If this be double or treble and forming a right and continuous tract, it
promises a good composure of body.
The line which is nearest to the thumb, of a good lively colour, and
unbroken, promises riches. Should this line be broken in the middle,
crooked and very pale, it denotes debility of body and a want of all
things.
A cross or star placed here shows tranquillity of life in old age.
If there be a star single or double or any lines near the mount of the
thumb, in women they denote misfortune and infamy.
A line passing from the Dragon line through the mount of Venus, presages
adversities either by means of some kindred or a wife.
A line running from the Dragon line to the mount of the Moon shows
adversities and private enemies; crooked or distorted it increases the
evil and shows long servitude.
This line being clear and straight and extending as far as the region of
the Moon, presages many journeys both by land and sea.
If this line continues to the mount of Mercury it argues that the man
will live in a foreign country in great esteem. If it extends to the
Liver line it shows an honest behaviour and a long life. If to the mount
of the Sun, single or double, it denotes great good and enables the man
to govern and rule in great affairs. If it pass to the mount of Mercury
it betokens a man fit for many things. If it does not extend to the
mount of Mercury, but is broken about the middle and ends beneath that
mount, it denotes an untruthful, tittle-tattling, discontented person.
If this line ascends directly to the mount of Saturn, it denotes a good
position of Saturn in the geniture; but if crooked and passes towards
the Dragon line and the Liver line, it denotes a hard, covetous, and
laborious man.