On the hand there are four different areas relating to Mars energies:

• Upper Mars (also sometimes called Negative Mars or Progressive Mars)
• Lower Mars (also sometimes called Positive Mars or Regressive Mars)
• Plain of Mars
• The Mouse (on the back of the hand)

All these areas relate to Mars energies which got their name from the Greek god of war and his qualities of a “fighting spirit”, fiery spirit and courage in some way or another, but they all represent slightly different aspects of Mars energies.

Let’s have a look at all the separate Mars Mounts in a little more detail:

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1.) Upper Mars

Where is it on the hand?

Upper Mars is found on the little-finger-side of the palm, under the Mercury Mount and above the Moon Mount. Another way to locate it is to find the end of the Head Line and look at the area right above it.

What qualities does it represent?

• Mental resilience and strength
• Defensive power in standing up for yourself and what you believe in
• Resistance power to obstacles and power not to give up
• Courage, and also the ability not to get discouraged easily
• Perseverance with a quiet determination
• Stability
• Self-control

What does it mean if it’s big and prominent?

How can you tell if the Upper Mars is prominent?

You can tell that the Upper Mars is prominent sometimes by just looking at it, seeing that it is slightly raised and puffy in relation to the areas of skin around it. In extreme cases the area can be puffy to the extent that it makes the silhouette of the side of the hand curve outwards where the Upper Mars is. In less extreme and visually obvious cases you can feel how prominent the Upper Mars is by feeling it. The degree of fleshiness tells you how strong the Upper Mars is. If it feels very fleshy it may indicate more Mars energy here whereas if it feels just like skin and bone without much volume to it, it’s as if it’s filled with less Mars energy.

Example pictures of a prominent Upper Mars Mount: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Robert DeNiro, Harrison Ford

So what does a prominent Upper Mars zone indicate?

A prominent Upper Mars area indicates that one or more of the qualities of Upper Mars are present in observable levels in the individual. The more prominent the Upper Mars, the stronger the characteristics.

Unlike Lower Mars which is associated with a more fiery aggressive spirit, Upper Mars energies are more cool and collected but still strong and determined in their own way.

A prominent Upper Mars zone and its associated qualities can be useful in a lot of life situations.

What does it mean if it’s small and flat?

Remember that the prominence of the mounts of the palm can change as life situations change for the individual, so if you find a small and flat Upper Mars, this doesn’t mean it will always be this way.

A flat, concave, hollow, or skin-and-bones Upper Mars indicates that the qualities associated with this mount are currently a little lacking. This is often associated with the person being in a state where they can currently be easily discouraged and may lack the passionate mental fighting spirit to stand up for themselves and their beliefs when challenged. Often these people currently feel a lack of courage and give in to fears more readily.

In the extreme, people with practically non-existent Upper Mars zones may be going through depression, bullying, defeat and pessimism. But remember, the Upper Mars can puff up once the mental state is improved.

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2.) Lower Mars

Where is it on the hand?

Lower Mars is located next to the thumb, just under the Life Line and above the Mount of Venus – have a look at the diagram above. In some people it puffs up and forms a little definable bubble whereas in other people it’s just flat skin or even concave.

What qualities does it represent?

• aggressive spirit
• argumentetiveness
• forcefulness to push self and own ideas forward (eg when faced with obstacles)
• persistence
• enthusiasm
• physical sportsmanship

What does it mean if it’s big and prominent?

When Lower Mars is big, prominent, firm and “meaty”, it suggests a person who has a strong aggressive spirit active in their life right now. (I say “right now” because the prominence of Mars can change throughout a person’s life). The more prominent Lower Mars, the more of this energy it contains, and the flatter it is, the less Mars Energy it contains.

People with a large and puffy Lower Mars zone may be have an aggressive spirit that may manifest in having strongly observable amounts of one or more of the following Lower Mars qualities:

• Aggressive in tone of voice or behaviour. Aggression can manifest in subtle ways such as in acting aggressively in business situations, or in the most extreme cases it can manifest in the kind of person who may get into physical brawls occasionally. The aggressive side if most often demonstrated when faced with criticism or insult. In rarer cases the aggression may express itself also as “passive aggression”, which can be seen as things like ignoring and disregarding people, making them the butt of your jokes, or giving someone a seething silent treatment.
• Argumentative. They may be the kind of person who enjoys a good argument, or they may not particularly enjoy them per say, but just find themselves getting into quarrels quite often.  Their quarrelsome nature may be due to a stubbornness or obstinacy, or to a strong desire to do things their own way.
• Forceful, with a tendency to push themselves forward with great persistence and determination, and forcefully shove themselves over any obstacle. If the gentle way doesn’t work, they may be willing to get over obstacles the more aggressive way. In business and entrepreneurship, this kind of quality can help in success. Sometimes this forcefulness can manifest as “pushiness”.
• Enthusiastic
• Leaders: People with a large Lower Mars may find themselves in leadership positions because their forceful, aggressive, passionate energy equips them to get there.

What does it mean if it’s small and flat?

If the Lower Mars is small, soft and flat, the Mars energies are found in small amounts in the individual at that period of their life. This can manifest as the person being more agreeable, less argumentative and aggressive. Sometimes it can manifest as lacking the aggressive enthusiasm needed to push yourself forward when faced with obstacles and can increase the chance of people giving up if they’re not encouraged.

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3.) Plain of Mars

Where is it on the hand?

The plain of Mars (sometimes misspelled the “Mars Plane”) is found in the centre of the palm of the hand.

What qualities does it represent?

• Temper: how quickly and strongly a person gets mad

What does it mean if it’s big and prominent?

How can you tell if the Mars Plain is prominent?

By “big and prominent” we mean how fleshy the Plain of Mars is. If it’s “prominent”, the area will be relatively fleshy or puffy whereas if it’s not prominent, it will be flat, lack fleshiness when felt, or may even be hollow (ie dipped or concave). The best way to recognise prominence is to have a look at a number of different palms in different people to get a feel for what’s “fleshy” and what’s “flat”.

What does a prominent Plain of Mars indicate?

A prominent Plain of Mars suggests a person is likely to have a strong, fiery temper. They may flare up easily, raise their voice and get angry, but they also may cool down quite quickly.

Side note: It’s interesting to note that in some cultures, especially in ancient times, a fiery temper had been seen as a sign of power: acting like a diva, making demands that are delivered with a temper, causing a strop and everyone bows down to their fury to appease them. So in some ancient palmistry books they may skip the explanation and just tell you that a prominent Plain of Mars is linked to being powerful and successfully enforcing power over others; and being able o “carry across ideas effectively to others in a way that gets results”. But things change in different time periods and in different societies, and in most Western countries, throwing temper tantrums will often not get you what you want; so no longer is the power-connection to a strong Mars Plain a fitting interpretation. Often a cool, calm and collected, logical approach leads to success these days.

What does it mean if it’s small and flat?

If the Plain of Mars is hollow and flat, it suggests a lack of temper.

If the area is not particularly prominent and not particularly hollow, but somewhere in the middle, it suggests a well-balanced temper, which is what most people have.

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4.) The Mouse

Where is it on the hand?

“The Mouse” is a nickname that I’ve heard palmist Robin Lown call to the Mars mount on the back of the hand (ie on the dorsal surface of the hand). If you hold your thumb in tightly, holding it close to your index finger, you’ll get a small mound forming on the back of your hand, besides the thumb. This is “The Mouse”. Another way of seeing “The Mouse” is making a fist with you hand whilst positioning your thumb so that it rests on your index finger’s knuckle.

Here’s a photo that shows a man’s Mouse – can you see it on the left side of his hand? link to photo

What qualities does it represent?

Robin Lown, attributed Mars traits such as health, strength, vitality and aggression to the mount on the back of the hand.

What does it mean if it’s big and prominent?

You can tell The Mouse is big if it forms a large mount that is also quite firm to the touch (as opposed to soft). A firmness usually indicates good levels of stamina, energy, power, vitality and possibly aggression in the person. This may manifest as a desire to take do sports on a regular basis, and possibly may manifest as an attraction to more aggressive sports like martial arts.

Bonus Combo: Large Mouse + Large Venus

If a person has a strong Mouse and a large Venus Mount, the effect is high stamina, energy and aggression, together with the softer side of Venus. In people who are musical, this combination of soft + aggressive can make for someone who would be a good drummer who has the stamina and strength to keep a good beat, whilst having the soft sensitivity to fit his beat with his other band-mates to make beautiful music together.

What does it mean if it’s small and flat?

If The Mouse is soft and small, it may suggest that the person generally is at a time in their life where they’re finding slightly lower stamina, energy and power. Maybe they’re not at peak health at the moment. Remember that as with a lot of signs on the hand, this state can be temporary and can change once the person strengthens themselves both mentally and physically.
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Example of people who may have large Mars Mounts

People who may be found to have extremely well-developed Mars zones (ie. where their Mars zones are puffy, fleshy, raised and enlarged-looking) can include people like:

• Soldiers: Click here for an example photo of prominent lower and upper Mars on a soldier; Click here for a second example of a soldier with a prominent lower Mars zone
• Sportmen, especially those that play more aggressive sports like wrestling rugby, American football, boxing, martial arts, karate, judo, kickboxing etc;
  Here are a few photos showing a few examples of famous people with different Mars mounts:
  - Mike Tyson – although I would have expected him to have a developed Lower Mars zone, surprisingly Tyson seems to have most of his Mars energy in his Upper Mars zone which you can see is pretty fleshy and raised in these pictures: pic 1 and pic 2.  Surprisingly, it is his Venus mount which seems to be most prominent on his hands.
  - Wrestling photo: In this shot you can make out the Lower Mars mount seems to be a little raised and the Upper Mars looks very fleshy  pic
• Businessmen: especially aggressive businessmen who are at the top of their field,
  Examples:
  - Mark Zuckerberg can be seen to have a nicely prominent Lower Mars zone and a fleshy Upper Mars: pic 1, pic 2
  - Bill Gates has a pretty fleshy-looking Upper Mars area: pic 1 , pic 2
• Politicians, especially aggressive politicians.
  Examples:
  - Saddam Hussein had a fleshy Upper Mars zone  pic
  - Bin Laden had a very fleshy Upper Mars Zone:  pic
• Actors who channel macho, aggressive energy in their roles, often in action movies (and who need Mars energy to persevere in the tricky world of Hollywood):
  - Robert Deniro has a fleshy Upper Mars zone: pic
  - Vin Diesel has a pretty fleshy Upper Mars:  pic
  - Bruce Willis seems to hav a slightly raised Lower Mars zone: pic
  - Harrison Ford seems to have both fleshy Lower and Upper Mars zones in this photo: pic
• Criminals who channel their aggressive Mars energy in less positive ways and use it in crime

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Sometimes you can find a person who you’d expect would have a lot of Mars energy, but doesn’t have raised Mars zones on his or her hand. Perhaps in them what we perceive as aggression will show up in other markings on the hand.

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Where is the Mount of Venus on the hand?

As you can see in the diagram, the Venus Mount is located at the base of the palm, next to the thumb area.

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What does the Mount of Venus Represent?

Venus is the Goddess of Love so the Mount of Venus relates to Love in many ways: Characteristics that can be read from the Venus Mount include:

• our warmth of character (e.g. how warm, loving, sympathetic and helpful we are to friends, family and loved ones), and by extrapolation we can extrapolate about the nature of relationships these people are likely to have,
• how much love we need to be shown (which some palmists translate to a person’s degree of neediness),
• how much love, passion and zest for life we have, and for the good things in life like fine food, drink, art, beauty and romance,
• our degree of sensuality

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Size of the Venus Mount

What does it mean if the Mount of Venus is Big?

A prominent, raised Venus Mount can indicate a person has one or more of the following traits:

• a warm personality with a tendency to have a good give and take of love, affection, sympathy, empathy and kind helpfulness. Often this is concurrently found in people who have loving, happy, warm friendships and relationships with people.
• potential neediness at times
• a strong zest for life and for the good things in life
• a strong sense of sensuality
• a potential weakness for overindulgence for something. That “something” differs from person to person. In one person it may be food, in anther it may be drink, sex, sexual partners or something else.

Examples of people with prominent Venus Mounts:
(I’ve linked the text to the relevant photos which I found online. If you click on the text below, the relevant photo should pop up.)
Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake, Barack Obama

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Note that the puffiness of the Venus Mount can fluctuate over time. The most notable example palmists have observed is that in some people, when they are experiencing feelings of love during dating or are preoccupied with feelings of love at other times, the Venus Mount may be puffier and more pronounced around these times.

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Combo Bonuses! Prominent Venus and other signs together:

• Prominent Venus + Red color tint: In a previous article we learned about how the coloration of the skin can have meaning. If the Venus Mount is both raised and puffy AND has a strong pink or red-tinted color, it strengthens the traits of the Venus Mount.
• Prominent Venus + Prominent Mars Mounts: When a person has a prominent Venus Mount together with a large Mars Mount “Mouse” on the back of the hand: you are combining Mars’ aggressive, percussive energy with Venus’s warm zest for the music of life, and together these two signs sometimes indicate a person who may be a potentially good drummer or may have good rhythm, which could potentially make them a good musician.
• Prominent Venus + a lot of lines in the Venus zone: Having a lot of fine lines on the hand in general is often linked to emotional sensitivity. If the Venus Mount is raised and the area is also filled with a lot of fine lines, this adds the quality of sensitivity to the Venus traits. It’s the difference between passionate, loving and sensual in a sensitive way, or in a less sensitive way.

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What does it mean if the Venus Mount is Small?

When the Venus Mount is flat and small-looking, the qualities that are associated with the Mount of Venus are probably less prominent in the person’s life at the time period at which the Hand Reading is done.

Sometimes a flat and small Venus Mount can be found in individuals who have a tendency to be cold and not very demonstrative in their love, compassion, passion for life and sensuality.

At other times a flat Venus Mount may imply that the individual does not have a very warm, loving or active family, friend or romantic life.

And at other times still, a flat Venus Mount may indicate a time where the person’s Joy of Life is temporarily a little lacking due to current hardships – but remember that the Venus Mount can puff back up again when the hardship is overcome.

If you consider yourself to be a warm / loving / sensual / passionate person and find that you don’t have a very prominent Venus Mount, take heart in remembering that there is more than one way to see traits on the hand, and your individual positive Venus-like traits may express themselves in other markings on the hand.

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Other things we can read in the Mount of Venus

• Family ties: The “family zone” is within the Venus Mount and we can read information about a person’s relationship with their family in this area of the palm. For example, if the Fate Line starts within the Mount of Venus, it can sometimes suggest a person’s career (the Fate Line) grew out of the Family in some way; so maybe they felt obliged to join the family business, or their working life grew out of a family obligation of some kind, or maybe they felt obligated to taking a familial caring, nurturing role in life.
• Relationships: Lines that are in the Venus Mount that cross the Life Line and make their way in the direction of the Heart line can indicate relationships that have been strong influences in our lives, and were closest to our hearts.
• Friendship lines: The Venus Mount is where Friendship Lines can be found. These are lines within the Venus Zone which show the main, strongly impacting friendships we have in our lives.
• Heartbreak lines: When a person had a great loss in their past or significant heartbreak, lines called Heartbreak lines may appear in the Mount of Venus.

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Where is the Moon Mount?

As you can see from the diagram, the “Mount of Luna” or “Mount of Moon” (also sometimes called Mount Moon, the Moon Mount or the Lunar Mount) is located at the base of the palm, on the little finger’s side of the hand.

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What does Mount Moon Represent?

Mount Moon represents imagination, creativity, intuition and potential psychic talents. Some also suggest that it may be linked to memory, assoiating it with the strength of remembering memories of the past.

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Size of the Moon Mount:

What does it mean if the Moon Mount is Big?

A big, raised, prominent lunar mount suggest that the qualities linked to the mount are present in large amounts. So an individual with a prominent Moon Mount may have a particularly good imagination, they may be particularly creative, and/ or particularly intuitive. Along with heightened intuition, increased sensitivity is sometimes found.

Examples of famous people found to have large Moon Mounts:
(I’ve linked the text to the relevant photos which I found online. If you click on the text below, the relevant photo should pop up.)

• Song & Music Composers: eg. Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift
• Artists: eg. Picasso, President George Bush who dabbles in painting
• Authors: eg. George R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones

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What does it mean if the Moon Mount is Small?

A flat lunar mount that doesn’t stand out in particular from the rest of the palm may suggest that the Moon Mount’s qualities are less well developed, or at least less prominently actively in use in the life of the individual.

In other cases, the qualities of imagination, creativity and intuition may be active but are expressed in other different markings on the hand. So if you know you have these Moon-linked qualities but have a flat, non-prominent Moon Mount, don’t worry – these qualities probably do show up elsewhere on your hand. The fact that we’re all individual and can express things differently also applies in palmistry.

Since many signs on the hand are not set in stone, I think the prominence of the Moon Mount may be something that can change over time as we develop and change.

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Other things we can read in the Mount of Moon

Aside from examining its prominence, more advanced palmistry can examine the line formations that occur within the Moon area of the palm to read more information about the person.

A few examples of line features that are sometimes found in the Moon Mount include:

• A Head line that slopes towards the Moon Mount: Since the Moon Mount is linked to imagination, if a Head Line slopes towards it, it suggests a person tends to be a bit of a fantasist or a dreamer. These can be people who prefer escapism into the world of imagination and fantasy to real-life responsibilities, so for example may find themselves watching movies and reading books to get away from worrying about real-life problems.
• Memory loops: When a memory loop is found in the Moon Mount it suggests a talent for remembering things and also suggests creative talent.
• Bow of intuition: A “bow of intuition” within the Moon Mount looks like a curve-shaped line, and if present, it suggests a good intuition which can help people have helpful gut-feelings that can help them make good decisions.
• S-shaped whorl on the Moon Mount may suggest a possible talent for using the voice in a creative way, for example in singing.

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Here’s a “Palmistry Mount Map” diagram showing you the mounts of the palm:

Observant readers will notice upon examining the diagram that the four mounts that are found underneath the fingers are named after the finger under which they are located, and you will later see that their meaning is also linked to the finger which they are found beneath.

Although most hand mounts are on the palm of the hand, there is also one on the dorsal surface of hand (ie on the back of the hand), called the Mars Mount (or “The Mouse”). We’ll get to that one in more detail later.

On the hand, the mounts may be slightly less obviously visible than they appear in the diagram and their location and size can differ slightly more person to person, but the diagram is a good guideline.

Ok, so we now know what palm mounts are, and where they are on the hand, but what can we tell about a person by looking at the mounts of the hand?

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Reading Palm Mounts through examining their Prominence

Some palmists believe that the more prominent a mount appears on the hand, the more dominant its traits are in the person. A prominent mount may be one that’s particularly fleshy and raised. Sometimes a palm mount may show its prominence by appearing as a little bulge when you look at the silhouette of the hand from the front, back or side.

It can be tricky at first to recognise what’s a “normal bulge” and what’s an “unusually prominent bulge” that carries more significance. I recommend looking at as many hand as you can to get a good feel for differentiating the usual from the unusual.

To get you into the feel of things, here are a few examples of prominent mounts:
(I’ve linked the text to the relevant photos which I found online. If you click on the text below, the relevant photo should pop up.)

• Prominent moon & pluto mount
• Prominent Moon Mount
• Prominent Mount of Jupiter
• Prominent Venus Mount example 1 and example 2

Since many signs on the hand are not set in stone, I think the prominence of the hand mounts may be something that can change over time as we develop and change.

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Reading Palm Mounts through examining lines and markings found within the Mount’s zone

Another way to use the Mounts in palmistry is to check which detailed line markings are found in the area of the palm where the mount lies. When you learn about markings and what each marking means, you’ll be able to apply the meaning of a mark to the mount area to come up with a more meaningful interpretation for each line or mark that’s observed.

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Learning more about the specific palm mounts

You can read about what each mount represents in palmistry in the articles below:

Mount Moon

Mount of Venus

Mounts of Mars:
(This article covers: Lower Mars, Upper Mars, The Plain of Mars and “The Mouse” Mars Mount on back of hand)

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Coming soon…

Finger Mounts
- Mount of Jupiter
- Mount of Saturn
- Mount of Apollo
- Mount of Mercury

Pluto

Neptune

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