What Brad Pitt's hands say about his character traits.

Brad's hands may show him to be a 1) ______ and 2) ______ person, but it is also true that they show that he likes to have his way. Being the refined person that he is, he doesn’t believe in overt domination. He does it more subtly, and can in fact manipulate people very well because he knows which buttons to press. Calmness and control It is the shape of his Jupiter finger and his long Mercury finger and strong Mount of Mercury which gives us this reading. His controlling nature may not be obvious, particularly so because he is not too 3) ______ and nor does he have a short temper (note his lower Mount of Mars as well as Plain of Mars). In fact he is rather 4) _____ and 5) _____, and comes across as a sensible balanced sort.

Which he is of course. It is only those who are close to him who might find out soon enough that he is not as 6) _____ as they thought he was. Precisely because he is 7) _____ his loved ones might take him for granted, thinking that they can push him. They cannot. He doesn’t take kindly to be pushed around.  In fact they will find once they get to know him that he likes to lead life on his own terms. He does not like to get his way through confrontation. He may be 8) ______, but if he is attacked or pushed, his tactic is not likely to be direct confrontation, but withdrawal. He is likely to do exactly what he wants. Brad Pitt is mentally 9) _____. He is the 10) _____ of person who will be able to survive bad periods in his life and come out of them unbroken.  Freedom and Compassion Brad loves freedom, but this does not mean that he wants freedom to flirt. No, he simply wants to lead his life the way he sees fit and hates restraint. His love for freedom is evident from the placement of the thumb, his broad palm and his fingers. They also show that Brad is 11) _____, and has a lot of compassion for those weaker than him. But most important to him is freedom and not just for him but for others too. This means that he is not ever likely to stop his loved one from doing something she wants. Possibly this is why he does not like formality or rules. He is 12) _____ with them and would like to do away with them altogether. The way he holds his fingers clearly tell us that he does not like to plan ahead, and likes to take life as it comes. He likes to live, he likes to enjoy life to the fullest. He has a sense of adventure in him. However his inability to plan can land him into trouble at times. Brad undoubtedly has a lot of mercurian qualities, seeing that his Mercury finger is long and mount well developed. His Sun finger leans towards Mercury, strengthening the mount. This bestows on him skill, acting talent, intuition and keenness of mind. It makes him pretty shrewd too, although there is a touch of naivety about Brad that seems like a contradiction to his other qualities. However, his basic 13) _____ nature does go with his other qualities of compassion and generosity. The strong mercury also tells us that Brad likes money. Making money is important to him and at times status symbols are important to him too. A good man The way he holds his thumb and fingers also show that he is a fairly open person and gets along with a diverse set of people. This is because he is a 14) _____ person who has a fairly broad outlook on life, although he himself may have some set ideas on a few things. He is 15) _____ and 16) _____, and does not have extreme views. He does compromise and see reason. However nothing makes him happier than getting his own way. He has a strong will and can in fact achieve what he sets his mind on. All in all Brad Pitt has a fairly balanced personality. His only problem could be some of his set ideas which he is not willing to change. He wants to lead his life the way he sees fit. Do things he wants to do, without thinking too deeply about the consequences. Luckily his hand does not show that he is 17) ______. If handled right, Brad can be 18) _____ and 19) _____. Unfortunately, while he does compromise, it does not make him happy. To find true happiness with a partner, Brad needs someone who is as 20) _____ as he is, and who understands that he has to live his life his own way. Without someone like this, Brad is not likely to be happy. This makes us wonder: Is Angelina Jolie making him happy? Her hands can give us a strong clue to this. 

Reading

Read the text and answer the questions. Then explain the words and phrases in bold.

The word Zodiac literally means animals and refers to the patterns or configurations of creatures as seen in the twinkling stars at night. The Zodiac belt is the great circle around which our luminescent Sun apparently moves month by month throughout the year, transceiving the energy of those different constellational signs and thereby transmitting the celestial radiations to our Earth.

What Is Astrology?

Astrology is the study of correlations of celestial events with behavior on earth, particularly correlations which cannot be explained by gravitation, magnetism, or other forces that are well-established in physics or other sciences.

A "celestial event" is any event in the sky. For example, the Sun rising is a celestial event, or any two planets appearing in the same place in the sky is a celestial event. The celestial event can involve any celestial body, whether it be the Sun, Moon, a planet, an asteroid, comet, star, black hole, quasar, or other celestial object.

The celestial event may also not involve any physical body at all, such as when, for example, the Moon's North Node (as we shall find out later, the Moon's North Node is not a physical object) is on the eastern horizon. The eastern horizon is, of course, simply where the sky meets the horizon of the earth in the easterly direction, and therefore is also not a physical body like a planet or star.

Some people mention that the Moon's position affects the tides of the ocean, as an example of an astrological influence, but the correlation of ocean tides with the Moon's position can be explained by gravitation so it is not really astrological in that the rules used by astrologers generally cannot be explained by gravitation or other forces known in the sciences.

Astrology has been used by virtually every advanced civilization for thousands of years, but it has almost always been very controversial as well. Today, skepticism about astrology is as strong as ever, and there are many good reasons for this. Astrology has its roots in ancient times when less scientific methods were employed and superstition was rampant in many of these civilizations.

The only exposure that many people have had to astrology is the sun sign columns in the newspaper or a glamorous psychic astrologer on television. Thus, it is hardly surprising that astrology is generally not accepted as a legitimate and valid field of inquiry by academia. Resistance to astrology in academia is strong. The Kepler program and other fine work being done in the field of astrology today will hopefully open the eyes of many people to a valuable tool that is being overlooked.

Some people confuse astrology with astronomy. Astronomy is the science that studies celestial phenomena physically. All objects in the sky are studied in terms of their constitution, position, history, etc. Astronomy, of course, is a science and no one disputes its validity. Astrology goes a step beyond astronomy by making correlations of celestial phenomena with events on earth, and these correlations are not of a nature that can be easily explained by traditional scientific concepts.

Astrology is highly controversial, and currently (as of 1998; this may change in the near future) an accredited college degree is not available in astrology, which exemplifies the fact that astrology is currently not well-received in most academic circles.

Note that no one has proven how astrology works. There are many different views on how or why astrology might work, but there is not single conclusive answer that has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of all astrologers. Astrology is the study of the correlation between celestial phenomena and behavior on earth but why should this correlation exist?

There are many possible answers and I will not go into those now. Note that the lack of a clear explanation of why the correlation should exist, or the fact that the existence of such a correlation seems absurd to many scientists and non-scientists alike, does not in itself make astrology unscientific. Scientists can analyze correlations and perfect their ability to predict based on these correlations without knowing why the correlation exists. Experts in scientific methodology emphasize that science ultimately is about making observations and theories help us understand the observations.

The ability to predict that an apple will fall to the ground if dropped is a scientifically verifiable statement and it does not require the theory of gravitation to make it more scientific. However, the theory of gravitation allows us to understand not only why the apple falls to the ground, but also a myriad other phenomena such as why planets revolve around the Sun and the Moon revolves around the Earth. The power of a scientific theory is that it expands our ability to make predictions about other phenomena, but the lack of good theories does not make a replicable experiment less scientific.

The Signs

Broadly speaking, the 12 signs of the Zodiac can be divided into both masculine and feminine, positive and negative, or, active and passive. The masculine signs are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius, whereas the feminine signs are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces. If you are unsure about your sign, click here to find out.

The Quaternaries

The Quaternaries are three in number - this means that the 12 signs of the Zodiac are divided into three categories of four signs each. They are called the Cardinal signs, the Fixed signs and the Mutable signs.

The Cardinal Signs

The Cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn which are the signs of dynamic change, movement and great vitality.

The Fixed Signs

The Fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius and relate to stability, earthiness and fixity. The determination of the Fixed signs expresses itself in the form of great willpower.

The Mutable Signs

The Mutable signs cover Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces which are the adaptable and interchangeable signs capable of molding and modifying circumstances and conditions in life.

1. What does the word Zodiac mean?

2. What is the zodiac belt?

3. What is Astrology?

4. What is a celestial event?

5. What is the eastern horizon?

6. Does the Moon’s position affect the tides of the ocean?

7. How can the Moon’s position can be explained?

8. What can astrology be confused with?

9. What is astronomy?

10. What is the power of scientific theory?

11. How many Zodiac signs do you know?

12. What are The Quaternaries? What does it mean?

13. What are The Cardinal Signs?

14. What are The Fixed Signs? What does the determination of the Fixed signs express?

15. What do The Mutable Signs cover?