The Life Line of Action.

The action of the thumb and the development of the muscles of the thumb produce a well marked and curved line around its base. This line indicates the extent and regularity with which a person’s will power has succeeded in attaining the objects of life; for that reason its general course indicates the duration and intensity of a person’s life. Commencing near the edge of the palm, the length of life as shown by chart is indicated by the number of years as subdivided. When the life line is clear, well marked and unbroken, it signifies good health and a vigorous constitution. If the line is slender and broken by cross lines, it tells of defective health and low vitality. If accompanied by a curved echo line, running parallel with the life line, shows increased vigor and health; if accompanied by a straight line crossing or joining at both ends, the life line indicates disease and weakness.

If the beginning of the life line is from the base of the first finger, the source of the person’s life is subject to outside and varying influences. If close to the thumb, the person’s life is too narrow and contracted. Half way between the first finger and thumb is best.

When the social or heart line connects closely with the life line it indicates that the person’s affections are intense and part of life. If the line of the intellect or thought draws close to these lines it indicates a person having unison of action, feeling and conduct, all tending to one common end. Such persons will make their doctrines the guide of their lives; their religion will not be one of mere profession or belief in the hereafter. If lines are widely separated at the commencement, they foreshadow a discordant and inconsistent course of life. Such a person will think and feel one thing but actually do another.