PALMISTRY Three palms and corresponding readings relating to stupidity and madness, from Johannes Taisnier, Opus Mathematicus, 1562. Ã. The fixed-sign interpretations are as follows: 1. A number of fate lines on the small finger (Finger of Mercury), denote a poor intellect with much stability, and without a basis of reason: such persons are therefore courageous but stupid. 2. When the Triangle of the hand (such an important configuration in mediaeval palmistry) is badly formed, without precise angular terminations, this may be taken as a sign of stupidity. 3. When the Head line an
PALMISTRY Three palms and corresponding readings relating to stupidity and madness, from Johannes Taisnier, Opus Mathematicus, 1562. Ã. The fixed-sign interpretations are as follows: 1. A number of fate lines on the small finger (Finger of Mercury), denote a poor intellect with much stability, and without a basis of reason: such persons are therefore courageous but stupid. 2. When the Triangle of the hand (such an important configuration in mediaeval palmistry) is badly formed, without precise angular terminations, this may be taken as a sign of stupidity. 3. When the Head line and the Life line are not joined at their commencement, this is a sign of a person given to useless talk.
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