Secondary Signs

What are knows as ‘’ islands’’ in the Line of Head are very important.

Especially if they are considered both in relation to the age at which they occur, and also in relation to the mentality itself.

In the first place the principal rule the student must bear in mind is that islands must be considered as showing a weakness in any line wherever they may be found, and are to be considerer unfortunate signs.

On the Line of Head when found in the form of a continuous chain all through the line, they denote mental weakness but generally produced by ill-health which more immediately affects the brain.

Secondary Signs - Such mental weakness or ‘’brain illness’’ if found with nails showing very small ’’moons’’ or none at all, denotes and anemic condition of the blood circulation, which seems to starve the brain o blood and prevents such people from making any continuous effort in regard to study or will- power, and causes them to act in an erratic fashion.

If at the same time the Line of Head is seen placed very high on the hand this sign is worse still in its meaning, and such subjects are inclined to be ‘’half mad’’ in periods.

When the Line of head is widely separated from the line of life, then this chain formation of islands is still more accentuated and more difficult to cure.

Such subjects have periods of mental excitability which it seems impossible for them to control, and in such moments they are liable to fly off t a tangent and commit mad or rash acts, but generally dangerous to other people.

When however the Line of head is very sloping with this formation of islands the subject is inclined to have fits of depression and melancholy, during which he is likely to shrink away from people or make an attempt against their own life, ‘’Suicide while temporarily insane’’ is the verdict of the jury in such cases.

Another important point of consideration in relation to the islands in the Line of head, is to note their position on the line itself, or under what Fingers of Line or under what Fingers of Line they make their appearance. When these islands are found at the commencement of the line under the first finger or Mount of Jupiter it will be found that the subject in early life was delicate mentally, and without ambition.Under the second finger on the Mount of Saturn the subject, on the contrary, is inclined to suffer from severe headaches, morbidness, melancholy, and a tendency for inflammation, especially at the base of the head.