To the left: Lord Kitchener. To the right: Lord Kitchener's hand, as recorded by the lendary palm reader Cheiro in the year1894.
On the day Lord Kitchener's hand was recorded by Cheiro he was not Lord Kitchener at all. On this particular summer's day he was most commonly known as the Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. Cheiro noted that the length of his fingers portrayed his intellectuality, strong determination, will power, mentality, and firm determination of purpose. He marveled at the remarkable Line of Fate which ran up the center of his hand and turned towards the first finger denoting ambition and domination over others. He told the Sidar that he believed in the Law of Periodicity and was convinced the same numbers that governed his career when he was planning out the Egyptian campaign in 1896 and 1897 would work fin his favor again in 1898, 1914, 1915, and 1916. Cheiro offered the Line of Fate on the Sidar's hand as further proof of his claims. The Sidar humored the palm reader but left no indication to those present that he put any faith in his predictions.
Cheiro's predictions, however, were eerily accurate. The Sidar advanced in rank and became a Lord. Furthermore, Lord Kitchener was so wildly successful and famous during WWII that women knitted socks in a fashion purported to be the most comfortable to his foot. In fact to this day knitters refer to this as the "Kitchener Stitch."
Lord Kitchener died tragically in batle in the year 1916, the last year mentioned in his palm reading with Cheiro. His body was never found.
His hand print remains, an eerie testament to the art of palmistry.
On the day Lord Kitchener's hand was recorded by Cheiro he was not Lord Kitchener at all. On this particular summer's day he was most commonly known as the Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. Cheiro noted that the length of his fingers portrayed his intellectuality, strong determination, will power, mentality, and firm determination of purpose. He marveled at the remarkable Line of Fate which ran up the center of his hand and turned towards the first finger denoting ambition and domination over others. He told the Sidar that he believed in the Law of Periodicity and was convinced the same numbers that governed his career when he was planning out the Egyptian campaign in 1896 and 1897 would work fin his favor again in 1898, 1914, 1915, and 1916. Cheiro offered the Line of Fate on the Sidar's hand as further proof of his claims. The Sidar humored the palm reader but left no indication to those present that he put any faith in his predictions.
Cheiro's predictions, however, were eerily accurate. The Sidar advanced in rank and became a Lord. Furthermore, Lord Kitchener was so wildly successful and famous during WWII that women knitted socks in a fashion purported to be the most comfortable to his foot. In fact to this day knitters refer to this as the "Kitchener Stitch."
Lord Kitchener died tragically in batle in the year 1916, the last year mentioned in his palm reading with Cheiro. His body was never found.
His hand print remains, an eerie testament to the art of palmistry.
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