There are seven important lines on the hand, and seven lesser lines (Plate XIII.). The important lines are as follows:
The Line of Life, which embraces the Mount of Venus.
The Line of Head, which crosses the center of the hand.
The Line of Heart, which runs parallel to that of the head, at the
base of the fingers.
The Girdle of Venus, found above the line of heart and generally
encircling the Mounts of Saturn and the Sun.
The Line of Health, which runs from the Mount of Mercury down
the hand.
The Line of Sun, which rises generally on the Plain of Mars and
ascends the hand to the Mount of the Sun.
The Line of Fate, which occupies the center of the hand, from the
wrist to the Mount of Saturn.
The seven lesser lines on the hand are as follows:
The Line of Mars, which rises on the Mount of Mars and lies within
the Line of Life (Plate XIII.).
The Via Lasciva, which lies parallel to the line of health (Plate XIII.).
The Line of Intuition, which extends like a semicircle from Mercury
to Luna (Plate XII.).
The Line of Marriage, the horizontal line on the Mount of Mercury
(Plate XIII.), and
The three bracelets found on the wrist (Plate XIII.).
Plate XV.—SIGNS FOUND IN THE HAND.
The main lines are known by other names, as follows:
The Line of Life is also called the Vital.
The Line of Head, the Natural or Cerebral.
The Line of Heart, the Mensal.
The Line of Fate, the Line of Destiny, or the Saturnian.
The Line of Sun, the Line of Brilliancy, or Apollo.
The Line of Health, the Hepatica, or the Liver Line.
The hand is divided into two parts or hemispheres by the line of head.
The upper hemisphere, containing the fingers and Mounts of Jupiter, Saturn, the Sun, Mercury, and Mars, represents mind, and the lower, containing the base of the hand, represents the material. It will thus be seen that with this clear point as a guide the student will gain an insight at once into the character of the subject under examination. This division has hitherto been ignored, but it is almost infallible in its accuracy; as, for example, when the predisposition is toward crime the line of head rises into the abnormal position shown by Plate XXIV., which, taken from life, is one instance in the thousands that can be had of the accuracy of this statement.