Short fingers belong to people who hate to beat around the bush. They think and act quickly and cannot be bothered with lots of small, fussy details. Slow, careful analysis bores them; instead, they like to go straight to the point.

Long fingers belong to people who think, move and act very slowly. They are careful, attentive to small details and seldom will do anything without thinking of all the pros and cons; consequently, they often miss opportunities. Fast, efficient or impatient people will become exasperated by the way long-fingered people give slow, detailed, drawn-out accounts of everything they discuss.

Smooth fingers are on people who are guided by their feelings and first impressions. They are quick to think and act and their motivations are based on intuition or inspiration rather than on cold, hard facts, reason, logic and rational analysis. They appreciate all that is refined and beautiful.

Knotted fingers belong to people who seldom make snap judgements, because they like to analyse and thoroughly investigate all the facts. They reason things out rather than act on feelings or sentiment. If they carry these characteristics to excess, these people can be quite sceptical and lacking in imagination.