CHAPTER X.
THE MOUNT OF MERCURY AND ITS MEANING The Mount of Mercury is found under the base of the fourth finger (Plate VI., Part II.).

On a good hand it is a favourable Mount to have, but on a hand shewing evil tendencies, especially mental, it increases the bad indications.
It seems to relate more to the mind than anything else.

It gives quickness of brain, wit, thought, eloquence.

It also relates to adaptability in science and commerce, but if evilly afflicted, it denotes mental excitability, nervousness, lack of concentration, trickiness in business, and everything that is unreliable in character.
This Mount should always be considered with the kind of Line of Head found on the hand.
With a Line of Head long and well marked, it increases all the promise of mental aptitude and success, but with a weak, badly marked, or irregular Head Line, it augments all its weak or bad indications.
THE MOUNT OF MERCURY (POSITIVE) This Mount can be considered positive when the subject is found to be born between the dates of May 21st and June 20th, and until the 27th of that month, but during the last seven days its influence is considered dying out and not so strong.
People born in this period are represented in the Zodiac by the symbolism of the twins.

It is a curious fact that all persons born in this part of the year are singularly dual in character and temperament.