THE COLOUR OF THE PALM

The colour of the palm signifies and denotes the soundness of one's health. The redness of a hand is an indication of a sound body and mind. On the contrary a yellow hand with roughness indicates ailments of the body. A lustrous hand is considered very auspicious and healthy. On the contrary, a hand devoid of lustre is an indicator of inauspicious and mental demerits. In this way, the colour of the hand signifies a human being's good as well as bad thoughts. It is an indicator of ailments and diseases also.

VITALITY OF THE PALM

If one presses ones hand, then he might feel that it is warm and having heat or there may be a feeling of coldness and insensitivity. If the hand of a person is warm then it indicates that that person will put his thoughts in action and he will get all the results which his palm lines show. On the contrary, if the hand of a person lacks warmth, is cold and stringent, then it indicates that such people are imaginative and even good lines on one's hand will fail to give good results. The warm hand is activity-oriented while the cold hand is inactivity-oriented.

THE TEXTURE AND SKIN OF THE PALM

The skin and texture of the palm denotes the nature of a person.

If the skin is soft and smooth, the nature of such a person will be flexible and touchy. Such a person will be influenced by his close friends advice and will keep changing decisions. They will not be confident about the decisions and capabilities. If the hand is smooth, then such a person will only build castles in the air and will not exert himself physically in any way. A person with a firm and stiff palm will stick by all his decisions and it won't be easy for anyone to change his decisions or influence him in any manner. Such a person will put his thoughts into action and will successfully do so.

THE BREADTH, WIDTH AND NARROWNESS OF A PALM

People whose palms are broad are more active and are very practical and pragmatic. They enjoy sound health. A small, frail and narrow hand is an indicator of mental weakness and physical unsoundness.

Persons whose palms are dory and slender are basically imaginative and are expert in creating and devising plans although they cannot put it into action themselves. The reason because their thinking is detailed and meticulous. This is the reason why the work will be prolonged and delayed.

THE HAIR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PALM

It is considered auspicious to have hair on the other side of the palm but if the hair is dark and dense, it indicates bad temper and anger. Women should preferably not have hair on the other side of the palm. It is common to have pores in that position but if a woman has hair on the other side of the palm, it shows masculinity in the woman.

THE LENGTH OF THE PALM

One should consider the length of the palm on the fingers with respect to the length of the body. The following chart shall indicate the proportions.

Height of Women and Men and corresponding expected length of their palms.

HEIGHT (FEET/INCHES)	LENGTH (WOMEN'S)	LENGTH (MEN'S)
4'10''	16.5 cms	17.5 cms
5'	17 cms	18 cms
5'2''	17.5 cms	18.5 cms
5'4''	18 cms	19 cms
5'6''	18.5 cms	19.5 cms
5'8''	19 cms	20 cms
5'10''	19.5 cms	20.5 cms
6'	20 cms	21 cms
6'2''	20.5 cms	21.5 cms
6'4''	21 cms	22 cms

SHORT AND LONG FINGERS

We have already spoken about short and long fingers in the previous section. Now let us determine which is considered to be the long finger and which is the short finger.

The relative length of the palm determines the length of the fingers. The middle finger has been considered as the measure of length. All the fingers are compared in relation to the middle finger. The length of the hand is considered from the wrist to the base of the fingers. After deducting 20% of the length of the palm, one gets the exact length of the fingers. For instance if the length of the palm is 10 cms, then the length of the fingers is 8 cms. The middle finger is the instrument of measurement. Fingers, which are accordingly shorter or longer than the middle finger are known as long or short fingers.

Those people who have short fingers lack logical reasoning power to some extent. They are full of zeal and aggressiveness and like to work with force and aggressiveness. But the people with long fingers usually consider the pros and cons of each and everything and then only take a decision and work accordingly. People having short fingers are quick decision-makers. If the fingers and the palm are neither very long nor very short, then such people often get success in all work performed even in haste. If the fingers are long and the palm is equally long then such people seldom can accomplish their tasks on time and are often delayed.

One should consider the length of the other fingers in relation to the middle finger. The index finger and the ring finger lie on the other side of the middle finger and both the fingers are short than the middle finger. Even if either of the fingers is equal in length to the middle finger, then the middle finger shall be considered as short. If the middle finger is in proportion and if the index and ring finger both are equal to the middle finger in length, then the fingers shall be considered as long.

THE POSITION OF THE FINGERS ON THE PALM

With the positioning of every finger there is a particular planetary mount associated to it. At the base of the index finger is the Mount of Jupiter. At the base of the middle finger is the Mount of Saturn. At the base of the ring finger is the Mount of Sun and at the base of the little finger is the Mount of Mercury.

If all the fingers are placed properly to their respective mounts or regions, then the position of the fingers on the palm is considered normal but this is seldom seen in all. The other position of the fingers can be roundish. The finger at the ends of the palms begins from the region a bit lower than the normal although both the fingers start on the same level of the palm. In this situation, the power of Jupiter and Mercury is reduced and the power of Saturn and Sun is maintained. Amongst the four fingers, if either of the fingers is long then the power of that particular planet will be considered as good.

One of the ancient Sri Lankan scholars Avanmadarttu said that

It means that the person whose fingers are long is the person who has physical relations with many women.

The index finger should touch up to half of the first phalange of the middle finger. The ring finger and index finger should be of similar length. The little finger should be one phalange shorter than the ring finger. These are the general indications of the lengths of the different fingers.

-DIAGRAM

Accordingly, one can determine the long and short fingers.

THE WRIST (GIRDLES)

The wrist is also an important part of the hand. These rings are called girdles that are on the region that joins the palm to the hand. There are usually 3 girdles on the wrist one can see. Those look like a chain of barley. One can determine one's success, wealth and characteristics on their basis.
Samudra Rishi has said that it is not enough to merely possess these 3 girdles on the wrist but there should be a beautiful sign of barley on them and should totally encircle the wrist. If there are three chains or girdles encircling the wrist and if they are barley shaped and are beautiful then that person shall be a king. If there are 2 then the person shall be a minister. Even if there is one girdle encircling the entire wrist then such a person shall definitely be wealthy and rich.