As such an Influence Line runs parallel with the Life Line, or turns away from it, so it can be judged how long such an influence will last, and with fair accuracy the date when it will occur (for dates see page [113]).
These Influence Lines, however, never have the same importance or meaning as those previously ascribed to the Line of Fate.
In my large work on this subject, Cheiro's Language of the Hand, I have been able to go into still greater detail with regard to all these Influence Lines.
CHAPTER IX
LINES DENOTING CHILDREN, THEIR SEX, AND OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THEM
The Lines relating to children are those finely marked upright lines found immediately above the Line of Marriage (12, [Plate XVIII].). A very good plan, in trying to see these Lines, is to press this portion of the hand with the tips of the fingers, and then note which of these small lines stand out the most clearly.
Sometimes they are extremely deeply marked, and as a rule much more so on a woman's hand than on a man's. In many cases it is necessary to employ a magnifying glass in order to see them.
Broad and deep lines denote male children, fine and narrow lines, females.
When they appear as straight lines they denote strong healthy children, but when very faint or crooked, the children indicated are always delicate.