Also called: Good Samaritan Lines · Samaritan Lines · Healing Lines · Nurse's Marks · Doctor's Marks · Science Lines · Research Lines

Where on the hand: A group of three or more short, straight, vertical lines standing on the Mount of Mercury, beneath the little finger, running from around the base crease downward toward the centre of the palm.

What it looks like: Typically three or four short vertical strokes, frequently crossed by a single short horizontal line — producing a small "gate" or hash figure. The crossed form is the classic stigmata.

An aptitude and inclination toward healing and caring work: medicine, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, massage, counselling, social work, case management, nutrition, veterinary work. The person need not actually work in medicine to carry the marks — the disposition itself produces them.

Read with care: The claim that well-formed stigmata show “accurate diagnosis in a physician” should carry no weight at all: a clinician's competence is established by training, licensure and outcomes, never by their hand. Do not use this — or let a patient use it — to judge whether to trust a doctor. Read as a statement about inclination, not ability.