Life line
A Gap in the Curve
A life line with a gap in its curve.
In the tradition
Readers take a gap as a change of pace. It is never a date, and never an ending.
How commonAbout 1 in 75
In a study of 5,201 palms (Park et al., 2010), about 1 in 75 life lines showed a break.
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In a reading
- It is drawn on the Your rhythm card.
- When it is the most distinctive shape in a hand, it names that hand on its Mark.
- A line too faint to see in the photo is drawn in pencil, and the card says so.
The life line
Curves around the base of the thumb, enclosing the mount at its root. The life line has never been a lifespan gauge in any of the serious traditions.
Other shapes of the life line
Palmistry is an interpretive tradition, not a diagnostic tool. These pages say what the tradition reads into a shape, not what a hand proves.