Also called: Phoenix Eye · Eye of the peacock · Yav on the thumb

Where on the hand: On any fingertip pad; classically looked for on the thumb, where it is the *yav* or Phoenix Eye, and on the ring finger.

What it looks like: Circles or a small spiral sitting inside a loop — the eye-in-the-feather. Two triradii.

Carries a whorl's qualities but "less intense", and is traditionally a protective and lucky mark, said in folklore to guard against accident or violent death. On the ring finger it indicates artistic distinction; on the thumb it is the classic Indian *yav*.

Western reading: Western practice reads it as a softened whorl carrying a protective charm.

Read with care: The protection "against accident or violent death" is explicitly folklore; it is a charm reading and carries no safety implication.