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be event t'
tlatphql!pre,entl,y '
lyefall il.
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Phe m'en2is only tbe acttlalizing of11 thougkt.g'- lewtgasoN .

54 ûortinued study and obsen ration of 1he lines ln the

haud and by carefully tabulating the results of in-
tttm erable experim ents witll tlzetzl lt has beetlshow n tha:
liuesfound 51:sertgin y'
/t
vr'el always inrlicate the s%nz6M zkzl'l
antl tbat certaizt form atilm s of tlzese Enes invarîably skow
tlzt gotxl.bad,or weak operatiotl of-the tlziugs they indi.
cattl. Tthasalso beeu proven iu likem anaer thatliuessbow
dcuilsofthe1+ and that wlzcu cvents have strongly im.
preaw d thtrmw lvtts uplm tkt, brzzz of z:subjtct lineshave
appzared in x tuin parta of uie hwnd hpve disappeav
broken.or qNangtd in various ways aa uieaz eventa kave
prcduced gxxxlozbad resttltsfortlld subjeck. By obsqrving
tim ttsands of rrattlts it has been poM ible to laœ tu wâere in
the hand tbrz!n variatzs em otion: or instœ n- aprear, aud
w ltat1* 1, 0f lineqindicate G eir good orbwtl eleet. L ines are
M eu in the llandsofnew hjrn bab- as w'ellïtsM 'atIIIItS ; they
croasln variousdireetions ofteu luaketheirappearanze WE<
the skin has farm erly been slztx til and in m auy e.a- strong
Hnesfade an4 dîsappear,Ieaving a snzoosh surfRee of skln
thc.
t shoo no ssgn tllR.
t any line NnRt'verix'en there. L lues
K ereqse in depth asd g'row in lengtb often d early euttiug
tM r l ay aexnl tbe hau:. W ey' aûe vanLïh euurely,
:46 T he Laws ot Scientific H and-k eadln:
begiauingra.
t 11Y entl atld g'
radullly dim lnishing untll t:e
wholeline hmsdiBappeared. Tâesc K'
J fpf&zz/pt#bund
z'z+ esn'
ons m zd'
:> /:4,mitâi #'a.çeJ'tr/.
M uay bd ieve that evezy A tail iu tbe anatozny d tlze
hum atl lyeing is ctm strtleted for a specifc purpa xnd t%at
uotbing wrts crem ed w itlm ut a reason. *D us w e are either
fercvxlto declare tim ttllt liues in 1% hand alx an exceptlpn
to a11 the rest arld that tlze C reator dld a vain and ux leu
thinr w hen these liues veere put iu îhe hand or else w'e
m ustacknoveleige thut tbe lluea are tlzcre for a purpox .
N ot so very long ago t*e llqM ie.al profession knew com .
paratively Ettle ttbout the kum ae organism . There are
m'g'ana w hox fuud ioug Rrlatornists havfz uot ytttllîsctw ered
bttt these studentsof the hîtm an body do not for this reason;
claim tllat sueliorgans bave uo useralness. One by one the
m ysteries ofourcopslructiorz are beiug dix m rered anllitis
the beliefof progressive students tllat in tim e the fttnction
ofevery partwillbe revealed and uotlziug founcl'
'
tlm t is not
neceasayy to u1e opuralion oftNe *untzn rnachinery. ztslong
as every physidaa unded ook to mnaster the entire range
ofmaediciue aud b; treat every foruz of disuase vze kad t:e
genrrcl/'gaï&' @arr whopa- s- d only agewertlknowledge
of auatonly.disease aud treatneut. Iluriug this PeH od
tlze realinform auou abouttbe several partsoftha bedy lxs.
x ssed by any one m an w as tzecessarily lim ited the practice
ofm edieine an; surgvry was ctuâv an; jkt results obtained
werq ceuàparatively unsatisfaetory. B nt w KO one naan bu-
gxn devotfng bis entire life to a sludy of the eye.another
pf the ear Rnothtr of thq skiu and po on thtough every
oqgan af the body Mx bad the evolution of 1he speciallk
and atouce great progress w as m ade nnd.wonderfulz'esults
w ere aclzievell. T lke w àoleI'
td r was tx cpmplqx and /$?
. pt'zk
a subjectforone man to master.btttthespeejalist.bygiving'
a life study to oR organ,begau to tulderstat:fl tlm t org'an
tkorouglzlr,and in each was found auch an infiuita uum lxr
otdetaiLs thatitlms taken m ore than a lifetim eto a= m ulate
t:e pnxtut Kock of infor= e u abeuktkem Z 1. Strasge Rs
itm ay wvvn,tka b*nd :as been neglected in this x paratiu
 W hat Lines A re For ;4/
af sm cialtles = 4 this m ostim portautand w onderflti pm
oî tke wlzole lm dy tbe oTgau w biclz bears tla stam p of
tketyputo widcb each subjectbelongs,and witicilcontainx
tlle m ap ofhis tlaturaleotu - throtzglllife isollly begiuning
bareceive the attention itdeperves
As Y misls, we are sa cialists with tizu hand antlin
reacbing the polnt where vze are to study the purpose for
vvhsch llœes are in the halld we clainz to llRs'e faund an;
provcd this purpoae. T Eere ia a natural course tkroug:
Hfethateeety sulject=vuii follow ifnothlag took place to
change it aad no eFort was udaule to huprove. Ix otller
T:ords xx believe that there is a geaeral outline of the
coRr/e and linnitalions of the life of each subjrct wbiek
exists at the begiulïing oi't'
llak lif'
e T lziu gelw ral rourx
ia vzhak tlze subjecl x'ould nJplrc/tr do throl&gh life be-
u'uzz.çlf of tlîe eom biuation of type qllalities wbich be poc,-
- s. T bis aaturklllife plan com pzist's tbox things w'biek
tbepassenitm ofthesetypequalitiesR'ould nuturallyteai M m
to do,the kind of health histypelualilieswoulltk'n rhîm to
have,and the resultis stam ped upon him by the lilzc.
s iu bis
hand w'hich thusform a mttp #'â.
ï..
çnzturaiJ/ 'zcotlrse If
no change takes place in M sm entalorllhysicalRttitude aud
no accillents occur,tlzis course w ill be followed. T hua t:e
llnes Ilz the hand are the m iting plat:ed lllere by H inl
whocrvated tbesubject = llwbeu tlzekey to theirmeauing
ls usedjitenables u.
q to interpret tlze lifem ap a'
rld.tojadg'
e
w'hattNe naturaleourse of that iife w illbe. M aay G rnest
thinke'rs lzaving follow ed tlte study of lla lzaud throug'll
Chirognom y,have half. ed w hen tlle lines w ere relzched and
w :ile aflm îttilzg thatlirle.s do euable us to read tlte eveatsin
a lifq = llbd nK forced to acknowlœdm from wha.tbas beetz
aeen of ad u? ea- that the futupe is oRen ouuined tbey
patlse for the explanauoa aslo how tlzis is accom plislled.
'Phere are now two w ell established facts, w hieh wlzelz
brottglititlto eom binatiotkexplain tlte.se functions oflinea in
tlze hantl. First it baa been poftîvely m oven tbat Jfa-
à angve g'v unim ze/fâ eâzngee'r's Me moztalfz//ilzfzlT Y'a
Tvp r? ntkot /JiT.
ç: bckgng'n Jr< 6vrelbt e'zl/r%râ te O rr his
 348 T lve Laws ofScientisc H and-rteading
tewperamsmtzr;z'j à aractnrlïqW . It is IIISO proven that ti:e
ll'
n6'
s reo zzgl/@cA nges ft hralth f:W o'enstillôt@'
en that they
indlœ ta m entalatreng'tb antlrevealdetails in the lifz wlzen
x rtain events lm ve prM ucetl a powerful im pression oa the
miizd of l subject- Thrrrferc r- may Jc-v wfr# W sltîurnrss
fâc/Ih6'JIiz': 1'n c:âand Jrg'/1T dirsd r(#= #'/Jr z'vjfrr/'l
m lnfl mpz: Ihak JJ!, m htd lAtldkrz: ecntrzo z?z'altzys fâza
llûis slaterzsnteonzpleti l'expluïns t;e aceuracy of lhzes in
outûninp past events, for tbings Tzhich âlvr innprcssed tke
brain are a paztof the past auâ ithas proven a gatisfactory
explunation ofthù yur/v:their usufulutss. Itisthe aœcu.
racy oflinesin outlinicgyWfvre eventsvzhich has been diE -
cult to exrlain Reeent experlnleuts by x ientE ts have
dtuzoustrate; tîattht hnm nR beiug is posga/e; of @ double
eonsdouKness ornaind. O ne part operatex in our naaterial
existellee aaâ nuakes ta consaiotta ouly of lhose thhlgs
whlG vze cRn sûe or hKndlg anu the otber pazl qpcratcs
on the plane of our spiritull existence atld gig'ec us
sezRzTrA. L conseiousness of tl4ings w hielt we eatm ot see
totlcil,norfully explqln. 'lkhi:second m ind rarvly m anifestz
i'tselfin an objentiveway and lllis is w hy it w cs not sooner
diseovered. 'flàe ftrst or worldly m sud bas lim itationa lt
isconx ious only ofthiugsw kiclzâcpr bappened,or i;rr bap-
penirg before ourvery el'es. 'Phis side of ourconsciomsrzess
cauaotpietee the veilofLhe fklture orriseatmve ourm atelial
exislence ;itonly knowstlze tlzingsof to.day.wllich soon be-
com e the thlngs of yesterday. 3ur intler cousciousnesq or
apiritualzuiud has zlo suck limitatiorlsaslmsîlw objcctive.
Itknows uolonly whatâqs happened,l>u!w hatwill Nzppen.
It is rlot cocfinM within the prfsou of our earthly body
but it cau rise abave eartlz aud peer into tlze future. Ifit
ke trle tEat mlind ppoduees!eonaols,or alters tbe lines in
thehaud theselinesmuatbesubjectn01Jslpbot:ein;uenœe
gfthe worldy orobjH iveconsciorsness or naind butalma
of the subfeetlve or splritual #- eae Kpzzaak- x ' l kas
KlpafAzv'iyzt?/'/& #mg/and presenl zle thcpflzr nf/âe.#I/ya'
nutnblf6'zllyear pqstk'rTzrz4/ Axz)Jza/vrr arr in Me# ssnrion
d fh6 ' rwo Mrlk m s a* /*& :1.jr; thrir fzjf- re /1& pash
 lvllat Llnes A re F'or !49

pgwscnt gzldfvtùtuz'
o isz/az//z'
tf xl 'zz7zTô..pmozus#'lh6'Szdt74
J/Ithekàa- 'wlttl wcknow z'(#:J/tâepzzWd
Tbe accuracy oftiis hylxxdaesis rests upon the t- sbzus
nzeuts ;
bsrsî thatrnind produee: controls or rhangea tbe lixea
i11 the hancl; and
Second lhattheruazetsvonlinds thev'orldlyaroYecdve
and the spirituqlor sttbjectivexwith the funetions ax tibetl
to tbem .
Iftht'
sfztwo stwtem eutslrt'true tîe Iogicoêour remo ning
is unqsm ilable our ilypothesiscorrect and thisw illgfve t' he
uzueb.soag' lataszswerto the questioa 'zH ow isitpoasibletizak
lines in the lzpnd ciu.prœ agu tiw future ?'' In sttpportof
tbe 6rst bmsis of our llylyothesi, I off'
erm y own expedence
ancltlzlt of m any studeats of tlle lm tld w ho have watclzed
the forzaation of ne%v lines and tûe changm or âisappearanee
afo1d ones in perfect aecord vdth the establisked rules of
liae zuaâiug. llhis fwzk cau be pruvvu by anyonq wNo pQll
tqke t:e trottbie to obBerve D Iring the past Eve yearx I
ha%x nuule a spe alstudy of tbissubject and havemxany
ruverded cax s whcre thœx chuuxqs hwve utvurrvd It
would be inlpoagb1e owing to their àength b: present in.
dividmalcases iu this w ork but t'Eze fRct tbatlines arn'thl'ts
form e and cùauged i: so w d1 know'u to tbousands d
stukientsofthe '
hltnd thrzt '
I'do pot believe this point w illl'
)e
gxinsaëd bh' anyone. Jks to tîe corzectness of our secoud
badskihat the dual ndnd exists and cserates as has been
statedk1 referto the n4any KHentiEe pzorks now in exikena
un thgssubjeet wllicî have fuTly proveu tte fact. sfaay pf
the greatestsd entik s and e ola- oftYe day and age have
recordM tlle results ofthd r investigations in sueh clear and
concisc form ,tlka.
t zm rx m ls lcft for (b ubttlzu l1m m itd Lq
dualin its xature tbatitoperates in lllim itable sm ,ls tm -
hn- pereG by m ntv ialsursoundiags,and tkatit has in nwzny
cases leoked intu the feturv. It is not aly purpose kere to
ppesentt:e individualoaaes n'hich have dem one ate tkese
facts.x ltispfttheplaee,aud the Ilteraqzre on thesubject
::so volnnaiuoua au4 easy of acctas that a11vzào w1b xu:y
 !5o The Laws ofSclentlflc H ancl-keading
read it. I only s*neo fad s tlzat M vs been proveu,so tizat
we m ay ttse îhmn in gupportoftntr ltypotxealm To sum up
tlle um tter; w e have started from a given basls r- taiued in
two statem entu w bich iftrue m ake our lzypotlzesis correct
6111(1explain the fanction ofthe lines. 'rbese tw o lxazlic state-
m euts w e bave found ûbrc true tlw refore our hypotlzesis 27
cornct, d:u lines arr prodnned, contngleâ, an; cbluged
by Sie m ind the dual m ind h:s knoxûeGge of /k=/
pm ewtztzw;lJ'uhtre atttl mlltzcwuug itselêthw uglztbe llnew
forms llze life map of a subject aasily rmoa by ona who
unrlerstant'
ls IK
Nb one will daim txat the m ap of any life m ay Dot lx
altered. O ur iife plan = ay be changetl by m anhrd rcum -
gtancex T here m ay be tile inîuenee of other people aod.
deut.r ong desire bo ckauge backed by detennination or
perhaps failing healflu T hus wllen these cix gasdo orare
to œ cur.'new lines appear aad crass oblileratea w eaken
or strengtkeu as lbq case uzay be the lfaiu Iinxs vebich
alx the anipinal éa4/ of tile life and strong linee fade and
disappear as the m izzil ehauges upon tlàe m atters thex liues
tndiexte. T lzere has bx zz a populaz tllc M ng tln t ia par.
alyls the llne.s izt tlle hand disatqyear,axd tlle obliteraiion
ofliuo iccurriug w lw n tlzis de-at.k oftm rve ftx.ee takesplace
haslx en d ted to prove tlzat lines are form ed and controzed
by the brain. T hellnesdo notdireppearV tl:all- alyties.
'I't:e cottrx ofîlze life iu som ecaa sgoeson uzdntezrupled by
the paralyels, tlzough Impezletl by it,for tlzough tîe Ixxly
m ay often be haTplessthe m ind m ay rem ain keen. In such
cases the liues orlly bx om e dulletl and dim m ed, but zlol
oblilerated. W ben tbe brain aofierls as111paree tlze lCn-
do fRie aud vauish ia tht saa:e proyoruou as the rziud is
destroyed foras uzlnd disappears tbqre Ia xotblng lhat wi1l
mtstd n vitallty in the Bnes and ieeserge theMca: they wea .
splaus thougE t%ere nâay be a brazu it 4:11 xot conte tke
lines unlqszit bas a srl d behlnd it and t:augh nzolion of
the body naay be lost by paralysis. the rzind rzay 6t1I1 ke
bright and in operation.in wM * casq t:e linas vd1lbe re.
laiued Iu tbe âauds of insane w he luuacy conaea frorz
 W hat Lines A re For 15l
a.Iaek ofm eutalbplant'e batnotfronzcellular braîn destrum
tlon,we (lnd strong linem 1<ttlzis cax Izzind iu presentsbut
in aa uulmlaaced = ditiou.for tlle lxeeessiot ofm ind d-
not alwayawvu n m vnu lbalauce Iu every easzwhere m iM
is cblit- seditlle linesin theharzd di> ppear.
T be M ain lilzes illdleatew hatthe naturalcour!!e aftlze Iife
1,x w liuesjustbeginaingtofornlshoe emotitmsauflitleas
juststarting withintlze attbjert. hfau isau enimaa;you do
m)tkuow tla w orkîags ofbism itld as you talk to 11lm ohen
kv dees notfully uudersbàn; thenx hinlsebr Ifyou looked at
:15brain you could notlearu histûougùti PatieutstuGeuts
atœ,aed lA. been giving years of life u> t:e search for a
key with wbiell they (xm tm loek the seeeets osthe hum an
m ind. 'rhty lkave b= n'orkEag from m any diferentdirec-
tion. but tlle objective point has always bxu tlze aRme-
tlne key is the 'iand 1he serFant of the bnzin plainly in
sight; auc:w ftlkthiskey'you can tm lock 1he secreteham lx rs
of = y- m inçl. A qd w hilû 1 rltp noL sv tllaltllerv Kz' u uo
otlter keys.I df/ aay that tNis is the m ost reliable ofwhiclt1
know ,forwhile m ellm ay be di% em blers they cuzm otehange
eie exprea;ou of the Nwud as diuy cau the face. By t:e
band is nx= 1e t*e m au as 1: / not as he m ay m k nd ::
I>e,an4 you can Iearn from ithism eatalattribtztes azlcltbeir
probable outcom e. O ne tlting you m ttst never forget. Y (m
eanaotfutltlw aarte evo ts m prked irleN-ery hauâ. A ad if
m ttrsnbjects are closely examine:l it willbe fotmd that
they are uot all ppofouud1y lulpreased by the sanle things.
T heM ore Sx K rd aim you caa read a eertaiu series ofeveuts
before exam ining your cliect's haads. Only lhe mzatuzns
which are hereditcy or are naiural tendencie: #ët% binl or
those lhingsvrhicb Eave deteloped in hinr and lxve created
a profotm ; im prex iott upon his m ind willbe skm vn in ikis
Gnnd. Alwnifestly,as al1subjeds ax not impreœ anke,
and n% know ing in advanoe w ha: ha's m M fonxd iM f
Mpon any m ind you eaunot uulil you have exnm ,
'nud eke
lmtxlite s tellwlzathtis posslbletorqa; frmzzit Bo tlx
daim d any palm ist i at lze will tell everm ne wlm con-
sults him a1labout1@$,*:m arriage,ww lth orauy cxrtain x.t
M
 $54 T he Law s of Scientific H and-Readlng
m u ifestly no one cepld m rer tabnlpte al of *he m ssible
di& reuce.a Itlvon.*,e appartntto .*'w'etw uy years ago tlzat
unless a umrking â>/w.
. /âr.vïacould be eztablie ed and a setef
generalprineiples laid dow n w hich could be applied to any
Jv:,and w h' '.xh would never vu y' ruadizzg from the lines in
tlle hand w onld alwayz be uncertain Titatthere w asa re-
liable working hym thesis I felssure if ouly iteottltlbedis-
covex d. T izisI lzave found to be ltuc forbltby bitthe oue
herein laid down baa beer gathered tc etller unti:tod ay it
is possible of applieation to ever'
. r haud aud w ill never fail
ifpropuqly-appliud. Ev'qztthoug' h yottdo notatErstaccept
this sypothesis as being true,uetrertheless give it a tdal
aud apply it ûfthfully and carefuxy to your line reqding.
ff this is done you will fnd that whetûer you beliuve it
true or not ytm are able througll its application to etxw
rectly read the liues ia the kaud allâ aNer you have ae-
quired tize abiiity to do tbis it m aLters little to you w hetber
the theory be false or true.
Ofa11tlze sngezsoftbe Izand tkat vfJupittr is the ouly
one vzbicà can stand eruct by itself. 'rue othertbree are so
bouud tqgether that they eannok be sltaightelled out illde-
pendently ofeac: other 1h:us tht flzgœr oîJuyittristhv
m &gnetwhicb attracts the lifeClrrentthatpasresthrotlgh it
into t'
lze body. T here isuo doubtin them ind ofally thinker
butlbat vzw art surrouudud on a1l sides by an atauoapberq
and that tbis atnlosphereischarged Tvith aouae im posderahle
force,whielz if notaetually electrieity is stillvery like it in
action R.nd rumllts. T his forca is w ldely diffused intangible
and possesses grertt m w er. It is by tlle concentraeon of
lbis fo= thattile life Curreatis form ed w hiclzis a cennecw
ing link between tllehtlraan being arld t3e U tlknow n. 'Phis
foree'w'e can ndthersee norfee!>atttlcalzonlh'JudP ofits
prex nca by if.sresults. W atattizum em qctofbirtà ztqnters
oar bod)rthrougll the Iinger ofJupiter forms a m agnetic
O x ntvzûîch ceavukaéy travels thtougk uuduriug life,5s
contlnually yqsdcg out of us agaiu and lbat it stops at
dem ln I have uo doubt- A nd thfs is the sam e life Current
sBlkeu of in Clu ptvr 11., Part ï. 1 'W ve x (iesim
 A W orklng R ypothesls 3$j
.

now,nor is it aex k% ur to euter into any lengtily disctzr,-

Zon to yrove the existence of this life Currentu but as it
form s a gocd working hym tllesisj1.dedre tbatyou ux itI
/:/IeastMmrr/rkze ,aaIhasx fmmdtbu.
ttlzroqg'
lzitsapplica-
tion to tbe linea itt the hand it beeem es a key wlth w lzich
Mx caa ea<ly mnlock tkeir naeaning. Qêhefngvr efJupiter
Mx vdlltheA conceive to be thq atkrautor vrbich standing
erectkdm ws together the diFue foree surrounding ua aud
coaeentrates it inlo a.steadily O w iug Curm ut. T he m ore
nx study tlliaboây ofolzrs tlze m ore we fnd itto be like a!z
electrie dynam o,and thks llfe Cttrrent w bieh %'e baN-e com
txived isagtm d deallike t!ze B lectric C rrreatw hicb kvem tike
dynam o m oving. A ; everyone L<km ore or 1e.- fam iliar qqtlt
theom ration ofan a ed ric C urrent I lzavefouud in teRchiug
Palm istry t'
iiattM s sim ile ia tbe best l kn 'e eve.r ux d pntl
thatit conveys a m ental pid ure whicb is easily applitid to
the litzes. So I slzallcallthis Current bereafter tlle Electric
Current and wû will conoaive it to be flowing steadily into
us through the fnger of Jtlpiter reachiag first the H earl
lsue antl settiug itzum tîou tlle d m ulation paeeing nextto tla
àlead line and a/zakenlng the mlind ;ynd w ben clrculadon
and nûnd sta% to operate,life begius so thb G = autpasses
otlto tla Llfe liue aud.courx s tizrough it. Iu tlzv study of
tbe liaes w e considertEe whole sphere oftheir om ration to
be itztlzellallclîtx lf sow ùelktlzeCurrenthaspassed through
tlze Life lirze w e think ofit as passing out again,trau lliug
over t%e lines of saturn A pollo,aud.M ercury, and finding
itsegresathrouglzthcse ftlgcrs.
Y ou w illthusseethœtthe beginnlng oftileline of H ea!rt is
underthqâugeroflupiter aud itîsreatlfrom thisbeplnning
acrasstlte izand to the percuœ ion. 'l'he liae ofthe H eai is
read ll!the sam e directioq antl the litle of N fe isread from
11 start.under$1w fngerou upiter doquwarcl. Thelxgite
ning ogp.lzese tllree lines covers the qarlier yeara ofltfe ald
the ends ofthe lines cov' er the latteryears,whlle tEe cerltral
m rtlol recm ' ds lllqt m iddle part of li9- It is notlm tilthe
Clzrretltrukzzéë.ça Mtle tNatfthegins to opem te,a:since tlzl
lix of'Sptunl receives the Currentfrom the end oftile Lifg
.
T:6 T lze Laws of Scientlic N and-keading

line,m le a toreaclEtfrom thelmttmn upward;thelolper

partoftite line d 'Satura coveriug tlze 5.1% years ofblife,the
topm ogtyortion tlze latterdayslazd tbe centralportian tlxe
m lddle partof llfe. 'rhe lines afA pollo and M ercury k'ot11
m x m a(1ia tlzt smmne dirv x . T lle M qia lizlesilztlze Izand
are six in num ber azd are called tbu H eartline the H ead
linejtlte Life lîl.e tlle Sxturn line,the A pcllo line and the
M em urg line eacitone ofw hiclzënclieates diFerentqualitieu.
T Xe lïercury lina has Z so been deMgnated :lepatica Liver
llne, a'
nd line oc H ea:th but it is itk zealîty tlle line & 'M er-
eury,au4 1 sba11 call it aG Iu additiou to the àrain liuvs
there ara seven slinor lines 5Aie9e are the Nïng of
Solom onm 1he Puiu: of Saturn tlle G irdle of V enus 1he
lines of wllfqctîou the line of zfarw the :ne of Iutuiuen
and 1Ee Bracdets three in numo r $œt of wbich only
the upperoue is wortlzhro: consitleratiou T bere is atjotker
hfinor liue cailed the Irîa Lascivia aud supposed to be a
sister lille to t%e M ercury Tine. I do not consltier it as
ftu y umre thaa a cltaace liut
. t aakt x nseqaently noteulîtle;
to be given a fxeâ plaee allong t*e Afinor lines. T hese
thldAxn lines w hen foœa; ia au hatzd are alw ays in 1he
sam e zelativelocatiou tlzeugh tlw lrstartaud cuurse tllrougb
tlze 'ilaxd vary infillltely. W ltb a little practioe you qqll
have uo trouble i1zloeatillg them or flzuoting tlleir abserloe
W e do notf.rltla1ltbe M ain liues in every hand butulw uys
mm le of them . T he H entt Ilqe is ryeldoln abcetll though
m ore oûen solllau tlze liuvsofH eatlalld N fe. T he H exd line
is prex dtt la nlnety-nlne ' per cent.of hacdsrthougk somo
tlm es very short. T he U fe line i!kseldom entirely absent
though lhave sueu cases w'hereilv'as in stlbjrctswllokRd
no robustnees of eonstîtutlon w llatever but existed entirely
otl tbeir nervous foree T he line of Saturu is freqpeutly
abx ut, azld the lines of A pollo and M ercury Izzore fre.
quently so. T be M iuorliues are foqnd in varyillg degrees
offrequvm cy.au; gs they iudicatg m culiazqualitks gz'e m ere
often preR ntin som e tn >eBthan others. ' d
ç)n exanaiulnï a pair of hands do not be disconcerîed at
nnefndiug wll or a uzwjority,of the Afain lineg blltread
 h(< n,sfinor,and C hance L ines 352
what are tîere and esïim ate lm w'm uch those which are al-
sentllave taken awayfrom thestlbjed. ylzx mellaudsyou
willâncllzundredsof lines crx sing tbt palm in every direc-
tion. T lzis um ltitttde is m nde up d ehance lineru worry
lines, and lines showing various em otious and esrer,r line
uot a M ain or M iuor line belonga to this cl- . 'ritis
m ultiplicity of lines sitowlt an lntensely nervous person
who is a prey to inuum erable conflietiug em otionsr = 41.
tbrough wlmse izand the Electric Current ix zigzaggiug in
errery (Iirection prY ucing electrie uenrotuslless. 'fottr 51.y1
uwk iu suek a eaau sNou1d bt ta piek out the Alain
lines sue how much ther are injured by the confusion
of ebanee liae: aud for the EM t part of your appa nlkx.
skip iu lino readiug tkis m tw h.m yert lzaurl shoulfl be read
sim ply as deuoting intense nervottsness. l seery one of
these m any chatlce lines is attem otion Some begilzilzuo
(lefinite locatiou aall end the sam e w :y ; tllesu are fugitive
im pulgeBivzhich bave starleâthesuhjeetvigoronsly lnsonle
d lA iou but the enthuaiasul *as died aud the eFott kas
> en abandoned. W ilile gtlcil an em otion laated it was
strotlg enough to burn its m ark ia the hand but ln tlle end.
it calnt to naugllt. T htrstz llutrs arl Mot worth real ug' .
O tberchance lines begin on one M ountand end on axotber
M ouut; sttell lîaes w illslzow'tbe couueetiou ofthe qualities
os tizeae two M ouuts and have som e valuable m eauinp
Som e challee line-s begin in tt M ain or M icor line aull end
citllt:r(m a M ountoroa auotlw rM aiu orM lllorliue 'PIZex
linrs are a11inrlmrtaut. Itw illnot be locg before you will
learn to distinguisll lxtwxen the lit:es of fugitive em otions
autl thox tkpt are really valnable. By a11 m ea' zus do not
puzzle and w orry trying to read chance liue: untiltlze M ain
atld M inorlilzesare plal'
a îoyœu.fort' he ability to reRd e'ilance
lines develops a.q&he M ain lines becom e easy to undqrstand
Firstlearn to observe w bether the :ines ax in pnqo e =
to the kaud. lf yoa End a very 1% gt kand )'ou expect
deep,lœrge lirles a.nd a sm rtll iine hand sbould be dellcately
lraced. T lleam otm fofBlectrieCurrenttNatislttntcted into
the bcdy by a largeângercflupiLer oua llrgehand.willh@
35B T he Laws ofSclentific l-land-rteading
Y usittem ble and the lines througllwlzich tkis Current is to
flow mtustbe lcge euou.
glz to carry it jtsst as ml- tricioe.e
need large w irœ to carryva larg'e Electric Current Ifin a
large hand the Ilnes be %ury dd ica% lud rhin and of1be <z2
tbat wquld proytzly earry the Currentatkracted bh'a snaall
au% ect eie Currenl attracled by the big kand willbe too
great for smxall Enes and disaster in sonle form Dzill ensue.
I rem em ber a doctorw ho once cozksulted m e ln w lzox big
ûlnds I savr Hmes totzlly inadequabu ba carry tNe C urrent
they #1ere attracunç. I advlsed hin: to use great cape in
k1a = tal laboza, uot to ovvrdu, for tbc :lea; 1lDc wxœ
o t noticeably thin. Fle did notgive tbe advice aerious
con:deration atd in little këas than n yelr he vzas sentto
an inpaue asyluuz a hopeleasw'reck. T he :lead line cœulû
not earry the stpnng C urnnlt attracted anG dest uction
followed A s a contrao'propcd tiou if'the ' halld be sm all
aaâ tke Iiues very large and deup tkere k:too uluc: chanuel
forasmilsttbjectto own v4th safety.
1t 1 neee- ry' to analyae eooN line ninutd h' beginntug
atits atartlng pointand followlng lts courx to tlze end. It
wlllnot do to jtldge a line in its entirety 'wstbout regarll-
îtlg'every variation ln it.s dirccueu depth Zze color and
noting whether ik rlus dear and even or w hetûer it
bteaks. is crosswl or kas other defects peculiar to linew
'l'be changœ and eventa in our Iiv' ea are read w itk m ore
e,a- and greateraccuraey from thi: m lnute exam lnadou of
tbe lines lllem x lves aleng M tv' r rntbke iw.jr/J tlm tl from
cllanoe lines.
Itisatrvisable tobavea m ethcd in theexam itm tion. Begin
witlltlle Hkartllue study nexttheH ea:lline,the LlI? line,
and <pon. Tlzisvillaccustœn you to besystem atlc in work
and 1es:Ekely to overlook inlffftant nlatblrm If thp hlain
ûnqs iu tke hqud are clear aaâ strong and thu ukauce
lines few t%e subjeet E elxn-e m od aud is largely-fol-
loMdug the natural couzse of his life. If the chauee liaes
aye xzzny and cross the Afain lines in vadoua vzlyw tbe sub-
ject ls imlpreaslonable drawn in lnRay dlreetlqns,and v:ll
ckazlg'e his nattuallife's m op.
 'l'he Two R ands !s9
.

Pay m a.terattention to 1he two hRnds when readl'ng the

line: thRn in your Chirognom ie exam inations. People tlo
notso readilï chazlgetlteir tym caustruction astlzey t'lo tlze
courx ofthelrlisxs. A Jupikdan su% vet-12 <% > bew
Jupiten'xn but Tsofz = *y changg aud alkz t:e uahnml
courze of lzla zfe. H e m ay rcdn a strong pllysitw e by ex-
ce- sor he m ay allow llls am bitioas to undo him but he * 1
alwaysbealtlpiterimz.though tllecxm rseofhislifehasbeen
diverted. The type, Clzire lzom y will txll you ; tke x t-
t'ouw oflzis t'am er m tw't be reml fram tlx m ap oftbu linex
Tlzus tba ld t lzazld is m ost accurate in slztywing you tlze
naturally designeclm ap of M s life,antl tbe rightl.aud wil!
tellyottllow the subjecthas altered R. rn tlle examinati*
ofinlm m erRble eRses Ibave seeu natttrally âne lives outline
in tlzçzlefthu lqt,while nzin akowed in therigbt ; pn4 I lzavq
x'en na.turally nerv'otts w eak vacillatiug lhw slzown in tlze
lefi ltatld changetlto stroug.welldireeted lives in tke right,
Poorly m arkecl badly tm cetl aud defed ive lille-sin ozlehandk
cllalzg't'd to strong,elear,wellm jtrktd lines ia tlze otller will
sbew tlw clzgugeintizelife of tix subject,dtherû'om gootl
to bad or batl to good as the case m ay be.
5V6th a1lthe lloes note vrhere tbey begin thf colr*e over
w hieh lhey travel and theplace tlley end. From the souree
ofa liue tla origiu otïa traitm ay lxtdeterm iuv'd Rzld by t:e
'bezzds îa a lktm w e m ay lexrtzw bat things lzave draw n itout
of ita colztx and the ficalouteom e is iudicatettby the plaoe
at whieh ik ends.
N ote every defect in the line.- whether these defects
destroy tlze lîne w eaken i: or wllat change tIZt.F efect.
.

àlotv a11 wddeâ linel ister lines,or 'ndividual kgra wE cb

a- ugthen argepalr the lines. Befopabeginning a seyeratq
eon:deradon of eaeh lfne it is Mecesssry to learn to distin-
guis: a good line fronz l defecuve one lnd to tel1 wH t
thq dtfecug are au; how tbey oâly bv zepainxl. DpNe next
clzwpter v611accom plisb tkis,pud in itwqlwillR1* tbonsidtr
tlze ixdividualsigza som e ofw hielza.
raproducH by defc tive
lines and should be cxm slderell as sttell and all of which
should.lx thorouglhly untlerst- l le foe stm lng XWG the
M,
. '
360
. T he Law s olSclentit!c H and-lkeadlng
sepagate ânes :s tbese drstehapters I desire to xnake clear
the gkneral pdud ples governing the llnes and to startyou
lo applhstig the Currelzt theory to them .after whiclz there
w ilflx uo (ltfK- zlt)'iu z'enaivdg'tke seplrate litlex
 CITTA PT R !R m

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IN D rv rr u A L src l s--sTpA x GTu cN zN o Llxa s

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evenness,alaâ w hezber tEey are perfect or dereG ive. If tb=
lat- r is the caae w hat is the defeût does it oover 1he enlire
line or on1y a partofit is the liue repaired after the defect
does it rcgxin i:s original dzpth and d v na or does It
slm w dirsirlis%ing streugtk uutil it gratlually fv'aes away ?
'
f'lw firstgeneralprlnclple governittg liuesis thattlze m ore
eveuly lhey run the clearer they are the less thez are
erossed broken islanded or ctllained and t%e nearer piuk ju
color the better is tlle line atld the m ore vigorous and clear
the operatiou of its attributea T hese d ear even lines fur-
nislz better c'
izanuels through w hich tix B llx tric Curre'
nt exn
eow.o' Scrlug as tlzey do less obstruction and fqw er im pedi..
m ents to free elrculatioll Coneeid uw tlze Elx tric Ctlrrent
.

to be iow i:lg 1I1 acd out thrnug' ll the f izg'er ends you e'nn
recdily see tha: a1lverticallilles fl zage and a11
qeililate it:parxq
horizonta: line!kelleck and im pede its progresl T h' as vertl-
eal lllles are N vorable atkd horizolltallineseroM ltlg them are
defects. 'Phis is w ky vertical lines on a M ount a. re FOOII
icdications azkd incroax tbe force of it: tj'm .an4 Iikewiw
tbe reason w by grillea aud crx s.bRrs otk tbe M x nt aru bsd
iudieatiorw snd obstructionsl brlnglng out the lxul àde af
the tym or 1ts healtlldefects. T lle stur!y ofthe linesm akes
d ear tlte geueral law tlzat liues olv ate best w ûeu 1he ()t1r-
a nt ha, tbe leastobrruetion to its free paasapre mzd defecta
antlbatleFeclsare proclttcqd o'
n asubjc twhem iti,izar plxlttt
f'z
36a T he Laws ofSclentific H and-lkeading
lY e Wighter the dd% and obstraetions aeun tke 1-
m arketiare the had resulls and (xm verrely,the greatertlte
olxqtructiou t:e worse the esects. Clear d eanly cu: c'vew
PIA lixes show the beskopc ation of any line ; and every
break.cz- ,island or obstruction of any kind wldeh m ay
caaA tl)e Currentto be im peded antl to sem er or overM v
its bRTIM'K willproduce a.defeclive operation of tâe qualities
indleatœ lby a line. N ote whetherany one line i8deem r or
shallowe.r is tlm re defM ive or has a difrereateham cterin
auy way 1om other Iiues iu the kaad. If lines in general
are ofthe sam e gizeand character butBom e olle llrze is m ucb
deepet, clearer, betbar colored tban the oeiers tke tbiug
wlzie.lz tbis dezep line indicate.s wîll lx tbe strongest tlling
toltlby tilelinesin thatsubjeet'shandrv Ifa11thelinesare
deep, well c'olozetl, antl dearly eut, a/d x me oue liue is
fottn; m uch lex ' c rly cut and 4x p tlzyn the rest, then kbe
qmqlity w ilie.ltth't' ine indicatesisthew eakestIXA K Look
for proportion co tantly, altd anything w hich disturbs it
mustbe usud for agaiusttheclzanouaoftlzesubject If
the llne illthe laa are blm d ancl shallow instead ofdeep
and elear tlte.re is n lm perfvd clkaund for tlle Curzcnt to
paas through and lnstead of being a deep streanl full of
strengtlz ancl m it is a shallow brx k and tlle Current
spreads ovqr too 'de a surface to m ake it strocg. 'Phis
broad and sballow ine is a feeble and weak one and is gen-
eraxy fuB of defeets aad obstrlctions. 57 heu you see tûat
lines are clearly cut deep w ell colored uacrossed or un-
spoiled by otber defeets.these lines ohow vigor and streugth
lu tbt operation of thd r severalqualities steadinessofpur-
pose.evenneu eftemper and theu ax the uuMecl whq
while they uzah'have naany diEleulties to encounter over-
couze Lhena. Broad sballoe peorly colonzd lines shovr
wu kn- . vaeillation and di= nn g= ent and generally
thesesublec:saehievefevzresults,an4thV aregasnedonly
O ergx at t'Eort an4 witlz strong outside Jufluetlct's lo spur
tltem , A1l of the eilanges, obstructlpns, aud defects the
e.wmr ittthe lilw s them selves have special uRm es,aud.thex
we w illcozk@ide.r separalell'.
 D efects and R epair 363
bneoitlzeârstdefxtive linex to uoeoeisthea trzws/?',zd
(t). Th1 is a line whieh, to a superflcialobserver may
emwun to be a.gtxxtone,but ulm n R.d l)x exam ination,it w'ill
be x en fhatitc1,1 m uclz deeper in certain N ts becom lng
tkin afterw ards x m etim es lr om ing brccd aaftslzallow and
oftetlfaiiug aw ay eutirdy. Som vtim es
kllis uneven line = ay stq.
rt braad and
shallow becom e (leep aud elm r and
tileu Krow tbiu agaiu. 'n û unvven liue
is one w bicth dres not run the sam e itl
tleptlz autl d earness dttriug its etktire
1engtb,and yu doeB u% break ikand
or sbow other sim ilar defects. It is its
un- nnt' ss of clmracter that distlu. 2
gttishes it. 'l'lzis line m ustbe read from
its beginuitzg.and iftheliue starts thin
it slm ws the Currtm Eowiug iu a llzin
stream duringtbelengtheovered Y 'thistltinlje% oftheline.
Ifitthen grow s deep,itsbows that a great întettsity efm m
m x lzas bqfm expended durilzg the ti= coverqcl by tbis
depth and thattheCurrentwasflowingstrong and cuttiugloo
deeply during this x viv/ and conA quently proiud ng a
defvd in thfzlinq. 1f,aftvr tkis dqptiz,tlze line grow slhiu
again,it shows that the glw t pressureof Curreuthas bee:n
followed by a z'eactioll p.
nclthe tlzin plate Jollow iug llze dee.
e
one indicates a period w heu the C urx nt MMœ fowing isâe
weak m nnner. By folloqing the couc of an unevenzl;e
from its begiuzziug q' a4 by lpply-îng'to it tbe m - Rttreplaad
whieilindinlte theagesoflife urxm the lines you x nforral'
tbe periœ s ot'streugtlz weakaesa iutexsity,atkd a11feRrlling
xqueutcllaagvsin tNelifeoftize sublect. 'Pbûuatertbata.
e olvs the unequal spasm oclie v ration ef 11œ:q!Splitlm d
tbq particularline w hiclzLsfound uneven. W ease erzl

t
ôlzagt'
.
rn
in
on
tll
zis
an
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lzajo
tetr,
to
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pl
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ii
nngesoua:r1s
, 4t
ltthe
rmles oue w bjaj
ahow a gew ? diferqut form auoas of uuevetled by m lny
w hlcllm ay 1- fountlon ax.Aa'
zrz. - einglee n,but
N ext ttyo e uneveu lines we have dthereturn totlleorip
ltq. The Laws ol.3dentirc R and-keadlng
'rlze.se splits Rre aplinters wlziclz have broken tlle lines alzd
pretllzced dqfœ ts 1zt any liae by relluriug iî: clqaruqw aud
strength,alK impairing 11 ux fulne% by crippling its ability
to earry the Currentwïthin tbe boundariesoftbe line. T hese
splita m ustzo tbem îstakelzforsister lists w rfor islqlzds as
ther do notjoin tlze lineagain aftm'split-
.

ting aw a.
y irom itvbut m ust 1:e read as
sim ply split line.sr whiclt show a weak-
eneti qualhy of tile liue during 11x
perio:l oflife covered by its continuance
. on the line Split: are som etim es very
sm allatkd 5tx atld jf auy doubtevlmts as
to whctlzer a line is zplit or not m akv Ik
carefulexam inatiottw'iLIIyottrglaas.'Phe
No. 2 true spIit line leaN-eg the M aill Ilne' ancl
does noteouze baek aucl attaclz itself to
R agailz. 'Phis split lix allun's a portiru of the C urrvat
to lx (live-rted from the M ain line ancl cltangeal to som e
eiew dlv tlon. Iris a leak ia t:e liue. T lûs dividts tlle
strength of the M ain lilm b.y taking away frum it part of
its ability tu earry tlx Current in tlze ogiginal direction.
'rizese split line are eften tae beginqing of a new eoursein
theTlfeofthesubjed. Tlleyshow thattlzenaturallifemap
m ay have lx en altered at tlze dm e tlzey occur. If this Js
'
= e,tlze nrw line w ill conlinne to grow in leng' lhland pull
b.
s:Curretltfrom it: originalchannelitdo tbe uew onewhich
C:
li'tt'ttizlg tkrouglztlze lland. lf split lines t'un (m ly a short
n e'
q and K op,aud tile M ain linu continues stroug tlltse
sre o '
i nes willslzow thattlte attelnpts to clzlnge the natural
u tlle .ofthe life bave fdletk s11fl w hie tlley show by the
.

PX 'W z attem pts to chac v, ttxy alw slw w by tlwirfgw rt-

while ththey did rloùsttc- d. 'lY e elo- thege splits 1ia to
com .e tbtli
ne the les.
: likely they are to divert m ueh ofthe
w eakztex .The w ide' r the.r opea aw ay from tbe liue ancltlze
tikeaesîtbje-1e.q.= they Kre tlze m ore im - tauce m ugt be
after glrext ti '
lem ,and the m ore likely they are to produce a
tk- , A ll o
oourse of tke life. If a splitlitle pulls aw ay
occur in the lh -*u=
'
leœr =u; stroug to a hfvuat ltskm?*
wt wm çG le er o ar. '
 D efects and R epaqr 365

tlle g'rea.
tattraction thatMottnthnnfortkes'ubjœ t au4 suclz
subjectswilleitbersttongly partpku of tlze qualities (zi't'lm t
M ountor willu k tile companionsNip ofsubjects ofthat
type. T hls is w hy older palm ists read sucll lino brqaking
away frora tlzel'
Ieartline asabowiug thatthesubjectwould
m arry aom e oue of tize type reprex ntetl by tite M ount tœ
which this line rau.
.
W llezlthe s'even types were 1- often coznbined tharltiler'
aru nom and ptlre spH rnens of the type: w ere plentiful
itw a5 often eaey to der ribe the color of hair eyés ete of
tlleperw n a subjed would likely warzy. % iawaa'paasible
by follow'iug tlze descHption of tize appearance of tlze types
indicated by tbe M ountto w bich the splitlice ran. Such
fewtv are still poisible when the split lîzlea are ytroug an4
tbe typea puze spedm enw and while iu m y ow n readiugs
Ihaveneversaid thatany sublect woxlztmany someone of
a.palligular apm arance,1 lzave fyfteu dexnibed in tbis w ay
the appearance ofthe pero n w llo w ould ba m ostattra
'ctive
totlzesubjectûsoaewho would be his ideal and wlleeù ile
would prçfcr lo any other for a life pprtuer. Tlzesplitliue
willtellofm atly events,ranging from a m ere trivial defect
of the line uhow n bh' a stnall shor: split up to a.
n etltlre
clzaage iu tbe life ofa subject. ellbqrem ustalwaysbea dis-
tind seN ratlon of a.lirle show ing tilat it plainly did de.s
ttfore you sbou1d read it as a split. svith care and praetiee
lxnzuan luaru properly to judgv such defectl Ilu;ug t:e
Audy of this chapter exanzine as m xny handa aB N ible
loœkiug for each oft:e sigus and liuea as treated bere and
acmlstom yottrself to recogniza at on= the diferentform a.
titm sx'
not trying to interprettllem fully atfitst but learning
fcpdistinguislz tlzem qaitkly w hqu le< 1. Rem em > r thata
divided line is not as strong by one half as if tlle splitlzad
lzot (xturrecl atultkîsw illgive y'ou the Pknpetgênerzlf& &
to apply to splitlinei
'
Tl'
tenextdefectistheisland (3*
). 'Pbis qign isouewlzle.lt
la : lx en :zdsundergtoocl an; im pro- ly baudled b.v m lny
Y mista. IntbeNrstplace the ixlantlisnota.singlesign,bat
Lqplxdncu bx thesplittlng ofR liae a0d tiTerettkrn totlzetlrip
366
,
T he Law s of Scientific H and-lteading
imql lilw of tlze low erend ofthe paztwhic: hasbroken awayk
Cbalzce Iinvs wlliclzm erely'- eaeh other in sucb a way as
to maketlleAnaeakaped fklzreasazzisland (xe:$B)(to not
fonzza >w 'Qlqnd. 'Phe faet txat tlte ends of these ehanee
li= overhp eaclz other eonsututing
del cl fcr each oux r = ay spdl tke
operadon of lm tlz tlte eharce lines but it
doesnotfo= a true Lqiazzd. 0 ae fact l
w ish te strongly im prexw- flkat a Ina.
z'Jlgxff ls produced by a splitfing of the
' M aln liuq azzd a rct'um oftlze splitto tlze
M ain line and tbatislanda are form ed in
no otber w ay. H auds as a11 sizes are
fvuutl. raugirzg frgm thux whiclz are
NO'Z m ere dota antt distinguisbed only under
tlte glass to those wlllch sweep w ide drcles in t:e Ixantl
aa11 iustantly attract your attenuou. W herzever you ând
a figure in tbe sham of an islaud m ake younjelfsure tlmt
it is prtd ucetl by a splitthlg of tlze line befotx prououne.
ing it azziz wrd . Ifitisform ed by tw o eizauca linesc ogsing
eacb otlter or by a clm nee line cpwssing a M ain orM lnorliue
atixltlzends read the clzanc'e Tînes x parm ly au4 not aa an
islantl. T he only renm.nn why palm ists bas-e beett at a1l
guckoessful in handling the islaud aoeord ug to tlze presehlt
atsx ptation 4 wkq. tconslitutes an im nd ia tlzat tlze efectof
cikance linus craœ ng excb other isMm ih r to som e ofthe bafl
effeets ofthe island and it hms noy beeu because tlm island
ieuvzfkaa beem tlm roaghly undersltxxl. 'Phe island isalways
a defed alw ays a disturber a warning to look out for som e.
tM ng,and m ttst neverbe disregarde . 'l'he operation of c.tt
islanll is to divide kize Cttrrent Eow lng along a line. O ne
half& the Curre atpasses arpund one side ofthe islantl the
erber lzalfgoing grouud tije otlker side. Tikesudiq'idod cur-
m..111 reunite o'1tke lowersideoftheksland and resum e their
txm rse. The kvortl 11islaud ''is takelzfz'om its geœgraplzical
mo- x ake,atd tlxltrue isllnd in tlze hand isliterally wlzat
itq nqm e im rlies an ix lated surface of aklu surroutd ed by
tbedivitled 'ilze. Thasthe islanflis aa impeding objectiu
 D efects and R epair 367
,

e e coluse of a line w lHch divides tlle strengtlloftlze eur.

renta prcd ucing'a comsequeutdsvision of s'trezlgo 'aud fvrcfz.
Tlze sizeautllengtk oftlze island sitowstize extentafobatruc-
tion antlifs duzation and from tûe poiut at w hîcb itisseea
on a liae you ean tertd tll.
e age atwhiclztlzisweakenipg of1he
force occura. Itisnottlte intention here to do m ore thq. u to
im pre-ss upon yotl the general m eaning of the iqlnmtl 1>
sped fie applieatiozt will be m ade to eacb line aa w e study
it. W hen an islantl is u n rem em lv the did ded stream
the im pqding,obstructing i/ and antl tlze cxmx queutwxak-
ncss auE Jnzpairauxzt of thc liue duH rg ih pp- nx . and
y'ou wi= alwaysthink ofa uxznaceto thesubjectfronasome
direeueu.
Bpaaks in the znes (1) are fpuquently eucountered and
alw aysinditxae a defective ccm dition. In îlliscase tlxe C tur.
rt'ttltisinterrtype ard âtopperl in exactly tlztzsa= m anner
aaw ben a telegraph wlre ls ctlt. T he kind of a break w ill
m ake a greatdilerence ia the oulcom e ofthe deftvt atl; it
is onlyby tbe E lK tric Currenttheory thatm u willbeable to
judge correctly anclquiekly what the xwriousness of any
lveak izz tlze lhw is. T be theory is tlzis : wlw n the Currvnt
reachea the break it is clluhcked aqnd
x m e repair proeess is needed at tm ce -
else the C uzrant'w51lûow outof aI1reg-
ular ehrm nelG prodtzcing the sam e eon-
dititm as tlle overllow ofa riverw hieh is
notpro- ly confined within itsbanks' -. 'x /
that (k' spreacling destrttction. Jf the hs f
bnrak itla linv is sm gll,wrld the lix ctm . î$
tinue%elearly aftertilebreak andina l/
clireetœ ur'A ,the Cttrrentm ay skip over
the sm allbreak and eontinue in its m g-
ular path. H this casa 1he danger is
e ous,butuot însurm ouiztable. IIz SUC,II an instantxe the
two ends oftbe line willprobably grow togethœ eveutually.
'Phe w iderthe break them oreserious itbeœ m esaud theleas
Iikd llztxxl tlkere is of tlze Cunw t's paasiug over tbe slmce
tetween tke broken enda. Every-thing ttzxllng to m ake iî
3611 T he Law s of Scientifie H and-lkeadlng
.

eao r to hold tlze Current ia its proper cotux orenabling it

to g'
etbaG to itaitœ a.brtzak (Jccurâ le- us tke x ziœusre-
sttlts ofthe broken line and everye
thing tha.
trnskke: itharder
for the Current to conlinue its c'ourse without interruptioq
atlds to the com plicatloa. ' rhus brolrp.n linp'q enny be re-
paired w Nen the broken erldsoverlap eaeh
otiw r. or by a sm all ezw emlilw lm iting
the ends of tlle two linea by sister liura
rt'
ttlniug altm gside oftile li'
ne atltt break
I or
h by
elp squar
tranm ie
ts (5G);raent
the 11efrfomw'htickbrv-
ke na
oken
end of t*e Iiae to f:s regular channel
and whilc dudag tkis break and its re-
/ pair thereisa decided check to t:e best
operation oftkeline M illitis po% ible of
BQ'r' repair aud not ao x riouu .as ii'uuaecom .
panied by auz sipn gf n pair ztlqvays a danger, breaks
nlttst be tegarded seriou< y, ard frona their Mze or 1he
zvpair sîgtzs present, you e.au o'vurutely- œ tim atp G eir
outeom e.
0 ue of the worst ih '
m s to encounter is w lx u tl:e entl of
tke liue turna back d tt)r a bm ak wu(l
startstoruntowzrdsitssollrce (6) form-
ing thus R so/ of hook. T his probably
1ed the o1d palnliststo uee this indication
found in the Life Ene as denoting a fatal
bzruziuauoa.aud you Eave read ytrhaps MN>xw
tbattheKïLife line brokun and turnlng ;$Jy1
to
caq
se
ut
rb
de
thCea
tr
hp
u
enx
t
bt
nu
lr
ec
as
ns
bd
ae
ca
kth
u.
p
''
oaTi
nts
te
hl
is $1
1/
and finds it harrler to continue its eourse
wltlzsueh c.break tlzau in any otlzv'r for- NO'B
m atlon ;ltoveu owswherethereisuocilannelto e.a. 1& itfor-
ward. H'there is no m eans by w hich this Current cau be
carriclback toltsoriwinalcourx ,itprtzducea disastur. '
li ere
are various methods ofrepvir some br lines joining 1he
turned.back end ofthe Afaiu line by six c lines squqres,or
vxr lousEneuwlzic.ltwiïkattracttlw Currqut= (ltakeitb=k
 lndivldual Slgns JIMI
.

b:lLsregularc:aunel. %5aese nletîods ofgepair are shoqeu

iq Fig.6. E very turned.baek line is a - styzrfpvœ cheek
to thq sublo?t either as to life kealth or caneer; the
line on w hicll it is fottncl w ill tell iu wkklz dilvctiou lbis
clzeck leacls. If uurepwirod it is we11-
nlgll fatalk even worse than wheu tlze
line encls abrupkly, ler in tlze latter
case the Current m ay be forced
fârexgâ nrtv #g/â.
r, and may digy
itself a new ebaund ; but w lzen it #'
is delilxzately- turnzcl back to its
sottrce there is little hom tllat it wiil
ever go on izt iks original direotion.
Of all repair slgns t*e beit and
m ost certain is tlze N ttare, G own in dtt F
Fig.7.
>Pile Sqtlare (7) is an indizidual sig'
rl and 'ltas been
11$e4 by tbe o1d pabnists az an indicatioa of protection zoul
sonle inlyendlng danger. It is always a good sigx,
w'herever fouud. l;o naatter vzhat thv brezk ia a line or
what1tsmenaceto iHem bject a squa.re surrounding itwill
partially a pair and m itiga? tha danger. T he gquare I
cooeeiee to be a box B'hieh fonns iteâlf around tbe break
or dangvr poîuq aud eoncentrates and boxes iu tht
C urx nt m aking v ape înnpo- ible. holding Kie overEow
in check and fox iug Lhe C urrgnt tu ânû and dîsekargv
itself again througb t:e regular ehannel no ' Dlatter hovz
great tlze turm oil inside of the sqtw re m ay be. Somd im es
a stuare is found o!z 1 M otm t where it dteB no' sur-
round a defectîn m line SucN squares qd1lindicate olat
the dereets af t:e Llount v;ll not predouiuate vdt: t:is
su:jeet.
M y conceptiou ig that liae.s are clzannels for tlle traare
mission @ tlle Rlectric Current and tlta.t our efort is to
End out *ow e l *1ey cau aud w i11 perfonn this funœ
fon. .If the Ilfe CurM nt has ln unobstrueted chaxnd
aenxm t:e handlSke life Mâ1l be uuobsk n- M . But if t:e
l7o The Laws of Scientific H and-keadiag
e'Am rm elsbows defects ata certain point w e know tronble is
goiug to occur tlzere,and tbat if tke C urrent js kept in the
ciïauue.lanclftom bm aking its bouads aufl ovmd owbng tluz
dnwgerwillbeovercozx W lzeu 1>edeferzive pl/zv is&oxa in
by the K uare,we * 1tha. t the Currerztealm ot getoatofthe
Je.&',butn'uttfu(1 m14 dix llarge itx l througk its reg'ular
chu nel. T hus a aquare is alwaysaprotection from daxger,
a lxkxing in of the C urrent,antl a rem ir agentofcertainty
aud rd iability. In tkx sauds ofexam inations I âave zkevqr
failei to vetify tllisestim ate oftlïe square.
The Fork and tke Tassel W m foutzd at the ter-
m inatîon of liaea, aad by applying tlzu gene.ral theor.r
to tllel'a ther are easy to underm nd.
.

'Plle term iuatiou of a liae slm w s tlze em d

of tlze om ration of its pecttlipr lpw llties
aud nau;t be noted to see in w'Nat m nm.
nertûe end gill be accenzplis'bz4. Souze
z lines gradually fade away'until tbe line
is H t in the eapillary lines ofthe skin ;
in otEer casts tke 2ne ends wbrupdy,
soxletinles vdt: a creas a Btar a dot or
> :
.
cu island, and oRen it ternzinqtes il a
fork or tase T hex epq- ls m ay be
$@urd on the end aF a sho/ L ife 'Iead or H eal lsne and
w llenever fotm d iuclicate llle clissipatiot:ancldiFltsion ofthe
strqtlgtlzoftlze line and the qnd (yflts tuw fuluesu. 'Phe C tuw
Tent instead of (xm tintting is im ttered and diFux'd and
spreads Jtself like a tassel or fau dis: pating its force au4
extlitlg the strong operatiou oftke qttalitiesindicxted by tlze
line. Jfa fork com posetlof tw o lines cthet!r in the em lof a
liue itam m m ts only to a split and is not so batlms a.tassel
for G ia split znay f0= itself into an islaud aud ctm tintze tlze
litte lbutthe tax el com poe ofnpzny lines,isthe dfstribu.
tion ofthe Curreut over so witle lspaœ tlw reîsno llole that
it wil! 1= gatlx re:l togttlzer again in a singla strong line
tlxntgh,lf îtourt!r early in the llne had not at1+ endjyou
m ay m lztetim es 5.
ad.a dugle tlzilzline x utinuiug a1tu.a.taee
x t In xvw'- e'oqmsyou âlzd tlze t.- 1prolx tetlby a N am'e.
 Individual Signs 371
'
I'he tasx l Is alw ays a defecf souletim es overcom e but prou
4uciug w'hile it lastsgax:t disturbance of the Current. BJx
followic the t:eorl' of the Current overthe 2ne yeu oqm
aeeurately estim ate tlle extent of serious-
no s,tbt lmsfble repair and theoutcomt
tlzonglza tarael gerlerally Inarks tlze end
of the txseflz:nass ofa line.
Tlze Dot(9)isa sign whlclzis notfre-
quently seen bu1 is worthy of note It
variesin sizeaacldepth m e being m ere
speeks.aurlothtrs large etm ug'
b to pwtîn
tlxu point of a pencil Doti aru alw ays a
defe t either of a line w hen seen on one
or tlzey m ay la foutztl iudepeatlen:of i e '
linea. O n a line tize(Iotform san olM trttction to tbe flovroftlte
Currentlatalifitisa largv (m e it protlucesdestrttetiou oftlle
liue by lntqrpcpaing po deep a cavity tluattlze Curx nteaatm ot
pas'm V < y sm all dots are notsellous but often com e after
sevfre illaess geuerally of a febdle character. I have seen
dots oa the L ife lirze m arkicK tlze apotw hen a.sqvere attack
of = rle ortyphold fever had oelm rred on the H pnrl line
uudert;e M ountof8atum îutleafan; dumb subjtxtts,under
tbeM ottntofApollo in beart-disear,esrlbjectG on tlze lineof
M ereury shop'ing w heu x vere intestirzal disttzrbauce.s had
occurx d,and ia otiler partsof tlze la ntl
intlieating ihe txcttrreuce of dlë culties
peculiar * !be pm sortbe halzd ozzw hieh
tlzey were seem D ots m ay bu rell bllm
w Nite' or yenow. and will indicate by
''N x tbd r color tlw distuzbauces peculîar to
tba lœ ality orline ou w biclztizzy appc r.
>, 'Pller are sttbject to Tepair by a gtxxl.
) sqo
uwrv.
eebained llne(10)lsfonnetlbr the
<K1D joîning togetller %ça.nnmler oflinks,
forzniup a lix uotclear even an4 deep.butotze w' lzlclzhasa
coxtitluon: seriesof obstnlctions from the beglnning. T he
efvctof suclzfdlinekqtiw wea. k oy ratlon ofthe qttalidesof
 lndlvidual Signs ,/,,
,

lnd:cadon. Ift:e trlangleisform eu by crossitlg ellaxee lines

it is not as powxrful in i:q operatiou as w'hetzitis a sicghz
sign.stillit adds greatiy to the su%ect ia %'batever diro
upu its locwtiou indicates. O u allof the 5!olu:va lrkvmg1e
applies only bn t*e upper vzorld of that àIount. It is not
intended here to apply tbe sing1e sigu: to thu Afouutl
sugers,lînes and iudividual pbalangvs giviug tbeiruaean-
iog in each location but to ouuiue the gdn6e# pH nciples
governlng them and in a subsequeatcbapttrœ apply tb= .
Rem em ber the strougesttriangle is tile slngle signpthat itis
always a favorable indication never applges to healt: but

û #'

No,14 *0.12
a.
dd: brilliancy to the tnentalslde of th* lx atlon where lth.
fouud.
'lYet'lrille (zz)isaformation wllerelinesare fouu:leross.
i1:g.eaclz otller In suell a m anner as to form R network or
dwrn througitw hicla it is alm ost im pessible fortbe Current
to pass; as.for exnm plu iîau E lectric Currqntw ere turned
into R.w ire netticg w ben we know itw otlld öigzag in every
dlrection,be obgtrud e; so ltcoûltl notcoutiutle its passage,
ant! would be forced to eu pe througlzthe ends ofeaclzwire
in tlw zwt. T lzis would (lifuse and dissipate the Cttrrent.
Itw ould also inteusely electrify tkepoiutwhere tlleditlksion
oocurred. In the linesoft'l:ehand we m ttstkeep the Cttrrent
ftœ from obstruction so w hen tbe grille is found itl auy
hatld 'w'e feel at once that if a deep liue slzow s tlsat m uclz
Cturretlt is floleîng in its directiou we lzave ia tlze
gHllc obx ructiot and over:ow. ' ï;henever sx n the
374 T he Laws ofScientzc H and-lteadlng
grilling of lines is a serious defeetand a m ezmzv.. If itis
very proax ux lk ancl compostxl of dfxp 1.e41 liues llze
nzenace is gtea: ; if only a confuk ng aui iuberlacing of
aevetal sm nll thin Ents it is not as sedous. O n tDe
àIopnts t:e grlllu ia a bRd sign, bù nging out tbe bad
à de of tbe Afount typem M nce by eausing the exd ting Iplec.
k ie Current to osxro w itro tbmu it produeeq an abuornzal
condition. It alpo briugs out proxaintutly tbeir healtb de.
feets. 57hea a grille is seen on any Afount, look for a
bad or syoîled specixaen of the type, or oue Trho Nas the
he< uzdefec:gpecusar to bl type. lksquarc xzay rupRir a
grîlle lf It boxes the dffect entird y-,butsuch n4arkings are
rRre,@nd even a@ beneûd R1 a sigu as the square cannoten-
drely diaûycte the danger of a gH11e. slote the linqs in a
gdlle to see ifthey aredeep or sballow and ifin proportion
to tEe rtst cf tkx liues in tke haud Mxwkqr tkan tûey or
etrorger. Jfttle grille isver)rstrong.deepland red.lined it
willbe = re prououlzeud iu its bao.efeets ; ii'its lizles are
luss dx p tlzan tlze otlzer linus it is leaa of a.fzaugv'r. S=
whetaer tlte vertical lines cttt their wah' tllrtm gb the crass
lilzeatitlwhidzease it wi11 not be so bad a grille)oriftlze
crosg line.s cultile verticxllinea cleanlyn Som e Cttrrexzt ea!z
pqss if the vertleallines cut their way tlzrough : tjone can
gd tlzrouglkiftltttcross-llnesetlktlle çleem st. A grille vdtlt
Iines not rlm ning exactly vertical and bod zontal is notaa
bad as oue which is fouud c'om posefl(yfverticalatld horizon-
tal lîues ruuuiug'at rig' ht angles. T hlw w itb a)t o illes
gauge with judgmerzt your estimate of their deztrudlve
force,aud ($o not apply the worstefectofa.barlgrille to a
1- dsngerous onq. Carefully eslim ate tlze gooll of your
snbjex!tby Chirormmy illordertogetthe trtteeffeetofthe
grl e as app:ie to him jazl:laîw ays use greatcare w ith tkis
sign.
(lross-baa (x3),orlzodzcm allinescloselygroupetltogether
w itkeut the vqrticalline.a ofthe grille,T olm sidvr a worsa in.
dication than the gdlle itself for in tids case the Current is
<# y IàwW aud Nnmno cba:zee to escam exceptby over.
O wiug tlze obstrx tion' aztllto do tûis ltm ustfza4 overiow
 Strengthening Lines 375
.

tlle stazrom zding parts. I have gis-en the nam e of Cnm up rs

tœ thia m azking as I have oftezl ezzcountered it as tt single
égn arid veziEed its bad tEœ ts. 'tY e croas.bars w IIIbring
otlt the bad side of a M ount sLteh as health defeetG and
fortunately are not oftea fouM W lzen you encouater this
sigu 5* how strong and deep are the en- linel alO izm v
they conlpare viith the re< of the lines iu the band. T he
dceycr tkey pre,the #zorse tke indication aud pir versa.
T be Ctlrrent theory w illalways unlœ k thelr seriousrzea
'Phe Cirele(z4)isquitea.raresign aud iscbîesyvaluable
w'bqn found on tùe lineof Life or on tNe N1ountofJkpollo

o
@ r
'

p
*..-

N0. 1: FICNI14.

orline of :lead underthe slountofJkpozo. Such nzxgklngs

enapha:ze tbe Jkpollouian bendency bo trouble n'it; the eyes.
slzia in4ication I kavc veù âed ia & few iustances. s/kcu
seen it xill be accurate as indicating delicacy of the eyex
but is notseen cm the handsof2 1wllo aze eitberblind ' illw e
px rd sion orw zak eyes. Itis notusually perfectly m arked-
Tmperfectdm lesBometim e:elo* their etk es,hozeeverjand
bleqnae ptrfect in shape as the dizscultiqs wiyh the eyes
inurelwp.
spheqYideut(z5) 1 found at the upper end ofa line,is
som etim e.s a i ngle sig'n aud som etim es is cona% d witik
d tker the lines of Saturn. A m llo, or Alereurz. or Ndth a
clm nee line tlzatruns iIzavtrticaldired iou. 11isa favom ble
iudicatiou w ilen fx nd on tlleupm rrnd ofa llne aaitallowsa
g'
te escape of she Current tllzougR proper ehannels. It
atldsstreugtltto the litle of A pollo, iukreasing its brilliancy
376 T he Laws of Scientilic H and-lteading

aztd tlle ehapeesofsucassfcrrthe sttbject- Thelrlclentisa

rare m arkit:g ûnflalw ays a good one. l:
t m ustt'e m rfectly
m arkqd to give its fullm cauiug'
.
%Y e St'a.r (z6) is a.
n important and vâlttable slgn, Ttis
fm m d i!lm nny hauds in q11 ptkuible loeatious aad is m m e-
tûues a gxe indicatiou souzetiuaes a bad one depending
entirely u& n it: loeation. A s the Current Ib w salolzg the
lines it is reafly at any m om ent to burst inte a flam e and
illuminate it: surrotm dings. Jtlst 3s tlle Jsltrtrie Ctlrrent
products tlze elcckrieligh: so the Life Currentalso prolluces
m riœ s m 'points of iltum idlatioa. 'fkhu star is tlze electric

! w.

Nœ 1$ NO.lg

llghtofPalm istry,tbe place atwhlelztblzCurreutsendsout

!ïs m intz ofIight from a com m orlcentre ; and thus tlle star
lf sm all and eveu itt proportion m eaus tTam intztitm and.
gflarge aud difux d explositm . It ls always a lfrâfz'
z?p x>
and > t= i t'
ng indieation whex&eer seen. 1% catefulin
lxudlinp sta> tu note tbzir form Ktiou siwe dœplh of liue.
locadon, and relative proportion to t%e rest of the linex
srou :W11 aee stars pudx tly fornzeu svith qaek xay of the
xknai- lengtlland c erdng from a eom m on centre farm ing a
perfeetly proportioneG znarkiug. 'D ese are tbe beststacs,
and give the even illum ination tbat lighLs up a M ount or
liue w ithottt destroying it. W hen tlle star is im perfectly
fot'm ed aud the liae,s do uot preceed from a eom m elzcelztre
ltls a m or Btar partaking of the defectsofa grille and pro-
tludng feeble light aud 5sin no setlse so brllllant a m arking
lz+G> pecêvctsœ . Ifthq vwœ 1 lwrge,w'itk deep,pœd liaea,
 378 T hc Laws ofScientiliu l-land-Readlng

ing otlterlines. M waF! note bow deep tize lines forming

it%mp and How they ate 1x proportion to t%e other lines. Jk
tl terare is a sigtl of grave im port,esjxycially ifhighly
colored. T he c' ro- Is azt obstacle ekr a defeetkand genem lly
protlucp.s eithera bad quality,a health defed .or a chauge in
theom r'
seofthestlbjeet'slife The Currentrttuning along
tl:e liue on reaeldng the u oss d'bttrnd out the fu> ''to 4tse
ekxtrkml ywœlance an4 a stoppage for repair is uecesgary
oûen Mutb tEeresultocebangiug tbe couOeofthesubjeet's
life. Ia any lecation it nzust be regxzdtd as uufavozable
' aod as indicatiug w defotu
1% tbe repair of any lise vpzRk broken or defoeuvu in
auy way,S'isterlinus(z8)arem lystvaluable. W henm'eryou
see a w eakneM or a defect in any'line look to see if a sidter
line '
rlm .
qalongtdde adding its strengtb or repairing quali-
tles. A w eak llne w itlt a sister line m hkes a gnotl com bitla-
tion alm ostas good as a siagle stz'
oug line. G oo:llines are
Mzade kttter by sisbzr lines and in every place thty appear
nx aM a i sler line as of dx ided beuest.
T he stndy of thc geuen l charac erir ia of tbe lines
and dgns of w'%ich thia chapîqr tmmta is the keystonc
to the atudy of the individnnl linea aud x bin tions.
I have been ex plid t conceruing each chauge in tNe lines al1
defeets and the w ay indid dttal signs are produced as I w ish
to get the geteral tileory of the Cun m ttwellllxed in your
m iud. T he applim tion of this hypotkesis to tbe indi-
vidual lfnes :nqkes it enqy to read tbeir inuulnerable vatsa-
lions.and it is on1y this eoneeptiou oftbe llleetdc Cuco t
w hieh w illm ake it passible to reax u outa1Iof tke B xoxdble
cem binatioz!sd 'lipo'syou w illbe ealled upou to nu a.
 CH A PTM IV
Pu l AG= oF TH = SUBJECT -- Ao= As INDreATK O oN TMM
LESN:B

P to thistinze lb= e hp< not been dlexnrered auy w ay

of positilrely lelling from the izand the prex ntage of
asubjeet. 'Pilereisno markiug i'
n t'
he hand orotttbelines
wlziclz will independent %t'everytM ag else indicate tllis
But by clesv observalioa of the geueral appaarance,color
and skin yottrx'tn approxim ale 1he con'ect age w ithin a few
years. Y outhfulskillisfreslllœ kilzg,elmstic gvnerally w e:ll
colored and has tke gppuarancq of vitality. Jks age com u
on the skin grow s less fresh lookiug takes on a satiuy-
glœ sy appear'
auœ .apd gets darker often becom ing browa
iu spotu. This sauny appearauce pçgirs at about5Ry
yeaa of age, aud grows m ore px nounced fnxn fhat thne
on. T he- is not m ileh trouble to dlstingl,i:k the hands
ofyoulh b)'<zeand appearanee,neithergs ithard tojudge
the uandsofnfddlo aKed oro1d pzx ns. But1 om the years
oftwenty to âftr there is greater dil cllty in reaehing ac-
curaey, thouJ: profeieney clu be aoquia d by a elolz
oY rvation of skiu condstqucy color and gcneY appear-
anee. Itisdesirable to acquire skilli:l t'
izi.
s m atter for know-
lclge oftlzepresentageof a subjectwillenable yotzto tell
wlzat m'unts seeît iu his hau:l lzave pauedk and. about
wlmtpoint t*e sttbjectltas reached in the life znap of tlze
bancl atthe tim e y'
our reldiaw takes plaee. U ntilJ'otthave
rainecl som e proâcieucy in tbis resw et.itis m ueh G tterto
aak thesubjed whatagelleilaaattained and nqelzisatkgwer
as a kmsis. 1 do not Maeâu tbat you should rely abK lutd y
um n it,for a11jerslm s w illtlotbe trm hful ; bm R ey willl)e
êrQ
:$80 T he Leaw s of Scientisc H and-R eading
w itEin reasonable distance of the correct age alz:l you w ill
havetouseyourow'
njudgment ha d upon tileapm arance
oftbe haud as to :ow m udk they aœ nisleaiing you. I
helleve theref,a way to telt thc agz œf a subjectfrouzthe
lines and have been expeHnlenting qqth it for sonae tinaw
butthc resultsdo no:asretA'atrantm e in giving the fnethocl
as xn absolutely eorzect cue. Jf tla ttm m rattu e ol'your
room isexactly tigllt anrlG e stlbjed in perfecthealth you
willofterzûn' :l by pressillg klie Life line eut'te,izzaffrom '
the
top dow nw a'rd so tbat you force a11 of the blood out of il
repetkting if necesqqry tllispressttteseveraltim es thatthere
vzill soznetiuxea appear, on1h'fœr a secolzd a pvbite ypot in
the line, In abottt ilalf of tize cR.
u o!tw hîd z I have tried
thisexperim ent this w hite Npot hâs show n itfjelsat tlle oor.
rectageofthesutiect. Jthuslxt'n sucœssfulso oftem tbat
I'believeiftlle conditioa.
sofhealtll in tlze sttbject and tem -
peratttre eftllerooiu were oïwa)'&j11stHght.thatthe results
w x ld be astouishiuw ia tltvir accuracy but w e quctauntc
stle'
h varyingcontsitionstbatIdonotfeeljugtifellin making
tke m sitive statelzlelzt tlzat age can alw ays be dix ovcret'
tin
tid.
sw ay. Ik w illbe valuable to Palm iutr.r ifthis possibl ty
ean be fully establitlhefl.
Ifour hypothesis that tlze linœ itlt'
he haud are a m ap of
tlzu '
natural coar.
x of tlle life is eorrect then t' he diferept
portions of the :izles m ust show to w lzicr'
lz parks of the life
they m fer. .
'
Experlm fm t:hklve dearly sbow n tlnat tlze begin-
ning ofa line (rememberi'ng always from whic. llend the line
in qitestion isread)records tlle firstytxux aurl tbat as the
llne continues itrecords the advaneing yeaars ofthatlife.
'Pike degree of profkclency possible to attaiu in reqtliz!g the
age atwllich eveutsoccurdea zzdgNm tirely upon the keenn-
arzfl golxlJudgment oftlle practitionen There are some
w ho ean tellofan eveut aud fx tlze tim tlwitlzirla.year,but
thoge who bave reached auclzskillare fem O tilers are suo.
cesgfutw itbix tw o three orâve yeats. N o otle eau do m ore
thatlfix tâeyear in w hlellan evcntoxnzrsiflzsrelies entlrely
upon tlze rulcs of Palm istrp To sx scientifieally a m onth
.

or spzdfk 4ay for any event Es impossible. N dtlw r :. .il

 A ge as lndlcated on the Lines )sz
Smesible relying sold y on the Nand to tell tke naMle of a
subjed .tlpeinirialofllidname orthatorafriend m'relative.
In every case w hen y'ou are asktd to w rite tktsu thiagx on a
paper,nö nlatter w hat is apparently doce witb tNe paper
you m ay be absolutely eertain thattllepractitioueris relying
upou steiglltofllqnd to enable lzim to rkad wlza.tyou kave
writteu. 'Phere is uo Ixzsxible m etEod eitlzer of lx ating
''Itteky daysy'' a'
ntl uotlling should m ore quickly give 1he
slamp of fraucl tban sucb a statem ent from a practgt:oller.
N eitizerdoes a sciemtiEc palm isf coniina him self entirely to
tLwfututkb tdling ofwondertulthingstbatwillhappen after
'
lteisgoae. Sacb practitiouerssuccfxd lxcamx tlzereisjust
tnougllcretllllity in olr hum an nattlre tom akeusâsi
/zrtkex
things- w hich are d ways m ade to be plelsaut- vdllcoule to
pasqt A ny palm ist wlm understands lzi, art can tqllA st
ezezzç and is he cannot deâl eorrectly with yourclm racter
llealtlz lem peracx ut and a gocd deal of your past life (le
notputfaitb in his skill. '
T riqiug e&x nta are not sbou in the h&nd. nphe Mle:e
rautiae of liviag uoes nut appvar iu the life uâap so auy
clainl to traee your lire fronl day to day is a false one in.
teuded xnerely to deeeive. (lnly im poftaut eventq seziors
iznqases,cianges of condition.sevtre trials,gTealjoys or
dangens w illbe seen or those tblnge or persons TrHo have
greatly lîliueucetlaa(1 have protlucetl stroug braia im pres.
sions upon you,orhave m ade m arked chaages in tha course
oftlle life.
T o bu œ rrectîn readlng ageon tlx Iiza s w e m ustcoasîtler
how long the average ljum au being live . T hoM agg
m easurem ents oc tlle L ife line wlziclz couliuue tlle life up
to one hundred years and over are m nnifestly ino rrx t
for people do not oftelz reaeh sueh ages. T he Kubles of ex-
pœctaucy uzud by insuraacu corûpunivs aTe cqrtainly near the
faeus for they are the resalt os large experience and are
cousz ered suï dlzlztly reliable to form a basls from wllie.ll
tlze com panie: sre wllling to zsstlm e great fuancial riA s,
T he.se tables place yhe lengtlloftöe lverage insurable life at
yixty-fiveyears,but,forthepurposeofallowiug txtm tim e t;
 :8z The Laws olSclentific H antl-k eading

ulife exeept
oursutix tsritisbettertoaasumetlmttllelzuma.
izlrare case.
w will n()k grqatlh'excx d x venly yn rs. 'Plzus
we sfart a line atzero and end it atœ vxnty. 'rhe interven-
ing' space w e divide iuto sectix s m atùem atical6y exact,
which peintotzttiku iutervenilzg yeaz'
a oftbe life.
The divisionoft*e IvifeIil:e(:9)begirlsatthestqrting of
:>'..lilzeuadertlle sngtr ofJupiterand eqcksattke vasvdte..
tlze intenrening x ctions
re- ding a11tlle t'ariotts
years of tlze life. For
conveuience and to faciE-
tate quieknerz irlzeatling
tbe line I divide it ic
tùe centre, âxinK tbat
pointasfàe age36 w hich
isapproxim ately oue half
@ of 7o. 'Phe space above
* ts tlliscentr'alrxxrntIdivide
1*Il iuto tke ages4., 6,I2,zï,
k.1' 24.w ,atld tile portion of
.

A* 1) tlle liue after the cetaral

.5
43 pointto ro'td aa ag'es4;r,
K' 5t. 6o,and 7o. To reaell
4. a date as clase as a year,
7o it is neceasary to subdi.
vide the line between
sz.1: agvs 4 anjj 2o ;Izto peri-
txls, uaclz reprex ndax one year aud m ark tike spaœ on
the line as fev'can so accurately gauge it w ith tke ehax
W ith a little prad icu yx eatt rtcogaize q'lze.x tlze age.s 4,
5,I2! I8h24,3+ 36,#y 5r! 6o, zad 70 are m arked on tite
liue,and learn to read these ag'es quiekly aud ftcturately.
Iu a.cax wlze.re tlze indiem icm you are reading (1tlo notcom e
at one of these ages!you m aylif you w'Ish to be tr er.rp aceu.
m tzim ark ofrthe line iuto yeara aaflarrive atthe exactdate
as ixdicated abca-e. In reading tfâand wlthottt markinK
tkellné w1th a m neil.always conâder whetherthe âaad is
loug vrsimrt,aud afterfrstum ing the cuutralpoiutttu tlze
 A ge as Indicated on the Lines ,8:$
.

liue,wM clzindicates tlze 36.year division m eutallh'm ark (e

tlze x'veralspo- :z'
p prsportinn tothekmgth oftbtkaud A
long hand w 111 hlve w ider spad ng betqxen each 6.yaar
period and iq a sbo/ one they will com e cloAv together.
The above divii on of tïe Life line I have foand nuve ae-
curabz tkan any I have ever uaed auâ while the results
obtzned depend entixly'upon Kbe cornxtjudguzeatofthe
p= titioner tNey can be m G e veqr acenraœ if n ë cim t
pains1 taken.
'bzlding pedods of tiuze en tke lines af the lbeart an4
àlead is oûen upeful ia ordqr tv see vzketbqr evenw uzarke;
op then& :t into conditions seen on the Life line. To esd.
m nte tiuae on tbese lines tNe sanxe rules nâust be obeerved
aad tlze sam e rem arks aud reaem ing apply' to tlzese liues
asto tlzeLifu lirtc 'rlzey iagizz unltvrtlze fn> rd Jupiter
and their cottrsa is ao'
ost the hand. A s the- tw o liues
have m any variations in tlle direetion they prtrsae, I llave
fountl it tyt'st to ust an im aginary liue beglnuiug ilz tlw
mikldle d tbu M ountofJupiter= ttruuniug am'ckqstlze lzarltl
to the rercttœ ottas a.gtdtle to m easttre by. O n this im agi-
nargline(zo)11ay outtheperiodsof6 r2#x3,24,s0.,36,4.y
5z,6o a1t(i7o a.
urlw bea anything is to l)e read on the H eart
or H uicllix uote under which of thex periois it liew eofl
this isfouud to be t:e prom r age. If clos:r dates are de-
< ped naark 1:e 'Ieaa or Ilead line into spaces representing
singleyears,aud Iyrxxed as(titec'ttd iu the use oftlàeLifeline.
'Phe.above tRbles of m - qurem ents I have ux d w ith tzzuch
success, and believe tizem to be correct if properly applied.
A ge on tlle Iine of Satltrn is read from the bottom upu rd
(2z),tllesjmce from tlle raœette to Head lioeeoveriug the
ycars frozn o to30,from liae ofHeacl (uormqllh'plaeedl tq
line ofHbart Jo to 4.5,atkd from lizw of H tm l to fiug' e.r of
Saturn 4. 5 to go years. By rem em bering tilese tltree general
sulxlivisions you w illsoou accustom yourselftoqttickly read
the prind pal periods. If yotl w isiz to reatl w itlziu a yrar,
m ark oir tlze line and proceed R.s w itll the Lil: liniz. Tile
diirerent directions $n w hieh the lines of H ead antl H eart
oftettru.u Rcross tlze '
lm ud m oke tlm location w kere tlze 11*.
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 Jkge as Indicated on the L ines :85
oî Satwrn erlsges thenl not alw ayg the gauae. sf they ate
Kalsplaced produd ng a vzlde or a narrovv quadrangle do Lot
rely on tke splee betw- thenz as ceveriug tht ages fronz
3o to 45 but at oace naeagure the entire line of Saturn for
corrett dates.
lphellne of?kpollo (2a)1s read frcnxt:e louotlupward
as is tbe lint of Saturn and the sanze rules and nleasure.
rlents apply b3 it as to t:e line of Saturn aaâ also the
sam e nzethods of arziving attxactdates. The line ofAferv
cury (23) i: read frona the bottonl upward,the qmnnescale
and ruluw applyiug to it as to u1e other Tints txeepttkat
tNe spaees on this line are eloser together inasm llch asthe
line is ahorter. Itis oftcn dvsitable to rcad agc oa this linv
as It Is s'ueh lt v'
aluable Dne in cfm lleetion w ith tlle litle of
Life. Iyisnotnece- ry to I' Q!?ïIageon chanceliues T lLex
lines Të1leither cross the 5!ain linee startfron: thetn or so
ntar,thatageou tlzeckarlge linecau l)e readxw- t'izeM ain
line. T hese chxnce linez whieh are the ehanges or resf-
M lidea in t:e naturzi m ap of thu Efe run in sa m any
dired ious and start from sttch untxxped ed plac'ea that llo
rule can Ix i ade for reading age on them . Y ou B'l11
hovpzver,uever h*ve trouble ia arzivisg atthe proper dates
R4th tkese linesby eom:putlng fnxn the hfain Iines. 'Io part
of Palcdstry requipes zaora practicu than t:e reading of
dab>, and tiuae can be valuably enzploye; in gnining thk
practicc ztt Erk you wil! record rnany failures but it is
JrourJutlgmentaud uottlle rttles'thatisfttfault. Thisyou
w 1llprove for ynurself as you e carefuland deliberate
in m mkiug up your m itd bd ere y'ott apeak. N o oae reads
dwtes so fluently as tbe beglntler T lle older ln expetience
1ze bœ om es,tbe m ore carefally l:e w orka and tlte better re.
su1ts he achieves. Som e disapl 'm lnLm ent in liue lvading
.

oam e.sto beglnners from the fxct tbat they do not look in
tlx right placvs fbr events. A t present few lx k for inuee,s
auywhere btztorltbe Life line,w hile the H eadlH eart.aud
M ercury lînes aatltke M otm ts a11 recold health az ictioas,
gheird:te to berea(lkpm thesv liue:.
 CH A PT RR V
.
'ra zl ru x e o e a xx zttr

PON entering ourbcdies tlarough the fknger oflupite:

tllefirstling reaclletlbïtlleBlecLrleCurreutistlieline
of :lean .so llanled because It h as been found to reiect ac-
curabely the cooditiœ l und operatioll af this orgatl. It is a
very ilnportant Iine as it deals w ith that central Dir.sustaill-
ing m e barimn w bieh pum ps and eotto ls the blood stream
whk h bg 1:s qttatltity atld quality w e have fotlnd ao
Iargely zfectz our btalth and tenlperaolent. Dphe line of
Jleârt rises l ocz sonle pd nt under or near the 5nger of
Jupiterl and traces i:s w'ay across the Amnd under the
L:ouutsl cnding on the percussion. ltis not proper to say
that this linu has pny nornnalstarsnF place or any n'rbneê
stopplux plaee fur w hat raigùt bc nqrnzw1vzith orc subjtrt
woul:lIwtlx with azmtlzrr>so the.lineofH eartzaustalwwfs
l;
xz considerect în relation to tlzc individnxl o'
n w lziclz it zs
x tn. 'Phe o1d sqylizg tlzata lxtrson llas u E'w œrm lzeart ''
ortt.'g'reatdealefheart,''Ilas bec'om e synoztym ousw ith the
Idea that tllese m rsons ere aseclionate ancl sym patlzetk'
T hls islargely true forwe llavealreatly seen ths.t'the aetlon
ofa strong heartksftglowed by'pink color lzlcucatizlw warm tll
and healtb Rud thîs >x kuow proiuces geuial sylupathetlc
yeop:e. Fleuty of blood p!,u1pe4 by a < m ug heart oleans
tbe antitbesis of w hiteness lllld coldness So a ''xwarm
hM '' veally refers to the p11&'Z ea1 1lea1th of tllat or> n
and the xwarm th that follow s good M ood stlpply.w hlc.h m n.
ditlottjyrotlttees the conrequent attm etion towards ite fellow.
m ex paetd iar to guch nam re: T hus w e Gnd that a
M x ng phyd cal heart m eans not only healkb but a sc ong
at- ion for and to olbe- A, d oonvenœly a wc>k
38:
 T h'e L ine of H eart :$g7'

Aabby'lbelart, puuzplng tke bloo; current Mutb nfe:x-

fozcegath%xîua-K Trhite color vrhlch indiea:lq a laek of
waqa 'au4 conx quent wm k or leM m an etic or ener.
gsr badlyzlity of Afections Th- ba w hom t:e zeadiug
nately p n:in uieafeedon: from tke âleartlina :aa x em H
absentlile have notrecognized the direeteonneetion exist-
in a vqweelzthe strength ofthe phyiealorgal:and tNe enao-
eras, for every variaiion ia Kbe K reugth of t:e heart's
actiœ: fcoduces naore or 1es* bealth apd a eorresponding
variauon ia the kind an; skrtugth of 1he aseetionw Q)hus
the 'Ieartline is in trut:k a revealer notenly ofthe nzusru.
lar,vitalr rength and R tiorlofthe heartitse:f lm t as a re-
sultoftbese collditëons also of the stpeagth aud chpracterol
the aFerkioni
N'ou h611 not fnd the line M ileart absvnt ln = ny
kands aud yet it x m d im es is. Y ou w ill occasion.
ally x u otLly otœ litksz crossizlg tlle lzaud belew tlze M ouots
and n'illbe ata losa to tellwhethr it 1 the klead or lleart
line. I have but oace seen tbe Ilead line entirely absent
îizouglt I hasx seeu zual'
zy lzanc'
ts lackizzg t'
lze H eart linm
(1had inlended at tlzis ptfnt to sùow thislzwnd witlzHeatl
lille absent but upon g'
oing to csecupe a prlnt fotm d that
a 'lead liue haâ appeated in the han; siuoe I last saw
it a perioâ of about a year.) H ve oonsider tNat tùe
lines are O ntrolled by the brai'
. n nud not by 1he heazt
w e cau undeO tclt; that thv 'Iead line h4l1 uearl'always
btz prex ct, bqing tlze indieator of that organ w lzlcik con-
trol.
q anâ prtxlLlces a11 Iines It is often reell bowever
in a very elenxeutary statq uf developnâenu svhea a
aingle liue is uucu oocupying a pasition vvbic: il rela.
Hvely. vzhere the Ilead :ine ought to ke if ahould be
elaased as a 'fead liue an; the >leart line cousidere; to
be absent. ln order tbzt tbls slngle line nnay be con-
sidered the Ileart line and Kot the 'leed line it nlust
risehigll on the s!ouut ofJupiter(24),orin thatwseiuity,
and Iuuat trace its vzay acrasz tbe hand Just uxder K:e
Llounts,and notby any m eanelow enough to te la the 10ea-
don ofthe Tlead line. ïuhex u;e ïleartline 1 abseuq i:v
388 T he Laws of Scientiâc H and-k eadlng
absenee spelks of a laek of sym a thy and K:e a
side of làu dispoé uon au; wptns us of oue w b
blooded selfsh anâ w ho dedres personal success
t:e ex/enseaud O trimentofotherl Itkqa bRd
w bïch eaé;y leads frocl maere stlfshncas into l
decelt,lack ofcander and posilive dishonesty.
If this m arking is see:tin the hand of a.bad M ercunu

K .24 Nc aT
evetlofan Mntlsually shrewd speeimen ofthis tyre,itw illat
ont'e m can nam rat tem ptption towarâ disbonesty. If tlw
finger ofM ercury is crooked arld twisted anlltize nal
-ls are
narrow orshort you maybesuretllatthesublectcannotbe
trllsletl. H e w il: 1ie swindlex chuat,utual or tlo anything
to get m oney-; tbis is the hand of typiealcold.bloodecl dis.
bonesty. O 1!a M artian tite abcgm c'e oftke H eattline would
show him to bu unm rupttlousj cold.bitxdell and even on
provocqtio.ttbltm dllzirsty alllldaugerot'us. H e w illburn wlth
physicalardor aud w illgratify bis ltlstsw it' lzuo t'im ug'
illof
tbe cousequences to his W etilzx 0 n a Saturnian itis a dis-
tresdng iudicauon fer it Nvill add to h1s uaturalbasred of
m ankind h!s deslre to getevettw ith them blsavarlce;and
consequently, his chanees of beiug disbonest v:ll be iu-
uruasqd. &?NeJupitedan Tzill rarely bz fouad vdtk such an
iudieatfon ;wu lz he is somae one of tke tkree typesjust
m eutionecl w ill be strotlg also,atd tlle traits indicatfxl by
the abx nt H eartline w illoom e from tllair side oftile ltouse.
T lte A pollonian m ay have a defective H eal'tline,butltwill
aot be foktnd entirely absettt w ikil lzim ; neither w111 it ler
 i The Llne of Heax ;8:
tyoskith the srenusiaa* as these eeo types have too naucà
cszm patby and feeoug ever to ke absolutd y âesd elzt in
ho azt. 1)àe LuuaHan zzay be foand w i* t:e line absuut
pfrbadly rlefid ein.t asike isnaturally x ld amrlselfislu Forttt-
Mately,yotzare no:likely to m eetLtltt:y Luuariaul So tlte'?
absezlklineofHeartwilltellyot:tlzattlzesubjxtlacksheart
itlam oralway,is eold and M IESK â.:1d thathewillalso be
eow arclly alzllsueakâag iu his dispositiou tkouglzsom etim o
a great '<blH er.'' 'rlze liue of H eartgenerally risexfrom
sôme pointou ornearthe M olm t ofJttpiter sometimesex-
teudiug over aa; riiug oIl t%t hfouut of Saturu. souae-
thnes t:e line has forks at its beginningka11 of q'blch m ay
start fronaJRpiter and sonaetinaeslhcse forks spread likea
fan,extending ovcr ls far as Saturx.
T G re are three veM-verised readings attachtd to three
stahing pd uts and tbesz should be used as a basis far your
work,m odifying and chauging them in accordance asyou see
yhe startiug pointsvary. r.Rising from M ount ofJupiter
(25)w' treafltlzctlevdœpmttitoîtllesentilm ntalsidetotite

wa a Na zr

drectlons. Tl> subled isouawltoselos-eisideal towllom

love îu aa adom tioa antl to wlsora lovv qvi
za wit!zpoverty
attaehed is ltractbpe. a. Ris'gg beiween Jupilur and
Saturu (26) the liue shows the com molz-x ux praetical
''middle ground ''witlzthe aFuctix w indicqting one wlzo is
notearrled cw ar wit'
h R ntim ent butwlto vfewc Iove fronlœ
practkxlstanâm int ;is not ''solt''or ''aB X l''butw'lm
 3po
, T he Laws ofScientific H and-lkeadlng
ls incliucd to tM uk tlzat love In a coitage witlltïutpleaty o!
b= d and btltier is a m yth. T hfs person is neve.r c'arried
an'ay by sentlm eut and w M le stronz in etFectiou is sensible
.

and tlot foolislt. 3.Rising rrom tlle M oual of Eat'uru (27)

the m azkiag sltows the seusualism ln tlle afo tions of one
whose love Iutinged witilthe idea of pleasuresfrom sexual
relation:. 'PM s is ini'allEble ifw ith it is œ en a large M ouut
of Veuus of pink or 7e;l v'ullm aut! witlz strong N fe aud
M vrcuty lines. 'Pheae n'ill fe:ll o! pllyslca. l tlesîre l)y the
pointatwidclztNe H eartlinestarts and ofpby<ealstreugtk
suflkciertt to carry otttt'
ikese desires by t*e tytller iudicationw
.

we.ag so.z'A

sv here the H enrtlhle '

H ses from n1lIhree of tllese w urt'es
(z8) we hage iudicated the uaiun of x utim rut commou-
geuse.aud w ssion.sbow ing tbatlzeartisthe strongestfactor
in tlzemake.up ofyour stvbjec't,ancl a very finv!M egsklue
and a strong tltumb m ust be preseut to prevqçtuea'''
rtfrom
rulinglzead. W illztidsstrougformation4l(
'
)ttcan.l)y'nOtk!g
M'kiclloftlzetbreelinea ia tite deelri'
:.att:e ztaTWn; PCIiut,
tell whether entlmetlt' comZXQVVnR
: ZO j
, Qf PIF S tl
w
s'trongestforee. T izis always
so v lI ll affectiollu Per.
tnxlllees a.
f n, wlzo hzs a.wann kear A'' a great deal of il' alld ltpves
ritmd'relation*andmanklV. ,i
m ucltlleart,anfl he dx s (1 llVetteral' IX Sd*DVW Y
j klm
t alwars Ttlok Rftee ulq,awn kn-
terests wlleu coaaiderio 'Y D0
'
those of OtberB' ?Phl
ere
h'tas
k ecllftla fork fI
'CWIIJlpittr 1!1Btrtm gest,zntl
'
'
em idGle bm ne/rrtml est beom x tlle Prad itRl
l is strong ,
 T he L ine of H eart :19z
wll1tlzezlbe prom iuent. T he fork ortbe H eartline will=ot
alwo'slxtsopronounmd as thvtsg wn ln tbe lllxzstratix
buteven'varùztîon of it can be read 'ased upeu tbe fullin-
dieaHan here given. Sotaetimce:f*elinex;11startin sevemal
forkson Jupiteralone in whitb ease it kuceeaseste sentl-
naeukality oî a skngle 2ne starting frqnz tbpt poiat. T G
sacze rule applies to tùe otber starting pointB. 3rhe gxmeral
rule applies tblt a siugle line tends to nllke tEe asketions
nzoreself.eeutained lud thesubjeetlovûsfemily an; âienA
strœng1y but does aoL reucb out to everybody as dues t:e
ane wh- Ereart linu forka at tbe stzrt. T :e deeper and

HeRTer the liue at the start the deeper.buL nlorq llkvly ba

lx x lflab are the afecliona. Tlle m ore tbe branchîng,the
morethey goouttomanym ople. '' Phe Iinebeginning %'jlh
a fotk makesasuctxssrulsuljeet for he has lnnny frieuds.
Som etim us the lilzt of H eartiuclinesto falltowazd tbe line
of Head at its start (w ). 'rlzis shows the N-a4.to l>e
lm werfully in tla lead 1n4 tlm t w llea it com o lo a c'lzoîce
betweeu sentlm ent and utility the bea/ %511 be suoand
best. Smnetima the XneMartsTr> thellneofHexd ûo)
in w hic: case ikwi11s:ew thatllead haseoutrolof heartand
cenzplctcly deuzlnates it. thhisisespzd i ly true iltbt iïeqi
Iinrbe zee/gr and clearer than 1he Ileart line. Lïit 1 ao
mnarked,read v;t% conGieneethatthe head c= pletely rules.
Tf the liuea of 'Iooa aau :start are uaarked Rs in the above
tw u caseq theru vzill kt a conlinual stragglœ betpxen t%eua
for suprem c y,w ith the eharc*s in fav of tlze lzead w$ tlïe
 Jpz T he Laws of Scientific H and-Reading
H eartliae droops er takee 11 sourc.e from it. 'Pile constant
efbrt51:ourstttdy of the haud isto discoverw hat force. sare
ztrongeatirzthe atxbject and what oacs willmostiniuelzcu
hinl. ln this hattle betq/mn head and heart reapon and
sàstjxaeuq agnuhgyiuspecttbee:yze of:heIEeartlineaud
v'gkb it tke cenngvrgtivc J/rrrz:é of t:e two lineq klead
'
AJd ylexu in ordem totellwbCch w111yule. 'Cote in praes
tic'e t'
itwttlle E eartliue w lztn rising rrom t'
lze H ead lëne does
notzlumyado sojnstatthe start a.
sin the illustration but
nMay Hsefartherelonr in the eeutse of the 'Iead line (3r).
In this case tke tluze pt which the llead Iine obtaintd con.
trolnfthe 'Ieartlitecan be read by the Jointon t:e Ilead
liue froazw hich the 'Ieart line starts ; the age at w hich it
oecurrqd bd cg read frona the :nu of llead accordiug te tke
rules laid dowr iu Chapter 15:. '
ln the above exauziuatioua you Mi11 be naueh asdsted by
îaving frstclaaeiGedyoursubjectintobispropertype. 3rhe
Saturnian q'i!lbe alestaptto be zuled by head.follow ed b).
tke Luuariap thu lfvrcuziau thv Juyiteripn au; Ute lfar-
tlanlnaxaed in the order as tbis tendeney i: fonnd. 'êbe

A pollolsiau RnflV enusîan iucliue to have lzea' rt lead tbem .

'svil1x the abos'e m arkingw base the strengtlx of your state.
m euts oftlze itldicatîonz uporzthe type aa w ellaz tlze itd icz.
tioauoftlzeline itself and you .411arriveatalx lllte aecuracy.
T be length oftlle lines'àould uextbeuote; for it'wil!tellt)f
m v orIittlr lzearl Ifthe line rises norm ally butruns only
 T he Line of H eart 3%
a shortdiatanceand gtom (3a),itindieate.s tlmt thssubju
w illhave eeriotls diflietzlty attbefim e atw laielzitentls even
if a11 the otker linea ge on to their =ozm al leugkh. lêNiu
abruptternûnation uf tEe àlaart line Maeans eitber Shatthe
heartwill stop beatingjor else thatthe suMect has îstlle
heartor aFectiou for otkers You cau judge whic: by tbe
dinections given later in lhis cbapter. It is htelther case
a poor sign. lfthe H eartlillecrcesesthe entire hancl(a'
$)it
.

slzowsthattbu subjectllas tœ m twh lwart wnclwi2 allow

sentim ent to guide llim ln everylhiug. In businesslse w ill
uoteboose em ployees beeamse tlzey are bu'stfttvd lo do kig
worlq btztbecaux lhey ''uued a job ''and in a1lthewalks
of life he will be guicled by' O ntim ent. IIe w ill becom e
emsilyjealouq azzrlwillllax muc:b antlsuftkrifhedoeslmt
get m ucll in retatrn T he older m lm lsts read a lins risitlg
wellup inb:the fnger of Jupiter mld zutniug clear ncrosg
tNe hand ''failurv in a11 cutcrprises.'z llhis readiug w aa
probably based upon the fzcttbRt one n'ho is in everything
ri ed by sentlnzent cau seldouz eope suecessfuîly xzit: col;
Khemers. You can see that such a subject will uot
nrlm sa?'l'4.pl6fai1in allenterprix's ''though he isnotTikely
to gvt along mà n'ell as one m orv -
praetical in m altezs of
beart. So ourreàding,i%too m ucilkeart ''is tke best.
A fter satlsfying yotlrselFJts to 411.
::lengtlz of the line next
rzotv ita coursc thrtm gil thv lzand. By this 1 do noLm ean to
take a sweeping glance ôt the wllole line butthatyoîtnote
its tvery variation in clirectifm . Stx in w'lla.
tdirections tlle
linu i.
q cleftectell lm w long itrtm :in thiscourx t'ize charao
ter ofthe lineduling the change in course tlle aw atwhiclx
itocmzrw aud.ifm any oftbtse clzaugtstake plaee note eacb
one,its dttration and a11tllathappens to the line during the
variouscbanges in dirH ilm ltis tbis m inute analysis ofa
lina thatgivzsitscoraplete hle ryasapplied totG subJuvt
the events thatgo V f.h it ms w ellas the ages atw hiek they
oocur. By uoting the counx of 1kv lint I do hotreferto
defeets in it whieh we w illronRiderlaterlbutto tbe direcdtm
ittakepin crosgug tbe hand. Avith the excepdon ofJupi-
kzr, vrker. it sbRr:B t:e nornual Ene of àltart nzarkl the
 T he Lîne of H eart !95

subject. You caa by noting lmw long tileline isdeEected

from its eourse,tell,br readlng the age on the line what
m riod ofyears wascovered by it. By tzoting bow m udltbe
line ispulle:l vut of its cx rae Jrkm can td lkcw Jrrlk'zu the
atlraction has been. Arol %vill no@ ofula see I line pulled
xide of its coumse for general:y,before sueh e gzeatd%q.-
5pv caq occur,a chanee ltae *:11 splzY away frona tbe lfwln
llne and riae to the roint of at/action D at you willolen
encounter sliglztvariations G t:e lilze anfltllex are inzlyor-
taut,for any attractlon grûateuottglzto pulla M aiu line oat
ofits cottrsa is a strong orle. lf the H em t line is deEected

tow anlany M ount tlle Ikeople oftim t M olm t th'pe attrad tlle
subjeetgreatlyautiexertastrong influenceoverhim. 'rhey
form M s kltal as to qualidœ gud wppearance and you can
dexhbe tbe H nd of a person your subjectlikesbest and
olten how tlxey look by dtv vribing the areearanœ oftlle kype
ofthe M ountlo which the line iadefltxltcl. lftbe line dips
downward in itscotxre (,q5)it sllowslllatattbe tim eofthis
deflection theketnd lm sexerted a pow erfullniluellce over the
heart;and reason and lzead dom înate x ntim ent aucllzeart
Duriag stleb a m rlod t'
ileellbjectwillbeltdiFrrentto otizqrs
avaridx s selsslz aud cold-bearted. T M sdedection oftbe
H eartlix m ay x 'cur akany perio;liu itseourx . 'D e point
atwltieh it begins w ill tell the age at whiclz tillg tendency
begina Ifit is lostin the H ead line (36)jitshows that
thvse qualitiez la vq swallow cl a:lfurlhtrindem td entactiO
,j# The 1>wsofSclentm c H and-Readlng
oftlzeaFe 'tm? 'IYeaesnbjqctsarehencefortlzdominatetlby
heaâ. Iftize line ofH eartO er slle.lx a sariousdelluhcdon re.
gxiusitsfornlertxm rse (3;$,itsbows tlzere isstilllefta por-
tioa ofthe form er aFectionatedism sition antltkatlzea. d azzd
worldly interers bavenotentirely overcom e he-artanâ senti-
m eut. Stzch a d tarac'terw illalw aysbe ting'etlstrongly with
m uclzikeu.u and litl% hgart.
'n ese deflections toward fhe H ead line are ven'frequent
buthzan infnite variety ofdegreei lphey vary fronlslight
curvings qftNc line which arc awatcvly ptruepûblt to great
sw x ps dow nw ard In whatever degree seen itallows the
pulliug foree oftùe head strivjug toovezœ m e the seutim en-
tul<dvofthe subject's natarq and sucxxxuing in a greptcr
orless degree as the deflection is greator sm all. Yor.cxn
always zead the age ou tbe llne atw hielttu se eveuts ocettr
and han'loug thq;,last; l)o notforget to upu the type of
yoursttbject,whicllwillclear up any pointsofdottbt. De.
G ctions occtm ingrdownwarâ wikll Saturuiaus read quickly
and w itim utfear as showiug tite stronge-û dde ofthe indi.
cwdou. Soften m utjudgm entasyou gooverthe typesjthe
V enusian seldom lxiug aE ieted vkit,
k allhgad antlno iw rt
Qlbu variations of tbis line are iuEnite but you can accu.
rately rea; eaeh oae of thena if you uudvrstaai thegozar/l
triv W ezgoverzdng,aud use g'
fxd Judgzx r.
tin estimatiug
tke degree of disturbauoe ar differenoex There are cases
whea'e the line or H eart in dellœ ting dm vnward fzpm its
cœurx ,cuts tlw H earlliue in two instea:lofm erging w ith it
c'rgolng back toitsoriginaleourse(a8).In tllist'ases'erious
injury antl damage to the Hcxad lîuc are indicaterl aurlat
the tizx at which stwila*cut takes place the subjeet will
have eitheran unbalaaeing of the m entalfrtculties serious
brain fever,or deat: Suvk a slarkbng caauot take pbzcv
witlzx tdisasler. %Y e tw o atrong Currentsin the H ead and
IleartIinescromsing each other will to uA electlic parlfm ee
buru outtht fua: er cause an uxSoion aud ast:eaFair
lxrurs on tlze H ead llne llle explosion willbe in tlte bm in.
A poplexy is m os'
t to le feared followed by alz im pairm elzt
oîbraùz orplresisif tke acute aLtaek be aurvived. In sucb
 T he L ine of H eart 3q7

a onqe look n'e:lto the M ount to e. Jupiteriln.sare predis-

posed to am plexy, an4 with such a m azkiug in tlzis tym
yourdiagnosis willi:e plain. satttrnians are Predism r*tlto
paralysis axcl w ith stlcb a type this will be hls trouble
A polloniaus ure ppoGisposc; to bllndnesa aud bcartdiseapu
so heartfailure is the strong prequm ption here witl)blind-
ness(a deftctsu t:eheaâ)seooud. htezcuriaus prvdisposoi

N0.:* NO.39
to 'nervous, bilious trouble w sll point you to paralysirv
Lfartians w'iîh excess of blood supply alrcady greatly
nzarked willlikely have Alx4plexy. T.unariansand sFenu-
iahs are not liktly to have tûisnzarking. Thouglltke acubc
attack of apoplexy probable in the above cases nlay Dot
be fatal it leave: an inlpairnaentand injury to tlze braiu.
In any event thîs Daarkiug,Nebun ulu 'Itart lice cula the
:lead Iine mnusthe considereâ very serious. 11ote b0th the
liues of Life aud Saturn to see w hether tlzey stop or are de-
fleeted atthe sam e age a.tw hicll this cutticr eœ urs. lfsq
the indication is m ore eelious. T his deileetion ofthe H eart
linfzanllcutting oft'ile H eq.
f.
lliue m ay oeeur at any m iullu
itsjourne.sraerass tlle izand. 'Phe age at wlzicl:litxcnlrs
reads from tlle line. Ifattlze poirltw bere the two lines cut
they are dqup and red lbu cen,>1aenves are raope seriœus
E xam 6ne nxils to see if by color or flutings they sllow pre-
dispositiçm to hearttrouble or paralysis : irso tbe dang'
erls
greater.
W emay'sum up the rulesfortv eourr.eoftlleHeartline
by sayiug thatevery variatiou ia its course m eazzs a ckange
398 T he Imw s of S dentï c H a
'nd R eading
-

ia the qualitie forwhlell It standG thu. tthe age and petitxl

eoverv'dby these clm ngw m ay bervad from t*elitœ tha tlzty
arem ore or1e> pronounced in tkeireFect and conseqttenœ s
asthese eha ges are slightly or definitely m arked. Pm clipe
wilieaable yov.to prppezly qstim ate alltbex varlations
W e bave already considered tbe H eart line ss to its M uree
and cour* throtlgh the hand and 11111st uow note its term i-
natiou. Jks the ylace frenà xvhseh the line au u s indlcates
tbe source of t:e qualities w e reaâ franl lt pa the p&xce wt
whieh itelz;s indicates their outcoule, Tf the liue rises 4:11.
der Jsîpiter aad ends undcr Saturq (39)itubow': that the
heart vzhich began w ith the right port of aNreetious soon
changed aad tbe eolduess and diMike of nlankind peculiar
to tbg Saluraian quickly ckangvd the nature w bicù w az
warm ix tke lx ginning.to one w hich has little laeart left.
Saturnian qualitio have takea possessiotl of the aFections
oftl:esubjectandcbangeâ them from an idealconclitiun to
otle of fnditlkzo lee. If tllis m arking be seen Took atnltils
fcf Iqzrall'sis ;nd hearkdlsuase attbe Izfe liav to see if* dis-

NO.* NG 41

tuybauoe appeaa thex atthe LineofM e= cgforliver and

sbnnlae: dee ta,an4 if these ïndications be presenttbe life
of tbe subjeet #d1I be skert--npt over tweaty-âq'e years
as show n by t:e point wûere lhe Lfeart line teraainmtes
under Satqru, Tfthe Dne termioatesunderSkpollo (40),it
âhovw:thatA polb uian ideas of beauty and art x rongll'at-
tractt:esabject prbo s'illke unsatisNed in nlnrriagmexoept
vTith an Am llonloa or one approachiag thatlype. ïf84th
 77he lœlne of 11eart 399

thisternunation tbe line rises on Jupiter it ldll give ideal

love, wbic: added.to that for tbe Jkyollonian cbarzcter
lnakeaone indeed fond of beauty love and grace, .&s one
ofthe 11* 1t11 defectsofG e A pollonian isheattdisease,iftlte
àleart line enis oa tûiu 5!ount exanalae nails character
of the H eart lineu Life linej and M enm ry line to fiatt
wllether the m arkillg does not inclieate heart disease. By
rem em bezit.g tlle h- ltlz delects peeulia.
r to tlzv th'pla anll
the m anneritlw llieh ni ls color ete. sllow thttm you w ill
never have auy trouble in separating a ûbœtackr indicadcn
frvna a hcaliâ 4efect. svith thuïleartline eudiug on A pollo,
look ontfor everything baad ng on heart dieeape to conErnz

N(). 42 N!
:k d.
R
#t. If ltealtk defects are not present,it indicates,not diq.
/
eqse,but tlw trend oftlze aFectëeas.
Ifthelineenclsidglzontlx M ountofMtrcury(4t)Iitrzows
khatthe alrections are largely inlluenoet:
l by financ- . T he
M fzrctuia.n sbrew duess guiie.s this H eart line and.lt m ust
alw ays ltave m oney in sight before love is recoguizd . Tlle
litlesoterlaifzatiug doesutfty 'rsd lead ustolook fora11G 1th
defecl,as %eort uronble 1 nota defu of lhe AfercuKau. lt
is well,howeu r uever to ou;ea searcb in health directlous
t'v'
etziu plwt'
ea wllqrew u dg zm ttxlxzt to flnd them ,forthese
= netim es take 11s tm aw ares.
A ta11tim o laarln m iud the cotlrrre a H eartline ouglztto
travel and renlem ber tbat tbe Eleetric Current ls llow lng
tbroug' ery e'llange in itscrm rsetakt!stlûsCurreutout
ltit. Xv' .

ofhsprom re-kanud auâ tum slt10- atnivmepointtlxew as

400 The Laws ofScientific H and-R eading
uotdeslglze; to receive it. -% line like Fig.42showsthatthe
H qartliuc hasueverruu overîts prppercba'zzlzol, butpoursa
dotzble Curret:tinto tIIE H ead line Itoperatcs to m ake the
sabjectuxl.dqntlheartless aud sllould beread likeattabselzt
H eartCine. Tbescm opleare vel'y aazbitious astlzelineltiads
dow n from Jupiter butw illeonider tùewdfare of no one
when furthering their am bitions. Theline m ay ran intotlze
Headlinefartileraloag itpitscourse (45). Ia tlliseasethe
indieation point: in tlze Anrne direction a: Fig; 4.2,butirla.
m otlifed degree,astlze line ofH eaztrauslongprbefm'e le lzg
absorbetl. In 43 itis prœcticall,r a H ead lirle bcgizlniug'w itk
a fork,w ltb the H eartlineabgent. In 43there is m ore ofthe
H eartlilke pr- zzt,w hich prodc es a better eT'C'C?L If the
HqartlinetenninatesonUpperM ars(+0 itlew qutouvddua
spu.ce uacler the M ounts and the afections w ill œ ntre oll
oneoftheLlaruau typ>. Thiswillcause these subjectsto
love ardently and w ith hfardan brusqueness and strength.
Italso produces a uarrovz quadrangle and consequently a
secretive dispozuon. If th/ Ilcurt line takesa precîpitous
depreasion and ends on tbe sfount ofthe Lfoon (45), it

so.44 No. 45

uâakestke sabjectextr-ndy Jualous for there willbe toc

m ucllH earl linw baekeâ by the im ngination af tlle Luna-
H an whicb w illm agnify every actofone he loves into m m e
fornzOCuylfaitllfulutss. %lhis fortaptiou is a znostunkayç?y
one. llids does notnecpRqnrily indieate a danger to life for
the 'Iean line nâay not croas the llead line. Ifthe H ead
1ue foraxka c'urve .u4 endg on tbe Plain of Ajars (46),k
 X'he Line of H eart 4o:
p'ill be : verlous naenace fer gt w ill cut t:e 'Iead Ene
squarely,willpour its Current into the Plain of M ars (the
seatoftem per and excitability),aud will eonsequelaly eu-
daugerlife by cuuing tlze I'
Ieaé zne autl willal.
'
.
m show tbe
sabjœ ttolx zxceedingly irritable clzangeableittagediotls
eollstantly e ing excitem eut and hard to get aloag w itll.
Carefully note tbe Life H ead,azli M ercury linea ifthisindi-

cation is e.een to 4elerm iue w ketker tlle outcom e is setioes

Bad defed s in these Iine.s akthe age atw llicizthe H ead line
is etltw oultleonlirm thisreadiug. Be carefulrotto ttonfllse
this m azking w itlz ;1Satul'n lânc '
rising 'in tlle Flain of M ars.
Iftbeliuegx swellupinto Jupiter read itast*eH eartline;
ifitroesiuboSaturn or only to ;zeedge ofJupiter,read it
as a Satirn line vvit: tNe I<eart line absent. Tf t:u liue
curveaaround and enda on the AfountofArenus(47),itisa
sedoua iudication for itcutsbotb tlàe linesofllead and Life.
Iu tàia rarû rnarking,note earefully tke coriition of liues
x'Nere the cutdng takesplace and the eoodition ofLlead aud
L ifv lines afîvrw'ardm Iftlefccts appear i1lexher you know
dam age llas lx en done to the head and flzatlifu isix tlangtz'.
If the Life liue etkds orfades aw ay soon after,you.know that
tlzv life term inatex
Itis notm y intention to give every pcesiblevarlatlcn oftlle
H eartlix kere,but itis m y clezre to inilcateeonstqntly the
generalprlnd plesgoverrdng it,aud tllem vtlzv sofremqm il:g
out itscom binations w bleh w lllstartyottittthe w qy d lzsiug
yourowu reasolzlng facultiesratlzerthnn ofm em orizing a ryet
Waa T he L aw g of Scientific H and-lkeadlng
r

asillnstradons. ltisto teaciktlle w .;pand kabitofreasx ing

that I aspirekand thi: iatlle onl.
r kind oswork that s
any value. W hslz y'ou lzave acquiretl the babitauclw ay ol
filinking com binatiocs ont you cau tizrow bx ks away.
3lhe cnarzdey of the Fleart line whi% qe Tzill next
consîder is Maost iuaportaut, aq; nlust be cazefully noteG
uet in its qaurety, as l bave sai; bufopz but bit by bit
from source to endiug place. 'lY e perlbek line ia one which
is deep ctù atld. sm ootb is rot broken islanded or (le-
fecuvq in otbtr w ays,is w dlcolore; au; of proper lengtE.
Sueh a line indicales a gotxlphyzical condition oftile lleazt
g'otd clrculation strong Rffections constant antl sm ooth ln
om ratiotç onc m liable in love m attersybla notfrivolous nor
surztimental. Tbese sttbjects are brave cx rageous a.
ull
fearless. Such persors Iokx ardently and reulain constant
but they do not m ake a display of'thd r feeliugs neitlker do
thay enjoy great denzaustrations fronz otbers They are
oonsequentlr sonxetilnes thought col; and distant. Aphisk$
iucorrtvt ; thty love dvvote4ly and gonstantlyrbutthey do
not 6'w uar the heart on the slueve.'' svit: deup kteart
liues there is little gxtr of heark dipease fronl a w u k conv
ditbàu of the orgaa itself and t%ere is Zttle uae to look âv
hualtk defocts of tbe Une. V/ith tbis H eal line tbe sub-
ju willhave fewer love aNairG butwhat he hasB%llbe
strœug. H e will have confdenee in 61ox he lovtw and
a l sappd ntuent will afect him sugerelr, for,w hile quiet
and undem onMxatisx the Cura nt runs deeply. Such sub-
jectstlo notpiek up auy atltl everylme qatlmake a great
dem x atration over tlzum but tlle.r Iove t*eir dearones aad
friehds v4th a s* y devoteGness. svith such a clear line
there is 1be best khld of a ebanne1for oze Current to run
througb no obstruetionu and eousequensy tbe beEt kind of
kean action and the strougestand uaostreliable afvctions.
If thv lioe is snzall an4 tàin the person has liele cRpu
for others gs Aarrowum inded cowardly tim id unsym pa-
thetic aud has no real alectiœu for auyone. Jk11 display
of lovq wkick lle m iglzt vnnke ls i'rom a a- ire to furtiœ!
selfs!z entls.
 T he L lne of H eart 403
D o notenw'ke tl:e m istake ofcalling a H cartliue tlzin anll
giving itthe above Teading ' ttnleesitLçthitl w ilile t*e otiler
liue.s are w ellm arked iu w bich cmse it lza.s its fullm earzilzg
antlm tts the ikeprtout ofproportion to tize rest of tize linea
W ith a11kitlds of H eartlinesjapply them to tlle tyje ofthc'
subject. A Jupitezian antl Venusian will be cxlxded to
Izave tize best kiucl of H eart linu . 'Plze A pollcniwn m ny
have M s health dvfect heartdisease show on the Iine but
will bave outslçle of tlzls a glxxl lix aattslrong affed ioni
'Plze M artian n'illbe expected to ltatre a good H eartline,but
it m ay be excessil'e in stteugth. A good specim en of tlte
M ereuria.n ty'pq willlzave a gem lH eartline buLw 1..11s'lad.
m eu w illhave the tllin line slm wing theselEs' lldisregard for
otbers and tlae furtberiug of selssll entls. T he Saturnial!k
if g'
eod, w ill bRve a good linu, if bad, a t' iliu liue. 'Plze
Ltm arian naturslly eoltl and se156h w îTt be expeeted to
lzave a thia or chained sizallow w'bite line- lf yoa sbeultl
Euclthethin liueon asubjectbelonging to atype cm wMcil
itis abtlorm al read the line properly,blltdo notgis-e ita1l
/Jz!.,/t'
zrzz'you would on a type where it is expected. For
evnrnple the tbilllirle found on a Venusian will not be read
so strongly as tbu sam e liue otka Luuà:ian.
If tlze line be brtxul and shallow ,the kear:ad ilm will be
phys6cally weak the affectionsw illcorre& ond anâ the sub-
jeet is fckleit'the lzaud be wtzak ;seutimetttalanclloving
a display ofafeetion iftherestofthe haa('
ibe gqm d. T bex
subjectsfallviolentlyiu:ove butquieklychangetheira'
Ifec.
lions to tke nextattractivq persorzw ho com es alozag. T heir
H eartline is broad and skallow ; tbe afectiol:s are thesam v.
T hey like to be told lm w m uak you love them every tim e the)r
m eetyou,and tlxey areoften the people wizo lm 'e you duziug
pM m ritg,buttun,theirlm cksitltim esoftrial. 'Phere isin
tixir zia.
tttrq zm trua ring ofd= p slzqm g afectiotl; G ey are
incapable of R lasting at* nleut. grbis is wbat#pz cR11a
sekttim entalàleart Iine. It ia efgreatvalue ia the estinla'e
oftke probable outconle of a xaRrrlage to know these fac:>
foron tlleH eartliue can be* ld wlto is to becountetlon w hen
tke clouds of advarlty lowtr. Do not forgek to applg tltu
 4o4 T he L aw s of Scientific H and-R eadlng '

broad anrlslzallow liueto thesubjecl'stype,arltiestimatetbe

effectofsttcilalilleon stleh a type. lffotm rlon an A pollalliân
itwillpoitttto tlu.e ofhis health defects,aud yottsllould look
card ully atcolor zzailslaurl % c defrcts oa tlw L ifk liue to
judgetlledegreeofitssedouenev . Note wlletherthisline
altm r has tlzisbm ad ftutlslzallow formntioa ; ifso itzuustlx
read in a ulost prenounced nuanser If a11 tNe lines are of
the same eharaeter the subject lms tbe ruame defects a:l
arvund. Tftlle H eRI'Cliuv is tllaitled itl'qvx ntsa (mzluuktul
seriea of obstrx tions to the Curreut and tlzs lzeart's action
is hTegular the circulation poor and there is in generala
poor physical vondluou ef thv htarl. llote wx1l tht type
af subject; if thure is ranch A pollonhu in àdnlj either
in the prinlary pecondary or tertiary type se o1l your
guard fer sevcre heazt disease. 1% Lîft Iine tbat is tkin,
jslanded broken or defectiee in any Tzay,conlbined vzith a
ebaiueclE eartline w illshow tlze x rious m elzace oftize lluart
to the life. Ifthe Lifeline runstt: xlduyeply in any one plaoe
it will he m ost seriou: allil if t stc.r be seen ln it stldden
deatû froza heaz:disease is eertaiu absclwtrly J/ iffouu4 ilI
botilhands tm derthe M ountofA pollo.
T he chained H eartline showsa constantulzcertaiaty ilzthe
aFfxtions. Tlzcsubjectthiukstiuttdaythatheisinlotreanâ
eltarlges his m ind the riext. H e will rtlsh up to yotl and
mzzotlzer yottwith Ikgree.tdem ouatm uon ofRffectioc and tlzu
nexùtim e yoa m ûethe w illhardly speak to m m H s tracil-
lates aud changesy is cow ardly unœ rtain and w'eak T lae
constantly illlerrupted Current1'n*no utlep m rzuauvntcllau.
nel,and the reslllt15no perm arlenthealth oraFections. N ote
w hetllerthisellaineflcotltm ioa appliesonly to tbeH eallllne
and whetlzera11tlleollzerliuzsaredeep andw elicllt in w hich
csse reaclthe H eartline in a pronounced m anner ; ifa!lthe
lines are chwinu'd the H eartliue is nDt m ore defective tlzan
everythsng elEe. Proportion nlusî be iu rllnd constlntly.
2k11oftheabove kinds oflsues have been treated ba geueral
.-
tlzat 1+ as ifthey w ere dcep aallwellcul narrow and tllln
brx d and silallaw or chaînerl dttriag the;r elltire letzgtlt;
lm t suck îs tlw exceptilm . You wili Ea4 tlw H eax line
 'f'he Line of H eart 4or
generally deepand wellctttattbe beginning and d langing to
uthe.r form ations % lhe :izle ruzm ils cvurse acresst1:e haud
'Phequplitieaofthe linesjustdex ribed apply tothelineon#
,>v'
lp tâe â/v: /âe lfre skôwx /& - Jrpmpzcfzby& azd when
titecharacterofthelinechanges the quqliuesqflhv subject
clzaugq. For every ehange iu the ciuaracter of the line
there willbea changein thesubjock, By noting ontheline
t'lzeageatw hich these chatlge.stakeplax
and.tbeir duration orztllc line yx cau
read at w hat age the tlodiEcations tbey
illdicate took plaee aa; how long eaels
condition lastcd. Iftlze lirze beginsdeep
ancl**11cttt(48) ancl eontinttes so until
itzeaelzesttuder 1he Saturzl Engvr tlzmz
becom es broatl aud sllallm v coatitm ing
t'
hus until under the finger of A pollo
then boaom es thin until uudtr M ctcury,
and chained to the end it w ould read : ufx 4:
deep and w ell-cut qnnlities up to age
tw eflty.four chaugcll to broad and shallow up to age forty-
tbree,changed to thin up to age sixty and chained for bal-
al= oflife. luterpret asâglows:Thè su%ectduriug t:e
early yxvlion cf his 1îfz w as very wxrnz-heal ede conskzut
trttstworthy aud strong in afreetsons ; at the age oftw enty.
four he changud iu tkesz zespects, aud be-nlne u ak
changeable and inconstant; at fo/ydbx e he gruw veqr
se15sll cold.bearted and sought only to further hh ow'n
vuds, w hich x ndition lasted uatil sixty. w htn 1* gm w'
w eak.had px r circulatiou becam e vad llating, cowardly,
and aurd iable in hia alections alMl these oondltlons lashxl
until the end of hIs life T his examnple showY the n>ztkod
of applying general rules and iadications to eaeh part of
the liut oa Tzhick diFex ut form wtiœns are seG). Q7he
naanner in ehich tkepe eom binations occur ou a line vadea
insuitely butyvu Millhavv no tpouble in reading eae: eapz
if you rem em ber what deep, slzallow thin or chaiuecl
lines indicate au; applj'the/e qtlalities to the line for the
peHod of yvars tbey oocupy. :n anx readiug = ke the
44:45 T he Laws of Scientisc H and-lkeading
applieation as past events to those perts of the line before
tlzq pzvx nt ggv,wtd futsae evehts to all parts of tbe lit:e
aheadofthepresentage. Ifyou haveJttdgedthe Iine l)or-
rectly the plst ev-ents will be recognixed by tile subject
and ray expedcucu w1th future eveuts has been so ao
cugab, tbât you need have no hesitation in boldly readinK
thenl as yhovzn by changes on tbe lfne. Before attem pting
sucb detailed reading,kowrver,learn to diagnosu the cbar-
aebsr of t%e line verg aeclrately. In uearly z!iIlezh linas
their kar: is deep aud well eut w bile they are geslerally
broad and shallow' chaiaqd or tasszbzd attbv eud. This ia
easîly explained whel vze rem e nber thlt duH ng tbe frst
tvzezity yeazs of life the heal is strongest in Lcdon ; st has
not exerted itxlf aad beconze worn as is tàe fact in later
years,so this deep and well.a tbegiuning of the line indi-
cates streuglb- Skt tùis thnv of life îhe subject kas not
had experiences vzhieh nàake hinx doubt the Z nceHth' of
m ankind consequently the line îs rlore perfeetly naarked
Jts o:l agv coules ou tG- aetiou of the hqart greNvsAvvakqr
and thelinebecomesddectivexthezttbjectlovesm tting and
display ofaffectlou from others and the liae iustead ofthe
self.coutained deptlzwllich abowsattlw buginnlng w hun stlcb
tlzings are not sought so m tleh becom es sllaliow a.
ud sentl.
nlental.
lv itb vvery 'Ieart liug celor plays an im portant pa/ .
qFhen lx giunil!g the exam ination ofthis line itis usefulto
press the linefrom source to term iuatiotlw itilt'lze fnggr aucl
llote tla facility w ith wlzich tlze blord Eou'sunder tlliqpresr.-
ure. 'Pbiswm indicate the strength oft%e 1:lfe stream Rn($
willllelp to distinguish tltvcolorofthe lice. In x m e lineatlze
blvœ flcm 'sfreely and îtlothersthew hiten- uoderpressltre
abows the vezak blood supply. Ia the lfeart line color is
inlportaut for lttells whei er 1 subjectls vnarna-or cold.
lïearted. Ifw ith the deep w ell-cutH eartline w e End w hhe
color,itw111llotbe ee stropg au iudication ufa gootlpllysical
lteurtagiftbe colorweraWnk. W e know bg tEe deep Iiae
tbat,w hile thellecrtw asiutended lo be offulldesxlopm ent
lcene hlag has takeu place as show n by w hitg txgor, by
 T he L ine of H eart 4o7
whieh lthas beezk weakened. In sucb a ease look at both
lzautls;ifthe line colors w elliu tlze left an4 slzows white in
tlle right,it will indivate plwirtly that the naturally strotlg
lleart ltas been irnpairetlantl weakened. W hite eolor in the
liuc of H eart evea if the liue is otherwise good slzow'stlze
heart's action to bz weaker thaa norm al azld the affeetions
colder. W ith eolor aTw ays apply itto the type ofthe sub.
juct. Coldner belongs to the Luaae u ptimadly, tEe
saturnlan M rond M ereurian thirf w hile Açartians A pol-
laniallsyVenusians antlJupiterians are wnrrn.hearted & ),
witlza widte-culored H eartliuc apply it:coldnesstotlze type
ossttbled,a'
td estimatethe'reqult. Jtwil:mt'
tc.h reducetlle
strengtlzof tlte four warm er types atlcl will m ake tbt coz
typzs colder. Avit: tNe thia and narrovz broad aud shal-
1ow aud chd tled lines white eolor exxggerates their col;
quaKties,au4 szlûskaess,vacillatiou,auû ûckltBtss w ill be
exceedingly pronouneed arcording to tvhieh eeharacte:stie
tlle line llas. H ere agaln.ltm k at130th hauds to see ifm at-
ters are grow ing bettur or w orse.
Pink rolor w illm ake a deep line opem te properlyjaud :111
*Lw'w arm th steadfasluesa aad.reliabilit.y of tkis good Tîne
w ill be aceentuated. If found orz the w arm types, it wm
m akethem s'trong'ln the nattlraldireetions. If found on the
cold typcs,1t 51411 warm them up. Pink eolor w lll m nke R.
tltin line leM selfish and nr row ; it will m ake a broad and
shaiow or a ekainetl line less Sckle,ard often with tllese
ferzzmtiqma piuk celoris tke tlliuw vzhkk saeea tlzlzaabgect
from being entirely itleongtant. R M color ia tlle lntensitlrof
dcll w'arm làltxxl alzd ilz t'lze l'Ieftrt line m akes inteux a1l
the fres ofafection. Itsbows a lzeart* strong tlzatit m ay
be dangerota O n the M artiaa tyfe we expeet lt butitisk
too stroug to be good fur auy of the othens. It is seeu ou
Juplbariaus butIa nokgood qn thistype. llaturally over-
ealeps they tend to apoplexy and heart faiupl So a deep
rvd linu orz a pronuunce.d Jupitvria.
u îs indlxd a '(langvr
sigtml. Rerl color irl R.M artiatlH eart line w 3ll m ake tlle
aFvxrtiousofthestlbled itztelzseanflhism wionsgreat. R will
w arm up tlze cold lzexrt of a Luuarian e.
114 m o e him 1-
 T he Llne of H eart 4%
d tlm tpbysicalstate tbe m entalellarad etistiessncbqnnllties
oflhe aFectieas;auu,tàirû,itœAen showœ wben tkis nzenkal
attitude YnR taken such hold as to poqxrfully dravrthe gub-
JeCtindiferentdireetions causing deciieipreferenteswhiel:
ba:'e 1cd to certasn cveuts in his life. 2kll of thcse raatters
are ntytsllown in cw envhand. T he first and seoond alw ays
are,but the thirct only at tim u . A s strong braiu iulpres-
sious aloue produceclzauges in tlzelinew m anifestly tizetitird
w illbe seen orlly in tlloe bantls wltere tile brain bas been
so profoundly im pressed that tbe effeet has beea tzans.
m ittqll to tlze liues Ifyou encounter an unusualform atioa
of the line or any ehange fD m the normf you w onder
wlletlzer lt is health or eham eter lhot Ls imlim tM , Vottr
firskthouglztp ould betbatitisa lzektlzindication,furtlze
line Bhow s,frsq the physical condition of the heart. N ofe
the type of yottr subject au: whetlzer laart disumse is a
natural defect of tùiz type. lf it iz the prezunzpticn is
atrong that the m arking ls R health defeet. N extexam ine
tùe =x> 'lu aufl c,ee if thfz utrmzturwl heart-dix c'uv- fortaauq)u
or blue color at the bape be yTegent and if both or either
ofthese iodka' tiotzsareseen ycczsllo' ttltll:
e stillm ore strongly
conviuced t%at it is a heRlth defect. lrote tNe L isv line to
nge if there iq any unevennelq v'hether it brexks splitq
M ands isczosseda and G peeially if a liuq nlns frem the de-
fectcn t' ile H eartline to tlze Lifeliue. Ifthe Lifeline skow s
sueh defecr ts be sître the indkation on tlte H eartline ls one
vzhiell '
tcferg to Lhe plzysical lle' art The Saturn line w ill
oflen show confrm adonsof a eheck to l e careerx en in tlze
Life line by breakirg in two or by otherdefects T he M er-
cur.zlinc eit llerby stoppîuw at thesacze age indicateflby tlw
defectonflleT/fe line orby showing cxomedefeet often gives
a:lRdde; couârm ation. llotfnding lny of these heï tb de.
fectsritisevidentthe xaark on tbe àleartliue 1 onu shuwiug
som e charactedBtic of the afections and not diseale. T his
luethvd nlust be adopttd pit: evvry liue oa which you eu-
countera ckange frœ lzKke norcxz condiuon R w i- every-
thing bearlpg ou disease. Erst beginning Tëth the hefi
defoc:soft:etyçt toTvhlnl.yourslbjeetbebangq andaoting
 Arhc L ine of 21eart 41z

tnmteG by someafthe Saturnian qualideg. Ifthe subju

ottw lztr.e lzaad yx Eukltlzisliue Ls tk velopH in hks laeutal
w orld.it willbe tllis side of tlle Elatttrnia.
n thakw illattract
lzim antl he will love one who has scbolarly attainm entm
If your clitm t's m iqldle world is xrozlgest he willlove one
wha llasfarm ing rnining orbordculturalaptitndeG orscien-
tilk talents Ifbislowerworld isstrongest he willlove one
w ho ha the saviuw dism sitgorz of Slle Saturuiln Tn evmy
case tltis subjeetwilllike be tone xbo lzastlzesoberness
cautioa auz w isdom that beloug to the Saturniau type.
Thesubjeqt hinuselfnzay nok belunp batht Saturaiau typw
bttt he will adm i> tbese qualides. I have peen the Mlost
giddy persons witll Lltis zuazk$ng.al:d beliesre tltey zealize

No. gs Mœ * wœ :1

tbeirnred oft*u Saturniau balauce.w bed . A split1ine H>

iug nnâerApol:o (5t)rnustbe reasoned as i1ztbe previous
case,au4 your subjeet willbe drawn towani Jkpollouians.
Ifyour subjeet lives In the nlentalvzorld hewî11loveoue
wDoisideallyal1Artlst. Tftlze lniddlevkw ldofyoursubject
is strougt'st ilq willlm .t one w ho is an artist bui he w a'
nts
this artist ab1e to nnake naouey frocl bis art. If tNe loRvr
#lv1; issttougestyour subject#d1llovvoaevzkp drespesin
a show y fashion and vzho km ohm how'to znake a digplay.
R- mxber the A m llonlan and that tbi: splitIine fronlthe
lineofITeartuxakest:esubjcctlovvtîequa:ucsofthattype;
you can carry your explœuaiion as faraq you plonApby de.
scdblng a11 that A pollol4iuu are, and saying tbat tkis is
4r4 T he L awa of Scientific H and-R eading
is.m ere dots beiug notm ore tban tem porary disturbanceex
whsletllqoe wkicllm 'q large .nd ftetp cut are m etmces to life.
lslauds fouud in the H eart line underthe M ountsvillgep-
erally q(ltIa heartcom plication to scrm e healtb defectoftlzat
M tm nttypm W hm' : x eu always lx ate the type of tlte swb-
ject and lluntforahea1tlldefectpeculiar to M m.wlzieh if
fou!ld m ust have heart weakn- added. In lhis way yx

NG. 57 hIO. 58

p.
t'v oftetz w aruetl b.y azl iylautl ou tht H eart liue azzd fm cl
back ofitaâditionaitrouble. lfchance lizlesfrom any otbcr
part of tlle lland n1n to or near an island on the ITeartline
tb.ey w illgive tlze clue by tlzeplaee from w lzieh they startas
to w izere you sEould lx k forinform ation w iziclzyolzcazzbring
tobearon theisl&nd. lf8plitlinesri* orfallftom tlze H eart
liueatornuaran islaud thqse willtd l,by thu placetlzey erzd
aoucething aboutthe outcon:eofthe island. Av hen ap iqland
is seen. searcb ulust be lnode to aax=taiu vzlletber it ia a
hta1th ûtfugt and gMnurally this vdllte thu case. If not
lonk to Iaeation chance and otherliness;rinfornxation bear.
il:g on som e disappointm vut to tùc altctions. A z1 îsland
on tla I' Ivatt line underA m llo iilalw ays a '
ilealtl'
tindication
and you RQ1l seldona fail So get the conlplete conâtnxation
frona nails ebz
Dots on t:e IleRrtliue (57)are generally hea1th deâxts
and their degree of x riouslw ss is gaugecl by tlzeir sizu.
W hea cseuu,always exam ine for heart disease. lfno indi-
catiun is seen anynvllere else aud the dot ls Bm all tlle tsqqe
1 nd - ious o e m ore pronounoed $be signu of heœe
 T he Line of H eart 415
trouble w alch are x en elx wlzere pnd tbe larger the 4ot tbe
m ore seriolls tlle diE attlty. Bre.aks of a11 degreesof size are
often seeu in theline' W ith nearly every hreak ene end of
tlw broken litze w illgo w ide ofitscourse and w illshow w'
hat
lzasinfluencetltla linv suE ciently to break it Brealrs m 'Ae.e
aiwaysbe cousidered asyeriousevtu tboqgh ac all anu wlzeu
wltle or w hen the ends of tbe broken lizle are far apart= 4
unrepaired îhey becom e serious enough in their m eeaing to
warrant the reading of probab1e fatnllty. s7hea breaks of
any gze are seen look for repgir signs If t:e ends ofthv
line1ap orhaveslsterlinesjoiniu: tlzem squaressurround.
iug,or auything w hiclx w ill help retain the Cltrreat in its
cgurse,reaclitas sezious heart diE culty whiclzis preventecl
from com ing to a fatalcond ubion by tbe repair signs. M rith
breztksexam ine in the tlsual m anner to see iftlley are lzealtll
defects and iffound to be so,read the hreak a:denoting 511.
lzex ;ifitLs uota healt'lliatzieatiou reac'titasau interruption
iu thegfections. If thv linq breaksaud rumsup toJupittr
(.5:) it will be raaâ the sam e as t'lle Iine defleeted to that
M otm t or a. s a split line running toJupiter slloqing that
Jupiteriaa qualities attract t'bt d ieutand tlzattlw break ill
tbe :iae,if a he.a1tit dd ect,is clue to a disLurbance of hcart
brouglztaboutby tEelupite. riarztlisjo ition to overeat. T lzi.
.
s
willprcdttcefunetieuallzeartdlsttzrbtm ee W hich can l. keover-
com e by rem oviug tlw caux lf t'ilt bntak be nota ltealth
indigatigu itwill sbow that one of thu Jupiteziau type hws
caused the break or that it has been eaueed by too m uch am -
biiiotl or pride (Jupïteriaa qualities). Jklw'aysexanzinethe
character of the line nfter tke break nodug the ehauges iu
itwhie'
lztellîheouttom tfpf tltisbreak. Iftke liuuafbzrw''
a'
rfl
coatirltlœ deep it w ill be overcom e if it gnnvs thin or
cllained ordefective in otlae.r w'ay!lit willl>e a contlnulnce
oît'llfEcultiesand tlle age atwhie'
lleach one ofthesechaoges
txcurs carlla a açlfrum the line. Jf tix linv brewks untlvr
Saturn and risestot'
ileM ollnt(59)Erxtlookforhealthdefects.
In tllls ease p m t ancl rheum axism sre tlle Satatruiâ.
n'hexlth
(lefectsthat%*111probab:y com pllcate trohble with tlle heart's
,

aetiou.and rlzeumatism oftlzehea'

rkiaoih n de x xd fmm
o
416 T he L aw s of Scientilic H and-lteading
thism arking'. Y ottean tellfrcm the Lifeline atxm thow seri.
oustla m sultswillbe. Ifthisbreak gsnoLalw altltindicatioa
itwillshow tizateitilera.Saturniarsubject ortkatilatlzrrzian
qualitleshave cêm red thebreak in the line T he greatestcare
skould be used in zuaking an esdnaate iu a1l of thesecases
Thetypeofyoursubjectwillshow how nlucùhewouldlikely
be infuenceâ by tbe severaltypes d therin a bea1th way or
ia bisaFeetlons. IfthvEleartlinebreaksunderJkpollo (60)
it vzill be uearly concluive proof tkat t:e dieiculty is a
health defect. içxam ineclM a1lother indication:bea:ag
on lzeart disease for wlzile tlus dqfq'
ctis zmtttralto A m llo.
nianw allofthis type do not necessarily bavt heartdiszasm
See ifthe broken line as it goes up ilto the Rlount grows
deep an4 redricso itw illadd to the certainty oûdiszusr. lf
it1 nota hea1th indicatioc itMilltellofthe a:ections hav-
iag been inc uenced by JkpolloniRn quaEtles or by œ 1e of
tki: type. llhis bzvak occurriug in tbe line under Jkpollo
isalagp forty--three. Iflu A pollonian snbjecthas causod
strong attraeliolz at au varlivr age it will be sbovzn by a
cuance line conzinp froul tbu àleart liue ak wn varlicr ugc

Nw

on that lîne and zuui ug to thu M ouct of A pollo (sz).

If the line breaks under àlercury (62) 9. q,il1 uot likely
be a hei th defect eoozing froln auy .type qualities ef
sfereury, 9œ= tbe fact tbat lhe yx-ition of Llercury
reglaterz ixty years on the Tfeart Ene and tbe heart's
action generaily gtus pxaker at tûis age aaû is likely to
disturbed. ln seekiug ua diacover if th1 break is
 T he L lne of H eart 41/'
a health indieation bearilz m iud the age atd eonx qttentlia-
N lity to.
'
izeœrtw eakness. A ttàis ag'e iti.s noklikely thatan
aFection w illcaue the break for ' the tkge ofyouthsullotre i.
s
paasefl, Ifaffuxf lm towazcla M ercuriau has izlïlueuced your
client ltwill m uck m ore likely be show n by a cilance line
sinlilar to (61) than by thiq bgeak under àfercury. The
ugualinvestigatielkw illprobably tlisclex a lw alklz (ldkct; i.
f

x N w

No.6: *œ :: NG 64

not reasan outthe break aa Js doue wdtb tbe other slouats

In 1 1ofthu ba aks above m entioned w e have cousidex d
thatthe broken line ûa: n1n Nyw aM a LTount. sçany breaks
do not ule liue iluply pal s aud skow s a broken spau
T hese are eitlzer'
izealtb defects crbreaks in afeclion. ltea.
son tlzem a11out accordi' ng to their size by following the gen.
eralplau outlilïed. Ifm any brraks are bctm in thc lint (63)
your clienthas eitilerhad a consfxntreeurrenee ofweakness
in tlle baart's action or ofbroken love O airs Iftke breaks
conie clese togvther he islikely to kwve heal âulure. lfthe
ends of theae bnaken lines turn dov;n Instead of Ksing to
the lfeuuu (64)then the head stroug1y iu:uencesthesub-
ject at the uuzes the breaks occur and cold rrason Eghts
againstTzarnlsentim rnt. If thebroken tndsare short bea;
does uot rult corzplettlh',but if tbe line Daerges Cnto tke
Ile&d line reason otkains the mnRtery olxr sendnaent(654.
Tftlle break isNzide atthistinle theKubject mever entirely
getsm rer it; ifitia narrow hv doas thoegh unhappy at tlze
tlnle. By noting eaeh break it can be told at what aga
thvœe eveu1 occur, qa; b)' noting vzhere 4:e euds qf tbv
4,8 The Laws ofSclcntlûc H and-R eadlng
broken line go yeu ean tell w M t has c*u*11 them . Q*be
vaHations ax in5nite but by apW yinp the gtneral prin-
elples you can correctly rea/on out each one. If tbe enâ
Df tkq broken 2ue Qzops aud cuts the H < ltne shRrply
(66), tbe tbing whicb caux d the b< , be it hez tb or

No. ss N= 66 pl 6:

sfrection svill seriously inlpaïr the head at the tim e the

line cn&spas the âlead line. If at the tinxe this cut occurs
on tke :lend liue Rstarispeen ot the juuction oft:e two
Iincs(67)qn uxplosîou wi1!occur hztûe flead liue cau/ed
by whlkevernlsde tàekleaztlice break (healthoraFectix )

xx

atd bralu feveror exxu deat: uaay eusue lphg latler m ust
bejudged from the Life line,aud the conditlon ofthe Head
liue after tlte ctltoocurs
lfan iqlant'tbe seen ia the H eaclll1w follow ing tke cutby
tbeH eal lëne(68),t:e ûead willbe 1e2 in a delicateeon-
diden afuurwards,tbiô Gelieacy H ting as Tong as the islqnt)
 T he Line of H eart 4lp
5s present,the age to be read on the E ead line. lf after q.
bzeak in a H eartzae,tlle lineisclained (6k),itabowstizwt
tize ileart x ver fO y recogers from w hatever eaused tlte
break. Ifafterabreakthelinehasau islackd orislands(70)
iLwillbe delicate duzing tke lim e occupied by thex islanda

&

NG Tl Nçk 72 No.Fa
Tf rt1tm .a break a q'em m ngked star is seen 5lling tlle brm k
(7z)tlle suldeetn'illdiesudtknlzrorhaveavery sciousat-
tack of lzeart diw ase attha age tke Btar com eson tùe line,
'rhis is m ore certain ifseen underA pollo. Ifthelinebreaks
Ru(liscutbyacross.lxtr(7z),tlteCurzxntcaa bardlygvtbyat

so.'r1 pfa.'
a No.76.
allsand sudden death by henrtfailutv will(xxurin niaety-
5ve per cent.of cases. If a break haa a cross-bar on brz'h
endsoft:v lîue (73),dsstk franlheart dlseqse#H11oocurin
ninety-nlne per cent.of case$ >low sedouuevery case is
judge by the dlqieulty there %411be to reyeir tke darzagv
and ge1 the Current into its proper cûlnnd agnin. ID t:e
 The Line of H eart 4:l
tlze m riod:covervd by tlle islazlds. T lne age at wlzjck w'ooll
eleent occurs can be raad from the line of H eart lfelh r a
star the line becon:es thin and narron'(21)itteusthatthe
illltss ukosvu by the star desttoys thq vigpr or thv heart
wlliclz is alw ays weak afterwards and thu aA ctions becom e
cold aad vievz: selhsh and narrow
'rhv com biuations offlefects aud tlle G aracter oc tlx line
ln il difbreut pëhs Rre poasible of iuEuite variatlon. JLR
along the line every variation os character nleans a dXferent
operation of tbe lizle during the period itlasts llhe char.
acteristicsofeacizform atiou ofthe line have been previously
explaiued ; so itiprad îce apply to each part of the line the
cllaracteristk!sw hich belong to tlzat kiud or a.line reatliog
the age atw hiciztbqx events occur by tbdr position on the
litle U :e color to strengtheu a1lthese m atters R em em ter
big red sbzzs iudzcate greater inteusity thua big vehitœ oues
and Eiat yellox ones show mœ e nervous morbiA aud ugly
kualities. llvery defedtorithe line meausan ev'enLeitherof
hgaltk or aflïctilm . M akfz this diutiuction by ru:ks alrvaçly

j
Nw
/ t
1
/
'N M*. '
x

Ko. x NG e!

laid down and tlleu tell w hat tlle defect m eans and bow
seritm s itis.
K eep always i'
llm ind tlls tlxeory oftlze Current w hatitis
trè-inr to do aud llow we:lthe line w ill enable itto perform
itsfund ious. 'Phink of tile s'tream as O wiug O zootlzly or
im pedetl by defects. Y ou lzave tlze ty-pes gs a basls fer tbe
wholew ork and itisby uslrg atld com bining tilillknowledge,
atd atlgptlng ltto eaclz particular cax that you willbe en-
 4aa The Laws ofScientific H and-lkeading .
ablotlto reason eutw hatepclzevemtshowu on îlze lilm m ealzr,,
llo. ltwl11 aFectthe subject,and wùetheritîsrepaired or
produces destructlon. G o slow ly i1trearling tlle line ; don't
expect the m eauing to eom e tlle first tim e you look into R.
haud. Do uotbetxcue cxm t-ux tlbecaux itdx snot buttlliuk
ik over carefully. Jkbave a11 never allow yourpelf to be
rtzshed. D otl'tbegih to reAtlbecat'
tse you feelyotlm usL t;say'
soazethinp '' D onft uay azt.
pfâzk!
.fr until ou have ît clearly
in nûnd. Praedce vdllinereasu tlze rapldlty h'1th qvhie: you
can vpark just Rs tbe child Krows fronz thu prinzer to his
higher readens. Clet lbe theory in xnind frst then practise
unulyou can apply it. Jk1l Mûy eFort in thky chapler has
betn vxpendtd to teach h'ulto read a line by usiug the gvn-
eral rules and indicatlons and applying tbeua to thqk line
I ha%x dealt anly x'ith chsngts in tha lleart lile itoelL
t!Rderstaud eac: separabz 51aiu line thoroughly.and when
you have lvarued tùenl a1lyou Avillbe able to understalld a11
the conibinations. %%be illustrations in thia cNapter surve
ocly to put you in the vazz of reasoning out the possihle
changes iu the line-- they are only a fevz of tbe thousands
v'hiek art possible lrou w1l1 ând it exutllqnt practise to
tKka yvucil and paper aud draw diFerellt cornbiuatiousfor
youre f learniug to reason thent out Rem enlber reapon
'
lnd goodjudgmentlrlus'tstand at your sidewhen Juclging
.

the H eartlit'
ke,(llzd a.
llotla r liues .
m> we'
tl.
424 T hc Law s of Scieatï c H and-lkeading
'Iead line will denaand 1he closest study, in order to cor.
reclly dehxquine tke quality aud qunmtity of brain power
yœesent.
T he orgen calle; the braln is the eentre faxn Tzhieh eml*.
nates t:e vibzl force tbat throbs a1ong every nezve in tht
body,and nlanifesdy w Nateverrqfectsitisalso a wonderful
revei erofdisease especially of t:ose disorders term ed ner-
vous. A sthe httm an brain is lœ ked witlztn the skullaud is
so em rem ely delica.te and sensitive tbat physical exam iaa'
uon ofit m unot be vnnde w ith s'tfety it is on:y when acd-
dent has laid bare cqrtain poruona that its workiugacan bt
studied. Tlven the c:oseqtpnleroscopieal exanlinaeon faih to
revtalauy eqoentialûiFenxace in strueturu betw eellthe braia
of a zzan of ûig: inballzctual endow= nts and blam d-
naoral Efe and that of a cdnainal oflhe nAost brutsl type.
This fact ; have seen vqziâtd in pex-inuro exnriina-
dons before a body of scientiNc experbK itix becausu the
brain is so earefully protectetltllat steaunet be studied ancl
exam iued m iutaely duzing life tilat we have notyet learrlecl
to lotnte in !'; the seats of good and evil. Bat the âtznd 9
alTela-psprrsetl'to lw studif
zd au; irltiltlH'wm,1Jineitlzasbeen
found that t*e inner w orkings of the nlind are dlsuûxc â.
There e e for t%e presellt %'e jnust be sattçEed to uRa the
Hkad liue ratlzer thau thu brairzituelf to dix ovqr tile w erk.
ings oftlze m ind and we can feel satisfed tkatitaceurately
records the inform ation. A 11 of tbe tk ta w lziclk 5s h corpo-
z'
atqtliu thiucbapter coucerning tùe H ead line isthe recortl
of careft:lexam ltlatlons and velifications aud it is beeatuse
these num erousexam inationsllljve b= ao universally aœ a.
rute that I unâealtatingly staie that the line ofH ead rnpy be
relietl upon as a revealer of the m uountaud condition ofthe
mentality ofany subject. In tlle sameway itiamostacru-
rate in disclosîng diaeasesdue to atkim pairm entofthe lvain
and extending from itto tlle uervous e stem .
Ia W ginlziug a study of tlle line of H ead your firxt cara
shotlltlbe to locate it and ifitbe absetlt to diseoverthatfact.
A.s tlle m iud wozking tlkrough the braia is tùe forx wltitzlz
crxttsdiructly ona1llitleg theH ead line is e tlom abx nq
4:6 T he Laws of Scientlfic H and-lkeading
A tlroas on the end of a slzort H eall line m ustbe read aa
alopping tlw Curretd euding tlze m eutality and pzoclucing
death bntnotso zurely by apoplexy or in a sudclen m anuer
as if lniicatet'
l by well-form ed stars. A cross on the ead of
ashortH eaflline and ofa L/ifelizle (87)zuttstberead asaIz
indication wM cb is nearly as stong aa a star. Dpbepe de-
fects stop the C urrent and life eannot continue uoless the
Cucrent fow s frecly. 5551h tkepz naarkings uote iu every
caaetûetype ofsubject also color afthe line or égc. If
Jupiterian (predisposed toapoplexy),Sattlrnian (pretlisposecl
to m ralysis) M prtiau (wim ltaslargeblootlsupplyiabrain)
theR Intlim tion!kw illbe m ore serious especîally iffottnclred
or proaouncedly yelhow in color In al1 Kzort Elead lines
tlzuacx m panyirzg signson the Lifeliue M ercury line H œart
Iine, ancl M ounts m ust be nofed in order to distinguish
whether tûe subject 1aeks rzeutality or is predisposed to
diseapu.as in the above easeg Q'he long Llead line pvrzw
s'
lAows abundqutm entality and the sllottline less ofit.
Ia tllîstxam ination fortlw lung'
t.
lz of thc liuv proportloa
x:ust alw aya bt kept in nlind. If the llead line exteuds

acrosstheeutire lland l:za.straightliue (88),w101a Heart

liae ngrm Al itwillshow tbe prepondezanœ of lzead anrltix
subject < 1lbe out of balanee în tbis respett. ITe< l1be
avariciotup &vi1!N'ivlv a1lthiugs Croaà the satuztalstatzlpolnt
senthnemt willbe subservient to irzterest lze willbe practical
in at!thlngd antl m ore iuterestellillw Nateverlseapable of
prtxlud ngr dirt'ct result: tlzazz iu beautiful things w lzio
4z8 T he LawsofSclentlsc H and-Reading
of llues, you w ill be able qy read chauges fponl the past
:> a pre-Mat nlental attitude a=d qau tellthu subjectkovz
he form erly regarded eertairzm alters and how heN'iew sthem
wt prex nt.
One ofthe flrk thingg to do in reading tike H ead line is to
distinguiah dîsea'e from <âartrzter of the m entality. To do
G is it will be uecasv )rte ux zlœt olzly defed s ëzt tile liue
adsing from *1m.ak.s dots islandsj and Rlm ilar causes, but
alao the narrown- and thiuuems of the line as wellas its
ptoporuon to otûvr liuts Iaaiuluek as the llead liue indi.
eates lxfth the extentazd cban cter afthem enkality and also
cli- s,itwillbe aeceasary at tim eswhen a defective liue is
x en,to clistiugaish betwtx u îhe two aud to estim fae wlzethtr
yoursrzbjeet is laeklng in character dlreetions or wketller
brailzillueas or insMlit?'are indieabed. Jkny'defect seen
on tûe :1-%a liue M41l buuicate uzenud disturbapcv w'hich
m ay be the resultofillness,or itm ay be a!l indication oftlle
m lsteady clzaracte.rofthe m entality. Irlm akiog adistiuction
butween character aall disenqw's the Lifp liue sizould bu e= >
amiued to see ifit is tllso desectiv'e al qbotlt the sâm e period
as tlx (lefect appears on tlze H ead liue. A uything abuor.
m a1 founâ on the Life lin: w illflx t:e defectcm tlle H ead
line as an illnes: The nails m ustalso be eonsulted itleon-
needon wit: the 'Iead liue for if badly Euke; thcy tell of
gruat nervous disturbance w'bich is ennanating froma tbe
cettre ofnerve force,the braia. Ifin addiuon to a defective
llta; line ;uted aud briNle xail: are fouu; you arv w azne
tllattlzesubjectis using up bisnervotlsvitality fasterthan
it can I:e generate; and is iu dauger of paralysis. T bis is
furtlzqr ocmirme:liftlze subjectbeeithera Saturnian M er-
eurianjorLunarian * T he eolorof1he lm nd and particulatly
of the lines i: exeeedingly inlportaut in this iuvestigatiom
Ifteo w hite t'
ize anœ m ic condition furnisizes little bleod aud
the oleration of the brain Tzill be weau ned. O n the other
haud, extreuze redntss qill sbow tkat blooû ln txeeséve
quanuty and in toa great strengt* i, being ûveed to the
brain. q ithv of these iadl atiolzs shovzan abnornaal con-
diGon and indicate disease wM teuess predlspoz ug to wo k.
 W e Llne of H ead .129
ne.ss and lusuK clenc'y, aad rednew indicaung liability u)
fevers or apoplexp ?Pûe latter œ nditioa izto be read fzom
tke presance of stRrG erospas dote or deep eutting af t:e
line,re; color being also presela w itlztlzex m arkllzgeh
'ssrllen a defœ tive H ead line is zzoted uee the Life liae aa
indicated above) the hfercury line ln the saone Tzah'as t:e
Ivife line,together wîtitnails and color,Cor alltlzese m ust1>e

No.@9 x .x

consnlted alongrwitlzthe tyw tzfbtlza subjectaarld from tle

eom bined pointofview you w i11be able to dCstinguisltltealth
(ld tct.s frpm m etttaldefed s,
Tlze stxrdngupoint or source of tilè H eall line m ust be
noted. In tlte greater nttm ber of bands tlte line zIx 6 from
the lizur ofLzfe to NgNicû it is siightly lttae:H at t:e starl
(39),Ind branches awcy franatNe Lifeline eoraetiraesnear
the beginning of that line senleEnles farther aleng (90).
A t tkis pointtla H tzatl linc lxtgîstftra the early years oî life,
and the aooner tile line o arals from tlle N fe llnea the
youngerwasthesubjectwhen be::*> 11tothink forMmseif.
Thclong'erthe H eactline is tietlto tlke Life line theluasx lf-
confitlencehastlte suijectanflthe nmre here:le.s upon tlae
atlvice of others, Tke long'
qr tla m riotl covered by I is
unionoftlzetwolirles tllelater1nlifedid tbesubjectbeginto
rely upon him dell Tlte H ea; lïne is notoften bound to the
L ife lita lottger tlm u tlze twqlftâ m ar,au4 m aay H eaû liur.s
are seen w hielt only fotm b tlle Llfe llne a.t ita beginrdng,
sbowlag thatasa merechild the snbjeetwasself.reliant.
Ja exam inl g tke beginukkg'of tlze H ead line zwte k-
470 T he Lasvs of Scientisc H ancbrteading
skarp the angle form ed by tbe JklusofH ead and Llfe. 'rhe
mxepoiated lllisangle (@$,themore seusitive the suljeet.
the eaaier are lzis feeliugs buzt alzd ifin additiou tbe seusi-
tive jyadg are found on tlze eurlsof lbe Eugurw tlzis sensitive
(lispositionwill1yeextreme. 'rbeBubjeetwilldo almostaay-
tizing rathtrr thau kuztthe feelings ofotlzers antltlle lives of
sueh q4llbe oRen m nde unbappy by unA 'ntentiona: kightl
The type qfthe suY ectanG his Nnger-dps mux betaken
into coui ûvration kvnx svitk pointtd ups yud this acul
ang1e ille subject %411bu tufrely lacz ng ln sdf.agiance
dlnid eœutiouG leaning constantlx upon son one else aud
suFuzing a.fallm '= y tiuw tke supm rtia taken aw wy. W itik
thie.k fingers and square or spam late tips the indications
R'illnotbe extreme sensitivezless butm ustbe reatle.s denot-
iaK prudvncc aud cauuon. 0 ûen tNe 'Iead line is tzecged
fn the Igfe line atthe xtax and in thlscase tbe head did not
begil'to assertitself but t'
he subject dependzd upou others
uutilthe year T/hun thn Ene breaks aw ay from the line of
Life. % metim es1he Fread line does uotleave the Llfe line
uuulwellaloug iuitseourse(g5). In tlis case thvzaeutal

N w

< @1 m Q2

H ivitie: began later izl lifm T lzîs elren Koes x far as to

prodace iu somelzaudstlzeform ation ofan obtuseaogle (:0 ,
whic!itsltowstbesubjectto be somewlza. tcal:ou: to sliglzts
J'
f, wit: tM s latter m arkiag tàe Eugen tie ba square ox
spatullte wnd t:e ânge- and palm thick aud x d rhe sub.
jectM%1!ke very;e!)6e and i!oulytbelinesofFluad ITeart
alzd Life are prex nt,itwillizd icate denwntary lteavinessof
 T lze L îng of H ead 4;T
inteieetand uninxpres<onal'
phlty. Thoe subleeùgvdllbe
cautiocs noa.couzuzittz dependeut on otburu lackiug abG-
kty to com nm nd,ttnoriginal blunt and taetlezs. W iten tlle
line ofH eatlisdistillctly sepatatet'
tfrom tbe line ofLife((.
u)
its'
llow .
uprim azily x lf-reliancx. 'rile subicck is orignal,is
.

uotlxm nd dow n by the view.

q ofothers aets forand depetlds
uJX)u hizaself cazl plalzAvell ss gui;cd 'by Lis o.T11 judg.

No.O Nu.-
ment islndepeudentand couraqeous in bisd ews aud Kigre.
fope this separation ifnottoo u'ide is a hne mlarking. 'P:e
w ider 1h. separaîiou tke greater the degass of self.teliance
consequently thunrzrking ruay degenerkte iuto such boldness
and self.esteenl that the subjectbeeomesfoolhardy an& not
a safe counsrllor. svith this separated line nobu 1he tips,
forsifpointed the sd f.relianee nxay run to idealisn;,ifspat.
ulate to great energy auâ odginality proiueiug a braiu
fertilv in AxNv guhuu,cw aud a: tbu subject docs not ask
adviow he is likely to com nlitgrave eronrs. Squure tips ar:
safest for their goo; couneou.selzse willbe = re< raining ele.
m eut. N ote tlze lengtlz oft*e fingers.for,ïfvery sbort tht)
quicknesqin m aklug up the nlind.added to the selr-reliance
of the separaled lincw 0,cily leads ba inapulsive basty,
aud dangvrous conclu< ona If ia addition the Euggrs are
sm ooth,im ptzlsivenessw il!be iutensilied. K nols indicate a
restm iuiug elem eut thqtikis g'
x cllolm ve prtx ntw itlltbese
separated linus 'lY iam arking in w lzatm 'er degree ofsepa.
ration it1,seen alxzaysilldicatesa sllbjeetx'!th vrellqleNned
htrllviduality; tlle wiief tbe feparatiou tlze m om 'nneketlis
43> The Laws ofSclentlse H and-lteadlng
the self-rellauce aud the eonsequett individuality. A lw ay:
reg'
artt tbia m arking us requiziugrcarevfor tlze owner is au
unusuatsuljectjanâeverytidng mustbe weig:ett i:rlorder
to determ izte w lTether the self.reliauee antlseTf-esteem showa
by the iaclicgtiozlgru.
zlto a datlg'cr pd nt.
It m iglltbe suppcseâ tikatthese separatetllinesw ould 1n.
i cate lack of seusitiveuess asdoes au obtux augle form ed
by the line sfxzting 1ow on the Life line but sucizig nottlze
case. In fart the oppasite is truw for the separated llead
and Izfe lines ppoduee nlost seusid ve peoplt. Isley do
not alw aya show nor ovzn lt but such is thu case I have
m ade up m y m ind afterhavlng jnvxstirated a greatdealin
tla tnrleavbr tp discove.rwlly tlzissig'a slzoulfl ûutlivwtestllsi-
tivunesa,tha.
titisowing topnvc for tbe subjuctbeicg ex-
trem ely self.reliant ancleouEclentof his owltability,allows
:is fwiiugs to be huzt by anythiug whiuk indicates that
otbers Have not the sanle degree of conEdence il bin, that
he hRsla hiuaself. Sou,etinzes tlle liue ofllead rises hœide
tbe liue of Life on tbe lowur àfount of slars anG aûer
er- sing'tlleI,i% lineuwinds itB way acrossthe hand (> ).
Tlzia sublect is extremqlly vacillaticg. Hfz starts zuany
tblugsw ith eutlm siaam and before he dil!a w ill llave m ade
inntunerable c'llanges. H e is a shigter who constantl!ralters
.

hisopicions atd does not cotktintw f:zthz salzle way oftbink.

ing long at a.tim e. H e iz alw ays intet!se in hiq views
xqRkes pzostviolent resolutlonm and ehauges k;s nzhld Mduz
fadlity,buLalways vzitN the sanae s:gor. 3):e1: sabjucà
are rarely suecesskfr:l forther do not stick to anytllg'
. ng long
enoub towin. They are always aggressive,fortheH e.R:I
line rix.s from lower M ars consequently tlzeg are frequently
.

in trouble alwxys pickiug quarrels and are avoided by

tlrese w bo do =otw aut eeutention. T he shiftiug ulînd antl
qnarrelsom e diupoition are a poorcom bination for oue can
nevxr tellvzhat tack tbese people rnay take next If fne
color of the hauu atzd Iiuvs be z'ed îlzis will =14 to tlte un-
pleazantness of eze indlcation if yellovr,the subject win
be lnb&lerably rAeau, ln aâdltion. T he less naentality tbe
Lnud iniicateq tke1ess#v;11Ne subjectlt lblebaoveotnua-
 lrhe Line of E1ead 433
t:e trouble but good Erst pbd r tr s to tbq Engerl a long
x cond phalaux of dzum b wit: a long uarrow or paddl-
s'hapecliirst phalznx ofthatmember *511givethesubjm t
Icrres w it.
h w hieh he cal: largely eounteraet the slziftilag'
dispositix indicatud by sucita Hkatlline.
sometlmestlle H eatlline rixys from tile M ount ofJupiter
(95). Tlzislineshowsftnecapabilityforleaderslzip,apea'xs
who cazzhaadllzzx n w itizoaae uaflgctthe m ostoutofthem
oue w ho is self.cocfcleniIand this souree ofthe H eatlliue k'j
atwaysn.u indication ofstrong m etttallty. Thereisclîplom acy
prssent wlziclzenable: the subjœ tto dictatewitlmut being'
harsll to rule when he eeem s to be ruled to appea.
r 4*.
Iw ilent w lleu ke know's a11depeuds o1lbim ; he is bralny
brillian: and succelsful. Jt:vrayY uobu his type ; if of a
coanse nlake-up the tact and dsplonnacy willdisappear ;he
willlttu4 lautm eu w illJeelM s stzm lgtb. !f'the hatd be fne.
'

he w ill accom plisl'l a11 he w'ishes autl m zn w ilë not know

Ilow hedoesit. SometlmestNeUnewilll'isejustatthe bare
oftke M lm ut (>f Jupiter(:0 ,spmetfznes itwillsweep dear
up to the base of tize fknger aa in N o 9r. Betw een tlze.x

two soume: are mlm ?' iegrees>antl yoLtr estima.

te of the
strength oftize indicat:ou zat'kstbe in proportio:lto its c'
tfzgM
of m arking on tbe M otlnt. Som etim u the liue rix sfrom
tbeLiftlinebutabraneh risestotheM ountofJuplter(97).
'IY la shows that am biuon and tlze dealre to ia greaî (n'
famous rule the subjeet. lfthe hand be purely a mental
oneatllesublect'sambiLionswillbeformentalfame Ifthe
4.
!4 T he Laws olSclentlflc H and-lteading
ikynd lx purdy attistie,hisnm bitiolzsw tllbe for f'
am e in t'
llR.
t
directiorl. Ifthe hazd be purely m atarial his nrrbition wi2
be for richel Ile vzill alprays striv. to rise and ibe life
germrally fœllows an upward glude
Y he courre oftlle line tilrougllthe hand Ls nextto be cozz-
sidered. 1tz cutting itsw ay acrckqs tlle handpthe stralghter
tlze liaq runs (kO ,an4 the leasitiscbangcxliu itsceuro

Ko.pz No.ws

G enmreGxed aretkeideas of1hesublect tllemoreeqrenly

is be balantxd m fm tally antltlw zrlore praetiealanclconlrzlon-
sense are his vievz: T his line sbows L%at He pursues an
evmr eourse, and that outside in; uences have very litlle
efeet ou biul 'Ie gauges everythiug by a practivalstaud.
ard and accepts vzbat he ebooses a:lowing the bf allœ to
pattq by withodt m akillg m tle.ll impressloa on him . T he
tendelzcy or dauger indieate:l by tlziu llne Js tlzaL of '
becom -
ing too uuim prex iouable ttxlinelastic too x rdid to allow
of adaptability. These subjects often do not make many
frierzds, as tlzey waut everyone to com c to their ws). of
thinkiug. Everything issubjeeted to plaineommorssense
often uarropzw-levzs al4d atlp hiug spteulative or idea1is :n
abom inatzou. 'Phia straig'
izt line m uzt bu th: gauge by-
wbielz you judge a11 deflectioqs. W hen the litleofHeatl
ri- on orunderlupiter we bavetlleq',olitiesofthatM tm ut
exvrting slroag iaûuruce ou tbe subject and it is srldona
thata line u'illbe se placed thatitcal be de#ected upB=M
tol'ard the Lfount ofJupibzr but we do fn; tbt liue dt-
fed ed under the other M otm ts. 'rbe line ofH ead lzonually
 T he Line of H ead 435
mm rua upw artlsliglzuy in the begzttlziug of its courx ltl4
In nlost handa this curve is abouL nzidMcy belweeu Jupitqr
and Saturn.
sl'hvtlthe litle eo pereeplibly cuJNx: uuder Saturn (99)
thatitscourszisgreatly chauged itshowa that the zubject
is stnangly tingzd Rith Saturnian ideas O ften w hen esxry
othurmetllotlofclassifyiug yoursubjectirltohispropertym
has failzd.Lbc H eatt line duflectecttolvarq' ta M ount w ill do
it for yott. T ile greater the deEection of the line ton'ard
Cyatur.
tktlle m ore sureTy w ill Satttrniatlideas be strong irzthe
subject. You musknote111ucharacttroi'thehaud willltlzis
m arking ; lf the m euta! w orld '
rt'les then your client will
love t' lze sturly aud research for wllle.h the Saturuiau îs
fam ous; îf tiza m iddlu w orltl rules 'ize ld ll lov'e farm ing,
m illing' ,and horticulture ; ifthe lower w orld rtlles his ideas
w illruu toward the saving ot'nzouey. If the liue ia defeetecl
toward Apollo (x(Ex)),tlle slzbject's m ind willrun in Aptyllo.
lliau ehanuels. Ifthe upper worTd rtzle.s stw1llbe art pure
aud simplv ;ifthe mlddlevk'orld isstrolzger,mottepnmkin4
and love ofbeautyw il:becom bintxl;iftlzv b w'erworld docn-

N(7. 9B NG 1D()

nates.love ofdisplay,aod a c- rserlove of the artletic w ill

bfzitdicatect T he h rger tbe deflectitm the greater is tlle
degree of infllzencx exertqd br A pcllo un4 tlliuis true ocall
deflectiolm W henthellneiqdeflm ted eow ardM eretlry (zox)
itshow,stlzq.tM ereurian ideas (trestrong'
. Iftbe upperw orld
rlllefl,fine pmvers of expree on peraulsrvu force esx n ora-
toricalpower.areindicated. erile kiud willbealzown W tbe
 T he L kne of H ead 4:7
t%zdececuoa occurslater thk:condition began tzter. Ifthe
<eGecdon % k igbt Qze heart w illinfueaca but notenun:y
rule 1Ne Bubject;ifit1 very gTeat tbe heal Td11llrgkly
dictabz. It is necessary w ith t:ds indieation to note fzhich
line i: the deeper and strongvr. lf the 'Ielrt line thea
sentlalentvEllguideand reasan %411give way. Ifthe 'lead
tLen reqs:n Nvillaaw=kitself oheu prodaciag nzentaldiq a u
beeause the dictategoftlze heartm r'zzot bz followrd. Som o
tim es the line is found deflecting dowtlward (1œ0. 'Phe
sttaiglztH ead line m arks tlze m ef tzm oruearest norm alcoa-
dition,aud generally sm akizzg' , u11 rising tltdectiozzs com e
from an uplirting force Rnd eonvergely a1Idow nward detle -
tiuugcom e from a flow nward izz ueuee Cozuequently when
the line ofH ead is seen to defleetdolu ward we feellilattlze
mnentalattitude of tke su% eet has been loMtred duriug tbe
period covœrvd by tlia deûection. JLsthe 4raight î!ea4 line
sEows t*e operadon of a practical nzentality tNe dolvnw'ard
deoection Bhol's thûl a departure froma the praetieallinesof
tàought zccurs dariug tbv dectction at vzhat age can be
read on the line. Arbe hfount of hfoon the aeat of iuuagi-

NCK IQ3 *9.11@

tation bd ng st:tattke base oftlze hand 5scousidered ss tlze

attracting power which eauses tEe lleaâ liue to skartdow n-
Mcrd. 1 ha*x observed in the hands of maay sldtbtg
and of persons strong1y im N ex o'it: Tx:ycûic pheuonltna
that t%e perioâ atw'hich these Mlatters began to gTeatly In-
tere. thena ceulâ kt detvrnaiue; by a dow nw aM deiectlon
of theîlead line. If tbe defectiol is sbort tbv subjeet i:
 T he L ine of H ead 439

-
6tivity,tbe txm rse throtlgllthe hand Indlm tes tlw cbauge.s
which lzave œ ected it autl'lze tezm inatiou skowstlzeultim ate
outcnnxz. If the line be shorq either tba zzeotality is not
great,or the tern4ination ofiteonaeaearly ju life by death or
1- of m lnd, T lfs m atter has bzetktrgalqtluader tlze head
of''Leagtlzoftix Liue ''and willuot berecousidered hare.
wellen t:e line isvery shortand terns upward tow ard saturll
(108)tbamcnta:altituieoftbesubjed wilibusaturcian and
a hea1th defectofSaturn vd1lcause eatly death. 3œ w'e aze
considezing the Tlead line,tb/ healtk ûefevt nlustapply to
yom ething afœeuug the bead w hich is naanifestly tba brain.
Paralln?s being a protlineut defectof t:e Seturnian 4vi1l be
the cauâe to wlith you nlay astribt lht end. Jlails;ua,
Aarning back or brittle yd low'eolor and nlany chauce lines
in îhe hand l thiu Llfe llne chahled idandeâ broken or
otàerwix deftctive win enable you to confkrm the iutlication.
Olderpalm ist:gaveto thi. q line therearling ''surlden death ''
'
the reason for this m ustbe apparent. Tfthislsne ratlsup ot.t
tothe M outltofM turn (10)) tlleindicuilm is tloubly sul'
e.
lfite1:d.
:in a slar a crou ors.dot(1Io) thesnddec termi-

NO. ftf N0. 1Q9 KO. !1:

uatiou of tût nzeutality and the 1558 isasmzred. If t:e llne
endsin a taBgzl(zzI) paralyka folloqved by paresss is indi.
cated as the taso Tshow6 the gradual diasipatitm and öifu.
Zou of the naental powers acd not tbe sudden shock and
catat re ke w kic: tke crasw tbe dot er the stûr portend.
T he older > 1m IM s ascriked grave rcsultsto a11indicalion:
iu wN c: Saturu w% coucerned. Tâis was tecau/e of tbe
 T he Line of H ead 441
M ountofV enus large,ftlll aud red wifh H e.'- Iinedeep atd
red!nails short Afoun:A of slars large you willhave oue
who to sakiafy lzis desires would becotx txim izlwl aull even
com m itm tlrder. H isizqaltwillnotlx:atrong enough toeon.
trgl tlle passiocs whiclz rage within him . If the Jiae cvut
cle.ar up into Alx11O (;J4)t tlze cuttiug ol tllu H elrt line
ttnder Apolla by tlle H ead lm e,willindicate a com plieation
of tize heart dië cultr of the Apoilonian and som e disordc
.

la tbe m a tk keikh m oa probably- apoplvxy. N ote t:z

nds lines nails and allother
MbtltltofJtlpiter,eolor ofila.
iudicRliuns wehieî luay throve ligktoa tbe subjeet. 1fat
the point Avheru the two 1ines crossthey arc decp cat and
zzd the dqnger x'illbe serious. Jf at this point there is a
surtzz5)tbedaug' erisverygrave fort'he explA ou is m ost
likely. Irtllis marking is follow'eclby an islaud (zz6) tize
shock will perozanently v'eaken tht :nind,and at the IeRr
brain fever is indicatud. ff the lhze oç 'lead turns baward
àlencury (T!y), it wili show horz slrongly the Afercuriqn
qualitiea attraet:he slzbjeet i7o m atœ Tzhatside ofthe

No. '1l1 Ii:). 119 :0. l1R

M ercttriaa isdeîreloped tlw re w illbe ïtlove of atd taleutfor

m œnqy.claking. F< strong is this desire for nzonqy tkatthe
subjectwillruiu hishealth or nxake any *nedseeto obtdn
l1. A s eazployers tûepe peqple arelyranugez and exacting,
they dedrz to uzake '.every edge cut''aud vdll vrork euz.
plDyeeqjust as loug as they eaajan4 gi%-e G em tbe lelst
pohEb1e raabzrial witE which to do t%e w œrk. sxley &ove
44: T he Laws of Scientific H and-R eading
barglsns, and w 111 go nli:es to aave a ûlv pennjeh ;$%Mly.
tEiug isnzeasure; by its nloney v.lue
W llen this linu is suen uola carefally tike tym pfthe m b-
jeee. 1rhebeabad ormean Saturnian the conabinltion of
tlûs type witlztlse H ead linu risillg to M uscrkzy is diutressiug.
Iflxe be a.erooked M ereurian you know thathouestly or dis-
henestly as m ay be lleeessary. lle ZZ'S/ have m ocey. T lle

?h/

i
R0. 11? ND. 11@ RcK 11%

cnxlke; and t'wsstk!d scger, w ith short nails should cause

yottto m ake yourestim atestroug and ifno H eartllne $8peen
you know t:atthesubjectvzil:stopatnothing. lfyou 5nd
this line œa a good haud rea; itnœtrely as tbv kz'
c ofnaouey.
lf 14th lt the lledical Stigtnata ispresent(118) whie !n-
(llcateslhe especia:aptikude for m edlcine yoa wil:have tlle
m oney.m aldug plzysîcian if w gtk thls lille the tlûrd p'
Izalanx
of tlze Euger is ltm gesttlle m oney-m aking businessm an. lfo
m atter what the com binatioa the m oney side isstrong. If
1helhlegotsdearupinlotheMourlt(119.
),Jtwillbfzin adtli-
tlou a health warnlng. T he billous tendench' tlze stom aeh
dîsortler and the nenrousltess aTw ays present willaffect the
bea4 11 3(1produeevertko though seriottsresultsareuotoften
encounbzred frocz tNe indicadon pwr Jr. tlhe tinxeperiod
oft:e line when ithas reaehed thîs point is about sevmlty
and attbakthne the end is uaturalsy not far dîstaut. Tfthe
lint skoulâ tnd ix a star(;20).saddeu deatb is lndicRted.
5Vken theline rrza into dzc upyerlfount ofAfars(zzr)it
eboww tbat prRetk=l eom m ln-sense ideas prevall. It lsthe
 T he Line of H ead zgu
m a in.m position and th. e m etltalqttûlities are notpulTeflout
of lheir bd ance. If upper M ars be w e2 devulom d,lt wil!
gitre its qualëtles to tlze subject who wil l defend llimri
elf
w hen attaeked vzill be cool calra brave and vzarlike iu
sjdrit. Ifthe M oara ' be dellcieut the lueutality willBtrtake
of tlzt.x deEdendes ln M artian qualities aud tlze subjed
w ill be easil:r discourage unuble to zesiut strong attacksj
aud 1arking in conEdence. V/Hatever w ould be attributed
to tàe sfownt attribute to tbe liuv But Avhptever thepz
attributesm xr be tlle line euding here allpaysgis'espractical
qtleas abottt everythlag. Tn s'ec m any haads the H ead line
slom s morw or ltzss toward thv M omzt ofthe M tKm (z2O.
Thissloping of tba lilte G owathattllesuhjeetissoznewhat
snfuetlced by itnaginatson and ls trkot practicalto tlle exd u-
siou ofùw qrytlziuw fzlse
T here isa great m iK orception prevalent concerning tlzi:
sloping H ead line whieh has been ztsed as iudkating daug' er
afinsRnity. lrothing can be fzrther9om tbu truth forsueh
a.H ead line isfoundlon fhe hlnd4ofm ol!tFznsible,self.con-

N/. 12: NOk 12l N0.1Z7

tained practical yxrsonz. Mecause uue :aa thv ubilîty to

lm ,: J,d does not maean that he is insane or likely to be
nd tiw r 'b es it follow tbat he is ullpraetical so ift'
lle line of
:fead be good deepjw'ell clt Ru; clear litlle concqrn neqd
be feltbecause it inclines towa'rd the M otm tof M oon. W itlt
this ilzdicariou as witlz a11 otlzers excess tuwy m ake it bad.
Othercom binatitm sw itk the line ozvtlw clzarad eroftiœ liae
444 T he Law:ofSclentific H u d-R eading
ilBelf m ay spuil it but the general pro- ition ls tha line
rtmuingtoward theM ool:sho'
e.
's '
tha.tthe subjectiunotex-
tîzely m zterialitlhb gclea: lm thftst'
lxe pow er èfim agination.
T hlai.sarzmw m tialqualifilm tiotlforw rltçrs speakers and Iilz.
gttists ancli!lthe m ost successful m en ofthese professiuaa à

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5ud a11 degrees of daxqp to tht 'Icad line sonne golng far
duw n inuà the Afount aud these yerlxos hatx ability as
w ritersofNction anflpthetrv(x2:
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rlm / lx Rlong oue so tllere is illthese cvseszlo lack ofm en.
M lity. It is only wheu the drx pirzg liut is seen on a
lmt= type d subjvctorwhr:t it is tbjztordefectivelbatlt
is uufsvorable. A u ex'v'a of im agination is ore specîelof
 T he L lne of H ead zpu
jusauity';thedrooping H ead linew ith otherutlravorablesix us
w illcleprly indicate m elltaldertuzgem ent. Ifthe lix droom
1ow onthe M Dtm tand vndsirla star(zz4) itwillindirate iu.
sanëty. Ilrooping tothe5foon and ending in a chasn (Ia5)
it R,illlelloc m eatal im painnetxt. lf ittlroops $o tbv M oon

No.124 No.1a5 REL je6

and endsitzacross(z26) itwîllitzditxttea chet'k to tbemen-

tality. Ifit4ruulz
santlemdsirzlm iylarttl(z27)o'
. ra clot(128)
tEere is danger of Exen:a1 disturbance In these capes t;e
size o? the island or dot w ill tell how snrirm s. Jf on tile
M otm tofM oon the liue iubroken (zzt))anclinttrmittent it

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is auotûer ludleatietl of m ental disttlrbauee. 'Pize.ge rnnrk-

ings of the line are m ore daagvroas becûuse tbe line drotyps
to the M ooa tlle im aginative tendqnries of the M ountm ak-
ing it a fertne place for such tropble. In erery case the
OnJVV baBxr4 the >foo:! n1145tbe capehfly eonsidered. If it
 X'he L1ne of i!ead rtr
the ideasru= evenly an4 stzoothly--no breakq no J'arw but
steadixeas and etrenglh. T he deep and weL cut EEead line
skow s one w'No is self.eoutained does uot ''lose hEs hooz ''
is not i%lùty ervrrauc but % dig=iEtd even.tempepad,
evenly balanced and hag t*e ability to n&ake aud carry out
lgs deternlicatieus. lf the Iolzg 'IeRd liuebeutep aaû sve;
cut,iks lzuglh shows great uleutplity auu ius dept: sNows
strength of thig quazty. TaynK 'Iead liuesare often brokea
œrdefeetivewhile the subjeetsare very brigkt. Ftonztûzs
you uzay thiuk tàata dqep aud nxIlcutline is notuecessary
to produee nlental stazninm B tlt elnse analyais wî7l Ahow
thatwbileyoursubjeet1 brigktanâhasmz'.o% luentality it
is net tbe stuady, deup, aud atzoag kind but ia unstable.
The :ength ofthe line sh@M% the guam&y the depth and
clearnesusbow'stlw gttalll.
v Owlleêsof'deep welieutH e..
RII
Jines do nDt alw ay': raake up tkeir rûnâs as quickly but
weiglz atld eonsider careflllly. O nee reaching tt decidon
subjectswitizsucllaH eatllilze are frm it1execution ;tb.
e.
v
can concum krate tllm r idsa.
s pttrsua a single aim in life and
bring to bear on this aim a funrlof strengtlland inform ation
drawa from m aoy suurct's. T lay are cool ia m om euts of
dangar, collected not eaily tllrown o: ï their gujtrd and
possess self-eontrolin tbe greatestdegree. A strong tllum b
lkddeâ to a def;p iulll wall cut H cad liur will m ake t'
he stlb-
jectErm cool and irresistible. 'rhe large thumbinklicatca
the V IIw hich dom iuatesotht'rs t:e deep and w elletltH ead
line shows lhe w illw lzich can controlxllï Glvea st lbjed
botlza large tûum b and deep and q'ellcut H ead line,aatlhe
cal accom plis!lZ m ostRuy task iflle sets ontto do it.
Obsezve t.1:::proporticm of the liucs tthtacl:otlzer km clal*
t'
t'lu sizz ofthe hand. If the H esd lillul: yz(leem r azltlcleaker
tllan the other lines thmlthestlbjeeti6amenial specimen
of w'lzatqver type ke belongsto,aud ûisfrst p' imlitlg'
es wm
corzoborate this. Tf tite ' lla'
l::1and tlle liues ia generalar'e
sm all bt:t 1he H ead lit:e is deep ant '
lwellctlt itis a grav'e
dauger,foritizlçllcatesmoremetttalm wer tllazzthestlbject
hasplzysicalstrengtllto carry *.
1s11y. Iilavv Izottd a num btr
ofincttrable casea ofl saniky * t.1:thfsm arkinglanclalx tbat
4so T he lmws ch Sdendsc H and-R eading
the H ead line w as * e11reclin color. so w idle thedeep and
wellcut H ead line,othe. r tbiugs being equak is the best
m arkinp in evnqas it is oue of the w orst. Tlzv deep liue
shows t'xcellentphysicalhealtll of tlle brain anâ w ith sue.h
a norm alline you rlrdy ûncl beadaehes or atty trohble from
brain disorders. It is onlyw lzqd tlze lineisseen in qxtxiksive
developm enfatulretl thatyou sholtltlfear trollble and then
vertigo fainting sm llw a.ud iIz extrem e caseg apoplexy or
insanity areindicated. Tizisismorecertain ifm ursubjuct
isa Jupilerian espedally if tlle third phalanx of thefknge.r
ofJuplttrbetlziek. TV stztmg H tatllix Nllowstlw ca. padly
oft%e brain to tltink and do w ork ;itsilows a bealthy bm in
eouR tueuuy one w hieh cau st nd :nueh exfrtios and can
< so do Dsltcr vzork tkau a w e or unhealtûy orgau. Itig
less swayu by otherG M,one peliable alld in every Tzay
strongen T ake the deep and n'ell cut W wmd liue ms tlm
basis for best rasultuiu esflmztting'a subject. Tlzere are
m an)rhands in w llich tlte H eaclline is tililland narrow'and
tracesitselfdellcatclh'across the hautl T his tlzin lîne sllows
tll.tthe brain m werisnotvigorola buttilattile suljectis
m entallr delicate. H e m tty be d ever aud w illbe iftlle line
is long,butwilllack m vulalW gor. H c w illhaveglm d içlzu œ
butV ' IIbe easily talked out oftllem nor Killhe m ake grea
m entalexertion for ittires llim . H e eannot put l.ks brain
atqork for uuy leagth of tiuze for it beconzqs Nvcary. Ele
cannot pasz thrtm gh tria!s w itilout headazhes and w hen.
ever pas< b1< he avoids severe raeutal tension atzd great
braia efbrt. H e tloes not like to coucentratc lzis zuind an4
eazm ot do so for any lengylt of tirne. H e has little R lf.con-
trol,but give,s w ay to his feelfngs,either tem m r,1ow appe-
tites laziuess or w lzate&xr tlw y m ay be T his thiu line
abowa m ental inertia a lack ofdesire and ability to om m te
Mdth vigor, laek of srnm eu agge on an; of stong
m eutalcvonceatratilm . Its owoer ntzvezr dx s greatthiugs re-
quizlug coutinued m entalexertion buthe doe-qbrightthings
whlc: conze to hln1 by intuitioa an: which do not require
nlaeh bralu exeruon It is daugeroua ba pvererow'd thuse
ekin 'Ieaâ ineq for uley cRunotexn4 it. The cbannel 1
 T he Line of H ead 45j
m )tdeep enough to ean'y a.largeCurrent and ifsueh a.()ur-
rentis foreed into it the t%il liue willgize vzay aud break
t<ere again observe proportion. If the baud apd lines are
zyrge and the 'Iead linu tbin greatest care nludt be :vsed
N om entalover.exeitem entm rztbe allowed tzo low ofslzep
uo narcoliuw Do stiuculqnt. no excqss of any kind The
subjeetrnttstCare for thestom zch and wbellfatigu.
ed m ust
rvst; auy otber sortofIiping w'illprldueq nzelltaldisorders
W itlzthtse tlziu lines orztize lzands of m rn w lm m ake great
nlelltal exertious yott w ill orten see places w here tile line
cuts aluch nlere deeply tbœu in others(z38). Thvsv dtep
culs show tinles al w M ch the prexsure has been too great
and,at such a finte if the pressure ls eontinue4 t%* brala
wç1l collapyt, produd ng paralysis or ne:vous praslration.
%lbe age at w hieh tbese dtrains oceur can be rea: on the
lilye. Sueh znarkfngs wi:1 oRen bz seen G1 the hands of
acdve busineas cr profes: onal nzeu pud tLe w arz ap to
%,ease up ''m ust always le gi$'en. By noting tlzex l'aria-
tlousiu cleptlzoftbe lîae ),0L&can td lt%e years of bestbm in
power,age to bu rea:l from tile lix

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Stgts,erpsses, nn; dots (r3v) on l thin line wil1shovz

2aagtrg to thc nlpntal iife tbat uyust Dot go ue œ led.
They sEovetbat exploéolla or checks w illoceur unlcsacare
be used as %xI1 as the tinae by the agt at w Kich tkey are
seen. C utg vf tNc liue shoyv danger poin1 . If sxaallan4
frqquent (:40)they indinn'- h-aHsuhus; if deep and the
460 T he Laws o/ Sclentlrc N and-lteadlng
tp/ lonh t yeide love of display,beauty,de< pz fqr vaxitk
w
and fam e al aud cdgbrity oocupy thu thoughts of rour
mtbjeet. Ifthe split line endxw'ith astar theprognosisis
favorable ifwit'
lza dot tross or is1an4 tlm-rq issm Rllc'
izauce

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offmceess(x56). 'Phi:all.o applie.

qlo a11theM ountx Ifa
split:iuuzisesutlderM ereuryt'
ilesubject'sthoughtswillruu
in M ercuriptl clzm lrlels. E ither l:tt '
$dll love tlze x ientiEc
sitle irlwhlcllcaye the secoTld p' halanx ofthe Enger w illbe
longe< aud tlle M edicalStîgm ata willbe seen on tlze M ottnt

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(157).orhevzll1lovethehusiuemq<deafsfepcury.lnv'llich
case the thlrd phalRux Nvillbe the bestdeveloped. .*11split
lines rién: and touching the LIeart liue (r58) sùow that
sentinlant love and afrction occupy kba thcughb: of tbe
subject. Bveu wst'
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ta deep auclwell-eutlinehe'
$Wllbeless
aordid *n4 nzvrceuary an; naore given to doiug ûv otherx
 1714e Llnu of Ffead 46$
Sne bnmks. The age at wtick au vf uiex illnemcsocx=
ean be zead from tbe lizm If the lius is corltixually broken
anflladderdike(I7z)itshon'sa' llutterlack ofstabilisy ;the
s Eekle tm d shifting lzas cxm tinuous beadac'lzfs
subjed l.
poer lzealtb viuiolls phautaszu: and. lzule- cared far by

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som tx q else goe.a insane orbordera on itfrrwn nervousness
These suYects :y oF oa tangents are alwvys seeking for
tke uureazzable un4l if yxpinltd tipu are prestnt they are
utterly t1upractical aud unreliable especialls' if tlze ITead
line goes far into the sroltlt of Afoon. Avith every break

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IkQ. 171 NQ. 1Zz N0. 1P2

in the H eallline uottzwhetller ît is repairecl by sisterllnes,

by the overlapping ends eonnecting bara gquare.s er ally
otherrepairsigns. T.rsotltestlbjôr!tq'illhave a mqmtal.
iar
attlx tim c of tlztt brcak w lziclz w ill be m ore or less M vere
aeoordinr to the <ze of tile brvqk and to ltow'n'ellitis t'e.
lxgred. If tlle end of tlLe broken liae ttlras tow ard any
466 T he Laws ofSclentlsc H and-Readlng
M m m t, ham lle it as in the case of tlze split nm ning to a
M eum . W herever the broken end gœ g it will show tbe
force w bielzprorlut'ed the break. N ote the m atlitiou oftlx
line aftera break alld it:w l11tellw hetllerthe break llas per.
nhquenty im N im â the m ental staafua or whetker it is
m mereom e. N ote a11signslike stars dotskcrosses orlslautls
afbzr a break an* they p41ltell of tke resttlton the nbpntal
c'apacity ofthesubject. By foltowlng t'
he Iine from source
to l-a lnation aud notiug cvery change tilat occurs you
will have no trouble in handling any break encx ntered.
Stam fotmtlon the Head lillc (z73) are always a dangez.
Tkedectric lig' btoa the H eacl line dx s not produce bril-
lianelr. but exploriot:. Tihis m ay m- u a sutklelzcollapse,
am plexy)or iusanity. Study thetype'efyoursubject;if
JupiterianorMartlan interprettlle starasapop:exy ;ifSa-
tttrnian orLunarian read it as paralysisorilsdmnitlr. F0:-
1ow a11 the instntctions given in dCagnosing disease tl' lld
ycm w illnever be at B.losi W atch for eilanee lines to the
star,w hicî w ill help to telt t'ile camse ofit. ln every ease
cxm aitk ra stur en tbtz H :'
,
.M liue a duugar antlseuk its ux-
plzuatiou. Crosse. l oa tlle H eatl liize are also (Iangerous,
i
atE:d iflargeanlldeep are nearb'asm uellso asa stan They
m ust be estim atellitlthe rxetm e m atneras stars
T lle H eatlline presentsso large a field for treatm etlt tkat
ltseem s inexhaustible, l lm ve laîtl down gerzeralm rthtxis
wlkieh if applicd to indid dual cax s will unable c'very stu-
deut to work out the innum erable conlbinations possible.
M y q'Cork 11% beeu largi y directtd towartl teaching the
correet m ethod by w M e'h to recson so tlm tw'ilen a new com -
bination isseen m ltean by opplying the getleralprinciples
vaArk lt oul, The :1ead line w'hich reseets the nlind,is,
wiuz tbe tlmmb tlze mostimm rkantsubjeetto a palmist.
lnâis chapter dealing vdtk tùe liue vzhicl: Iuost4ireetly rt-
Eectsthe w x king: of the brain is therefore conâ'npnde; te
yX T earnestx nsideratlm u
468 T he L aw s of Scientific H and-R eading

ourhypotlxesisisxsf> ct itneorksoutjtlsttheM eaq11

itw ere,aad in the absence of any bctterexplauatlozl ofbtlle
phenom enaofthe Lifa Iine wem uzt forthe Iyresenta. tzeaEt
restulou tlzestatementthatthe Ltfeà'pze z'çIJ!lAuc/ ofthe
szturalcouzx oftbfzsubject'slife. W lltzjwetllink thattlle
line sbows Iirst tlze health (zftize m bject antl recond M s

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so. fa
plzysicalstreugtil w e caunotdelly'tbatwitlzp.krkowledge of
hia stwte ofhealth geuurals:lality,and pbysiealstrengt: in
our possessiœllJ7-e x'ould he poor reaqoaers inGee; if Twz
could nottake sueh iulorm atiou aud frocz thcsecaupzsâguru
outtûtirresalts. It is frouà sucà a basis that tbepnzsent
vwark upou the L6e lina llag beeu deduced and uxzuy ex-
m rim em ts plm x il * be correcy
4/0 T he Laws ofSdentifc H and-R eading
DzNe Itife line usually rises lt t:e side of tbe hanâ under
Juriter (178). Dphig is the hornlal scurce and uxnrks tke
lagizkuiug of the Z e. som utîm fts, lm wever, tùe line riszs
fmm the MottutofJllpiter (170 . Tltisshowsthattilelife

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is a.m os'tam bitieus one filletl w itlz desires fer wqaxh stlo
c'eus,wntlfame aucltlzat11. subjclztNvilltklk: uvqr.
goppor-
trnity to beconxe aoquainted w ith people of note, If he be
a saturnian he is am bitious for sueeei> aloug Saturnb:n
Duew suck as occult studies physics cheufstry,nzediHna

qo. 17: u 179

farm ing rniuiug oris grteily-form ezx y actxzrdinK to wilich

llhalatlx ofthe Satura snger rrles. lfizu ba an A pollonlan
lze is am bitious for suceess and fam e as atz Rrlist a: a
m ol:c.y m aker oras one w ho m akes a display irzthe w orld
aeeordlug to w hie phalanx of tbe ângtr ru1e:. If Ke be
w lfvrcnd na ke is nnnbitious aa au orator à sdeuthst or
4/6 T he Law s ofSclentific H and-R eading
LHk lînes nausL be iloted eveu with eqastic oon/steuey,for
souletinaea a lack of enurKy is accounted fur by a lack of
physîealvigor.
Jk broad auG aballex'line (z82) skows an utter lack of
vitality. There is in this case no power to resltdiseasw ao
robustue/s no strong eonstitutioo no phy:cal vigor no
nluwcularpov'er. 1Veûudthe/esublectsan easy prey to21
kinds of disorders. 'Phd r systenx iuiu a
Eabbyyx'eak colldition and furnishee a
ferkile :031 in svlliG bactttla gerM nate.
Tbeu subjecis have no euduranx no
stam ina no coaEdence in tlxem selves,
T hey hav? weak constitudong auû lack
energy and push gpbis is becaupe they
are Motplv siclzlly strong and m ustncktbe
taken as an indication of inlzereut lazi.
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nelts. Tlley are oouscious of a laboretl
ND'182 efrortwltenever they ulzdeztake plzysical
exertion,au; from thiskind ofa Life line we gettlx ckrouia
complainersand tbosewhorleverfeelwell Thesesttbjects
are vezy depelzdeut;they ltlan on fziunds azzfl rqlatives and
zloallfalliuto thew ay ofbuing looked afïer. T hey do notofte.n
acllieve greaesum e% forthey have notthe utrengtllto breast
t112 tldflolcom jyetilion arzd tlac $:hugtlc ''eftheag'
e. 'Phey
lack aggreu ion and atrength and conV quently m uqtM taken
care ofor they go under. Such Life liues are an illdication
ofgreatnezvousneas aa4 thzse :azblucts are uarrie; a rdy
by their nervous force. Oftea when necessity- forces thenl
to unakf strong esorts theh.vzill work w kell tlzey feelthat
thuy c;n hardly put one foot in front of tEe other. a uly
pasitionq w hr e the vavk is purely routine easy and doea
notrequire nzuch responsibility are suited b; subjeetswith
auck L ife linea ïs'hen tùuy are foreeâ into vocations p>
quid ng greaber physieal exzrtion lnd tàe shoulâed ng of
responsibilitiesthey do uot :o14 outa great w'hile. Suck ?
Life line on a :abby :aud iudscatus the extrenle oflazineas.
Even an elastie eonqigtency cannot oNx= e the laek of
N'italstrelzgtlz lm tteuergy of a brow; aM sholloweLife lix
4/8 T he Laws of Sclentlfic H and-R eading

Pqsrztsarethesafest rdiu œ for sueh subjects. TheLi5z

!)has tix > zue geueralesect
line running like a ladder (zB.
as the broaâ auclshallow'liae. 'Phe heâltlxw illbe very uu.
âtablv anll interm ittellt witlz tllis liue aud .
tm t olzly is tlm
aukject delicata,buthe bas repeateâ illnesses a11ofmnore
than ordinary severity. sllhen t%e L1% llne 1: coulposed of
aeNœrai âue liues d0:2 tegttûer (z84).iastead ofa kngle
deep linw it show's an lntensely rervous state of healtb
g'reat delicacy, ancl a :iasility to general debility, 'A 11of
thfzse liuvs z'
cdux the vigor of tvcry type, dim inislz their
strength anrtrender them ler.q likely 't.
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A be pue ing active
petsons. E xam ine tlle M outllsto locate the hea:tlldefects
preguut, wbick will bg lzxuggeratqd witk t' izex poor Life
linea The very thiug thatis caugfng your subjectto be
deicate, and which s' llows tlttough tlze poor Life Tine is
som e one o.
ït'lze healtlzdefed s ofthe typem Y ou need have
no tronble in lœ ating thesotzr' eeoftbediiiicultp A eklinetl
Lif'
e lille (:85)isotle w'
llich shows great obstruetion of the
111 Curreat,ancltizesubjectwit: tlzis liue willbz delicate

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aa(1 suff'
er repeattclannoyirg illnesses. lftlze elzainiug rtm
throug'lztilz entire courx oftlze linw tidspx r oonclition of
healtk wil:be alwah's present but if it cover otlly a part of
tbe line t'l'
te ddlcaey w3llouly extend ove. rt'
ilepar'toftla life
tovered by tlze ehaiu. Tlze clzained line is an aggravated
addition ofdelieacky to tlle broad antlsllallow line. C onœ ls'e
the Life CturentbnrrIping overthe m = y rrv'lrqand skoals in
4so T he LawsofScientisc H and-R eadlng '
neverrobua . Ifa:ertNe câlldla: di lcac tûe Ene ooudnue
ehi ned broad and shallow or otherwinz poorly m arked
thesubjœtwillneverbe strong dtzring lifeubutwillalwrkys
lzavq a w eak constitutiou ' lY ere are peritxl:ia allzlcp.
e tvery
one's life wllen he is stroager than a.totllers. rven a wtxak
eonstitutieu w illhavetim esocrevival. T hiswillG shown by
an uneven lina iu wlzie.iltlza uom blnatlotzsofthe cbarad er of
'lle linem ay vary iniinitely. W em ay fincla linem arked Hke
:87. T bis liue wottlâ lyu rt'ad ; great delicac'y izkchildlzœ d
up to twels'evatw hic:iptim etlle healtlzfm provetlto a zuarkibd
degree,though lhe stzbjeetwas never robust;at thirty a
perie ofgreq.tdelicacydevdopei lasting tlT= yeary,after
whiclz time t:e m bject semned vntirely to rex ver health
lm d becom e robust atd vigorous ; this coadition continues
untilsRy,w hen t%e constitutiou berom ea g'ratlra:ly weaker
untlltlle end oflife- T he com binations po% ible to be u n
itlLffe lilzesare so rnnny that alz indesnite num ber ofillas-
trations qœul; be give.a autl yet not a fzad ion of t'ike Jm s-
sibilitiesbeshown. By handling every s'ariation oîthe line
howw er,accordiug to the general rules govtrning tkt dif.
ferent charactera of Enes and by follovzsnr t:e nzetkod of
reading as given in r87,yxqz call correeo y dedp:er evtry
line. 5 aek ofal1oêthtszdelicaciesofcoaxitutiou tklnzare
cluseaw * b proâuce tûenl mnd tbepe cau,esare the health
defeetsoftlle tym s,which iu m osteasesare tlztw ie ailaents.
Havîng tliscm'cred tkatyour aubiectllaa a weak constitu-
tioa,eadew or to discover w hat has m ade itw euk. In tllis
examltlation thetype()fthesttbjed willaid,foritwilltellto
whû. tht is predispox d. A ftvr you lta.ve lucxted his lypq or
com blnatlon oftypea look atthe m im ary M ount forgrillesl
crto bars crosses or lm y m arking w M clzwilleuable you to
loeate R:0 1th de/etof tlze tyw . Tfoae be seen go overthe
listantllook a.tnails color M ercury liue aud from som u of
theseyou willbe able to locate wbie,h cne ofhis type healtll
defx 'tslzasunderm inu tke constitutiom W itlztbisiuform a-
tîon you can tel! M m oot only tlzat he is constitutionally
w eakkbutwllat Is tlle ea1tzle. If you see no heakh defectof
h1.:prlm nry M nunt kok to tlle oeugtertia:'y aaclall
 '
lrhe lxëne of Life 483
the ot:er hfoun
w he e,if ouly lookq.tke Uppc Afoon (193),bouxl krubleor
cbaucelibe willpointlii.on is the diNiculty. If the erospbar
'

eauleProdncihg it anGkslountorAloon(I:ç),espeeialll.if
. j' siFnx is tbe didiculty. TM sisconz-
the àfounth % he ndivid
e2 titeln, dddefect:,,, jp line w ith an islaa; rurks to Saturn
when illne- s occurr Indic kion Ls reliable m 'qn tlzoug'b Jm
'tlnll oa tlze M otm l of M txcl. Tf tile
cross'bara cekttit:g thf
A ll lines wlûg' ll f '
the Ctkrrentkand ratk
a defective opfrration ws
oneqfhealtb ln a q cab.
perx nw tb-a Life lirle is continuu
m-'r kf'2J'and uo notcutthe Life i
,*
111F.sslm w innum erable w orriesytbe )
nuvous condiuon au4 tbq subjeutîs y
snlall illaespes which have kepf kial in a
ef depresfûu or of i11-hea1th. If tùesz crow.. .G 1x '
tbe illnes/sshave nokb/en aerioua but annoylng,u'er AEoon
'am fe
-ul

Sck 1&$ Nqk X<9

hRve lxen as m any aa tkere Rz'e bars ctttting t:e Life

line. W these lxlrs be deep and cnt tlze Life line tbere
ha:x beeo severe illnesses. If they be red tbe illneNgh:s
been by fever. It1 by the dept: of thepe clx>liues
you naustesflmnxtetheireedousneaG &>d generally t%e!àt .

erxle ewkere ou a M ouut or litze w'

hieh >dllgivvaeaç
A l li
drw'* tlzenatua d tize tzw bk. '
rlw ar atwltl
'
48o T fle Laws ofSclentl c l-land-lleapk- .
Deverroblst Ifqdprthe yhgdjsy deijpan-jl/e. 13 a Croçv
chained broad and shanovr or othe.oilBaturn (l8p),tbe
t!tesul)jectvkçn amw Ix,stzouz (lurva ;M'àà;llvktem ucan
lzwve awCG cozotitxuoti tra rvzzf the cross.bar go to a
oau:sllfewl:eztlzeustrak&artlqn,, o ..
eonstltutfozlwillhave emeaofrevlvaj.
an Itneven lin,illwu a t1. coo u zu tlt
flzeline m qy vary iufknkely, IP:m ay fsu
z8).. 'rla gnu would bq reatt:greatd.
up fo fw ellrefatwkjcb jJ= s tljeâea:sl;. .0
degree,tlzougk the subjectwas,. x <
perfotfofgyeqçtlelieacy develon.Nx x
wkicbe
*Dd hcjoime tobuu
me rlo ytubajnl
ec
l.
ts e-
Nv. '.
''C S' *'
f '* 'iot'es
untfGfts wllen ttle c No 191
.
NcK 1%
uotsltbe etptlofljrg
in Lifenneaaredyreak intlïaHeartlineundfrApollo(1+9,
tzatfoas am lrkeatt dfw ase 1 tlw outcoczecatz be rrad from
xibililles t-pjxaort:eterm înatiotkoftlleLifezne. N aiis antl
bowevêdn aicl to txm firm tbe diagnosis If t' tte crossbar
ferrao a wavy lizm ofMertmry (19!),tlzefllncsaishtzllltioe

N.

xa ::3 xe. 1+$ pl 1.$

or severe bil:ous rever ; age in a1:easesto be read frora th*
rxéntatNrhïch thacrass.barctlts tne Izire licœ. Iftbarrtes-
dY azcua to a glilltou llpperNIars(z?a).pzitk the11artiaa
tiss J ysron g, t:e trotlble *.i:: be eitber :2004 disorder or
#Pe2k,bu% 4 brnnchial4:oû:le. A7glls w'illconârsc 1be latttc,
'

PT r# ou tkm liue QjAsezuluA'. lf tke crous.bar go '

u:
484 T he Law s ofSdenti6c H and-R eading
aqerwapâ (z98),t:e au%ecq naturdly xot robust âRs a
* vere attaek of brain trm tble wide.ll leaves him delica.
tea
aud from w lzie.lzhe tzever regaiashisnorm alstrengtix. T he
head ls al<Ileftdalitxtu as a resultof ibis illx su slzown by
tlle islaud on the H ead Iine. Som etim es the eross.bars c'at-
tiug tlw LiR line begin ou Irzllueuce liuesou lhe M ouutG
Venus (xw ). In theseclse.sworrycoccerniug tbqiuûuemce
h.%.
5causetlthe ïllnees show'n by the cross-bar. T bis isespe-
cially ttuq iftla l:tTlluenee lilze bedeep ancl stroug. If tlte
crass.barr!lu toanarrow (p aârangletzx l itwill bea.sig'n
ofasthm a ; the narrow ing of tlle qtm dratlgle œs a llealhh in-
dîcalioa Klow'a a ttndency to suGx ation ancl tlzis has beeu
fouzd to relate to aeenr'kaofaatllm m A lw ay'ssee the narrew
quadraugle before usinr this reatling, as that i, the thlng
wN e.lz lx atcs tîe cliscase ; a.liue zutm icg into a Ncvmal
quadrangle would notgive Buch an indieation Ifa c oss.bar
rttutoaJaddeslikeline(f'M ercurr (:01),itshowstha.
ttlle
illnqw cozx s from slchm auh trouble asthat is tbe weakuess
s%ow u by such a slercury line. Tf t%e croRs.bar run to an
idaatlellline ofM ermtry (ooa),itsllowsthattbroatand lung

trm tble is the diE eulty, tlzat beiug tbe itzdlm don of suulz .
M ezcunrline.
Isllnc!s on the Life line (2cB) show tlmtthe Clrrent is
spl3tia two flueîtlg tlzd r coatinuance and eousequently oper.
utes w ltlta dim lnln ed fom e. 'Piley arealw aysindieatjons of
N 'ied.sofdelicaey. 'Phe lm lntw here tlle isla!zd begins w i:l
rnntk tbe com m encxm ent d'this ' ofdelicac'y and the
 T he Liae of Life 48r
eu4 oft:e island w illtell when lt ls ove.r provlded the litte
isgtxxlafterward. Iftheislandbea vmy smalloue(2(1 ,it
will indicate l sin:le illnesw aud yolz m lst procee:l by
exm ining M ountq H ead H earl M erctm . chnnce lineG

/
Ka.* 2 K1.* 3 % L%14

and al1otber healt: fndlcations to Nnd out the nature ofthe

illnels. Iftkelineeontain œsedesofislinds(zo5),itoyer-
abzs like a chained linw iaiitating a contiuuous suqcx ioa
ofillnesses and de1.0acy,xn4 yon mlus: loeate the causeof
treublt frouzothtrpactsofthe llalal. Ifin t:ia case the Gnsl

lslahd be sm all and ther grow largc as they continue tlze

louble isiuereasing. If the reverse m arking appeRrssthe
trouble ls dim iuishing. h s m ost islanllsaplx!arlargerthan
m ere dots ikey generally indicate e.ckronic sllle of ill-
healtll llursng thd r pro ence rather tlzaa acute attacks.
Prim azily thu illaH iudicates cld icacy',a.u41 gives w am itlç
te lx k out for trlm ble.v Y qur frx dtvty 1u tp tli- er w lm t
ç88 The lmw s olSclentlfic H and-R eadlag
w1ll1otx.
te gout or rheum atism qs tbe ea'wwx of tlze deliuacr
(zz5). A= islandîntheLîfeliuewith a.grilleonSaturnand
linu conuectiug itw ilh the islaad,with tluts vr islaG q ia tlze
H eatlline unde! Satutn.Iluted and brittle nalls,will 1(r *
paralysisasthe tzouble(2z6). An island in tlle Lif: linel
'with aliuectmuccting itwitlzareflorpurpledotonlizpiter,
colerofhand and liaea red,u d thin H ead line,wû1sbow au

a1.2l4 NQ.:I: Nt;

k rl:

apoplectîc lendvngy to be tlle eause of tlm trouble. T lzis is

mora ceztain ifa grilleorcroszbeseecon IJPPC M ars(zz7).
A u ialauti în Lifeline grille on sattlrn w ith Tine counecting,
auclwavy M ertury Iiue w illsllow exkretlkt biliouulleo aud izw
digestion as tize tronble. Yellow color qillconfirm tlzis and
baD f> uenfy cutting tbe H ead line or sm an idands ap.
peariag ic itwillskww bilious huadackes (z:8). In aE of
these capes the i<hnd in the Life line enables one to diatiu.
guish that the trouble is a GeAlt of health and not one
asecting tlzu fnalzces or aa lrs of Jife
Dix asevze read frouz tht I/fe une fnancialaFdO fpana
tEe Saturn and Apollo llues. INw:r healtN rnay aFeetthepz
Daattems,buttbty arenotrea; freuztbeI/fv line. It is%>ny
canlozon to sze an léynd in t:e T-I1B line of vvonrzn at agea
forty-tqo to fody.aix. T his 4:11 indieate the age atwhich
thdrehauge of Iife oeeurs and thedurauon oflhe ikand Tu1l
tellyou kew long ît lasta X7 henever an island is aeeu ia
thlslocatitm (ar9) itG ould alwaysberead ln tlzeNandsof
wam e.tlasrhaoge of11% . T he llne after tllis isTand w1lltell
Fou kgw sxsouïy lhlm change a5ec1 thr uuMecL lfthe
' The Line of Life 489
IAlnnd.lx fclloweflby a deep lixe tlze esv'etis only a.delicacy
(luring the pericd of the cbange ; if tlle gne becom e thin
oroa; au; shallow orcbZned t%e subjettnever rtcovvrs
her full strqngtlz = ll vigor aftmv ards. Ifwiliztll!s islan4

;n
;

N().21# hrœ 21@ hl(:

l.Z'
IS

tlzereappearaa grilleonLowerM x u (zzo)femalewx b'rzeu

V IIbe an allded im pztlim entto a suoueasfulchange. Ifyou
read this hand before the ehaage llas œ ehrred it is rour
duty to advise tbat the subject take nMzdicaltreatnaentiu
order aa âzr azyoasible to renaove tbis di:Eculty before tke

N.
z / N#
Nlh F.m * .œ 1 N0.222

fhlnge oflife e= eson. Tr in this lndleatlon a line con-

stkelslacd anflt'
nvct. lz.
egrhlle theitd ication iG m ore cartain
and ii'astarbepeen on theM ercunrlineatornearthejttnc-
tltre with the line ofHead, it is alm lwtely corrx k(22z).
n isckaz)g'
e of life is sbow n uol ouly by the lsland,butby
vtlwrdçfedivqx nditiplw oft.lzvN feliuelttlzisagt. Tfthe
49z T he Laws ofScientlfic H and-R emKn.
g

t:eillneasto be goœt(a3o). lpkia lsenzphaslze4 by a liue

running frontl doton saturn. F doton L ife line connected
by & liue witk a gHlle,c- bats,a eross or poorly forzled
gt.r on Lmwer Afoon (zJz)skows tke attack to be kiduey
or bladder trouble of an acute natunx If on tbe L ife line a
dot tt seen pphich W pronouncedly yelloK 1x color it vdll
iudicate ldtkout fuzlher couûrm puous an atuzck of bilious
fever. s7hen a dotis seen on the Life line connected by a
liuv Nvitk acrossqaSaturu (2zz) itwillLadicateaxaeddo t
asSaturnians are predispcseâ ba acd dent
Breaks in t*eLife line are oAen Neen (2:3),and vûryîn
thelr sezlousness according to tûe kind of a line wY cb b
Ifesentjhow w ide 1:* tTeaks are and 1oTrrepaired. 17hen
the Cursent tm velliug along tlze N fe li= enoaaaters a
brw's'lr it znust get past itinto the line again and 1t la tlze
eaae w ith whic: this can be aecom plishecl w hid l m akes a
k eak m ore or le* x rious. A break œ eurring in a fleep.
gtrong'linu is luss x ricm s tlzan one w iliclzapm arsin a brom l
and sllallo. or chained llne. In the deep Iine the Cttrrentis

>
Nœ D Q Nœ 2* NG M 1

Eowlng w itlt volum e antl force at the thne it reaches tlze

break,arzd consequtntly islza.stlze bejzest ofitsow u m olzxn-
tum to carry Itpasttbabrnak and lnto the line again 1qhave
e n breaksin deep alld strlm g'Lîfe linesw kere tke line has
substqp- tly- c'ut its w ay tkroug'k tîe lntenxnie slMs'e,
form ing a good line. W itil shallow or chained lineG tl:e
Curretlt is m os-lng sluggie ly'when t:e break occ'uzg atd
thex isnotthe m om entm n to n,:q1stin l-- uiug ule zlnewoge.
 T he L irze of L ife zp :

Allbreaks lndieateaclzer.k orimpecllm ettttotke lzqaltk,= -

seqtteutly to thelife ofthe subject and tlzese impedimetlts
com eellizerfrom lllneasoraccident. T he m atter(kfacd4ents
î, lm rclto diagnosq but1 follow tllerule tlzatiq a lzaztd wlziclz

N().QR Nœ 233 N0.M f

iulzealtlzy iu evety other wayja break in the Life llne ohoulfl

be read as au accidaut. Sivkness iu suelz a laaud woul; be
shown ln som e other way tlu n br a break In a num ber of
.

hands îa wllîclzâne Life littea R I'e noted arztl perfecthea1tiz

oG erwise shown,bremks wvte VM GM as mxidents. There

''

N b' sh
b
. 1
) J ;
Na.= Na.pze wo.= '

lsno qttestloa asto theirIndicatiugJar:to t:e1:- 1t11wlzen-

everec m N um erous inm nces are elluwolm tered where the
(zaux oftbe brœ k iseasilr lx ated by healtltdefects seeu olz
tlle M ountsj by c'hnnee lineu, or intlisqdtuql sigum sm all
breakswlzich are at elzoz repaired (z3ç)IZeH not 1!* eotl-
gide-retlas akotx serieua ehxn izaada ordots butwide I*''
N 'W
496 3rlle L avza ofScientisc Ifand-lïeading
lin. continues a dolble line Tdt: the splits runnlng d-
kxpzther(z44). llhls zqiurestke strgngtk of thecouzitu.
Hln during the period of fhe split, and vrhile it = ay not
result ia posiuve delicacy, it w;l dinainish t:e vitality.
Sozautizaes suck a splik w ill vxtva; for only a shortapacel
and o:en it w'$ll go t:e entire 1engIY of t:e line. fn any
case the diviâed streugth operates duriug the eeutinuance

NCL 1ç1 /cK 24s wû. :46

of the split, Som etim ea the splits are fine and llainlike
(z45),and donotdinzinish the siwcof'tzzuMain lium Tlww
lre gunm lly x qa wc2om pany;ng a deep llne and show tbe
excess ofstrength of the :ine. 'rbere is Izs itwere a run-
lzitlg oMc ofvitxlity a'
uf.
lthta fuq 'bnlnlike sylits m ustbe
raad asœ nfi= lng tllestrengtlaofa deep.stroag line. W llen
fllle.hatolike litle.s are cyeetl rlsizlg frlmztlle liue (246) st
gtaerwlly oecarsil tke qarly part of t:e line. This sbowa
the upvzani eourpe ofthe sukjeet's life. rfe ss Nlled with
aDxbioon flide aLd a dtsîze to achieq'e suocesi Dpht Gne
H sing lizlqs * ow thattbe Current wkiclzovezd ows from tize
llne ls draw n upwantby tbeforckeofattm ctîon oîthe M ouots
m zder tlle fagera Tlze exitofTlla Current you rem mnber
Is tllrotlgâ tize GngeruofSaturn A pollo,M ercury,and tbese
rislrlg ilair-like litlee fz'om theLife Iine Bllow that tbe Cttrrent
is being im pellM in its proper dired ilm w illz a fom e strcmg
vzkoug' lzto pulltlzqse ârle linesupw ard. T ite perlcd covure.:t
by tllese risit,g lint!s on tlle Life line is thatofthe years o:
greatestpowerilztlle lireof ttze subjed. He wlll11:$x ids
Kreatest earuing capadty a::f1 com m and oî lzis lyest brazn
 'I'he Llne o! Life 49F
puweral1tlstrenr;
!tt D uring tlzistime lzqahould ax-om phNN
the zzlogtim portantpartoflzislife's work. A dm e w ill(m ne
wlzen the little lioes do not rise from the Life liue,butfall
uowuwartl(z4.7). Attizis time tbkx îsnosuch atrenglh aa
during tlle m riod covered by thu rii ng liues. Tlle Current
is notforced upw ard by the great power of enthusiasm ant!
vitalenergy,antl the life foraes am bition ard the capadty
to &),begin to wane from tbe time of life when the. x hair
lille.
dbegin to falldow uward. A tthe fxdtltw izere the rising
liaeseease toHse azlclt'
lze drooping linesbegin (248)igt'
lze
turninppointin tlze life oftlza aubjed. Thi. spointmn'rks
'
the pinttaele ofhis capabilities.t'
he period ofgreatestpnw'
er
tùe zenitû of ability to perforuz great tlizlgs and îe uill
nevur be able to do aRerqucdg w'bat is posdble before tkis
pointis relehed.
T H s turnîng.point in tîe liszvzas ! believe p:aced befûoa
us for our guidance. I have nlade a great study oftbia in-
dicatlon and have veH 5*d it in the lives of bundredq of
m eu ancl wom en. From ityoa ean td lyeur d ieza w hen he
m usthava 1:1.:lzottqe iu order and be ready to begin the 61c-

h
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++

:;. 217 N@. Z1@ NCK 249

aem toftile 1zillof lifq. la fxxtze hauds it ig seeu early ilz

life 1.
11othars later bklk wileneverit occur'
s thwtyear m wrks
tbepointofgreatestyKqveriathesubject'slife. 57hen aeen
early iu Iif.itisseuzetinzvs forM d arouud an lland (249).
whlch qi11shovrthat a dehtacy occurring pt tkattixae w'il1
dsadrcbe t%e yowe s so that they >KIl never fully reeovtr.
Viheu tke turalug.poixtâhvvwgatnear Gly.it is tke uatural
4v8 T he Laws ofSclentlfic H and-lkeading
decllne ofphyslcalpowercom lng on wlth age. W hen rlslng
liueaora singlelinefzom tlm Lifeline zixstoJupiter(a5o),
it sim ws tbe great am bition w lziciz leatls its posse- r corw
stantly to struggle to w ill. s'ou catttellin w hicllw arltlby

$ '

xo. crm No.z51 Ntx a z

the plm lanx ofthe Etlger whseh rules. Ifa rising liue runs
toSaturu (z5z),itwûllilltlicatea.Krea.tdcs'ire oftlw subjq!ct
to sucoeed along Satnrnia:l lineq. In wilich world w ill be
indiuated by tlze phalaux G the âugtrwhiclzrulerx lfa line
zixstoApollo(a.5a),tlze subjectwiillzave greatdesiresin

zkpollonian directlon: tbe partlctllar vvorlfl being read frora

thephalanx orthe scger. Ifalsne rlsesto hfereury (253),
thesubigctw'illhavq great desiru to succeed ia surae sfer.
curian dipeetion indicated in nlora detail br t:e guling
pllalanx ofIinger. T hisline m ustnotl>e cot!faseql with the
line ofM ercm y. Ifa.lîne runs from tlle Liftllix to U ppez
 ' qrhe uine of Life 49p
M ars(:z,
54),t'
lzesub.
iectwillbestronglyambltiuusln M aztian
dtrections ; and Lunar gpalitieqw ill Atrongly lnfluence the
llîj-eifa splitlineisseen rltnrzing'totlleM oolz(255). A11of
'theselinesmuatba fna liues risiug+ oftbeLifaline.
.
'
'and
tnotchancelsnescrou ilg orctzttit!g tl'
le line.
'
. C In an estim nte ofthe Life lit:e tlze term ination îgm ostâm -
portant,ferltsllo'eiw how tlzelifeerlda Ina11oft'
ileehanges

N0.25: < kN Nc ZSB

on tTze Ene %re GIMIthatthey have shm vn the slrengt!tofthe

coustikutix dtzriug lifq varicm s rzwtes of lzealtb strungtlz
ddieach'. aad nunlerous diseases. hNrhen we eomae to tbe
tevnnbtst''
on of the Iine Tze learn tke outeonae of these sxeiou:
um ditioni 'Phe Lifu liuc ' edll 'r
x foua.:lcndiug i.
:zdiicrcut
haads ata11m riods of life. Itw i11 ' be foun.:lendgng in tlûf-
fereut m auuers auc' l G at is w hat we eousider under the
generallzead np ef'f'Perm inauon of tlze liue.'' lfa line ig
deep and strong ifm ay end asstrotg asisitscourae tkrougll
tlle hantl T lis llne sim ply sf. ops short entling irlno < g1l
or specialmarking (7.
56). Tizis indica.tes tlzat tlze subjecl
w 111rem aitlgtrong tiltthaetld oflifejw illdieof no lingering
or wastiug disease 'W ith sueh a term inatioa exam iae the
Hea:lline,tlzuH ezrtli'lzz and stuuy tbetypeoftlzesubject
carefully. TfR.Jnpiterlan orM artian itwillm ake bisquick
elzdlng m ore certaiu. W kile no sigu isseen on tbe Life liue
a deep cut or crosz a dotor& stsr uzsy be disczcn/d ou the
Eread llne coroespond1ag to the age ab vrhic: 1he Lif: line
vzuh antl$1:1awiD be the elgn of tltedemise(.pJ?). Iu tlzis
soo T he 1z'w: of Sclentilic H and-k eading
cax tbt abruptterm inatiorzof thqL ife line w illgive the due
to a quick qm d.
,aad tke sig'n on tlze H OH lix w illtelltlzat
x m e afection ofthe head will be tlle eause. In the sam e
m auner au ilupairm em kcrtlze E eartlhze by spm e intlivitlttal
aign,suclzaa a cuL a crosw dot orstar willshow tlzat lzearî
failttrew illbe the end (z58). W ith sudflen term inatlons of
tlze Life Iine you slzould uot1001cforelzronie diseaq- but for
acllte attacks aucl tlzese are iadicated by individual zigns
likt the dot eross cnysB.bar, and star. soenetlcxes breaks
iudkx:bz tût sauze thlng, lviL: the sudden tnding to tbe
J.ife linw aud a dot crass crosmbar cn a w'œvy line af Afer-
cuxy,a sudien at- k of bilious fever will be ttMz t:ouble.
the n'avy ling of hiercury skowiug a ckroaic teudenry tbe
individualsigllindicating the acute attack (z59). Ifa Iine
skould ru.u from theetd oftlze Lifelit:e to t'
lzese signs itw ill
m akt the reatliug um rq oe-rkain Iu tile sam e m auner a dot
on atty M otm tand tlze suclden term ination of the L ife line
wm show tlleeutlto befr> anavuteattavk (shvw'a bydot)
oftbe healtl't de-fu'ct of tbe M otm t. If a line rtlns from tke

eud ofLife line to the tlot,it w m m ake the indieation un-

m istakable. T bus wkile tlze term fuatiou ()f'tke life m ay'uot
alwxys lye read from tlze Life line.zit is read from tlze other
Hnesaztd M outats. Tftbe N feline end suddenly atld adoti:
---n ozkJupiter(260) atxslexy G IIbe tlletretzble;ifadot
is- on Satttrn paralysis and ifin thlu case a star c=-
erdotisseen ou tlle I'
IG line uuat.rym rn tbe ' g ig
 T he Llne ol Llfe 5o!

abxgute(z61). A1loft:eollterMolznt,mustbehqndled in
tht sam e way wllen searching'fora sudden term ination tp lifq.
W ith ea* M ountdisease the one whiellNvotqlrl killquickly
is tlle probable crne ancl R.cbrunic trouble w ill not be tlle
eause, W hen a deep Life line ead6abruptly there isalways
a clzanee that it m ay eoutinue. l vell tlzoug!z the liae lye
slzort,ltts notas x riotts as ifiteurled in a t'z'oaw star tasx l

dct, or hikv sigu; Lifo lines w hlcll are deep aaçl strou
but G ort, and zornetilaes even sbort thin enea. often cut
tlleir way tllrougk tbe hacd ferm ing new channels1 for a
utrong willan4 determ inatioa to live oftuu m olong the life
'

ofnaluy persons wit: such n&arkingz. Avhen t:e line cnds

elear,Tdtîout a defect or tassel it shows that tbere is no
great im peczm ent atthe tim e alzd thatcare aud detend na-
tiun caa keep tNe life going. If a liuu vzhic: begiusdvep
and strong begin: to tar*r as it cuts through tbe hlnd
graduzly groudcg tbinntrastbe liue advances untilitfaâes
lpxy and disaysears in the capillary Iînes (262)kit shoql
thattbe vieulty gtomz 1eas powerful as age couzea on Luïl
it a1mostdiaappears,H ving the suYeetw>k narvelesh
aud tkeble. Theae subjects willnot die from sudden dY
tases,butdeatb willcom efrom exlzaustilm . They areliable
to develop som e cllronlc ailm ent a: tlle line decruax s aull
auy defectof thel type w5I1 be alnlost ceetain ta :e .
By uzlking a thorougb exaacinauon yoà eau oiacov*r the
difrzcttlty. TlzisfadinK N fe line dcea uot seaua so gtxxla
!o4 T he L aw s of Scientlfic H and-R eading '
nM,v eeztaln is the indicadon. If a crom:.bar cutsthe end
oîtkeLifelitke(27r),ikistlzesutidvu endiug ofthelife. Ix
111these cn- sthe usualm etbodsofexam inationw illdisclose
the cause. It i: absolutely necessary w ith evel'y term iuRtion
of the Life linc to e-xalnitœ botll lzancts. :f tbc liue and.
tezm illation in the lefthantl be good and strong,aud one of
tlze defecdve term inations is see!lin tlie right,it Ia certain
tllatO tx thittg Gnt clzanged tlze nalural life courx . T lze
sttbjectrnny baveacquireda.vidouslzalzitwide.lzwillsilorten
hisdays,or m ay have developed sonle serioto m alady. In
atte.lza cmse lom te tùe troub:e aa4 by td liug him wlza.
ttlze
outcom e %.111be lxe m ay'be induced to abandon the habit If
such itis and avert fie catastrophe. ln every iustanoeby
rem em buring wàa. t tke two lzauds âtand for you ean acclz-
ratelye timatethecase. lftilelineendsin adot(270 .your
subjectwill(l5eofaa acute attack,txelzatttze ofwlzielzean
be dd qrm ined in tbc usual m ltlner. lfthe linc enda i!z R.
star(z73),thesubject1.111 die suddenly ;tlle catrse O n 1>e
locateflfrom the testoftlae hantl. Y ou wi2 eacxottlzterm any

N@.r l Nc Fc NW r 3

com binatio% of a11 tbese igus in tlle termluatiou of Life

lines. By tilis tizx you lzave dx bueas learnud ilow to use
tllem ittcom bixation aM cu properly eztim ate th- .
s wi11be fouud appeating in tûe Ilfe line (z74).
1):cc2 #dI1 be inzpedinzeuà to the life Current sud Kqcer-
ally yoa w ill fintl on the Satrz'n li'
ne or the A pollo line
* m e m arking (m trzing at G e s'zm e age. Titis ohnnge i,
 T he Llne of Life p5
geperally the restllt of gllness or acd deat. Crosges qtgte
fretp- utly iatlieate aœ itleuta
flfxzaçzlztheLifeliqvareamenacetotlzelife@y5). They
have been s-erifked m any tim es as ilxlicvatingysudden tleatb.
Tbe tym afthe subjectwilllzave mqaclzto do witk tllese
signa. A fnel1 e lo viug tlzelfifulineatd ene g in astar
near it (a7O is atso a dangerous aku kl)4v-'An'ng audtletl

NO.2T4 ND.2:5 Nc :76

desth. The star repzesentiug tbe expîosiou îlztlte Life line,

or atl- mtan intem. '
x illm rdzlation ia aota safe izlllitutio'
;tto
be fotm tl '
T ize color ortile Iine w illbe usaful as a furtller conGrm a-
tlon oftllv streugtk er wx t'tlerxsoctlzq cuustitutkm. W lzite
eolor dim irdghes tlze m w er of a deep and well.ctttline aud
tlzesubjem wi:lnotlmveasmttcllrobusm essandvitality as if
tbe liue w em piak. A dx p azktl well.cutlice pink in color
w illlx tbe lyestfor a.I6fe line Y llen neitlzer defkcierzcy nor
excessof vitality is inclieatetl but a norm ll'balanae. Retl
.

color,*1t.
1:adeep line,lstooinlense,anfltlzesubjectwillbe
liable to fabrile diseases and also venrardentin m 'qrytiklpg.
antl w ill have stroug uppetitei lf s'tard erorwu .dot: or
cross-bRrs are x eu on a line whiclzis very reê iu eolor tlle
slzbjectwillûaversolnevio:entattank attheag'
eindicate;by
tize eiglz. Suek a eoetbjuatiotlism ostdangerous to tûelife.
A 1l m arkings w bich indicate febile troables or inc m m a-
tions w 111 lye m ade m ore serltm s by a verr z'etl LIR llne.
.

Yellow eolor in tlle Life litle will iatlicate c:ronic biliot!-

nœ a.aud allthe dafx ta oç lzealt: = d charad er whlnh gre
5o6 T he L aw a of Sclentilic H and-R eading

influt'cclbybilcwillbzaggravatelk Mritlzsuclzasubjecttbe
srou1:t6of5atura and slereury sNould be earefully studied
ûs vTtl1as l1lszattecs pertaiuiug to those 5Tounts forbeiug
ofthe bilious typu,yxllow coloria the Lifa liae w illiucptapz
anr healtk defect WNich these Afoults shovr. Sk vravy line
or a ladder-like lsne ef Afereur? Tvill be sure to iurlicaba
severe bilioua com plicztiozls aukllnrligustioil. D otsIcrosseG
erore bar: breaks or islands in tlla M ercurv line m nst be
.

loakvd fer as thesew illlxdiltdirectly to sew-ere liver trouble

ia tbeshape ofacuteatlacksofbiliaIsfœvererjaundice. 12
yello-
pzshoTz: in tbe Life Iine the w'ho1e character willbe ln-
fuucced b? tbe irrîtatiug bile. 3lhe /ubjectwi11le crosw
uervomrs llable to Ntx of blrzes and if any of tNe baâ side of
histype be inkiicatecl he w ill ba vicious ancleven crlm lzel.
zt bad developnleut of saturnian or Afvrcurian type witk a
yellovzHnz show's a trickster aud cheat and if the typu be
very bacl itldictttes a viciotcq w retch who wil: deligbt m ren
iu m urcler. Blue eolor O ows poœr circulation and con.
:
u queut lleart w nakuuxs T llis color present with a defec.
tive and badly eolored Ileartline aild blloa nails w ill indicate
au aûvqnvtâ skabt?Ciltqrtttoublz. lphe blutr tht Life line
au; thu nlopu inâicatians of defective heart action the Mnore
e liue stara on tlle
serlotls tlle estilnate. M rith a b:ue Lif'
liuc wx be roourate as iadicatiou o:suddcn deptb by bratt
disuaae. C rohses dotG and eros-kcrs ara baâ indications
with blue ûolor but t%e star is the w oo t Stars which are
aot tlireetly on the liue but nesr it will kave alm ost a'
s
nauc; force as if on the llne. 2k11 of the abova obserea-
tious in regurd to colar cpply to thhl L ife lines as wellae
to deep and xxll.uut lines. 2t lhin line which ia extqed-
ingly red is lnost dangerous. for the line is not atrong
enough to suppol 1ke vitallty show n by very red colgr.
sreslow îhiu lises uQ!lnzake the subjunt znlall yctty, and
m ean. W ith (R ainetllinesorbroad arltlsllallow lilles white
eo:or m ake: t'
lzem w aaker T hey hm rlz nota oftlze stm ngtlz
wlzlch followethem esenceofpixkcolor. Subjectswith tlûn
lines are cvoTd siekly com plttining,antt vad lTatiag. '1Y ey
m k energy,ancl are =ot peram s to be relied um n. Pink
 T he Llne of Llfe 507
colorm akes a broacl lnd sha'llow or a elzainei line sfrotlger.
Thesubled willlàav-emorevitaliLy autlwillnotbedesponcl-
est as frequcnuz- as Mitk whlLe color RG vzill a;d naore
sqrenglll but this com bination Lq rare W hen found how .
rver it s5ou1d be > aM ed as no m enace to thele lineG hr
fhgy need û11tEe Arel:gth wM ch callbe givelztNexz. Y ellow
color wîth broaâ or chained lines îs * distressing corxbina-
tlon. It vzillshaw inertia intenpe nenrousnes: and an ugly
streak ofmeanness in tlle snbjed Tllîs combination proe
dut= a wtak siekly nerw uw petty person who w illhave a
hard.tim e to get altm g ilzthe w orld.
'Phe line ofLifeis an intensely interesting stutly and one
w bich w ill am ply repay Rny effbrk cxxpendefl upon it A
m agteo 'cff the g'etleral pritlciples whieh govern the various
cizpugesiu tbt litke uuclitsilzfizlite eom bîzlations wltlzotlzvr
liues anâ M ountl w illenable you wikh practicetozu clitac-
cum tely. A t firsl the eom binations m ag com e slocly but
thissNould be uo cause for dilcotlrageoaent. Patieuce lnd
labor 4:1 emnblt any stuô- 't to nanmbzr iu
 CH A TPIV R V EII
reLtu s ozê INFLUJtNIIH

N tlle M ountfzfV euusatulins'ide tlze Lîfe line are a x't

of li> som e of whieh ruu parRllel to tlle Life line
unu otkezs which rult acroas tlle M ount (277). Theseare
m getlLilzes oî Influenee antl are the first intrrducdon in
tlkislxmk toazzx factorsoutktleG thesublec'tN msdf,form-
ing a partofwha. tîscalleclhis ''ellviroa.
= al.'' Ozlly those iudicatious w hielz
m :r owlz exm rlezzce as w ell as that of
otlzrrcartrful invlzutiglstors lzas fully veri-
fk d are llere considered and al1m attezs
wbich area auitieud othypotbeucalhave
been leR out. A e H iadus have an elab- .
orate sysqem of uslng Lhese liues of In-
duenoe, and depend upon them for a
large pan of theirnork. O uly the Iines
whicN raa p'awYr tEe L;b lîne apz prop- MO-2D
erly lineg ol IuEttence aud I have fouvd tùat they indi-
eate persons who have M= plh' ïuQuenced tîe Ilfe dtber
far good or ill an4 that they generally represent nzeazbers
of ohe's o#zn fanàîly or the closest ef fdends. If tbe lat-
ter d asl and blood reTationshîp ls uot prepent lhey are
thox wko :ave glow q into the life anG have bemnne a
part af it. fn d t eawx they have stsanK înlqve- heace
thdr#lam e. ln sotle :auds few of these lines are seen îo
there are Mxany an; thp m - t%ere are the greater tbe
zim nber ofpersous who have exerted stroug iulluenm Plle
leM the number the more self-eontM ned is the suhjeet:
he m akesfew close frienclshipsjauçl evea blocd relatious do
lm i p u tl)rlnfuenx hîm . 'Pbe Te- n th- lstlms al'e -
 l-lne: o! (nduence !cp
Is beoaux t:e inouences have m H v stroug lm m ex lons on
t:e mind oftiusubject and these m= talimm essix al1asx
shawm then œ ve $n the hand. The Lines of InEueuce
both vertiealand lzozizolztal fotm what is .nnrnenrrnly calstll
&he G rille on tlzeM tm ntofV enus. 'Pbis generally indlcate.s
atlinereme ofV enusien qualitiee lurtieularly the sexttalap-
m tites. Tkis,jrtwerclreading ofalazge num beroflniuezzx

No.z?e No.aa

linesoa tize M euntofV enus ia correct as hRI beqn clearly

zlemtmstrated in thellantlaofsabjeet:k:town to haveBtrong
A xlm !apm tites. R very llne of tlle G rille reprev ts atlitt-
fuencu w biclz has RFucted tlze lifu and tàe cm re of tbeae
there are tbe rlore tbe Afonnt will hlve C urrents whieh
exeitt it and eousvqueutly fuv itsqualitëes. T he abx uee of
liqe.son the M ouutofV enuashow : an o senceoffzled rify-lag
Cttrrents and this eqlm M ount expendsits energy in a lova
ofbeauty gayd y,(/. 01* ,art,aad dressjinsttxtd ofitl6exual
desires.
Yheline ofM ars:lsaaisterto tl4ellne ofN fe,runnigg ln-
sideoftllatlizze atd parallelto it (278). 'Plais is reallh'aa
lnNuence Iine butit ls an infltlence upozl tke healt: ofthe
sttbjed sustainsng anclstrenglheuing it,and doesnotrelate
to tlle iuâuqmce ofotlv pezw ns. ' rhe liuq v: M arsis t'otzl-
paratlvely a.gare m arking and tha grea. ter num bzr of linas
- alolzgside tlle Life lineare sim ply Iniuenee linee. 'rhe
Izzfuuzzc'a line w lziclzruus d osest lo the liue ofLife is tûe
d oM infuenee. 'PM : m *y bq m otller, father, a brother
 Elnes ot 1n1uence !l1
JfLife yoa eau detennhte q'bether the line represzuw onu
cloxl)'conuected witlathesizbjlatora moredistautrelative.
This lsa.ttim portnmtiadicauon to m asfarthoroughly forthe
d- tltofa rzlative w illofïeu ehange tHe oaurse ofa life ancl

AN
.
l
> . zaa No. zes No.e,x

if som e iutlication be encounterud widch canrzotbc rxplained

htatzy otherway a Iihe of Influenca w itlla star ou it m ay
give the clew. I. t1 gonnection witllthe lirzes ol'sam n:and
ztpollo it is ofconstaut serviee. 'Pse death ofrelativesalw
seaix slyimpairsthehealth ofsomesutljects atd tlzusina2
dired io'
nsTniltteuc.e line: are vallzable'indicatious.

hh
' '

j
?o .:.
%: Ncj. aw so.psT

W hen linqsofIa:rxnce arv tlgep,strong,antlw elleolored

the icâuence Is povpurful; vzhun tùey arz thiu shallow
qhlilll huegxn orbrokel in any way (z8z) the lnfuqnoe
is ntltstreng. W heu an Itd uence line beglnsdeep and tken
grow s tlziu undlIL v adually Cpaes aw a.
y the iniuence was
R
T1a The Laws ofsdentific H and-R eadlng
strorg in t:e beginning, but kas graâually gnyw n vzuakar
untilithasno eNbct(283). Ifthis lice yhoul; be res;ved
au; gradually grow'seouger,the iuiueuee will zeturu iuto
t:a lifzof the subjûctand grow in povzer(c84). If au In-
;uenoe line dravr away frona the Life lîne and grow' thin-
ner at the sarle tinlz the inûueuct gradually grovvs aNvay
louzitsnearnessbothesubject and hnallydisappear:(28j).

xo.2* No.zeg %o.zao

ê
rhl is an indieation c.
. Cthe e'strangem ent of som e near one.
The ages of eaeh out of tbese occurreoeea eau be read frozu
tlze Life liuc. Ifau Influeuce liue beglnzzing early ancleud.
lng'jn a slar,'llave beside ita line m ore distantfrom the Life
line which growsstrongt!rafterthe star it ilzdieate.s that tbe
m otNerorfatberhaadiettattizeag' eslw wn by th:starjaud that
adlstantrelative ha:com eintothe lif' e and taken the paretlt's
plaee (a85), If uu Influt'tlee line begirt thiu an:l grow
stronger and break an.
:i is replaeed by another line and
this by another it show s that one an er another relatives
havq rcplqce; taeh okher aa the Ieadiup iaiuencu w'itN the
sxbject(c87). IfKbeLifelinebeverydefeetive bdng Sxin,
chalned brozd qn; shallow' i< atlGe; or brokeu all; a line
ofIzzueate' Ea strqmg (z8d),itindicatestha.tw hiàtt'la sub.
ject's '
healtE hrtsbeen deTicate eome rehtive ltas been Ms
yuaiustay in life. s7his lsue just describe; kas tbe sanle
qfx'ton ttlesulzjœ tasalineofM ars aud tbeiufluencemay
by coltstantnuaing havekeptthestlbjet!t aliv' e. Iincline
to tkïs qpkuion ratker tlan to tbe iiea of the line beinr l
' Lincs of ln:uence 5:3
nne of Afars. Tf t:v àlea; line be peor early in Iife,and
gm dtm lly grow rstronger and all Influence line be strpng in
tile beginuing antl g'row fattller away frota the N fe lirze or
beeome tlzintxr llze wxak mental condition aftize ZIIIYK C
in - 1y life ig sustained by the strong insuence of som e-
one duzilzg th.
e tim e sueh help w as nx dtd aad as tlle be-ad
grew strouger,the inâuuncew aa no longer needed and faded
alvay @% ). Therising brancllesrrom tkeLifelilzeindicat-
icg an upw'arrl tendezlcy in th<lifeoftlw s'ubjectareseme.
times (mtby W orry lines(a9o). 'Pbism arkiz!g shows anim -
m ihuenttotlteeareeroftllestliljept aeheck to theupwarll
tsndeucy'. lzhzgu ïiorry ûnes frcquently i art frona an In.
fuence line (agI),and thiswillindicabethatthe inouenee
Eas caused the ekxek ln a large nunaber of easzs these
W orry line-qcntting au upw ard braucllfrom the Lifelinahave
beea veriEed as indicating a Iegaldisiculty, Olderpalnllsts
used tkis uzarking as au iudicutiou of 4ivorce llbe single
indication nlunt not be given tùis readiug, but w ith this
uzarkiug aud other colErnzatory slgns it calz be so inter-
preted viz. krtNe linecutting the ziiup braac; 1om tht Life

NQK 201 N1. 292 NQ.?ë3

:iue cross t:e hand and euta line of union whie is forked
(œ92),tbisreading wiîlbe fauud correet. lfthe sM'orry line
sbct froox an Induence lins t%e iufuence bas m;adv the
trouble. By itselftlle m arklng izdiaates a câeck to the up
w ard career. lfa W orêy lîlze start fzxen a star otz the end
ofan Iniluenee line anrlcuta rising lix from tlze Igfelitke
(z93), itiudivates thatthe deat: of a reladve cauned the
sI4 T he Laws ofScientssc H aad-Readlng
troublo rf tlze Influ.e.m x litle bc (teep,tllen tllîn,au4 i w'c
natas in tlzis way tlza infuenx îs strong tllen w eak an 1
oll!y exertsits jmwerspasmotlieally (2p4). Ifan Tnfltwnce
line begilz away from tlze IJD line = f1 graduully cqxxe
'towardit growing skrougeraaitprogre- s(c95),itindicates
tlfattlteitlNutnceofsomedistantrelatlveisg'
raduallycom inz
rearertotikelifeofthesubiectand growiug stronger. 'rlzîs

l.
'
N
$ hk
i l

N().agl yIIS 2:: < N zae

lille m ay ct:t througll ot:er Inllhence lines lying'closerto

tlke L ife liue showing that it ss becom iug taortlpowerful
tban tîey. If a 1ue of :u; aeuce break a=â aûer m sîort
upace start xgain and thCs be repeated lt shows that the
iniuenctof the person on the life ofthe subject vaaîsbes
and tben begins agxin havicg disappeared and ruturneâ
ztxveraltimes(2y (). Jfirmideofa broken llzleofInftlence
starung a'kt'vku ty to thlrtl' tllere be another line wllicll be-
ginsearly in thu lifa oftbe subject and continueBuninhr-
rupted pasttbesebreaks.it showathe interm ittenteharacter
oftlze w'ifv or kuubaors iulluenee streugtlatxtlby tlzc c/m .
sbznt inEuenca of tîe nratîer or fatker O ften such a
m arking willhealatd correcta poorm arriage (a9g).
Ikandsoa Iaûueuq'e line,paM lelto tlze N fe liue indicate
a delicate conditîon ofthe izœ uence an4 such a Hne entlirg
ia a star)cpass,dotjorcr- bar(z98)wl11âudleatethattNe
dalicatq lniuvnce dieG tke age ba kt read frouc tbe llne of
Llfe. ERx4zontal lines on tke slountof Venx (a99) are
ptrlensor evtut: whie havt ourlives ana inzpedpG
 L1nes of 1n;uJnce 511
a. Paralld ljnes anu nof Im m l = nts and whl+ they
be vzeak or defective they are not it:uences strongly
hostileloour bt'stdevelopm ent. Crox .lilzesbotizim peda x r
iufltzence: and w orry and.haraR us. 'rhis iswhy tilese cross
ljnesetttting tke Life line has'e lx etleanecl W orr lbles. lf
dx p azd red tizey are x riok'
tsim m dim elzts ;iftiun azzd ptm y
zineG they are only annoyance& llheseAvorry lfneq l'hicà
coutinunlly cross tbe Lîre Tlne nzust be zezxcde; as nzore or
1eR8 sedousl accurdiug to tbeir depth and exbnnt. ïihen
deep, they indieate illness of a serious nature. If these
he:zonta! Enes erosu the entire sTouut pf sruuus sud Life
line fronz top to bothxn tûuy are cantinuoua worries lf
oaly short lines they aO tenpom ry annoyanoes. If fhey
cutsomepactîcularIniuerzcc liza rcpeatedl)r(Joo),tlzatin-
flltence w illhave a continual life of worry and im pndim ent
Ifa line of Influvxnce cut 'Eky a stroug cross.llne show ttfter
thiacutauisland au4 ead ln a star(3oz),sonze 21suslvr:as
happeued to tha inEuence x'hie: Eas brought on delicacy
Rad eudep.ln death. Tftkecuttiug line beadeztone and

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115, lr Id0.2:@ N().2#@

eke cut llne begin so early that ypu Judge il to be R

panm t the eause d fie cu. has oûen been vedse; .as
the father. I have seen several eases of thh kind ; the
fatber having diud or beeu iujttred lxs so shocked tQe
m om er tla.tsbe ne&xr recovered. If a ntzm ber ofIusueuee
lizke.s zuu po- :lel to the Life litke atd these are ctlt by
ulinlprrnlx Ronx!lllx tizrFngnlly lùre ofthe atibjectYn* iq
5z6 T be L aw s of Bclent:hc H and-h eam ng
m any qax s beea fx nd to susercottstantitdqrrtlptiotzïtnclbe
tuxhlppy ûoa). Ira er- -line lsave an island in it tlzere
B5l1be sor:etbiug inost unpleannnl oonneebwi Tuth this inz-
pudiuvznk. Itvdllbe a bar to Lùe 3u% tct's Sife owing to

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.

1 ïï$ 'i
NO.= NO.D 1 NG =

somefaultuotEsowu (303). Ifthtslitleottly elzîtheEuu's

ofInfluzzzce inaide tlw Life llnevit will l.< vxpcndqriorlthe
relqtives,bttt ifitcttt the L ife line itw ill afect llle 11% of
t%esublect. Donoteozlfouuclthismarkittg with tlîe iqTonll
from Sa.
turu inclicatiu rbvn&r*tisztx Ifau islwnflon a litieof

1 .
l 41 1
-
NG x 6 NIN œ 4 NIX x 5

lnflaezlcu lzav'e runnlng from ituuzrlerous sm allbars cutting

tlle L ire line the delicacy of some relative wm prove a con-
xaut veorry to the uubject (3c.). Ifon the Xife liue wn
i<wn4 appear aAer this poiut in Tife these cares or woai-
will seriously G ect the lxeakh of the subyect. Probably
dœ tlmr slng'ofsomeizzvaliclrelativebrealuqttleIzqaltlz(:505).
 L ines of lntluenee 5I?
lf an Infltzence Dne deep at the beglnlziug graiually prow
tlzinutfaaclent! ilz a star ancl W orry linus crœ sfrom 1Lto
the Iyife line w hic'
il grow, thin auâ has a doton it the in.
creasiug delicc y ofa relative ends in deatll azTd tlle wony
osxrthiscasebriBgs on ielieaey oftht subject<ndlmg in w
xevere illnsas ($c6). If the L1u liue eud on tbss dot the
subjecL wll1 'lloy reeol'er; if it go on ' ike will. regain

h
)
NQ.ax No.ae No.ate

his Arength. If an Inâtzence lilfe end in a st,ar. ancl a

W orry line clm ned tlliskwitll a dot on tûu Hkall line tize
death of a relative w'ill bring on a severe illness of the
bri n (3a7). Ifa liuu of Inûutuee tnd iu a star aud lhis
be counectetlby a '
WTorry- line w itl'
t an island on tlle H eatl
y ancldeatll ofa rektlv'e prM uce a
line (308) the delieac'
wuakeued mentalcondiuon oft:e subloet Iu eack oneof
tllese cases itis umderstotxltllatyou are to tryrand dixY vt.
z'
bow neRr a relattve has died by the clopeness of the lnflu-
ence lise to thu Ieife lirze. Iflincs rise from G e lines ofIn.
fluence antlrtln to butdortoteut tbe1J% liae ltahowsthat
relatëvuswilluplift the subject butifEnesdroop from t' ile
luiuuncelîrleilto tlzeLife lirx tlze subjectwillbecontinu.
<1y pulled down by 1:16 kin (3a.0. If a lintzofInfluetlce
wllieb lm s been cliaguosetlas thew ife orlm sband llavea line
HsinK from itto the M ouut d Juplter,itintlscate.stlmtthis
rdatîve ismostambitious (JIo). Iftbe Saturu linv la m ore
tllatl ttsually gooi after this period it indîeatea tlzat thîs
ombiuouapaltaerkaaspurze; the suMecton aud inervaseG
jI8 T he L aw s ol Scientisc H antl-R eading
his sueeess. Ifa.line ofInfluenœ rssing tarly be suppcqtal
by oufzwlzicllziru at abottttlze.tiua ofm nrriage,the w ife or
huBband hms supplanted tbe mother completely (3rI). If
tbe m arriage jniluenee be tltin antltlze m other influeut!etleep

h
< K aza so.m e

aud stronm the w ife is ulzdqr the dom lnatiou offhe m otber
m aybe lterown m aybe he.rhuabartd's (3:2)
T he gelzez'al prinoiples which m ust be applie; to linv:
s of
Tniueuce are tha sauae 5u a1l cases as tîosu whieh apply to
otherliues. Rem em bering that tbese lines representother

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m ople.aud by dlscoverlng w llo tllex peraons are ln relatlon

totkesttbjeck you eaaeximateverydosely whateffectthey
have ou lzis llfe. D efects ou Iniuenre lizzea conned ed
by W orry linezw itltdefectson otherlûnes willsllow tllat the
inlluenee laas causetl the defect. Changes in t:e Life lin.e
fë lop'iug 4ef% orchaugesL:Tu:ueaoeTiuew sbow ekqttbe
 Elrles of lnfluence sI9
lrzfuenees have O ectecl tlze life iq a harm fulm anner. In
allsuellearestite plzarRcterofthe L% llrkew illtdlw battkls
bad efeetlm s been. In estitaating the Infuence line w hicll
represetts the husbat:d orw lfe it should be borue Jlz m itd
tbat ln vzoxnen': hands it vzill begln at fronl eig:been to
tweuky.fve aud iu nzeu froaz thyeaty-ûvœ ba thizky, tkqse
yeara representlng tlle average years when m arziages œ cur,
In reading Influence lines clwars proeeed slow:y tm tilyott
have gailztzd praetice enough to work outtlze com binpticlum
A.s stuçleuts do not lxesitate to ask questions autl fitli out
whex you have m ade ntlkakex A m uire the generatprin-
cîpluq :.url appl).them with goetl m elhois of reasotling to
tlxe Inilatuce lines and tbey w illprov'e to be an increasing
zzuzoa ofbuneât.
 CH A PT E R IK

Vmn, Lr- w q o, A eymcT ro a

;:E Xnqpof JkTeetion or M qu iase as they are com m x ly'

called 1le on the M outlt of M ercul')r all(l.rttn from tlle
pereuusion toqcrd the insiie of 1Ne paluz (3z3). In sorqg
handa tbere are none of thepe lines and in others raRny aoe
seeu. F roma Gnae imaxaen4orial they have been used l)y older
pf m ists as îndieadon: of ntïrd aga or unlons of the pexuh
T àeir valwe in practice 9% eoniderable Jf used UP ko their
linait and in eoulblpation but u sa; by tûelnseTves as a hsrd.
and-fask indication of m arriageltbey w ill
leatl to constart trror. M urriage tlcpes
not afectevfary sulgect311theaam ewsy.
Som e people a.re no m ore im pzxssecl on
eutering intu this zvlatloa tbalz if they
w ere perlbrm iug any ordinaty routlne of
daily lifc. Such persolzu v'ill have n/
M arriqge lines Others sink lhelr whole
lis: an â SOUI into a union nnd thesn lvill
have deep M 'arriage linœ . T o nse tile
w ord ''m arriuge hsju cutznectitazlw ith tbe
lfues of Jkfsection is raisleading for ik is
in no seuât to be takan as Rlqrays inGicRting w legal rzir-
riagm contract. Dpllese jlnes are aRen seen vTheq no such
contract has evxr been entereâ iuto but pzhen the subject
has loved as fendly as if he hRâ beeq jd ned in Tzedlock.
Tn 5uch subjeets a line of unioa wi11 appear the sanle as
tNohgh the cereuzony bad been perform H . sTore properly
speakinv these Rre lines of deep afecuon ratber thwn linea
of m arH age or union and view u froln this staudpoiut they-
sre rqnaarkably accuratu. In every on<* there nzuat kaqx
 T he L ynes of A ffection 5z1

beeu a profound imprqV ua macle upon the subled by an

affection ixfora these lines will 1ye stroug azkd tlw m ore im .
preskons anG afections wbick lukve existed, the raore of
thtse liue: ofJkfetlion willbu seun in the hand.
l*àetypeofthesubjectwillalvzaysbeagreatd ;ln regd-
ing the lines ofJkfection as eack type :ag distiuct vieM-
otktlm ttkarriwgfz qtwrziom 'Ptx Jtp ittdc.n #s indinu to
marriage anâ fa m arry youllg. So in the llat:d ofaJupitvr.
ian a llne afA ffectlottearly ia life willm ostofken becorrectly
reallasm arziagc T lw Saturniyzzdislikesm arriage lifhebe
ofa very pronouneed or ata1lbad developm ent a:1r1 even lu
good specimnens ofthe type,a Saturniau does uot rusk into
the uzarziage atate. T hia type does not natxrazy love Eis
fellow-crc tures and a nlost profounG inlpressiou nzux kt
tnnele o!zhirrll)y som eone befot' e he willentcr tllt m arrl ge
relatiçm . Cotzsetluently iu tke lzand ofa tsaturnian a line of
A ffed iozl slzottlcl be %'eçy strong', and occur well towasl
middlelife beforey-oa areJustifietliureadin itasmnzriwgv
Bveu w lzeu tlle com bizlatioa of a M ountolV erm sshow s a
Saturuian to bo posu x d of sexuAl clesire he will prefer to
.

gratifr thene appetites out<de of the nm rriage stabz ra61er

than to tie hiDaself ycruuuxenuy to anyone. zkpollonians
deére bo uaarry',and do so vrhen young buttbey often nzake
unlkappy m arrlage,s beeausew llile tlzey Tike bzilliazztpartzters
tlley do tzot always get tlzem . Litzeu ofA A ction on A pol.
lostiauswm be quitesœ ly read asm arriageu. M ercurlaasare
grea.tmafchmakers;the).alsomany quitey'oung. On tllis
kype,linesofutleetiozzwzllvery oftau m can zcarriagq. M ar-
tiaus aze proue to znarryzEo with thistype litje.sofAfeetion
atso hlve futtm eal ng'. Im uarlans are vm y peculiûra'oottt
m aniage, som d im ts dtw'pistug 1: aM sometim es m striug
odd mastches and tbe line ofJkEèctlon on this type m u/ be
extxe vely strong to be read aa m arriage. Venusians cau-
notkeep from m arzying,evelzif the;r cared to,for tltcy will
uotbe allowed to rv aizl single.becauM otber perrotls l. re
1* attm cted tth them . O n the V euusian type it requirea
orzly a sm 1k!!liue ttlm ean m arriagt,tlm ug: on.tkfslype you
w illgeuerally f'u:lstrong lizzes. 'Piz/ practica oflx lring qk
52z T he L aw s of Salentlsc H and-lkeadlng
the M btultofM ercury and predlcting one:twq orss m xny
nuuviages asthqre are :iuqs of .iFection on the zfoulzt is a
nu-t inaccglate and unsaientiEc thiug to d+ coustantly
leading to error, auG Dlakiag our seienee ridieulous. plo
pracuuoner shoul; say ia aûvauce as is t:e custoul w ith
m = y professionalG that he can tellabout m arziage. M any
m ofessionals ia thesr printetlcirculars claim to te.
il a client
'
'tgverything concerning love m anlag' t diw rvx vt.m ''aud
sttch profesbionalsâre kept contînually in hotw ater by their
m istakes. lftbey did notprom ise what they could not per-
forzn,tbere w oltld be no trouble 'Ptte qm ly lzoneatw ay is
to m ake no prom lrsesjfor you eannottell w bai a hazld w ill
A ow uuulit has lv n w xn. It m ah'be asktxlp ''lW z)'is it
nfvv'ssary to deal w ith m arriage at aIl? 'J 'Phe auswqr to
this questb n is that m arriages do so m tleh to m ake or ta
Dlar thû carver tkat a1l t:v lnforuâatiou pos: ble should bz
had farusein itsgeneralbearing uyon thelife ofauubject.
s!y only object ln infroducing the llnesofJkfeetëon atthis
poinkî: thatNze maay be able to briuy 1heuu to bearuyon thq
Ilnes of saturn aud Jkpollo w'hich they oRrn powerfully,
lu uenee,
T he srst tlling lo detennizze is whether Iineg ofA fection
beprexmtor absent Ifnone be seen your subject i!llmt
likdrto lyepowerfully itupressdtlby azlyone. Ifthestzbject
be robûst and.beluaK to a' u ardenttym ,lze zzzay lzave atronp
desire: tow ard theoppostte sexpbutw hen these are satisfed
he relapses izlto a stale ofittfliforttnee ulailthe supcm buull-
anceofvitality agaiu tuznshisthougb. tsin tlle sam adlecdon.
'Plle!e stzblects are undemonstrative ancladefective Heart
linm in a leud n'kîch has uo liue o: A Fedion vvl1i iudicabe
heart disease aod not afbction. JC naany lines cT JkHbction
te rfesent (314)1he subject is suseeptlble iu azaksoftke
ûeart naere or leas seriouZy so as thu :nqs are strong or
weak. Theue litzesof A ffection are alway: ercekg-llnesyaud
start from the outslde of llze hazd 'm m etiu zs at1Nw* bK k
cutting arouzld into tbe M ountofM ercury. Ifonly a eiagle
llne le seen tllere w ill be bllt olle deep afrecdou, azltl it
= st bt A tecl lzert tlkat tlw lîuea G A fRvflvtla loe.xouly
 'rhe Lines ot A ffectlon ju
,

to perxm s oftlze op- ite x x au4 tluxse wizo are in no way

zellted to us by bllxd . T lzuy are neverau indicatlon oftlle
loveasllbjectmay haveeforhi6familp IfaliueofAfrectilm
begin v'itila.fork (3r5)it showsthat tlze wFectlon isoî uu-
.

usual strength tlze tw o linea of tile fork llaving unitetlto

fo= asingleline,prixlucing the efibctoftwo Cttrrelttstunled
into one,wllic)ztbustakes on double strength. 'Po rue tlke

4L

wo. :14. wo.m : No.aI<

age on lines ofA flbctiott tw o m ethoclsare em ploFetl. One
is to deternzine at w'hat age t:c afection occurs auG tbe
otherto * 2 how long it lasts. ln onier tœ dd erm iue dbe
age at which an afèeuou oecurq take the H eart liue as a
lower m nvk aud N:e b:p oc th. s:euut of M > ,& as 6he
uppm'. T lxis space m ust be subdivided iuto tite averagt
raars of life,biinging the lniddle af the M ount at tidrtp
Bix, aud tlze top at sevcnty years. T lltts a1l lllles o'
A frgd ion appearing before tile m iddle of tltlz M outt occtzr
before the age ofthirty.qlv,anclthose appearing lxyond 'ha
cectreogtlle Mburltoccurafter tlzirtpsix. TbeR nle(315)
willbe found npproxim ating the correct aEws and aceurate
entm gh for al1 generat purm x s. R canlhowevar,be utill
fcztber stlbdid dulif m ore exx-tdates are desired. To de-
term iue theleagth atlaFection entlures,thu liueitselflzzttstbe
m exqsuretlfrom itu begiulzing to its tenuinatiom In tlzisway'
also eveais in tlza coursu of an asectiol are often reeorded.
T la aM e of m easttremo t for sttch reading:begina wiG tbe
ltarting qf tla llnu aud vuds w ith itslerm inatiou,tlze llue
to be d vlded iu the m ldd:a as age tlzirtsr-rsix au; e vertty to
sz4 T he Laws of Bclentific R and-k eadlng
be recorded at tbe end T he iutervening yeara can !œ sulw
dividei a6 m iuutdy as ss necessary in order to reach tbe age
œfauy rnarkiugs eu u;e liue Nvhiqû is dléped (3:7). T%
longur the lbae of Jkdbction tbe longer t:e afe on con-
tintleq and whella ntlm berof lines are seen tlze duratiollof
each aFair nRuy bv tstiplatt; by the leagth vf tkt severat
llnes. lphe age atTzhich each oocurs is reaâ frona t:e sIourt
subdivided and the duration frout the length of the line.
By tlis rzqthod read the nuniburofatrong attackuleuts the
pubject has had and how long each one ûuqts and by tûe
lougest au; deepest :ue deteruine x'hich one has been
dveptrthxn therest(518). This.zlzarkiug williudicatescv.
era1deep attarhnaentq 6nally mllnlinatlng in the i l-abm rb.
ing aFectioll show.tz by t'
lle deep lirte. If tw() lirzes rulz
aiongside of eac:iz btlzcraud areoftlze sam e deptlz(2!zO the
stlbjecthasloved iwo perrm luequally wel:atthesatue time
ln everz cape the higheM liue of A Fectiou 1 tNe last pue
vzhic: 1ua: occurred and aay liuas lon'er thau itw illrecord
form er alections. Ifa Mnm ber of liues be seetl the uppe.r

orke a deep Ene,lm1 one of tlw early lincsdœep at tlze lm d,lt

indicatœ lhat tbq early love lzas never eutirely diu ppeared
(320). From every combimqtionoflinesselec:ttbestrongest
attachm ents f= z tlx (leepvst lirzes auql also deœ rm iav by
1Eq cbaracburof the linea how canlpletely this attqphn&ent
5as yœœkqed szzay. If the lastlice be a tbin ou% aad yetkl
$11lengtll * 4 œ lzsrrnntoz'
y signs proveato lx ehm M arde
 ' T he L ines of A ffection 5:,
.

ll.
1le.a.
rd 11a atrongerline1% closuuadvril(3zz)tlzesubjed
lzaslnarrieâ forconvenience ornloney butuotjrom strtm p
ustlove.
If t*e llues oî lkFx ux be thia ia preped iou to olber
gnesin th:hEMd ths su@ectbas no realatrong afecfions.
H v 1= a krotherly or sisterly afrection fc'r tlze oae lze m ao
ries,butlxr willnotbe tbe absx bing pao icm. T hesa sub-

QJ
l

i
l l )
No. = @ wœ = : :@.a=

jocksgiving lituedenlonstration ofaFeetion areindiFerent

cold and irthay have nlany Iines ofA feetion are apt to be
flirts. Ifstzeh subleets be llancksatue augl attzactive tltey
brcak m any lzqarts. Ifin a w om an's haad 1he line: ofA f'
ec-
tion are broad and shallow orchained tlte subjâetis s'till
nlore indiCereut she will lead suibars ou far the pleasure
tàfclisappointing fhum. 'Pizese slzbjects bave no real af'
ec.
tion and are selfiça coltl and crttel. W hite txfor w illadd
to tb.ecc/lr
lufzsst)fbotlzfgftheselatte.rliuea. T ie litzesw hicll
a'
izow deepllasting aFection are tllu deep a' ntlw dl.catones
Thex are strengtheneclif tlle:jelye also pink or reâ in eolor.
Sttclzsubjuasloveanlentls conskuatly.aullmake sacrifices
forthose tlley love. Ttisthelr pleasure aud pride to bu ctm .
staut auQ trum If stmlza deep lille rttn to iks end wikhotlt
faultorbrealq thesubjectwillparsuvalifeofartlelltattack-
m ent afreliabilit)ranclsteadfastness,from beginning to end.
Iftba liut stlrtA ep anc!gmtsually grow thin t%e m bject
willgradually 1- thestrerlgtk ofM sattaehmeut(:122). If
tlze line start tlain and gpadually becom e strouger tlze mzb-
jcctwillgm w'sfrlmgeria lzisaltaehment(a2D . Tflm islazltl
5z6 T he Laws ofScientific H and-lkeadlag
appeaz ou tlze liTw oîA Feetion there will be <mw ulzhaplg,
nessIlttring tlzecourseoftheaFaction (a:I4). Iftizeli= Iyf
A iectîotlle composedf)fislands thesttbjectwillzeverhave
w'mvv
qon enougb forauyozx tomarry lziuz(3a5). Ifa er-

l
( .

w().= No. aa4 wa aa

be seen m t tlxe llne of A lectiort there w lll be a serlotls im -

.

pedinlent tothe aFectîon U 26). If this Eneend in a star

tlzealkaiolzwillterminate in Rn explosiou (3zj'). Ifaline
of A geeticzt gend a braueh inf.o tlze M ountof A m llo w bidt
elzds ia astar the subject R411have a!zG ectiouforsome-

#a
'

No.%% Na W * .>

onebrilllantand famous(32B). Iftlke line ofAsectlon fork

ltitstermix&tiolt(3zq),theaffectiou will sercrate (tnd be-
eome 1- strtm g. Tlus hasbx tzttsetlby the olderpalm ie
aaazzlndication ofdivm ' ce. Itis a likelilzood of interference
ix tlle m arrletl llfe but not alway's dlvoree. It show s tûe
le xuiug oftlkeGiszipRtionoftla V '
ectirsn. lftlzefork !>e
' 1rhe L ines of /ïYection 5zF

not wMe (330) the estrange- -.t is not syserko as ifli

divargajruatly,asin170.3:9. Ifthelineendinatdd= ùar
a tassek lt shopzstbf utter dissipation aad scatterlag of the
aFevtion (331). Ifbranehtsdrpop frouzthelhzeofAFx ux

&o.% @ * .O û < K a:l

tbe m anied lifevd1!beful:of sorrowsan4 disayvolnkuxMlla

(33e). IfbranchesHsefrorxtHe line afJkNkction the :u:.
JeCt 4/11be uplihed and the afbction willbe a bemestto
biuz(z33). If tûe liue te broken it #El:Endicate tkat the
G e ion is irbnrfereâ vziuz or bzoken iu senze Nvay-(:34).

dœ * 2 *1 KD Nœ #A

tm k forrepalrslglis. lf tbe break be eucl- d izta.sqtlare

tlzesttltitctwillreeoverthedistnrbedafection (335). Iftlze
Iine make a.ilook on tlm M otmtatlle s'ubleetw'1ll1- hîs
airecqlon,wlllcitV IInotberegailled (:30 . Ifa dotlx xerl
on a liut of A fkd ion, lt indicates an lm pedirnpnt to tlte
M nrxkp of tiœ ax tions (:p )z the termlnatlml ofta linp
!:8 T he Law s of Sd entitic I-land-lkeading
slm wing the outcolne.for if the lëne eucl î1z a fork trideâq
ortasseltileafection willbedizsipated (:!3B). If afterthe
Ilot the line p '
ows thin,the aifed iou disappears gradually
(339). J:fW ozzy li.tw'<rtm from tlzeM euutofVeuusto tbe

wcq ax < â ax No.w

liue.s ofA fl'

ectiou,aud cutthex llnespitsbovkrs thatrelativea
are interfering witilthe married life of tlle subject(34t9.
H tllecutting line run from Influeaee litlesou the M outlkof
.

V enus itcau bt dd crm ipeû llow close is tlle kinslzip ofthe

telative <.110 i:cauping the diflicalty, Ifa llne from a dose

llne of H flaence c'

uta forked lizte of A eecuon the m arlied
lireofthe subjectTzillbe interfered 4v'ith b>'a near gelleq'e
(s11). Tlzv forked l3=e rxllows tlzattûe sublect loso xme
erljoymentoftllemarriagerelationtlzrough thisinterferenœ .
Tf the line of A Fed ion etlrl in a tarv* l llle reading is in'
tenifeû (34z). Ifa lûaeofalïïecti?a cœtby abar havv l
 T he Lynes of A ffectlon 5,4
ebance llnv runnîng to aztislaud a cross a bar or a dot in
the 'Iead line an inledc ena w ith the nueaied vse afthe
stzbjectwillresult in Em ne form of:railldisturbauce(3ç3).
In this m anner chatlce lines will be x ua runuirtg from ob-
strtzctîota ju tlle lirzv ofA ffœ tion tovadouspartsofthe band
lxnaetirnes to defecliv'e lgifz lines or heaTth defects of the
M otluts. ln / 1 these cax's the treuble m iuted te w illbe
brtaugbton by au ilzturferenee or blvm tsltsequ iu the line of
A flection. Eaclzone of these defects în tlle linaofA '
Ih etion
wil:indieate an mrentin thelifeoftlle subject. In a11cax s
tlw linegofA ffeetiozlshoulclbe reafli.
u (m mbinatiou wit'
.
lz 1n-
Nuence linesoa tike M ountofV cnua A sbotlz rd ate to the

e k e41 Ntx atl x . @*

com ûng Ento the life of l new faetor w-iz. < - e outside
oftxe Kubjectbinlself they areinterdtpùMadent.
sfy advice to evxry practitiouer is to use greateare în a1l
lnnttersrulatingtoulaciageand bonleli%. Therealobjuct
of an exanabaation or the haud is tq give a elienta betler
knoTiledge of hinxself Iinless t;e raatbzrofrnnrdage 1 *9
interwoven witlzhisexpskencet'iatthe twoaeem iusep 'L*
;l*-
e,
it is oaly gratifying clzzit's'îty to deal w ith it,a!
a oesno
x a1 gooâ. W hell llis career is being ruintxlo =:erfe,m xl
witllby adverrye inotlenees,tlle.ge rnltttera sho be Ixdnted
out. M erd y-te td laboutthem inorderto s w'whet:1er ;'ou
cau do it or noq isloweriug the stattdard of tlze pm feo iow
A surgeon w oulclnotarnputate a.liznb tr' sizow tlle j:e knew
lm w .buthe would (10 c:tyif:B- lim b r'eW ed Km PKG t4IK aud
t3o T he Laws of Scientihc H and-R eading
tbq oyeration Tzould help the patient. Jk11 palxé Ms s%guld
proceed upon that idea. I)o vrha: is necessary for the Xelp
or guidluce of tûe diu t'blt notkiuY uzerely to exhibit
akill. A stzict adherence to tids prlnmpl
' e w lll w in iu tlze
long rum,and now llereIIIOR surely tlzan in the m atter of tbe
linesofA m xr'tâom
 TH1 >INM OP SATURI

44:T* m Rke ourRe uueg and we çsllG em fde,''--; D rsmlxwL

'::Iline ofScturq is the fourth ATaiu line which receives

uxç Carzent, aud 1 a-requently ealle; $Ee n lise of
Fate.'' Tlpœq ErsL tkought it nzay Lpt bc apparqnt w:y
fatality,good or bad has lxetz aseribed to this liz!e but tize
elaim isjustifit.
xtia varieus w sys. 'Phe ljx ofSaturn rix s
atthe base oftlw ikauclauklrtm a upward tm vard tlze ângers ;
and according to our lzypotlw si
'u tlze Currentw lzich w sses
into it doea so on its rcturu frouà tNe bzRiu vzkere it h&d
been 6ent fronz tbe end of t:e Life line. The line of
Saturn th ue reads franz dze bottonl u pvzard and tbe seale
indicating the vaHousyears of life wiilbe foand iu Chapter
I:r. xtecording to tbis scale 1he peH od ofehildhood is the
extrenae Iow er parù of the llne and old age is recorde;
by it on the hfount of Saturn Fronl the liue of Saturn
healtb dlffimllties at'
e not read nor isanything ohown cotl.
cerniaç tbe general nnakevuB or eoustitut.oa of a suljeet
sueh asia indimqted iu other liues that %ve have considered
Itdoesindim te the cottrse ofthe subjectehrougltlife from a
stsM poîzlt of n1aterîal stlceess a1ld elncavs vzkether be 1n11st
make lzis owztwaT.wlletlaer $he willhave a lmz'd tim.
e.or
wbdbgr tbisFS w1l1appazently come easy to 'M ln. It' w4ll
alpp loeate l,1s uzosf Icoduetiv'e periods. %?hîg lsxvhaltlte
v1der paltniuts had in vn'
'nd Vebrn ther usnaed the line of
Satnzn *&l/ate or IAestiuY..' as kt is selzerally taken for
rantlxlthat one w bcœ l' lfe rut:s sm x thly m ttsttaveluck
za hIs favor :lA these cases ithas netalw ays beeu renlenl.
bepe; tbatsuc: @ subjectznay haveha4 every quanfcatiqu
ss (,
s:z T he Law tlof Scientific IIand-lteading
wk#ch would enable him to m :râf succrss arzd tllat he has
acùiev.d it becpust hzâas R'orked aud because suceess llas
lxetlrlev ved. Com bineclwitlza gcm d liue ofSatttra there
= ay be health bm inq determ inatiorl a'
rnbition and sim i'
lar
qualities an4 iu that case the presence of lhese qualiïes
accoutll: for the good line of Saturn pzxich consequently
ildieates tbattke subjectwi:lgetthrough thew'orld conl.
fortably aud successfully. zkcolubination of aueù forcvs as
the abosas if wîsely and faithhzlly used produces so-called
luck ayzd m oatofthe personsw ho are poittted otlt aspan iett.
larly fortunate or lucky attrilm te tlzqir saccess'
prim arily te
brains heaks ellergy,am bitlou and kitd red allies and not
to bliu:l cilenctz luck or fate. T here is however w m e
m agic glam clltr arouncl thu w ords 11fata '' and dïluck ''
which seem s to sleak ofresalts achieved withouteffort and
tbis hagalways beun thv gualtoward Avh:vh the vyesoflazy
folk are turned. Such people are ever ready to accountfor
fleir faëlures by sayillg. .'O tbers are luck y ! aux not ''but
this sheuld 1>tlftglowttlby l11e furthttrfzxplunadon tbatm ost
oftenthet'lucky''sllbjectisaumrkdrandthe''unlllcky''one
isnot. D tty dream ers exped luek to reaeh dow lzanu: touch
them w ith a m agic waud 'flzosc wllo are calletlluck. y aay
tbat the m aglc w alld i!lz'n.
%'.
ustt;;' In m any cares luc!k 0 11.
.

sists in having '

Lhe foresigllt to seize opportuilities. t'U u.
lucky ''Persenstellofeizaucust' iey llavepassed,and console
t'
Izem selk-es lày saylng that ltlck w as not on their side In
tbeKaajority of eases it would be xaort proper to say that
fpr:zrijrâ/audpcrsnvrancewere not. 'Plzismueh mozalizing
I beg to introduce here because I wish it distitlctly under-
stoed thatI do lm t btlîûvl i:lbliud fa. ttzor cikancz.
In tlze begirm ing of a.stlldy of tbe line ofsaturn or line
ofFate I wish to glve m y tlefiuition of thatword aud to as-
sure you t% t we art)not tu plutlg' u from 'a truatm enk of tlze
hand w lxic:il has tllus far proceede:lentirely under laws of
cause an( eirect itlto one whiell deals wltlt eltanee. Tlle
line ofSaturzkisa wouderftttliuv itsm velatiousare accm xte
and im portant,bttlwe shalliintl callsesL%r a11tlle efied sw e
m etupon it. Ou ever,
h-Iint ofsaturn wt uoteperiodswlzvtz
 3'he txlne of S aturn 5g3

everythîng is propit:pus fer tïc suljvct. llkeau are the

har&xst periods of bis life. Jkt sucà timaes %x 5nd goo:
health the presence ofnlental powerssuch as diseernxzent
w ill am bitirm au4 vazious gtxd com paaious wilic.
izhe m ay
ttlrn to lzis acoottnt or w hicitlle m ny leave ttnused. D uring
these pedc'dsllife ''t easierfor tlzesubject. H ezswell= tk
in pcsseasion of hisfullpowxrs. H e works G titleasefort
and in sltperstitious parlan. '
.'
!e he is '$1(16.
. cy ''ancl ''fate ''
îs o1zM s sille M auy persolls take advauLagt of tiaw per.
icds of grea. testpossibilities aud 'tm ake hay w llile the scn
shines.'' Other.
q pas: such time.s irleojoyment an4 lqzi.
uess, coM dent tlzat .'luck is witik tilem '' and w ill nvw r zr
leave. W hen the powers begin to wa' rke ltLek ignot8o ctm -
stltlàt ill attendnnce ; ittakes m ore ellbtt to auxem plis'
lztke
sam fa rtaults,antl âually.Z t kindg oî qFortfait to prodnce
aaything consCderalale. A t tùi!l tim e the cly is raised
''luek hasgone.'' Thetrutlzisthattlle stlbjeethaspaased
hisûarveat period aud kas k ept :is golden nzouzen:saway.
Tlle opportunitîesplaeed before hin: have not been seized ;
ke Gnn taken kis plcasure uuriug the tinae w'hen be should
have worksd hardek ,and bô' the-law of coulye=aation he
lnust toilto nlake up for it ''Q-ou cannot eat your cake
Rzd ln va ittea'';$rx cauuelw astv yom 'kurvestdayslnd.b?z
*.luckp '' H e w llo haa warketi tilrough hism oductive tim e
m ay rest wlteu powers fai: T lle laws of cause and effect
are prea ntin tlze Iine ufSpturu orFale aseverywhtra vlst:.
Itisotzly after m ueh obserm tiotloftiti;line that it is possi.
ble to skate wlzat can aetuallr be tolcl fronl il. The super-
fzciality w Nic: Nas been sizow n in itstrustm uuthas servtfl
prlncipally to diszuatsenBible personn. W ily the llnesllows
tkex m atters w hidz are so obviously beyoud tlte cousd ous-
n- s ofl e individlsol can only be explaintd ortthilRlr' eatly
stated hyrmthesiG that tbe licea are the life zaap of every
persou,placed bcfore hinl in order that he nlay be guided to
the aG ievem ent ofhis beskreaultu
sêhe liae ofSatunl when strong,enlphasizesthe Satnrnian
traius especiqlly if:k2 linv bg dvep on the 56ouLt an4 these
tralts ar. vzixdnun zoberness and tNq Cyculty of se ug life
534 The Laws ofSclentisc H and-R eadîng
frx zita x dousaicle- 'lkhe fx't llllt tIM)Se baland ng qttali-
tles al'e presentin som e degrea with a gootlline m ny accx nt
for tlw success izlo1d ag'e wkieh com es to one w illla strong
linu on tlza M ount. Saturuian traitu art etw rgy aurl fzugal-
itp Rs x'ell as studiousrless and tlte ability to think, anct
tlzex qualitits * 11do m ttt:h to m ake a life suecerxsful. Tlle
Satatraiazlluas a pax ikaut for exploratioagia tlze tart:k auîl
has fronl thls natural love been 1ed to discovering gold
silver coal au4 other niue treasapes île has fotuld gas
and ot1wells,and thus,througizfollowing lziunaturalincliua.
tiouq d$fate ''has 1. ll said to be w ith kirn xnd tlle Sattlr.
piaa has for these rtasoas been calM the i'ehlld offate.''
The greabast part Kkatfaba or luck plays nitâ bnnnwnily is
b: give one persou raore bTnins and a better type tbau aa-
otûcr auû this hxq buen sunzetiuzca eallvd tbe ''aceiientof
hdrtiz.'' In these eases the tmbjentwillalso izave thebest
Satum lizte. TheA pollonifm atulVeausiau orn gootlJupi-
tezian orM ezcuriau arem uclzKrva.tfzr qxam plgs tv m y m iud
ofa kintlfate tllan is tbe 8atttrnian.
T he llne of Satttrn is not found in every katd . Oltler
palm ists rave to a hand w itbottt a Saturn liue tize inttzrprq.
tatim t of a.''megative existence.'' Obserlratiol w ill & ow
ehnttbe lita isabx zttin thekaadsof'zaatly succexsful px plt,
u qlinotkerprogperoussubjedsitiuprex ntonly ilzrttdimen-
tary form . 'rkex person:have notletluegativeXve-x so this
suterpretatiou canaot be eorrect In a great m any caso of
thiskittd com ing underzuy obx rvation I have found thattize
zubjedsarewbatarecommonly eallell$$œlf.mademetl''that
they lxxgan life iu lm m ble ptraitions,m zd osly by dltrtof vn-
trgy am lapplication have they m ade thelr w ay inthe world.
'Plm;wx'<œ lf.m atle '' ople are not Always btilliantlo start
w ith buktlzey lzave tltttrm inatiou antlenerg:razd w illetlu.
cate th-m - lveq even if it m ust be dtm e at nlght after the
day's work is over aud they w ill not failto seize every op-
poztuuity for paAiress llhvy seeuz to feel tkat re o '/a g
dcpoêh vpk?v tân'r prezl f orts aud no m ount of lalmr i:
allowed to statd between tllem and ultim a.
te success 'rhey
are t%e kind ofm en whom a l'carry tlze m caggge to G arcim ':
'
lrhe Line of Saturn 535
J% tbe remwlt of m y obR rvation Irea; handg lu which uo
swturu l'neisseen as beTougiug bo a suMeetNvko uâust*e-
pend upou hinzM;fentlrcly; vzho should uoktrcstbaluck or
sortuclte d rcuulstances.but if he wotlld acconlplisN nlueh
in the Nvotld itnaustbe the resi tofhis ow'n rForts.
T he lina cf Satlzrn m ay slart from one of m nny platxr,.
These are always attlle base of the llantl(344)butmay 1>e
.

Aa - Nc. ao No.-

Rny m izlt between 1he entl of tize Life line and tbe M cm nt
of5foon. Som etim es txe lirle rises inside the L ifelixe anll
som etim esasM glzaa the upm r M ouutorM ooa. T> course
of tile yaturn line ia alw ays tozvars the M ouat of Sylurn
souletinles reaching the sfount and sœ nednaes fallilg f?r
sûort. It always runs tîroug: the centre af the palnl.
T&'hen tbe Saturn Zne ripus insidv the Lifuline aod ruus ou
to the Afottnt ofsatnrn (345)it indicab:s that tbe subject
wil! have xzaterial sueeess ia life and that near rd adva
willassistlzim greatlp W heu tlzeline zisea fr= tlze centre
ofthe jxa:m (346) and runs into the M ount of saturcjthe
sahîcctwX acllievesuxess111lifelarge7y by hisown efatts.
W hen tlze 2ne rix s from the M otm tofM x n amlnm s on to
tbe Motm tofSaiurrt(> 7) tlle subject'x succe.ss ilzlifewill
ke m ateriatly assisted by otte ofthe opposlte sex. T bism ay
eiLlzerlya by good advlce m 'by renderlng ûrzancia! aid. I
llave notetl tai, tnarking on m am - hands w bere tbe sives
hav'
ebeeu ofgreat aesistauee in the eareerofthe subject.
Ia m ost instam xs tlx eourccs of tlze line w l11be illone ef
tllese three patitions:* 1other beglnnings beicg a zzltdifbt'-
5:6 T lze L aws of Scientific lIand-R eading
tion os one or tlle other oftllem antla11reaiings sllould be
laorltfieflilzpropozti.
oa ilstke x urc!zoftlzt liue is from t'
im e..a
three pronou nced centreg. Sonnatinles the line does not
rise10w iutllehallcl,butstartshigllerup C.'
.
>t8). r!ttthiscase
tllesubjrxtwillkave azao'renvgativc qtxisttmtx forthefirst
partof'lleIife afktllispoint is ùbe tim e w hellhe i.
uso '
lqxtng
that1le can aœ om plisiz litkle by his ow lzfx ozts azld suG a
beginning to the line indieates tllat lze w ag not born w ith a
41silversm tm iz1his m outh.'' H is bestperind w illbegin at
11m tim e îim iiza starts,forwlzile tlle abscncc oftlze lix defls
notslm w tizatinfluencesare a:w ork lo preven:the acw ânce-
ment ofthe subject tbe presence oïa gcxxllinetlpc.
çskow
tlua som ts espud wl advantages are present durinp its uz st.
enc'e. T he abeence of the line show s thateonstantesortis
uettlecl w hilv agood littewillslm w tlzatduricg ëtsbestlx rilxl
of forzaaEo:z the greatest effarts slloulf be exerteâ lf tNe
largest results pogslble are to be aohieAred. The bigber in
tlle Lnnd fle lilàv sLurts thu latvr iu lift vdllbv tke m riod of
easiugtsailinp W heneveraclefieiency ignoted irltheSaturn
line you will Elld an explauatiou ia som e of the other littes

pa s.z so.e s Ng.o p

or sign.. scith 1he ;ue absent at the beginuillg it xaay
be found tlmt tllu Xifu line will slzow great dulicacy for
the sam e periotlof y'ears thaf is coverecl by tlhe absence of
tlzeSaturu lint(349). Tbusyou willknow tbattla subjtct
dI(llfttle dllring theearlleryearsbecauaehe w x dellcate, A s
the Sattznl lille bqvînsat the yim e this delicac'y ezzy.
çon the
lâfe lîna,he NviI1attkat uuvz begia a perho4 vzhick hq xaly
 T he L lne of Saturn t
J:$7
.

'vmke produd ive. rfthe Lire line bc tM n wiletkltbeglns to

reeover,and grows tlliakerasitpm gresses a.nd ifthe satttt'n
linedce.
sthesame t'
hesubjectwillcotltlnuetodobttterirza
buslneasway aslzisstreagkllincrvaees. Itwillbe uoted that
itIunecesEv y to read t'
ike beginning ofthe sat'
ttnlline from
tlze lmtto'
ln antl the L ife line from tlle top. lfw it'
l'
ktllt Iiu/
rising late Mre Gnd a dtfect:veH ead linq at the start(3.
50)

N:h. e N@. JIBl

tlle S'UIAJeCIwillhaveîisFtartin lifeimpedud by brain weak-

ness,anclthe Saturn line w iilncït grow tqxxluntiltlze H ead
lintttlx s. IftlztlHkatllita bew eak atthe start azld klsmxm
as itrecovers tbe Lfeart line buoanae wu k tbe Liôz line
b:iniithiq az oftllis tinze (J5r),tbe career ofthe stlblect
will be hinûcred ârst by hea; trouble and then by heart
vreaknea: and he does not begin to do his best untiltùese
have passed away. Iftbe line rise M g'h la tlle hantlanclthe
Iines ofH ead or H karl are zmt dd ective m u m ustlx k for
ltealtk tlefectsln otberpartsoftllehand on linesand M otm te
attd em cvw lzm x you wllldiscover tlle cattse d 'the alyseuce
of the Satttrn llue. U se botll bauda w itlztlze Saturn liufz'.
lfthe lEne beg'sn 1ow in the left 17arlsland Hr.e ltlgh i:ltlte
fgla you wil:lm ew thst tlle natural course ofthe Eue wms
favorable but as it s%ows ih defects in lbu right haud
sonlethiug has oeeurtid to alter the odginal plan. This
Mlay bu health laziueas or iuiuvcces fronl faluily frieuds
ar outsiders and Llasm nch as M* do nEk believe thatrnere
ehanee làasprcd ucerl tlzealteratfon m 11111stlook Jm new here
fortlzq uufavorablecondition wlklclzlzas prm reated the Hmlng
$38 ThL:Laws of Sclentlâc H and-lkeadlng
,

oftlw Saturn line 1(:$$rin the riglzt ban4. T ke abx nce of a

Saturn line w ize-ru it sûoul:l nonnally begin w ill often be
explaiued by som e accident to the parents. A s this early
perie ol'thelintcovet'
stlke ckildlzoutleftkqsubjetzk,itwill
notbe through lzi: ow n fault that the atart in life is not a:
gce as lt shou:d lx . If a.line of Satunl tise lligh in the
hand?m )4 a liut ofparental iufluetlt:e oa tùe M ottakofVûuu:
end zn a stareazly in tbe line (352),the death ofa parent
ha: prevente;a zood startin the life of t:e sublect. Rt-
Duqulber a1lindications ou the sRturn line Tefer to Enand al
aeaiM .
'çext ln order the eharacter of the 8aturu liue nzust ke
noteâ. If the line be not so deep asthe otber lines on t:e
hand,t:e iudicadous peeuliar to the lî3e are not in their
proper propoztioas aa4 Nvill uot be us u roug us if a11 thv
lipcs wœreia bz aace Ift:e Iine bevery deep and clearcut
(JS!),the subject willbe round to have exteptionally 5ue
qualities with a properuse ofw'hicî N: uhoulû be exabled to
aclzicve grzatauccere. lftlals deep llneextend up on to tlze

'

k '

NG * 2 N0.3:3 N(). SM .

M otm t of Saturn these R vorable eonclitioc!g will contiuue

(turing tkt eattm life. Iftlze liuebzslzorf,îlzey %411bepres-
ent only- dtuing the Iength of the llne the age to be rea:
f'
rom t'lleEne. lftlgsdeepnesaoftht lint ' bec'arly ia lE
'
l
'
fe tlze
subâectTzillhave his best puriod dudug ckildhood (a!4).
nphisisanunfortunate oaarking.foratthis age the subject
js seldolu ol; eaough to take advaatage oî oplortuuities
 T he L1ne of Saturn S3.
p
,1*ix deep line ofSattlrttistbe m ostfavom b!e line to
A tllln liue r:.
.k55)willsizow tlzattlze subjecthasmuclzl11llls
favor in the w ay of natural arlvantag'es and w hi:e be will
have to exezthitlpelfnzore to brlng foztb great zesults than
asubjectwith adeep Iine heNviz sulibaveaneasierdnleto
öuccheetlthan one with a defectlve line or + t.
11 no liue atall.
A braad 'aud alzallow linc (35s) indicxœsacpndiliozllittle
.

l
w .a NIX e:6 No.ar

better than no line at a11 and if the Satnrn litle alone be ol

suc:k a.elzwracttr w lzile tlle (ytllerlinès are well m alkedkthe
stlbjeckwillhavecontinualutruggles. A cYinlnei li= ofSab
uru lutucate.s tllatthe eztr'
eer w ill be a hard one. Iftize line ix
clzained durlng itseutire letlgth tile stlbjectwillha.v'ecotl-
tinuous obstrucdons anG tNe lifu w 21 be a kùbonxlone full
of disappointmeuts(357). Ifchained only partoftlzeway,
tlze fîiflisztvltiv's willIastduring tlzis eontlition.
Color being an inâication oî tize stzvngtù aud conditîtm
ofthe Blood C urrent does not aFect the lire of Saturn,as
it does other lines for this line is in no m:auner an lndex
oftheltealth (>rthedlseazeof the slzbjed anlltlmat'
heliue
of 8atutrllw illbe tbe first line to whicb it is unnecessary to
apply tlze color test.
A 11 defects ill tbe Saturzl line are Im rortant, for tbey
rlloe how m any and what killtl ef im le im ents w ill= ur
in tlze sttbject's life,lzow serlous tlzey will12.,aud as tht
cause prodtteing m % t oftheR ehecks can be locatul in vari-
ltlspm softW W ntlitisquitg possible to t'emedy or am iit
640
,
T he L aqvs of Scientlfic H and-R eading

agood mauy oftbc'm. Al1defects Jouud iu tbe begni ng

of tûe line re* to the chihlNood ofthe subject,and dur-
iug tbisPeHoG tbechild istooyoung to do Mzuch by hlm %p1$
dthc bavzard irapzossux er hindvriug bis condiLiou. Cono
quently)a11 defectsor im pedinlents to cbDdhood are eiuzer
the result of ill-health or colne frozn paternal inouenceG
both of vvhick art bzyonû tke Ieyçqr of the child to coa-
erol. T he death of parents, their fnancial digicapty o>
cuzriug at this tiuze ar estraugeuzeuts w hicll uzay occur
betvzeun the parentw are aE peaé bilitiqg an: are al1eause5
Trhich vrill eheck the prosgerous career of a cblld vzhose
xartin life naay tbus be iazpeded by daese coudllions So
when w e see a Saturn lûne defective at tlla start but gm w -
ing deep atd A'ell eut (358) we krow that Avhatever the
cstu';,e ofthu troubl!zattia buginnium ithas lx un ovtm x m e.
sucll a line ailow a either tllat the im proved condition arirea
from the rem ovalof tlze catlx swlliellwete om rating Rgainst
tiles'ubjfzct,ortlzutluzhpsM azx lfHseu sulxrierlo tlze ob.
stad es. It m akes no diFerence as to tbe cbaracter of tile

NG KV Mœ D @

defeetwhlck appears fzttlle beglnnlng of a Saturn line the

general rule is the sanze. It indicab:s an inlpedùnent b;
tbeearly yearsofthesubjcct Ifa shert In;ueuce llne on
tbeMountofVenrl
sendiu astarLandtileSaturnllnebe
cllained a.t the lkginaing,tbu deat ofa pcretthas d oude.d
tlzcearlycarl'
.qrofthe subject(35:). 'i'lzeageatwlziclztîis
m reaa die can beread from tlle clisto ce tla starreache oa
 lrhe L ine of S aturn 541
t:e L ife :nv. n e ûatc at whick the im prov- ent in tbe
a:œ rs of the subjectoccurre:tean beread from theline of
jkturn. If a short liue of Jnsaenee ead ia a star alld a.
W OI'U liue run from it anrl cut a rising branch on tkx Life
lineending itlan island on tlkeliueofHead tzfx))jthecleatll
of a pazelzt:as brouglzt on a clzeck to tûe upward eourse of

the gubject'slifewhich hasafectedhisrueutalstrengt:,and

tbus checkeG aud retarded his career.
Iszauis in t:e Saturn lizle t56z) bavr very grnrrazy
recuived tNe interpretation of a cNeuk to the cazeer arising
from tl1etnaritalinfidelityormoraldepravilyofthesttlject.
ltwas recognized by older palm ists thafislands always indi.
cated trouble and a. s the above reading ofimp oralïty origi.
.

pated iu lauds w'here vittue anxong B'onzen vzas rarer than

in tkis country itwaa seuu ou tùu Lanûs of mzany Avom en
vrho had bad reputations and rulned aud cbeekenhi eareerz
T hese w om eu lx ing kuow a to be profligate this interpreta-
tion of im m orality w asgiven the ikanttiu tke linu ofSaturu.
'Phisindieation llascausetlm ueh fiiscu% ion am ang palm iets
au4 Dzuck colùùdou and ertor alnong praetitioners JkRer
eaxfe cudy of the subjH I can say thut wu izqnd iu
the Saturn Sitze indiuvates a period offinancialdië cultyllast-
ing tlw ltm gtizoftla islkm t'
t and thattlle m arkilzg is notlk''
&6 an indication of inâdelity. This conclusioa has becn
reached aher the exam ination ofhutdrrds of hands havqng
suck a m arkiug,iu whlch fnaadal troable or loo es have
$42 The LawsofSclentilc l-land-zeacllng
,

b= a com pletely veriûed au4 izt w hloh onlr a.few cases ol

inEdeitr qeze faund acconay.nying it. In thepzlattereaees
I anl sure that the inâdezty caused t;e Enancial trouble.
A= isiaulk if fouuçl at tlze txgiuniug of tke Saturu line,
could notIndicataiuEdelity oftbestlbject forhe iutllen too
young to m ake stzeh a.thing pcesible. FinaucialdiR culty
m iglkt be preseut in kis lîtk tllreuglz a diFzculty of llis pa.
rents. If sttcll be tile eam W orry liues w illoften be seeq
rltuuiag from Infuence lineson tlle M ountofV ellus to the
izaad inSaturn line(35g). Ifthe Llfv line bedefactiveat
the baginning,either broad and shallovz cEalned lM anded
splitorbroken an; if tbiseontinue pasfthe perioi covtred
by thq delicauy of childhood use<1y szcn ln this 1ùze,and lf
an ikand be also seen in ihe beginning of the Swturn linej
the prdongu delie3ey ef the subject's healtk vd1lcause
di:iculty in early life, an; vvill last until the Saturn lina
growsbetter(363). Ifthellead linebedefectiveearly in i:s
cottrae,'vdtlzan island attlle begillning of the lizze oi'Saturn
(..
J644,poor mvntality willbe t'
ix impedimentwlliclziscaus.

Nœ x z Nc we wœ wg

1rg t:e c:eek to the eareer of t:e Fubject ln thepacax:

ofil1health tlle Life linearld otllerparts oftlle hatld w il!1àe
weak ix sym patlzy. Tfa short Influctktxiltae ozttlw M orm t
of V vaus encl witlz a star w illx an island In tlle Szle of
Saturh at its begiuning. the death of a parent pd1l cause
Quaucial dipieulty dudng earlg life (365$ llhl iudîvat;lu
hRintensiâed ifsvorry liuqs rua to tàqiduna fpauzthisatar.
 T ht! Llne o'f iaturtï j4.j
lfW orry linesruu from Iuflufm oclineson M ouutolsreuustc
au islnmclat tlze beginning of tlle Saturn line constantan-
noyaueesitltheearly lifeoi'thesubject'briag aboutaclleek
to his eareer (366). Tizis showa quite plainly, for t11e.x
' .F l
IXFOI'Z' ines euttbe Life line and pointto the e'
fi'
eck'
tbey pro.
dttce'
by-the island on tbe saturn Cine. q'itlza11sslandsatt'
he
bc# nniug @ûtkvSaturn linc i eelaau explauauon sonus

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4 hk

#lœ ao < k.x s NCN a:z

where in tbe Aand as to the oquse w hleh ptrolluces tbem ,

'Phere ismo elem eatof c3zalzee in Ahis indication other than
heqltlzur btx dity,antl tiku tausfzvau 1àe found if you app!g
diligenoe antl gorxlreasoning. W hen an iuland in tbis loca-
tion L% u :1 go over eeeo'lsae itt the hand and htm t for
tlefecta G o over tûe infuenca iiuus ozk M tm ut oî V euusf.o
dix over whatpart relatives lllay play ; ltmk to tiie M ounts
.

for healt:
lzdef'
eets ofa1jthq tym s,alzd forc' ilalleelinespolnt-
ing from these defods to tlze island. In l' lzis w''
ay the cause
oftrouble c'a.
n be fountl.
Cross.bars cuttiug tbe Saturn line (367)are ohstrudloM
tothecaresrofthesubject. Each onuoftht;barsis:.xpa-
m te obstruction âucl br noting the dept.h of each you ea.
,
n
tell hoAv seHous itia If ouly faint lines vrbieh do notcu,
throug: the Naturn llne but pass over ik they lndicate con-
tinualanuoylng interfereueesapd inlpediulents. lf tkey cut
the linr in çwo thvy are sed oas c:eeks whicN threaten to
de x y the sxccess oftbe subject. Zzhvagewtsçbieh tatb
oftkacginterferentesoccursonn beread fronlthe iklturn :hw
:44 T he LaNvs of Sclentifle H and-k radlng
tlzeir seriousnoss by thedepth ofthe eutting lil:e tlleirtxm x
from otlzerline and zigns and tlzeir outcom e by tile term ina-
tion oftbeSaturn line. Dreaks in the lino(368)are most
= ious. A ttùe tim e tW )rœ zur som e forct ilas lzta u sulâ.
-
cienlly strong to clkeck the career eutirely and if the line
takes a tlevz character starts in a nevz direetioll or does not
start at aD these breaks JudieaLe au eutire cllange in t:e
ccursa ofa subject's life-work IfHle saturn lina be re-
peatedly broken itiudicates a continual tlum ber ofreverseG
aud tizvsubjectw illlzlvealaboriousaxld troubled lifm Eack
break stjilicatee a diflkxretlt m isfortune qn4 is m ore or less
rerious as t> brextk isw ide or is repaireG. T he age ofeaeh
break can be read from tûeSaturn liuu. Iftîe linebubroken
in matly places but is repaired (:469), the stlbject after
vum erous disappoilztmezzts willfight hLs way tveatually to
success. It qill be a continual figlzt lzowv 'er and sue.ila
subjeetTzillrequire great #zillpoTger to carry hinz along.
sVitb breaks ia tke Saturm lilx b0th haads skould al&vpys
be expm l
'ned for fronltùenxy'ou willread whether a11oftbe

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< s!: No.as: No.ârà

i im euts irzthe litm arc a part uf thc taturalph u or are

the reeult of am ttired habits m istakes of calculation i11
12a1th er ot:er causes. Tu a Iarge majodty af ease% the
Satuza lix is m ud lbqttvrin tûe luittllan izlthe righthgutl,
show ing tlla.
t a grea.
t m any of our tlials are broughton lv
ouzxls-es. Ifaliue ofSaturn beuneveu (,370),alternatdx
deepand tllin inclzaractt:r thtzsubjxtwillhavc intcrmittcut
 T he Line of Saturn 545
m riodg ofprosperity,attd one witlzsudza.llne m ustuse con.
tinual watulzfulness in m der that during the jerioda indi.
cateclby the tilinnessoi the line allw hich w as gaiueâ w hile
tbu :ne vzas deep Mzay'not be Josu T h1 line indicabzs an
unr/iablu aud varying state of afairs. If the line of
Satuin be w=1'y-(3yx).it iadicates tbat the subject wil:
follow'a constantly ckangiog ceurse. If in additiou ba ilg

xc .;1 Nc.w z No.r A

pzavy courye,thizline be uneven or defecuve in oLhqr w ayq

the subject wil: have incnaaped dieiculty in bisjonrney
througk lsfe. If a line of Saturn begins deep atthe base,
and runs to thu liuz of'Ivx; and tkvre stœps (37a), the
career of 1be SUY ecl M%11be favorable up to tîihy,whtn
errorsofjudgnlenewillinbHrfere and fromntbatticlehevzill
have a lm rklvr tî= to gvt wloag';lze m astzelr entirely upon
eFort rotcltance aud do the best he can to force lzisw ay.
H is pedod of greatef!t prcduction haspassed. A ftertlze age
atwlûe.tkalizzeofSalurn stops tlzesalbjectwilllzaveto exett
great efort in order to accom plish m uch as it fs clurlng tlle
Iife ofthe llne that lze m ust aelzie,!?e t:e greaterpartof ilis
resttlts.
M acy Saturn lluesn'illbe x eo whiclzhave little flzlc lito
risizlg from them orfalling ln a downward direction (373).
RWiug lhles G lt îtd icate tlze upwartl tendency of the
life,and w il!add Btrengtlkto tlze lineon w izic.
k tlzey are - e..
Durlng whatever portion of':he line tllese brancheeaw ear,
that partqftlw liuew lllbeEtletlwith hopeand ambition antl
wl11be m org succea ful thau atzy otlze.r pezicd. D uziug :1*
546 T he L aqvs of 5cientilic H and-R eading '
tim e w hvn dowmw ard bratlelles are seen the life wm Ix
haoder lnore hlled svith discouragqnaun1 ,and progreaswi2
bz(tië eult The arpearanceofthes: upw ard alrd dow nward
branehea I hwvv fouud te follo< tûe lvealtk ofthe subject
elosely. ïg'hen rpw ard braucîeu are sezu tbe phydcal
powxrs will be foua; gootl. W itlt Gownward brancikes ort
tlze Saturn line and aa island in t:e Llfe liae tlle unfavon
able condition of the Saturn line ix to be accouuted fgr by
delicacy of bealth (a74). lf dovrnward brauches te seen
Avith au %laud in the :lead line or 'Iea/ :ne at tkc sarae
Rge,the di:senlty w ill be brain or beart dssease aceording
towhidtlitltslzowstlzemarking (37,5). lfrheumatie incll-
catiqm s be seun ou Satarn and M iddle M ouut of M ooa ancl
dow nward branchesare on tlle Satttrn liue tlle diï culty w ill
be rbeunzatisua or nlayte gout (37ô). The Life IhMzwi:
geuerally be defective during the sam e pnricd. In every
case the tlifliculty duriug the ped otl intlieatecl by these
dowuwarfl brm wlzeucau be atxqm ntzzd for by tld vcl x e.zzIu
O me other partof the hand. T he dow nw a.rtl branellesare
the warning to lx k.fer troublv Rllïl the task ofthe palm ist

.
l
n Frç NG F& n r:
m u be ba 5nd out wkatw iI1 cause it. Upwari branebes
on the Saturn line beitg favon ble do uot need tM s eare
for duriug favorable tim esm ople gd aloug welleuougb ;it
is the periods of trouble that need to be guarded agafnst.
T here is one m arkin: of the vupwarcl branehes kowesxr
p'hiek is upzûzl. lvitk upw ur; branekes frouz tbe Saturn
zne,1 W r ry lines fronl Afount of Srenu: cu% tbe Life :n4
 T he Line of Saturn r47
and ln turn cwt tkese upl'ard branehes the Jour:e of tks
subject, whkh Ls upwttrtl, will bu eoaataatly interfered
with (377). W 'hila tlwq- iaterferex'es may not be able
to destroy tile ell'
ect of his favorable peaiock tlwy 'will
m aterially ham pe.r ao anuoy hitu In m any lzanda W orrr
linez froaz tkœ sivuut of Aieuuw lines fronl the Afount of
Açoon,and chance lines fron4 al1 parts of tke haud w illbe

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Xy .
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Nc.az7 *œ r ô >o.&n

foundcros<ng andJoinlng them&el%a% lo tbelineofSaturn

(378). Thisispartieularly tbe cago.with nerzous persons
wEo îave xauch linud and rayed kau:s. Each onv oftkrsu
events pensons illnessas or n'batever znay be the inberpl-
tm itàzt'z'Jthe x veral litzes *411ia som e w ay affeettke career
ofthesublect. Someoftbese vd11be p.Bzsitivetletrimext
otllers w'il! strengthen ancl Ititl in tlle advancem erzt of the
suNtxt.
A s a general prom sitlon al1 lines w'lzicll cat the Saturu
line weaken it Cm tlimpecletheprorreesofthesttbjecta.
ttize
ageiudicated by thecht(319). Jktl; a!!lines which mRerge
lnto or ru= alongwlde tbe line strengthen it. TheA ztles
M4H H se froul al1 parts of the bandjand w il: represent dif-
feruut facters which aru a detrim eut and a eheek to the
auljcet's progreas, or vzhich aid hinz. In a1l cnses the
plaoe f= n vehich thepz liues s:zrt will giFe you the clew
lo the iniueuqe. If a chwnte liae frorz a star on Afouctof
Jupibarcubst%eSatlrn llne tEesubjcctwi11 suier asevere
eheek from tte m uch am bgtion. H is endeavor to ktiow dis.
tinguished people w illlead hïnl bo do foollh thlngsx'Nic:
s4; T he Law s ofScientific H and-lkeading

inlure bb prospects(380). If this ehance line runs to an

ialand ip the Saturn line âis anlbikion b; mnove in the froat
zauk w illcause him to 1ye extrw lgant,and ûnancial difE. -
cultiea wi2 result (38z). ifwitlz a bed Mercuriaa hantl,
grilled M otm L twiated iiu er,u d Targfz tllircl pllglatkx of
hlercury a ehanea liae fnxn tïe 5Toul1t of s:ercury cut tbe
Saturn liuk,tlle dislmnesty ofthesubjectw.
111bring lkim to
grid (382). In theseeasesthe typeofyour sulzlectwillal:l
ym lgreatly,atkd the end ofthe Saturn Iinew illgive you the
'
otttcom e of thc cuttingk Ifa lst?eof Saturn be cut by fkline
runni'
ng from an Iufluet:celineon M otm tofV enus acd the
Satftrn lille be brokeu for tlle restof 1ts course an influe'
nce
n4llcausuw seriuus dlsasttr (383). Ifyou correctly judge
t*e Inquence liue fnaln x'hich thi: cuttinr line stad> to ba
the Mdfe or husband alld if fronx it a cbance line run to
M ounteclupitcr tlzearabitions oftile wife orhusbaurllzaN'e
1ed thesubjectto extravaganceswhich heeould notafbr;
atzd ifthe Satura lineb.
atlefectiveforthebalanceofitsc'
our!.
e
huwilluizvqrrecoverfrc,m thurcverszs(38ç). IftlzeSatœra
line be ctttby W orry :ines fronlthe Lifzliuuw hich iudufec.

j/' . t/t,
.
,/
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. <.
X x.
.
y
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< .Ngo N(). a:I xo x a

tlveyil1 health w ill 1:
eabartothem ospeetsofthesubjed
atld iftheSattm lliue 'bzdefxtiveafter4llecut tlle sttbject
willneverbe able togetoNxrit(385). Tlleeom'biuationaof
tïesecutting eha.n- linesareizlfkuiLu ; iu som uhandsseveeral
w1llbeseen eac:lzorzeofw hicllirldicatesa check from adifer-
elztsource. Il1tlleM rlaxseverycuttsng liueisan oiéx'tof
gped alinqpsry. M auy cllalzce ll e,s ru.n tuwward the Satum
 T he Lîne of Satnrn jo

tlnebuttlonottxmeh it(386). ln eselitzesarecventsorils

fluenœ s,accordiag to thvirsouzeeu butare abortive attem pts
to influetlce the career and while they existaspossiblem en-
acx sj foc the liues m ay grow uuti
l thty cut fhe Satum llue

4 .
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1-..
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. %h
hh'
'x7..xx h
b '
ihkk ;
No.es: xtx :e4 No.s,:

they arq uotlm tmezlîate tlaugcrs. Sollle d zance liaes m ergq

iuf.o tlze Satuz'
n line (Ji4). 'Piœx linesrepresenteventuor
lniluencesw hieh hsvecom e izlto aud.beeom ea partofthe Iife
ofthe s'ubltct but ws they do zlettllttlm lit:etlzecareeris
notcbecked- If tlze Saturn line be'thin ordefective in aay

X
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N !
ih
. . jh'
k ?'
No.ax xo,ar No.ax

way'
,and tbege induencinp lines aru doep aud strou tbe
willadd tothe praspeHty ofthe Bubject and assik to over.
cotle his dil culte If in the beginninJ,a Saturn llne be
cûained orotherwise defed ive and achauce liue m ergas into
it afterwhiea itbecom e.
qdeep,t%eitd uence widclzikmscome
laba$bv life hœs iaaproved tke subject's condition. lf thi:
s,
p T he Laws of Scientific H and-R eading
chance line eom es from t'
he M otm tof M oon itwill'
be Exxrne'
eutsideiufluellce(388) ifbitcem esfrom M otlntofVenusitwill
be the infuunce ofclose reiatives(389). Xktvihatever point
thele chauce line: naerge lnto tbe Saturn line the good cfeet
ofdae iniucace will be exvrled att:e age iudicwld,and the
sub- quenkcondëion ofthe Saturn line willshow hon'm ueh
M rength the illsuenoe has given. If a Saturn :iae defo>

t'
h k-x. ' l
z,)f
.
j
Ro. - 110.GO < gM

tive atthe skartlllasa chanc: line m ergiug lnto it arld lflhe

Sattln: Iltle beeom es ouly thitt aftetwazds or pzfë gW .ft'îo
ëf/r/î'wc,tNeic;cœnce 5.: uotbequ very benefcial. Ift*e
saturn ljnebeoom o deep.tbe benehthas been great, O ther
chauce liaes whiely do rot touch the Saturn liue but ruu
alongsidu ofit (590) arc liue: exerting a strong iniuence
on thesubjeet's capeer forby helpiug n41: supporting they
actaa siste.r Enerv By tlle place from wlziclztlzesz lilll)s atart
yotteanjttdgewha.ttiley are and.bythe esectthey have on
tlle Sttturu line you t'att t'
ell how m uc'
izgooctthey do. lf a
Satuzlzlil:e bc brokcn and a d zailce liue frm n tlw H fia:lllne
rtm alongside o? lt t%e subiatlt's gaotljudgmentwillcome
.

to hïsrdiefand M'5!!carry hinaoverh@sdisictuty (39z). Iu

al1casesvzheru dqfects in tbe lineare seen leok srstfortheir
eause a'
lltlthen to t'
he repairictlications. If a.def'
ecth'e sat-
uru line have a elzatlee liue from a .
s1n00t11 aud gocd U pper
M arsrtm ning by its side tlx resistance of tbu M ount w ill
notpennît discouragements to overtkrow t' l:e subject aacl
tlzis determ iuatloa wîllsaN'
'ehizu frouktrouble(:w$ .
ln m ost Izantlqzt'
izva'
v arm two place: whez'
e'tlw saturn llng
 '
Tlw l-lne of gaturn $sl
,

sllows the greate8t rum ber of defeetm T lze frst C: at tlze

su'tztof the line w hicllpericd coveestafa îsbrx giztiuto tize
chilcl's life by llis parents an4 w hiclz ahow the m auner itk
whiclzlze is sllrtttlin Jilk. If tize Saturn line at this periotl
be deep aud stzongr ia w iLl ilave little diificulty in getting
starte:'
tin life. It ix a noticeable fact thatthcee subjeets
w ho have the best kind of a slart ofketl .
fall inta trouble
Iater on.teelluse,never having exm rieneuxlit'tlw? 40 not
kzlow ilow tckactutd er adversity atld how to take Its con.
sequuntka. rti kuoeka. T here sœ m s to be a given mm otm t
ofexperiellce nscessary to each individttal alld ifhe does no:
receilre this atone tim e he does at anotber T hose hands
oî1vvhîcll tlze Sattlrliltlze is defectivv at d1e start generally
improve.forthesubjeetbaving aclversity wlxn youug early
learus to avoid thv dangeru thyt besekhinx and bzcopàcs ablu
to do g;r hinasrlf. 'Pùe aecond yariod which isso oftuu âllad
w ith disiculties iq frotl Khirty to forty.Eve in zaost hands
filling thepeê'ied orspâce M tween 1he H ea: and H eartlines
T lfs is tke eritklaltim e io m ost business careers attd is tbe

l l

1
l
No.m hko.e9: No.e:f

form ûtive ftnand alpetiM ittlife. In m ustllanrls befox tllis

agetlae,ublM lzasbeeu cared forallllg'
nided by ?arfzzztsQr
nfauvqs A sthu dm û appslaehes w hen thusz alds aTe =0
longer so closely depeM r.u upoa,the sabjeetbegins to be
ruitlecl by-his ow= ideas. If tue.se be good,he gets along
a11Tigbt butifhelelievesthattllfzexperience ofothers w ill
ttot appl'y to M m , lle w ill hava uisappeiutmeutch and wm
5* '
5$z T he Laws ofSclentillc H and-R eadlng
.

have :& $6pay forhisexpeHeuce.'' T>udnr t:e pedod ofl:e

indicated bg thv space betwcen thu lfead aud H eartliuew
x m etim % beginning earlier than eiis the greateatnuuzbcr
of defecus are generally seen in the 8atltrn line. Bets'een
cbGdhood and the age of tw elzty.fvt nlo. Satura lines are
dtep. Itis m estinte-resting to note the uum bt:r oflm rds in
vphich theline is defecti&'e at tkirty toforty.Eve(3p3). It

No.a >xx a < t ar7

uitetkbqlxm zesgooâ afterwarda and often no lineisseen after

fortp Eve. A I1oft' lle defect.
q see.
rl(iuiing tltirty to fortn flve
yearsare disastrous iu pzoportion as they are destruclive to
t'
ile liue ofSRturn aatlm ustbe so estim ated. O ften tize line
getsth1 as itapproackesthe Tlead bne and often Siebm a%
and defects cn.n- inso a dztp stroug Iine. 57k1u the vntipz
space betwe= tbe Lleaâ and ïlea/ lines is flleâ Tzith an
island there w 51lbe eontinuous;naneialdiEàculty dtlrëng a11
oft'heseyeazs(3g4). Ifduring thism riod tlaclitw 1xtw'avy,
tlze career at this timu will be variable (,595). If in thi.
s
portlon ofthe llne a break sllould be repalzeclby a square,
onesideofwhicllcnntiuuts the subjtct7d11havua serious
revezse attke age indicatetlkbutw ill be able to get tllgougll
11(3qO . Ift:eikt'urn linesbetween H eatlaud.H eartlinebe
covere;with erosses thesubjeetwlllllavercveatgtlrvwerses
wlziciz'
lze%411witlzataud ifthe linecontinuesaftertidspzriod
butwhicN M:1lovepcouze hin; ifitdoesnot (3:7). Ifthis
yorsioa oftîeSaturn2nebe=utwith cr/as-bazs tbesubjoct
.i1lDaeetvzith obq-rlestoblscareer(3p8). Iftbulbaecu1
* lrhe Lkne of Saturn 55g

tkrough these bars and Rvers shtm tàq aubject willover.

com etllc (liFm ulties ; buLif tlzese barscutthe Saturn liue he
willllave greatdiK cnlty in doing so. If this Ixttiotloftlte
Saturlzline l>e ctltby chanee Iines frem thc H eatl line the

NCK :98 NRK 3:9 KQ.49:

dix ulties v411 adse fpaux errora of judgment (399). tf

the Saturn llue dudng tbig period be cut by chance lines
Crocltâeàleal 2nq thesubjeetperluitshisasteLiousto gtt
tEe betier of hinl and sen;nxent in businuss 1 disastrous
(4:x$. Ift:leU felin.
ebedefective and ehanoelinesfrom it

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h).,L ''
$.
y

cuttke Satum line at the perstxl bqtwœ n thirty and fony.

Evtt i11ltealtithas obstructed the eareer dnring the Euand al
form ative reriod (4oz). If an Ittlluence llne on M otm t of
V enusends il.
la.star,and a htozn rline from itcuts t'
i:e Sat.
uru line between the Hnes of H ead and Lifu,the dqatllof a.
rdpuv'e willœbstruckt'
ia qu teratR is'I>edml(40.
. 8 . Tfttsia
554. T he lmws of Scientific H and-lkead'ing

W txrry Iine ctlts a 'riéng line ftom t%e Life line.t:edeath of

a rdative wittbring ou a elzeck to the upwazd caz' eerof the
subject(403). Itmustbeuueleratootttkatdcfectsinauypazt
ofthe zne m ttst be I'ea!
:I atthe age they oocur. A 11iine.s do
not sbow a11 of tlleir ddects in childllood orthe form ative
period. 1emplzasize tilese tw o periodsbzcaux l.im l'are m ost
frequetltly found tlefed ive buïtlteindicationsgiven fortboge
parts oftlze liz:e apply to any defeetive periotl allcl a11 sup .
ports or ztrengtilening infuenees actequally wellupon any
porkion ofthe line,
Ithas been custom ao'to rea.r l auy linfarisillg at the base
ofthe hand and running to tit: various M ottuls a.s a Sqturn
line '
with succe-ss com ing from the attributes of the M ount
on w llic'
lzittearninutvs Tlw sitlzru liuv earulottrnr.
to1lalzy
M m m tbutSaturn w i:llthe one exceptiolltilatitm ay ruzlto
Jtzpiter. ïftheSatumlline runs through itsusualeourseia
the oeuce ofthvhaud and vndsou thv slountofJupiter the
succussofthe subjuctM41!be tbn resultofgreat auzbition
(4c/). IftheSaturn linebedeepnnd risesfrom in:de the
L!% line ending on the s!ount of Jupiter the inEueuce of

j/ N

so..*4 xo 4cs xo.4e7

'relatives antl great am hition uuite to m ake the eareer oftlle

subjectaGut'cess(405). ICthe Saturn Zat rixsitisidethe
L'îft: lh e ruus deep for a w llile and tben becom es defec-
tiq'e,tlze assistance ûf relativ'es and am bition he:p for aw hile
butdo notbringultimatesuceew (4* ). AttheIxdntwlax
tht ill succesu bcgias look for a cauue. TH s xnay be ill
lze tll 1x 5 ofm vnyalpower,uuhappy etw ironm ent orK rkle
 T he Line or Saturn :5/
tl:e M ount ofSaturn bnt endsrsom ewhere below it- Indicat-
iug as it does the periods af prtxltw tive capacity it is not
strauge tka.titshould lxtilbufzntirleld age,forattllistîlxedis.
ease or dellaaey genem lly m akes tlle eareer negath-e T lze
preselzce of a M outtt w ithout a liae shm vs at least tlzat no
forcesan wprking'asrqînsttizesubjœt and iftheliuebego:gl
in jts early counpe it shovzs that l producuve life ia buhînd

'
'
Q ,z. N

tk
Nts 413 Nf).41ç N0.416

Mm attd itwillbefotmd tlzat heiaenloylng'h old agetlae

result or bis early labors. Q)n sohle A1ounis a deep line is
geva,and thls îs a strong inJigation ofTzell.to-do o1d age.
ln any event the point at which tàe liue ceases be it in
youth or o1d age,yernliuates our w ork with it exzeptthat
we ca.
a elky tu thfx;e w lw se line hmsstoppeclanrlno otherhas
taketz#ts placeuthattlle futttre iaaa thuy m ake it. Ifa dfzep
Iisze rtulsouly fo
'rtwenty years the sttbjed caelbepromi* d
a productivepuriod only during tlzattim e;tlze ptzritd afterît
is as ke m akes it by efibrt. Jf tke Iine rltna deep forpartof
tbe vs'ay autl terminates in a was'y litle (416) tbe career
durlng tlle latter years will be unœ rtz u = fl tizfzre willlx
vzorles in old age.
So tùeae dqfuc4ive haxaîuatious 111 the Afouut nzay not
xlean peve/y er mloney losses in old agq but they ully
vzeau fuatcial eheeks to the cateer frool dlqaldlolntnlentsin
chlldren or Z m ilar troablvs. I DaeuE on this ih orGer to
warn againet a adh g defed ive term inadons as nœ ea xrlly
r4eauing povel h'w'heu t%e saturn line baa previously bevq
,58 The Lak'sofscientificH and-Rcadlng
deep for its eutire eouzx Bre4ks ijl the line bars ulzttlng
it crosses ordotsfollowing a.M therto dezp liue w illindioate
tn'nls and crosses in o1d age. Ifthe Saturn :ne breaks on
tln M ouut,wnd.tlw Life,H eatl,aud I'I= tliue.ste defedis'e

k /
..
g

110.4.
1R 11o. 41r < 41R

at the sauae agc,ill Eealth ia c14 age vvlll render the 1as,
daysonesoflrottble (417). If the iiatttrn line end in al1ic,-
latltt auftdownw arcl branchesbe seen ou t:e Life liue uitlz
a long tassd âuaucialdiz mzlties due to illheatth w il:cloud
theIastdaysoftbesubjeet(418.
). Ifthe line becoaseclby

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.

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.
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bar.sw/ch catCton tlze Mouut thesubjectwlllsufrerlo- s

and trhlsin old ageG r9). Ifthe bal's1:e faîutatd t!o not
cut the lilze tlley-are troubles aud wonies. If tlze ll= has
mw geson tlze M otm t greattrlalsand m lsforttm eswillhararxq
the latteryearfrolithesubject(420). AlIof tiese tvrmina.
tions applyto tlze lineon tlze M outa ofSaturn and lza.
v'
e tlleir
 nrhe L ine of saturn ' s59
vatiousludieations î1zolclage. Ifthe line term lnateln these
slgns atany age eze reading w illl>e tlx sam e exceptlhatlt
applie: to thq:agc indicated on tia lja/ at the tim e at wlzicltit
x curs. If the line lx dtukutive cludng'its cntire course and
terzniuates iu aay G these sigtls tlx iudicaux w ill lx worx
thaa w'hen these naaekiugs ternliusbz a deep line for in fhc
fiz'stiugtance thesubleet w illnot lzuvea prospecouslifelxt-
ltirlr.
'
lhil.a durillg whieh ltem iyllthave providfd for o14 ag' e.
N o.4zt n411g've v' arinlus exatnples ofsttch defe tive tîaes.
%''e laa'v'e liow follow erl tlle Sattlrl:lille frtvlu babyhecd to
extrem e olc'lage and have seea how'st reeords success a14d
failure as wellax theetkuge!kw hieh llaveprodtlee:lthem Jt
is poor eonqolation for one to look bat!k tlpon a life of m eagre
fruitage antl say 1$If I had.o:11y- krtovvll khe pnxluetix. 'e
N riods the ezld '
m ight have been diFerent.'' This oft.
repeated exclam ation is sadly trtte for in only few lives a.re
prodœcuve ytdods taken advantage ofin thuir fullcst rxqas-
upe. If by a careful Rpplicath;n of thc rultN 1ai4 dokvu in
tbis cbapter y'ou a7e enabled to htlp struwgliug hulaauity îo
naake use of the barvcst purtion vf Uleir lives and thus
provul
' (zfor tlle days w htzzvital forees wane alld lah)r calk
nu longur bc done y'r
au w ill lzave w asted 11o tim e '
wqliclz lzas
been spezlt1.11a study ofthe lîce ofsaturn.
,6z T he l-aws olSclentlflc H and-keadlng
bettvr uam u ln a tlvur lxen glvun tbis liue thatktbt L she tf
Cap biltb . 'Pikig uante expresses in a nutsbell tile 'Wea
whiell should be applieclto tlze line. Itindicates a t'abz-
Iiyb'
f.vorbuslle '
ly'ofaccemplialzing a.greatdqal & v.Fe14 iu
w bie'
h thecapabizty w illbestoperateto l>e allown bjrCizirop-
llonurj illdieating t'
he forceg krlzintl wllich will direet the
abGity îuto n zïe calliug w bicï pzoduces zqsults. at goo;
line of ztpolio is ulldoubtedly 2n indicadon af the posse-
sioa of the eharaeteriqies of the .ipoionian vzho nxakes
frienis uzoncy Rn4 rcputution uzore ewsily tbwn auy ouler
type. M ntin reading the qualities of the line ba sure flzt
yow haveplaced1*esubjeetiu hisproperw'orl; aAerwhieh
you can suceussfu;y apply the brilliancy indicated by lhe
line to the af airs ofthat w orld. srott w'ill not fnd a great
nunlber of sea/y fne Jkpollo lines though you will see e
gooltm uuy ofzpnuzvalue; but by far fhe grea eat num ber of
hands exam ined w illhave no A ptm o :ine at a1l.
The presenoe ofa fkue îiue ol'A pollo i: a!z inxlieatio!lt'
hat
thc subject has been endoweâ with excuptional lalents
for getting on ln the w orlti and if other partz oft'
he '
hazld
Ir'e goot 11e nlost suaxly wil! do stx The liae ef A pollo
m ustbzestim ated centinually lz1tile lightof tl'
te Chirogno-
m ic development nf t'
he subject. A fâne line of Apollo is
ruitzec'lby a Cabby hand a weak tlm m b a poor H ead Zne
poor>:ouuksgfAlaru Jnpiter sîurcrry an; VenuG or other
deEd eneias w hich onay be seeu in the hand. Tn n:sking a
fnalesKlnRte of &ht Nvorth ol auy lilxs ultse factorsuaust
allbu takzu into accottnl
'Phe absunce ofa line osA pollo tloex not uecessarl
ly indi.
catetlzata sablvclwillbuuasuccesstkl for IgsJlxtheeax of
an abaent litle ofSatum the t' Iualities thatm ake 'Tself-tnpde
m en ''m a.F exerttltemselutu, aud produee even greater re.
uults tlza.
n com e from tbe brilliaut talentswhiciza fnq lizzeof
Apollo indicates. In m y exam inatioa of llauds dtlting tile
stttdy oftlzisline IGud tllatin mostcasestllemtkieetshav.
izzg A pollo linesrely too m tlch '
apon tbeir t'
alen!a anil
rzotenough on the ludttstry and perxesreranee tha.
tshonld be
expended in dtvelopîng them . For tlzisz' eason 1- talented
 T he Line of A pollo 563
plodders ofhnx produce greater results ln life than tlagr far
nlore tale?bed brethren. Jf only the taleats of a 5ae linq
of.tpozu wre eoupled wit: rnewy alczout ununaited surcelx
isporzible. Itis abx lutel!.rincorrectto aay t'hattheabx'' nce
ofa liue ofA pollo intlieates i1I succ'
ess irz life btltit z.
'
t
q true
tbatttc pr6seyta'oi'tElislila m akes suqxxss eaaier It m usl
be vulderstood then tbatin the treatnlentof this line vzhen

N
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/
No.4aa Nck 4:+

w e tlr.e tbe word su'

cevs.
n it applius to efbrtia f& ar
pr/ë z'
r
wâiclö/& suQkd fazlzuv Rememberthattheproperworltlto
w laidztùe llne Inustbe applied iadeterm itzcd by exam iztatitm
oftlle tk= w orlds oftlze hand as a wholqt 1ullauslzon'a by
the tlnree pbalanges of G e sngers.
T he line of A polb 5s like tlle SaturtllitLe in llm t it does
notgive auy lzdaltlzindicatiorus. 'rhqefrectofi1lhfzaltlzm ay
beseen asnfttctœ,bvtlleliue butthelineitself wlllnotglve
these iudieatious.
T he lenKrtikof tize line deturm irles thv t'xtv'ntof its iafla-
enee ; the longerthe liee the m ore ltwillsway the subject
aad the sûorter the less ilupM allt is lt found to be. Sk
liue of Jkpollo reacbing froaz tbe w'r1sttœ tLv zfouLt indl-
catrs the possesdon of gpeat O ent, so gnxzt tbat it will
eoautRuv ba 4evxlop duriug the life of the subjectkaud he
*:11 achieve nlueb (4c:). If tbe liue begîns1ow aaê runs
only a short distance, the subject has taluntw but tbey
*:71 not be productive afgreat reeLuts (4a4). Ifthe line
Tlsea bigher anâ coveru t:e bvax between the llead and
àlearflines thesfecialbHlliaucr oftbesubjectuQllopœrabe
564. T he Laws of Scientific IIand-R eading
during tlze fœ znative pedotl of life ankl wJ11 be of assix.
ance in aiding kinz to pass tûis criticalpuriod n'ith greater
ease (42J). If the line run6 on to the 5:ount the sub-
jv't't< ll be wdletdowectwith Apollotlialzclzaractvdstic:
and in whicbuver vvorld he nzavcs will be brilliautand acs
quire reputation (426/ Frequenfy the ldnes ofSwttlrc an4
zkpollo arv iuterdependelt aud ia lnaxly cases eue Mi1l be
x rong at a dm e w Een tbe other is weak In sueh an in-
stanee they operate upon eacN other as sister lines and one
repairs tlm damage to the otller (4v7). Tllt prttsqtlzceofp.
good line ofA pollo w ith t'
ile Szturn line absëndw illctjm pen.
sate fortlze lossoft'
lzatline. lftlle line ofA ptm o beprlraent
tkeu disappears aud aûerwarA beginuagaiu tke talents of
the subjeet (luriug the perioclcovered by the hreak in tlle
liseazesimplylatent(428). Thcperiodo:lizecovervdbytlais
break œ n be read accordiug to the x ale laid dow'
n in Chap.
ter IV Tllere o ay be a speeinleauge w hy the litlevanishes
for a tin;e as iz healtlz nzay rtnder iuoytrauvu evua tke
mlost brilliant talentm XY ith suclt a break look for derecte
in the other lines aud hfounts w hsch ulay aexount for it

df
RCK 41: NO. 4:: NO.47:

If during this perb d the Life line be in any way defecth'e

dalieate healuzisagailwtthe operation ofîlle subject's tul-
en1 (4a9). lf at the agt indicated by this space in the
Jkrono linq the 'Iead line be defective the nlentalpow er of
zke subjoctis weakened and ûe cauaotZvc thc attentioa
n to raakz his afirssuccesful(4g0). Sinlilardes
fecty A en ia otberportimls of tlze haud wlxtlzerconmv tell
 T he Llne of A m llo 565
by chanee linesto tûe spaoe 1 the A pollo liue or not sbow
sonxetklng vihich has for the tiozv being irayxded tbe career
of tke au%ect,by suspending tha operalien ofhisstrongest
talentl
T o be regarded a9 a true line of A pollo, the lina rlust
beghl nlore oriesslow in t*e hand directly under the llouat
aud fiuger of A pollo. A line eom iug from tlle Lift line and

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f f/. h 'x
-.

l 1 (
No. 42: txo.#2: 40k Ace

enrllng oa t'
ize M ouut of A pollo while it w ill largely have
the efect of the alpoilo linu is sull not proptrly speakiug.
tlmtIine butisachatlceline skowi'
ng qttccesuoftllusubject
arisiug frorztthe aam e setofqualitieswbbk m akesthe A pollo
lineiudicate forttm atv œ nâitious(45z). To avoîrl possible
co'
rlfusiorl itis tke:tto Em ik the A pollo line to a line w helly
uncler tlze M '
ouut aull if neeessity arises to read sttclla line
asis iudicated in N o.4nz,zxzclitas a ehauce lizle ftxtal tlle
Life Tine to the M om 4t of A pcllo anclnotazt'ile A pollo ii'
ne
U R everytkiug for w hat it rectny is and do not get izzto tlze
habiLof calling a11 son s of clm nee lineq A pollo lices. In
like m anner read a.line rixing from the Sa.
turl'tlitle Im ctend.
lng on the sfountofJkIello as a branch of t:e Saturu liut
adding grepuy to thv beccess or the cr ev .nather than
eallittheApolloHne (4:!a). W bgzztht llue ofApollorises
from t:etopoftheMbuntofM oonneartizepercussion(433),
itîtd icm t:sim agin4titm azltltlte power oflauguage; to a.line
so riaing w e should if tlze m cutal w erlfl le strongest,say
that the subjeet uill acbieve succesz as aa autbor. lf
G e ups be cmzic and fugers sm ootll.he B.
5l1 love poetzy.
st-ô T he Laws ofScientific H and-lteading-
14 N% fngqrs be kuoetr or aquare, he M411 vrritv histery,
eplc poem s, historical novels or Tzorks of that nature If
the M ount of M ars iye largejke w ill w rite of battleu azscl
heroes. If V enus 1M iarge he w illm ole
.e tEe heae aatibriug
tears to the eye go near to nature and hanlan sylnpatby
w illbe his productions. If Saturrt be M glt 11e w ili w rite
otkchemistry physicsy or scientise subjecq:s 1znd.often on
history. TllissubjeetwillalBobeltgreatwriterofuneanug
stozits. B uslug your tstim att v pt)u Cbirognom y you.catz
tlzuslotx te tlw s'
Iwt'ial tlircvtitm in '
w hicb thtdliutzwil!bring
succeu . lfa.line ofA pollo rises from a gooi U pperM euut
ofM ars tlle subject will by the display ofcalm nesa resig-
nadon resistanee and the fack thaf he doez not allow him -
selfto beconle diseouraged achieve success and reputation ;
tlle worlcl in wlzich he w ill operate to be locatecl Clzirog-
nomical:y (4:44).
In itscourse tlzm tlglztlle hancltlle lirzeofA ptglo m ustrun
towar; tilt M ount ofztpollo for it is tlze eifect of th2 quk i-
des of tM s ty'pu which give to t' he line its m eaning and its
uam e. T lm re isa coustantdangar of reading clzance linœ

* .*51 No.#:
t; . ND.#Y
wsthe A pollo liue Rnd to avoid doil'
lg tlziat'
ile rule m ustbe
Extd that while in its course tûrougiztlze hand tlle A pollo
Iiae m ay âlk âtly deflectjm ay stop at any poillt throw out
branches or be m ek strengtlzened or erossed by chance lttleâ
thegeneraldim ction oftheline itselfm ustlyefrom the M otlnt
ofM x n to tlle M bttntafA pollo. A ny liae w hicllcatlnotpce..
libly bethusspedGeally elassed asthe liae ofA pollo,m ustl)e
 lrhe L ine of Jkpollo s6?
x u as ane he llne. Y hisw ill kncreux aoeuracy; forqnly
thus cau a lllze hlve itspruper m eaniug anfltize erroneous
readings n'hich are congtantl)'gilen to supposed Jkpollo Enes
w i2 be lvoided. Afept nlistakesTvith tlze line conze faxn aa
enthasiasxl due to tûe faet tbat 1be inGuence ofan Jkpollo
line is knoq'n bu b: so beneEd < that praeddonerq are
tetupled to os'erestinlate the suecess of uleir clitlltl 171::

J ) A t

Nœ o ç Ma 4M

ss esptekally true beeause praise ia what gïves greabest satY

facuon and lsvzhat clieuls are nlost.anxious to hear. Itic
pomier and nlore proftable for tbe palnlixt for itis r= r k.
able hovr clients agnae with tbe pepGer Tzhen told of bril.
liaacy w onderful perceptiou littut tulcal egz aud eaeh
one w x say he has llways thoughtthis w as Kke cu ; but
Tveg utver quibz suru of ir before Palnal w v'ho hasx a
pleasant story to lel! gut the naast clients aud tlûw beîug
knonulto professiontls leads to a sysbenl of iattery totzly
otltefproportion totlzesublx t. M ostofthisisreferred to
suppo. x d linec orA pollo for corroboratiorz. Our eforthere
is to rertcll the factsolllyytllatm'e m ay dezlwitl
ltllelinejust
as ltdex rve. s anâin order to dcltls!swe m ustlitnitourselves
to tlle consideratioriof the ztxe.s whose cxm rse betwaeu 1he
M ounts oftla M oon alzd Apollo ntark them ttnmisiakabb'
as A pcllu lines.
T he characterol'tlle A pollo liue indicatestbelntensity ftttc:
N wer of tlze qcalitîes it representa. 'rhe beat line is tllat
whicizIsdeep and.wellcut(4.
35). 'Pllisgivesitlthe hiwhest
(iegreethe bezresdal qualitiesof the Iine,indilzatts suclxm
 568 T he Laws of Sdentlnc rland-R eading

anû repukauou and givxs to l subjed cu>dve polxr ::

wu tever world he oyeratgs. 'fe is not one who is aaerely
;o32i ofco:or painting and art bul àastbe cruauve power
vzhiuk vvillenable iduzto prodttce w'ork of nlerit. Itdistilz.
glzisbus the real artfst fruza the lovxr of or dabbleria art
and w hen the firstphalangra ofthe Engen ,esm cially ifthat
ofA pollo be lougtst.ancl a long deep A m llo line cuts the
'
izaud,yuar diuut i. 'l kuztitlrd to bt toltt t'
iat in tllc artistic
world he m ay at'lkieq'efam e. qFitllproyercom binationathis
line ls alao st'.
e.tlin 11ke hands of celebratecl literary m en a. 1.
10.
wom en. Ifthe second phalanx oftlze fitlgf;r bttlcm gest witlz
t'he Erstx'ell desxloped he will still b: the artist,btltw o
also lzave tlle abillty to zuaktzm sm ey from 14ls tztlet4ts T his
subject is succeasfu: ln the busincss wxvld aud evea his
m onep m akil:g is clone in aa Rrtîstie way. In using tlle
word ''an ist '' do not unflcm tautl thttt it m eans olzly a
painterofpictures 1tnlajenlean a pout an actor a sinKer
or refer to auy otber of the artiatic eallings. O n all
sides of his e'
llaracter, t>'.' h Pollonian loves beauty, nma

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w hatever i: pltaiing to the em or sezlx . If tlzv thlzd

phalanx bu Iongesq especlally if itbe thick and a deap lirle
ofApolloisseen lhestlbleetîsuotan artist forhewilllike
cDpxnos better thau the old m wsw o iex >iR love high
coloza,flashy dressing and will seek to display ids taste on
alloecqtliorl: m uc'
.
llto titeam usezllentofpeopleoftrtzeartlstie
feellnz'
s,wkoseu iety beoA cts. Sueltsubjectaarealways
 T he Llne or A pollo 569
m tm ep m akerrh These t'hree lllustm tElm : shtm 'the m et'ke
ofapplyiug a deep line to tlze tlzrce w erlda cf tlze Enger,by
giling an inlr:ae inhvpretation Ka the line âased upon the
qrrnllty ofthe subject. A thiu llueofApollo (436)willtle.
cruase tlw intftnslky oi'the reading. 'Pize sttbject w,ill not
have tlle greatcreative power of the deep ljrte
.
Ifan artist
lzew iltbe m ore guide; by tile esects producellby otlar ar.

No.<w No.e @

Hstq and qvhether 1he n&ental buqiuegs or DuaterialTrorlds

rule :llew illachieme lesscelebrity a'
nt'
lm ake ler.q m one'y. H
q.linfzbv broatlantls'
imllow (4.:$7)itwillsltow thatlittle of
t'il:Apollonian power is lefk. Tize subjectwilllike pretty
t'
bings,w illbefozd ofartistG w illafsecta liLtle bolte nianism
but will avoitl attem plilzg any procluetious llim se.'
lf If the
haud be coarse irlit: developm ent the taste willbe forshon' y
t'
hingsjatlcllittle refinem entw illbe iejtlieated. lf 1he hand
Ix refned tlzesubjectwilldressl.
tztqxe willhaveRueyefor
lzannon:riu cxgorings,his hom e willbe tasttfully furnislxtl
and lle m a'
y do a little dabbllng ln w ritsng or painting.
From this clao com v thc arnzy of literary atd artcopyists
A cizained liueofApollo (43B)williudicate a. n utter lack of
artistictaletlt although the subject m ay be impreMed with
his own know lvilge on m atters of art w ost of w hich is in-
correct. Tbesesubjectsdo notrualizethqirsltallmvufxssautl
m ost of their erort is expended itl talk. I!1 dealing with
111ese lizles,apply eaclzolze to the subjeet accxxrdiug tothe
w orlâ in wlziclllze m oves aad give its defecttvc opem tion to
sl'o T lw Laws olSclentlfic H and-R eadkng
tbe aFairs ofG at w orld. Color in the llne ofA pollo Is no#
an imptrtantconsideration for this Dne Cloes not bear tt:lot
thehulllt.lzoj'tlle subjeeu To a pitlk colored liuv givfza bet-
ter estim ate of atrcngtll than one w M t':h isw bite or yellow.
T his5s as far as color w'illl7e considere; as Ilfrecltillg tlle lilw
ofA pollo.
Defed sin the liae whieh fonn special eigns,or which de-
str'
oy itscontiutzity will im pede Jts bu'st operRlien. If th.
e
linebealtzznatirzg deep aullthilz(..
k39)tizesubjectwillizav'
a
(treries of succereas Ittll
'
.
i failttreq but there w ill be no even
steadyoperatiout;Izstrtmglitx Tlzta sublectsmakcsqmw
e'or? Tzhlch Sring nloney and repatation and theu relap/e
ïnto a utate o: iuacEon which is peHpdically repsaced by
otàerserie:ofeFortsfollovixd by stagnatiou. Such subbectg
are brîlliantitspttrters ''bttteannot be relieclupon for con-
tinuousaetîon aud acbievem ent. lftidslin. z bestroug w hea
itterm inateBon the M ouut itis a m uch m ore favorable in-
dicRtion ofEnalsucœ ss antlreputatlon as the lastperioclof
tûe Efe 4vi11be oue of itsbetter vFork:. Ifthe line be vzavy
(440) It indieates that Sze subject vrzl have a vazinating

< 4* NCK 44f

cqreer. H e w ill be d ever and able to do m uch gn ids pa>

ticular 470r1d of efsnrt btlt Niillbe erratic uustable :1l1re1i-
ablc aud bohem iqn. T heslz pzoplu are vcrsatlle blztgo ol
at m G ngeot, and w aqte tlleir brilliancy and talent.s #u
1'chasing bukterflies'' iustead of pttshing forwarcl ste ily
ilzone dirc uon. 'flze x teotx of saclz a line is uncertaia
 T he L ;ne of Jt
.pollo 57,

The subject may do salnething wonderrul or vny pa%

everytlzing by and accom plislknotlzinp lftbisline becom es
strongontkeM otmtofApono,thesubject5$411Enally roîtucl
up witlz fom e ilzsœtue dlrecuon ICm ily bv thwtile becozx a
a graat w anderer very erratic or a crark but he w'ill earn
rerlxtatlon for son,ething. Tf tkis lille slzould e1&d in a star
(44.:) tûe life wi'
ll eud brilliimtly, tke subject will lzave

Kœ +* wo.*w

aehleved w lde reputation and an lnk eady though talented

gttbjectwill have his work Snally rronmed with success.
Llke directioa from R'ûicï tkis sucoesu vd1l coazt ulux be
esdntlted Cbirognonlically. If islands be seen in the Ene
(44a) they willprove serious obstructions. IMands appear-
iag in a deep line M'ill shovz that lhc rtalizati/n of 1vea1th
and fan,en'illbeilnpeded and thasubject stands iu danger
ora positive lossofreputation alzd of m onep In w hatever
n'orld tke aabject movesj hu vdll wttempt Sziugu whiclz
prom ise reward,btltthefailtzre ofwhiclx willbring him lœ s.
H the A pollo finger be as long or lotlge.r than Saturn the
subjectcdllbea ttPlungcz,''ilewilldsvvletla xxk Izzarket
with hls darlng and w illtake desN rate chaaeesto wln lf
hisHkaclaaflL îft Iinesbew idely separated t'hisplttnging dis-
positioc w111baincreased by hisextrem ex lfcoaûdcuce But
with t'
lle lslantlln the A po:lo line he î!lin nonstantdangerofa
loss of m oney,alzd of lais reputation as 5R 11. lf t' he thircl
pkzlanx of the A pollo Eng'er be loug and tllick witlz the
pbove conzbiuatiol this guhject MNl1be t5e conznzon gunl.
5)z T he Law s of Sd entlfic H and-lteadlng
bler. If tlze M ereury fnger be crooked ancl tw isted the
lfeart line thin ar lbsint aud tht hwnd otkerNvige bad
he wGl be t;e Ca:J sbwrper ani trickster Tzho resorl to
cheating,aad ua> tbe brilliancy aforded by the A polio line
to further tbe baa t unds. Such a liue in auy haud no
rnatter how gxe sb ould be a conskant w arning to the sub-
jecl. Barscutting theIineofJkpo::o (443) 4:11show cox-
stant irlpedinlenls to t*e aucces: of the subjzct. Nlrhen
these are seen Grst Ioeate the suY ect's Tzorld of aetion
auQ then apply tbtse inapudiraenls to it. spbese bars rëay
ahse fronl vadous causes a11 of Tzhich nzay ke located by
chance Hnes Alounts InEuence lines or otber indieations
Ift:e/kpouo Cfnvcuts through thvse bars the subject u411
overcam ethe obstad M . Iftike barsctttthe line tlze im peâi.
m etzts w ill serîously aflbct tlle cateer. If tbese 1xq.
r5 are
little âae linus w'iziclzseqzu tm ly to run over tbe ttjp oî thlz
Am llo Iine they are annoying interferenees which keep the
subject coclatantly worried alld b)'diutufbing his melltal
pwwcaimpeâehisprogruss. Do1 on t:u wkpollo liuq (*$ç)

t
k

j j
1

arelnnenaceto tbe Teputatlon of tNe subject. lf tkey be

= all they ouly iudicatc thv Avhispe; ngs of enenaies butif
tbqy be largu aud deep,they indicabnthe actuallossofgood
nanxe. C hance lines an; the usval indications #dll locate
the causes '
Breaks ln the A pollo line (445)indicate setback, to the
ambidon and upwxrd coune ofthe subjed and are ime -
m eaks wkich destroy the usd uluessof tke line = 4 zw der
 T he Llne of A pollo 575
Efty,tbeaubject#zI11fallln nlentalm wea.whfeh gdn ekeck
hl careeranâ put a sbop to his suceess(4sç). Ifarisiug
split franl tbe llea; line runs b; a bar on Eie slouat IB
errorin caleulatioq w6l1cwusa ackock tothusubject'scareer

I . I
Na * 2 Kx e a Nl e 4

fronzwhicN he60es not recover(455). Cdten thisrefersto

inve<m ene nlade early în 1Ve and Tzhich turu out badly.
JkcraAsou theend ofthv liueofzkyollo (456)isaw'orse ob-
struction tkan a bar. lt naeens an absolute blenllab to ule
reputationofthesubject. Italsoîpdlcates poorjudgnlent

so.4r.: Nck 4* Ntx 4sz

= 4 tbesublelztw111make rnwuy mixakes in the cx rseof

his lifeow idellconsequently term inates lzafavchrably. A llchf
theseterm ination6w e are presum ing to llappen on g'oxlllnqs
ofA lmlb . lftlley should xxxtur on m orly m arke;.defetd s''e
Iiues,thd r zu ding m u.qt 1>e intensiEedkand m atle to ag-
m oportionately w itb tlze px rtless în quality of tlze line.
m '
r/6 The Laws of Scientific H and-Reading

A a uareoa tikeend ofalineofApollo (457)Billindica.te

protection from evilaof a11v ts, It1WllexertItsintlttenœ
notonly on the end of the life butduring the whole of it.
sxzis is lwrgvly true of a11 Zgns tkat teraziugte a liuv of
Jkpollo bIt il b parleularly true ofthe square. Ifa square
should surrouud alzy of tlle ttnfavom ble term inations of the
1ine,itYvillto a Iarge degrœ tailigate tùeuz. ztu islau; c:z

so. 4* No.4% NG 4*

theendoftheljlleofApollo(4.53)isamostunfavorab:eln-
dication. N o m atter how good the line m ay l>e this m ark-
ingwillcloufltllelatterdaysoftheuubjeqq fchritwîlliudicate
the lo&qofm orey and reputatltm . A fork on the end of the
liue ofApollo (45p)wi11indicate tllatthe sublectlzastalent
in Inote tllml one dlrcctlon anrltlmtthis dlverslty d talent
w illeansE him to dth1- witlzw hathe has tila'n ifM KefortB
w ere concentratetl. A w ell m azked tzidentottthe end ofthe
liueofAptzlo(460)Isnearly as gooqla.markiug as a star.
It indicatescelubrity and wealth from m entaleli'orls. Iftwo
paraTlelsister line.s are seen on the M ount olle on eaell so e
oftlleApollolilze(46x)tkeygivcthairmldettstreugtlzto an
alrcady fine indicatlon. T lle llne of A pollo is intenm ll'
favorable bh' itself. lm t wllen supported on both sides by
atrongsiszrlîues tkesublecth.illlznx tlzegreatests'ttc-
T beau were nam e:lby older palm ists lines of reputstion. If
tlle Apollollnerm lsto the M ouat aud on tlze M eulltthere are
severalormanyvertkal11nes(46$ ,thesubâectw'
âllhavqsvmr
talent in m any dlreetions and becausa ofthis diversity will
a= plis: Etfe. Iftbe Jtrollo Dne endsin a* 1(463)
 T he L ine of A pollo ,7/

l%esnkjectvdllseatter biavsork:în so many directlonstbat

he vzillaecom pll : lltue. Dpalenthe bas,buttoo dîverifed.
If oa the en4 ef the Jkpollo line, one braaek goes to tke
kîountofSaturn aad una ba tàe sîounkofàfarcury (454)

/l lp' '

NI3.4$1 NO.462 NO. :63

tke subjtckwillhRVe conlbined wio a (satutn) brilliaucy

(Apollo) and allrewdneM (M ercttry),andwith thiscombina-
den he TVi1lreap Mœxûth and renown. Branchesorfaelines
n:z'vzrfranztbe lincof2tpollo (465) 1d11inerease tbe good
efect of tHe line and wu seen en a good line w'ill nzake

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j
*a.* : < Ke na.e :

the succ- of the sublect more certain. His life xeml

'buoyantenough to rise overobstadesthatmay Fetin its
w ay,atd tlm s he âoats over tla top of diTzculty m stead of
being dragged underby it. M neline-syc//fzlg from t:eliue
lndicatetlzattkeSRbJG willtleetlgrelteratdmoreeonetant
e.;R ?rtto oohieve mvxess. H e w ill% ve an up.saillpull = 4
5/8 T he Law g of Sclentilic H and.lteading
tltc q w l11l)e timgsw helztlle load geta very lzeavy. H e 4oe:
notovercom e obstacles easily antlsuch a line beara no suq:b
prom ise ofa brilllnmtlife as w hen the branches rise.
Br.m clzes w lzlck leavt tlw A pollo liuq aarl run to o'ther
litlea signs or M ounta will eK iz lzave a sm cial m eaning
w hielzis to beread from the pllce w here tbey term inate. A
rising braucizgoing to tlzeM ountoçJupiter willshow tlmt
coupleclwith great talent the subjecthas atrong ambition
aud tlzepow erofleadership. W ith lhis com bination'he wm
bu stzccezsful and is sure t.
o w iu fwlza if he docs notsqcure
vrzalth. Tfinaddition lsb:rbeseex on the1:ountofJnpiter
the auabiueu w;1 be crovzned xdth suceess. If a star he
also saen on tEe Afount ofJkpollo (466),be is certain to
acbieve great renow n. If suc: a lnarking ke seeo tbe
Cllirognom ic iudicatious s'
lm uld atolzee be studied. A soft
hand,large M otm tofVenua,azld conic tip. sw ill m ake llilzt
a.m usieiac. I.1e will love m e:cxly best azlti tûce'
e gay tune-
ful eoulposit:ous w'bicù appeal to the keart au4 tnove tûe
feel. lf a large Afouutoflfoon bu addud Ne w4ll also love
claxsical nausio. If tNe sugPrS ba square he vzill have
rùythma aLG aattrt and conâpose well. Jf tips be spatulqte
he willilare tile pow er of exeeution and be a briluatltm r.
fonner. If the fingers be square and the tim sp m llate hq
willbe a eom pouer and m rform er as wd l. *1111ex are iu the
artistic world. If tke pracdcal world rules he w ill be a
greatm oney.m aker,w illlead the busino s com m ttuity w lker-
tver he lives lnd attaln cd ebrh)r irl this dirte on. W ith
tlze lower world predom inating l!e w illle a m ottey-m aker
ku t loud and coarse and M.i1l drees aud lisx with vulgar
display. Jfa brannb froclthe A m llo liue Hses to t:zAfount
of Saturn,vzisdom snberneel frugality,a ecsenti:e turn af
m ind atltlthe halatlcittg qim lities ofStttttra w ill iuerease 1he
successoftlze sublect- W iklztiliscombiuatiou,ifhiarx ntal
w orld prada iuates he willexcel in occult e ence.s chem -
lstry,physies or rzathenzaties. lrtis fugvrs be sczoouzbe
w ill be guitled by inspiration ln tlzr.x v xtters ; if w itiz
knottyjointabewillbetbereasoner = 4 c&leulator;squlre
âtlgel'
s w lll give him great exzetnesq auû spltttlate tim
 lrhe (.lne of zkpollo 5/9
arlxlnality. TM s Aw llx ian-spturnian 4:111 not be Ie4 by
tradiuonalbut w4llthlnk for hinlself. Jdloftheae faculties
willinx - the certainty ofNissuccess an4 fam e. Ifa star
be leea on the brauck to Satura thq qag/t:esof that hfuunt
willbring great gttccess, If in additfort one be seetlottthe
M ountofApollo(467),thesueeessofthesubjed ismoreee.r.
taiu. Iftkepracticalworldrulu: thfzsubjectwillg'
aînweall.
il

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N. .?r
Nx / '$

xo. +A Nc. e e pœ e q

az%'e1l as fam e fronz bis eforts and if the lower werld be

strong,he wiltbe eeonom ical frugal and even stingy. If
the thulub k* stDï this s'ill ke nuzoz cel aix. lf with this
uzarkinw thehandbebad thesubjqctwillbereustsucccssfal
in his Maenoness. If erosses bars dots or other defects
teruûuate tlzelinew 1hesubjeet*511beunsueeessfulpnd will
10se instead ofpaiaing reputatiou. If tke liueu hpvv bsster
liueson theAlouuts hen'illhavethegTeabastsueces:(468).
Ift'
lze lincs s'
izoulrl notrcaclzt'
lw M otm ts aud ettthe M ounts
areseen many vertical lines,tileattbjectwillfailofultimatq
suoeess byreasonoftoogreata.c
. uversityofellbrt(46p). Ifa
brauth from t'
ite IintzofA pollo risv:lo tke M ouzp ofM ercury
the qnnlitiesofthat M otm twillcom e to tlne assistance oftla
suhieet. He willbavesllrewdness busiuessability.asden-
lifk turzzofmind aad g' reatm wers ofvxpressioa itladdition
to a11 the train of A m llotlian brilliancles and w 111 achieve
distiuguiskeâ succuss in x m e dfred iom If tlle m ental
w orlâ rules tbis A m llonian.M ercttrlgzz will have fucncy
of expns: oa and m ake a sucee% ful quthor writer or
speakeron any subject whie.k lïemay'sttkdy If hl<finger:
580 T he Law g of Scientific H and-lteadlng
lutl tim be rq uare he w ill ellco!e com m ott.seuse prad fcql
Bubjûcts. lfuoaic or yoiubed urustic or idealistic uzatburs
willbe chox n. '
ff spattûate he w illbe origiua.lin '
llia ideas
auclmttlzodsofexpresfou and if tlze suge.
rs be sm oollz'
will
depend upou ics/rauon. lfh;a 5ngea be knotty he will
have everything eut and dried prepôred In advanee and a
m ason foreverything on tlleen4 ofhistougae. U M s ûngers
be long he w illgo iuto the dd ail bltifsl.ort he willreadl
his clim axesand eoneltlsionsqtzgckly. Ifthe hand be elastie
he w illlove to w erk and w illacxom plîsk m uch but if soft
tbe subjectwilldo mare tllinking than execttting. Ift%e
secontlphnlûux ofM ercurybelonzhewil!Trlnkea go:xldoctor
tlslxciall)rII'v/rtical lirltts be sttœn olzthœ M ouutofM crcury,
orhe m ay l' e a good lawyerand bribg to bearin the pleading
ofM scases forensie a'M lity frm n botll the A jxlllonialland tlze
.

M ercurian types. H q w illbe sludious ingunimu and love

reienti'
licinvestigations. svitl1es'erysubjectbdngtobearall
tlle Chirog'
nolzticindieations ilzyuclzt'tases; tim syou ealltd l
from w hat standpoint every act w ill be executed. lf w itlz
lllesubjectmarked asNo.470,thethirdphalanx ofthe :
5:
1er-
cu.
ry ûuger is longest, lae w ill be devotu to busiuesG
shrew d calculating keen and hard to le at. H e know s
mxen thoroughly reads character easily and understands R
good busineas propasition u'heu itiu pnxenu>z. 8patulate
tips ?Ql1 nMzke :hn origixal squzre give great regnladty
anclsystem ,d astie cousisteucy will give him t:e power to
ûo antl to accem plisb and a large tkumb the deturm ination
bo use :ls powera. sueh a conlbination is an indlcation of
great sueeess and vp::1th
1s starz be seen on the M ouzlts of A pollo and M ercurr .

(47oJ,thesucee.x bsintensife ;Ifcrosse, (IMG blrs,orother

defectw tlle sukiectwillmnkecoxly rzisenbes. lfwith thls
m arking the M ermtry fnger be crx ked ortwisted or botik
tlle sublect may ux his brsm ant talentstoget the lxstof
peopx Ifa bm uc;
k from the Aw llo liue H ses to tlze M ouut
ofM ars (4.7x)Ithe subjectwillllaveadderltoh5sApoAmian
cllaraeLer tke sterlitzg qualities of M ars. T hus he w illbe
x lfzrellaat,o le t.o dd eui lzim self,lzot caslly dix ouraged.
 T he u ne of A pollo s8T
and îfneee- r.v willforee hisw ay tlzxowgh 1he w orld. lfhe
be a zx zktalt.yly
e ofslzbjout âevillure tiiere physicalqtlali-
ues17strengtben hiB ulental abilitle. Ifanlœbadalsubject
be wiltupe hl< talents iu tke buéneas Nvorld or he * 1be .
soldier. If the latter Ne v:% vqn reuow n Jfcrospes dotq
bars,or other deftm s be seeu œ lthe M ottutsof Apollo and
Mars,tltesubjectwillizasx trialshardtoovercolzm. lfsister

>

jt

* .4- No.4?l Np.47z

liueg rttrlhesiâe the liae ou the M outltof M lrs the subject

wîllhave rzlldeclrtn/w tu If'a bzatlc'
izfrom tlle A pollo Iilw
comes from tlzeM otmt oîM oorl(47a)tlzesubjqctwillhave
the power ofltïtagitiatlon tlxe abillty to paintw ort'
lplctures
aud a goorl pgwqzr of qxprcsaiom A s azz autlzor lae wlllbe
suceessftll. If the lland l>e a m usical one he w illlove ocly
the d assic form . lf tlle fhlgers be sm oofh ancl tips couk
'
he 'ivillbe an iaspired w riter aur
l w llltlval izt rom alzce and
pceatry ofa rom antlr cltaraeter Ifthe fngers be knotty he
1411w; bz prose,aud if at a1l poedc w ill ineline to the epic
fornu lf a star be seeu on tha eud qf the ztpello lêac the
sublect w5ll achieve gTeat renopzn front tbese spberes of
action. Ifcrossew bzrs dots or other defeets elul the liue
he w illm ake errorsw hieilw illinterfere witlzlzia reputation.
Tf a line runs from the A pollo line to a strong M ount of
Venus (473) tlze subjxtwillbe pasrionately fontl oîmusic
ofa m eloiiou:clxaraeter. 'Pllis will be aceentell if tile fln-
gersbesmootû autltipsconicorlxdntecl. Ifthlssnblectbe
an instrumentale hewillexcd iu expression atld fK liuk.
5Ba T hc L aws of Scientillc H and-R eading
If the Iinsers be square,be willexeelin rhyo m and m etres
aud if spatulate ilztechlziqum :fhe has square fkum sanll
spatulate tips lle win hava botll G ytizm anâ tecllniqlze. If
w itltsuclla hand tlle consistency be W t or flabby,the sub.
jed willlovc to kearmusic butwillntn'e.
rhavetheqzlergy
to acquire proEcieney in lt lf a star be seen on tha
M otmtofAm lb,tlb.eslbjectwillaehieve great dislinctioa
as a m usjeian. If czoascG IX'U!G 1b ts, or otlle.r defects lx
seen on tM s line or tEe term ination tiley m ust ba read as
impedimeuts to tlze musical sttcceas of tlàe subject. A
branc: from tlze liae of A pollo m ergiug iuto tike H ead line
(474)willitttlicate thatt;esubjectwjllreceive supportfrom
M s m entalpow ers. lftlte H ead liue be utroag au4 W gorous,
itwillshow tlza.
ta powarflzlbrain has given izim jutlglxzent
antlself-centrolw hich bav'e coctributecl to lzissuccess. 'lY e
form ation oîa taifllzgle atkllepointw here tûe branch reachts
tize H ead line isan iadication ofunum alm entalpower. lfa
line from tbelineofH eartmergesinto tlteApolio Iine(4yj)
the subject will be muck asuistqo by gx dness of hqlart.
W arm til of heart sym patl:y and all alrectionate dispesi-

3 '

xc +;a Na 4z4 xo.4;s

tion lhal-f frleuds veâo uzaterially assist 'tl proulotillg tl:l

iaterestsofasubjtct '
Infltlenee Tjnes from the M ount ofV euus whieh run ukong'
the <deof!he line ofJkpollo uhow the assistanee ofrelatives
loeie succeusofthesubject(476) lrbeae have often been
rEad as legaeies fronl re:atsves bat tbey do not neeexsadly
indicabe thls particulnr foznzofûelp. T hey are syznpalhy:
 'J'he Line of Apollo 583
couuset azld supm rt,as well as snaucia! aî4. If a.line
brwnching frona the 'Ieart line cuta the line of Jkyollo t*e
affections willstand in tlze way of tlze subjeet's suecess
(477:,.
Tbe llne ofJkpollo,vrpen 5ase4 upou aad stted to tte
sttbject.cau tlzttsiu mlmy wayabematleofwonderfulvalue
iu tbecom plete dellueation ofthe hanll. ipnncling asitdoe.
w

$'
t. /?
Nok 476 NQ. *77

w hen good for a brilliantcekrttr w e cannot atlbrd to pass gt

by because of error!kthat havt crept into ils treae en: in
the past. By keeping exm stantly ia m illd the fact tlaat it
dgesngtalw'aysapply toart.butto6%%.#Ca/p
'ewlofdailyoccu-
pation p:e cau disvcst itœf the ilzaccuracles tbat havt gro#zu
arountl it w hen ebstim ated only as Telating to R.
n artistic
career. R em em berlng thatitis the 'ST ineofCapabilily,''and
that itindicatts the posibility of a vast anzount w hich ean
be atconaplizhtd ia scm 6 dirmctîou we xuay by the aid of
Chiropnom y tellin w lzat directiou the cppability txists By
follow ing t%e lina frorx souax to bnrmaina:on and by noting
eacb vahatlon in ita ebaraeùer exch defect w hlch mnny aye
pear,(à!lehRrlc'e llnes whicll m erge into mltx or rutlalongu
sideofit by uotiug t' lte sottree ofefteh of tbese c'
hanoe linesy
ancl by- applying tlze qualitio d tlzis sourct ms a lzd p or
llindrauce to the line you can reavm out aay fernzatiolz ar
eon&bination oft:e Jkpollo line v'hich can yxxwibly occnr.

T*
 CH A H ER X II
TR l T.IN M o p M FJter R Y

IIE llne of Afercllry has been variously ealled the line

of :rea1th the line of Lis'er aud the Ilepadca. It
G oul:l str t on 1he M 'ount of h'roon and run upw ard on 1he
perc'4exlon to the M otm t of M erztley fmom w hlch it takes its
nanle (478). This line is pnluab1e a: an indicabar of the
state of the diges/ ve apparatus the operaiion of tbe liver
and it nlgzishows tûe presence of w'ariot:s m aladies and con-
ditioas w biek m ay ariae from the im painuent of tlzex m ost
im portant functiens. ISMI contlitions suen irt other parta of
-
tbe lzaull can often be referrq:l to a px r
M ercury linq fer explanation,and w rrx
ofthe m ost accuzatc work pousiblc Cn thv
entire raug'
e of band.readiug ca.n be doue
w itiztlze aid oftla M grcury line. jzzcxm .
nuetiou vdtlztile linesof L ife Satunl antl
Apollu it is an importura adjuncta and
in al1eopxbiaationsany iadication >een ou
the slereury llne should be giveu great
. Nvelgbf ssvhea 5ve realenzber w'hat ao

i: played by the digestive apparattls aud

by îhe proper u rd ion nnd dlacbarge of bile w'e see that
tbe 1ine or sTerellry' ltas bnfuence llpon 1u any parts ol
our lives aud tlzat it is an ever.p reseut factor in otlr suc.
cess or fa'lure. Physlcians say'that w ith a gocd digestion
antl a norm al ;ow of M le dirsense w'
ould be 'tm knoœ u to the
hum an M M . In alarge pv eentageofillxexe.m Viihoatdoûbt
tbe corpeed on ofderangezaent of the digzstlve apparatus and
w control of the bile supply' curez tbe padent. It is aûuya
sl4
 T he Llne of Alercury 585
f:et tH t the bilious tyy.s are the 01,1). ones whîc: age
reully crinfnZ okher typœs ioiug bad things under 1 Btress
of som e excitizlg cau- . Bad types ofSaturnians and M en
curiansprefer tlle erim inal w'ay ofdoitzg tbiugst.
q tlw boto t
one. A i1tlzrote lzthv atacly oflztzm au nature and charaeter
we see the i11 esèet and plague of bile x'hen notpzoperly
rqgulated. slhe :1er/ury line is exceeoingly upeful as a
guide hàbusinesg succeas as uo fpctor uaore surely enables
one to COJA Teith the alairs of tEe worTd than a clearbrain
anfl notidng m ore surely keeps' the brain from clogging thazt
a gotxldigeetion and an active livm'. A ddud to good health
llo setc; qtlalities vzilllnore surely'aid in obtaining tlle bllt
rusr;ts fronl bugl:o s tllau tllose peculiar to the 51ercurian
type. zks the M erx ry liae itldicaLes both the condition of
the digkstive orgalls atld the utûte of tlle liver aud accellts
thq strelzgth of tlle M eacuriaa type,îtia m artifœ tly of un.
usualassistance wilen estitnating tbe outoom e of a busixeO
career.
T he M ercury liue in its relation to llealth m ttst k w ays be
usecliu connection w4th 1he tym ofthe subjeet. Ifwesee
indigestiunorbîliousnew iathehandofaJupitfrriausubjoct,
a type naturxlll-predisposed to overeallng,w econsider tbat
to llim it m eans an itzcreased dallger. A nd as certain dks-
ordursofthc stom ach camse vertigo we know tEatifthe co*
be very pronounced thesutjecti:likelytobe skie en V:KN
one of his type diseases apaplexy. In a < m ilar raanner
lzu M urcury liae w lllaiG irlestinm tiug tbedegret ofdauger
t' .

lndicated by bealth dafects of a1l tlx tym s. In corm ectiou

witlldefeets in the H eatlline the M erctuy line is a.valuable
assiztant, for it is v;q11 kuew n tûat tke sbanzRch aad Xver
largely in;uence the condi:on ofthe pkydcalbrain. Func-
Gonaldisturbaxces of the heart are also brœaghton by hu-
digesuon,consqquently a dqfective 'Ieart 2n* aaay 5Rd itg
disturbing cause indieated in t:e àfercury line. Pogr healtk
Dzay w reck a bHlliant career and the sTerchry line nlay ex-
plain defeets seen iu tbu saturn or A pollo Nnes. A 11 trie.r
the haud the infltlenee of the defects itindicateBzaay be felt
* 4.iu phy w rplexing case do not fc get to exam ine the
686
,
T lte L aw s of Scientific H and-R eading
M ercury llne befcrre com pleting the estiraate- Tlle M ereuly
lirzfzwillnot'be found in a11 hauds. W illm ut beîng able to
Matetllep'rnd percentage,.1shottl:lu n '
.. that at leastone half
t'
he llazltls w illl>e w ithota it. I1lfew cases i.q it a perfet't:y
m 'trkvd liue acd tllis is uot bartl to explain w hen perftct
bea1th is the 'on of so few. I do not regard tbe ab-
pence of the slercury line as necessarily a detrinzent for on
maay ltazzdswkich I kaa'e vxam ineflwhilc zrn king a study ùf
tllis lineu t*e health of tiloge w ilo kave no line w as fountl to
l)e unifotm ly goot!. Ifthere is to beaehoice betwven no line
or a ddvctivq orx itis preferable that uoue be w erl. 'rhe
absexce of4he Satl,rn line Teavesa suMbe tfree to carvehis
way throlgh tbe world aa; in a shuilar ulauntrthe absence
oftlzq '
M ercury line aûow.
stila.ùin its health directiocs tlaere
areno disturbaueeswhich pzvs'
/causea subjecttrouble atid
if la taktzs q:4= t,f ltis stom adlaud liver he hus open to hira
the poKsibility ofl:o trlm ble ftom them . H is 11ea.1th itlt'
lheee
directions willbe largely ''self.tzlacle ''arktlproportiollate to
thz care he takes of hinuelf. O ne otbqr conuition is gen.
era:ly presentpzhen the Aleocury line is ateent: the hand i:
notusually lnugk lintd alalrayed for if it wtre a slereury
line n'ould sllrely be preseut. Slw h ahand ilaving few lineG
is txm sequeutly les' s uervouc,s aud as llervousuess greatly
increases tbe im proper actson ofthe liver a laek ofnervous.
'
nessincreaxysthesubjecrafavorablecondition In mnking
the Snalestsmate fora subject cotlsiderthat witlzthe M er.
ccu'y liaeabsents.ehastofaveatleassuo hnevitable dix ageof
digustion and no disorder ofthe liver tlzat he lsannotcontrol
by caring for hiulself.
Tke hlepcury line zâculd rlsz fronx tbe Atount of lfoon
xqlt in practice it rarely does. In tHe largest nunlber of
eases it ziqY baw ard the Saturn or Life liue Rljd frolu the
ctm tre or bax oftile lzazzd ollea in lllu Plain of M arz. 1k
is ntuc: betb:r that the line sbould rise between the saturn
liLe and tûe y.oausion (429) than betlxxn the Saturu Eue
and the Life liue (1Bo) ;riiag froul t*e Life :ine (481) i,
one of the m œqt unfavorable ntarkings. To give tbe nlox
favorable health iudications asnxIl as the best pzonaisu of
 T he Line of M ercury 587
busiuess sueeess,the M ercury liue shonld at no tim e touch
the Life liue butbrarlelzes from tiLe Life line m ay go to lt,
or r.'
zke Tersab or chanee Sines m ay eocneet the tw o w itlum t
bad results. TheK ttree ofthe M ereu;?'liue,outâid.
v G itg
unfavorable ctm nectlon with the L/ife llne, ilas no gpedel
m eaninp U nleas it risea from or toltciles tlke Llfe line It
m ay 'be cpnsidered a nonnalline.
Y l:echRracterofttx l1uqgslm poru nt. A deep llne ofM en

No.4T9 < #Y Ac 481

cary ïndleates a good dige6tion a healtby aetian ofthe 11%a=

good vitality. strolzg constitutioa a clear brain aud good
Dzenxory. ïs'hatuver the type vfyolr sobjeetor wkatever
his occupation he w illbave KNe asdstance oftùese powerfd
allies. Iftke U fe line be tllin (R ained or otherwi. * c'lefec-
tive.anctt'ize M ertzury liue dx'p uat
. lsrroug (482),itse-G' :'
C't
upon t lle Life li
ne will be fully as favorabl c as a stroug Tîne
ofM arg to build up and streugthen w ' ilmteq'erdelicacy exista;
an; sucû & ATercury llne w311 nzany tim es replace the func.
tieus oftbe LifeZne. T his w il:oûcn accouutfar the heal:N
of a perso::lrith a defed tA'e J.ife llne.
Qpùetc are =o Dzorc potent factons ln tke healthy and
vigorous operation octhe braiu tsan a gxe dsgestiou and
the proper ad ion of the bile seereuon. 12àe frst eFect of
dyspepsîa is b; produce iatense deiatsdon. The sutject
bœeonnes rnorbid and sees everything throuzh a gkkss
colored by a d sordeM shxnach. lvhen the atu a of
dyv A a has , liK brlln dea- up and he aeo
tklngs In thelr proper llgkt. T bus the >fere1ry liue wKl
588 T be Laqvs ofScientific H and-R eadlng

be învalanlal- in eonlunctiou ldth tlw H easlliue In q< l-

vmnting m ental Ktrenrth and bak nce. A gtxd H ead line
will be mucb 4isturbe4 by a.ppor Mezeury line (483),
and.a defective oondition of tlx lzeaclm ay be acccm ntvtlfer
by R bad M ercury line (48é). D isturte action oftlle stom.
acb w nzetizuesproduu'es fttuctioualderazlgem eutofthe lzeart
and a poor :Ieart line vzit: a defective bfercury Iiuu wiû
often entirely account for a condition of so.cRlled chronie
heartdi/eusv (485/. Iu sueh a case E îbe anediealtreat-
nlenibe direeted tow'ard tbe ztoulach the heark diseape will
pass aw ay. In :he ease of a poor Eleart llne iudicating
structural dishculty of the organ,qitû t:e nZl:blving 1he
forraation peeuliar to this disorder and a11 indieadons of
colorpointillg to a serious case ofheartdisease a deep liue
ofM ercury ca tzrlindica.tes sucb exeellent digestion aud liver
aetion tha:the eFecta oftlle weak lleartm ay nes'e.rbe m ark.
edll'exbibitel. O n a llatltlhavlng strong Ilfu H O'UI and
H eartlines aucla linu of M ars a deep liue of M ercllry w lll
inditmtea st,bjectwhowillvirtual:y nes'erknow a day'ssick.
ness. Ifst'
telza eom binatiorzbe seczzon a lzaullwlzicll ia ani-

t
l
/

V, /
Nc * 2 < K #l1 ND.49#
m alln its Chirognonlie cqpset the intense gocd healG a'
nd
strength of ritality #dl1 render the sublect Geree in his
Sewdonm inerdîuabz ln h1s appeùbas, and froal tbis clnqq
often conze raplso and drunkagds Sue% s should
peverchoese indoor occupatious. T hey need 1e* nir and
pleuty ofexerciseto vvork oz tbe aniuzal vitalitr. If vdtb
tlds conzbination tkere be the addiuon ofred hplr tha ludlca.
 Rnle L lne of Afercury 589
dons of great exa rxV g w ill be illtvusifvtl ard quiek Eery
tem per w 9llbe addeu Black hair sNows an abundauoe of
volatîlc qualities and needs no addition frouz red If tht
Mereury linebethin itslloqrstlzattizesubjectmaystillilave
goocldigestiou properaction oftlle 111,% aud tlm thishealth
and Afercuriwn altributesvu11nctilzeonjtîlzetiorltoproducv
succexs i!l btlsiness, 3pbe uzere thiubess of a sleruury 1ine

Y
Fltk 485 0 . 4M K0. 4r

doegnotlellMn itsinlluellce foritshowslhat111enubjectig

reeeivlug support fronl good operation ofthe lisxr thougk
zlotiu suclza degrqe as witlz a deep line. lf tlze typq eftlw
subjed bereiined andshowsgotxlbutnotexceRivevitality,
t'
hlztlziu lictlis lx tter for him . I'
a a11estiznatesof the M qr.
cury line the proportCtm of tlle line. qm ustbe keptin m iud
for heozas eFerywhere else tbe uornlal balance in beM . Sk
broad shZlow Alntcury liuv (486)shows tlzat1hesublectis
nots'ittklly strong antlany selrere tax upon M a sLom aclzwill
rtsult iu its deraugemm lt. The liver is unsteady in its
orerâtion a'
nd secretesits bile in unequal qc ntities A s a
eoesequeaee tsesublecti:frequently despoudent isprcdi-
posud to sudden aud violent Lqadaeheq heartburn = r
stom aeb,alld dyspepda. D uringtheiutervalswhenthefuno
tiousax px v ly'perDaled.thesubleetgetsnlnngallrlghk
butu%th such a M ercary liue coustantcareisuecessary asto
dietaud ltyglene,forwMle sueh sttbjtbcts cannotipesliclto
be Wekly they are lm t overlealtlly,auclthîsweakenetlcon-
m of vllality tezs upcm the qlw rgivs tke atzlbitlotls end.
dilil
t:e bRsine/slise. Sk ehained line ofhfercury (487) indi-
 5:0 Tlte L aw s of Sclentific H and-R eading
vatts a yxsitive coadition of dlseused Ever au4 slonzach.
T hisxnust not be confoundeâ w ikh islands in the line but
thecka@ns m ustbe shortIoom . W itlltlxis m arking the slb-
jectwillbepredib'poxfltoilkiammatîun oftlzuKalldud gall
'
M ones, cirzhod s atd rurlerous structural liver troubles
wllielzare alw ayssezieusand often R tal. T lze cllaiueflEue is
oneoftheworatfonuaticmG andthesubjectwilohasitsusen
intenrely uotouly from the dio H eondition of tke liver
butfzom tlze coux qx ut m entaltora r ancldepression. H e
îs pe m istics sttspieioua intenx ly nervous crau and life
is a burden both to hsnlself atld to his rriends. Afallifestly
sueh a suM'œ l cpnnot îa&'t a clear brain keen fopeigbt
com m autlofM 1f energy and kindred qualities necessary lo
the suceessful pursuitofbusiuess ccmsequeut:y the ellained
lûne ofM vrcury w as rcatlby thfzoltlpalm istw ''B xlrs-e''v'u'u
in businec.s '' From our standpoiotitcatlbeseen wliy'suclt
a reading was takml alzd that itis eorrecl
T lw leugth oftilq M ercury linuaddsto t' ile poweroftba linu
a.
ntlits l'
m efulnes.
: ' Ifthe line be long rutlnillg from thebase
ofthe llatzd to tl)tl 51ouut of M ereury ilsCrlfluence w il:be

>KN * 6 Nck 4:9

fdtduring tbesubjvd'setktîre lîfe

'.. Ifthe long llta bttalso
a gcxxlone its lnfltzarlce m ean: goo:lhealth and aueoesa dnr-
ing the entire life If tM s long lille be a defective otle it
w ill iudicate i!l llealth aatl uttendwut irldilcx nt budue. w
succe% dudng tlle entire life. Bg tize letlgth ofi' ile line arkd
its eha.raeterdttritx tlle diFeretltperiods oflif'
e you cau tell
vvhatyeazs TW E be bleplxl witk tke gxvatest strcngth best
 17he I-ine of hfercury 591
action of eie liver gooû d gw tiou and oansoquently tke
m (>!Lprodud ive pericds In a busineM w ap Ifthe lilzestarts
deep,tben grows thin and tltetlis deep again (48y),tlwre
ia a.pezitd x Mqrr!tl by- tix tkinnqas of tlze line whell the
Nealtlzisimpalre:l ard atsuclt2.time the subjectmustuse
greateare,takem utrh sleep,fiud avoid dissipatiou Jftlliabtz
(lone, w itlz the gfiotl etxliug of tize liue trouble m ay be

!; I

hlo. 4% . Nc 4qI so. * 2

mvoided. lf(reading ofœ urse from itssourceupward)the

line beginsdeep attclgrowschainetl(489)thegood healtk of
tlzefrstyfa rsou tba Iizm isfozowqd by som e serious affeetiotl
oftbe lizer anclconseqttelltstom acllderangem eutw ililm palr
thehealllzamlsucœ sçofthe sltbled ;thz2:,e:of a11reriods
to be read frcm tlze lix zcading,of course,alw ays fr/rn its
source ltpward. Ifnith tbis m arking the Life line lx:dd ec.
tive aftertlw clzaining begius the ca* is serlous(49t$. If
afker tlze chaining of the M ercury liuu bv'gins tlze H ea:t line
s%owslslanc:sorotkt.r defectG the llver tronblew illafectthu
metztalstrcugtk X tlw sttblect. Thiswilloften accountfor
sudclerlattaeks of teznporary insansty,vsnlx îq.lll'ifa starbe
teeu iu or zlear tlle Head llne (491). lftiluMercury line
nm s to tlte H uad llue azlcl i: abx ut or defective tlaring t;e
spaœ between H ead and H eart line but runs agaiu i?m tke
M oltt,tofMercuty (4fp),thes'tzbjectwm need todo asmuc.lz
aspossible before tix u q of thirty,foratthattlme the pcrw' -
erful allies of tile good M ercurf lint will for a tim e (leM
.

him aucl as tùe years betweelz H ead and H eart linœ are
amaong tle muost inzpottaut iu hb life he will 108e thp.p
 T lle L ne of M erdury r9j
:te m pre eheerfu: Rnd cousecjlzeatly tllrow ollm auy oftheill
eFecta arisiug from im prom r acuon of bile. 'Pize Sakurnian
firBt, M ercurian second anrl Im nariau third w ill slzow
yellow coloreasily'
. On aSaturnirm subjed we expectyd-
low, for he ia always m ore or lqss lm preguatod w ith bilea
while the M eretlriazl ilas bile enough to give him arlolive
eom plexion. TM L uaarian m ay be zellow blt wbite m ore
often. Jk SRturuian wko :aa a bpd Aiercury line wil: be
doubly aure to be gloonlz pes< nllstic and disagreeable and
wîth such a subject az defects ia a hlercury linernustbe
giveu thtir fulliuhrpretauon fgr w bad slvrcurh'liue on a
saturnian is an exceedihgly unfortlaate eonlbination. Lf
yellow color be seea *eitb the vrarnzer types it show s that
tbe defects iu tha bferqury liue are nzost pronouuced for
when the naturalreâ oryEuk of these rypes has been over-
con,e by yellow the paiuou bas bzken serlous holG. In al1
qstim ates ofcolorwith the M ercury lirzt takefullaczocm tof
tbetypeoftbestlbject anâ tllenaturalcolorizeshottldshow
from which iecauO juclged how seziously lzeisasected. If
Lhe M krcury lineslzows indigestiou aud yellm çcuiorbe like-
wisepresettq thelatterindiratesthatthesttbjecthasalsoJz'
zt'r'
tlLqtwtler eveu though itis notm arked ia the M ercury line.
If pezfx t h0 1th w e.re alw ays p- iblq w e akoultl 5nd
perfect slereury Iines bat as x large pad of the hunlan
fataily have bodily ills uzore or 1es: in evidence Tee snd
a very ûcm proporuon of thege liaes dcfçctive Jk w avy
line (493) îndieab:sehponie biliousnesl Qphixsubjectvd11
ha>x attauks ûf bizous fever /3Z aria and various livkr
com plicwdeus oûeu endiug in enlargrm tntoftke liver acd
Jaundice. There lska very frequentcomplication ofrlzeu-
m atism witlz biliousaessp aud wltltwavy M ercur.v llnes the
indieations of rhettm ltic diK culty'slzoultl be ltm kqtl for. lf
tilesuhjectbeasatttrrllan witlla wavy M ercury lilzebewill
have seriotw bilioug attaeka W hen this is seetzon other
tym w tlzq liver trouble oftea bririg'
s m tttlzose healtlzdefects
of tile type thaf Rre irlEttenced by an exceas of bile. 'Phe
Jupitee n will have gout; the Saturnian biltous feversj
gout, rhetlm atism aud uerve dix rders; the A pollonh n
,94. T he Laws*ofScientific H and-R eading
funcuonal kvart deratg- nt ; tbt Afvrcudan ludlgevuon
nerFe difficulty,ard g' rave liver disorders ; tlte M artlan in.
tesdnal inflam m ations ; the L unarian gout or rlxeltm ati.sm ;
and tlze V enusian acute attacks ofbiliouu fever.
W ith a w av.T M ereury line the busiaess eareer of the shb.
jeetwillbe unsteady aud subjecttouzany vicissitudes. Au
uuevqzlliue ofM erm ry (49.
$)iadicatesa ftfulconditiun of
the stom ach and Iiver. 'Phere will làe periods w ben tile
subject ltRs evrvdleza lwalth an4 at audz tlmes willdo
well. T h.v willbe followed bjrm riod: w lzelztlze liverdeeu
notproperly perform itsfunctions tbe digo tion wl1lbepoor,
ani life bscorzes adrag, Thex alttrnaling intezvalsofgoo;
beaIth anâ vreakn' ees raar life's steadiness and preventthe
eccoclplishing of uzuch result. 17he11tlAe liue of slercuzy
rises in thu fornz of a ladder cuulposed of brokea fragnzenta
(4q5) it indfcalestheword foralofstonlqch trouble.Ilysm
pepsia,with ibs traiu of ills gastrie fever cqtarzb of the
stom ack or iuz sunqw or inûwm = atiou of thu bowqls are
am x g the acpte di= ders w hich aa likely to attâck t:e

*a.*as no.494 xo.o s

suNect. Ifin tlleeourseof stteh a line tbere be a M gllly

colored dot(4t)6)an Rttqek of severe stemach dllm'tlerbas
oecurzecl Rttke age indlcatccl by 1ta position. lf tlkis dotbe
highly colored red or purple ithas M en vely zevere. Dots
ontheM ereury liue(497) whezeverxyenoronwbateverkfkztl
ofa line indicate acuk albzcks ofbilieus orstoraack trouble
attlzeage a.
t w iliclzthey x cttrox tlte linm Ifred tlzey indi.
 37he Line of 51ercury g95
cate fevers.#fTzhi:zsoMae disorder ari<ug froaaa ehronic dL-
ease. 5V hen a ;etisseen on tbe Afezeury llue uote qruey:era
cbance line fronl itpointa to a hea1th defectoa souae l3ae or
lloant. lf none be seen tke linqs and Alounts should be
r atlnetl for m azksngs iultieating chronie (x'acute attarlrm
tllatm ay làe refqrred to the doton theM ercuryline foran ex-
planatioc. Health clei'
ectsen thv MbunkofJupiter(498)will

)/ .
z

Ro.4js wo..f'
v qo.4.

nzeantlzenatttrllstolmqelldelicacyoft'heltlpitetianwM e.lzlzas
caucr'
etlthistroubl't. Ifthetlzird phalanx oftbeJupiterfnger
l:
* largean:lft' ll! tiziaiscertaiu for lbis sttblectwillabuse
hisstomaelz. lfthethirdphalarlxoftheltlplterEnr rsbows
tllat it has beeu fttll but lzas become :abby,tlzt subjca's
stœ uach ltas bvcotx so ddieate tim t lzu itas lzq:lto lim i:his
diqtto the sim pleslkind offood and a cllrorlic state ofdys.
pepnix is probably preseut. A healt!i defecto. tlSaturn w iL'lz
a dot ilz t'
'
.
lw M crcary linz wî11 itldlcalc a'
a acl'
zte attack of
biliouafmrerift'he dotbe red 2 ifitbe pale oryd low an altack
ofgotltorrbeum atism . T llisw5llbe m oze certain ifa.cllauce
Tine rutts from Saturlz tow ard tlw Llfe llne atzd oue from tlw
miduluoftbuMx ntofM oon totheLifelinu(499) Ifeie
àlqad line under .Kpollo shows an ic nd,break,or dd
anG a dot Rppears on tbe sfereuty lhx a severe attaek ef
heRrt troublq broughton br derangeczqut of the digesuve
orgaas,w ill ocrur lt tlte age ltldicâtetl byrtlte dot on the
M ereury liue. A grille on A pollo witk bltte calor and beart-
o ase uaîls will intensify tkis re.adîug atxl iudicate tlat
t'lzelrtmbleischrrmk (yx1). If,wîtlzadptontlze Mercunr
595 The Laws ofSdentific H and-R eading
llue tlw lizte be broketzm 'ollletwise deseetive otzthe M ount
ofAîerenrh' a severe att.ck ot bilious or gwstdc fever has
occurre; at the age indicated by the dotln the Alepeury line
(501). If,witb adotiu tbe Afercury line,the(Jyver5!ouut

' h

NO. 412 Ka ;à(Kl N(X K 1

of >lars s:ovrs a gdlle or bars vspecially if on its loqxr

tlkird n.Fevere attaek of inflam m ation of the integtilleB ap
peudicitis m ritoaltis orsonze other acute illtestillaldzsorder
has occurred at tbe age denoted by tbu pœi tiou of the dot
on the slercury line (so2). If *dtk a dot in tHe A1encurg

linelthe m idclle tltlrd ofthe M ountofM omzbe grilled,gout

ar, mzort likely, rben- ntk fever ha* gtxx cred at tke age
s:ow n by t:u dnt in tNe hfercury llne lf the upper thinl
oftlle M otm tofM oon be grilletlthe sam e elzaracterofilltes-
tinaldix rders wllich arq pecallar to tike lower partofU pper
Mareareindicated (5oa). Cross-imrs euttillg tbe M ereury
line (5aç) Indleabe illpfs:esat the agk at whic; tbey are
 T he Llne of M ercury !9/
- n. Tl:ex bars willvary from the fnestlittle littt'sw hie,h
seexz to ruu over tùe top of t:e lfercury line aud ouly fret
it,to deup bars which cut the :ne in ewo T he extent to
Tzhlch they cut the llne naust indicate the severîty of t:e
yttqcks. Lû they be only 5ue frettisg 1iue:, tkey lndlcate'
bilious or sick beadaches. lf they are deep-cutting banR
they are severe illnesses anG you should look to the lines
auclM ouuts in the usua! m antlerfora. n vxplauatiun oftkem
lf tbuTe be only one or tvzo bars crossing the line tûere w ill
only be lhat nxany serioup illnesses causeâ by tbe pecu.
ll'
liaritîfrs indicktte by tbe lszae butictlay toutirhtzu'
.
r cuttla
line dttring itz erltire lengtil,tlzey xd ll indiexte continuous
skknees ifdeep,or headaelles IfEue. There are often seen
a.surills ofEne lmraeroasiug tlze M ercury lix and also fine
'

Iurscro% ing the H ea. d Iine(5(:5*

). Thisindicste.sgreatsuf-
fering from nen'oas bilious or slck heatlaclzes bttt they a11
aziae frouzinnperfectacsion of 1he skonzach and liver. Sueh
a nlarking often results in an inzpairnaentof tbe :lead liue
afbzr the bars are seen showillg tbae the beadaeheB have
Nyqakxnz; it. svit: evvry f/rnâ @nd variutiou aud every

NW M MP'Fœ

defectlu thv slercury lîue tbe llead llne should be atonce

cm zsttlted.
A.n ishndEtitheMercîtryline(5* )itdim ttsadelim cy4
bealtk duriug it: presence. T his m ay arise frora the liver
and stom ach or from appm dieitis inllam m ation of thé in-
t- ines or it mlar be a diiiculty of head heazt or auy
ptber orgxu,whicb one c:n 5e XXMM by th? exqnzination
5p8 T hfz Law s of Scientï c H and-R cadlng
of M ou ts and lice.s. T he peculiarity of the isialld ln tlle
M œrcury liue is 'Natîts detgim entaleG'
ect upou tûe btaltb is
notalwaysconflnetltostom aclzand liverdisorders butrelate.s
tqually tootllerkindsofillneasesordelicacy. A sillgle island
musklx reatlas a delitwacy to lxaltù justasisdoue ia tite
Life line and itq canxp located in tile mstm lm atm er lftile
M erctt!y iine l:e islande; (luring its eutire cx rm s'
àow ing

KQ.X T NG rœ

two,three,or m ore islands of gœ d size it is an indicatlon

of great de:cacy of the throat and luugs (so7). Th-
is:ands are nœt Rlwazs perfqctly fornze; butwhei er so or
noq they w ill be nàost accurate indicadons. hR'hen this
nâarkiug is seeh at onee exalniae the nails for any approach
to a lm lbous eondition aad a.1x réx lf tlle uplwr M euat of
M arsbegrilled orcrorus.barred. lfthese eorllirrzlatory m ark-
iugs be present,the easo is a strong oae,and w i2 be easily
vvziûzd. If,in adfliuon,au islaud be see.u on lhtzM ouatof
Jupiter(5* ) theelljectwillneeâtougethegreatasteareto
avold aLy exposuO w N ch m ight itduoe the developm eut of
consunzption brouchius pneum onia orpny di= ofthroat
bronchia orlungs. I have recently seen this mlarkinr on a
w tientsufferipg from (xtnu'er ofthe throat. A n old reading
of tlx M krcuzy linu w lzea islanded w as as au iudicatilm of
f1Bankruptey.'' T hiscam e from tbe factthattlle health of
thox with sueh a m arkiug w as precarb usaad precludvxlthe
likd ihooâ of euoqg'h eforl to m oduce stkccess in lzttaiuew .
Tbiaoltlreading,w hile ithasa strong foundation w illnotbe
a= m te % applies to your elieutx Y ou vill EnG m any
 T he L ine of M ercury 5pp
lsla=ded linasof M ercurg irtthe handsof thosew ho are br no
m eansfinanclally Banknlpf bm wlm ars Baakrnptiu hea:tlt.
Sue.!tsubjeutsaiflzlbusix gs mustspelzd atzmuchtimein thc
care oftlzeir llealkllthatbtlsinau w illprobably be tleglected.
Certûiu itisa delicatesubjec!tcannotpugh busiuesswith the
vigorof oîa w bo is wltl! aufl tlzrse 1.em5()1> lu(l to tize inter.
pretatiart of i'Bankrupto''' bjrolderpalm illts. W ilen the
M ercury Iizkeisbroken (5* ) it indicates thattlze subject's
healtlz will bq im pwired,at tiza tim e oftlze brqak,aud,cou-
sequellt ufxm thiG his buqiness career will stzflkr. If the
line lzave ouly oue or thro brvitks Rnklis geoti tbe rest of the
w ay,fncltlze cause of the breaks in the usual rnnnne.r If
the llne be eolztlntloLuly broken lt shows extrelne delicaey
oft'
iitstom itzhu autlI
tzws th zspcw eflçct as a.laûdfzred llne
Yhe m ox the line be broken the :nore con;nuous w il!be
the successiou of iznesseas and suek (L line willehow a sub-
jtrkto btzirla coutinualstateofdyspepsia. Sucttu.subjtxt
w ill ûave m any beadaehe:
l and w ill have to usu conataut
eare uetto (listurb bisdigestion. W itlz broken linea repair
sig'ns rn<'y be seea azld squalw wil!be m ostbeneficial. Ifa

wql x $ ' N@.s'a

serlous break be seeu ln the sfereury line surrounded by R

square (510).a daager to the life ef::: subject hay beeq
avetted Allze eauseoftEe trouble Mnay conle froul sevtral
directious. sroa raay bu able bo locate ltby a defect ln the
àlead line or fnd âealth defectson lhc Afeunts orâed ous
dd icacy or danger to life Iu the L ife linw a11 of whie:
sbould be bM wht to bear upon tbe repaiœ d bn ak as a
fxxl T he Im w s of Seientilk H and-R eading
Y don of the cause for Ct. ôister lines are usehxl 5n po
yœizing brtaks ahd a11naarkingsw'bick help to coutinue fhu
Cttrrent in tlze line m ust lx)conzdered as benesting tlle
broken eonditltm justtlmtmuelk. Iftbe Memury linerttns
dvep onto tlze M ouut of M ercury atzd brptmlles rise from it
(5rz),thesubjectwill llave excellenthealth axd greatsrte.
ces: illbusiness. If fram a deep liue hranches droop tlowlz-

Nqk $11 NO.512 NCk 5l3

ward.tlteslzbjectwillsucceed butwillhaveto work H M twr

te aceoGupllh these restuts (512). If a braneb leave a
stroug Afelcury Iine and run to tbe Arount of)upiter lhe
sltbjectwillbes'uecerefulin businecxs aideâ by his ambition
and his ability to Tead and control xaeu. Ifa sbzr be seen ou
the sîoaut ofJupiker inJueutial auquaintaaoesand fdends
wil1greatly amsisthin:(JI3). lfa branch rlsetothe Lfount
ofSaturn (5z4)tllesubjeet aide; byaobernes: wis4x 9u-
galjty carefulneas and b--wusu he looks on the dark as
w d las the btiglxt <de in undertakit:gG will be successfulilz
business. T hls is p gocd m arz zlg foru.baaker. If a brxacll
from a.stlxm g M ermu'y llne rlse to the M ount of A Bglo
G 1.
5)tbe subjed owiug to g'
reû.
t sbrewduess auc:btksiuvr,s
abiliky,aidtd by brilliaul m irzd and agtxeablq m anners will
be nlost suecessfœl. Tbis ia an ideal putrkiag for a naer.
ckaat. T% loug sfercury liue in these easeaId1lshosv that
thistl'pe li1llead and the braac: llnea shovzvzhicb type v:l1
Ri4 him .
luaz kktœeknenmco pllœethesvljectin h1.yqxqxl u ld
 T he Line of M ercury 6oz
by t:ephalangtsG lzisM em uty flztger. Ifhe have tlze third
w orld strongesthe wîlllzave businesssuoeesB, pftherecond
be atrongeet be willhave succeas in tlze xlentific or profes-
sioualworld. Iftûe firwtplmlaax 1>e stw agvstlw w illsucceeti
as ark orator or wrlter and tHis latter indieatiou willbe ix-
creased if a brauch fronz the upper thirG of the llount of
:1ocGlnzergexinlo tkellercuzy line (5:6). 2k braneh ftocz
the ltereurg llne dsing anâ mzerging into the 'Iéad line
(517) vdll indicate succels due to the su% ect's moltul
pevpzrs. S''nh persocs N/ill ke twst adaphxl to lik rv y ar
sdentiEe cageer: espeeially is the llêad line be deep and
stroug. :1ote hepe the rorm atioa of * tziaugle #ehic; in
tlzis m siuon alwalrs indicates zx zztalbzilliaucy aullpowxr.
Dphe t> inatlon of the hfercury line pzill itâicate tbe
genvral outcou:v of Ule careqr of tbe salject as regatds
tlle healt: qualltles of the line and the auccess of lba
su.
blect in tbe directions pectuliar to the M ercurian th-pe.
'Phe M ount ocM trrtm ry hwsst3m an)rm arkings that x lne of
tllem m ay be confused witlztlle term iuwtiua oE thv M treur.v
line ifeare be notobserved. If t%e line ettds on tbe M ount,

N(k.5:# XG 855 NO.R16

thelineaolAFœction msyc'rossi:(5zO. Iftllereareanum-

lxr of tilex linew oue ofw hicipistlerp and eutsthe M ercurg
liue sbarply,there will be ona aFection w hlc: willbe a bar
to tlzq 1- 1 iutereats of tlle subjeet. Tftlle M enmry line
endsin abaroracros:(!z9) tbe eareer ofthe sablectwlll
be llamm reG an4 if thetym oflzaad be bad,witltctw ked
sltgersIaad the H eart litle thfn or a'
b= t the dehv ltfulor
6o2 T lze L aw a of Scientlflc H and-R eading
tdeky quliitles of a bad srercuriaœ w4lI ea'4m. the lack of
sutçea:. Ifa griie teraninwtes lbe linq tven wœrx ill.sueoess
isindicabzd resulting f. either poorâealt: or dishoccxty.
If w ith thls m azking a dot be seen on the M otm t of A pollo
thesubjevtwilllox lzisreputatien. Ifthelilzeterminatesina
star 1bx )tlze careerwillbesuccessfulin thew urlflludieated
by tlle phalaages of the Nngers,and if tlle lines of A pollo

NQ.ti:7 RD.1i18 Nc :l9

aud Saturn be px sent and good thE Ladication nil) be

strengtlxatd. IftlleM ercury liuctfzrm iuateuiztafork (5zz)
kvilldividehisenergyamong xveraltaleuls and
tkesttbjeet'
will not aehieve as great success as R'ould be possible by
coneentration. If the line teraaiuabts in a taagelthe cForts
M411 be so scattered that no great succeRs can be achieved.
Ift%e Nfereûry line ha< a star at the po#ut whu e it crom/s
tke Alead line ît îm Cn a w om wn's hand au indication
ofseriousfem ale trottble. In the lland ofa m an itindicatesl
iron a gtxd Iiue au atlded brilliatzey,and if on a defective
line,danger of surious brain troubl: evun iusauity. Ifba
the wom an's itand tile lowertkird of the M outitof M oon be
grllled or cross.htrretl (s2O .the female weakne% wM be
vkry serioum Suvllsubjvqzts wjtllzwve grext diEualty izt
child-bearing,and w ith a Life line which ruus close to the
thum b and restric'ts tbe M ountofV enlzs the)rw illm oblbly
be cklldless. T ùi: isvaluable as a pre.m e age inâicatloa.
Nk-uenever this m arking is found the w = an ls xereous and
higM y x ruug. She w ill at tim es becom e deprem-H aai
 lrhe L ine of 51ercury 603
t:en reooverhercheecfulnew alternatiug beeveex exi u dx
and despair. Th- snbjects should reeeive the greatest
care,qnd ought allxys to be the reeipien1 ofvery tender
treatmzent. T b>y oien Daag=ify or uven inzagine illl but
tkey suEèr jlst as mnuch aa ifth*9: were real ITysteria
auclhhT oehonclria are olten thus iudieate an4 pronotzucqd
m erltal ttubalanciug freqtlently (xm' zr? If the star qhould
notlye exad l:z im tite lirle itstill gives the m m e itjtlicatiou.
T lze com binationsoftlze indicltkonscozœaiaed iu lbiscbap
ter are inuum erable blzt tite general principles governing
them are alw ayxthe yam e. Ifa gocd M ereury Tiueslzmvs(10.
fcd uitis nol;so bad an indieation aaw heu p Jr/âwlz'r. z6line baa
these sam e flaws. Jf a.w av'y hine be dtfg/ full of istands it
isa vk'orx uondition tllau w la n a strniglztdeep liuellas 111=
Ofl l;tberu are tvwa diFerent defucts uetn in a lëne and each
wil:referto a diFeretltcause. n esecat: both befotm d i:ltlle
usualm atm tr. T he M ercury linv silould be ux d etm tinugllzr
in counectiox with the Life H ead H eark and A pollo liueG
aad the type ofeach subgeet should never be overlookedk

xo. x : Ko.* 1 Nc Mn

llke valae of the liue is largelh'l:xrze ln nzw &lnahbn and

especlally istllis trtte w ltk tlze Life a.
n(1 H ead Iines. H ealth
an4 braitw are esx utialto Ettr'r- qrr'lllivea,and the M ercttry
llne,fn œ zm ectiou with the Life ard H ead lines,w illalw ays
eM ble one abstgutely to estim ate thex elem entm lly keep.
lng.in m inclfor whatthe line stands,whatvK lzchange in its
d karacterand eacb dsfect m eanq and by follow lng tkt Iine
604. The Law s of Scientisc H and-Reading
from = = to R rm îuation noting eveay cltazlge = 4 work-
ing oat ita m eaning,tlze M ercury lîne w lll yleld a furld of
eonfiernn:
tor.v evidence w hich w ill sustain tlte testim ony
given by otber lines and signs and enable you m ore eom .
pleLely to ttnderstani your M lent.
 O A PTI R = I!
.1> ozuor.x ov vxxgs

H ER.E iy a group of mnall lines knowx lg M laor ll<

w'hich do not lppear in every band butvzhich oceur
often enougll in tile sam e lx atloms to take therzl oue of
the clar,s called clm tlee lineq antlto form tllenlinto a divisiorl
by thetasdves A s a rule these M iuor lines are tlokofgreat
im m rtanee, often having ollly a siugle iuterpretation but
tlay art reliable as faras tizey go. 'Plw first of tla M inor
lines is tlw (Xrdle pfV cnua w hid triaeabd wven the fiugxrs
oi Jupiter wnG Satur'n and runs aeross tlze M otm tsofSaturn
and A pollo,ending between tile Gngers of A pollo and M er-
cury (Ja.3). .
TbeGirtlleofVenusdoe:rlotZwaysrlm exaclly (wettbis
path but O m etim es rtses otz the M ouct
of Jupiterand ruus overozzto the M eunt
of M ercury- w m ttinztsvutling en tlzem r-
cuséou. It ia in part, a zlter :nœ to
the H eartline and in som e hands M'hcn
the lleart line is absent takes the place
of that llne. Older palm isO conceived
the idea that TeheI they s&%'thiu line in
œ hand vrhbph had atso a strong Tfeart
lilze'lûatbeiug s'irtuall! a sislerlineto
the I'
Ieart llzze it indleatcl c. doRble No.=
aupply of :eal quaQues. T h1 was not
m eantin a pkyicalszum: but as a gardsthe qFeetïons and
for thia reason the 1ine w as naux by tûtnz the Cliedle of
Aienuq mueaning the Cjirdle ofIgxFe. Jks tkls reading ofthe
line vzas frstn:ade ln the days wb= lœve nzeautlikxnpz the
in tatîaa Mns attached to it that asyoug Biei sucb aa
606 T he Laws ofSclentific H and.k exding
abtm dant supply of aœ tioms would seek oecae n to lavisb
tlzem ,and thu GirqlleofVeuusbqcam etlzesyux ym oflîcquse
progigacy debaucNery,mnâ w as consldered dke m ark ofun-
chastity and abaudonnlent. T hgough a11 the verltCngx or
Palm ie y thia interpretatioq îas bcen largqly adbmre; to
often w lth evident m isgivings on tlle partof som e v iters
who have fraukly statell that they were û. t a loss for atlex-
planadon ofthialine. Som e few lzave doubte ltsacctzracy,
ltnd m anh'practitiouers have abxndooed 5ts nse entirely be-
cause they ceuld notrecoacile ils aeeepted iuterpretation to
tbelivesofthem bjedstlley encountered aad manycrzbar-
raséng errors u re occasioned by tbe œse ofthy llne. Qho
arrive ata cxrrvct solution of thb uàueù vexxd quvstion px
hav' e only to apply ottrgeneral hym thesis and to adapi/âz'
Jz'
zlelo/â<suljàt notthesubjectto theline. Al* toremem.
ber that this is tbe tw entieth century,iastqad of 4c0 l.e.,
when the original reading w ms given and thmt eondiEons
tm day are diFerelzt from those prevailiag at thattim e.
From an exizaustivu study of tlle G irdle ofV ezzualI bave
founcl that it dtye'
q rlot as a rule indim te debauchery and
licvnse, but that ir zzearl always s'i1es indicatfz au izztrnx
rateof nervousuess and ln a large nlajorlty ofeames great
liability to hysteria. In a large m reentage of Dalzda i.
u
wlziclzthis G irdle ofV ctm sisfourtd,thv lm lrlzwi11bec o.
sx d
by innum erable lines running in m rery direetion. T hisby
itself is suEeieut grountt for prououucing tlle subjeetin.
tensely nertzotts butw itlztlze adtlition of a G irclle of V entts
there ls an lncx ased degree of nerFou: exdtability. In
seekiug the raîim lale of uie line renzenlber that 1he vhal
Curx ntentersthnnugh thefngerof JLplter rnnsdow n the
Life liue goes to the brain and returning. trausfens itself
to tlze lic s of Cxatt'a'n A pollo and M ercury.whiclz are its
naturalchannelsofegreu from the bcldy. W hen tbisGm rse
is pursîtefl witilœlt interntptïon the actiott ef the fluifl is
nerm al. B utthe G lrdle cf V unus being an abnorm alline
by 'eirtue of its location detlects part of the Current from
its usualeourse iuaoâediately upou its tntraace ilzto us an4
Nke balante of tbe e unvut x eM ng em gs from the body
 T lze G irdle of V enus rm
tlzrtlttgh t:e lines ofSaturn A pollo and M œrcur.v ou its re.
kurx frozl the braiu Gows agak'nstthu Azrfr y/x # #z Me
J ;'rm :< M- = and c:unoteazly :ow Jazthroug: the,nger.
'

endz,but,V IZF obstructed by tite Girdle ollre#owsinto the

palm of the Eand A s the entive Current is seekiug ep 'ess
ttlrough thefingersofSatttrn A pollo and M m ' c.m y thezw/l'ry
Curreutisthusobstrueted ordG ecte bytlzeG irdleand over-
Nows,cutting rx w cllRunqluforitsulf'ix m any (lîrectiors and
thus prcducing tbe m ultiplicity of liues that w e fee The
large am otm tofvital Curretlttlm sttu'aed lx se to iigsu. g it,
s
w'ay outof the hancl as beutltcau act: ulxm every nerlre
eled riftzs itv lntvnaifie.s ils action and from tlzis exeilition
of tlle nen-es M'a have the produrtiotlof a hlghly uervous
persozl. T lm s asa Erst reslzlt ofa G iydle ofV enus we ofteu
have intense zzervous activity.
H ad ug tlzis rlzuclz inform atiou to bqgin witlz we have
reachett t:e poirlt w here we m ustapplr the line to tNe snb-
ject. In the greater number of instance: t:e G lro e of
Veuusisfound itltlze handsofw om en tlm ugh 311som e tylx's
ofsubjectsmen'shandsshmv it. Ifthusubjtxtlxduwtumlly
a delieate aervous finely ezm atitltted person, the nenrcm s-
ness prlxlttcetl by the Girdle w ill be greater tilan if ile be
pillegm atîc atzcl heuvy in collstruction. In the firstcase the
nervousforca M 11eled rify kiaorganîzation to a greatdegree.
Sueh an one w illsufi' er from auy sliplzt or iuuttezltitm will
be ewfly depre- d and in the world of tod ay,wilqn even
lx ople n'ltlz the best iutentioas hav'e nottim e to hum or tize
vcu ntricilizs oc nqnrutus llum nuity' he w ill stm eom e to
think that he has no place in the Teorld an4 that no ont
careafor him . ' rltla brooding onea tegun,Frows instead of
iecreeqy's untilevery at?tof even hi: lyestfriendsis distorte.d
every grief is xaaKnîâed paiu is snlagiued Trhepe there ls
nooe and qe have a fully developc; easz ofhysleria f)n a
harld w ith few lines â. 11tl a plzlegm atic tem pergm ent, the
(M rdle orV mzus ss ueverofso greatim portanx as at indica-
tEon ofAysteric and g' rcair/tfe'zsizdq
$w4.
çl as 9l1tlle M ghly strtm g
K bjecl but it m ay tura to tke okller llern ofthe dîleznlna
m d ifthe hand be coa- or x'ztzuRl have a N ollen M otm t
tl
6* T he L asvs of Scientific H and-R eadûng
ofVknua aad lx)red Rt14 auim alin itsgeuerale'voko up.there
Mq11 1kkd y be present the lnpn'viousnesg which :as alw aye
been the acoepted reading of tNe llne. Itis frana the type
and Chirognunâicmzakt.upofasubjeetthatyou uzustdeter-
pline q'hieh fnterpretaion should be given- In every casu
the Clirdle vqillindicste my,e degree ofnen'ousnea:and somw
degreu ofûrdor butto reach a correct estiuzate œftïe extent
ofeitiler yoîtrstliiiertm ustiirr ba correctly egtim ated and.
tllen the litle apphb?d To âim . Jf the M outltofVenus1* ilat
aud fabby', tke Life lint ruzm ing clox te tlze tlz''rnb tlze
colorw hite tlle thirtlpbalaxge oi'tlle lingerx w'aist.likezand
t'
ike H eart liue t'
M n,a Girdle ofVenus w ill' lm tinclicate 1a1.
clviousness fertize physlcal m ako up a.rlf.
lx nditioaa of the
nubjectpreclttde theporeibility of suelta.thing. Tllixsllb.
jeetwill lzowever ttndoubtedly bea prey tointensenervoms.
nessaud dzjudion andlzysteria lza.ua fertilesoiliu wizich lo
develop. O n the other haud, ii'with a.G irdle ofV enus iite
M ouut of V envts be large sw olleu autl grilled the t'llie
pNalanges of the ânge> thick the â> 1 pkalaugvs abort
the Life line running %5de into tbe palm ,tleart line deep
and red îhe s!ount: oî slars full an4 t*e colar of tbe
hand nz w itN black or any appx ae: to aubprn or nz
hair on the bands lt shottld never be > ad œs indieaïng
uervousnessand ûysu=îa butas tâe gTeatest htgciviousn,-q
pcssiblex addncl to a taqte for drink and general âebaurlkery.
A G irdle ofV eaus on suelz R.hat:tl m ust be givell the full
strength tKi its old trallitiotlal ilzterpretptiou. A 11 t:t'tlze
nervotln ese irlsuch a subjectwillbetxene nervousenergy
w hich w illbe expentled in g'
ratifyiug anim al Ilppetikea, So
îlnprfzss ituptm yourzninll atoucetlzatlhe form ofiatzrpre-
tation w hicil you give to the Girdle of Venu: m ust depend
entirely tzpou tlzekiadorsubjeetou wllîclàîtiseeen
'rhere is anotizer dangerfrom tbu G irdle ofV enuz w hich
com es to a1ltym s of hatlds whie.h have it. T his m ay only
be a trausîtor.v daagu ',or it= ay resctlt iu tlze form ation ()f
* perm wnenLlxabltifnotcbecked early ln llfe. A tthe age of
puberts wllen the youth pasge:from the child to tlle adult
snbjeets B4tk thv chitdle ofsreuua are liable ta indulge hz
'
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pelf.abuee. Ix tlte sublect with animalhnnds lhls arise:

from tlze heat ofllis lmssiox te nature w hich 5* itsoutlet
in tbisway. BntTzith such aukja tbe danger ofacou.
t;iuance oftûe babitis otly sligkt,for they 5uickly bave re-
latiouswitlttlte oppoailex x,aud do notum tiuue self.abux .
Jtltlle vm 'zlen'ctzs àstld pabuwrll'lyrbags a sear<tcf d/iirrv

Np.al

:ut in such w eak plzysicul nattu'es tbis Is Zargel!ra m enltd

eoudition. Titereisnoreallzewtorwqrmthofplzyaical?as-
uûxak.but tbe nzind becenle5 inEaxned Rn4 has lascivloûs
4rea:a* Such subjects arzftllofimaginati= butveeak in
?Qykcalkeat. Itgives thenz greaterdelfghtto think of
zntereourse tbazz tite aetttal experience would brisg tllem .
W itb sueb subieetq when tla age of puberth'givea1 :*1n a
61o T he Law s of Scientihc 11and-R eading

knoWledge of deske,they eak ly faR vieunœ to dke habit ol

sulf-abusu. If thu low er tï rd of tkv Afgunt of M oDn be
largely devdoped. w ith a tbin, bony hand fat Afount of
srenus, G irdle of V enuq w ake ; tklr; pbalauges of the
Nngc s,desdentslountsofsfaza and thlu H eah hne (524).
tbesubjeetA IT beca- ofllisimaginings,eommîttheactef
self.abuse. TV se subjects atehlnito break oftke ixbit
for thel lack of real phyzicalheat zaakes thernpreôzr aelf.
abuse to actu/l inteoaotlpse. Qphey are sby. dissdent and
retiriug by nature an; nsither ccurtnor lovt thc sotiqty of
people in generi or of the opposite pax in yorticulRr
M any sucb sttbjects are found in fheSaturniarttym . 'Wrùen
suclla lm nllis txte:lr ifyou lx k into tlw upturucû palm iu-
leqtly then at the ,ubject withottk saying a wor
' d an eozy
perspiration vrillsoollbagia to fornlia the palal. 3lllis wiz
becom e m ore plc tifulthe longer you uoutinue tlzu exm ri.
meea!and sue.
h qubjectg w'il! not ofteh dety the charge of
A lf.abuse. Iftbeseindicationsare x*11in tlle llazzdsofclzil-
drqu!g'oetlwlm lesom g allvice aud plain talksfrom tlneparents
w ill often prevent the farm ation of tllis vicioas hahit.

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'Pbc G itdle oçVtnus is usualll'a ilzglv deep liue. T lgs

Is m askoiken seea on tize leastnqzvousll= llz and iufor llzis
reason not so frequenfy an indicatioc of hysted x Rs orin-
<rease of auinlRl appetitei O ûeu fxe G irdle isconlpoped of
broken fraglnentsLqust Thlsxillincrewwztbenervousneas
the danger ofhysteria,and also the retiring dispxsition. If
SUC.IZsabjœ tsfallitltoba; practitx's,t:ehalzftsareverylzard
 T he Girdle of V enus 611
to ovm w m e. lf11. Citxlle of V euus l>ecom poe ofdouble
or trlple llnes which ls cften the CaM (!2O jitwillmake hs
indim don w hethe.rofhealth ortem N am em r(loubly strenp
If'tlzeGirdlebecompesed.ofu.uumberofbroken liues(5z7)
and the regt of tiua iland be a nervous one the dangerfrom
kysberia is greatauû 2 1 uqrvous syuzptouzs Izi/ be iabunsie
fud. Ifwith such a naarklng there are indicauona offeuzale

*v . hw
xwpc N Nl 'xv ..7q2

No.:2a >lckwap ND.=

trx ble(5zO .hesubjeetV IIbeagreatguferer'andncnxma

depression.i1l-health,and consiantdW xmtentand unizappj-
nesswillsurrouud h= Tbe.x subj% shou:d betaken to
a.speclalist wiko m ay relieve tllem btzt oftax tlze rewltrouble
is not know n. svith such a raarking you #g1l leqlently
5u4 very dqfecuve Lîfe an; ll/ad liues. Iflhe âleai Iine in
this clpu should have islandl dots croases ora sœ oa i:
there w11l l>e gm ve danger of Insanlty (529). Tlze ultra-
nvrv'ouscondition slzow'n by a baclG irdle ofVeuus willlza&'e
its eg'
ect lzpon eveo'pllase of Iife. D efects in tlze Sztul'n or
Ae lo lirtesm ay be accounted forby a lmd GlrdleofVerum
Tkey m ay com c f'rom d tûerlax igiouscessorill.ltealtlz;w lziclz
one m ay be indicated by a Clziroguem iu exxm ittatitm ald
by theM aia lines. W itk tbe G lrdle ofVeutks,a factorw hicik
ntqy 'ke re poteut in il;s operatiott tlkere w illbe m auy com bi-
uatiousin whichitwitlplayan jmpor ' tazttpgrt. Iftkv Hkad
line slopes low'into tbe M ount ofM oon D d on lt ornearits
term inatîon a.star dot crog: or islantlbe seelz with a brokett
Gizl of Veno Knd many lines ix 1kt N.=4 (s3oN tît
6Ia The Laws of Scientillc H and-R eadlng

sublectisIn gravedangerafinsanlty as1resultoflntenae

ttervousnerss atld.exeessive imagination. This subjeet will
be erratic crankr,wutl lzarrl to get along witlz. IfIkczoss la)
seen on the M ountofrxaturn a broken G irdle ozV enuw dots
or islauds in the Ilead lihe under Saturn a grille on the
M ouctofthe M oou.with bfittle or l'luted tzails,thestzbjecrt
w111be in grwsx dangerfrom ppralysis(531). Jfthehaudbe
tidck at the ba.
ge fingers tizick color red linesdeep and red
witb a deep G irdle ofV enus,and the lines ofLife auttH eacl
slzortancltndiug in defects thusubjectwillbelikelytoilie
very sudâeuly at1he age atw hie'
h the T ife :ine endt.
s asa re.
sultofdissipationakzd excxssG,r
p). Iftlzc'hatd lx.
'sunsual
îu fomvlnt:on w itiza G izâle of V ezm s w hic: euta a tzoublud
Saiurn linedeeply;andadotbesccnontheMountofAN lo
qrontlle A pollo lzne nearttv ttrm înation thv excesqs ofthe
subject willrtllzlllis careerand end iutlle entirelossoflzis
reputxticet(5J!). I' tw'îllbe notetlia theforegoiog illustra.
tlons thatthe Chirogrzom ic type oftlw lla.u; istakea izlto ac.
count,alzd tlzatR &rvkcn Girdle ofArenus indicatesthe vwrzwzlz
cozzditiou auttp.êeep Girdle indieates its arsxtçft':side lfa

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NG H 1 NQ.KV
deep G irdle nf V enus cnts a.line ofA /ection tlze H eartline
hnm drooping lines ft'om it,the H ead line beeom e: defectlve
îow ard '>'e euclan4 term luate: in a star and tbe Saturb line
lscutby a bar wlzicllstom it tlze excesx softlze subjectwill
ndn hisnlarrled 111 and cause greatsonm v;flnally ending in
an im pairm entofthe m entnlfletzltle.a insanîty,and the ruln-
ing ofbiscaree.r(s34). YoawillmeettheGîrdle& Venusiu
 The G rdle of Venus 61,3
.11kînducll'lmndu. Smne of t:e bestmezkand women have
l'nd it anG tkeircareezs have never suffered. It has been
arglbzd that fke adâed Toumath gnaparbzd by tHe (llrdle of
V> us gives a greater dchness to the cbaracter that can
hnld it 'dthin bnunds. Frnm this standrolnt it w:v1â be
conédereG as &n Qbsolute blesshlg, But its preseuce xaay
proluce unpleasant reuults and in raany x'ayi The disi-

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calty oftelling wlliclz meaaiug to give tïe Girdle is m ade

easy w ken you fitthe line lo tbt type t)fhantlw hid thas ita
and.do nottry to ûtlasciviottqm lssto every pzrrdm ojzwlmm
thqG irdle isseen. A ptmr,trem bling,txrîrousjcold-hazde.tl
stlbjectwitlAttGirClleofVenus should uoL1ze told thathe
icduzges i11 great extxsses for to such an oaean extra cup
ofeoff'
ee or teawould m eau greltdisépa.tifm and yetitison
slclzsubjeetstlatyou willfndalargepercelltueofGirdles.
Gord jndgmentacdacles.nwayoflookins atthiugs must
be displayed in handling the Glrdle efVenuw wllicb,used
wit: &'so-imina* nlBill prcduce only Jood rœ ults for tûe
practitioner. Th re are tbosewho seek uupleasantsidesto
elxrycbaracter,audforsuch the(liri:e haspeculiar cbarm:
butin the largestuunzberofeases,pity aad tendernessshpul:
be t:e feeling itinspirzh