This strange mark has usually for its domain the centre of the quadrangle, but it may be found at either its upper or lower extremities. It may be formed by the line of fate and a line from the head to the heart, or it may lie as a distinct mark without connection with any other main line.

It denotes mysticism, occultism, and superstition.

These three qualities are widely apart in themselves, although often confounded, and the position this mark taken on the hand is therefore very important.

When high up on the hand toward Jupiter, it will give the belief in mysticism for one's own life, but not the desire to follow it farther than where it relates to self. Such people want their fortunes told, actuated more by curiosity to know how their own ambitions will turn out than by the deeper interest that the study involves for its own sake.

When the 'Croix Mystique' is more closely connected with the line of heart than with that of head, it gives a superstitious nature, and this even more so when it is marked over the centre of the head-line, when that line takes a sharp curve downward. It must be remembered that the length of the line of head has much to do with this. The very short line with the cross over it will be a thousand times more superstitious than the long one. The long one is the greatest for occultism, and particularly so if the 'Croix Mystique' is an independent formation of the line of head.

When it touches the fate-line, or is formed by it, the love of the mystic will influence the entire career.