These indicate the influence of other people on the life, but not necessarily love affairs, although the imagination will play some part in the influence, the person influencing being to a greater or lesser extent idealised by the subject; the duration and depth of the influence depends upon the length and depth of the line; if the influence line does not touch the Fate line but merely rises towards it, the influence will have no marked effect upon the life. If the influence line is cut by another the influence is disturbed by circumstances.