PALMISTRY OR CHEIROMANCYA Brief Resume Of The History Of The Study Of Hands Through The Centuries To The Present Day The Line Of Head Or The Indications Of The Mentality The Line Of Head And Its Variations The Line Of Head Joined To The Line Of Life The Line Of Head Separated From The Line Of Life The Line Of Head And Its Secondary Signs Changes In The Line Of Head Crosses And Squares In Connection With The Line Of Head Double Lines Of Head The Line Of Head On The Seven Types Of Hands The Line Of Life And Its Variations The Line Of Life Ascending Lines The Line Of Mars Or Inner Life Line The Line Of Destiny Or Fate Rising From The Line Of Life Rising From The Wrist Rising From The Mount Of The Moon Rising From The Middle Of The Palm Influence Lines Double Lines Of Fate The Line Of The Sun The Line Of Heart As Indicating The Affectionate And Emotional Nature Signs Relating To Marriage Influence Lines To The Fate Line On The Mount Of Venus Connection With Marriage Influence Lines On The Mount Of Venus Lines Denoting Children Their Sex And Other Matters Concerning Them The Line Of Health Or The Hepatica The Girdle Of Venus The Ring Of Saturn And The Bracelets The Ring Of Saturn The Bracelets The Line Of Intuition And The Via Lasciva The Via Lasciva La Croix Mystique The Ring Of Solomon The Ring Of Solomon Travels Voyages And Accidents Accidents The Island The Circle The Spot And The Grille The Circle The Spot |
The Line Of Life And Its VariationsThe Line of Life is that line which runs round the base of the thumb and lies directly over a large blood-vessel called the great Palmer Arch. This blood-vessel is more directly connected with the heart, stomach, and vital organs which may have given use to its term "The Vital," as used by the ancients. It is reasonable to assume that it is this intimate connection with the vital organs of the body which enables it to foretell the length of life from _natural causes_. If the student will bear this in mind it will make clear and plain to him many difficulties in connection with predictions as to health and disease, and he will follow more easily the following explanations. The first rules to master are, that to be normal the Line of Life should be long, clearly marked, and without any irregularities or breaks of any kind. Such a formation would indicate length of life, vitality, freedom from illness, and strength of constitution (1-1, Plate VIII.). Bearing the first observation in mind it will be noticed that as the Line of Life represents the stomach and the vital organs, when well marked the stomach and digestion must necessarily be in a good condition.  When made up of little pieces or linked like a chain, it is a certain sign of poor health, weak stomach and lack of vitality. At this point I must ask the most careful attention to the following rules--which no other book on the subject contains, and which I have not published in any of my other writings, viz.: as the Line of Life seems in every sense to be the representative on the hand of the body or trunk of the man--so the position of these breaks, marks, links, or islands denotes the portion of the body most affected. Before we go further I must also impress on the student to grasp the fact that every line or sign on the hand plays a dual role. By one of their roles these lines indicate the disease the person is most liable to for the entire run of the life, and in another role these lines indicate the date when the illness will reach its greatest gravity. To explain carefully this strange phenomenon of nature, I have divided this line into sections, and although I am not writing on astrology in these pages, yet all believers in that science may be interested to find how wonderfully these twin sciences agree when the comparison is pointed out by an impartial observer such as I claim to be. In Plate VIII. are shown the Sections of the Line of Life with their various tendencies divided by the mounts at the base of the fingers. This will materially assist the student to comprehend their significance and, together with the influence of the month of birth as set out in the chapters on the Mounts of the Hand, will enable him to obtain an accuracy on all matters relating to health, diseases, and dangers to the life that up till now has never been attained. We will now proceed to consider the details as regards the Line of Life itself. Next: The Line Of Life Previous: The Line Of Head On The Seven Types Of Hands
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