What does the Fate line indicate when it starts from the Head line?
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This is a sign of much labour and a need for perseverance, for much difficulty has to be overcome; but if the Head line is clear, success will be obtained through the intellect, rather than by fate or fortune, although it will be rather late in life.
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What does the Fate line indicate when starting from the centre of the palm?
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It indicates a painful and troubled life, with many obstacles to be overcome, especially if the Fate line enters the finger of Saturn; success, however, is ultimately achieved if the line is clear and unbroken.
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Why is the Fate line sometimes closely joined to the Life line?
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Because the wishes of friends and parents having been followed when the individual first started out in life, he has been hindered from striking into new paths and using his talents to the fullest extent: thus his fate has become different or inferior from what it would otherwise have been.
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What does the Fide line indicate when it rises from the Life line?
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If it starts low down on the Life line, it indicates that “Fate” or destiny is so fully in the hands of the subject, that success will only come after trying for it: this success, however, will be considerable if the Fate line goes straight and clear on to the mount of Saturn.
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What does the Fate line indicate when starting on the mount of Moon?
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This is an indication that the happiness and prosperity of the individual will come chiefly from the influence, whims and caprices of the opposite sex: this does not always mean money, but silent influence, or perhaps mere association which has the effect of arousing latent ambition and energy.
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What does the Fate line indicate when starting from the wrist?
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If it goes direct to Saturn's mount without being cut or broken, it indicates very good fortune, resulting from inheritance, and personal merit. If it is cut by a line rising from the mount of Moon, it indicates that fortune has been ruined by the imagination, leaving the mental powers more or less injured.
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Where does the Fate line start?
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It has several points of departure: for instance, it may rise direct from the centre of the wrist, from the mount of Moon, from the Life line, or it may rise only at the Head line, the Plain of Mars, or even at the Heart line.
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Does the Fate line indicate the probable length of life?
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Yes, when long and well traced it indicates a long life: from its base to the Head line is reckoned 30 to 35 years, according to the position of the Head line: from thence to the Heart line is reckoned another 10 or 15 years, according to whether they lie close to get her or far apart, bringing it to 45 or 50; and from the Heart line up to the root of Saturn's finger brings the age up to 80 or 90, according to its length; but the age is reckoned from the wrist upwards on the Fate line in con
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Does the Fate line indicate the nature of the ill-luck which its bad signs prognosticate?
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No, it only shows good or bad fortune: the nature of such things must be looked for in other parts of the hand; there is however, generally a connecting line indicating from what direction the good or bad fortune will come.
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Does a good Fate line counterbalance the indications of an otherwise bad hand?
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Only to a certain extent: for instance, the power it indicates often overcomes the influence of a weak and poor Life line, but for the Fate line to manifest the full force of its indications it ought to be in harmony with the rest of the hand, which will go to prove that fate has some foundation; for instance, a good development of the finger and mount of Mercury with a good Fate line indicates that science and commerce is the foundation upon which success must be built: but a good develop
