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In palm reading, your life line is often the first line a psychic or palm reader examines. It is mostly concerned with the physicality of the querent's life: his health, energy level, activity level, and major life events. It can be compared to an astrological natal chart in some ways, as it is used to look at the entire life of a querent, though it is more limited when used by itself. As with many components of chiromancy, the meanings in the life line are dependent on the line's appearance as well as the influence of a host of other nearby palmar marks.
The Palm's Life Line: Overview and Beginning
The life line begins between the Jupiter and Mars mounts on your palm (the two raised spots on your hand directly below the index finger — Jupiter is on the top, Mars just beneath close to your thumb), and it wraps around your thumb, to end somewhere near the base of the palm. Deeply etched life lines generally indicate very outdoorsy people who love being outside or prefer to work outdoors. Lighter life lines may indicate individuals with problems that prevent them from enjoying life to the fullest.
The ideal life line is one that is strong and solid with few interruptions, chains, or branches. This is the line of someone whose energies can be directed toward his or her own life effectively; often, a person with this strong life line is highly successful at everything they attempt. Expect some chaining at the beginning of everyone's life line, though; the less there is here, the more quickly your querent focuses on problems or pleasures.
In a few cases, the life line will start solid with no chaining at all; these rare individuals tend to be very independent and open. Excessive chaining indicates a person who is too dependent upon others, a tendency that started in childhood. Vague beginnings to life lines indicate an illness in infancy, a hard birth, or even an element of mystery around life's start, like a closed adoption.
When Other Lines Interfere
The life line and head line, which starts just above it, may have linked beginnings. People with this kind of palm tend to allow outside forces to control their lives. They are often self-doubting and pessimistic, but tend to be fiercely loyal whether to country, family, friends, etc. This person is the ideal sidekick or assistant, as they don't have enough confidence to initiate things on their own but tend to be highly capable as well as loyal.
Even if lines aren't linked, you may see little lines linking the two; the more lines there are, the more likely your querent looks to others for leadership, instead of guiding his own life. A querent with clear, separate life and head lines is the most independent of all, and is probably a leader of people.
Life lines that start high up on the hand indicate people who are very confident, perhaps overconfident, but who have difficulty accepting responsibility for their own errors. Lower-starting life lines belong to more easygoing people.
If you have a line passing through your life line, it probalby indicates a family member or close friend who interferes with your life, probably getting in the way of your personal goals and desires.
Sometimes the fate line, which runs from the center base of your palm more or less straight up the palm to end between the middle and ring finger, will start at the end of the life line. (Note: not everyone has a fate line, so if you don't see one, don't panic). This is a great sign; it indicates that family members are actively involved in your querent's pursuit of his dreams, and often indicates a family business. This person has a supportive family for his goals.
Beside the life line, there may be a smaller line nearer the thumb. This is called the line of Mars, and indicates added energy and zest for life in the querent. If the line is so well-developed that it appears to be two parallel life lines, the querent is one of those rare people who can live two separate lives without getting entangled in them.
Look for other lines leading upward from the life line. Each line originating here is an influence line. Most will be aimed toward a finger. If you can trace these, they will tell you what the querent has tried to improve in his or her life: toward the index (Jupiter) finger, personal finance and career; toward the middle (Saturn), self-discipline; toward the ring (Apollo), artistic and creative issues or possibly the pursuit of love; and toward the pinky (Mercury), commercial issues (like small businesses, etc.)
Look at the curve of the life line on both hands. Does one sweep further out into the palm, while the other hugs the thumb or flattens out? This is significant. If the nondominant hand has the flat or close line, it indicates that the querent has tried to overcome a difficult beginning in his or her life, probably multiple times, and probably successful. If the dominant hand has the flat or close line, your querent has given up on fixing issues, and accepts the status quo as the best he or she can do, probably mistakenly. This is something to consider in the context of the entire palm reading.
End of the Life Line
The life line ends somewhere near the base of the palm, though there are people whose life lines wrap well around the mound at the thumb's base. Its length does not necessarily indicate the length of life, though a very long line is encouraging.
Does the line break up as it passes the halfway point, or does it remain solid and stable til close to the end? If the first, your querent has trouble with change – either doesn't handle it well, or has too much chaos in his or her life. If the second, your querent is fortunate in that he or she does not get upset, and sails through the hurricanes of life with little difficulty.
If the line shows a lot of breaking up at the end, warn any older querents. This indicates a life that has taken on too much, and if you can keep them from committing to too many things late in life, you may be their savior.
A forked end in a life line indicates a restless person; this is the querent who buys a Winnebago and travels through the country after retirement.
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