Also called: Garud · eagle-man

Where on the hand: Palm surface.

What it looks like: A body-mass with two large wing-arcs sweeping upward and outward from the shoulders, a hooked beak-stroke at the head, and talon-strokes below — the upward-swept double wing-arc is the identifier.

Viṣṇu-devotion; swiftness and elevation; destruction of enemies and of poison (Garuḍa as the serpent-slayer); protection; sudden ascent.

Read with care: Sourcing: this entry rests on palmistry websites only. No classical attestation was found in Bṛhat Saṃhitā 68/70, Garuḍa Purāṇa LXV, or any primary text consulted. Spelling: गरुड़ with the nukta is Hindi (read Garuṛ). Sanskrit ड takes no nukta — the form matching the transliteration 'Garuḍa' is गरुड.