Mount Saturn

Mount of Saturn

Mount of Saturn

Soberness
Wisdom
Sadness
Superstition
Balance Wheel

The Saturnian is the second type to be considered, and the parts of the hand by which they are identified are the Mount and finger of Saturn. The higher the Mount of Saturn is developed, the larger and longer the finger, and the squarer the tip of this finger, the more pronounced is the type of the subject. A highly developed Mount of Saturn is a rarity, and in the greatest number of hands there is instead a depression. A long finger of Saturn is quite common, however, showing the presence of some Saturnian
qualities, and the Mount, though it may not be prominent, often shows, by the lines upon it, that is is of more than ordinary development. Great care must be used with this Mount, as it shows strong characteristics.

As single signs or in combination, the triangle, circle, trident, single vertical line, or square increase the strength of the Mount of
Saturn. The cross-bar, grille, cross, or island indicate defects of the Mount, either of health or character; nails, color, etc. will determine which (98).

The largest number of Saturnians will be known from the fact that the apex of the Mount of Saturn is central, and the apices of the other Mounts all lean toward it.

A more pronounced identification of the type, and also a very common one, is to find the finger of Saturn standing upright, with the other fingers drawn toward it (99). I have chosen such an illustration to accompany this chapter because it is quite typical and much more common than the high Mount.

Illustration No. 39 is also a Saturnian subject, identified by apices leaning toward Saturn, Head line deflected toward Saturn, this finger being also highest set.

The Saturnian is a peculiar person, and, while we need a goodly degree of their sober qualities, it is a blessing that the world is not peopled entirely with this type, or it would be, in reality, "a vale of tears." I consider the finger of Saturn as the balance-wheel to the character, and, as an indicator, of great accuracy concerning the power possessed by the subject to hold undue enthusiasm in check. The Saturnian type keeps the Jupiterian, the Apollonian, the Martian, and the Venusian form going too fast and from being carried away by their excessive spirit. These brighter types, while adding gayety to the world, need the Saturnian to restrain and hold them back. The saturnian is a prudent, wise, sober necessity, greatly needed among the seven types, but not the one to be chosen if in any excessive degree of development. The Saturnian is the repressor, who lays their hand on the shoulder of enthusiasm and bids it take a view of the dark side before leaping. Other types are so endowed with health and ardor that there seems to be no cautious side to their natures, and they become reckless and careless of results and the cost. The Saturnian's point of view is the gloomy one, consequently it is they who bring that forward, and causes the spontaneous types to pause and think. They are individuals who can show you "how the other half livers," and thus makes you appreciate your own blessings. Socially, they lack the ability to enter into the spirit of the occasion, and, therefore, they are often called a "wet blanket." I consider them the balance wheel, a necessary evil, if you choose, but a type the world could not do without. The Saturnian type, to bring out its better side, should be only slightly developed. It is a bad type, as will appear later, if found in excessive degree, and not the happiest type for the possessor, even when present only in normal quantity.

The typical Saturnian is the tallest of the seven types and his finger is he longest on the hand. They are a gaunt, thin, and pale, their skin is yellow, rough dry, and wrinkled, handing in flabby folds, or else drawn tightly over the bones. They are the purely bilious type, and yellow is his distinctive color.
Their hair is thick and dark, often black, straight and harsh. They lose it when quite young, adding baldness to his otherwise unprepossessing appearance. Their face is long, commonly called "hatchet shaped" from its thinness, his cheek bones are high and prominent, with the saffron-hued skin drawn over them. The cheeks are sunken, with skin flabby and wrinkled. The eyebrows are thick and stiff, growing together over the nose and turning up at the outer ends. The eyes are deep set and extremely black, with a sad, subdued expression which changes only when flashes of anger, suspicion, or eagerness stir in their mind. Being bilious, the whites of their eyes show yellow color. Their ears are large, and stand out from his head, often seeming to be actually heavy. Their nose is long, straight, and thin, coming to a sharp point at the end. The nostrils do not dilate as they breathe, but are rigid and stiff. Their mouth is large, the lips thin and pale, the lower jaw and lower lip large, lips thin and pale, the lower jaw and lower lip quite prominent and firm. They have good teeth in their youth, but they are soft in texture and decay early. Neither are the gums healthy, having a pale, sickly, bloodless look. If the Saturnian has a beard it is dark, stiff, and straight, growing thickly on the chin and lip, but very sparse on the cheeks. The chin is prominent and large, the neck lean and long, with muscles showing prominently like chords, and the blue veins standing out under the shrunken and flabby skin.
Their Adam's apple is plainly in evidence. Their chest is thin, the lungs seem cramped, as if operating in narrow, contracted quarters, and his voice as it comes through the thin lips is harsh and unpleasant. The shoulders are high and have a manner at their sides. Their step has no spring, and their gait is a shambling one, seeming to proclaim a person who is miserable, bilious, and gloomy. The whole appearance of lack of healthy blood supply, and its lean gawkiness; the hark, sad eyes, stiff, black hair, narrow chest, stooping, shoulders, and shuffling gait all combine to bear this out. They are an individual to whom a bright side in life does not often appear, one whose life is lightened by no joy of exuberant magnetism, but rather with yellow biliousness, mingled with white coldness. The insufficient blood current, poisoned with bile, is weakly flowing though his body, pumped by a flabby heart, and reaches the outer skin with a diminished force, casting over his spirits the depressing effect of a bilious influence.
This is the typical Saturnian. It is small wonder that, when the dashing Apollonians or Venusians, handsome, attractive, and magnetic, filled with the joy of living, meet him and try to fill him with their enthusiasm, the Saturnian cannot feel their joy, or share their enthusiasm, but shakes his head mournfully, and thinks of how much sorrow there is in this world.
As the Saturnian is the repressor, you will appreciate the wisdom of constructing them ugly, gloom, and sad, in order that they might accomplish the purpose of this creation. If they were only wise and formed in the Apollonian mould of physical beauty, the love of gayety would run away with his wisdom. Mere wisdom, if they were beautiful, bright, strong, and healthy, could not hold in check the Apollonian enthusiasm. But the Saturnian is physically built so that he cannot be carried away with enthusiastic, joyous, or frivolous amusements. No matter how much he may want to be, they cannot, with their ugliness, have Venusian power of attraction; they cannot be other than the Saturnian that they are.

In addition to all this, they are cynical, lack veneration, and is a born doubter. Instead of seeking the society of others they avoid it, and the subjects tendency is to withdraw themselves from the social world. They prefer the country to the city, is often a student, and chooses agricultural pursuits, chemistry, and other laboratory occupations, which do not require them to come in contact with people. They are not a "mixer", and have not the faculty of attracting and holding friends, so does not succeed well in business where they have to depend upon genial ways or attractive manners. Their love of solitude makes farm life peculiarly attractive to them, and their penchant for earthly things makes them by nature a horticulturist, market gardener, florist, or a botanist. By reason of his love for digging and exploring in the earth, they have often found wells of oil, or mines of coal and minerals. This has led people to consider them lucky, and for this reason Saturn has a love for all occult studies, and is proficient in them. They have a mystical streak that makes them extremely superstitious. They love chemistry, for the compounding of drugs and elements has an air of mystery about it, and physics is also a congenial study. Higher mathematic and medicine are strong favorites, and in both these fields they are very successful. The Saturnian is no shallow fellow, but is deep and a true scientist. While others are spending their time in gayety they are engrossed in study, has secluded themselves from society, and, surrounded by their books, retorts, and figures, is working out difficult problems.
The Saturnian is eminently cautious and prudent. They are suspicious of both the fidelity and honesty of his fellows, and does not readily go into business enterprises with them. Real estate, farms, and buildings seem to him less risky than stocks, bonds, or mercantile enterprises, consequently these are the investments they choose. They are, of course, a conservative person, and do not do anything hastily, for prudence and caution are their watchwords.
The Saturnian can be led, not driven. They instinctively dislike to obey, but feel flattered at an attempt to induce them to do anything. They rebel if rubbed the wrong way, talk a great deal, what they say has weight because they have the reputation of being profound, so they often make all kinds of trouble. Their caution, however, enables them to get away and not get hurt in the upheavals they cause. In all their surroundings they like soberness, and gray, black or brown will be apt to predominate in their apparel, nor will their home have any starling colors in it. Their physical heat being under normal, they are not amorous. They shun society rather than courting it, they repel the opposite sex rather than attract. Thus the fervor of warm passions does not glow within them, and they do not care to marry. In fact, a pure Saturnian would not marry; the idea would be absolutely repugnant to him. In handling the marriage question, for a subject strongly Saturnian, you will know that marriage is not likely, so absolutely plain indications must be found before you commit yourself on the subject. Their prudence gives them another quality, - they are saving and even stingy and miserly. The stronger the Saturnian indications, the stronger these avaricious tendencies. They are slow,- one so cautious could not be otherwise, - but is a patient, indefatigable worker. The Saturnian loves music and is often a fine performer and a Composer, but his music has a tinge of sadness and melancholy and is severely classical.

They are not a great lover of art, though they admire beauty. Their favorite pictures will be landscapes and natural scenery, flowers, and the product of field and forest. They write well, produce histories, fine treatises on scientific and occult subjects, books on chemistry, or short articles on agriculture. They sometimes writes excellent ghost stories or tales, in which morose heroes go into monasteries. For amusement the Saturnian seeks their books and and studies which takes them away from the haunts of others. They are opinionated, does not like to be contradicted, is independent, and dislikes restraint. Under the surface the Saturnian dislikes mankind. They are not beautiful or attractive, is less loved than others, and feels their ugliness, knows their ungainliness, and withdraws themselves from their fellows, having in their heart jealousy and hatred of them. This feeling is present even with a Saturnian who cannot be classed as belonging to the bad type. Dislike of mankind is a Saturnian quality developed in some degree even when the type is not pronounced. We may say truly this is a dangerous type at its best, and at its worst produces a poisoner and a malevolent wretch. When we see stooping shoulders, a hunched back, and the sapped vitality has produced a cripple, with perhaps crossed eyes added, scant, coarse hair, and leathery skin you have a creature capable of the deeds of Mr Hyde. This is the low mean, jealous, surly, dishonest villain; a lower state of degradation than any other type can reach, except the Mercurian, but vile enough for all. These malformed Saturnians will stick a dagger into your back, and gloat over your death agonies. No more malevolent creatures live. This of course, is a picture so exaggerated as to be scarcely conceivable, but it is sometimes found.

We have now followed the Saturnian from the sober "balance wheel", through a serious of developments and characteristic to the wretch just described. You can appreciate the gravity of this type, and the handling of the Mount must be done with great care. With a pronounced Saturnian development, use all your powers to learn how much of it is in the subject uncounteracted by other qualities. Some Saturnian should be present, for the absence of any makes an unbalanced character, but the subject wants only just enough to give the balance needed. Any excess will make a morbid, melancholy, gloomy person, pessimistic and stingy. The very strong Mount and finger, or, which occurs more often, all the fingers and apices leaning toward the finger of Saturn, will show the good type I have described, who is peculiar but not necessarily evil. The excessively grilled or crossed development of the Mount, bad Heart-line and with crooked, gnarled finger and hard hand, will show the bad type. Everything you know should be brought to bear on the case when a Saturnian is before you, in order to determine how strongly the qualities of the type are developed.

Health
In health matters there are certain diseases to which Saturnians are predisposed, and in a strongly Saturnian subject, with bad health showing on the Life line, it is nine chances to one that the trouble will be one of the diseases peculiar to the type: which one can be told by the nails, color, or some other health indication.
First of all the Saturnian is the purely bilious type. Theirs is not a temporary trouble of the liver, but a structural disease of the organ, hence the presence of the bile poison in the blood. This makes the Saturnian yellow, which color will be found tinging their nails, palm, lines, and Mount. All the troubles which yellow color indicates, both as to health and temperament, are to be attributed to the subject if that color is present. As bile in the blood creates intense nervousness, the Saturnian is troubled with this as one of his health difficulties. If this nervousness goes far it causes danger of paralysis. The degree of nerve trouble is easy to determine from the nails, which should be carefully noted. Rheumatism is another trouble, also hemorrhoids, and varicose veins; the tendency toward the two latter can be determined by noting how prominently the veins on the hands stand out, seeming as if filled with hard blood. The paralysis which threatens this type will probably attack their lower limbs, for there is a weak point. Their teeth are delicate, and they are liable to ear trouble, which is indicated by dots or small islands on the line of Head under the Mount of Saturn. With every Saturnian subject look for these health difficulties if any disturbance is seen on the line of Life. A grille or cross-cars on the Mount of Saturn will suggest health defects of the type, which can be easily located from nails, etc. In estimating the degree of strength of the type, bring to bear all your knowledge. Texture of the skin will show whether the subject is refined or coarse. The finer the grad the less liability of the development of the evil side. Such a subject may be blue or despondent, but not necessarily a pessimist.

The coarse texture of skin will make all the Saturnian qualities coarse. It will emphasize the hatred for mankind, will make an inciter of riot; one who wants complete liberty and rebels against restraint of any kind. Fine or medium texture is best.
Flexibility of the hand will greatly modify the severity of the type. The elastic mind will not so readily yield to gloom, despondency, or ad instinct as the unyielding mind, shown by the stiff hand. The Saturnian is naturally stingy, and the stiff hand adds greatly to this tendency, while the flexible hand takes away from it. A flexible hand will make the subject likely to enjoy the society of fellow men; a stiff hand will make them shun and hate mankind intensely. With the flexible hand look for a good type; with the stiff hand look out of a mean, unenlightened, selfish exhibition of bad qualities and tendencies.

Consistency of hand
If their hand has flabby consistency, their laziness will make them useless. They will indulge al their morbid tendencies, for they will not work, and labor might throw off some of their bad side. Being lazy and still possessing the qualities of this type, they will talk a great deal, will rail at capital, trusts, and all things which are successful, and from this class of lazy Saturnians often come the anarchists who throw bombs. Soft hands will be a slight improvement over the flabby. This subject will not be quite so lazy and will have higher ideals. Elastic consistency is the best, for it will show a proper amount of energy, which will keep the liver more active and reduce the gloom and morbidity of the subject. They will have the elastic qualities of mind and method, the intelligent energy, which will lift them out of much of their difficulty. Hard hands, again, coarsen the type and emphasize its bad qualities. The over-energy will cause them to push their already unpleasant views to excess; the stubborn brain will oppose progress and invention, and will clamor for a return of the "good old days." This individual is the chronic opposer of everything. No matter what it is, they are against it. They will be stingy, narrow, ignorant, and superstitious.

Color
The color the hand is of much importance. Yellow is expected, for there is an excess of bile. The yellower the hand the "yellower" the point of view of the subject. Gloom, melancholy, distorted views, rancor, irritability, intense nervousness, and even criminality will be found if yellow color is pronounced.
White color is often found. This makes a subject cold, repellent, and unattractive. They will strongly incline to fly from the society of their fellows and be shunned wherever they go, and being sensitive this will add to their hatred of men, while their cutting remarks will make them more disagreeable. They cannot succeed in anything where they must come in contact with the public. A cold Saturnian is a picture of misery, and this subject is likely to be bad.
Pink color will show a better state of health and a more cheerful and better Saturnian. To them all things will not be hopeless. The bright vivacity of pink color will lift and lighten the veil of gloom with which the Saturnian is enveloped, and there will be no such chance for a malevolent creature as with yellow or white color.
Red is also good. It shows the increased ardor peculiar to the color, also indicating better health and strength, which reduces the gloom and brightens the subject. Unless there are other things present which red qualities might influence, red is a good color.
Blue color will show liability to hemorrhoids and varicose veins, as well as heart disease, and if a grille is on the Mount of Saturn or cross-bars with blue color, you may be sure of piles, possibly of varicose veins. Look to the veins on the back of the hand for further confirmation.

Nails
Nails are important to consider for both character and disease. The short, critical nail on a bad Saturnian will be a poor accompaniment. All the mean, critical qualities of this nail will be added to the disagreeable qualities of the type. Critical nails on even a good Saturnian are an unpleasant indication, and will make them cranky and pronounced in their vies. The best nail is the broad healthy one, which will tend to give better health and consequently better temper. The narrow nail of delicate constitution does not help their condition, nor does it make them any more agreeable. Consumption and heart-disease nails will show these diseases present, though not being difficulties peculiar to the type, their presence would not be expected. if seen, use them as denoting their peculiar trouble. Fluted and brittle nails are expected, as nervousness and paralysis are health defects of the type. Judge the degree which the trouble has reached by the extent of change in the nail. Beginning at the white spots, through all the various stages to the brittle turned-back nail, you can tell how far the difficulty has progressed. In all nails first determine what the nail indicates, its degree of development, and then apply it to the Saturnian qualities which will give the correct reading. If it is a health indication, think whether the trouble is peculiar to the type; if it is, the danger is greater than if it is not.

Hair
Hair on the hands will tell by its presence and color how hardy the subject is, Black hair will add tricky tendencies to a Saturnian, blond color will mark them more likely to be frank and trustworthy. Gauge the amount of hair found, its color and fineness, and use there hair qualities in judging those of the type.

Hand as a whole
The hand as a whole must be considered, for if the finger be in excess of the palm it will show that the mental world is in excess. This will make the subject a student and scholar, bur they will not be much of a business person. They will write learned books, make a good teacher, but will not be a money-maker. if the middle portion of the hand is most pronounced the abstract world rule, and they will find success in business. If the lower third of the hand is developed grosser qualities will be added to the Saturnian and make them a very bad person. If one of the three worlds is absent and the other two developed, work out the combination. If it is mental and base world with the middle absent, you know that a visionary Saturnian, who is ruled by bad, earthy qualities, is present, without the good influence of the middle world. use this same reasoning with the other worlds which are present or absent.

Phalanxes of Saturn finger
Note also the phalanges of the finger. If the first is longest the mental world is the strongest. the subject will be a student and thinker inclined to superstition and fond of occult sciences. The second phalanx of the finger longest will show that farming, agriculture, scientific investigations, chemistry, physics, history, and mathematics are the things most the their taste. This is the medium world and the business side of the Saturnian is shown here. With this second phalanx longest they will be able to gain a livelihood from the pursuits of the vocations peculiar tot he type, and should be advised to go into such occupations and pursue these studies. If the third phalanx is longest, the baser attributes will be in the ascendancy. As the Saturnian is not sensual we cannot attribute sensualism to them from the long third phalanx. The baser qualities which belongs to the type is money-worship. If the type is good and the third phalanx long you can say they are only economical. If the type is coarse or bad and third phalanx long it means miserliness. If this third phalanx is thick it will make them less studious, if it is waist-like they will pursue with great eagerness the investigation of the studies for which they have peculiar aptitude.

If the finger is bent is adds shrewdness to the Mount and the Saturnian qualities. If the finger is very short they are not a Saturnian, and entirely lacks seriousness and balance. Note whether the apex of the Mount leans toward Jupiter; if it does the wisdom of Saturn will be added to the Jupiterian ambitions, pride and love of command. if the apex lies toward Apollo it will lend soberness and wisdom to the Apollonian qualities. In either of these cases the severity of the morbidness of Saturn is diminished, for they give themselves over to the other Mounts. If the apex is in the center of the Mount all their interest is centered in themselves and is influenced by the qualities of the other Mounts. If the finger leans toward Jupiter it will give off some of the strength of Saturn to Jupiter. Thus Jupiter will become wise and cautious as a leader. If the finger leans toward Apollo some of the Saturnian soberness will be drawn toward Apollo and they will become more quite and careful.

You must note the finger tips. If all the tips are of one shape and Saturn's tip is different, it means that Saturn will have the qualities of this tip, the other fingers those of the tips they have. This is very useful if the fingers be conic, for a conic tip to Saturn alone will all other tips square or spatulate, would bake the balance wheel weaker than the rest of the fingers.
- If the other fingers are conic and Saturn conic also, it does not throw them out of balance. The more pointed the tip of Saturn, the more idealism enters into the subject. Superstition is rampant, and they are rules by dreams, signs, and omens. This is especially true if the first phalanx be long as well as pointed. The character is more erratic, and the balance wheel not so powerful.
- If the tip be square you find practical common-sense, and the subject becomes quiet, less superstitious, and inclines to soberness and even melancholy if very square.
Note which phalanx is the longest. A conic tip and long second phalanx will give idealism to the attributes of the second phalanx and affect their operation. In like manner it will affect both the first and third phalanges if they are longest. Square tips will make the farming, chemistry, medicine, physics, or mathematics of the second phalanx very practical, useful, and likely to be productive of money results. If will add greatly to the economy or miserliness of the third phalanx, and take away from the superstition of the first. Spatulate tips will add activity and originality to the Saturnian wisdom and soberness, will impel the subject to mingle with their fellows, be more active, and will make them a great worker, if they are a farmer, doctor. If a chemist, it will lead them to seek new compounds, if a doctor, new treatments, if a mathematician, new systems for figuring, and it will give great activity in all these operations. The individual phalanges must be judges, and spatulate qualities added to them as found developed. The spatulate tip is the broadest of all; it will thus give the greatest seriousness to the finger. The spatulate balance wheel will be the strongest balance of all. If the Saturnian type be very pronounced with this spatulate tip (100), the subject will be gloomy, morose, sullen, and hard to get along with, for they will push their disagreeable qualities with spatulate activity and originality.

- If the finger be very deficient with a conic tip, the subject will be led by everyone and will have no stamina whatever (101 two illustrations). The balance wheel is entirely lacking, and even a good thumb will not help this subject, for they are flighty and entirely untrustworthy.

If the fingers are knotty, the qualities of analysis and reasoning will be present. They will make Saturnian qualities more pronounced and add to the seriousness of the subject. Always a careful type, knotty fingers will make them more careful and slow and with knots, there will be no such thing as impulse or sentiment. A natural doubter, the Saturnian with knotty fingers will be an absolute skeptic, they will be analytical in their agricultural and scientific pursuits, and a methodical person. The knotty-fingered Saturnian makes a good judge, for they are wise, not governed by sentiment, and analytical. Conic tips lessen the intensity of knotty fingers. Square tips make them practical, spatulate tips, active and original. All these combinations of tips will be seen on knotty-fingered Saturnians, and life to this subject is serious and real. Smooth fingers make a Saturnian impulsive, a lover of the beautiful, and their musical nature becomes prominent. If the tips be conic this is most pronounced, if the tips be square the artistic side becomes practical, and with spatulate tips spatulate qualities are present. The smooth-fingered Saturnian is a decidedly happier type, and not so liable to despondency. They tend strong toward superstition and become proficient in occult sciences. Long fingers give them detail and minutiae. If the first phalanx be long, they go into the depth of mysticism and superstition. With the second phalanx long, they will not omit a detail in the scientific studies or the agricultural pursuits which they follow. Short finger will give the quick thought and action peculiar to them. The Saturnian qualities will be present but will be operated with short-fingered quickness. If the tips be conic, the short-fingered impulse will be very great, if square it will decrease in degree, and spatulate tips will add the fiery impetuosity belonging to these tips. Short finger will make the Saturnian less careful in dress but also less repellent and more approachable. Long fingers them them tidier, but the suspicion of long fingers leads them to distrust and dislike mankind, and they are hard to get aquatinted with.
The thumb tells what support will and reason are to give to the subject. A short thumb will show a weak character and will make the Saturnian vacillating. A large thumb will add to the gravity and determination of the type. With the thumb thoroughly understood it will not be hard to apply whatever thumb is found to the Saturnian qualities of the subject. The amount of determination, gauge by length of the will phalanx, what kind, by the shape of the phalanx, how much reason is present by the length of the second phalanx, and what kind by the shape of this phalanx. Whether will or reason are balanced, is determined by the comparative lengths of the phalanges. These will all tell the amount and kind of force pushing the Saturnian qualities forward. Pointed thumbs take away from the strength of the type, square or spatulate add greatly to it.
Note carefully which Mount type is secondary and which world guides it from the phalanges of its finger. In this way having found in which world the Saturnian subject is most prominent, you will be able to judge what side of the secondary Mount will operate to aid them.

The Saturnian is predisposed to suicide as an end to their woes. Always more or less gloomy by nature, ill-success, sickness, or slighting treatment often casts them into depths of despair from which they see no relief but death. if they be a high type they may, by mental force, hold themselves level. If they be ill or weak in character, a dose of poison will relieve them from suffering. See the pictures of the Chittenden Hotel suicide.
In November 1898, a well-dressed, fine-looking woman came toe the Chittenden Hotel, engaged a room for a few days, absolutely destroyed every clue to her identity, and killed herself. She took an enormous dose of morphine, supposedly to deaden the pain of the carbolic acid with she completed her destruction. Her only request was for a respectable burial, to pay for which she left $150 in her purse. She lay for ten days at the morgue, her picture was printed all over the United States, but she was never identified. The pictures of her hands were taken the day before her burial. The Life Line shows a most remarkable confirmation of her death. The hand also shows the diseases which produce the mental condition necessary for the act.

In considering the matter of criminology in connection with the types, we find more real criminals come from the Saturnians and Mercurians than from any of the others. There is in these two types an instinct of dislike toward mankind, even if the subject have only a slightly excessive development. This lead the bad specimens to constantly invade the rights of others. The prisons are occupied by a majority of Saturnians and Mercurians. In examining the crime for which law-breakers are incarcerated, it becomes apparent that the other types have fallen, often from bad environments or from sudden temptations to do wrong, which have overcome the subject before they have time to think it over. In these cases the subjects are heartily sorry they transgressed the law, and very infrequently become chronic lawbreakers. They are the so-called criminals who can be reclaimed. The fact is, they were never real criminals. The professional crooks who commit crime at every opportunity, and serve two and three sentences, combing under the law "habitual criminals," are almost all Saturnians or Mercurians. They are real criminals at heart- mean to do wrong; their hands are against every man, and they live and die planning how to best their fellows. These subjects do not reform in reality- all pretences in this direction are merely to deceive and gain an advantage over the unsuspecting. An interesting fact to note in this matter of criminality is that the two types from which criminals come are the two bilious ones, the Saturnian and the Mercurian. Bile seems capable of perverting everything and making it evil; certainly its two types are those from which the most desperate criminals spring. keep this well in mind in estimating the Saturnian. Do not fall into the error of thinking these are no good Saturnians. Some of the grandest of men, noble high-minded, and successful, belong to this type. Abraham Lincoln was one. Always do your Saturnian subjects justice; they may be Lincolns; but at the same time do not forget the large number of "Burglar Jims" who belong to the same type.

References
The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading- A practical Treatise on the Art Commonly called Palmistry 1946 Benham, William. Printed and published by R. J. Taraporevala for D. B. Tarporevala Sons & Co. Bombay