Working Paper on Astrological Physiognomy: History and Sources
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Appendix V. William Benham’s Planetary Types<br />
Source: The Laws of Scientific H<strong>and</strong> Reading, New York, 1900.<br />
The Lunar Type<br />
The Lunar is tall in stature, fleshy in build, with the lower limbs thick <strong>and</strong> the feet large.<br />
He is often quite stout, but his flesh is not firm <strong>and</strong> his muscles are not str<strong>on</strong>g. He is soft <strong>and</strong><br />
flabby <strong>and</strong> instead of muscular activity, his flesh has a sp<strong>on</strong>gy feeling. His complexi<strong>on</strong> is dead<br />
white, giving him a decided pallor <strong>and</strong> marking him as the victim of a weak heart’s acti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
anemia, kidney trouble.<br />
His head is round, thick through the temples, bulging over the eyes <strong>and</strong> with a low<br />
forehead. The hair is not thick, but straggly <strong>and</strong> fine in quality, brows are scanty, uneven in<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tour, <strong>and</strong> often grow together over the nose. The eyes are round <strong>and</strong> ‘starey’ in appearance,<br />
often bulging, <strong>and</strong> frequently watery. The color is gray or light blue, the white are clear, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
pupil has a luminous appearance, seeming to refract light <strong>and</strong> showing a prismatic gleam. The<br />
lids are thick <strong>and</strong> flabby, giving them a swollen look. The nose is short <strong>and</strong> small, quite often<br />
turning up at the end, <strong>and</strong> sometimes showing the nostrils very plainly. Frequently it is what we<br />
call a ‘pug’ nose.<br />
The mouth is small, <strong>and</strong> puckers, giving the appearance of being drawn together. The teeth<br />
are large <strong>and</strong> l<strong>on</strong>g, yellow in color, <strong>and</strong> irregularly placed in the gums, which are prominent <strong>and</strong><br />
bloodless-looking. The teeth are soft <strong>and</strong> decay early. The chin is heavy, hanging in flabby folds<br />
<strong>and</strong> receding. The neck is fleshy, flabby, <strong>and</strong> wrinkled, c<strong>on</strong>necting this peculiar-looking head<br />
with the fleshy-looking chest, which is again flabby <strong>and</strong> sp<strong>on</strong>gy in c<strong>on</strong>sistency. The voice is thin<br />
<strong>and</strong> pitched often in high key. The ears are small <strong>and</strong> set close to his head. The abdomen is<br />
large <strong>and</strong> bulges forward, giving an awkward look, <strong>and</strong> the legs are not graceful, but thick <strong>and</strong><br />
heavy, having a dropsical appearance. The feet are flat <strong>and</strong> large <strong>and</strong> the gait is a shuffle or is<br />
shambling, very much like the gait of a sailor when he walks <strong>on</strong> l<strong>and</strong>.<br />
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