Also called: Empathy loop · Loop of humanity · Humanitarian loop

Where on the hand: Low in the palm just above the rascettes, near the base of the hand; some sources describe a related 'loop of humanity' lying alongside the fate line.

What it looks like: A loop of ridges in the ridge field immediately above the bracelet lines.

Read as genuine fellow feeling — an active interest in other people's inner lives and a readiness to be moved by them. Where the medical stigmata mark a practical impulse to treat, this loop is read as the temperament that wants to understand. The related loop of humanity is read as idealism directed at improving conditions in general rather than at individuals.