Hand type
Philosophic hand
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In an older source
it is generally long and angular, with bony fingers
Cheiro, The Language of the Hand (1897)
About this entry
The philosophic or knotty hand is easily recognized, Cheiro 1897 says. It is generally long and angular, with bony fingers, developed joints and long nails. Plate IV shows it.
The joints carry the weight of the name. D'Arpentigny's list gives the type as the Philosophic or Knotted hand, and Cheiro writes that the joints are walls between the phalanges. He reads them as marks of temperament. In his account smooth joints go with quick, impulsive conclusions and developed joints go with the opposite habit.
Cheiro also says a long fate line on this hand and on the conic and psychic hands counts for less than a short one on a square hand.
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- Cheiro, The Language of the Hand (1897)
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- d'Arpentigny, The Science of the Hand, trans. Heron-Allen (1886)
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