The Middle Finger.

The second or middle finger represents the social element; power to combine and organize the social elements, so that they may harmoniously work together. It is the pivotal finger, toward this, all the other fingers should lean for unity and strength. For this reason it represents our religious aspirations, the highest of which is love—its length and breadth thus indicates capacity to combine men and means; the faculty of putting plans into feasible shape, so as to carry them into effect. The first phalange represents by its length and thickness love and religious tendencies; by its squareness at the joint exactness, by its width integrity, and by the development of the joint utility and practice. If points spatulate, genius. The development of the second phalange denotes ability to organize, length giving insight, breadth comprehension and thickness force and energy. The development of the joint there shows practice and activity; the lower phalange shows by its length love of association, by its breadth unity and friendship; its thickness shows natural magnetism; a large knuckle shows activity; width of lines inside of joints, system; a well and harmoniously developed middle finger with large thumb development indicates the social leader, and statesman.

If, however, the middle finger is abnormally developed, will evidence a morbid temperament for the supernatural, occultism and mysticism. If finger is very pointed, lack comprehension and are inclined to be fatalistic.