CONCLUSION
This is a divination method you’ll have to practice in order to get good-at. Only you can determine if this is a valid divination method, and if it will be of any use to you. I don’t know that this body/personality assessment method has been contravened by any later research. Then again, I haven’t been able to find anything on the five physical types and their associated personality characteristics, beyond the chapter in Agnes Miall’s book.


But if it does work, then you’ve got a useful new tool in your arsenal. Memorize the body types and a few key characteristics, and you’ll be able to do on-the-spot assessments of people, even total strangers. You’ll know who to approach for help, and who to approach at a party. It may even give you some good ideas as to what would constitute a good Christmas present for someone. Pair this up with Mole Divination (Maculomancy, found elsewhere in the Artomancy section) and you may have a good pair of divination tools for analyzing people you don’t even know.


EXERCISES
First, download the PDF print-out a bunch of copies of pages 11 through 14. You’ll be needing them for these exercises.

  1. Think of five people you know and do a body type assessment of each. Does their assessed body type (or combined body type, in some cases) and its related personality characteristics accord with what you know about each person?
  2. If you can carry this out without being mistaken for a creepy stalker, do a body type assessment for five strangers. What does their resultant body type or mixed body type tell you about such people? If you’re feeling a bit bold, try engaging them in conversation, or eavesdrop on their conversation with another. Judging from their talk, did their physical assessment seem to agree with the associated personality characteristics?
  3. After doing all this assessment, would you say this divination method is accurate or not? Was it hit or miss in its accuracy? Is it useful at all? Would you use it again in the future

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Miall, Agnes. The Book of Fortune Telling. London: Treasure Press, 1987. Pp. 253-262.

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