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The Use of Palmistry in Employment Trends

by T. Stokes, consultant palmist

Leaders of industry are using palmists and astrologers in ever-greater numbers for the assessment of employment potential.

The Confederation of British Industry has expressed disappointment with the psychometric tests for employers, as the stated 8 needed qualities often are not shown on the tests.

Palmistry has come a long away over the centuries from the fairground gypsy’s flim-flam, to the highly educated practitioners of today.

With this in mind I was sent this palm print with only the date of birth, and the name “Nick” to analyse the candidates potential, for employment with a firm of London high flyers.

The first part of my statement proclaimed that when the print was taken the candidate had been away fishing, to recover from jaundice, perhaps from eating shellfish caught on holiday somewhere hot and sunny,

I gather this created a sensation with the employment panel, but close observation of the print shows, wear on the hand where a fishing rod would be held, which is a little sunburnt, hence the hot holiday, and very important to remember is palm colour.

If the palm centre shows very pale colour it indicates anaemia.
A reddy colour, some cardio-vascular difficulty, such as blood pressure.
Blue is a lung, vascular or related difficulty.
A brown colour would indicate constipation, bowel, or some elimination problem,
And the yellow pallor shown shows jaundice or other liver difficulty.

This could only be from excess paracetemol consumption, or drinking pints of beta-carotene, or as I suspect eating dodgy shellfish.

However, the panel were looking for personality traits, so I was asked how to enumerate specific incidents.

I explained we may recall specific facts from our past with difficulty, but we always remember feelings from a particular event, the thought perhaps of a special childhood Christmas, which instantly invoke the feelings that surround it, and it is this, that is largely picked up in the palm.

Palmists are in general divided into three sections, you have the intuitive palmists that work from psychometry or feel and touch, the scientific palmists that work from the lines and hand shape, and what is called “holistic palmists” who will find some scientific basis to then use their intuition. This is known in the trade as ”subconscious amplification” where the intuitive faculties are used as a “magnifying glass”.

The subject in question, had previously been in manual work as the hand musculature was quite defined, and although not shown on the print illustrated, the fingernails were ragged and broken at the ends, which only comes in the lifting of heavy bags or sacks, as seen in postmen, coalmen, bird pluckers etc. My guess from other palmer signals, was he had been working with bags of vegetables in a supermarket or farm warehouse. This work is seasonal and not well paid, so he would only have taken this if nothing more suitable for his skills was available, and was short of cash.

It transpired that he had had been working on an organic vegetable farm to pay for an outdoor fishing holiday.

He did have some ”Packylosis” which is the medical term for patches of rough, dry thickened skin, but luckily his hands were not the hard and inflexible hands of someone unable to accept authority.

He also had two “subungual haematomas” when I was a child we used to call these a “black mans pinch”

At a lecture some time back I used this term for this common injury, and afterwards had to make a grovelling apology, as it is now deemed offensive, or politically incorrect.

However he has an extrovert, gregarious, and a good natured and light hearted disposition, and in particular the length and straightness of the little finger shows him to have verbal fluency, as needed by salesmen, persuaders, and negotiators, with the necessary skills to get jobs done.

The first or Jupiter finger being as long and strong as the Apollo or third gives an ability to be in charge without being ”bossy”.

A nice feature is the pointed first finger, which indicates a spiritual awareness, and care for others, a good quality for those in management.

This allied to the four small lines under the little finger are known as the “Samaritan lines” and mean he would care about the workforce, and would be alive to their problems.

This heart-line ( which runs across the palmer top ) is a fine specimen showing this man sees love making as a mutual act of giving and receiving human warmth, not as many men, an act of conquest. He is in essence what women call “a new man “

This is what is known technically as a full hand, and the diagonal line that connects the little finger to the base of the lifeline is often a health indicator, and this one tells of a gastric sensitivity or weakness, and looks very like Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Also, because he has several pointers to being impatient and impulsive, I would say the chances are he rushes his food, and as the health line hits the life line at age 55-56 that would be a possible time for something like an intestinal ulcer or a related gastric problem, as an allergy line shows here, it could be a wheat allergy, certainly a vegetarian diet would suit quite well.

The gap in the heart line print which runs across the top of the hand indicates a certain cardiac stress which is caused by the faulty diet, and probably eating on the run (typical in managers).

In physical health terms, which is an area of growing interest for prospective employers, both the gastric and cardiac areas will need monitoring, and the ragged fate line suggest some spinal problem, and several factors point to an old thoracic spinal disc injury, which could be sport related, this was confirmed by a stiff looking middle or Saturn finger.

Chirognomically he was a lover of travel, mountains and forests particularly, and was obviously a keen golfer, while this shape of hand heel which is governed by the moon, in this shape tells of a keen swimmer when young.

In short very much an outdoors man.

The body type of this hand is “Mesomorph” which is a muscular type when young, but tend to weight when older and often cardiovascular difficulty later, a combination of signals here says to watch stress, alcohol, diet, stress and cholesterol etc in mid fifties.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

This man is an optimist, out going, not afraid to take risks, he believes money is there to be spent, and there is some truth in the old proverb; “Mean with money-mean with love”.

He is a warm caring man with two emotional hurts or divorces behind him and what could be a good relationship with two children from the first marriage, which was too early on, perhaps at eighteen years of age.

I would say the recent time spent away from work, was in emotional convalescence from the marital break up, because some emotional constipation is indicated, which may take a while to fully heal.

The poet Longfellow’s words are apt; “ others judge us by what we have already done, but we judge ourselves by what we are capable of” and this mans best is yet to come.

Employers in Britain are noticing that a man who can relate well to his children will relate well to fellow workers, and this is seen as a plus in employment potential.

This man has had a recent spell of unemployment and has been living frugally for about a year, maybe year and a half; he likes people, has a sense of humour, and is an excellent communicator.

He carries with him some element of the teacher.

He radiates honesty and truthfulness but can at times be undiplomatic.

Twice the panel asked me if he was a team player, and he is very much so.

I was asked also for any impediment, and in some situations a personal quality can be an asset and in other situations a hindrance, such as his straight talking., maybe some impulsiveness, and untidiness.

He is inclined to some impatience, and can be very stubborn, but these are very good hands.

The managing director cautiously asked me if I would employ him, and I agreed I could work with him, but with his emotional depth, warmth and sensitivity, I would keep my wife well away! to howls of laughter from the panel.

He is now a junior director in London, and I got a Christmas card from him in thanks.