Also called: Letter M on the palm · letter M · M on the palm

Where on the hand: Not a marking of its own: it appears wherever the Life, Head, Heart and Fate lines happen to compose the letter M in the centre of the palm. · The centre of the palm, formed by the major lines themselves.

What it looks like: The Head and Heart lines form the two upper strokes, the Fate line the central diagonal joining them, and the Life line the outer leg — together tracing a capital M across the middle of the palm. · The Head, Heart and Life lines together with the Fate line forming the letter M across the centre of the palm — the Life and Head lines making the left stroke and its downstroke, the Heart line the right, and the Fate line the middle vertex.

Popularly hyped as a rare mark of destiny; in fact it is common. It is read as intuition, self-motivation and self-discipline. Both traditions treat it as a coincidence of ordinary lines, not a distinct marking. · Sharp intelligence, strong leadership, considerable wealth and honour throughout life.

Read with care: Widely circulated online as a rare sign of exceptional destiny. The research is explicit that it is common and is merely a chance arrangement of the four major lines. · A modern, cross-cultural addition widely repeated in the Hindi press-astrology tradition; many hands approximate it, so it is fairly common.