Hand and Finger combination

One of history's most famous palm scientists developed a system of hand-and-finger combinations that uses the four basic elements: fire, earth, air, and water. Knowing which combination you have will not only help define your personality, it can also help you find your ideal romantic partner.The fire hand is rectangular with short fingers. Since fire is hot, full of energy, and constantly moving to survive, so are you. The long palm brings you creativity and sensitivity, the short fingers an eye for the big picture (details are for long-fingered types). So you create passionately, on a grand scale, and you experience life to the fullest, but you burn people without realizing it.The earth hand is square with short fingers. The squareness of your palm brings you a solid work ethic, the kind that leads to long-term success, and the short fingers an ability to work with things of a larger scope—i.e., you're a better forester than a whittler. You love rhythm, and are very attuned to the seasons, the generations, the birth /life continuum. Your family comes first.The air hand is square with long fingers. Just as air is associated with the wind, birds, sound waves, and communication, so you are very quick in your movements and intellect, and you speak and write cogently and logically. In fact, your mind often overrules your heart and gets in the way of your emotional needs. Most people with air hands are either in the communications field, are in one that emphasizes logic, such as law.The water hand is rectangular with long fingers. As astrological water signs are highly emotional and creative, so too are people with water hands. You are very introverted, experiencing most of life beneath your outer shell. Like a Pisces, your imagination and emotions feed each other, and you are highly spiritual and intuitive. But you rely on others to move you to action, as water relies on outside forces like wind and gravity to move it.

Romantic combinations

Although degrees vary greatly, here are the ideal combinations of the above hand types:Fire and air: Both of you are highly intelligent, which makes for charged conversation, and you're both goal-oriented and passionate. The negative is a tendency to be competitive, which generates friction, but the attraction is electric, and carries enough mutual interest to overcome that.Earth and earth: You believe in the same things, to such a strong degree that a combination with another sign would be too problematic. The only negative is sameness—you're likely to get into a rut. Still, you share too much to too great a degree—this is what lasting relationships are based on.Water and water: Since the water sign is the most misunderstood, it's also the hardest to match. For this reason, relationships with those who understand you best seem the most compatible, although this varies to a great degree. In this combination, there is great mutual support and magnetism, but also a tendency for overpossessiveness, jealousy, and irritation. If it's too unsteady, find another—you're the most adaptable type, so a combination with, say, your opposite the fire hand, can be just as successful.