Heart line
The heart line is the uppermost of the three major lines, running across the palm just below the fingers. Palmists read it for your emotional nature: how you love, express feelings and connect with others.
Also known as: hriday rekha, line of heart, love line
Look just beneath the base of your fingers: the line running from the little-finger edge towards the index or middle finger is the heart line, hriday rekha in Hindi. Cheiro described it from the other end, rising beneath the fingers; the reading is the same either way.
Where it ends matters most. Ending beneath the index finger (the Mount of Jupiter) is linked with idealistic, generous love; beneath the middle finger (Saturn) with a more practical, self-reliant style; and between the two with a calm balance of warmth and good sense. A curved line suggests feelings shown openly; a straight one, care shown through steady action.
Palmists also note depth, length and marks. A deep, clear line is read as steady feeling. Cheiro and Benham read a chained line as changeable affections and a break as a disappointment in love, already lived through: a sensitive heart that has been tested. It is read together with the head line: the balance between the two shows whether heart or head usually leads.
A break in the heart line is often taken as a sign that a marriage will fail. Palmists do not read it that way: it points to a past hurt or a change in emotional life, often one that leads to growth, and it is never read in isolation from the rest of the hand.