Head line is the second line which recieves Current when it enters our bodies
through the finger of Jupiter.
The Head line is seldom absent for it is the indicator of that which produces
lines. A single line is the Head line in 99% of the cases.
LENGTH³
LONG It should not run to the percussion as does the Heart line, but if it does
it indicates abundant mentality the kind to be estimated by the character and
color of the line.
SHORT A short line indicates not strong mentality. This latter line must be
carefully noted, for it may also mean that the life of the subject is short
and stops at the point where the head line ends; for illness and duration of
life are to be read on several of the lines and not on the Life line alone.
If with a short Head line is also fokund a short Life line, correspong in length
with the line of Head, the fatality is quite cerytain.
If a star is seen on the end of this short Head line the indcation will be sudden
death, the star showing the explosion. If a star be seen on the end of both
the short lines of Head and Life the fatality may be read confidently if seen
in the right hand, or, as threatened, if seen in the left hand. The larger and
better formed these stars, the more certain the indication.
A cross on the end of a short Head line must be read as stopping the Current,
ending the mentality, and producing death, but not so surely by apoplexy or
in a sudden manner as if indicated by well formed stars.
A cross on the end of a short Head line, and of a Life line must be read as
anin indcation which is nearly as strong a a star. With these markings note
in every case the type of subject, also color of the line or sign. If Jupiterian
- predisposed to apoplexy. Saturnian - predisposed to paralysis Martian - who
has large blood supply in brain these indications will be more serious, especially
if found red or pronouncedly yellow in color. In all short head lines the accompanying
signs on the Life line, Mercury
line, Heart line and Mounts must be noted, in order to distinguish whether the
subject lacks mentality or is predisposed to disease, as in the above cases.
If the Head line extends across the entrie hand in a straight line, with a
Heart line normal, it will show the preponderance of the head and the subject
will be out of balance. He will be avaricious, will view all things from the
mental standpoint, sentiment will be subservient to interest, be will be practical
in all things, and more interested in whatever is capable of producing direct
results than in beautiful things which please the eye or appeal to the heart.
If this long, straight Head line has no accompanying Heart line, the subject
will be cold, heartless, merciless, miserly, avaricious, extortionate, and demanding
his "pound of flesh". The proportionate depth and character of all
the lines must be noted. If the Head line be straight and long and also deep,
it makes a stronger combination.
When the Head line without the Heart line is found also long and it is straight
and deep, it makes worldly interrests greater and the subject harder and more
avaricious. If this line be also red, it makes the subject agressive in his
avarice, and if yellow he will be doubly mean and hard. If the Head line be
long, but thinner and smaller than the other lines, the head will be on a constant
strain and must not be overworked or the brain will be wrecked.
If the line be short, narrow, and shallow, it will be pronounced indication
of small mentality.
If the line be short, narrow, and shallow, it will be a pronounced indication
of small mentality. If all the other lines are deep and well cut, and the Head
line short and thin, it shows a person easily led, weak in mentality, the servant,
never the leader.
In every case use both hands. If the line be short in the left hand and long
in the right the subject has developed his mentality.
If the line be long in the left hand and short in the right, he has retrgraded
mentally, or else there is danger of fatality from the short line. Examine ot
once Life line, type, and all health indications to discover which. If the line
be narrow and thin in the left hand and deep and well cut in the right, the
subject is improving mentally. If this combination is reversed the opposite
condition is present. If the line be long and stright in the left hand and shows
the same formation in the right, but with the Heart line absent in the right
hand, the subject is naturally grasping and self interested, and these qualities
in him have been tremendously increased until he has become intensely selfish
and avaricious.
DISEASE OR CHARACTER
One of the first things to do in reading the Head line is to distinguish disease
from character of the mentality. To do this it will be necessary to use not
only defects in the line arising from breaks, dots, islands and similar causes,
but also the narrowness and thinness of the line, as well as its proportion
to other lines.
Any defect seen on the Head line will indicates mental disturbance, which may
be the result of illness, or it may be an indication of the unsteady character
of the mentality. In making a distinction between character and diseases the
Life line should be examined to see it it is also degective at about the same
period as the defect appears on the Head line. Anything abnormal found on the
Life line will fix the defect on the Head line as an illness. The nails must
also be consulted in connection with the Head line,
for if badly fluted they ell of great nervous disturbance, which is emanation
from the centre of nerve force, the brain. If in addition to a defective Head
line, fluted and brittle nails are found you are warned that the subject is
using up his nervous vitality faster than it can be generated and is in danger
of paralysis. This is further confirmed
if the subject be either a Saturnian, Mercurian, or Lunarian.
COLOUR
The color of the hand and particularly of the lines is exceedingly important
in this investigation. If too white, the anemic condition furnishes little blood,
and the operation of the brain will be weakened. On the other hand, extreme
redness will show that blood in excessive quantity and in too great stregnth
is being forced to the brain. Either of these indications show an abnormal conditon
and indicate disease, whiteness predisposing to weakness and insufficiency,
and redness indicating liability to fevers or apoplexy. The latter condition
is to be read from the presence of stars, crosses, dots, or deep cutting of
the line, red color being also present with these markings.
When a defective Head line is noted, use the Life line as indicated above, the Mercury line in the same way as the Life line, together with nails and color, for all these must be consulted along with the tupe of the subject, and from this combined point of view you will be able to distinguish health defects from mental defects.
STARTING POINT
JUNCTION WITH LIFE LINE
In the greater number of hands the line rises from the line of Life, to which
it is slight attached at the start, and branches away from the Life line, sometimes
near the beginning of that line, sometimes farther along. At this point the
Head line register the early years of life, and the sooner that line separates
from the Life line, the younger was the subject when he began to think for himself.
The longer the head line is tied to the Life line the less self confidence has
the subject and the more he relies upon
the advice of others. The longer the period covered by this union of the two
lines, the later in life did the subject begin to rely on himself. The Head
line is not often bound to the Life line longer than the twelth year, and many
Head lines are seen which only touch the Life line at its beginning, showing
that as a mere child the subject was self-reliant. Make sure that the self-reliance
and self-esteem shown by the indications do not run to a danger point.
An obtuse angle formed by the line starting low on the Life line indicates a lack of sensitiveness.
Separate Head and Life lines produce the most sensitive people. They do not show or own it, but such is the case. The reason is owing to PRIDE, for the subject being extremely self reliant, and confident of his own ablility, allows his feelings to be hurt by anything which indicates that others have not the same degree of confidence in him that he has in himself.
Sometimes the line of the Head rises inside the line of Life on the lower Mount
of Mars, and, after crossing the Life line, winds its way across the hand. This
subject is extremely vacillating. He starts many things with enthusiasm and
before he dies will have made innumerable changes. He is a shifter who constantly
alters his opinions and does not continue in the same way of thinking long at
a time. He is always intense in his views, makes most violent resolutions, and
changes his mind with facility, but always with the same vigor. These subjects
are rarely successful, for they do not stick to anything long enough to win.
They are always aggressive, for the Head line
rises from lower Mars, consequently they are frequently in trouble, always picking
quarrels, and are avoided by those who do not want contention. The shifting
mind and quarrelsome disposition are a poor combination, for one can never tell
what tack these people may take next. If the color of the hand and lines be
red, this will add to the unpleasantness of the indication, if yellow, the subject
will be intolerably mean in addition. The less mentalitly the hand indicates,
the less will the subject be able to overcome the trouble, but good first phalanges
to the fingers, a long second phalanx of thumb, with a long, narrow, or paddle
shaped first phalanx of that member,
will give the subject forces with which he can largely counteract the shifting
disposition indicated by such a Head line.
Sometimes the Head line rises from the Mount of Jupiter which shows fine capability for leadership, a person who can handle men with ease and get the most out of them, one who is self-confident; and a strong mentality. There is a diplomacy present which enables the subject to dictate without being harsh, to rule when ge seems to be ruled, to appear dependent when he knows all depends on him; he is brainy, brilliant, and successful. Always note his type; if of a coarse make-up, the tact and diplomacy will diappear; he will lead but men will feel his strength. If the hand be fine, he will accomplish all he wishes, and men will not know how he does it.
Sometimes the line will rise just at the base of the Mount ofJupiter, sometimes it will sweep clear up to the base of the finger. Between these two sources are manyu degrees, and upur estimate of the strength of the indication must be in proportion to its degree of marking on the Mount. Sometimes the line rises from the Life line but a branch rises to the Mount of Jupiter. This shows that ambition and the desire to be great or famous rule the subject.(The branch seems to come off the Head line later, or it could be rising from the life line.) If the hand be purely a mental one, the usbject's ambitions will be for mental fame. If the hand be purely artistic, his ambitions will be for fame in that direction. If the hand be purely material, his ambition will be for riches. He will always strive to rise, and the life generally follows an upwar grade.
COURSE
The straighter the line runs, and the less it is changed in its course, the
more fixed are the ideas of the subject, the more evenly is he balanced mentally,
and the more practical and commonsense are his views. This line shows that he
pursues an even course, and that outside influences have very little effect
on him. He guages everything by a practical standard and accepts what he chooses,
allowing the balance to pass by without making much impression on him. The tendency
or danger indicated by this line is that of becoming too umimpressionable, too
inelastic, too sordid, to allow of adaptability. These subjects often do not
make many frends, as they want everyone to come to their way of thinking. Everything
is subjected to plain common-sense, often narrow views, and anything speculative
or ideal is an abomination.
DEFLECTION
This straight line must be the gauge by which you judge all defection. When
the line of Head rises on or under Jupiter, we have the qualities of that Mount
exerting strong influence on the subject, and it is seldom that a line will
be so placed that it can be defected upward toward the Mount ofJupiter, but
we do find the line deflected under the other Mounts. The line ofHead normally
curves upward slightly in the beginning of its course, and in most hands this
curve is about midway between Jupiter and
Saturn.
When the line so percepibly curves under Saturn that its course is greatly
changed, it shows that thw subject is strongly tinged with Saturnian ideas.
Often when every other method of classifying your suject into his proper type
has failed, the Head line defected toward a Mount will do it for you. The greater
the deflection of the line troward Saturn the more surely will Saturnian ideas
be strong in the subject. You must note the character of the hand with htis
marking;l if the mental world rules, then your slient will love the study and
research for which the Saturnian is famous; if the middle world rules, he will
love farming, mining, and horticulture; if the lower
would rules, his ideas will run toward the saving of money.
If the line is deflected towards Apollo, the subject's mind will run in Apollonian channels, If the upper would rules, it will be art, pure and simple; it the middle world is stronger, money making and love of beauty will be combined; if the lower world dominates, love of display, and a coarser love of the artistic will be indicated. The larger the defection the great is the degree of influence exerted by Apollo.
When the line is deflected toward Mercury it shows that Mercurian ideas are
strong.
Upper World Rules - Fine powers of expression, persuasive force, even oratorical
pewer, are indicated. The kind will be shown by the shape of the finger tips.
Middle World Rules - The mind will lean toward scientific investigation and
the subject will be a good physician, teacher, or lawyer.
Lower World Rules - Money making talent is strongly indicated.
With deflection toward this Mount, watch the crooking and twisting of the finger,
to determine how much added shrewdness is present, and how near the subject
is to roguery.
If the line is wavy from source to termination it will show that the subject
has had no permanent fixedness of ideas. The variation which may occur in the
wavy line are infinite, but by following the from its beginning you can tell
the age when each mental variation occurs and in what direction it tends. The
general interpretation which must be applied to a wavy line is a lack of continuous
mental effort in anyu one direction, changeability of purpose, and consequent
vacillation. Such a Head line is never self-reliant. As counsellors and advisers
these people are not safe, for their opinions are not long the same.
DEFLECTED TOWARDS HEART LINE
It is often seen deflecting upward in a curve which may take it close to the
line of heart. This will show that the heart is a stronger factor than the head,
and that sentiment will largely influence the subject. If the defection of the
Head toward the Heart line begins early in the line, and continues to the end,
it will show that the heart was always the stongest, even from the beginning
of life. If the deflection occurs later, this condition began later. If the
deflection is slight, the Heart will influence but not entirely rule the subject;
if it is vey great the Heart will largely dictate. It is necessary with this
indication to note which line is the deeper and stronger. If the heart line,
then sentiment will guide and reason will give way. If the Head, then reason
will assert itself, often producing mental distress because the dictates of
the heart cannot be followed.
DEFLECTED DOWNWARDS
Sometimes the line is seen deflecting downward. The straight head line marks
the medium or nearest normal condition, and, generally speaking, all rising
defglections come from an uplifting force, and conversely all downward deflection
come form a downward influence. Consequently when the line of Head is seen to
deflect downward, we feel that the mental attitude of the subject has been lowered
during the period covered by this defection. The mount of Moon, the seat of
imagination, being set at the base of the hand, is considered as the attracting
power which causes the Head line to start downward. I have observed in the hands
of many spiritists and of persons strongly impressed with psychic phenomena
that the period at which these matters began to greatly interest them could
be determined by a downward
deflection of the Head line. If the deflection is short, the suject is for a
short time pulled in that direction, but the line coming back to the straight
course again shows that the ideas have been drawn back into the practical line
again.
If the deflection covers the whole line, there has been conflict between practical
ideas and a desire to indulge in imaginative things, but as the line at the
end gets back to the straight position, the inference is that practical ideas
have conquered.
When the line is deflected downward under a Mount the qualities of the Mount
have impelled the subject to such thoughts as are indicated by the downward
defelection. The three worlds will tell which side of the type qualities, mental,
money-making, or baser, have caused the mental change.
With all deflections note the character of the line before, during and after
a deflection and this will show the outcome. If a line is found deep and well
cut before, thin during, and chained after, it will show that a vigorous mind
(before) becomae less vigourous (during) and was impaired (after), the ages
to be read from the line. If the line is thin at the start, chained during deflection,
and ends in a star, the suject has a weak mind to start with, which was impaired
by whatever caused the deflection, and end in an explosion, as shown by the
star. This will show either insanity or death; look to Life line, nails, color,
tupe, etc, to determine which.
The source of the line shows the starting of the mental activity, the course
through the hand indicates the changes which have affected it, and the termination
shows the ultimate outcome. If the line be short, either the mentality is not
great, or the termination of it comes early in life, by death or loss of mind.
When the line is very short and turns upward toward Saturn the mental attitude
of the subject will be Saturnian, and a health defect of Saturn will cause early
death, of Head origin (brain). Paralysis being a prominent defect of the Saturnian
will be the cause to which your may ascribe the end.
Nails fluted, turning back, or brittle, yellow color, and many chance lines
in the hand, a thin Life line, chained, islanded, broken, or otherwise defective,
will enable you to confirm the indication. If this line runs up on the Mount
of Saturn, the indication is doubly sure. Older palmists gave to this line the
reading "sudden death". If it ends in a star, a cross, or a dot, the
sudden termination of the mentality and the life is assured. If the line ends
in a tassel, paralysis followed by paresis is indicated, as the tassel shows
the gradual dissipation and diffusion of the mental powers and not the sudden
shock and catastrophe which the cross, the dot, or the star portend.
When The line of head turns up toward Apollo it shows that the subject is strong in Apollonian ideas. The world which rules in each case will determine to which side of the type the ideas lean. In all of these cases where the head line turns up toward a Mount it is an indication that the mental stamina is not especially strong. If it were, the subject might belong, to a type, might be strong in his love of all things peculiar to the type, and yet would not lose self-control, or allow the typical Mount qualities to entirely dominate him, as must be the case when the line of Head is pulled out of its course and toward a Mount.
When the line is drawn upward, but is not long enough to reach the Mount, heart or sentiment are stronger than head, and the subject has allowed a mere love of the things peculiar to some particular type to dominate him instead of reason. In other words, his head has been overcome by his feelings.
When the Head line rises and is merged in the heart line it shows that the
subject allows his feelings to overcome his judgement. This has been used by
some palmists as indicating criminality. It is not per se an indication of such
tendencies. It does show that when the emotions, the sentiments, the feelings,
the desires, or whatever it may be
are aroused, that the subject will lose self-control and often commit crime
in response to the appeal of his passions. He is not necessarily criminal, though
he may be weak. Viewed in this light, if the hand be brutal, Mount of Venus
large, full, and red, with Heart line deep and red, nails short, Mounts of Mars
large, you will have one, who to satisfy his desires would become criminal and
even commit murder. His head will not be strong enough to control the passions
which rage within him.
If the line cut clear up into Apollo, the cutting of the Heart line under Apollo by the Head line, will indicate a complication of the heart difficulty of the Apollonian, and some disorder in the mental health, most probably apoplexy. Note the Mount of Jupiter, color of hands, lines, nails, and all other indications which nay throw light on the subject. If at the point where the two line cross they are deep cut and red, the danger will be serious. If at this point there is a star, the danger is very grave, for the explosion is most likely. If this marking is followed by an island, the shock will permanently weaken the mind, and at the least brain fever is indicated.
If the line of Head turns toward Mercury, it will show how strongly the Mercurian
qualities attract the subject. Not matter what side of the Mercurian is developed,
there will be a love of and talent for money making. So strong is this desire
for money that the subject will ruin his health or make any sacrifice to obtain
it. As emplyers these people are tyrannical and
exacting, they desire to make "every edge cut" and will work employees
just as long as they cn, and gine then the least possible material with which
to do the word. They love bargains, and will go miles to save a few pennies.
Every thing is measured by its money value. When this line is seen, note carefully
the tupe of the subject. If he be a
bad or mean Saturnian, the combination of this type with the Head line rising
to Mercury is distressing. If he be a crooked Mercurian you know that honestly
or dishonestly, as mey be necessary, he will have money. The crooked and twisted
finger, with short nails should cause you to make your estimate strong, and
if no Heart line is seen you know that the subject will stop at nothing. If
you find this line on a good hand read it merely as the LOVE of money. If with
it the Medical Stigmata is present, which indicates the especial aptitude for
medicine, you will have the money making physicaian, if with this line the third
phalanx of the finger is longest the
money - making business man. No matter what the combination, the money side
is strong.
If the line goes clear onto the Mount, it will be in addition a health warning.
The bilious tendency, the stomach disorder, and the nervousness, always present,
will affect the head and produce vertigo, though serious results are not often
encountered from the indication per se. The time period of the line when it
has reached this point is about seventy and at that time the end is naturally
not far distant. If the line should end in a star, sudden death is indicated.
When the line runs into the upper Mount of Mars it shows that practical common
sense ideas prevail. It is the medium position and the mental qualities are
not pulled out of their balance. If upper Mars be will developed, it will give
its qualities to the subject, who will defend himself when attacked, will be
cool, calm, brave, and warlike in spirit. If the mount be deficient, the mentality
will partake of these feciencies in Martian qualities and the subject will be
easily discouraged, unable to
resist strong attacks, and lacking in confidence. Whatever would be attributed
to the Mount, attribute to the line. But whatever these attributes may be, the
line ending here always gives practical ideas about everything.
In very many hands the Head line slopes more or less toward the Mount of the
Moon. This sloping of the line shows that the subject is somewhat influenced
by imagination and is not practical to the exclusion of everything else. There
is a great misconception prevalent concerning this sloping Head line, which
has been used as indicating donger of insanity. Nothing can be farther from
the truth, for such a Head line is found on the hands of most sensible, self-contained,
practical persons. Because one has the ability to imagine does not mean that
he is insane or likely to be, neither does it follow that he is unpractical,
so, if the line of Head be good, deep, well cut, and clear, little concern need
be felt because it inclines toward the Mount of Moon. With this indication,
as with all others, excess may make it bad. Other combination with the line,
or the character of the line itself, may spoil it, but the general proposition
is, the line running toward the Moon shows that the subject is not entirely
material in his ideas, but has the power of imagination. This is an essential
qualification for writers, speaker, and linguist, and is the most successful
men of these professions I
find all degrees of droop to the Head line, some going far down into the Mount,
and these persons have ability as writers of fiction or poetry.
A line to reach the Moon must be a long one, so there is in these cases no lack
of mentality. It is only when the drooping line is seen on a poor type of subject
or when it is thin or defective that it is unfavorable. As excess of imagination
is one species of insanity; the drooping Head line with other unfavorable signs
will clearly indicate mental derangement.
If the line droops low on the Mount and ends in a star, it will indicate insanity.
Drooping to the Moon and ending in a chain, it will tell of mental impairment.
If it droops to the Moon and ends in a cross, it will indicate a check to the
mentality.
If it droops and ends in an island or a dot, there is danger of mental disturbance.
In these cases the size of the island or dot will tell how serious. If on the
Mount of Moon the line is broken and intermitent, it as another indication of
mental disturbance.
These markings of the line are more dangerous because the line droops to the
Moon, the imaginative tendencies of the Mount making it a fertile place for
such
trouble. In every case the curve toward the Moon must be carefully considered.
If it begins to drop from the start of the line, the tendency of the ideas have
always been in that direction. If the line runs straight during the first part
of its course and then slopes downward, the practical plane at the beginning
is changes to a tendency toward imaginative ideas later in life, the date to
be read from the point where the droop begins. Such violent changes or markings
are not the best ones with this line; it is
when the line forms a graceful curve, and gradually tends downward that no bad
results follow. Somwtimes the line forks at the end. This will indicate versatility,
a union of practical and imaginative ideas which make the subject see thing
from a double point of view. I have seen this marking on the hands of successful
theatrical people, and those who successfully appeal to the public on other
ways. If the fork be slight, it must be read simply as versatility. If it be
more marked, it shows that the subject has a strong practical set of ideas and
a strong set of imaginative ones. He can see things from both the practical
and fanciful sides, and with this double point ofview, he is less inclined to
be narrow and one-sided. By noting which side (practical or imaginative) will
obtain the mastery. This is a fine marking on a good hand. The double line,
however, with its double point of view, often leads a subject into the habit
of falsifying. He is not always an intentional liar; often he is not sure whether
he is telling
the literal story or the imaginative one. His imagination is vivid, and he sometimes
makes kimself think he is telling the truth when he is not. From the forking
Head line is produced the liar, and when seen on an otherwise had hand, it will
make you sure of this interpretation. In habitual liars, I have found the forking
Head line always present. Sometimes they lie fron pride or vanity, for merenbary
or vicious ends, and in each case the forkingHead line will be seen. This apples
to habitual falsifiers, not mere occasional "story tellers".
If the line has a fork with one line running to upper Mars and one going low
on to the Moon, with this fork, again forking, it will show that the double
pointed imagination, shown by the forked FORK on the Moon, will be so vivid
that the subject will "stretch" everything and will lie when the truth
is better. He possissis such an enlarged imagination that he magnifies everything
to double the original size, and all diesriptions show this distortion. If the
fork on theMoon end in a star, a cross, or a dot, it will
be prictically certain that the enlarged imagination will produce insanity from
, first, over imaginationn; second, mental disease mentioned, if the Mount of
Moon be grilled and much rayed, it will add to the force of the indication all
of the restlessness of the Lunarian. It will emphasize every bad indication
found on a much drooped and forked line of Head. By keeping constantly in mind
what constitutes a clear line of Head and what makes if defective, you can distinguish
between a good, healthy imagination and mental disorder, and you will never
tell a fine writer that he is going crazy.
Sometimes the line of Head divides into three well cut forks, one going toward
Mercury, one toward Mars, and one toward the Moon. This is a splendid marking,
showing great diversity of intellect, adaptability, and versatility. In this
case the three terminations unite business - Mercury, resistance -Upper Mars,
and imagination -the Moon. This combination generally produces a successful
career, and unless laziness, lack of ambition, or some other defect is very
strongly marked, a subject
with this triple forked termination will achieve much.
In rare cases the Head line curves around and ends on the Mount of Venus. This will indicate that Venusian ideas of attraction are uppermost in the mind of the subject. This line is long, so there is plenty of mentality, and if it be deep and clear it is not per se an indication of defective mental health, but it shows the drawing, attracting power of Venus.
The character of the Head line, which will next be considered, shows what strength
there is to the mental qualites, and what ability to concentrate the mind. A
deep and well cut line shows great mental power, good self control, fixedness
of purpose, good memory, and general mental health and strength. There is in
this case a good clear channel for the Current to flow through, consequently
the ideas run evenly and smoothly - no breaks no jars, but steadiness and strength.
The deep and well cut Head line shows one who is self-contained, does not "lose
his head'" is not flightly or erratic, but is dignified, even tempered,
evenly balanced, and has the ability to make and
carry out his determinations. If the long Head line be deep and well cut, its
length shows great mentality and its depth shows strength of this quality.
Long head lines are often broken and defective while the subjects are very bright.
From this you may think that a deep and well cut line is not necessary to produce
mental stamina. But close analysis will show that while your subject is bright
and has much mentality it is not the steady, deep, and strong kind, but is unstable.
The length of the line shows the QUANTITY, the depth and clearness shows the
QUALITY. Owners of deep, well cut head lines do not always make up their minds
as quickly, but weigh and consider carefully. Once reaching a decision, subjects
wiht such a Head line are firm in execution; they can concentrate their ideas,
pursue a single aim in life, and
bring to bear on the aim a fund of strength and information drawn from many
sources. They are cool in moments of danger, collected, not easily thrown off
their guard, and possess self contral in the reatest degree. A strong thumb
added to a deep and well cut Head line will make the subject frim, cool, and
irresistible. The large thumb indicates the will which dominateds others, the
deep and well cut Head line shows the will which can control self. Give a subject
both a large thumb and deep and well cut Head line, and he can accomplish almost
any task if he sets out to do it. Observe the proportion of the lines to each
other and slso the size of the hand. If the Head line be deeper and clearer
than the other lines, then the subject is a mental specimen of whatever tkupe
he belongs to, and his first phalanges will corroborate this. If the hand and
the lines in general are small, but the Head line is deep and well cut, it is
a grave danger, for it indicates more mental power than the subject has physical
strength to carry easily. I have noted a number of incurable cases of insantiy
with this marking, and also that the head line was deep red in color. So while
the deep and well cut Head line, other things being equal, is the best marking,
in excess it is one of the worst. The deep line shows excellent physical health
of the brain, and with such a normal line you rarely find headaches, or any
trouble from brain disorder. If is only when the line is seen in excessive development
and red that you should fear trouble, and then verigo, faintin spells, and,
in extreme cases, apoplexy or insanity are indicated. This is more cetain if
your subject is a Jupiterian, especially is the third phalanx
of the finger of Jupiter be thick. The strong head line shows the capacity of
the brain to think and do work; it shows a healthy brain, consequently one which
can stand much exertion, and can also do better work than a weak or unhealthy
organ. It is less swayed by other, more relieble, and in every way stronger.
Take the deep and well but head line as the basis for best reults in estimating
a subject. Ther are many hands in which the Head line is thin and narrow, and
traces itself delicately across the hand. This thin line shows that the grain
power is not vigorous, but that the subject is mentally delicate. He may be
clever, and will be if the line is long, but will lack
mental vigor. He will have good ideas but will be easily talked out of the,
nor will he make great mental exertion, for it tires him. He cannot put his
brain at work for any length of time, for it becomes weary, He cannot pass through
trails without headaches, and, when ever possible, he avoids severe mental tension
and great brain effort. He does not like to concentrate his mind, and cannot
do so for any length of time. He had little self contrtal, but gives way to
his feelings, either temper, low appetites, laziness, or whatever they may be.
This thin line shows mental inertia, a lack of desire and ability to operate
with vigor, lack of firmness, aggression, and of strong
mental concentration. Its owner never does great things requiring continued
mental exertion, but he does bright things which come to him by intuitiion and
which do not require much brain exertion. If is dangerous to overcrowd these
thin Head line, for they cannot stand it. The channel is not deep enough to
carry a large Curent, and it such a Current is forced into it the thin line
will give way and break. Here again observe proportion. If the hand and lines
are large and the head line thin, greatest care must be used. No mental over
excitment must be allowed, no loss of sleep, no narcotics, no stimulants, no
excess of any kind. The subject must care for the stomach, and when fatigued
must rest; any other sort of living will produce mental disorders. With these
thin lines on the hands of men who make great mental exertions, you will often
see
places where the line cuts much more deeply than in others. These deep cuts
show times at which the pressure has been too great, at such at time, if the
pressure is continued the brain will collapse, producing paralysis or nervous
prostration. The age at which these strains occur can be read on the line. Such
markings will often be seen on the hands of active business or professional
men, and the warning to "ease up" must always be given. By noting
these variations in depth of the line, you can tell the years of best brain
power, age to be read from the line.
Stars, crosses, and dots on a thin line will show dangers to the mental life that must not go unheeded. They show that explosions or checks will occur unless care be used, as well as the time, be the age at which they are seen.
Cuts of the line show danger points. If small and frequent they indicate headaches;
if deep, and the Head line thin, they show brain fever, nervous prostration,
or paralysis. In all examination look at both hands. If the Head line be deep
in the left hand and thin in the right the natural brain power is strong, but
has been weakened and it is dangerous to make great mental exertion. These subjects
seldom heed warnings, for the natural brain strength, coming from the deep line
in the left hand, cannot easily
acommodate itself to the diminished quantity that is shown in the right hand.
If the thin line be seen in the left hand and a deep line in the right, the
brain vigor has increased and the suject can stand additional mental effort.
I believe that weak mentality can be made strong without peril by gradual cultivation:
the danger point always comes from sasmodic and violent efforts. All of the
changes from good to bad, and strong to weak, or vice vera, can be read with
accuracy be using the two hands.
The broad and shallow Head line is not an indication of vigorous mentality.
The Current has too broad and shallow a channel and flows in a weak and shallow
stream. It is not a vigorous brain but a weakened one, liable to aches and deterioration.
The subject with this head line is not firm, resolute, and courageous, but is
undetermined, vacillating, uncertain, and lacks self-reliance and boldness.
He may be bright, if the line is long, but he is weak in mental aggression.
The broad and shallow line shows a lack of force or intensity in the mental
attitude, the subject is not self-assertive; or, if possessed of a large thumb,
he may be this, and yet lack REAL self- assertion; what he does show being merely
a veneer. He has poor concentration of mind, and poor memory. This subject is
easily influenced and yields to temptations. He was not
intended for mental occupations and does not often seek them. He is mentally
lazy and does but little thinking, is satisfied to have others think for him,
so does not create much stir in the world. If broad and shallow lines be seen
in both hands your subject will continue in his weak way until the end of life.
If the line improves and gets clear in the right hand you are safe in saying
that the natural mental inertia will be replaced by as much more strength as
the line in the right hand shows itself deeper and clearer cut
than the one in the left. If a broad and shallow line be seen in the left hand
and splits up and breaks to pieces in the right, the subject is utterly vacillation
and hopelessly weak. With any subject a fine Head line may pull him out of the
worst places, and subjects whose hands are seen to be woefully lacking in many
desirable qualities may overcome their weakness if a strong mental structure
is back of them.
A broad and shallow line will weaken any hand no matter how strong in other
respects, and make the resuls of what might be an otherwise successful life
negative. It reduces the strength of strong Mounts. The Jupiterian ambition
is diminished, the Martian vigor is greatly weakened, and every Mount feels
the blight of mental laziness. In many hands the line runs broad and shallow
during the earlier years of life and then becomes deep and clear. The age at
which this change occurs will show the time at which the subject energetically
took up life's battle, and really began to think for himself. This marking is
often seen in the hands of women who have been "spoiled" and
who have never had to do anything until suddenly thown upon their own resources,
when they have changes and grows deeper, clearer and straighter as they rise
to the occasion and develop strength.
The chained head line is a bad indication. The channel is not only broad and
shallow, but is continually obstructed. The mentality is weak and labored, utterly
lacking in power of concentration, vacillation, timid, sensitive, and changeable.
You can place no reliance on the promises of these subjects; they do not mean
to break faith but they do so. They have poor menories, poor judgment, are continually
subject to headaches and various mental disorders. They cannot apply themselves
contiuously to any kind of work, either mental or manual. If the Heart line
be strong they will be ruled by sentiment and utterly unpractical. If the thumb
be weak they will bne unable to think out
a plan or to execute it. To such subjects any mental shock is exceedingly dangerous
and likely to throw them off their balance. This done they have not the power
to recover it. They are prone to delusions and hallucination, chimerical and
impractical in their ideas, and such a Head line drooping to the Moon procuces
phantasms, over-imagination, or insanity, and the person having such a line
cannot be trusted to deal safely with speculative matters.
A subject with a chained Head line should not attempt mental vocations, should
not choose literature, scientific studies, or any brain-exerting occupations,
but should take out of door positions where labor with the hands or legs is
required. He should have a firm master under whom to work, for he will not be
able to direct his own efforts, but will rely on being directed.
If the chain appears in only a portion of the Head line, its weakening effect
will apply only to the portion of the line it covers. If it be replace by a
deep, well cut line the subject will develop mental weakness into mental vigor.
It is not frequent that the chained condition is at once replaced by a deep
line, for the change from such opposite mental conditions comes slowly, and
in most cases the chained line is followed by a thin line which gradually grows
stronger, showing the gradual progress from mental weakness to strength. Look
to both hands for the outcome when a chained Head line is seen. If it grows
clear in the right hand your subject will gain mental
strength. If it goes from a deep line in the left to a chained line in the right,
the subject is going from a strong condition to a weak one. The life line will
show the effect, and the age at which this deterioration begins can be read
from the Headline, and confirmed on the Life line. You will find the different
character of lines marked in great variety on Head lines. If you remember the
kind of mental strength each one indicates, you know that each kind of a line
will operate in the manner peculiar to its character during the period it covers
on the line, and that when the character of the line changes, the mental view
and qualites change at the same time.
COLOR
WHITE color will show poor blood supply to the brain and consequent weak operation
of that organ. This color is most often seen on the broad and shallow or chained
lines, and it adds to the poor indication of these lines, making them weaker.
PINK color gives better force and takes away some of the weakness.
RED color makes them more intense and less liable to absolute weakness; but
red color will make broad and shallow and chained line violent and spasmodic
in their action. Thus for periods they show great force, but the effort is only
temporary and has no lasting quality. These subjects oftem deceive even close
observers by displays of mental vigor, but they do not deceive those who are
familiar with the cause.
YELLOW color in a broad and shallow or chained line will make the subject, in
addition to the weak mental operation, cross, nervous, despondent, and fault-finding.
The meaness of disposition which yellow color also gives is present if the line
is pronouncedly yellow, and with this combination you have a weak and mean head
combined.
BLUE color shows congested circulation in the brain, and while it is per se
a heart indication, it shows that the mentality may be cut off at any moment
by a sudden heart failure.
In deep and well cut lines, WHITE color is not often seen, but when the line
on pressure does not show the red blood flowing along it, but remains white,
it is an indication of coldness which must be added to the strong operation
of the good line. The owner of this brain is calculating, cold, avaricious,
and seeks sef-aggrandizement at the expense of others. As this deep line shows
great determination and strength of mind, the white coldness also seen in it
indicates one who has little sympathy or feeling for others, and such a subject
easily becomes the master and the tyrant, whether in home or business. The deep
white line shows the stong, cold head.
The PINK color is often seen in all kinds of lines and gives its added strength
to the deep line. The subject with this combination has a vigorous, healthy
brain and a stong mentality. His danger is from overwork. Red color often means
excess with a deep Head line, and it results in mentally unbalancing the subject.
Too much brain and too much blood in it are the indications of this combination,
and apoplexy, fainting fits, and insanity follow. Always regard red color in
a deep Head line as a menace, and look over all the hand for the place it will
make its danger felt.
YELLOW color adds its baleful qualities to the deep line and makes the subject
strong of brain but mean. This will produce the really vicious subject who conspires
against his fellow-men. With a thin line, white color makes it weaker than if
it were pink, while red color adds much stength. With the latter color the danger
is that more force will be exerted than the thin line can stand and the subject
will overstrin his brain. Yellow color in a thin line makes the subject narrow,
little, mean, nervous, and unstable.
DEFECTS
The defects commonly seen on head lines are uneven lines, splits, cross-bars,
islands, dots, and breaks. These constitute SPECIFIC DEFECTS or, as commonly
known, single signs, which are common to broad and shallow or chained lines,
but are not often encountered on deep or even thin lines. These specific defects
in the Head line show that the operation of the mental activity is not continuous,
regular, and strong, for these defects have interenced, obstructing the flow
of the Current and the operation of the brain. They show that periods of health
occur, followed by periods of weakness or disease, and consequently that the
mental powers have at times been interfered with. When they begin and how long
they last may be judged by the duration of the defective condition of the line.
UNEVEN LINE This is a line which is thin for a while, then thick, then thin
again, and following a like variation throughout its course. These alterations
may occur frequently, or only once or twice in the whole line. They show that
the mentality of the subject changes, now weak for a period of years, then strong,
then weak, then strong, as many changes being indicated as there are uneven
places on the line. At the time the deep lines occur these is no doubt that
gtreat concentration of thought takes place, and the pressure on the brain is
very strong. If the Head line at the beginning be thin, class it as a thin line
and the deep places are the periods when great
pressures occur. This is a dangerous line, for at these deep laces the thin
line may be crowded too much. These subjects alternalte between enthusiasm and
despair, are changeable, and not reliable councsellors or guides. If a star,
cross, or dot occurs in the course of this uneven line, paralysis, apoplesy,
or insanity will be indicated. The greatest care, plenty of sleep, and not excitement
must be the advice given this subject.
SPLITS
- of an infinite variety of sizes, and running in many directions. As a general
rule splits which rise from the line are better indications than those which
fall from it. If these rising splits are small and frequent but not large enough
to impair the line, they show that the subject is aspiring to rise and to improve
and that he seeks all avenues for
advancement, as is indicated by these splits rising under all the Mounts.
If these splits are large and long they indicate that the head is influenced
by too many things, making the subject vacillating. Such a subject will never
have the concentration of mind that a deep and well cut line gives. The thoughts
wander too much, and if the Head line droops toward the Mount of the Moon, these
subjects are day dreamers.
If the splits drop below the line it shows that the subject is easily discouraged,
does not fight the battle of life with vigor, but is prone to say, "I am
unlucky". Such subjects start into every enterprise saying they know "it
will fail', and as they really believe this, it generally does.
Older palmists read this indication as "sorrows and disappointments",
which is generally correct, for the reasons above stated. Always give these
subjects advice along the line of "resisting more and not giving way so
easily".
A single split rising under Jupiter = thoughts ambitious wishing fame and notoriety
Split rising under Saturn = thoughts of wisdom, soberness, studiousness
If in either of the above cases the split line should end in a star it will
show that success rewards these ambitions or desires.
Similarly for other mounts. In these cases be certain that the line is a split
from the line of Head and not a chance line cutting it.
Split line rising under Apollo = thoughts of pride, love of display, beauty,
desire for wealth and fame, art, and celebrity. If the line ends in a star,
the prognosis is favorable, if with a dot, cross, or island, these is small
chance of success.
Split line rising under Mercury the subject's thoughts will run in Mercurian
channels. Either he will love the scientific side, in which case the second
phalanx of the finger will be longest, and the Medical Stigmata will be seen
on the Mount, or he will love business side of mercury, in which case the third
phalanx will be the best developed.
All split lines rising and touching the Heart line show that sentiment, love,
and affection occupy the thoughts of the subject. Even with a deep and well
cut line he will be less sordid and mercenary and more given to doing for others.
He will also be more sympathetic and humane. If split lines rise from the line
of Head and merge into the line of Heart the head has been powerfully guided
by heart. Often these lines are seen cutting the line of Saturn; in this case
sentiment has interfered with business success.
Cross-bars are lines which cut the Head line, sometimes only one being seen,
and again, and again the entire line is cut by them. They are short lines which
have no particular beginning or ending, but are apparently just long enough
to cut the line of Head. They cannot be classed as chance line, but must be
distinguished as cross-bars. If these lines are deep, cutting the head line
sharply, and are also red, they indicate a brain disorder, may be fever, may
be only headaches, the severity of the attack being proportionate to their depth
and redness. The age can be read from the line. If several of these deep bars
cut the head line there is predisposition to brain trouble,
and with a Jupiterian subject this is a serious matter, for apoplexy may result.
If these cross-bars are merely little fine lines which cross the Head line they
show mental worries and predisposition to severe headaches, but do not go so
far as brain fever. They are generally seen on the hands of hyper-nervous persons.
ISLANDS = MENTAL STRENGTH OPERATES WITH DIMINISHED FORCE
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Islands on the line show that at the time they occur the mental strength operates
with diminished force. If have seen islands on the head lines of many insane
persons whose aberration lasted through the duration of the island. I have seen
them on the Head lines of those whose line of thought had been changed, and
who confessed that during the period indicated by the island they felt that
they were not mentally balanced. I have seen the islands at points on lines
where brain fever has occurred, or islands at
points on lines were brain fever has occurred, or where delirium has been produced
by other fevers. I have seen them also on the hands of many spirit mediums who
said they were "developed" into mediums at the age when the island
appeared. I have seen them on the hands of women who have suffered from female
trouble until their reason has been affected. Many similar instances might be
cited, all of which would lead to the statement that during the period covered
by an island, the mind is not in full health and power, and that an island shows
delicacy of the brain during the period covered by it, more or less pronounced
according to the size of the defect.
Islands have been much used as denoting hereditary weakness or defects; they
sometimes do, but they are not per se an indictor of heredity. They always show
a defect in cinstitution during their presence, and if any undue excitement
or mental strain is put on the subject during the period of life covered by
an island on the head line, his mind will undoubtedly be unbalanced. Islands
on the head line in 85% of cases indicate that the mind will be disturbed during
their presence. If islands are deep cut and red, the trouble will be brain fever,
or possibly it may be female trouble, delirium of typhoid or other fevers, hyper-nervousness,
or severe mental strain, sometimes the embracing of a new religion, that will
produce the loss of mental equilibrium. In hands full of lines crossing in every
direction it is sage to read islands as periods of mental unbalance. The subject
who has hands free from lines- which shows him to be phlegmatic and without
nervous strain- may avoid the danger by his naturally calm, even temper. If
is a danger, however, and a grave one, in every case when these islands are
seen in the Head line. You can estimate the results by the character of the
head line before and after the island. If after it a star, a cross, a dot, or
a severe break in the line be seen the subject will not avoid serious mental
disorder.
If the line be deep and well cut after an island the results are not likely
to be so serious. Always note the color of an island in the head line, and apply
color qualities. Deep red is always an added danger to the indication. With
every island wathch for a deep cut in the head line preceding it. This will
show that the brain was force too much, and this procduced the mental disturbance
shown by the island. Note chance lines which connect the island with some other
part of the hand; these will often show that diseases peculiar to the Mount
types have caused the island. These chance line are vey trustwarthy if they
run from grilles or crossbars on the Mounts to an island
on the head line. An island on the Head line under Saturn is seen in the hands
of 90% of deaf mutes.
DOTS = ACUTE BRAIN DISORDERS
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Dots on the Head line are acute brain disorders more or less severe according
to the size and color of the dot. If small and white or pink the trouble is
an illness, but not per se of grave import. If the dot be large and deep red
or purple, the brain trouble indicated is severe and great care should be taken
by the subject at the age it occurs. The character of the line following dots
will tell the effect which the illness has on the head. If the line continues
deep and well cut the effect is only temporary. If the line
grows thin it shows that mental vigor has decreased.
If the dot be followed by a chained line it shows that the brain sickness has
much impaired the mind, and unless the chain is very short and replaced by a
deep line the mind will never entirely recover from the infury. During the period
covered by the dot and chain there will be some mental disturbance, and no attempt
should be
made to pursue usual vocations. White dots almost always tell of past brain
illness, and when the dots are deep red or purple they will generally be found
in advance of the present age of the subject. Islands following a dot show great
delicacy of brain following a severe illness- the long the larger the island
the greater the delicacy and the longer its duration. This is a grave indication,
and the subject will be greatly umbalanced after the illness. A star or cross
following a dot will show the fatal termination of the illness which is indicated
by the dot. This is red with as much certainty as it shown on the Life line.
An island following a dot and ending in a star
will show that a severe brain illness occurs at the age when the dot appears
on the line, followed by a period of delicacy lasting as long as the island,
and ending fatally at the age at which the star appears. If the Head line runs
on after the star it will show insanity instead of the termination of life.
Breaks in the line show the interruption of the Current, its unsteady flow, producing irregular action and consequent lack of concentration, firmness, and self-control. These breaks may be illnesses; if so they will be corroborated by nails, Life line, and other indications of disease. They are often seen on the hands of flighty, nervous, changeable subjects, and there is illness present of each time the line breaks. The age at which all of these illnesses occur can be read from the line. If the line is continually broken and ladder-like it shows an utter lack of stabitliy; the subject is fickle and shifting, has continuous headaches, poor health, visions, phantasms, and unless cared for by someone else goes insane or borders on itfrom nervousness. These subjects fly off on tangents, are always seeking for the unrealizable, and if pointed tips are present they arte utterly umpractical and unreliable, especially if the Head line goes far into the Mount of Moon, With every break in the head line note whether it is repaired by sister lines, by the overlapping ends, connecting bars, squares, or any other repair signs. If so the subject will have a mental jar at the time of the break with will be more or less severe according to the size of the break and to how well it is repaired. If the end of the braken line turns toward any Mount, handle it as in the case of the split running to a Mount. Wherever the broken end goes it will show the force which produced the break. Note the condition of the line after a break, and it will tell whether the break has permanently impaired the mental stamina, or whether it is overcome. Note all signes like stars, dots, crosses, or islands after abreak nad they will tell of the result on the mental capacity of the subject. By following the line from source to termination and noting every change that occurs you will have no trouble in handling any break encountered. Stars found on the Head line are always a danger. The electric light on the Head line does not produce brilliancy, but explosion. This may mean a sudden collapse, apoplexy, or insanity. Study the type of your subject; if Jupiterian or Martion interpret the star as apoplexy; it Saturian or Lunarian read it as paralysis or insanity. Follow all the instructions given in diagnosing disease, and you will never by at a loss. Watch for chance line to the star, which will help to elll the cause of it. In every case consider a star on the head line a danger and seek its explanation. Crosses on the Head line are also dangerous, and if large and deep are nearly as much so as a star. They must be etimated in the same manner as stars.