The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . onour, after hard and continued labour. Inother words, the victory over circumstances gained bypride and will indicated by Jupiter. If the line of Life be short, the life itself will bebrief, and if a decided break or interruption occurduring its course, we may expect the occurrence* ofsome serious illness. When, for instance, we find aline broken, as shown in the diagram, page 105, wemay at once, and with certainty, conclude that theindividual has had an illness which laid him
The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . onour, after hard and continued labour. Inother words, the victory over circumstances gained bypride and will indicated by Jupiter. If the line of Life be short, the life itself will bebrief, and if a decided break or interruption occurduring its course, we may expect the occurrence* ofsome serious illness. When, for instance, we find aline broken, as shown in the diagram, page 105, wemay at once, and with certainty, conclude that theindividual has had an illness which laid him atdeaths door. But if the illness has already passed, The Line of Life. 105 all fear is over, there will be no recurrence of theattack—not of such a violent nature at any rate ;the serious danger is over. But if broken in bothhands it means death.* In considering the line of Life, we must be carefulto examine its appearance and position relatively withthe line of the Head which unites with or approachesto it. If these lines join, making a regular acute angle,the prognostication is good, and indicates prudence. and sagacity in business and in worldly affairs, as wellas bodily. If, on the contrary, the lines do not touch it argueswant of forethought, the head will not advance withthe life, and projects conceived will be left to witherand die. When a large space intervenes betweenthese lines, it means that the disposition is too frank, * We may observe that when the lower portion of the brokenline tends towards the Mount of the Thumb death is it turn in the other direction there is hope, 106 Chiromancy. and unreflecting in its utterances, or that envy, vanity,or even a want of intelligence, perhaps falsehood, areindicated. If the intervening spaces be very large, and thelines red and strongly marked, the supposition iscruelty, vanity, love of money; or a violent deathmay be foreshadowed. We say foreshadowed ad-visedly, for, of course, circumstances will alter cases
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