The answer to this question is a very decided both! As a general
rule the left hand will show the inherent characteristics of the
individual; the right hand shows the same characteristics modified by
our surroundings or by the individual's personal efforts. The former
is possibility--the latter actuality; in short, it is what we actually
make our life.
The safest rule about reading right and left hands is this:--Read both
hands separately and carefully, then read them in their relation one to
the other.
There is no blind fatalism in the sayings and doings of a true student
of Palmistry. What he does or should do is to point out the likelihoods
and warn against inherent weakness. In so much he is like a guide
helping us to pick our way through the tortuous maze of life.
It may strike some of our readers that we have spoken more of the
indications of character to be found in the hand rather than of the
indications of "Fortune." A few moments' thought will show a very sound
reason for this.
It is certainly our characters which shape our destinies; should you
find a hand with all the indications of strong character, while also
possessing a strong will and well-cut Life line, you would be sure in
prophesying a happy life for its owner; or as sure as we poor humans
ever can hope to be!
If you find a hand with the indications of weak will and character, yet
with the Health and Life lines strong and well defined, you may well
advise the owner of the hand that effort, effort and effort again, is
required if he or she would win through!
Remember that tact is more precious than fine gold! A tactful and
timely warning may prove of the greatest value, while without tact you
will surround yourself with an army of acquaintances whose feelings you
have hurt by your thoughtless and unintentionally cruel remarks!
There is no infallibility about this matter, but with the facts given
in this book there are vast possibilities for really pleasurable and
interesting recreation. If the study be taken up seriously, and used
with discretion, there are almost unbelievable opportunities for good.
This is what a man once said to me--and he was a man who thought
deeply, and probed matters to their depths:
"A wise palmist is as precious as a careful signalman upon life's
crowded railroad, and a wise palmist is a tactful palmist."