The Mounts & Regions
Mount of Mercury
The pad of flesh at the base of the little finger — governs communication, business sense, and adaptability.
The Mount of Mercury sits beneath the little finger. It governs communication style, wit, business acumen, and adaptability — the ability to read situations and people quickly and respond effectively. A well-formed mount suggests eloquence and shrewdness used constructively. Overdeveloped, it can tip into cunning or dishonesty; underdeveloped, it suggests difficulty communicating clearly or reading social situations.
Spotting it: Look at the fleshy pad directly below the base of the little finger, on the percussion (outer) side of the hand.
Read on its own
Raised — Intelligent, quick and hard-working; specially able in one of medicine, mathematics or hidden knowledge. An artist, a trader, a reader of character, a lawyer — keen-witted where educated, and earning a name in whichever of those it takes up. The source's example is a leading advocate.
Very high — Foolish, untruthful, and fond of a joke at any cost.
Flat or low — Without drive, without wit, idle, and falling out with friends now and then.
Read level with another mount
The filled mound is this mount.
Mount of Mars (Upper / Positive)
Both raised — A wrestler, or a fighter.
From Hastarekha-Bichar (1935) — Mount of Mercury
Hastarekha-Bichar (1935) closes its Mercury chapter with a list of illnesses it attributes to the mount: vertigo, mania, headache, epilepsy, loss of memory and of speech, indistinct speech, obstruction of speech, disease of the tongue, indigestion and colds. This course doesn't make specific health predictions, so this is recorded here as what the source says rather than used in the readings.
Historical record of the source text, not something this course teaches or the free reading uses.
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Level with Mount of Mars, both raised — what does that mean?