Roger Federer's hand analysis

Roger Federer is an enigma to many. His hands give us an idea as to what kind of a person he really is. He is a complex personality – a person who seems calm and controlled to the world, but who is coiled up like a tight knot inside. Skilful and talented but vulnerable and soft inside.

Roger Federer’s hands show him to be very balanced - which he is ofcourse. Hands neither short nor long, fingers neither short nor long. Fingers, including the thumb, all of the right size, and with a good combination of square and conic tips. Mostly straight. The kind of balance shown is precisely why he has been able to function so well, control any extreme trait. His breadth of vision, balanced mind, common sense, thoughtfulness and reasonableness, all have helped keep him on the straight and narrow path.

Soft inside
A person is but a mix of various traits and if personality traits balance each other out it works out fine. If not, there can be trouble.

Roger Federer has a few weaknesses. While he is prudent, cautious and dependable, he is altogether too serious (Saturn). He was always the serious sort (born such) but this tendency has intensified over the years and my guess is that this is because he took up professional tennis at a very young age. This must have deprived him of the carefree life that many teenagers have. Being very serious and focused is an excellent trait ofcourse, but it can be taken to an extreme. Not that Federer cannot enjoy himself. The square tips and balanced hand show that he can summon up the necessary equilibrium.

His hands also show a temper (Mars). This is an inherited quality. If he seems calm nevertheless, it is because of the ability to control himself.

His Upper Mars tells us he can suffer from anguish and self-doubt, be disheartened, and can find it a little hard to hold up emotionally during bad times. No one likes to lose, but Federer takes it worse than most. He may not always show it, but he feels very angry when he loses and often directs his anger at himself. This trait does not combine well with the seriousness shown by Saturn, because it makes him see situations (and also himself) in a far more serious and worse light that is really the case. In other words he can lose perspective.

When he is down, the aggression and temper which he has (Mars again) cannot sustain him. One needs an inner strength and he gets it from people close to him.

His strong Moon qualities like strong imagination, restlessness and diffidence and the impressionability of the thumb don’t give him that strength, and in fact take away from it.

Yet strong...
The way Federer holds his fingers tell us that he likes to take his own decisions, and does what he thinks is right, and does not always care what others think of it.

He has awesome discipline and control, all evident from the lower phalanges of his fingers, his head line, and his thumb.

He also gets into the details, plans and analyses. He has a systematic approach to his work. He will want to take care of all loose ends, study and analyse, and ensure that he does not overlook anything.

Federer is a pretty shrewd guy and can be tactful and persuasive. Dependable and reliable, his hand shows talent and a high level of skill. His physical skill is to a large extent dependent on his mental skill, because of the way he thinks and plans. If he has been successful it is not just because of his hard work and skill, but also the way he thinks and also the enormous discipline and focus that he has.

Good person
He is a good human being. Even if he likes to make money, money by itself is not important, excellence is. Winning is too. That is what makes Roger Federer who he is. He is not interested in showing off his wealth (Sun finger) and not interested in status symbols. If required he can lead a simple life. He is not stingy and has good taste.

He may not always be diplomatic, but he is certainly not stubborn. He is in fact a very pleasant person. His balanced nature ensures that.

Next week: I have been getting requests to read the hands of other saints but as of now have not been able to good hand photographs, although I have a few of Baba Ramdev. A  reader has requested me to read Kajol's hand but even her hand photographs are not available (I need a front view, and that too more than one such photo) but I will keep searching. Next week it will be Shashi Tharoor's turn to be analysed. He has been criticized by the Indian media and it will be interesting to see what his hands tell us, whether the media has been right about him! After Tharoor, I will be reading the hands of Bill Gates. I am quite curious about the hands and character traits of successful businessmen. The more famous they are the better! And after Gates, I might read Baba Ramdev's hands.