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HEre we give you the different Faces of either Hand.
1. In his Right Hand the Epatica is visible, but passeth not the Concave thereof. And therefore it shews his shortness of Life; especially, because a certain Line is transversly let fall from the Vital to the end of the Epatica, as it were interrupting the Pro∣gress thereof.
The Vital of the Left Hand receiveth a Line ari∣sing from the Tuberculum of Saturn. The Place of the Vital thereby touch'd and almost broken, apper∣tains to the 25th. Year of his Age, or thereabout, wherein, without doubt, the Horoscope comes, by Direction, to the Body of Saturn. Indeed Venus is present, but in a strange Sign; whence the Native shall then very hardly escape. The Oblique Ascention of Saturn is 54 degr. 36 Min. that is, the 5th. degr. of Gemini.
2. In the Left Hand the Epati••a is wanting, and two Lines (almost Parallel) are ••et fall from the Vi∣tal to the Mensal; which argue weakness of the Li∣ver, and an evil composure thereof: Likewise a Pra∣vity both of Wit and Behaviour.
3. But although Venus (in the very Cuspe of the Horoscope) by reason of her South Latitude, 1 degr. 12 min. doth produce no slow Ingenuity: Yet being in the House of Mars, or a Foraign Sign, she will incline the Native to all manner of Wickedness, [Pe∣tulancy, Lasciviousness, Inconstancy, &c.] Mars Lord of the Geniture (Venus participating) Afflicting Mer∣cury (in Taurus and Retrograde) by an Angular Op∣position, the same. Therefore he denoteth, or rather maketh him Contentious, Disobedient, Violent, Un∣faithful, &c. All which are manifestly seen by the Evil Disposition of the Lines in his Hand.
4. The Cephalica of the Left Hand, increaseth the strength of his Wit, wherewith the Tuberculum of Mercury agreeth, though slenderly, because it is Marked with two Incisures, at the least, in the utmost part of his Hand. Venus presents three sufficiently clear Incisures in her Region; the rest I found Incult.
5. Mars hath a Sister appearing in the Right Hand, but none in the Left. This begetteth wrath, and in∣cites the Native to Warlike Arts, as to be an Engi∣neer, or a Gun-Smith, making Warlike Arms and In∣struments of all kinds: Only this, when Mars is not Angular, and in his own House, you shall find no Ef∣fects of him in the Hand: Yet being Retrograde, he possesses Men with unhappy Malice, and threatens some Adversities, especially in Old Age. And there∣fore when he neither shews a Proper Line in both Hands, nor exhibits in one a Line that is decently drawn, you may safely adjudge his Decrees Imper∣fect, and less Prosperous.
6. In the Left Hand, the Vital is variously touch'd: Wherefore number ye so many future Diseases, about the 7, 14, 25, 32, &c. Year of his Age.
7. A treble Cross about the Vital, by the Place of Mars, confirms the Assistance of Mars: But in Uxo∣rious matters, it argues Cross Fortune, and a bad Be∣lief. In the Nativity, Venus is shrewdly suspected for her Positure, especially for that her Dispositor is resident in the West Angle.
8. The Saturnia descending by an unaccustomed Path, plainly shews a Corrupt Nature.
9. The same Line passing above the Restricta, to the Region of the Moon, is also a Sign of Adversities, and secret Enemies. And verily there is almost no∣thing observed in this Geniture, that disposes to a Prosperous Fortune.
10. The two Lines in the Tuberculum of the Moon, premonstrate Journeys; as do also the Moon in the 9th. and Mercury in the first House.
11. Jupiter is most dejectedly Collocated; yet hath he adorned his seat with a little Line. He makes a Triangle in Earthly Signs, the Moon shining by a Sinister Aspect unto him, the Sun and Mercury by a Dexter. Wherefore, he asswageth and strangely de∣clineth all Misfortune, especially such as appertains to the Impediments of the Mind.
12. The Sun is Angular, and Riseth exactly with the Pleiades, in a Trine to Jupiter.
And therefore you see a small Cross under his Mount, notifying, that this Man shall not altogether live ob∣scure. This Diversity of Lines in the Hands, floweth from a troubled Imagination of the Macrocosm, as we shall shew in its due Place.