{"id":961383,"date":"2024-10-18T12:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/?p=961383"},"modified":"2024-10-25T17:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:46:55","slug":"what-finger-does-an-engagement-ring-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/what-finger-does-an-engagement-ring-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What Finger Does an Engagement Ring Go On?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This short guide will cover the reasons to have your engagement ring finger on your left or right hand- so that you don’t have to be in two minds (or two hands) about it. Let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love for the Left Hand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When in Rome…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you wear your engagement ring on the left ring finger<\/strong> you’re doing as the Ancient Romans did. In Ancient Rome the left ring finger was thought to contain the “vena amoris,” or the “vein of love,” which was thought to run directly to the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes or No by John William Goodard 1893<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We know now this isn’t the case as each finger has a “vena amoris” but the tradition has stuck. Most countries in Europe, Australia, the U.K.<\/strong>, and the U.S.<\/strong> people wear engagement rings on the left ring finger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n