A Diamond Hand

[covenrochester]

I was intent on checking a hand for travel and journeys when I immediately noticed that the hand had a somewhat uncommon diamond shape. I had seen it in textbooks, but I had never held one in real life. Where the quadrant of the hand for the Jupiter mount is raised up, and the quadrant of the hand for the Moon mount is sunk. It is very noticeable in person, and I hope I have captured it in the photograph and diagram. I lost my interest in the travel question at once, for here is a point where hand analysis can really help someone in life.

I told the woman that this shape of her hand indicated to me that she must always have a goal in mind, something to aim for, an ambition. "You probably hate the exercise where you have to think about where you will be in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, etc., don't you?" She confirmed that she did. I told her it was absolutely essential for her to always to be aiming for something, even something minor or in the short-term because, when she did not, she would automatically sink into making irrational choices. These are the two balance pans in your hand, and you must do your best to keep yourself weighted here (pointing to Jupiter). You, more than most people, must keep in mind the quotation of Seneca the Younger: Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est. "If you do not know the port to which you are sailing, no wind is favorable." Or, less literally, if you do not know where you are headed, all directions are wrong. This is not to say that she should never "cut loose" and enjoy herself. She should. But she should do it consciously, and not by default. It should be a break, a vacation, and not a lifestyle. I told her how marvelous it was that Nature had so shaped her hand, as a reminder to her to what she needed to do to be successful and happy.

What did she say? "What you have said . . . I have felt that way my entire life. When I am focused on getting something done, my life goes so smoothly. When I don't, I make bad decisions and everything falls apart. I feel like I've learned so much about myself in just the last five minutes."

It is important for each of us to have goals, naturally. But this hand shape goes beyond that generality. We all feel adrift, sometimes, without a goal or something to aim for, but we are not likely to drift into irrationality. This hand, however, will.

Another feature: it is a Water hand. Perhaps that can't be seen, exactly, in the photograph. I measured, though, so I am sure.