It was formerly supposed to be a sign of sensuality, so that its presence in a hand was taken as a bad sign and considered unfortunate; but later investigations proved that its indica­tions more properly belong to Saturn, as the person in whose hands it is seen is much under the influence of characteristics indicated by a large development of that mount: the upper part of the palm also denotes intellectual capacity, rather than animal instincts, the latter being shown by the devel­opment of the base of the hand; therefore a more appro­priate name should be given to this sign, which is by no means unimportant, as will be shown. My own experience on the matter is that this sign is more often found clearly de­veloped in the hands of moral and intellectual, though highly sensitive persons, than in those of a degraded sensualist. "Cheiro"says: "I have not found this sign to indicate the debauchery that has so often been ascribed to it, on the contrary I consider it to be associated with an intellectual nature, but one changeable in moods, easily offended and touchy."