Pitting
Fingernail pitting is when there are tiny holes all around your nail plate. When this happens, your nail may look somewhat like the moon’s surface, except with tiny craters. Nail pitting often indicates the presence of one or more skin conditions. If the pits are scattered all over your fingernail plate, it could mean you are dealing with psoriasis. This causes the appearance of scaly patches on the skin.
If the pits look like a grid, that may be alopecia areata, another skin condition that causes hair loss in small, round patches. Finger pitting could also suggest eczema nail injuries.
Ridges
These are indentations that stretch from the base of the nail up to the tip. They may be vertical or horizontal. They are common indicators of stress and anxiety. If your nails have ridges that appear on all the fingers, it suggests an abrupt change in health, possibly due to stress, infection, dieting, or trauma. Vertical ridges often appear with old age. But, if you find them on a young adult, it represents hormonal changes, nervousness, or poor nutrition. Some people may have ridges on their nails due to the constant use of nail polishers. Should this happen, it could be a cause of nervousness or stress.
Beau’s Lines
These have nothing to do with relationships. Beau’s lines are named after Joseph Beau, who was the first to describe them and their meanings. Beau’s lines are deep lines with a grooved appearance.
They run horizontally across the nails. These lines often show up when the area under your cuticle stops growing due to injury or severe illness. They appear because of different factors, such as circulatory diseases, diabetes, low blood pressure, malnutrition, grief, and shock. They may also appear on the nails of a person who has just undergone surgery. The surgery time can be determined from the precise location of the beau’s lines on the fingernail.
Clubbing
Fingernail clubbing occurs when the fingertip looks swollen, and the nail takes the shape of a dome, which means it’s rounded and curved. The nail usually has a bluish tinge when fingernail clubbing happens. This condition may appear because of lung disease or low oxygen levels. If over three of a person’s fingers have clubbed nails, it indicates that the disease or illness is advanced. Fingernail clubbing is linked to gastrointestinal diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and pulmonary diseases.
Spooned Nails
Spooned nails are concave nails, except they look like they have been chopped out. Spooned nails may indicate health problems from iron deficiency to thyroid, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders. An example is Raynaud’s disease, which is a disorder that causes fingernail discoloration.
Sometimes, the nail plate becomes loose and separates from the skin. This usually happens as a response to trauma, infection, or injury. It could also signify a severe skin condition. Depending on your reading, loose fingernail also happens because of drug use and solvents.
Conclusively, change in fortune reflects on your nails almost immediately. Suppose you’ve recently experienced a change in your emotional and financial state and health. There, a good palmist can tell by examining your nails. If the changes are not yet effective but are on the way, this will reflect your nails. The nails work as a channel for all the energies you receive from the different planets.
Therefore, always observe it carefully so you can monitor changes in your fortune and health condition.
The point is that just as the color and texture of your hand (palm) affects your reading, fingernail color and texture also has a significant impact on palm reading. An experienced and professional palmist can consider all factors before making conclusions. Next are the elements and how they define hand shape.
Chapter Seven: Reading the Elements – Hand Shape
Remember that we discussed the types of hand based on shape in a previous chapter. Well, there is another way of determining hand shape. Hand elements are an easy way of categorizing the different shapes of the hand. In the 1960s, Fred Gettings established this method of classifying hands based on elements. This method has since been used in palm reading. If you are new to palm reading, elements can make an excellent starting point for your readings.
Starting with the hand’s shape makes reading more straightforward and less complicated in a palm reading session. It is the quickest way to get a broad insight into your subject’s nature and character, whether yourself or another person. By starting with the shape, the subject can be confident that you are talking about them.
One thing about humans is that we are all true to our hand type.
There is often a behavioral pattern that people with earth hands follow. They are typically providing and steady. An air hand is found in people who enjoy mental stimulation. Fire hands mean that a person is active and volatile to an extent. A water hand suggests that the subject is sensitive, creative, and emotional. Understanding the four elements can influence your understanding of an individual and how they operate. More importantly, you must also understand their variations, complexities, and combination.
Air hands have squarish palms and long fingers. In appearance, they are often long and thin. Air is vital for life, even though we have a tendency to take it for granted. Many people don’t even remember air unless it is windy or they have a respiratory condition. Air is critical to several aspects of life, including communication.
An air-handed individual is a thinker. Such a person functions in a world of thought. They are usually tall, which means they have light bones compared to other elements. Air hands are slightly looking, unlike earth hands, which are heavy and dense in appearance. The squarish palm in an air hand suggests a sense of reality, practicality, and structure. This means that air-handed people are systematic, strategic, and practical in their approach to problems. They are often consumed with logic, planning, ideas, structure, and thoughts.
Air-handedness indicates a quality of inquisitiveness. Air-handed people always want to know the how and why of a situation. Thus, they are ever trying to improve their knowledge and understanding of anything. They seek to refine and deepen. As a result, air-handed people love technical work over other kinds of work. Their curiosity and questioning nature may put them across as neurotic. Actually, they do have neurotic tendencies. Air-handed people love to engage in debates and logical arguments or discussions. They love to structure things and put them in perspective for others. This may also be why they like to exchange plans, ideas, and information with others. Being air-handed portrays a love for verbal and vocal exchanges, which is likely why air-handed individuals respond excellently to auditory information.
Air hands express a need for mentally stimulating conversations. So, an air-handed person will always look for intelligence and mental stimulation in their partner. They would rather be alone than being with someone they cannot engage in stimulating discussions with.
They are non-conformist and quirky but in a cute way. Their eccentricity sometimes attracts people to them. Air hands make great instructors and teachers because of their profound communication skills. And they are more logical than emotional.
They put thoughts above everything else, which often makes them
neglect their emotions and sometimes their loved ones. Then they can’t comprehend sensitivity in other people or know how to respond emotionally to situations.
These people often have an overworked nervous system, the result of multiple cognitive activities at once. They have a tendency to overthink things, so their nervous system is always at work. An air-handed person may be prone to mental disorders more than other elements due to their tendency to overthink and overanalyze situations. Without a clear procession of thoughts in their head, air-handed people become frustrated and noticeably stressed.
Regardless of whatever information they receive, their first reaction is always “how” or “why?”
Air hands love to emphasize their level of thoughtfulness. They want you to know how much they think. They expect you to understand them as soon as they mention their level of logical thinking. Suppose you don’t offer a constructive and positive topic they can really put their mind to. There, they may pick themselves apart mentally. Below are the physical features and qualities of air hands for easy identification.
Square hands with long fingers
Rounded fingertips
Flat mounts and lightweight bones
The middle finger is 7/8th long
Prolonged, multiple lines on the palm
Flexibility, adaptability, and passion
Great communication skills
Quick learners
Like air hands, earth hands have a square palm. But unlike air hands, they have short fingers. So, when you see a combination of square palms and short fingers on a person, you can be confident they are earth hands. An earth hand is usually strong, plump, and firm, with fewer lines than other elements.
Earth-handed people are the most resilient types. They typically have strong drive and instincts. They combine practical with material and physical because they care about all three. As you can probably tell, they are down-to-earth, steady, and secure in themselves. They like to follow routine and crave stability, so they work in fields that offer stability. Earth hands love to provide just like the mother Earth is providing for all things on earth. An earth-handed person can be likened to the mother hand, the mountain, and the rock all at once.