Palmistry / Chiromancy
Palmistry / Chiromancy is a Hermetic / Western Esoteric — Chiromancy palm mounts body system as transmitted through the lineage Chiromancy reads hand shape, mounts, and lines through a long and changing European tradition. This modern-system rendering uses d’Arpentigny and Benham-style planetary mounts and major lines, while marking the palm as a schematic inset rather than placing it on the body silhouette.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Casimir Stanislas d’Arpentigny, La Chirognomonie (Paris 1843) — Foundational nineteenth-century hand-form and palm-reading classification; see the sections on hand types and mounts.
- William Gurney Benham, The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading (G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1901) — Modern chiromantic systematisation of mounts and major lines; see Part II, chapters 4–8.
- Edward Heron-Allen, Palmistry: A Manual of Cheirosophy (Swan Sonnenschein 1886) — Historic synthesis of mounts and major lines; see chapters 3–6, “The Mounts” and “The Lines.”
- C. R. W. Nevinson, The History of Palmistry (London 1911) — Historical account of chiromancy’s changing planetary and mount correspondences; see chapters 2–5.
Known lineage variants
- Mount names and line meanings vary by school, especially for Mars, Luna, and the fate line.
- Hands are not on the body silhouette: the authored inset uses diagram anchors around x=.20 and y=.55–.76; the coordinates are not anatomical.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Mount of Venus — vitality / affection — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Mount of Jupiter — ambition / aspiration — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Mount of Saturn — gravity / discipline — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Mount of Apollo — expression / recognition — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Mount of Mercury — communication / exchange — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Upper Mount of Mars — courage — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Lower Mount of Mars — endurance — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Mount of Luna — imagination / receptivity — Planetary palm mount (schematic inset)
- Wrist baseline — line origin — Major-line schematic anchor
- Life-line arc anchor — Major-line schematic anchor
- Head-line arc anchor — Major-line schematic anchor
- Heart-line arc anchor — Major-line schematic anchor
- Fate-line axis anchor — Major-line schematic anchor
- Sun-line axis anchor — Major-line schematic anchor
Frequently asked
What is Mount of Venus — vitality / affection?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Mount of Jupiter — ambition / aspiration?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Mount of Saturn — gravity / discipline?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Mount of Apollo — expression / recognition?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Mount of Mercury — communication / exchange?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Upper Mount of Mars — courage?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Lower Mount of Mars — endurance?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Mount of Luna — imagination / receptivity?
Chiromantic hand-reading traditions name mounts as regions of the palm associated with planetary qualities. This point is deliberately placed in a lower-body schematic inset because a palm is not located on the body silhouette; its x/y coordinates are diagram anchors, not anatomical locations.
What is Wrist baseline — line origin?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.
What is Life-line arc anchor?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.
What is Head-line arc anchor?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.
What is Heart-line arc anchor?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.
What is Fate-line axis anchor?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.
What is Sun-line axis anchor?
Major palm lines are treated here as graphic channels with endpoints in the hand inset. These anchors preserve the reading diagram while making no anatomical or predictive claim about a person.