Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1884 — The Lines on the Hands. [ARTICLE]

The Lines on the Hands.

The principal line on the hand, in this creed, is the “Line of Life,” which can be traced round the root of the thumb, known ns the Mount of Venus, till it more .or leu directly joins the “Line of the Head,* the lower of the two lines; the other is called the “Line of the Heart,” which crosses the palm just be ow the Mount of, Jupiter, at the root of the first finger, and of Sat-

urn, Apollo, and Mercury at the root of the others. There is no corresponding mount left for Mars or .for .the Moon, so the formemis supposed so run into the Mount of Mercury, by the little finger, and the latter to be lower down, near the wrist. These “mounts” and “lines” are the basis of palmistry, the idea being that according to their development and peculiarities the qualities indicated by the various planets are to be detected.— Science.