The majority of emails that get sent to a palmist usually run something like this, ‘I have a line near my thumb that runs right across what does it mean?’ Please understand you cannot take any one line in isolation and read accurate data from it. You have to balance every line together, the whole hand category, psychological type, and zodiac sign for total results. It’s not simple and if you look at hands, bear in mind the old medical motto only to diagnose by ‘sign and symptom’ and not just  by one line alone. The colour, shape, density and depth will all play a part, and remember to read the line from the thickest end out, as the thickest part is always where the energy is concentrated to begin its travel. I always promise to answer every email including the extremist ones that tell me that the devil will get me and I am going to go to hell. How Christians and religionists arrive at this is beyond me because in the medieval monasteries Astrology, Numerology, and Palmistry were called the 3 sisters and were taught as learned sciences. Biblical numerology is still practised by theologians, but since Nicolai Copernicus 1473-1543 said the sun was the centre of the solar system and not the earth, Astrology and Palmistry have been generally frowned upon. The theory of Heliocentrism or that the sun was the centre of the solar system was not a popular one with the Vatican of the time. The illustration shown is taken from a 12th century Christian text and shows the hand in its religious aspects. In the Illustration (1) Shows the 3 sections to the thumb, and was applied as the trinity finger, the 3 persons in one god, from Matthew 28-16, the three sections to the fingers from the palm out represent Body Mind and Spirit. (2) The 12 sections to the fingers, between what medical anatomists call the interphalangeal joints, were said to represent the 12 apostles, and those monks who spent many hours in prayer would hold the thumb against the finger phalange as they prayed to each apostle in turn for the sick, for a good harvest, or for good fortune for the community until all 12 prayers had been completed. The illustration shows the 12 zodiac signs as each apostle represented a sign which were granted from God to be observed in the heavens, and no one today doubts that the 3 wise men who followed the star were actually astrologers. Incidentally astrologers claim that Christ was born in 6 BC and not on December 25th. In some translations the word Magi is interchangeable with starwatchers. Early Catholicism saw the thumb as representing the godhead, the index or Jupiter finger the Holy Ghost, and the middle or Saturn finger the Christ; and a priest will still today bless with these 3 fingers uppermost. The trinity is also seen in the 3 bracelets that run round the wrist seen at figure (5). These were said to be health, wealth, and happiness and the 3 gifts from the blessed Trinity, which if you were very lucky would each confer a 30 year span. Today palmists generally work on 25 years. Palmistry is one of those arts that is often condemned by those who know nothing about it. The patron saint of palmistry and astrology, St Hugh was above all else a healer and a caregiver for the sick. I often advise on Homeopathy, Ayurvedic Medicine, and German New medicine and not Allopathic medication which just deals with symptoms. (3) Is the main mark for healers when seen under the Mercury finger and is also a tri-gram CHI’EN representing the creative power seen in the I Ching. Remember the  international torch symbol for healers, ‘the wand of Aesculapius’ is the sign for Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and Mercury’s star sign Gemini is the sign for palmists as Gemini covers the hands. Hippocrates born 460 BC said, “A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician,” and palmistry is, above all else, a healing art. Over many years I used to read and study all the medical journals until eventually it dawned on me that these were sent for free to all the doctors because they were advertising allopathic drug cartel and pharm chemicals, not real healing modalities. The pharmaceutical industry is worth billions, so much so that they dictate policy to governments, and they did not like the trend away from chemical tablets so they originated several studies which condemned herbal and natural products. He who pays the piper calls the tune runs the saying and of course drug company sponsored surveys are very damning, hence the movement to ban anything not produced by the big pharma cartels themselves. Stage two is interesting as they have aligned with 2 big Christian churches to ban what are called in preliminary papers ‘unwholesome and devilish psychic readings and healings.’  While I agree there are many scammers out there, to lump it all together and ban it seems very wrong and anti-democratic to me and eliminates free choice. In fact the words of the master were quite clear at Luke 17-21, “the kingdom of god is found within you,” not in churches and dogmatic hellfire preachers who tell us you can only use this kind of medicine or that; and you can’t have any kind of reading or spiritual healing or counseling, and this just can’t be right. Gandhi said; “God has no religion” so people who claim God says this or that, or wants this war or that, or tells other people what is a right or wrong thing to believe are out of focus with the democratic spirituality we should all have. God has no favourites, there are no chosen people, and no religious supremacists because for someone to get preference someone else would have to be penalized. Do you think God would do that, because I don’t! Remember there is no special ‘get out of jail’ cards and you can’t buy your way into the next life. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. Palmistry was mentioned particularly by God’s prophets Job and Isaiah, so it is the Lords invention, not the devils. Strict Jews have what is called the Hand of Miriam, and the 5 fingers represent the 5 books of the Torah, and remind us to use all 5 senses when we pray to God. Similarly we have the hand of Fatima, Muhammad’s daughter, and the 5 fingers are sacred to Muslims as they represent the 5 persons in the prophet’s family.  This to them is a very holy sign, but of great interest is the cross in the palm centre, (4) which covers the minor chakras in the palm centres. This was supposed to represent the place where Christ was nailed to the cross, but later historians have said the nails went through the wrist. A cross seen in this part of the hand over the chakra is known as a psychic cross and suggests psychic ability or second sight, and old manuscripts often depict an eye in the hand centre on the chakra or plain of Mars. The 7 religious ceremonies from baptism to the last rites should have been more aligned to the 7 chakras rather than to dull them, but all religions function on control and so much has been intentionally suppressed. The philosopher David Hume said; “In all ages priests have been the enemies of liberty.” Such stories as Adam and Eve are meant to be allegorical tales, but millions believe this literally, that Eve tempted Adam with an apple and when Adam took a bite it lodged in his throat so therefore today all men have an Adams apple to remind us not to be tempted by women. In the first translations the word apple is interchangeable with breast, so we begin to see the sexual aspects, but if Eve was given to man as an equal and a companion, why has every religion put women a poor second? The Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu holy book has many mentions of hands, but tells us the sign of the hand is protective in all its forms. Buddhism contains a lot of palmistic lore which I will cover when we look at the hand of the Dalia llama in an upcoming issue. Remember scripture tells us that the hand is God’s gift to mankind, and it is with our hands that we create all things of value from food for the family, to artworks for pleasure. It is only when we injure a hand that we remember how reliant we are on this anatomical part. The hand contains all of the planets from when we were born just as in the horoscope, in fact, I often read horoscopes from the hand. The Creator in His wisdom has left us many signs, and the Chaldean version of the bible which many experts say is the oldest we see it says at Job 37-7 that “God has placed signs and seals in the hands of men that all may know their works.”  We may give thanks to our God in different ways, but never judge or look down on another man’s faith. If he wants to worship his God through the trees of the earth, the stars in the sky, or the signs in nature, so be it. Keep in mind the universal healers Remember the words of krishnamurti, “Truth is a pathless land, it cannot be approached by any path whatsoever, by any religion or by any sect.” T Stokes has read the hands of people across the world with understanding and humility by post or email for 50 years, and is often referred to as ‘Britain’s psychic agony uncle. See his website at www.t-stokes.co.uk ]]>