If this character ⊕ appears in or near the fork it gives riches and honours by means of ingenuity and arts. THE LINE OF FORTUNE. This line is also called the Table line. This line, when it is long enough and without incisures, argues a due strength in the principal members of man and denotes constancy. Judge the contrary if this line be short or crooked or is severed. When this line terminates under the mount of Saturn, it shows a vain and lying fellow. If it projects small branches unto the mount of Jupiter, it produces honours. Should this be a simple line on the mount of Jupiter, and void of any good marks or branches, it is a sign of poverty and want. If it severs the mount of Jupiter, cruelty of mind and excessive wrath. If it throws a branch between the forefinger and the middle, it threatens to a man a wound in the head, but to a woman danger in child-bearing. A small line running from the line of Fortune to the space between the middle and ring finger, denotes sorrow and labour. A line passing from the Liver line to the line of Fortune, forming an acute angle, brings sorrow and labour. Should there be no Liver line and the line of Fortune connected by a small line to the line of Life, it threatens a deadly wound. The absence of the line of Fortune shows a malevolent, contentious, faithless, inconstant person and of base conditions. Confused little lines in the line of Fortune denote sickness, and if under Mercury, in the first age; under the mount of the Sun in manhood; under the middle finger in old age. When certain points are observed in this line they argue lust and vigour of body. THE BRACELETS LINE. 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.