Fingers and toes meaning

Our fingers and toes have their own meaning. Below is a handy overview.

Symbolism hand

• with your hands you work
• something can slip between your hands
• palm sth.
• With your hands you want to touch a loved one.

Fingers

Meaning thumb:

• Symbol to stop time – possible relation to thyroid.
• Keeping time under your thumb.
• Wanting to stop time to enjoy life as long as possible.
• Relationship with father, authority.
• Mourning for father. Did I spend enough time with father?
• Waiting for approval from father, boss, judge, etc.
• Approval or disapproval of father or authority.
• Thumbs up: wanting to go back to the womb/baby time. Thumbs up creates safety, peace, balance, symbolism of at the breast. May also have to do with waiting for father’s approval.
• Thumb in the mouth also has a relationship to taste and tasting.
• You need the thumb to grip an object properly. Self-esteem disposition (EWI) in relation to awkwardness.
• Thumb up good; thumb down bad; judgment.
• Connected to stomach and spleen
• Emotions: including anxiety, depression, worry.
• Physical symptoms: abdominal pain, skin problems, headache, nervousness, thyroid, bronchi, TMJ
• Element: earth
• Meridian: lung

The parts of the thumb:

Lower part thumb:

• powerlessness
• judgment in relation to child;
• taking time to make a choice in silence
• relationship with bronchi and TMJ
• disagree with something
• contradiction, going against something, wanting to have the last word, criticism
• get or give.

Thumb-top: breath, word.

Thumbnail: a conflict between silence and speech – iI don’t know what to do.

Meaning index finger

Blaming: pointing at the other person.

• Indicates direction.
• Intelligence.
• Mother-Soul-Alone disposition (MZA): I feel lost, isolated.
• Self-esteem impact (EWI): pointing to the conflict
• Culture: not being allowed to say something, silence, appeasement, having to keep your mouth shut.
• Desperate need to be heard
• It would have been better if I had been quiet
• Broken promise: I could not keep my word.
• Unable to ask for help for/on life path.
• Competition, comparing. The other does better, e.g., computer game, work, hobbies, sports, personal life.
• In the family tree: child born to a lover/of a lover or hidden child/child is kept quiet because of disability, out of wedlock, etc.
• Memories of abortions in family from subconscious (done or wanted)
• Self-destruct
• Having or wanting to have had a lover/min lover.
• Difficult things begin.
• A promise keeps you from following your own path, for example, makes you feel: I can’t leave.
• Picking your nose with index finger is related to odor, smell, stink, stink conflict.
• Connected to adrenal glands, kidneys, bladder and sinuses.
• Emotions: including disappointment, fear, confusion
• Physical complaints: including muscle pain, back pain, toothache, digestive problems, fatigue, sinus inflammation.
• Element: water
• Meridian: colon

The parts of the index finger:

Index finger top: infant, silence. Example: ‘For years I had to keep my crying baby quiet, or father would become aggressive. To keep her quiet I put my index finger tip in her mouth. It was a period of considerable stress and adjustment.’

Middle part index finger: paralysis, child, sacrifice.

Lower part of index finger: word or mistress. Example: ‘For years I had a lover. When this ended, because I moved in with my then-boyfriend, I broke lower part of my index finger.’

Whole finger: I sacrifice myself by saying nothing

Meaning middle finger

The original meaning of the middle finger gesture is 2,500 years old and comes from Greek civilization. ‘Katapugon,’ as the gesture was called, meant for the Greeks anal sex or a homosexual relationship. In those days, the middle finger meant: I like you.

• Sexuality. Through sexuality you are born, so this finger is very important.
• Is your father your father? Was your father a “womanizer”? Was your mother a nymphomaniac?
• Relationship of child and father: child with other partner, compound family, miscarriage, abortion, stillborn child, and so on. Do I marry for love or money?
• Longing for a child. Choosing between two lovers. Sexual frustration.
• Sneaky lover/minnow, not having a sexual partner.
• Touch
• In relation to what is important in your life
• Overwhelming in emotions
• Desire to express creativity and emotions.
• It is forbidden to talk. I don’t have time to talk. No one has time to talk to me.
• ‘I disregard everyone and go completely my own way.’
  Connected to: respiratory system, metabolism (metabolic rate), body temperature, liver and bile, among others.
• Emotions: including indecision, anger, irritability.
• Physical complaints: circulatory problems, menstrual pain, vision problems, fatigue, frontal headaches, migraines, pregnancy complaints, deafness, ear problems, tinnitus, among others.
• Element: consciousness, fire
• Meridian: triple heater

The parts of the middle finger:

Upper middle finger: desire to have a child, am I straight-bi-homosexual, am I the right partner, do I have a right bed partner?

Middle part middle finger: a man has to choose between two women, memories of cheating, partner exchanges, sex orgies, I need more foreplay, difficulty doing what you like, need sexual contact.

Lower middle finger: in relation to the male part, fear of losing my bed partner, I want a partner in my bed, can’t have an orgasm, forced to have sex, need for sex, I can’t satisfy my desires.

Meaning ring finger

• All forms of cooperation.
• Separation. For example a boy breaks his ring finger during volleyball, his parents get divorced.
• Need for independence. Independence in a relationship.
• What do you want to see/not see? What do you want to close your eyes to? Example: a girl from Japan falls in love with a Dutch boy. Just before her departure for Holland, she finds out that he has another person. She gets a birthmark on the inside of her ring finger.
• Connected to eye, lungs and colon, among others.
• Emotions: including negativity, sadness, fear of rejection, grief, jealousy, rejection.
• Physical symptoms: tinnitus, breathing problems, asthma, skin diseases, digestive problems, among others.
• Element: air.
• The parts of the ring finger:

Upper ring finger: unsuccessful in love and sex, quarreling with partner, when two parties quarrel, not knowing who to choose, not daring to break up, jealous.

Middle part ring finger: difficulty being a couple/couple, sacrificing in a relationship, going against a family member or partner, needing to be with someone, unable or afraid to separate, not listening to each other properly.

Lower part of ring finger: relationship with mistress/lover, no longer getting a kiss from partner, are you forced to marry?

Meaning pink

• When you tell the truth, sometimes you have to “pay the price.
• The little finger determines the strength, speed and agility of the hand’s grasping ability. So the little finger has a lot of power and, as a result, it is related to the opposing force: powerlessness.
• The little finger is in relation to the earlobe and heart, hence its relation to home.
• Difficulty feeling comfortable in your own home. Difficulty moving in with someone. Difficulty making your home your home. Are there any problems at home?
• With your little finger you clean or tickle your ear, hence linked to hearing and family secrets, something to be confessed. What do you have to lie about?
• Twisting yourself into corners so that the other person does not confess a secret. Preventing another person from talking.
• Has a child in the family tree died or and abortion and the parent feels powerless about this?
• Need to free yourself. Feeling trapped in your own home. A child stuck in the family – this can cause sciatica symptoms later.
• Being wary of expressing your desires and what you love. Rejection of a declaration of love: I declare my love for someone and he/she mocks me.
• Connected to heart, small intestine, ears, among others.
• Emotions: including worry, anxiety, nervousness, lack of self-confidence – self-esteem, pretending, powerless.
• Physical symptoms: including heart disease, sore throat, bloating, stomach, bone problems, sciatica.
• Element: fire
• Meridian: heart

The parts of the little finger:

Upper part: mystery where you come from. Forced to keep a secret. Powerless when you confess a secret. Accidentally heard a secret and have problems with this. Impotence in marking territory.

Middle part: wanting to keep the child at home. Problems with listening at school, study, teacher. Trouble listening to yourself (intuition).

Lower part: I want to free myself from this secret, burden. It’s too heavy, which is why I want to confess it. Did someone die at home?

Toes

Mean big toe:

• Communications
• Ego
• Relationship with mother
• Mother pushes me in a certain direction (sound here for hallux valgus)
• Willpower
• By whom do you feel manipulated?
• Focus, multitasker, delegate, efficiency, charming, persuasive of your ideas, smart, creative, quick to solve problems.
• Connected to liver, nails, eyes, mouth, blood, among others.
• Emotions: including joy, sadness, angry, rage, annoyance, tired.
• Physical symptoms: including stiffness of muscles/tendons, itching, eye complaints, ingrown nail, nail complaints, instep and ankle complaints, lower leg ulcers (in relation to where the liver meridian runs), vertical crease between the eyes, spleen complaints, quick bruising, weak tired muscles, digestion, pale lips, cracked corners of mouth, wrinkled corners of mouth.
• Meridian: liver (outside), spleen (inside).
• Element: wood and earth

Meaning second toe

• Ambition
• Wishes
• Desires
• Need for touch
• Authority
• Relationship with family
• Who controls your life? Do you feel like you have to do certain things?
• Leader, dynamic, resourceful, bossy, harmony, cat-in-the-tree watcher.
• Connected to gums, tongue, salivary glands, maxillary sinus, stomach, upper lip.
• Emotions: among other feelings. What are you sensitive to? Worry, people shy, fear, anxiety dreams.
• Physical symptoms: taste, eye pain, eye fatigue, stomach upset, jaw, and mouth discomfort, biting on upper lip, thin upper lip, dry, red upper lip, among others
• Meridian: stomach
• Element: earth

Meaning third toe

• Creativity
• Intuition
• Fun
• Decisiveness
• Sexuality
• What relationship do you have with mother?
• Does she accept your partner, children?
• Is mother jealous of you?
• Are you actually doing what you want to do?
• What blocks you from living your passion? Example: with New Year’s Eve from 2014 to 2015, I feel that my life would change. A magical feeling I can’t really put my finger on. The next day 01-01-2015 I break my middle toe. I had already decided to start HeartConnection in 2015, which I also found very exciting because it is hugely innovative. Breaking my middle toe made my talent flow more, my potential came to full expression. The toe break made my blockage go away and I was able to live my passion.
• Energy, willpower, energetic, driven, successful, relaxation, enjoyment.
• Emotions: including aggression

Meaning fourth toe

• Love
• Check
• Loss
• Who are you mad at? What infuriates you?
• Is there someone you hate who would want out of your life?
• Family toe, listening well.
• How is the relationship with your partner?
• Mother doesn’t allow you to be yourself.
• A new beginning.
• Character: ‘yes but’ types, stubborn, can answer sharply and harshly, easily irritated, quick to engage in discussion.
• Emotions: including fear of losing control, attachment, love, indecision, chaos, aggressiveness.
• Physical symptoms: gallbladder complaints, high blood pressure, eye complaints, tinnitus, dizziness, stiff neck, lower back, hip, leg, ankle, nail complaints, among others
• Meridian: gallbladder
• Element: wood

Meaning little toe

• Optimism
• Being true to my own inner voice
• Am I listening well to myself?
• Can I speak freely?
• Are there unspoken secrets?
• Family, distribution of inheritance.
• Adventurous, social, loved, impulsive, loyal, predictable, faithful
• Emotions: including insecurity, fear, lack of confidence, sexual
• relationship, phobias, weakness of will, mental stress,
• Physical symptoms: balance disorders, stiff neck, forgetfulness, nasal colds, bladder complaints, calf cramps, shoulder-back complaints, among others
• Meridian: bladder
• Element: water

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Fingers and toes meaning is inspired by many HeartConnection life stories, anthroposophy, Biology Total and knowledge from Japan and China, among others.