Article by T. Stokes, U.K

T. Stokes is known worldwide as the “Consultant Palmist” & is regarded as one of the finest palmists in the West. He has many years of combined practice, blending from an array of diagnostic skills coupled with 10 years training in the Harry Edwards School of spirit mediumship and guidance. His ability to access the wisdom of the multi-medical and multi-spiritual arenas of the Indo/Pak sub continental energy flow disciplines, such as Hasthricka and Il Mul Kaff, have meant a sharpening and honing of clairvoyant skill. These skills can take a subject from pre-birth through the main events of the life, to the present day.

“The Tortoise”

This is a truly exceptional hand, in Tibetan palmistry this is the hand of the Tortoise,
the tortoise moves peacefully, slowly and unfailingly negotiates many obstacles on his journey and eventually reaches his destination no matter what obstacles he encounters, he is a shy peaceful creature whose main life focus is internal, and his hard shell belies a soft interior.

The squareness of the palm is only broken by the high Jupiter mount, showing responsibility and a born leader, to determine which area of leadership religion politics industry or sport, we look to a combination of palmer signals and he is both religious and political, and the finger bases all in a line suggests balanced abilities, and each finger being the perfect match for its neighbour excepting Saturn or middle finger which is slightly short showing irreverence self depreciation and humour, traits we associate with Tenzin Gyatso the revered 14th Dalia Lama. In 1950 the Chinese invaded Tibet and although the spiritual leader wanted to stay with his people, he was urged to leave and make the perilous trek through the mountains to the safety of India, and this traumatic event shows on his lifeline at 15 years of age. Like many young teenagers my introduction to Tibet and its spiritual legacies came through the famous sixties author Lobsang Rampa, although many claim him a fake his books “You Forever” “Doctor from Lhasa” and the biggest selling “The Third Eye” are still absolute classics and ones I insist must be read by all my students.

This hand shows at the lifeline start one branch to Jupiter, giving the Jupiterian characteristics of ambition enthusiasm and leadership, the other branch from exactly midway between Thumb and Jupiter finger starting right round the edge of the hand, which in Indian palmistry means a reincarnated soul waiting some time to be born, and this with the straight long Mercury or little finger gives a straight communicative ability and this with a tied head and lifeline always means the caution and sensitivity of the tortoise, and with the same sizing of the Jupiter to Apollo finger shows according to Prof. Manning studies, remarkable balance between a structured ego and emotional desires, not many men can cope with celibacy but he has managed extremely well.

Polls across the world show this man from a devastated and occupied country to be the most respected of all spiritual leaders, there is no rich trappings jewels or gilded cloth or pointy hats, just a plain saffron robe, and in exile in India is as much at home with the Hindus as with his own Buddhists, yet the Chinese have a long running hate campaign to discredit him and his many different religious followers.

The healing stigmata shows under his Mercury finger, the 4 tiny upright lines in a square palm confers his concern for the land, the outdoors and for the peoples identity welfare and religious freedom, the promotion of basic human values and ethics for the future of human happiness and the fostering of inter-religious harmony and non violence (ahimsa ) across the world.

The tortoise equates in the western system closely to the Earth hand and this is a sensitive earth, the lean of the Fate or luck line towards Jupiter confirms the authority of a spiritual leader and the heart line shows an idealist, so we have a man who has always dreamt of a free Tibet once again.

His thumb bears the rare elephants eye marking, the elephant is a sacred animal in India and this mark confers the memory and spiritual wisdom of the elephant, Ganesh the elephant god is one of the 5 ruled by each finger, and his gifts are that he gives intelligence and education and like the tortoise is a peaceful remover of obstacles.

The only health indicators we see are a healthline running from under the Mercury finger down to the lifeline at age 79-80 which looks like colon or intestinal niggles which is unusual in vegetarians and January 2012 is a month to be extra careful.

A long running back problem also shows, the spine is separated into 3 sections by experts, the lumbar spine, the thoracic spine and the cervical spine, and he shows cervical spine stiffness which is not surprising for a man of 77 years of age, his lifeline ends where the fate line starts, showing his birth death cycle to be very tight, and as the lifeline sweeps out wide into the palm towards Luna showing he will end his life away from his homeland but in emotional peace and tranquillity, and as the line ends in a square the most protective sign in palmistry we see his realisation of the good karma of his life’s work which will climax in this year 2012 for truly doth the prophet say;”Tomorrow belongs to the righteous” please see

The Palm of Dalai Lama by T. Stokes