THE ISLAND, THE CIRCLE, THE SPOT, AND THE GRILLE  
The Island is never a fortunate sign. Whereever it makes its appearance, it reduces the promise of the Line or Mount on which it may be found.
 
On the Line of Life it shows delicacy or illness at that particular date where it appears (1, Plate XXII.).
 
On the Line of Head, weakness of the brain, danger of brain illness (2, Plate XXII.).
 
On the Line of Heart, weakness of the heart (3, Plate XXII.), and especially so when under the Mount of the Sun.
 
On the Line of Fate, heavy loss in worldly matters, worry, and anxiety about the subject's destiny (4, Plate XXII.).
 
On the Line of Sun, loss of position and generally by some scandal (5, Plate XXII.).
 
On the Line of Health, serious illness (6, Plate XXII.); if on the upper part of the Line and with small round finger-nails, throat and bronchial troubles. With long nails, delicacy of the lungs and chest. With short nails without moons, bad circulation and weak action of the heart; and with very flat nails, nerve diseases and paralysis (see Nails, page 137).
 
Lower down on the Line of Health on the Mount of[Pg 102] the Moon, it indicates a grave tendency towards kidney and bladder troubles (7, ............