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Thumb shapes explained
The thumb is will, in the plain sense: whether you hold a decision, revise it, or give it away before you meant to. Traditional palmistry looks at three things, and they are allowed to disagree. The tip, the set, and the give of the joint are three sentences, not one verdict.
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How to look at a thumb
Use the hand you write with. Hold it palm up in daylight and let the thumb fall where it rests. Do not pull it out, and do not tuck it in. The shape is the outline of the last segment, from the joint nearest the nail to the end. The set is where the thumb joins the palm. Flexibility comes last: press the tip gently backward and see whether the joint gives.
You can see two segments. The one with the nail is the tip. The one below it meets the palm. Length is not a tip shape. The old books read the nail segment as will and the lower segment as the reasoning that argues with it. This note stays with the tip, the set, and the give of the joint.
Clubbed, conic, and spatulate tips
Compare the width at the nail with the width at the joint just below it. Narrower at the nail is conic, sometimes called conical. Wider at the nail, the way a spatula widens, is spatulate. An even tip that ends flat is square. A clubbed tip is short in that last segment, with a broad, rounded end thicker than the joint beneath it. Call it clubbed only when the bulb is obvious.
Sensational writers treated a broad tip as a sign of violence. That claim has no place here. A conic tip follows taste, and can change a plan when it stops feeling right. A spatulate tip wants to act. A square tip wants a method it can repeat. A clubbed tip holds hard once it is set: intense, and slow to yield. You can see all of this in how a person closes a conversation.
High-set and low-set thumbs
Set is the height of the joint where the thumb meets the palm. A high-set thumb joins closer to the index finger, so less of it sits free. A low-set thumb joins lower, nearer the wrist. Look at the hand at rest. Holding the thumb in or out hides the set.
The angle belongs with the set. A relaxed thumb that opens wide, approaching a right angle, is the open set. A thumb that stays against the palm is the closed set. A low-set thumb often opens wider, and a high-set thumb often stays closer. If they disagree, name both. A high-set, closer thumb waits on a reason. A low-set, open thumb uses its will more readily. A wide angle is not kindness by itself, and a narrow angle is not a refusal.
Flexible and stiff thumbs
Hold the thumb gently and press the tip backward, only as far as it goes without forcing. Stop when the joint resists. A stiff thumb barely moves past a straight line. A flexible thumb bends back at the outer joint. A very supple thumb bends back in a clear arc. The check is the ordinary give of the joint, not a stretch you perform for the reading.
A stiff thumb keeps a decision. You said you would be there, and the weather is not a new argument. A flexible thumb can revise the plan when the facts change. A very supple thumb gives way easily, sometimes past the point you meant to stop. That is a style of will. Tip, set, and flexibility can disagree, so name the three separately. Most thumbs are a mix.
The thumb and the rest of the hand
The thumb is one part of the hand. Pointed, square, and spatulate fingertips on the other fingers are on the finger shapes guide. Palm shape and finger length are on the hand shapes guide. The creases are on the palm lines guide. The pads, including the one at the base of the thumb, are on the palm mounts guide. That pad is the mount of Venus, and fullness there is a separate note from the tip. Small marks are on the palm marks guide. Which palm to use is on the which hand guide.
The palm card draws a stroke only when the map locks onto a crease. Thumb shape, set, and flexibility are not part of that automatic map, so the three checks above are how you read them. The photo stays on your device.
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