Also called: Diamond · Lozenge · Irregular quadrilateral
Where on the hand: Anywhere on the palm; the mark has no established position because it has no established status.
What it looks like: A closed four-sided figure with unequal or oblique angles — a diamond or lozenge rather than a square.
Despite targeted searching, no substantial classical or Indian source treats the rhomboid as a distinct named mark. In practice it is read as one of three other things, and no independent meaning should be manufactured for it.
What it is actually read as
- **An imperfect square** — read as a square with reduced protective force. Life Palmistry explicitly accepts “rectangles and slightly trapezoidal shapes as long as all four sides are present,” implying a rhomboid is a valid square.
- **A large angular island** — if two of its sides are formed by the parent line splitting and rejoining, it is an island, not a quadrilateral.
- **A confusion with the Quadrangle** — the space between the head and heart lines is a region, not a mark, and is sometimes mistaken for one.
On each line
- **Formed by a line splitting and rejoining** — read it as an island on that line, and use the island's line-by-line table.
- **Straddling a line, independently formed** — read it as a square on that line, and use the square's line-by-line table (preservation, protection, contained damage).
- **Between the head and heart lines** — check first whether what is being seen is the Quadrangle region rather than a mark at all.
On each mount
- **Any mount, independently formed and fully closed** — read it as a square on that mount, with reduced force.
- **Any mount, formed by main lines** — the independence rule applies: it is nothing.
- **No rhomboid-specific mount table exists** — none should be invented.
Where it is positive
- **If read as a square** — protective, with the square's whole benefic table available but at reduced strength.
- **If read as an island** — negative, following the island's readings.
- **Recommendation** — present it as “not a standard mark; read as a square if fully closed and independent, as an island if the parent line forms it.”
Read with care: This entry exists to record an absence. Any source offering a confident, specific rhomboid meaning is inventing one; the honest reading is to reclassify the shape as a square or an island.
Term correction: विषमकोण चतुर्भुज means 'unequal-ANGLED quadrilateral', i.e. an irregular quadrilateral. A rhombus is defined by equal SIDES: समचतुर्भुज. The given term appears to be a coinage.
rectangles and slightly trapezoidal shapes as long as all four sides are presentLife Palmistry
Palmistry is a traditional interpretive art, not a science. Offered for reflection and self-understanding — not medical, legal or financial advice.