examples of handshapes & lines by width

I hope this clears up some confusion about line qualities & handshapes as discussed in other threads in this "5-element cheirology" sub-forum. I'll be posting 4 pictures.
note - when talking about line quality here, I am talking about width.

This picture, taken from Fred Gettings "The Book of The Hand" is a square earthy palm with typical few minor lines, but middle finger is 80% length of palm (medium length, not short fingers as in typical earth hand). As the fingers are slightly longer than standard earth hand, even medium length adds a bit of air element to the earthy palm & suggests that this farmer was more than a manual worker, he used his brain too! (palm represents the body, fingers represent the mind)

Notice the width of his lifeline = earth quality by width - a wide, slow-flowing river of energy. Actually I suspect that the hand got "squished" around venus mount in taking this handprint, cos the lifeline (earth line) is unusually wide, but gives you an idea what (slightly exaggerated) earth width lines look like.

also from Fred Gettings book - water shape hand (long narrow palm, long fingers) with mostly water quality major lines (especially middle section of lifeline & all of fate line)

(also from Fred Gettings)This is an air shape hand (square palm, long fingers) with mostly fire quaity lines by width.

This is basically a fire hand (rectangular palm, short fingers) - although actually her fingers are medium (around 80%) ie slightly longer than standard fire (again adds air element). Her major lines are mainly air quality. and she has loads of water quality minor lines.

do the four examples above make it any clearer?

Martijn (admin) wrote:Maybe we should continue try to find 4 examples where the hand shape 'matches' with the quality of far most of the lines (primary + secundary)? Then the visual impression might become more effective!
How does this sound to you?

I couldn't find any.

Hi Lynn,
Thanks for sending these examples. Really interesting.
Jeanette.

Hi Lynn,

Very useful comments on the elemental qualities through hand shapes and lines.

Boaz

Thanks Jeanette & Boaz, you're welcome