Also called: clusters · yogas of symbols · rājayoga configurations
Where on the hand: Across the whole palm; several formulae specify the centre of the palm (Rahu Parvat) or the soles.
What it looks like: Not a single mark but a set of two or more distinct line-figures co-occurring on one hand.
The classical sources almost never read a symbol alone. They give clusters, and the cluster means something the parts do not. The stalk alone is only treasure; stalk plus flower is empire.
Classical Sanskrit clusters
- **Lotus + conch + umbrella + palanquin + elephant + horse** → the person will be a **king** (Bṛhat Saṃhitā 68).
- **Pot + lotus-stalk + flag + goad** → **guardian of treasure**.
- **Discus + sword + axe + club + spear + bow** → **commander of armies**.
- **Crocodile + flag + cow-shed** → **very rich**.
- **Aṅkuśa or kuṇḍala or cakra on the sole** → **ruler of a great nation**.
Hindi tradition clusters
- **Lotus-stalk + lotus** → a **powerful emperor** (32-sign list; the stalk alone is only treasure).
- **Śaṅkha + gadā + khaḍga + aṅkuśa + dhanuṣ + bāṇa** on the palm → an ***uttama puruṣa***, superior person and master of all.
- **Śakti + tomara + bāṇa + rathacakra + dhvajā** in the **centre of the palm** → the **authority to rule and to enjoy its fruits**.
- **Dhanuṣ + chakra + mālā + vajra + chatuṣkoṇa** → 'Lakṣmī's grace showers constantly.'
- **Bow + wheel + rosary + lotus + flag + chariot + seat + square** → Lakṣmī's special blessing.
- **Hala + Kamala + Kalaśa + Śaṅkha** — 'the four signs of greatness' → a person of obscure birth attains **lordship**.
Mrs. Dale's plate combinations
- **Wheel + flag** → 'riches and power; a great ruler or prime minister' (fig. 13).
- **Spear + bow + arrow** → 'sure to get a throne; all three together, a king or queen' (fig. 11).
- **Elephant + earring + wheel** → 'an emperor or great personage' (figs. 14–16).
- **Hill + wristlet + head-of-man + pitcher** → 'almost sure to rise to minister of state' (figs. 17–20).
Line-and-mount configurations
- **Trident on Saturn + Moon line joined to the Fate line** → ruler or administrator.
- **High Jupiter and Sun mounts + clear Saturn and Mercury lines** → high government office.
- **Sun line meeting the Head line and penetrating Jupiter's mount to form a quadrangle** → ministerial status.
- **Fate line rising from the palm's centre with one branch to Jupiter and another to the Sun** → *rājyādhikārī*, an administrator.
- **Right index and little fingers thicker than the left + elevated Mars + strong Sun line** → collector or commissioner.
Read with care: Six of the eleven “classical formulae” here are not in Bṛhat Saṃhitā 68/70 or Garuḍa Purāṇa LXV and could not be traced to any primary text. More importantly the entry's thesis is backwards: Iyer renders the confirmed combinations DISJUNCTIVELY (“the discus, the sword, the axe… OR the bow”), so the classical sources do read symbols singly.
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