Should they be found in the lower part of the hand the good or bad will be in early age. In the middle of the hand towards the hollow, in the middle age. If towards the Liver line, in declining age.
Danger of death is threatened if this line be broken.
PLATE IV.—THE LINE OF LIFE.
To find the exact age this line may be divided into seventy parts, each part counting one year of life.
The character ☉ in this line shows loss of an eye. This character double denotes the loss of both eyes.
A line ascending from the line of Life (beneath the angle formed by the line of Life and the Liver line) to the line of Saturn, denotes an envious man, and shows also a perilous disease in that part wherein it touches the vital. So much the worse if it cut the line of Life or severs the mount.
A line passing from the line of Life to the ring finger promises honours to follow by means of a lady of rank, or gain through favour.
The line of Life thicker than ordinary at the end under the forefinger shows a laborious old age.