Nelson Mandela's hand reading

When one sees the hand of a legendary figure like Nelson Mandela, one expects his hand to be a certain way, a hand which corroborates his known personality. Knowing his character to be that of a humanitarian, and of a great leader, someone who stood steadfast during his years of incarceration by the apartheid government of South Africa, one expects a large thumb, a broad hand, and deep lines. These signs are present, but I found something more, some of which were a little surprising.

Nelson Mandela was born with a good intellect and equally good concentration abilities although his heart was always a little
stronger than his head. As he grew older, however, the tendency of the heart to lead was enhanced. His emotions and feelings dominated his persona. 

Mandela's mounts are well developed, in particular the mounts of Moon, Venus and Jupiter and Mars. The lines are dark and strong, particularly the heartline which is curved and ends on the mount of Jupiter. The headline is a little sloping and weaker than the heartline. It is in two parts; broken. The headline on his right active hand is weaker than on his left passive hand. 

The palm is rectangular but likely to be a little spatulate in shape, and the fingers are short and broad. The fingers are also mostly straight, with rounded tips and long first and second phalanges. The thumb is good and supple as well. 

A link to Nelson Mandela's right hand is here and for the left passive hand, check here). 

From these signs, it is clear that Nelson Mandela's personality is not exactly well balanced. His heart totally dominates his head and interestingly, this is not the case on this left, passive hand. This means that he became this way, due to circumstances. 

Usually, when the heart dominates decision-making, it can lead to mistakes and perhaps that is why he finally landed up in prison. 

His hand also shows that he is very large-hearted, compassionate and righteous and there is not a shred of materialism in his personality. This is very rare. Plus, his broad and unselfish outlook on life and original, creative thinking shows his understanding of issues without thinking of narrow interests. His hand also shows unflinching energy and drive and it is intellectual in nature.

No doubt his hands show that he is a man with a cause and even though his heart dominates, his ability to think and intellectualism elevates him from the common man. The qualities of honour and idealism are present in good amounts and combined with high thinking it can result in someone with very strong beliefs. His heart would definitely create a situation where no one would be able to reason with him when it comes to beliefs. It shows a person who can go to extremes as we know he was willing to die for his cause.

 
It can mean of course that he may not be easy to get along with personally, but as his hand also shows humility, it can counterbalance his idealism and strong passionate feelings.

Humility along with idealism is a great combination and this too would set him apart from the average idealistic person. He can be idealistic and righteous without being arrogant, and this points to superior leadership qualities. The quality of righteousness (in the hands of some other famous people I have seen) is usually accompanied by some arrogance, but this is not the case with Mandela. Righteousness exists without hypocrisy, and without ego.

Another unusual characteristic is that his hand does not show him to be controlling or manipulative in any way. Again, a rare quality in a leader. He can in fact be fairly simplistic. Today, almost all leaders have this trait – of being manipulative in some manner! Perhaps the world has changed and they wouldn't get anywhere without being so!

If his ideals made him spend 27 years in prison, it was Mandela's mental strength and stubbornness which enabled him to survive, strength that he has in plenty. Perhaps it was his prison experience which changed him, made him into a more emotional man, a man who relied on his heart and soul to show him the way. Or maybe it was his emotions which finally led him to make some decisions that made him a prisoner.

Another trait of his which could make him a difficult man to live with would be his tendency to be entirely without pretence or diplomacy, almost brutally frank and direct. That, and the fact that it was the heart which dictates.

Overall, the hand of Nelson Mandela is the hand of an unusual human being. His idealism could have thrown any other off-balance, but these qualities have done him and others a great good.

(Nelson Mandela is first elected South African president. Earlier, he was an anti-apartheid activist).

Related Reading: Personality Readings of other revolutionaries like Martin Luther King Jr, or Mahatma Gandhi or Abraham Lincoln.

Or check out the character sketches of other African leaders: Muammar Gaddafi Hand Reading or Idi Amin's hand reveals his lack of reasoning powers or Jacob Zuma's hand analysis 

Or read about the Heads of State of different countries around the world.

(Above Image by John Hain from Pixabay)