Each I is a finger, V is the thumb and index. X is crossing your index and middle finger.

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    Back to the Future’s “Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan” definitely threw one of these 🖖

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      I believe that’s some sort of religious Jewish blessing. Idk where I got that idea, maybe Lemmy.

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        TIL

        I’ll admit, I thought “I’m sure I’d have heard that before if it was true”, but it appears to be the case! It’s apparently based on a gesture Leonard Nimoy saw during a blessing as a boy.

        I guess it’s like the ICXC hand shape that vicars and priests use in Christianity.

        These religious leaders and their hand gestures…

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          Yes, that’s right. I’m glad it prompted you to look for yourself, rather than dismiss out of hand. That shows something special.

          ETA; there are also mudras. These religions are more closely related than it seems at a glance.