PALMISTRY Three diagrams from Nicholas Pompeius, Praecepta Chiromantica, 1682. The top left represents the names and places of the Mounts, along with the names of the main lines. At the top left, of this diagram, are the names of the mounts, with the corresponding planetary sigils: in descending order, these are, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Sun, Mercury, Moon and Mars. Among the interesting mediaeval variant names for the main lines is the Naturalis (the Natural, or equivalent of the modern Head Line), the Cingulum (or Girdle of Venus, below the mounts of Saturn and Sun), and the Mensalis,
PALMISTRY Three diagrams from Nicholas Pompeius, Praecepta Chiromantica, 1682. The top left represents the names and places of the Mounts, along with the names of the main lines. At the top left, of this diagram, are the names of the mounts, with the corresponding planetary sigils: in descending order, these are, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Sun, Mercury, Moon and Mars. Among the interesting mediaeval variant names for the main lines is the Naturalis (the Natural, or equivalent of the modern Head Line), the Cingulum (or Girdle of Venus, below the mounts of Saturn and Sun), and the Mensalis, or Table Line (the equivalent of the Heart Line). The second diagram (top right) offers the Greek names for the three phalanges, and for the Mount of Moon (hypothenar). The third diagram (bottom) marks out the Table area (Mensa, below the Heart Line, L-M), and the so-called Triangulum, or Triangle of Mars, sometimes called the Plain of Mars or (as in the upper diagram, the Cavea Martis.
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