Mount of Apollo

: a mount located at the base of the third finger that when well developed is usually held by palmists to indicate a love for all things beautiful and artistic

called also Mount of Brilliancy, Mount of the Sun

Word History

Etymology

after Apollo, Greco-Roman god associated with the sun

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