CHINESE PALM READING – MARRIAGE LINE

LOCATION AND MEANING

Marriage line (also relationship line or affection line) mainly reflects the situation of your marriage life, love relationship, marriage time as well as your attitude towards love. It is located below the base of the little finger just above the heart line. The number of the marriage line differs with different people. Some people have only one line and some may have multiple lines. Also some may find there is no marriage line for them. The longest line is usually used as a basis for judgment. 

The length, shape, forks, islands, chains and numbers of the line reveals different meanings for your marriage life. Follow the analysis below to find out what your marriage line stands for. Please don't be upset if you find the line is not ideal. The line usually changes with the more you experience. No matter what kind of line you have, a sound marriage needs you to manage carefully. 

LENGTH

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Straight Long 

A straight long marriage line indicates deep and long love. It shows you are passionate, gentle and usually have a happy family. If you only have one marriage line which is deep and long, close to or touch the Sun line, it shows you could not only enjoy a happy marriage but also achieve great success in career after marriage. (Fig 1)

Short 

If your marriage line is short, it indicates passionless to the opposite sex. If it's also shallow, you usually lack the patience to pursue the opposite sex and hard to fall deep when fall in love. In most times, if you own this kind of line, you are likely to get married lately. (Fig 2)

CURVED

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Curving Downwards

If your marriage line goes downwards at the end (Fig 3), it's not a good sign. It predicts your partner will die earlier than you. If it curves downwards suddenly, your partner may suffer from accidental death. Another situation is that it curves downwards and touches the heart line. This indicates marriage crises and personality clashes with your partner. So, a separation or divorce may be happened. 

Curving Upwards

If the line curves upwards at the end (Fig 4), it indicates constant in love and a settled marriage life. You usually don't have worries about your finance and can lead a rich life with your partner. Also, you could coordinate each other well thus enjoy a happy marriage. The more risen your marriage line, the happier you are. 

FORKED

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● If the line is forked at the beginning with a shape of "Y", it's not a good sign. It indicates split-up or divorce. If the fork is not big, the situation is not so bad as it only stands for breaking up for some period of time. So, to some extent, it also means re-union after separation.(Fig 5)

● If the line has split ends, it indicates marriage crises and separation. You may spend the whole life in confusion. You may also suffer from indigestion. In addition, fortune for your career is usually not satisfied before 55 years old. (Fig 6)  

BROKEN

The broken marriage line shows you are easy to meet setbacks in love or marriage. The serious situation is that you have many quarrels with your partner and end in divorce. The longer the broken part is, the more serious the situation is. If the break is short, that’s not too much problem. You have chance to make up finally.

ISLANDS

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Island indicates psychological incompatibility with your partner or family conflict. 

● If an island appears at the beginning of the line, it shows you may not go smoothly in love relationship before marriage. (Fig 7)

● An island in the middle indicates twists and turns in love. (Fig 8)
● If the island appears at the end of the line, it indicated obstacles after marriage. (Fig 9)

● Many islands indicate unfavorable love relationship and marriage. 

X SIGN

X sign in marriage line is in auspicious in palmistry. It usually is a sign of trouble in marriage life and love issues. You are easy to have disputes, disagreements, quarrels or separation with your partner. Or, you may fall into a love triangle which makes your marriage life full of quarrels. 

GRILLES

Grilles means that there are great ups and downs during your marriage life. You might have much abnormal sexuality. The singles having this kind of marriage line is hard to find a good partner and the married are easy to break up during the middle age.  

OVERLAPPING OF LINES

If you have multi disordered overlapping lines with different lengths, it shows you couldn't have an ideal love relationship or marriage. It's hard to meet a good lover and easy to spend the whole life without marriage. If you are married, it indicates your partner is usually interfered by the third party. Especially after the middle age, the life will be very hard for you. During your later year, you are easy to suffer hypertension or diabetes.

SHORT LINE ABOVE OR BELOW

If there are short lines above or below the marriage line, it indicates many quarrels, hard love relationship and a stubborn character of you. You are also easy to get sick. 

WAVED OR CHAINED

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If your marriage line is waved (Fig 10) or chained (Fig 11) , you are easy to encounter villains and suffer emotional or marriage crises. You are usually stubborn, heartless and not nostalgia which cause you to separate even divorce after marriage. It's hard for you to get great achievement during your life. 

MEANINGS OF THE NUMBERS OF LINES

No Marriage Lines

If you don’t have marriage line, it means that you have no desire to love. You are not interested in or couldn’t be attracted by the opposite sex. You usually don't pay much attention on marriage and may be sexless. Instead, you like to focus more on your hobbies or career. If you are younger than 20, you may don’t have a marriage line. As you grow older and contact more with opposite sex, the marriage line may appear. If you already married and don’t have the line, the most case is that you don't have interest in your partner.  

Only One Marriage Line

If you have only one marriage line which is clear, you could find an ideal love to marry and live a happy life with your partner for the whole life after marriage. If the line is long without any surplus lines, it indicates a sound and lasting marriage.

More Than One Line 

In general, most of the people have marriage lines more than one. It's not accurate to think one will have how many times of marriage according to the numbers of the line. 

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Two Marriage Lines 

Some people explain that two marriage lines means one have two marriages. In fact, it's not right. Most of the people have two lines. As long as the lines are deep, clear with the red color, the people could still have a sound marriage.    

● If you have two marriage lines running parallel with the same length, it indicates a tortuous marriage. Also, people who separate with his/her partner for a long time and reunite usually have this kind of marriage line. (Fig 12)   

● If the two lines running parallel with different lengths, you are easy to fall into love-triangle situations. (Fig 13)   

● If the two lines (one short and the other long) are not parallel, it indicates divorce or separation.  (Fig 14)  

   

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Three Marriage Lines 

Three lines mean mixed emotions and a weak concept of chastity. If you have three marriage lines, you may have a poor conception of life. You are usually talented, romantic and passionate to the opposite sex. If you couldn't utilize your wisdom, there would be troubles in love life. (Fig 15)

Four Lines

If you have four long and thin marriage lines, it shows you have a romantic character. You usually are not satisfied with an uneventful life. So, you are prone to have many love affairs. (Fig 16)

If there are over six marriage lines and there is no one can be regarded as a major one, it shows a complex marriage life. If the lines are long, it indicates a harsh term to select the marriage partner. You usually have a high requirement for your love and have a great pressure in life. 

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Mark 12:13-17 | Silver Roman Denarius Coin | Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar

Mark 12:13-17 Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar

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Mark 12:1-12 | Maarten Van Valckenborg | Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Mark 12:1-12 Parable of the Wicked Tenants

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