Single transverse palmar crease
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In humans, a single transverse palmar crease is a single crease that extends across the palm of the hand, formed by the fusion of the two palmar creases that people typically have.[1][2] Because it resembles the usual condition of simian animals, it is also known as a simian crease, although this term has fallen out of favor due to its pejorative connotation.
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[edit] Medical
The presence of a single transverse palmar crease can be a symptom of certain medical conditions, including genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or Noonan syndrome. However, such a crease appears in approximately 1 out of 30 people. Males are twice as likely as females to have this condition.
[edit] Chiromancy
In palmistry, a single transverse palmar crease on any hand has special significance in that both emotional as well as reasoning nature have to be studied from this line alone. The peculiar line is thought to be a combination of the head and heart lines on such hands that are separately marked on the rest of the hands.
According to Cheiro, this line is thought to endow a person with an intensity of purpose or single-mindedness, the nature of which is decided upon by exact position of this line on the hand and the direction of any branches shooting from it, which is normally the case. In hands where such lines exist without any branches as a singular mark, it indicate an extremely intense nature and special care is needed for such persons. The normal position for the line is if it starts below index finger and ends where normally heart line terminates at the edge of hand below little finger, indicating average intersts for the person and the intense side of the nature is decided purely by the direction of branches shooting from it.
The upper half of the palm lying immediately below fingers is considered to represent the higher or intellectual nature and the lower half of the palm represents the materialistic side of the nature. If one of these halves is larger than the other as decided by the central placemnent of the head line or in this case the single transverse palmar crease it shows greater development of that aspect of the nature. Based on this general principle, if this line is placed below its abovementioned normal position it indicates an intensely intellectual nature; if it is placed above its normal position it indicates an intensely materialistic nature and interests.
The direction in which any branches may be found shooting from this line have a significant impact on the nature of this line resulting in suitable modifications from the above defined results depending on the nature of the mounts on hand. For instance, if a branch from this line shoots to the mount of Moon lying on the lower edge of hand exactly opposite the thumb, it indicates an intensely vacillating nature and emotional temperament.
[edit] References
- ^ McPherson M.D., Katrina (2004-05-03). Simian crease. Medical Encyclopedia. United States National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ^ Definition of Simian crease. MedicineNet. MedicineNet, Inc. (2005). Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
"Language of the Hand" by Cheiro
