Editing Cross (section)

== Physical gestures ==
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Cross shapes are made by a variety of physical [[gesture]]s. [[Crossed fingers|Crossing the fingers of one hand]] is a common invocation of the symbol. The [[sign of the cross]] associated with Christian [[genuflection]] is made with one hand: in Eastern Orthodox tradition the sequence is head-heart-right shoulder-left shoulder, while in Oriental Orthodox, Catholic and Anglican tradition the sequence is head-heart-left-right.

Crossing the index fingers of both hands represents and a charm against evil in European folklore. Other gestures involving more than one hand include the "cross my heart" movement associated with making a promise and the [[Tau]] shape of the [[referee]]'s "time out" hand signal.

Crossed index fingers represent the number 10 ([[wikt:十|十]]) in [[Chinese number gestures]].