Money line on the palm: what palmistry really reads for money

Is there a money line on the palm?

Not in the classical books. We searched the palmistry books the PalmSays app is built on, in English and in Hindi, for a money line, a wealth line or धन रेखा (dhan rekha). None of them names one.

The name is newer. People give it to different lines today, so two websites can show you two different “money lines”.

What the old books did have is a “line of fortune”, and they don’t agree which line it is:

Book	What it calls the line of fortune
Mrs Dale, Indian Palmistry (1895)	The heart line (and, once, the fate line)
Edward Heron-Allen, A Manual of Cheirosophy (1885)	The fate line
Leo Markun, What You Should Know About Palmistry (1927)	The fate line, also called the line of luck
Comte de Saint-Germain, The Practice of Palmistry (1900)	The sun line

So a “line of fortune” in an old book was never a separate money line. It was another name for one of the main lines.

No line on your palm is a money line. Palm lines don’t decide what you earn: your work, skills, chances and choices do.

Which lines do palmistry books read for work and money?

Four lines come up again and again. Each one is read for a way of working or of handling money, never for an amount. The full working-style reading is in career palmistry.

The fate line: work and direction

The fate line runs up the middle of the palm towards the middle finger. Cheiro writes that it “relates to all worldly affairs” (Cheiro’s Language of the Hand, 1900, ch. XI). The PalmSays app keeps the tendencies and drops the promises.

A fate line that starts in the hollow middle of the palm is read as the self-made pattern: what you build comes from your own persistence. One that ends under the little finger is read as effort drawn to trade, business or skilled technical work. Benham (1900) adds that the fate line is missing in the hands of many successful people. More in fate line meaning.

The sun line: the old line of success

Cheiro and Frith both read the sun line as a sign of riches or success. Benham later called it one of the most misunderstood lines on the hand, because readers promised wealth and fame from it and let people down.

The app reads it for temperament instead: how much beauty and surroundings affect the way you feel and work. A missing sun line is read only as an easy-going attitude to small, everyday sums. Markun reports other palmists’ view that it does not mean poverty. More in sun line meaning.

The head line: an attitude to money

A head line that ends under the little finger is read as a mind drawn to commerce and science, with a growing interest in money and what it is worth. Cheiro reads a straight head line that curves up towards the outer edge as a keen sense of the value of money. Both describe an attitude, not an amount. More in head line meaning.

The Mercury line: the business reading

The Mercury line runs up the palm towards the little finger. Cheiro calls it the line of health and reads it only for health, which we never do: palm lines are not a medical test. Benham (1900) reads it instead as a guide to business, because he linked it with a clear head.

Benham also found the Mercury line missing in at least half the hands he studied, so not having one is ordinary. The pad under the little finger, the mount of Mercury, is read for a quick mind with a flair for commerce and science; see the palm mounts guide.

What is the money triangle?

The money triangle is a newer name for a small triangle in the middle of the palm. It forms where the head line, the fate line and the Mercury line meet. Many pages today call it a sign of wealth.

The classical books do describe this triangle, but not as money. Heron-Allen (1885) reads a clear triangle of these three lines as a gift for “natural magic”, and sometimes second sight. Raphael (1901) reads occultism and intuition, and Frith (1895) a student of weather and nature.

• The “money triangle”

  A newer name. Older books read this triangle as an interest in the occult.

  Do you have this? Do your head line, fate line and a line to your little finger close a small triangle?

  What the books say

  To see one, you need all three lines, and the Mercury line is often missing. If your triangle is open or absent, nothing is lacking: no book reads it as money in the first place.

  Source: Edward Heron-Allen (1885); Henry Frith (1895)

There is also an older, larger triangle. Cheiro’s “great triangle” is made by the life line, the head line and the Mercury line. In Palmistry for All he reads a large one as broad views of life. Mrs Dale reads the same triangle as prudence and good sense, and a sharp angle in it as a clever business mind. Neither is a forecast of money.

What if you have no money line?

Then nothing is missing. No book names a money line, so there is nothing to lack. A missing sun line is read as an easy-going attitude to small sums, and a missing fate line as a path that isn’t fixed in advance. Neither is read as hardship.

If you came here worried about money, the honest answer is that your palm can’t tell you how it will go. What the books describe is how you tend to work, and that part is yours to use.

Money line for women and men, left and right hand

The same lines are read the same way for everyone. A “money line in a female hand” is the same fate, sun or Mercury line as in any hand. Tradition reads your writing hand as the life you are making and the other hand as what you started with. The guide to which hand to read explains the traditions.

Can a phone photo show these lines?

Partly. The fate and head lines usually show in a good photo, and the PalmSays scanner traces both. The sun and Mercury lines are finer and often missing, and the scanner doesn’t trace them. A triangle needs all three of its lines to be clear, so check for it by eye, in daylight.

The Indian books read wealth into some signs too, such as the fish and the wheel. Those are promises no mark can keep; the guide to lucky signs on the palm shows what we keep from them.

Check yourself: money line quiz

Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if you are right. New to palmistry? Start with how to read palm lines, or look up any word in the palmistry terms glossary.

Myths about the money line

MythEveryone has a money line, and a long one means wealth.

Reality

No classical book names a money line, and no line predicts income. The lines people call the money line are read for how you work.

MythA closed money triangle means wealth.

Reality

The older books that describe this triangle read it as an interest in the occult and in nature. No shape on the palm can foretell money.

MythNo sun line means poverty.

Reality

Markun reports that it does not. The app reads a missing sun line only as an easy-going attitude to small, everyday sums.