.

Posts: 2534 · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:59 am

The Thumb is the most important finger in the hand. It alone can oppose all the four fingers at will. Large thumbs denote a person who is guided by his head and short thumbs denote a person who is guided by his heart. Large thumb persons are of strong character and short thumb persons are of weak character. Big thumb people seek and enjoy useful necessary and practical things in life and small thumbs people appreciate only the beautiful, poetical, sentimental side and hence short thumb people are no match for the large thumb person.

A thumb consists of three phalanges like the fingers. The top phalange denotes Will Power, second phalange shows Logic and reasoning and the third phalange represented by the Mount of Venus represents love and sympathy. The thumb represents the moving force behind a human being.

IN THE THUMB WE HAVE DETERMINATION SO STRONG THAT IT WILL OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE WHICH MAY SEEK TO IMPEDE ITS PROGRESS, AND WILL OFTEN FORCE SUCCESS WHEN SUCH AN OUTCOME SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.

Ability to command others is shown by the thumb. Only human beings have thumbs. Animals do not have it. Hence animals live together as individuals fending for themselves whereas Man stays united and cares for one another. And this is also the reason why man is superior to animal. He unites and presents a common front to an enemy.

The child when born has dormant will power and hence has his thumb covered by the fingers. As the thumb comes out the child sleeps less, it has its own temper and ideas. As a person who is in a coma but has his thumb firmly hanging out of the palm, he cannot die because his will power is fighting for him. As soon as the thumb comes inside the palm the resistance is over and the will subsides. This shows the importance of thumb.

WHEN A PERSON IS VERY ILL, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HOW THEIR THUMBS ARE HELD. IN BATTING AGAINST DISEASE THE WILL MUST BE STRONGLY CALLED INTO PLAY, IN ORDER THAT LIFE MAY REMAIN. IF WILL IS HOLDING ITS OWN, IT IS AN INDICATION THAT DISEASE HAS NOT GAINED THE MASTERY. WHEN, HOWEVER, THE THUMB FOLDS INTO THE PALM, THE BRAIN IS MUCH DISTURBED, AND THE WILL CANNOT HOLD OUT A GREAT DEAL LONGER. THIS OPERATION OF THE THUMB CAN BE SEEN EVEN IN THOSE WHO ARE UNCONSCIOUS OR SUFFERING WITH HIGH FEVER. I BELIEVE THIS ACTION OF THE THUMB WHICH IS OFTEN SEEN ON DYING PEOPLE COMES FROM THE FACT THAT MAN HAS A KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH, MAN ALONE HAS THE FACULTY OF REASON , MAY BY REASON OF HIS KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH OPPOSES HIS WILL TO ITS OPERATION. SO LONG AS HE DOES THIS THE THUMB STANDS. WHEN THE THUMB FOLDS INTO THE PALM AS DEATH APPROACHES BOTH WILL AND REASON ARE IN ABEYANCE, THE FACULTIES GIVE WAY, AND THE DISSOLUTION OF REASONING POWER AND WILL TAKES PLACE.

Posts: 2534 · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:07 am

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There are two kinds of wil power. Instinctive will, which gives us a faculty of being stubborn without any definite purpose, and the will born of reason. Instinctive will is possessed by animals, and leads them to fight obstinately against others of their kind, through mere instintive logic and instinctive decision. The kind of will which is represented by the thumb is not this animal instinct, but the will of reason, the logic of reason, the decision of reason. In this case, a human mind is back of the forces, giving them direction.

In monkey's we find the nearest approach to the human hand, and on the monkey's paw the nearest approach to the thumb. It consists of a bit of cartilage covered with skin and sets very high on the paw, is loose, and is without great stiffness. It is the kind of thumb which cannot oppose itself firmly to the fingers, has little strength, and serves to impress us that man only has a real thumb. Monkey's thumb is set very high on the side of the paw and it lacks the ability to oppose the fingers.

The high set thumb in a man grows out from th side of the hand as in Figure No.64. Both monkey and an idiot has this type of thumb. High set thumb represents lower intelligence, less adaptability. The smaller the thumb and higher ii is placed in the palm is the nearest approach to the monkey's thumb. If the thumb is set low as in Figure No.65 is will open wide from and will not lie close along, the side of the hand. This low set thumb represents a person who is generous and has sympathy for others. He is ready to help people in distress. If this low set thumb is supple then such a person will even throw money to help others. If this type of thumb is long, which is generally so, then again this person has power and force of character, determination and reasoning, and this will also intensify generous and sympathetic qualities. If the low set thumb is short which is rare then then independence comes from selfish motives. This thumb then represents a monkey thumb and hence it will give mnoey will and selfishness.

Between the above two setting of the thumb is the medium setting which is the best indication in hand. The normal length of the Thumb when held against the palm as in Figure No.66 will reach between the third phalange of Jupiter Finger. If the will phalanx is in excess of reason then the person will act first and think afterward. If the second phalanx is in excess of will then this person will reason out cleverly but will lack in execution as action i.e.will power is deficient.

Drunkards have succeeded in reforming themselves with a strong will power. Determination denoted by the will power can only push something else. It can push a literary, musical, artistic or practical person and achieve great success. So a person has to have talent for the determination to drive them. A person who is Ignorant, heavy and coarse will not succeed even though he may have a strong will power and determination. So this will power force can only push and not do anything else by itself.

Posts: 2534 · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:09 am

Look at the figure Number 69 of the palm where the thumb is set close to th ehand. This thumb maybe high,medium or low set but it should be close to the palm as shown in the finger. The straightness of its carriage, and lack of flexibility at the joint, shows a person the oposite of the one whose thumb is low set and opens wide from the fingers. This is not called the stiff thumb: for it is not always pronouncedly stiff, although it has not the flexible or supple joint.

The person with the above thumb indicates a cautious person, one who will be afraid to say much because he fears you may presume on the acquaintance and ask some favor. These people are close, lack sympathy, and are hard to approach. They surround themselves with a wall which is difficult to scale. They hold you at arm's length, and are entirely lacking in independence, narrow in their views, bigoted and set in their ways, and do not impress you as being open or frank. They are secretive, neither giving nor inviting confidences, consequently they are person who do not make many friends, nor do they seek them. If with this thumb you find the fingers stiff and lacking flexibility, it will accentuate all of the peculiarities: and if they hae short, critical nails, it will, in addition, make them mean and petty. This thumb shows at a glance the want of warmth and sympathy, the caution, secretiveness, narrowness, and unresponsiveness of its owner.

The medium settin gof the thumb as shown in figure No.70 neither too high nor too low, not tied closely to the hand, and not lying away from it as if trying to break loose,but seeming to stand upright, bold, feerless, independent, and full of life: shows a person with well balanced views, not prodigal, yet not stingy and mean. One who always listens to reasonable appeal, and who responds in a sensible way. He is balanced, properly cautious, reasonably generous, dignified, and responsive to approaches coming in sensible and reasonable ways. He does not overflow with sentiment, nor does he shut himself off from his fellow-men; but in business, religion, love, home life, everywhere, he is a balanced, sensible person. You feel, with this thumb, that the owner is not hiding from you either thoughts or actions, that he is frank in disposition, true to friends, and that his acquaintance is worth cultivating. It is a thumb that attracts you and gives you confidence, shows neither the domineering will, nor the quibbler, speaks of no extreme in anything, but of even temper, good thoughts, and a balancing of qualities.

Posts: 2534 · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:40 am

We now come to a consideration of the shape of the thumb as in Figure No.71. One look at it shows everything is heavy and coarse and denotes animal instinct. It is brute force in will, brute force in reasoning, and brute passion in love. There is nothing elevating or uplifting about it; all it heavy, coarse, and common, blunt, tactless, and ignorant. The owner of this thumb walks over everyone he meets, cares nothing for refinement of manner or speech.

You will find thumbs quite flat as in figure No.72. These thumbs are soft or flabby, and it is the flatness that is their distinguishing mark. This is a nervous thumb, and will show you the nervous force and nervous energy that are proving too strong for the owner. When this flat thumb is found you often find the fluted nail, many lines in the hand, and a soft or flabby consistency, allof which is an indication of nervous unbalance. This is a nervous thumb.

You will find a thumb as in Figure No.73 which is not round or shapelss nor nervous when viewed from the nail side, it has a broad look. It is broad in both halanges,and has a strong, healthy appearance. This is a formation which will show you a strong determination backed by physical strength. It is not the brutish obstinac, the ignorant unreasonableness of the elementary, but it is a healthy strength, so healthy that it may at times be too strong. It indicates the determinaton that accomplishes its object and rising over every obstacle, is pushing and aggressive, but may easily be turned into a violent quality of obstinacy, and often needs guidance and holding down to keep it within bounds.

There is the thumb which appears of one thickness throughout its entire length; it is delicate and shapely, with square or a conic tip as in figure no74. The nail is of smooth texture and pink color, the skin of fine quality and the entire aspect of the thumb full of life, grace, and refinement. This thumb shows strong will, for the first phalanx is good,shows good logical qualities also, for the second phalanx is stgrong, yet it shows at the same time refinement, taste, and tact in the use of these qualites. Its owner will more certainly reach the end he aims at than will he of the heavy coarse thumb, but he will not wound feelings, nor will he walk rough shod over anyone. With diplomatic mind, and firm determination, instead of knocking people down that he may pass,he will slip by and between them so easily, that while he gets there no one wishes to check him. This beautiful thumb attracts you, tells of the strong character of its owner, and also of the refined, intelligent, kindly nature, filling the lives of all around it with beauty, yet having ample firmness of purpose. It shows the refinement of will, the refinement of intelligent reason, taste, tact, and perseverance.