Asian Face Reading. Boye Lafayette De Mente
The Three Types of Faces
There are three basic types of faces, each of which corresponds to a specific kind of character and fortune. These three types are triangular, round, and square.
The Triangular Face
A person with a triangular face tends to be an intellectual and a dreamer, and may run from one extreme to another. Men with triangular faces are often shy and self-conscious. Most great philosophers, musicians, and writers fall into this category.
Some of the features that are common to men with triangular faces are a high but narrow forehead, thin-pointed chin, dark skin, long thin nose, large thin ears, facial unbalance from left to right, and a shifty expression.
If the features of the triangular face are exceptionally unbalanced and abnormal, the individual is more likely to have a cruel nature or suffer from insanity.
The Square Face
Individuals with square or “athletic” faces usually have a wide, low forehead with a straight chin, thick lips, thick nose, large ears, and good overall facial balance. This type of face is most often found in men and is indicative of strong will, self-confidence, a practical nature, and the ability to influence others. Many well-known political leaders have square faces (and square heads).
The Round Face
The round-faced person usually has a fleshy face with large, full cheeks, a large mouth, narrow forehead, thick lips, a short, thick nose, and thick ears. The overall facial balance is typically uneven.
Round-faced men are usually very adaptable, aggressive, methodical, and practical. They generally like sophisticated food and fashionable clothing, and are apt to consider themselves play-boys. Women with round faces are usually gregarious and sociable, preferring to be with others at all times. They are also apt to be wildly enthusiastic about one thing after another.
The Three Zones of Fortune
Asian fortune-tellers, who base most of their predictions on nin so mi, divide the face horizontally into three zones: the forehead, the area from the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose, and from the bottom of the nose to the chin.
The forehead is said to be the most revealing during one’s youth, the middle “zone” during middle age, and the bottom area during old age. The forehead, also referred to as the “upper zone,” is said to indicate one’s parental heritage and is the area most subject to change during youth.
The middle zone, which includes the eyebrows, nose, eyes, and cheeks, is most important during a person’s middle years, reflecting not only the past and present, but the future as well.
The lower zone—the mouth and chin—indicates what kind of fortune a person will have after he or she passes the age of forty, and is exceptionally revealing about one’s emotions, morality, compassion, and sexual attitudes.
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What the Forehead Foretells
High and Wide Foreheads
Most people regard a high and wide forehead as a sign of intelligence and energy. Face readers agree. They say this type of forehead also indicates a person who spends a lot of time observing and meditating. When an individual’s forehead is high, wide, richly fleshed, and unblemished, other people tend to treat that person in a positive, helpful way, giving him or her more opportunities and therefore a better chance in life. The high, wide forehead is therefore very common among successful people—especially men.
Low and Wide Foreheads
This type of forehead is a sign both of unusual intelligence and keen powers of observation. Although generally not as indicative of intelligence as the high and wide forehead, the low and wide forehead indicates patience and perseverance—qualities that contribute a great deal to the success of people in this category.
One characteristic of people with low and wide foreheads is that they are often so self-conscious they are unable to realize their full potential.
High and Narrow Foreheads
A person with a high and narrow forehead is regarded by face readers as tending to be hard-hearted and indifferent to others, although very intelligent. Many scientists have this type of forehead. Other facial features that are positive may offset some of the negative influences of the high, narrow forehead.
Low and Narrow Foreheads
Face readers agree with the commonly held belief that a low, narrow forehead is generally a sign indicating irresponsibility, carelessness, dishonesty, and, in many cases, brutality. Men with this type of forehead may be smart and clever, but they are seldom really intelligent. About the only legitimate profession in which such men reach high positions is politics.
Unbalanced Foreheads
The unbalanced forehead, on which the hair grows farther down on one side than on the other, is regarded by face readers as an indication of intellectual disharmony and emotional discontent.
In young boys and girls this type of forehead may indicate a tendency toward delinquency. According to face-reading theory, women with this type of forehead tend to be opportunistic and unscrupulous.
The negative response of others explains at least in part the behavior of people with this feature. The factor can be partly if not completely eliminated by styling the hair a certain way or by shaving the low side of the hairline to create a balance.
Blemished Foreheads
A conspicuously visible scar or any other blemish on the forehead is said to have an unusually adverse affect on a person’s fortune, and the closer the scar is to the center of the forehead the more serious the consequences are apt to be.
Such blemishes are regarded as especially serious because the area of the forehead between the eyes is the focal point of the body—“the center of the life force.” Any fault in this area will have a strongly unfavorable influence on everyone with whom the person comes in contact, and as a result affects the person’s life in many ways.
A mole anywhere on a person’s forehead will also adversely affect his or her life. If a woman has a forehead mole, face-reading theory predicts that she is likely to have an unhappy marriage.
But a mole on an eyebrow is regarded as a sign of good luck, especially where money is concerned. Furthermore, a mole between the eyes or on one of the cheeks may be considered a beauty mark.
A mole between the eyes gives an impression of gravity and calm. One on the cheek breaks up the balance of the face, but if it is positioned harmoniously it gives the impression that the person