The reveals the way one thinks, processes information and sees the world. There are dozens of basic Head Line types – combined with the quality, length, gaps, crosses, forks or breaks, and you get an infinite amount of possibilities. But here are some simple ones to look out for: do you recognise your own?

Short Head Line

These types are impulsive thinkers; they live in the ‘now’, and want results in the present. They can be very good at business and money making – wanting tangible results. Their targets and goals are confined within a certain range – usually focusing on the home, family and money making. They need information quickly and get bored by too much detail.

The Life Line is the most well-known line of the hands. With my clients around 1/3 of them have a question related to their Life Line in some way.

“Do I have a good Life Line?’’ – “Do I have a Short Life Line?’’ -“Am I going to die soon!?’’

It is very easy as a chirologist to reassure people with answers to these questions. And here I will explain my answers so as to relieve you of any worry or confusion!

What the Life Line Does Show

The Life Line shows how stable and grounded you are. It is like your root to the earth and your anchor. It shows how stable you are both psychologically and physically. It also shows vitality, energy and how well the body is functioning (with things like digestion and sleep patterns).

What the Life Line Doesn’t Show

The Life Line does not show how long you will live! This is an old palmistry myth and does not have any science or testing behind it. There have been studies done to disprove this myth where doctors have measured the length of the Life line on people in morgues and looked for a correlation with length of life; there was no link.

When in Karnataka my partner told me she gave an acupuncture treatment to a very interesting man. He was a devoted yoga practitioner and she noticed he had a Simian line. The next day I got the chance to meet him and take his prints. They turned out to be perhaps the most challenging combination of features I have ever seen!

Michael has a double Simian line, two ‘Murderers’ thumbs and two Radial Loops. Through spending a day with him and his partner, I learned about how he had used these features incredibly well and successfully in his life. Let’s break this down.

The two Simian lines means the fusion of the Head and Heart lines. This makes the bearer incredibly intense, restless, relentless, focused, competitive, repressed and compulsive. Michael explained he used to be a drug addict and with two Simian lines (+ grainy skin + murderer’s thumbs!) there are absolutely no half measures, so one can assume this period would have been the end of most people. Having two Murderer’s Thumbs really does amplify the intensity of the Simians even more. A murderer’s thumbs is when the top phalange is clubbed. This gives the person an explosive nature and makes them very impulsive due to the top phalange showing the nature of will power. It has been named a murderer’s thumb as supposedly someone with it would be more likely to fly off the handle and kill in a fit of rage.