Mounts of the palm — the planets in palmistry and their meaning

The mounts under the fingers

• Jupiter — under the index finger: ambition, leadership, faith, a sense of meaning.
• Saturn — under the middle finger: responsibility, seriousness, patience, work.
• The Sun — under the ring finger: creativity, joy, the need for recognition.
• Mercury — under the little finger: communication, trade, learning, dexterity.

Venus, the Moon and the two Mars

• Venus — at the base of the thumb, encircled by the life line: love, sensuality, vitality, warmth.
• The Moon — on the edge of the palm, opposite Venus: imagination, intuition, emotions, travel.
• Lower Mars — by the thumb, above Venus: courage, readiness to act.
• Upper Mars — on the edge of the palm, under Mercury: perseverance, resilience, the ability to endure.

Rahu and Ketu — mounts from Indian palmistry

Indian palmistry adds two places for the lunar nodes: Rahu in the centre of the palm (the Western plain of Mars) — desires, ambitions, what we seek in this life; and Ketu just above the wrist — old skills, intuition, letting go. With them the hand holds all nine planets of Vedic astrology.

How to judge a mount

A mount is judged against the whole hand, not in isolation: by touch (springy or soft), by height and by whether its centre lies exactly under the finger or is shifted towards a neighbouring mount. A shift means the qualities of both planets mix.

Signs on the mounts count too: a star, a triangle, a square, a cross or a vertical line. A vertical line on the mount of the Sun, for example, is a short Sun line — a sign of creative strength.

Mounts and the birth chart

This is the same set of planets as in the Vedic birth chart. In VesicaKarma each mount is compared with the strength of the same planet in the sky at the moment of birth. A planet strong in both places is the most reliable talent.