Also called: Deep · Deepak · diya · lamp

Where on the hand: Palm surface; auspicious near Jupiter and on the Fate line.

What it looks like: A shallow boat- or crescent-shaped vessel — a wide, low lens — with a short pointed flame-stroke rising from one end; sometimes a small teardrop above the lip.

Illumination, the dispelling of ignorance and misfortune, the lighting of a lineage; auspicious beginnings. In popular readings, a person who brings light to family and community.

Read with care: A popular-tradition mark, weakly attested in the classical lists.