| Palmistry is an ancient art and one that has many | | | | Upper Mars, which reflects your temperament: if this |
| systems of interpretation. It is also an intuitive art that is | | | | mound is fleshy then the person tends to be more |
| easily learned just by learning a few basics about the | | | | courageous or war-like. Below that, near the base of |
| symbolism that is represented by the lines that run | | | | the hand is the Mount of Luna (also known as the |
| across the palm, the mounts (or fleshy parts) of the | | | | Mount of the Moon). This mound reflects such qualities |
| palm and the structure of fingers.In some systems, the | | | | as generosity, warmth and imagination. If it is over |
| right hand represents who you are today and the left | | | | pronounced it can indicate a tendency to |
| hand, everything that you were born with when you | | | | madness.Below the Mount of Jupiter (follow the index |
| came into this world. For "palmistry on the run" though | | | | finger downwards) lies the Lower Mars, which deals |
| it is best to read the hand that the person writes with, | | | | with aggression, hostility and capacity for evil. The |
| as that would be considered to be dominant hand.In | | | | center of the palm is called the Plane of Mars. If the |
| palmistry, the hand as a whole is divided into three | | | | plane has a dip in it you are calm, cool and collected. If |
| different sections. The Fingers represent the mind and | | | | it is raised or flat you are more likely to display a bad |
| the higher self. The middle of the palm represents | | | | temper.The Heart Line cuts laterally across the upper |
| day-to-day life and the conscious mind. The lower half | | | | palm between the mounts of Jupiter and Mercury. |
| of the hand represents primal instincts, health and basic | | | | Loops, bubbles, cuts and breaks in this line indicate |
| drives of the subconscious. Palmistry is all about | | | | relationships and episodes occurring in a person's love |
| proportion, symmetry and distortions of what would be | | | | life.The Head Line is normally positioned and can cut |
| considered to be a perfectly formed hand.You can tell | | | | across the palm or curve downward. It is an indicator |
| a lot about a person by looking at their thumb and | | | | of intelligence and mental health. An optimum Head line |
| fingers. The thumb has three phalanges. Its tip | | | | runs straight, is deep and has a long extension almost |
| represents will power. A club shaped thumb indicates | | | | to the other side of the palm. This more the headline |
| criminal tendency. Pointed or long tips indicate creativity | | | | curves downward towards the list, the less control the |
| and intelligence. The middle phalange represents logic. | | | | individual may have over his or her emotions.The Life |
| The longer the phalange, the more efficient and | | | | Line usually circles the thumb and begins under the |
| strategic the person. The fleshy part at the base of | | | | mount of Jupiter and extends to the wrist. It encircles |
| the thumb is called the Mount of Venus, which | | | | the Mount of Lower Mars and Venus and in most |
| represents empathy, emotion, grace and compassion. | | | | cases ends at the base of the hand. This line indicates |
| The fatter and fleshier this part of the hand is, the | | | | major life events as well as the health of the subject. |
| more sensitive and compassionate the individual.The | | | | The longer this line is, the longer the individual will |
| index finger correlates to the planet Jupiter and | | | | live.The fourth main lie on the palm is called the Line of |
| indicates good fortune and career. The middle finger is | | | | Fate (also known as the Line of Faith. This line runs |
| related to Saturn and limitations and restrictions in life. | | | | vertically from the middle of the base of the palm and |
| The ring finger is called the Apollo. It relates to | | | | up towards the middle finger. It is an indicator of |
| self-expression and intelligence. The pinky finger | | | | material and financial strength. The deeper, stronger |
| belongs to the planet Mercury, which is about your | | | | and less broken the line, the more likely the person is |
| ability to communicate with others and sustain | | | | likely to be successful. It also indicates a serious, |
| relationships. The longer and straighter the finger, the | | | | business like nature.The line of Apollo is a vertical line |
| more good fortune a person can expect to have in | | | | that is found on the upper part of the Mount of the |
| these areas. All these fingers have their own mounts, | | | | Moon. It has been called the line of the Sun, and the line |
| which are located on the palm right below each one. | | | | of Brilliancy, and to it has been ascribed the gift of |
| The more developed or pronounced these fleshy | | | | great artistic talents, wealth and fame. Not every hand |
| mounds are beneath the finger, the more developed | | | | possesses this line.The line of Mercury has been |
| that trait is in a person.The Mount of Jupiter below the | | | | variously called the line of Health or the line of Liver. It is |
| index fingers represents ambition, leadership, religion, | | | | found either on Mount of Mercury or the Plain of Mars. |
| honor and love of nature.The Mount of Saturn below | | | | If there is no line you are probably blessed with |
| the middle finger represents sanity, sobriety, wisdom, | | | | excellent health. Strong markings in this area indicate |
| introversion and karmic events such as good or bad | | | | troubles with health.There are many Minor Lines that |
| luck.The Mount of Apollo below the ring represents | | | | don't appear in every hand but one of the best known |
| confidence, creativity, impulsiveness and | | | | is the Girdle of Venus that starts between the Mounts |
| extroversion.The Mount of Mercury below your little | | | | of Jupiter and Saturn and ends around the little finger. |
| finger has to do with ability to sell yourself, | | | | This line looks like a loop circling three of your four |
| communication, quickness, connection as well as writing | | | | fingers and its presence is supposed to indicate beauty |
| and mathematical abilities. Sometimes the Mount of | | | | and luck in romance. The hand is filled with all kinds of |
| Mercury will be feathered with short vertical lines that | | | | markings, lines, feathers, stars, and crosses --each with |
| are called Lines of Affection. These sometimes | | | | particular meanings.As a rule of thumb (no pun |
| indicate the number of deep emotional connections or | | | | intended) any time you find a marking on a mound, it |
| significant relationships in a person's life.Right below the | | | | usually indicates that something special is going on in |
| Mount of Mercury (below the little finger there are two | | | | that department of your life. |
| more mounts. About half way down is the Mount of | | | | |