OCCULT NAILS

Ancient nail symbolism in myth, history, art, culture.

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Happy New Year! I'm working on a new project, so excited to share with everyone soon... it's good to be back❤️‍🔥

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Learn more about nail reading in my books: https://t.co/mA6F5HYa4Z

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The white oval accents look like "spotlights" -- auspicious for promoting a new project especially on oval (Air) nails... is she releasing an album soon? Silver accent index nail... supports attracting a Jupiterian (man?) and receiving higher knowledge depending on which hand

[Thandiwe @heythandi]

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I was wondering what you thought about Meg’s nails here

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@Avalldar Haha niceee onychomancy for the win 😌🔥

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@NouveauGrl hmm they may support unspoken boundaries, possibly to the point of pushing communication away (any energy represented on the feet releases that energy). Try it and please let us know how it goes

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Laughing at how the DAY I got my current French manicure I had nonstop "clarifying conversations" come my way lmao

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French manicures support the throat chakra and clear communication, pearls support lunar/yin energy and prosperity, and the shape adds Fire element of inspiration 🔥

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@7HMoonMars thank you sweetness!

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@doloreeesss me too, long time coming

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@lenaition In the underworld 🤣

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@AudnyApeiron 😘😘😘

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Ok I'm officially back, AMA 💅

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@jackieisalive let's talk babeeee

[JACKIE⚡️ @jackieisalive]

@OCCULTNAILS omg hiiii this makes me so excited!!

[JACKIE⚡️ @jackieisalive]

What are your finger nails telling you about your health?

When first started my health journey over five years ago I only had one very weak luluna on my thumb (little half moon in the nail bed)🌙 and my nails were super pale/void of color.

I was ecstatic about a year ago when a luluna appeared on my index finger and recently I have one on my middle finger, too.🥹

In TCM, the nails are considered an outward reflection of the Liver system (particularly the state of Liver Blood).

There’s an old TCM idea that the nails are the “overflow” or external manifestation of the Liver: when Blood is plentiful and circulating well: the nails tend to be strong, smooth, flexible and well-colored.

Generally, within that framework:
🌙 Visible, healthy-looking lunulae → often interpreted as good vitality, circulation, and nourishment reaching the extremities.

🌙 Very pale nails / faint or absent moons → may be interpreted as deficient Blood or qi, especially alongside fatigue, feeling cold, dizziness, etc.

🌙 Very red or unusually prominent moons → sometimes interpreted as excess heat or increased internal activity, depending on the rest of the person.

💅🏼 Brittle, thin, dry or ridged nails → often makes a TCM practitioner think about Liver Blood nourishment.

💅🏼 Bluish/purplish nails → may point them toward Blood stagnation or impaired circulation.

💅🏼 Healthy pink, smooth, resilient nails → generally seen as a sign that Blood is adequately nourishing the tissues.

My whole health/healing journey can be viewed through my nails (which is so nutty and soo cooooool) to me.

When I was born (emergency c section) my mom developed MRSA and wasn’t allowed to hold me ~ let alone breast feed me ~ for two weeks.

Being formula fed from birth left me with a ton of allergies and sensitives, including a weaker stomach, that my brother who was breast fed never had (he also has luluna’s present on every finger except his pinky finger: despite having a much less healthy lifestyle than I do).

In 2021 when my health was spiraling: instead of accepting feeling subpar in my body for life as my fate: I took my health and wellness into my own hands.

And while I can literally feeeeel the transition in my body and see it in the more obvious signs (weight loss, in an aliveness in my eyes, in the 1.5 inches taller I am thanks to my much better posture)… it’s also the pinkness of my nails and the newfound presence of my middle finger luluna.🌙

Did I have a harder go at it because of my less than ideal start at life? Sure.

Does it make it that much more rewarding to know how incredibly strong and capable my body is, despite my day one foundations being shaky? Absolutely!🥹

[OCCULT NAILS @OCCULTNAILS]

Love! Very air & water. Gives big Chitra vibes - ruled by Mars, symbolized by Pearls 🦪 Interesting the blues are on Mars, Saturn, and Mercury - reminds me of the Scorpio (Mars) naks Anuradha (Saturn) and Jyeshta (Merc). The almonds (Air) being pointed add even more Water 💦

[Classical Mythology @ClassicalMyths]

One of my favorite ancient artifacts is this fist-shaped silver Hittite drinking vessel. It was used in rituals relating to Teshub, the storm god, who is depicted on the cuff relief scene. ca. 1450-1300 BCE. MFA, Boston. Photo by me.

[Actual Sex @Parthenogenics]

The marital duty in Medieval and Early Modern Europe:

"The middle finger based on[...]the vowel of sexuality, still retains its ancient obscene reputation as the smelter of female passion. In mediaeval times it was called digitus impudicus or obscenus because, according to the seventeenth-century physician Isbrand de Diemerbroek, it used to be 'pointed at men in infamy or derision'—as a sign that they had failed to keep their wives' affection." - Robert Graves

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Fascinating 🫲🫱

[//ɍØᵽɇx @null_ropex]

skilled lucid dreamers report that stabilizing a dream, keeping it from collapsing back into waking, depends almost entirely on engaging the hands, rubbing them together, examining the lines on the palm, anything tactile, and this maps directly onto known neuroscience, hand representation in the cortex is disproportionately large relative to the rest of the body, occupying far more processing real estate than its physical size would suggest. which means the fastest available anchor into any constructed reality, dreamed or otherwise, runs through the hands first, not the eyes, not the mind, the hands, because that's where the most bandwidth already lives.

[Master Metabolism @lowmegatron]

Absent lunula is associated with depression and hypothyroidism.

“Our study found that depression was associated with absent lunula, and severe depression was associated with a greater number of absent lunula... absent lunula can be associated with systemic disorders including hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, iron deficiency anaemia, arteriosclerosis, malnutrition, chronic renal failure, cancer and so on.”

“The lunula represents the visible portion of the distal nail matrix that extends beyond the proximal nailfold. It is present by week 13 to 14 of gestation when the matrix primordium gives rise to the developing matrix. Although the lunula is often not visible on all fingers and toes, it is most consistently observed on the thumb, the index finger, and the great toe.”

Ref:
The association between absent lunula and depression in depressive outpatients: A case-control study
The lunula
Nail Diseases in Internal Medicine

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Paleolithic hand stencils from the cave at Lascaux, France. 25-30,000 years old.