Mark
Square
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In an older source
The square (Plate XV.) is one of the most interesting of the lesser signs
Cheiro, The Language of the Hand (1897)
About this entry
The usual name for the square, Cheiro 1897 reports, is the mark of preservation. He says it shows the person protected at that spot from whatever danger threatened. On the life line he gives it the same name, and he adds that a square around a break in the fate line still shows protection from serious loss.
Benham 1900 also treats a square around a break as a patch that lessens the threat, and counts a square on a mount in that mount's favor.
Where this text comes from
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- Cheiro, The Language of the Hand (1897)
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- William G. Benham, The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading (1900)
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