It’s all about power. The Japanese call it Bushido – the animating spirit and code of the Samurai. In Hinduism it’s known as Shakti, which means "empowerment, the primordial cosmic energy, a mysterious psycho-spiritual and dynamic force that’s thought to move through the entire universe". In Chinese medicine and Face Reading it’s called qi, life force, vitality, shen – heart spirit, and 'glitter'. The strength of a person’s vital power is the most important consideration in the face of the person and the shape, features and colours of the face are secondary.
Everyone is endowed with a ‘spark in the machine’ which is reflected through the eyes, the face and one’s manner. The strength of this spark varies greatly in individuals and the overall influence works in different ways in that person’s life, depending on their features. In some people it is feeble, so they have dull eyes.
In others, for instance Sylvie Guillem, the foremost dancer of her generation who recently won an Olivier Award, it shines with startling brilliance. The strength of the ‘inner light’ is not necessarily connected to the type of face or the quality of the features: imbalance and poor features would be overcome by inner drive, creativity and vitality in the eyes.
Conversely, a beautiful face with dull eyes or eyes showing evil or hatred would not fulfil its potential.
In others, for instance Sylvie Guillem, the foremost dancer of her generation who recently won an Olivier Award, it shines with startling brilliance. The strength of the ‘inner light’ is not necessarily connected to the type of face or the quality of the features: imbalance and poor features would be overcome by inner drive, creativity and vitality in the eyes.
Conversely, a beautiful face with dull eyes or eyes showing evil or hatred would not fulfil its potential.
The face that launched a thousand water taxis: Amal Clooney, top Human Rights lawyer, recently married George Clooney in a three day ceremony in Venice. They chose the canal routes of the Doges to signify being a ‘power couple’.
Her eyes have the cool look of the lawyer (shown in this picture), as well as the glitter of adventure and confidence and the controlled look of someone who knows how to create an icon.
Her eyes have the cool look of the lawyer (shown in this picture), as well as the glitter of adventure and confidence and the controlled look of someone who knows how to create an icon.
I like her recent reply to the offer of a recipe book from a New York chef “What, you think I cook?”. Her ears are the giveaway: the inner helix, that bit of cartilage in the middle of the ear, sticks out at right angles. To a physiognomist this reveals she is the leader of the pack, the alpha, with authority and an urge to have influence, make changes in the world. And quite rebellious at times. Needs her space. I am reminded of the same pattern on the ears of Moshe Dayan, the General of the Israeli Defence forces during the Six Day War.
To Francis, Pope Idol – his eyes have the warmth of the heart spirit, he takes a badass selfie and his destiny is to sort out the Vatican. He’s got those stunning career lines of power like Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama which go from the side of the nose right down to the chin. He’s on his golden path. And he’s got the big chin, like Jay Leno and Quentin Tarantino, giving him the qi to push forward. He’ll need the assertive determination and persistence that size of chin gives a person to sort it all out. Although he says he’s not in the job for long, those star jaws say otherwise as they gives a lot of vital force and qi for the later years.
As Ann Boleyn said to Thomas Cromwell in the recent BBC series Wolf Hall: “Whoever is made can be unmade”. Jeremy Clarkson, hero of BBC’s Top Gear, unmade himself recently by punching his Director and getting fired. Like a modern Malvolio he upended his career by unleashing an aggressive, tempestuous energy in an uncontrolled way, which can be the downside of the fiery energy of a big chin. Unlike A P McCoy, one of UK’s premier sportsmen and owner of a fully-weaponised chin and clear, far-seeing eyes, which recently helped him to keep his top-jockey status.
Clarkson’s eyes show his heart-spirit isn't 100% steady which combined with a short nose signifying lack of confidence, means he’s less secure than he sounds. It’s harder for the spirit to control his shock-jock nature: more flare-ups, less nice fireside glow. He describes his time at Top Gear as “a black hole at the centre of my heart”. The giveaway to his loss of power is in the career lines. Instead of the unbroken lines of Obama, Jeremy’s career lines break level with the corner of the mouth (age 55/56). So to the modern face reader, it’s not surprising there’s been a bit of a collision. All is not lost Jeremy, your “next baby” is on the way, evidenced by new career lines growing from the outer corners of your mouth!