A to Z of Health

Acidity
Hand features �?Flaring of small fine lines running obliquely from the centre of the palm towards the Apollo and Mercury mounts; veiling on the percussion edge (passive Mars area) revealing a slow build up of uric acid which can bring on rheumatic conditions

Addiction
Hand Features �?A via Lascivia that cuts across the palm to reach the life line, or actually crosses the life line itself; an island or other defect on the head line; broken skin ridge patterns on the fingers and/or palms; defective life line

Allergies
Hand Features �?stress markings, Via Lascivia

Alzheimer's Disease
Hand features �?recent research points to a high incidence of eight or more ulna loop fingerprint patterns; possible fraying or feathering of the head line at its end

Anaemia
Hand features �?pale, white skin, pale nails, palmar lines that lose their colour when the palm is flexed back

Axial Triradius
Should appear at the base of the palm, with ridges creating an ATD angle of 45 degrees. Found higher up the palm, creating a higher angle than 45 degrees is associated with a heart defect, congenital heart disease and Down's Syndrome

Backache
Hand Features �?an island halfway down the life line

Cancer
Hand features �?dissociated skin ridges; large oval shaped island at the base of the life line; possible large break in the life line of both hands; yellowish or transparent cluster of callus formation on the Venus or Luna mounts, or on the outside edge of the thumb near the wrist

Consistency
Hard hands �?hard workers, unlikely to take days off work, could be emotionally unyielding, sometimes insensitive, may repress feelings which can cause inner tension and psychological disorders
Very soft hands �?Highly indulgent and sensual, little physical energy, can be associated with a Thyroid gland imbalance
Podgy basal phalanges �?a sign of indulgence and sensuality. Fatty deposits on the backs of the basal phalanges reveal a long standing weight problem

Colour
Very red �?Diabetes, glandular disorders, liver dysfunction, especially cirrhosis of the liver, high blood pressure, gout, susceptible to stroke,
fever, exposure to chemicals, can be a sign of pregnancy, especially in the lower water quadrant
Pink - Healthy constitution
White �?Possible anaemia, poor circulation, low blood pressure, anxiety and shock
Blue or blue/grey �?Shock, adverse reaction to drugs or chemicals, severe cold, circulatory problems, cardiovascular and respiratory problems
Yellow �?Jaundice, pernicious anaemia, hepatitis, excess of beta-carotene (from eating too many carrots!)
Blotchy, pale patches of skin �?Vitiligo
Dark pigmentation (tanned skin with no exposure to the sun) �?can be associated with Addison's disease

Depression
Hand Features �?islands in the head line (worry, anxiety, loss of focus and direction); a dip in the head line with a downward branch; a head line that flows deeply into the Luna mount; full hands (hypersensitivity); long Saturn finger with a well developed Saturn mount (gloomy nature); a strong and long cross bar/s cutting through the life line (Period of stress and worry); horizontal lines crossing the fingertips (anxiety, stress, tiredness); deep vertical lines running through the fingers (tiredness); vertical lines on the fingertips (hormone imbalance); a high incidence of arch fingerprints

Dental problems
Hand features �?tiny lines running obliquely just above the heart line, below the webbing between the Apollo and Mercury fingers. A ladder effect of tiny lines might also appear above the heart line in the same area, hinting at a calcium deficiency which might contribute to dental problems. Some analysts believe that tiny red dots on the heart line below the Saturn mount might also be an indication of problems with the teeth.

Diabetes
Hand features �?Muscle atrophy �?muscle shrinking may occur on the back of the hand at the base of the thumb and index finger (known in palmistry as the 'mouse'); tiny lines at the base of the palm flaring up towards the fate line from Neptune/Luna

Digestive problems
Hand features �?flaring of fine lines running from the centre of the palm towards the Apollo and Mercury mounts; fragmented health (Mercury) line; heavily marked Luna mount; flabby basal phalanxes; a triangular or diamond shaped group of lines attached to the outside of the life line, about 2/3rds of the way down the line

Elements
Earth �?Prone to physical fatigue, joint problems, skin disorders, bowel and intestinal problems, worry
Fire �?Prone to physical and mental burn out, backache, cardiovascular problems, accidents and injuries
Air �?Prone to mental fatigue, colds, headaches, delicate nervous
system, ear, nose and throat complaints
Water �?Prone to addiction, low physical resources, rheumatic problems, delicate skin and skin disorders, depression and psychological disorders, allergies, problems with the reproductive system

Eye Problems
Possible hand features �?large island in the heart line below the Apollo mount, (this is also associated with heart and circulatory problems) an island in the head line below the Apollo mount
Cataracts �?possible circular or semi circular marking above the heart line on the Apollo mount, or attached to the inside of the life line

Fever
Hand features �?may leave a groove across the nails

Flexibility
Flexible hands �?Flexible and tolerant nature, ability to adjust to life's twists and turns, less vulnerable to disease
Stiff hands �?tendency to push very hard, pent up tension, prone to stress related disease such as high blood pressure and heart problems

Finger Prints
Whorl �?Prone to inner tension
Loop �?Prone to nervous problems and fatigue
Arch �?Bottling up of feelings can lead to ulcers and digestive disorders, anxiety and nervous breakdown, predisposition to hypertension and inherited heart problems
Tented arch �?Nervous problems, highly strung, anxiety
Composite �?Mental fatigue from over brooding

Finger Tips
Horizontal lines �?Stress and anxiety
Vertical lines �?Hormone imbalance

Good Health
Hand features �?Well formed, clear palmar lines; healthy skin ridges; no excessive tiny chance lines in the palms; fingertips clear of horizontal or vertical lines; no nail defects; springy mounts and palms; good colour; well padded mouse

Hand Gesture
Hands held limply �?a feeling of lack of control, giving up, lacking strength, negativity, particularly if the thumb is held inside the palm
Sweating hands �?a sign of fear, nervousness, sensitivity or apprehension
Jerky hand movements and hand wringing �?lack of confidence, nervousness, impatience
Held close to the body �?introverted nature or defensive
Wide movements �?extroverted
Open thumbs with open hand movements �?openness, honesty
Hand in a fist �?anger, tension
Hand in a fist with thumb inside the palm �?repressed anger, resentment

Headaches and Migraine
Hand Features �?tiny indentations or pin pricks, and/or small bars crossing the head line; a Via Lascivia

Heart and Circulatory problems
Hand Features �?large Jupiter mount, full basal Jupiter phalanx, fan shaped nails (stress), a large number of whorl fingertip patterns (associated with high blood pressure and heart disease), a high ATD angle (inherited disposition to irregularities of the heart), nodules under the skin around the heart line/Apollo mount area which may develop immediately before or after a heart attack, defective heart line such as a break, a single blue island below Apollo or Mercury, feathering of heart line, star on the heart line (stroke), two long branches descending from the heart line towards Luna (stroke), star on the head line (stroke), cyanosis of the hands and/or nails, clubbed fingertips, Apollo fingertip heavily marked with vertical lines (high blood pressure), very red hands or very red palmar lines (high blood pressure), cold hands (poor circulation), horizontal white lines across the nails (associated with heart disease), patchy colour of hands �?red, white or blue indicating irregularities of the cardiovascular system

Hearing Problems
Hand Features �?An island in the heart line below the Saturn mount

Hernia
Hand Features �?a triangular or diamond formation of lines attached to the life line two thirds of the way down the palm

Insomnia
Hand Features �?ladder like series of tiny lines below the heart line
immediately below the Apollo mount, hyper striation of the fingers

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation
Research indicates the possibility that the following hand features may be associated with IBS �?functional disorder - signs of stress and anxiety; possible genetic disorder hints at �?a high frequency of arch fingerprint patterns

Lack of focus and concentration
Hand features �?defective head line, fraying at its end; a single island in the centre of head line below Saturn (inability to cope with stress of any kind)

Kidney Stones
A possible feature to look out for here are red dots on the heart line, below the Apollo mount

Liver dysfunction
Hand features �?a broken health line, yellowish tinge to the hands and/or nails, a very strong red colour throughout the palms and fingers

Luna Mount
Complex skin ridge patterns �?Occur frequently in those with psychological problems. A Luna mount that is completely flat and undeveloped has been associated with the hypochondriac

Markings in the Palmar Lines
Breaks �?Life changes
Cross bars �?Obstacles
Stars �?Shocks to the system
Islands �?Reduced energy levels
Chain �?Reduced energy levels over a prolonged period of time
Squares �?Form protection around a weakened, defective line
Fraying �?Scattering of energy
Dots and indentations �?Tension

Mount types
Venusian �?sexually transmitted diseases, sadistic tendencies in an over developed mount, an under active metabolism may be suspected in an under developed mount
Lunarian �?moodiness, melancholia, depression, anxiety, restlessness, rheumatic ailments, mental instability, bowel, intestinal and gynaecological/urological problems, alcohol dependency and drug addiction, escapism
Martial �?Fever, intestinal and bronchial problems, hot tempers may contribute to cardiovascular problems
Jupiterian �?prone to putting on weight, bronchial problems, hypertension and stroke, possible vulnerability to chest infections, coughs and colds
Saturnian �?tend to lack vitality, dental and hearing problems, biliousness, rheumatic problems, nervous complaints, liver problems, varicose veins and haemorrhoids
Apollonian �?Fever, eye problems, cardiovascular disease
Mercurian �?nervous tension and stress, intestinal and liver problems often a result of anxiety

Nails
Horizontal ridging �?crash diets, trauma and lack of attention to diet can create these horizontal grooves in the nails. One single ridge on one finger is probably due to nail damage. One ridge found on all the finger nails may hint of a one off traumatic event, or a crash diet for instance
Horizontal white lines �?Mee's lines �?may reveal nutrition deficiency as well as poisoning from certain minerals, also associated with fever and possible coronary disease
Vertical ridging �?can be hereditary revealing a predisposition to health problems such as rheumatoid arthritis, allergen sensitivity
White specks �?possible vitamin or mineral deficiency of calcium, zinc, magnesium and possible vitamin B6, also appear as a result of tiredness and anxiety, and can disappear when stress is removed
Long, black specks �?Bacterial infection of the heart valves
Red streaks �?Long term high blood pressure, and possible bacterial infection of the heart valves in severe cases
Concave (spoon shaped) �?nutrition deficiency, lack of energy, constant exposure to chemicals, occasionally found in mental illness, also linked to iron deficiency anaemia and therefore often found in pregnant and pre-menopausal women
Convex (humped nail that curves around the fingertip) �?respiratory disorders, bronchitis, colds, can be found in the hands of heavy smokers
Humped nail �?a more pronounced version of the convex nail with a swollen nail bed, revealing respiratory and/or heart disorders, emphysema, heart disease, poor oxygenation, can be symptomatic of cirrhosis of the liver. Swollen, clubbed fingers with a blue discolouration have been associated with lung tumours
Brittle nails �?lack of calcium, mineral imbalance
Thickened nails �?possible cardiovascular or lymphatic problems, psoriasis
Thickened, yellow hue �?can be associated with lymphatic problems, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. A yellow hue can also appear as a result of wearing nail varnish
Red nails �?Poor circulation
Brown-white discolouration �?Bottom half brown/fawn, top half white �?associated with kidney disease
Very pale nails �?possible iron deficiency
Pale nails with thin red band towards the top edge of the nail �?possible liver disease
Longish square nails �?Fussiness associated with hypochondria
Very short, square nails �?Critical, irritable nature, prone to affectation and neurosis
Long and narrow �?emotional instability, tendency for psychological disorders
Extremely long and narrow �?hypersensitivity
Fan shaped �?Also known as the Cardiac nail, being associated with potential heart problems, sensitive, impulsive, irrational, or even neurotic disposition. Nails may take on this shape as a result of severe stress of shock. Stress is a problem for the owner of this shaped nail.
Short, wide and broad �?explosive temper, strong and resilient

Nervous disorders
Hand features �?full hands (hypersensitivity); weak thumbs (lack of control over life); full and heavily lines mercury mount (nervous mental activity); the fidgety bump (over active mind that doesn't like to switch off); a head line that sweeps right down into Luna (neurotic behaviour); many fine lines cutting the life line (over anxious worrying type)

Neurosis
Possible hand features revealing a predisposition to �?Displaced Axial Triradius; Whorls or loops on the Luna mount; an increase of composite patterns on all fingers and the Venus mount; String of pearls (disassociated skin ridges)

Nutritional Deficiency
Hand features �?chaining of the major lines of life, head and heart; dissociated skin ridges; palmar lines running pale when the hand is flexed back; soft nails that break easily; white specks or irregularities in the nails, such as horizontal and vertical ridging, convex or concave nail shapes

Obesity
Hand Features �?Plump and full basal finger phalanxes; a long standing weight problem can be seen by the appearance of fatty deposits on the backs of the basal phalanges

Reproductive system
Hand features �?a diamond or triangular formation of lines attached to the life line, 2/3rd of the way down the palm, fine lines crossing the Luna mount, a rascette that humps upwards into the palm, a star formation where the head and health lines intersect, possible chaining of the head and heart lines

Respiratory problems
Lung disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, sore throats, colds, sinusitis, asthma
Hand features �?islands at the beginning of the head and/or life line, nails that curve around the finger tip, humped nails, clubbed (swollen fingertips also found with severe circulatory problems and heart disease) cyanosis (blue coloration) in the hands or nails

Rheumatic disease
Hand features �?heavily marked Luna mount; full basal phalanges (faulty diet); large basal Jupiter finger phalanx (possible predisposition to rheumatic complaints); swollen joints �?distorted knuckles and misshapen fingers; veiling in the passive Mars area just below the heart line which can trigger off gout and rheumatic conditions; vertical ridging of the nails

Rubella
According to recent research the following hand features may be associated with Rubella �?high frequency of whorl fingerprint patterns; a reduced AB ridge count; a wide ATD angle; tendency for more ridge patterns on the palm

Skin Texture
Coarse texture, well built hands �?Robust physical constitution, resistant to disease, may lack sensitivity
Fine texture, delicate hands - Associated with weaker emotional and physical constitution and reduced immunity from disease

Stress
Hand features �?Horizontal lines on the fingertips; single island on the head line immediately below the Saturn mount (strong inability to cope with stressful situations); fine and tiny chance lines appearing all over the palm; veiling on the percussion in the passive Mars area; a fuzzy appearance of the head line; dots and indentations appearing on the main lines; flaring of the health line; disassociated skin ridges (appearing as a result of long term stress)

String of Pearls
Interruptions in the skin ridges may occur as a result of ill health and dietary deficiency which occur when the body's defences are low and the system is vulnerable to attack. Often found in AIDS patients. Also associated with mental illness, appearing in schizophrenic patients and those suffering from some kind of mental disturbance

Surgery
Hand features �?a diamond or triangular formation of lines attached to the life line about 2/3rd of the way down the palm (also found with other conditions, and does not necessarily imply surgery) a clean break in the life line

Hand Temperature
Cold (in a heated room) �?Circulatory problem
Cold and dry �?Possible under active thyroid gland
Cold and clammy �?Shock, anxiety, nervousness
Hot and sweaty �?possible overactive thyroid
Hot and dry �?high blood pressure, kidney problems
Very hot and dry �?fever
Warm and dry �?nutrition deficiency

Thyroid imbalance
Hand features �?vertical lines on the Mercury finger tip
Hyperthyroidism �?possible smooth skin with a satin sheen, vertical ridging on the nails, fine hand tremor, clammy hands, large moons
Hypothyroidism �?dry cold hands, brittle or concave nails with a lack of moons

Tiredness
Hand features �?ladder of tiny lines below heart line, under the Apollo mount (lack of sleep); horizontal lines on the fingertips (temporary anxiety, tiredness and/or stress); hyper striation through the fingers; palmar lines that become pale when the hands are flexed back (anaemia)

Typical Hands/Atypical Hands
Typical �?A high incidence of loop fingerprints, followed by whorls generally appearing as a mixture of patterns. Arches, tented arches and composites are less common. Fingerprint ridge count of 12 to 14, AB ridge count of 34; few if any unusual whorl or composite ridge patterns in the palms, ATD angle of 45 degrees
Atypical �?Arches and ulna loop fingerprints more frequent, with full sets rather than a mixture of print patterns, a lower ridge count, complex patterns of whorls, and composites on the palms, ridge patterns (whorl, composite, loop) on the Venus and Luna mounts are unusual; an ATD angle of more than 45 degrees.
If you find at least three unusual features, you can consider the possibility of some kind of physical, mental or emotional congenital defect.

Urinary problems
Hand features �?fine lines crossing the Luna mount, yellow scarring or callus like cluster of skin close to the outer side of the life line, a vertical line down the edge of the Mercury mount

Via Lascivia
May run horizontally or obliquely slightly upwards across the palm �?its presence indicates a possibility of a high sensitivity towards drugs (both those that are prescribed and illegal) which can create allergies, and/or a tendency to addiction.  A Via Lascivia that reaches across from the Luna mount to cut across the Life line may be found in alcoholics and drug addicts

Weak immune system
Hand Features to look for �?String of Pearls on palms or fingers (disassociated, broken skin ridges); veiling on the passive mars and Luna mounts; a defective life line; strong influence (worry lines) crossing the life line which cause some defect on the life line itself, such as a break or island; defective head and heart lines (offering information on emotional and mental health); defective, flared or islanded health line; fuzziness of major or minor lines; via lascivia; horizontal and vertical lines crossing the fingers and fingertips