Fate line
The fate line, also called the line of Saturn, is the vertical line rising from the base of the palm toward the middle finger. Palmistry tradition reads it as one’s relationship to a life path: vocation, direction, the sense of moving toward what matters. Many hands carry none, or only in fragments, without that saying anything about the worth of a journey.
Where to find it
Look for a vertical line rising from the bottom of the palm toward the base of the middle finger, the finger of Saturn: that is why it is also called the line of Saturn. It can start at the wrist, at the life line, or at the mount of the Moon. On many hands, it appears only in fragments.
What tradition reads in it
Cheiro saw in it the thread of a trajectory: one’s relationship to work, to vocation, to the sense of going somewhere. A continuous line would speak of a course held early; breaks or shifts, of reorientations, of turns chosen or lived through. Each interruption is read as one chapter closing and another opening.
If it is missing from your hand
Its absence is no bad sign. Tradition reads in it a path that invents itself as it goes, with no track laid in advance. If your palm carries none, or little, take it as an invitation: your direction is built through your choices, and your hand simply keeps the trace of them.
Sources
- , Cheiro’s Language of the Hand (1894)