Accidents: he produces falls from houses, imprisonment and danger of drowning.
A deep line running from the space between the forefinger and middle finger to the line of Fortune and cutting or interrupting it, signifies a wound or disease in the lower part of the abdomen.
The Planet Mercury. The Mount of Mercury. Study, Research, Sciences, Speaking, etc.
When this planet is fortunate, men are ingenious, studious, scientific and searchers after secrets.
Professions, trades, etc., according to his dignity: he produces orators, poets, eloquent speakers, persons ready to learn anything, mathematicians, merchants, sometimes crafty, variable people.
When unfortunate he produces persons full of levity, liars, prattlers, thieves, cheats, inconstant, faithless, traitors, etc.
Diseases: he produces madness, fury, acute fevers, etc.
Signs of deceit and danger to life: the mensa sharpened by the concourse of the line of Fortune and the line of Life or the Liver line. The best sign is the mensa diverging, open at both ends and forming the figure
Perfection of wit and science: a star placed (or other clearly-formed flowers or flag) in the mensa especially under the mount of Mercury or the Sun.
