Other and Minor Lines.
Reading edition
Many other and minor lines cross the hand, all of which are supposed to be based upon established laws of physical and mental life.
Some of the lines are fully mentioned in the accompanying chart, entitled “The Human Hand.”
If the life line is broken, it means death; if connected by a thread, illness and gradual improvement; if crossed by many lines, health disturbing influences and minor illnesses.
If the heart line is crossed or broken it indicates broken engagements, heart aches, social disturbances, that may be further and more definitely verified by quarrels with friends, wife, children or lovers, as the case may be; also financial disasters may cause the same effects and can be traced in the hand.
If the thought line is broken, may indicate mental disturbances caused by business, social or political disasters, all of which can be positively verified by other signs.
Other lines mark their courses through the hand, all valuable in palm reading. The line of materialism, familism, nutrition, fortune, science, social or political force, the line of the speculator, the girdle of Venus, marriage and divorce, all of which are set out in the chart, as well as the smaller lines of children, friends, relatives, melancholia, quarrels, and many more, not indicated, as a greater number would only confuse the mind of the novice, but sufficient is given here, together with some hints at symbolism to enable the student to read any ordinary hand scientifically correct.