The Science of Palmistry

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 291, 9 December 1936, Page 14

The Science of Palmistry

THE life line encircles the thumb 1 and shows the constitution and length of life of the subject. Good health is shown when it is long, narrow and deep, not too red and not too pale. If it completely encircles the thumb, a great age will be attained. There should be no breaks nor crosses on it. If it is pale, it means a weak constitution and also points to an envious disposition. A very red line is a sign of cruelty. Where the line is chained, it indicates bad health, but if it recovers evenness it shows regained vitality. Dark spots and white spots appear sometimes. White ones show injuries to head and eyes; dark ones mean illness of a nervous nature. Sudden ending of the line in both hands means sudden death. Unity of the life, heart and head lines at the beginning is an unhappy sign, indicating much misfortune. If the head line alone joins the life line it shows love of study and continuity of pur-

Tracing The Life Line

po§e. The join continuing long in the hand has the opposite meaning. Lines crossing the ball cf the thumb show worries, of imagination, family, illness or business. When they run parallel to the life line on the Mount of Venus, they show influences of the opposite sex. Other signs in the hand, such as a chained heart line, give further indications of the flirt. If signs of a passionate nature are missing from such a hand, these lines only mean dependence on the affection of others. Age is calculated by the aid of the life line and the fate line. In the life line it is counted from above the thumb downwards; in the fate line, from the wrist upwards. Draw a line from the outside of the index finger to the life line and this will be about 12 years. Continue it across the ball of the thumb until it strikes the life line again and this will be about 90 years on the line.