[cemab4y]

I have worked from Maine to California. I have visited lodges in 11 states, Washington DC, and three foreign countries. Up north, you usually see the ring with the points facing up. In the South, you usually see the ring with the points facing down. Some states, you may see it either way.

Here is the correct way to wear a masonic ring:

-Wear it with pride! For being part of the world's oldest and most respected fraternity.

-Wear it with love! For the children in our hospitals, for the widows in our masonic homes.

-Wear it with honor! Remembering at all times, that we are to square our actions, and circumscribe our passions. The lessons we are taught in the lodge, honesty, forthrightness, rectitude of conduct, etc. are to be carried with us, every time we are in the world.

-Wear it with rememberance! Remembering the Masons who were killed in the Holocaust, the masons who are buried at Omaha beach, the Masons who are risking their lives every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remember also, the masons who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, so that we could have a nation.

But getting back to your question, of the direction of the ring. In the final analysis, the direction of the ring really does not matter. What matters, is the direction of the man who wears the ring.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by cemab4y

But getting back to your question, of the direction of the ring. In the final analysis, the direction of the ring really does not matter. What matters, is the direction of the man who wears the ring.

I like that. Mind if I use that/

[Jason]

I just heard this and found it a bit humorous.

"The common way to wear a Masonic ring is on at least one of the fingers
or thumbs of either the wearer's left or right hands with the square and
compasses pointing either towards or away from the wearer at his option.

There is no rule against wearing such as a toe ring."

[juniordeacon85]

i wear mine with the points of the compass facing me to remind me..........
and keep me in due bounds..............

[jbigie]

Originally Posted by Papa

points of compasses out toward the the world for all to see that I am a Mason.

I like that. When I get around to getting a ring, I plan to wear it with the square pointing away from me, so that when I extend my hand to greet someone, the Square & Compasses are right-side-up to the point of view of the person I'm greeting.