face readers

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To read the face, you would take into consideration:

• the shape of the face

• the size of the face

• the colours of the face

• shape, size and placement of each feature

• markings, moles, shadings, lines and wrinkles.

You would also consider the characteristics of the 12 major facial features:

• Ears: risk-taking ability, longevity

• Hairline: socialisation

• Forehead: parents' influence

• Brow bones: control

• Eyebrows: passion, temper, pride

• Eyes: receptivity

• Cheekbones: authority

• Cheeks: confidence

• Nose: ego, power, drive, leadership

• Lips/mouth: personality, sexuality

• Chin: character, will

• Jaws: determination

Mien Shiang is quite straightforward: more is more and less is less. So the bigger the nose, the more ego-driven the person will be by nature. The larger the lips, the more intense the sexual focus and drive will be (Angelina Jolie is a great example of this, with her large, cushiony lips).

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AKE a good look. You can learn to read personalities through the ancient Chinese art of face reading. Why is it that I am always being asked for donations by charity collectors? And could there really be a "directory" sign taped to my forehead, judging by the number of little old ladies who stop to ask me the way to Town Hall? My friends say it's becauseI look like a soft touch.

Author Patrician McCarthy would say it can be traced to the fact that I have a mouth that's on the large-ish side and eyes that are big and sparkling. These facial characteristics combined indicate a generous person who freely takes in and gives out of their heart's emotions, according to the ancient art of Chinese face reading, Mien Shiang.

Mien Shiang is a Taoist practice that dates back almost 3000 years. Experienced practitioners can determine anyone's personality, health, romantic compatibility and longevity simply by looking at his or her face. Ears, chin, cheeks - they all have their own special meaning in this ancient science, as do wrinkles, moles and markings. From its earliest beginnings in the imperial courts of China, Mien Shiang regarded the face as a mirror that records your past, reflects your present and forecasts your future.

"During Mao's Cultural Revolution, the Chinese government tried to suppress all of the old Chinese medical practices and theories, especially the esoteric ones such as Mien Shiang," explains McCarthy, an expert in the art and author of The Face Reader (Dutton).

"They were adamant in replacing those practices, such as traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and herbalism, with the 'modern' concepts and practices of western medicine."



Read my lips

McCarthy, who consults to executives from Fortune 500 firms and advises attorneys in the USA on how to select the most sympathetic juries simply by looking at their faces, has established the Mien Shiang Institute in Los Angeles to promote the practice internationally.

Students are shown how to consider and interpret the size and shape of the face, the different, changing skin colours, and the size and shape of each of the features. Markings, bumps and indentations on or near each feature should also be considered.

A diamond-shaped face, for example, may indicate a confident, unpredictable and charming perfectionist. Those with round faces tend to be adaptable, sincere and influential.

The individual features tell their own stories. The forehead is associated with intelligence and the mouth is a sure gauge for personality (and sexuality in women), just to explain two. Wrinkles and laughter lines can say a lot about how we have experienced various emotions and, depending on their position on the face, can even indicate the age at which we had the experience.