Also called: M sign · M on the palm
Where on the hand: Across the centre of the palm, where the heart, head, life and fate lines meet.
What it looks like: The shape formed where the heart, head, life and fate lines overlap into a capital M — the heart and head lines forming the outer strokes, the fate line the central V.
Good fortune, intuition and trustworthiness. This is a popular modern reading, not a classical one.
On each line
- **Heart line** — supplies the upper part of one outer stroke.
- **Head line** — supplies the crossbar of the M.
- **Life line** — supplies the first descending stroke.
- **Fate line** — supplies the central V that makes the shape an M rather than an H.
- **Independence caveat** — by the independence rule this is precisely an artifact of main lines crossing, which is why careful practitioners give it no classical weight.
On each mount
- **Plain of Mars / palm centre** — where the figure sits.
- **Rahu (Indian mapping)** — the same central region, where Indian sources read confusion and sudden events rather than good fortune.
- **No mount table** — the M is defined by the four lines, not by a mount.
Where it is positive
- **Everywhere it appears** — the reading is wholly positive: good fortune, intuition, trustworthiness.
- **Its weakness** — the sources themselves note it is a popular modern reading, not classical.
- **Compare the Mystic Cross** — the other intuition sign in the same region, which by contrast must be independently formed to count.
Read with care: The M is explicitly flagged in the sources as a popular modern reading rather than a classical one, and it is formed entirely by main lines crossing — exactly what the independence rule says should be read as nothing.
Palmistry is a traditional interpretive art, not a science. Offered for reflection and self-understanding — not medical, legal or financial advice.