Traditional palmistry texts are full of warnings. A cross on the Mount of Saturn (below the middle finger) is called the "fatal cross" or "cross of fate." A grille (a mesh of small lines) on any mount is read as obstacles in that area of life. An island on the fate line is read as career difficulty.
These interpretations are not based on evidence. They are based on cultural associations of certain shapes with difficulty, obstruction, or bad luck. A cross looks like a warning. So palmists decided it was one.
The reality is that these marks appear on the hands of successful, happy, fortunate people all the time. They are anatomical variations, not destiny markers.
