How to Read the Mounts of the Palm

Learn the main characteristics of each mount:

Jupiter: related to leadership, organisation and authority high and firm - natural leader, intelligent, ambitious high and spongy - vain, proud, over-indulgent low - kind, more interested in respect than wealth missing - low self-respect

Saturn: related to extra-ordinary tendencies high and firm - responsible, hard-working, aloof, gloomy high and spongy - enjoys wallowing in morbid fantasies low - faith in fate missing - do not possess negative traits of being high and firm..

Apollo: related to outlook on success, happiness and beauty high and firm - adaptable, versatile, outgoing, self-confident, quick-tempered high and spongy - proud, flatterer, extravagant low - interested in beauty, practical, lack imagination missing - leads a very ordinary life

Mercury: related to ability to think high - clever, crafty, competitive low - impractical, insincere, inventive missing - passes life in poverty

Inner/Lower Mars (Mars Positive): related to physical courage high - aggressive, argumentative low - difficult to stand up to others

Plain of Mars: firm - makes use of the qualities of the Heart, Head and Destiny Lines spongy - easily influenced by others

Outer/Upper Mars (Mars Negative): related to self-control and perseverance high - strong-willed low - struggles through difficulties

Venus: related to love, affection, and passion high - affectionate, sympathetic low - coward, weak-natured missing - no interest in family life

Neptune: related to artistic ability high - artistic, charismatic low - little artistic talent

Luna: related to imagination, creativity and emotion high - lovers of nature and beauty, imaginative, religious low - imaginative, emotional missing - hard-hearted, materialistic

Identify which mount is most dominant. The characteristics of this mount will be dominant in the person's personality. If there are multiple dominant mounts, the palm is considered "lucky" and indicates drive, ambition and confidence. If no dominant mounts are visible, this indicates a lack of self confidence.

Locate the central apex of each mount at the base of the fingers. This apex is triangular skin ridge similar to a fingerprint. An apex located directly under the middle of the finger is a sign that this one is the most important in the hand. If there are multiple central apexes, each one is of equal importance.