Remembering the causes of color we will first consider the white hand and its qualities. By white I mean a dead-white, one which gives you an impression of pallor and lack of blood supply, and not a white hand which is white merely by reason of its fineness. A very coarse, heavy hand may have the pallid whiteness which means lack of red corpuscles in the blood, but it will never have the whiteness which belongs to a woman's hand which is fine in texture, and to which some whiteness is natural. Thus first learn to recognize the watery, pallid look of a dead-white hand, the corpse-like whiteness that means the dearth of heat, and that gives the clew to the predominating quality of the white hand - coldness. With this color, the nature lacks ardor, heat, warmth, life, and attractiveness; it does not belong to one whose society is sought, whose genial qualities light up with a glow of warmth any company of associates, or one who so radiates good-fellowship that others enjoy his society. These people, instead, are distant, repellent in manner, cold in their views, and not anxious to make exertions to please others. They are cold by nature, and cold physically, for the blood current is reaching the outside skin only in a feeble and insufficient quantity.

It is not pounding against it by virtue of the strong action of a strong heart, but comes in lifeless force from a flabby heart that is muscularly weak. Thus you will see that the white color is produced by a lack of force and strength in the life-renewing current, - the blood, - and this white color indicates a corresponding lack of force and strength in the nature of the subject. White-handed people are dreamy, mystical, not enthusiastic, unemotional, selfish, imaginary. They are not sensual, for the vital force of strong health, which gives force to passion, is absent; they are cold in love, and while often very clever they do not seek the society of others. They make good litterateurs both as poets and prose writers, and do not find their greatest enjoyment in the gratification of the senses. The mind may be active and at work, though it is not spurred on by martial fire or love. While cold white hands have written some of the most beautiful of all of our literature, their work has the glitter of the frost, the sparkle of the iceberg, lacking the warmth which reaches the heart. In religion these people are mystical; in the business world they make few friends; they do not enter the social world when they can avoid it.

So you must feel, when one of these pallid white hands comes into your grasp, the lack of life, heat, energy, generosity, sympathy, and enthusiasm of its owner. Remember that the life-renewing current is weak, blood thin, heart action deficient, maybe from inactive kidneys, and you will recognize that this coldness greatly affects every other quality. A Mount of Jupiter may give ambition, pride, religion, but it will be tinged with coldness, cynicism, and superstition. If Jupiter is in excess, it will make a cold-blooded tyrant. If Saturn is strong, imparting wisdom, melancholy, or gravity, it will be made more cold by the white hand, though yellow color belongs to a strong Saturnian Mount, and the white color will not often be found by itself. The art, brilliancy, and versatility of Apollo will be pulled to the ground by a white hand, while Mercury is made more crafty, scheming, and less the good fellow he might otherwise be. The white hand gives resignation to a Martian, and in exaggerated developments adds to the destructiveness of his aggressive qualities, by making him cold-hearted. Venus is ruined by white color, for love cannot live without heat. White is the normal color of the Mount of Moon, and will be expected in a Lunar type of hand.

If you find it with the other Mounts, it is always an abnormal condition.

After white color, we next consider pink. As whiteness shows deficiency of blood supply, pink color shows that a normal amount of blood is coursing through the body, consequently pinkness will be the health color. In this case the force-pump of the body, the heart, is acting with normal strength, is forcing through the arteries a good quality of blood, rich in red corpuscles, full of life-renewing power, and this rich blood is being sent in sufficient supply to the surface of the skin. Blood is what gives skin its color, and as there is, in this case, a normal condition of quantity, quality, and propelling force, the result is the healthy pink glow of the hands that speaks of a well-conditioned subject, full of life, energy, and vitality. A healthy person, whose body is not racked with pain, is necessarily nearer normal in all his qualities than one who is urging himself through life, weighed down by bodily ills. Thus pink color, meaning a good, healthful blood supply, means the nearest approach to normal conditions in temperament. The pink hand belongs to the bright, cheerful, vivacious person, full of the sparkle of a brain unclouded by too much blood or weakened by too little.

It indicates one who is attractive, bright, and witty, one who can appreciate the power of love, who has sympathy, tenderness, and a gentle spirit toward all less-favored brethren. It indicates one who finds life pleasant, bright, and attractive, who finds his greatest pleasure in the society of people of his acquaintance, one to whom others are attracted, and whose society is sought wherever he may be. Life to many is full of tragedy, and to such the pink-handed people are a boon. They feel that life is worth living and can be made pleasanter, thus they are willing to make the necessary effort, being healthy, in order to enjoy these pleasures. They are optimists, not pessimists, and it is a blessing there are such people, who may galvanize their white-handed brethren into life. Warmth of love, the fire of enthusiasm, the tenderness of sympathy, belong to pink hands. They suffer when their friends suffer, but they try to cheer those in trouble; they give off magnetism, or heat as it is more properly called, for magnetic people must have warmth or they could not attract others. This is the physical reason why Venusians and Apollonians gather so many around them, why they are so much sought after. They radiate warmth, which is life; not coldness, which is death.