We will be looking at the deep lines of the hand and the variety of directions and number. We will almost always see at least two and or more commonly three lines. Life, Heart, and Head. The heart and head lines can diverge or sometimes conjoin so as to neither rise nor fall. These can flow indistinguishable into the other, going unstopped all the way across the hand as a single line of tension.
The life line is the one that goes around the large fleshy mound of Venus. Starting between the index finger (Jupiter) and the thumb Mars). This forms a large curve extending toward the wrist. This association with the wheel of life, this arc of longevity makes the life line the key to measuring time. Variable in length and depth it can and does change as events occur. It is possible to use this line in combination with the other intersecting lines to tell what has and will happen. A short line does not mean a short life but it does bode uncertainty. A long line can be afflicted in such a way that suggests a sudden death. More latter on the the potentially afflicting secondary markings.
The head line usually but not always starts in the same place as the life line. It may however start higher on the hand alone or in combination with other subordinate markings depending on the independence of the person in question. In my case, my head line starts very late, not separating from my life line until the correspondent place under my middle (Saturn) finger. Unlike the more unrestrained independent types associated with the higher starting head line I'm very cautious and waited until my middle age to establish myself. I actually like closed spaces and well defined limitations. I also have a rift forming a double life line, an large island of a sort. We will get into paralleling markings when we get to the primary longitudinal lines of fate and the Sun. The line of the head will show where the attention is going inwardly as in forming memories. The line can be straight going across the hand, it can go upward or it can arc down. Straight lines, straight thinking. Gently arching lines up or down on the hand. Rounding toward the Lunar mound makes a more personal aesthetic. Rising lines in general are considered favorable but as we will see the rising of the head line runs into and in fact can become the heart line, blurring the thoughts with emotions. These latitudinal markings are sometimes referred to as the "Simian Crease," because of it's common occurrence on the paws of our Primate Friends. If combined with a complex of central markings this is indicative of the force of active principle. In contrast, the "descending" line of head, can connote a depressive fatalistic outlook as in the case of say jumping to ones death.
The line of heart may be wrongly named such because it shows how we direct our attention toward the outside world. The lines of head and heart are sometimes labeled the other way around. But for the sake of consistency the Heart line is starting from under the little (Mercury) finger, and is going across the hand toward the index (Jupiter) finger. I will be calling this the line of the heart. It can be short, straight and or joining the headline. Or it can rise to in between the index (Jupiter) and middle (Saturn) finger. It can be long and extend all the way across the upper parts of the hand. As it can happen with the other markings it can be a compound marking forking into many positions; down, across and rising. Rising heart line means idealistic and are most characteristic of that the persons gender, as in the case of the "Man" or "Woman" of the species. The transverse or descending heart line, as in the "Simian"crease is practical, androgynous and even depressive. Point of interest, Androgyny does not need to make someone any less of a man or a woman. Much to the contrary, people with the "Pragmatic" crease, can be most virile and willful, male or female. But for all of the willfulness of those of us with a "Crease," it often signifies an ability to identify with the opposite gender. In combination with the other heart line markings it is often associated with the most desirable personality as this type of forking of the heart line can even indicate possible genius.
This is a lot for today, I so miss the days when the chalk board was my preffered medium of illustration. I will add the pictures as I get them scanned.
We will be looking at the Longitudinal lines of fate (Saturn,) brilliance (Sun) and health (Mercury) next.
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