Mount of Jupiter
The mount of Jupiter is the pad at the base of the index finger, the finger of Jupiter. Palmistry tradition reads it as ambition, self-confidence, and one’s relationship to leadership and ideals. A well-developed mount suggests the leader and a sense of fair authority; a faint one, a quieter assurance. Its reading is completed by the length of the index finger: a long index plus a full mount together reinforce the theme of self-assertion.
Where to spot it
Look at the base of your index finger: the small fleshy rise that carries it, just above the finger’s root, is the mount of Jupiter. Compare it to the other mounts at the base of the fingers. If it dominates, tradition reads a Jupiterian tone; if it fades, the theme of authority drops into the background.
What tradition reads in it
Benham made Jupiter the mount of healthy ambition and confidence. Well shaped, it speaks of a taste for undertaking, guiding, and aiming high without crushing; overly swollen, of pride that takes all the room; absent, of a humility that can forget itself. Read it alongside your index finger: a long finger reinforces assertion, a short one softens it.
Sources
- , The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading (1900)