With the forms and shapes of the hands, the inmost character is plainly revealed in general outline.

For any student of the Hermetic arts, seeking correspondences between the visible world of things with the hidden realm of meaning, appearances will reveal philosophies. Through an informed and close study of minute particulars, tangible realities will disclose their inner workings, the ideal truths of character and emotion which may be clothed in flesh or gesture. At once, the material world may both obscure and illuminate an underlying pattern. But the very act of disguise is itself a form of revelation.

The Square has
from ancient times
been known as the
"Mark of Preservation".

...the presence of lines for children
in this area of the hand
may or may not indicate
biological children.

Intense energy seeks
expression through the Fire hand.

If the Heart line
begins with a fork,
discernment between
the different forms of love,
platonic and erotic, is shown.