Marks come and go according to the state of play at the time of the reading.
The square often appears on the mount of Jupiter where it acts as a form of protection to the person as a whole. This subject will recover from setbacks. An isolated square on a line sometimes surrounds a break or an island. This acts as a protection against accident, injury or major loss.
A cross on Luna seems to indicate an important voyage on or over water. Someone once told me that a person with a cross on the mount of Luna would never suffer from seasickness. On the odd occasion when I have come across this unusual mark, I asked if the people got sick in boats and they replied that they did not, so there must be something in this.
Crosses on Apollo seem to mean winning something—perhaps a lottery or raffle. This also often relates to money that drifts in later, such as royalties. A series of crosses running down fairly close to the center of the hand link with those who work in large organizations that have many rooms, such as hospitals, schools or large office blocks. I guess one would see this on most hands in New York or Central London!
A star signifies a temporary problem, so look at the mount and line concerned to see what this might be.
A grille always indicates sickness. The area of the hand will give you a clue as to what is going on. Some years ago I had “women's trouble” that resulted in a hysterectomy. While I was sick for several months after the operation, the lower part of my right hand was almost obliterated by a network of fine lines that formed a huge grille. Once I recovered the grille became less overpowering, but it has never completely gone away.
Dots or tiny pits on any line are important because they indicate the sudden onset of an ailment. I remember on one occasion when my first husband developed a kidney stone, a deep pit suddenly appeared on his health line for a while. The pit went away again once he passed the stone and his kidney recovered.
We are familiar with the idea of skin ridge patterns in the form of fingerprints, but these also occur on other parts of a hand. Skin ridge patterns form at around eight to nine weeks of gestation and they stay with us throughout life but they can change their appearance due to age and deteriorating health. Psoriasis will affect the appearance of the fingers and their ridge patterns. With what I know about hands, it amazes me that the police and immigration authorities place so much faith in fingerprints.
While it is true that the skin ridge patterns on the fingers and the hands do not change, age and sickness can all but obliterate them. The patterns change when we are sick or exhausted. If we take a break or if life gets back on track, the ridges will repair themselves. Fingerprints become muddy when we get old, and they can almost disappear in the case of partially sighted or blind people. Alcoholism and drug addiction will affect the skin ridge patterns on the palms and make the long lines break down into “strings of pearls,” especially on the mount of Luna.
We believe that fingerprints are unique to each person, but there have been cases of wrongful conviction on fingerprint evidence. No two people can have a full set of identical prints—not even identical twins—but one finger can carry a print that is so close to a complete stranger's one that they are almost a perfect match.
Looking at the palm rather than the fingertips, you will observe most hands have at least one loop somewhere. The most common is the loop of humor. Sometimes these loops can be quite small, so it is worth taking a close look at the hand to see if you can spot them. The loop is by far the most common mark, but a loop can contain a small whorl or peacock's eye within it.
There is another mark, called a tri-radius. This means three arms or radii. Swaths of skin ridges pass by a part of the palm and accidentally make a triangle that may be slightly prominent. Some palmists believe that the position of a tri-radius can show a tendency to heart disease but I have not found them to be of any importance.