Rajiv Gandhi's hands show that he was shy

Rajiv Gandhi’s hands show some qualities of a leader, but they also show that he lacked boldness, independence and self-confidence. Cautiousness, sensitiveness and diffidence were a part of him. He inherited a shy nature (shown by the left hand which in his case is the dormant hand) which was enhanced due to his environment.

It is generally believed that he had charisma. He was certainly good-loooking but he was too shy a man possess charisma, at least in his younger days. The word charisma is often used loosely and here is what the word actually means:

A rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm...personal magnetism or charm

A lot of Rajiv's "popular" support happened due to his family name. Without the Gandhi name he would not have been so popular. Charisma is a rare personality trait and very few politicians have it. Mahatma Gandhi had it.

As Rajiv entered his thirties, his shyness lifted a little and it is likely that a quiet charm (not charisma) would have come to the fore. His hand shows him to be a sweet and kind man and these qualities would have given him a pleasant persona. If he had lived beyond the age of 50, he would have conquered his shyness to a large extent. This is evident from the way the life line (which is tied tightly to his headline at the beginning) starts to move outwards as he nears middle age and then sweeps across the Mount of Venus in a wide curve. He had already started reaching out to people, something which his political job forced him to do. His wife's (Sonia Gandhi) support would have helped. Her hands show her to be a strong woman with an inner confidence and that would have given Rajiv the support he needed.

But Rajiv was not weak. His thumb shows strong will power and determination, and also a stubbornness which would have enabled him to do anything he set his mind to. He may not have been born with the personality of a politician, but he could have become a good one.

Another one of his strong character traits was his pragmatism, evident in the shape of his hand and fingers. He was no intellectual, and his ideas were far from esoteric. He liked to do things which were useful and practical and his policies would have reflected reality.

At the personal level, Rajiv's hand shows him to be brooding and introspective. The development of the Lower Mount of Moon and the Mount of Saturn on his hand are signs present on his grandfather’s (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru) hand as well and could perhaps have been inherited from him. However Nehru did not have Rajiv’s diffidence and shyness.

Rajiv Gandhi’s Mercury finger shows a trusting nature, bordering on naiveté. He also possessed a humanitarian outlook and had compassion for the underdog. The position/setting of his headline and thumb tell us that he was understanding and kind. He was also very refined and genteel.

Rajiv and Rahul
Rahul Gandhi has some of Rajiv’s pragmatism and some of his shyness as well. However, Rahul is not hindered by the intense shyness and diffidence that troubled Rajiv Gandhi in his younger days. There have been accusations that Rahul does not have the charisma of his father Rajiv. Rahul is certainly less shy and more confident than his father, but it is difficult to say whether Rahul has less or more charisma. What Rahul lacks is Rajiv’s strong will (although Rahul is more aggressive) and determination, although he has more inner  strength than Rajiv had. Determination and the strong will to lead is a quality that is a part and parcel of a person's charisma, and that is where Rajiv scores.

Note: There was no other copyright-free photograph of Rajiv's hand available and therefore this one from PicApp.

(Rajiv Gandhi was ex-Prime Minister of India who entered politics when his  mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated when she was Prime Minister. Rajiv Gandhi was assasinated at the age of 46.)

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Find out what Sonia Gandhi's hands say about her and also that of her son Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi.


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