ate rises from the Line of Head and when it is well
marked, everything will come to the subject late in life and only then by
his own brains.

When the Line of Fate is seen with one branch on the Mount of Venus and
the other on the Mount of the Moon (1-2, Plate XIII.) it indicates a
career of romance and passion, by which the whole of the Destiny will be
swayed.

When the Line of Fate itself rises inside the Life Line on the Mount of
Venus (2-2, Plate XIII.), passionate love will affect the whole career,
and such persons, it will be found, usually place their affections on
impossible people or on those who are in some way tied up by marriage or
who otherwise are unable to gratify the love that the other person
demands. This is a most unlucky sign for affection to find in the hands
of a woman.

[Illustration: PLATE XIII.

THE LINE OF DESTINY AND ITS MODIFICATIONS.]

When the Line of Fate is broken or made up in little bits, the career
will be found full of troubles, breaks, and nothing that one gets will
last long enough to bring any settled or continuous success.

A break in the Fate Line is not always a bad sign to have, provided that
one side begins before the other ends; in such a case it foretells a
complete change in surroundings and position, and if the new line looks
good and straight it will be found to mean that the change will bring
about an advancement in position commencing at the date when the second
line first makes its appearance.[2]

[2] For dates on the Line of Fate _see_ Chapter XIX.

INFLUENCE LINES

When any small line joins the Fate Line or goes on with it as an
attendant line, such a mark usually indicates marriage at the date when
these lines join (3-3, Plate XIII.). If, on the contrary, these lines do
not join, marriage with the person is not likely to occur although the
affection and influence will be present in the career.

When one of these influence lines appears by the side of the Fate Line
and crosses through it towards or on to the Mount of Mars, it indicates
that the influence thus shown will turn to hate and will injure the
career of the person on whose hand it is found (1-1, Plate XIV.).

DOUBLE LINES OF FATE

When the Line of Fate is itself double (2-2, Plate XIV.), it is a sign of
what is called "a double life," but if, after running side by side for
some length these two lines join or become one, it foretells that "the
double life" has been caused by some great aff