The world of politics takes on a new dimension when viewed through the lens of Chinese Face Reading and I’m currently on Boris Watch. So, what’s the substance beneath the blonde buffoonery of Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, who has come out in favour of Brexit?
One clue is the best gimlet-focused power peepers in Westminster – yes, his equilateral triangle-shaped eyes where the upper lid folds down at the side to make a triangle. Think Thatcher’s eyes too.
One clue is the best gimlet-focused power peepers in Westminster – yes, his equilateral triangle-shaped eyes where the upper lid folds down at the side to make a triangle. Think Thatcher’s eyes too.
Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who championed the Single European Act in 1986 sported triangle eyes from her early days in Parliament which showed dislike of resistance to her ideas: she allowed no interference to her change of course for the UK’s political and economic fortunes. She wasn’t into U-turning and muddling through. Triangular peepers show a sense of mission and she combined hers with her prominent stick-to-your guns cheekbones.
Also called ‘Politicians Eyes’ they belong to those who can easily manipulate situations to their own political advantage and betray a direct surge for power and ambition. The razor-sharp ocular energy from those triangular prisms also reveals Boris’s ruthless control, deflection of criticism and the absolute need to win - masked by his clowning personality.
Also called ‘Politicians Eyes’ they belong to those who can easily manipulate situations to their own political advantage and betray a direct surge for power and ambition. The razor-sharp ocular energy from those triangular prisms also reveals Boris’s ruthless control, deflection of criticism and the absolute need to win - masked by his clowning personality.
You find them on those who are highly perceptive at reading people and world events out there in ‘the matrix’. Combined with Boris’s direct and intense gaze underneath the foppish persona and new haircut means he can project a magnetic attraction to get his message across to a wider audience. So when Boris - "after much heart-searching" - comes out for the UK to leave the EU, putting himself at odds with David Cameron and his Tory beliefs and ambition, what is going on?
Is Boris using Brexit charm as a way of furthering his own career? When he warns that “Britain must stop clutching the skirts of Brussels” is it a ploy to climb the Parliamentary pole if the UK votes Leave and David Cameron resigns, or is it that through all his own hot air and dissembling, he instinctively sees that the EU is not working and we’re better out? To answer this question, we need to look at other aspects of his face.
Is Boris using Brexit charm as a way of furthering his own career? When he warns that “Britain must stop clutching the skirts of Brussels” is it a ploy to climb the Parliamentary pole if the UK votes Leave and David Cameron resigns, or is it that through all his own hot air and dissembling, he instinctively sees that the EU is not working and we’re better out? To answer this question, we need to look at other aspects of his face.
His face shows up contradictory aspects: while his square Earth-shaped face, chin and mouth show a fairly solid Earth Element, his off-centre nose means ‘the beam of the house is not straight’, so there’s an undercurrent of Earth being scattered, disorganised, unstable and ungrounded (and not just on a zip-wire). His track record as Mayor bears this out: delayed decisions, obsession with vanity projects, lack of direction, failure to protect London’s cyclists and poor leadership during the London Riots are some of the criticisms of his tenure so far.
We’ve been laughing at him, not with him, just recently with the control freakery over emails telling City Hall officials to support Brexit. And subsequent denials. It would seem our putative hero for the Prime Minister’s job is not as serious and grounded as his fellow backbenchers had thought.
We’ve been laughing at him, not with him, just recently with the control freakery over emails telling City Hall officials to support Brexit. And subsequent denials. It would seem our putative hero for the Prime Minister’s job is not as serious and grounded as his fellow backbenchers had thought.
The Earth Element is related to our needs for home, money, security, tradition, practicality, continuity and comfort. And when Boris once said “He’ll be clapped out by 2015”, does he mean it’s likely he’ll fall asleep in PM Question Time, or debates about Europe? That he knows he doesn’t have the stamina and focus for the ‘top job’? His thin eyebrows (markers for vital energy) show that his core energy is not Duracell battery level.
With all these energies showing in his face, my view is that he wants power, but not the 'Top Job', and to be in Westminster as MP for Uxbridge for the buzz, the sense of security within the Conservative Party; to make a contribution and not a challenge for the leadership - although the Party and the UK media are not convinced of this -- something to do with his cold eyes maybe?
With all these energies showing in his face, my view is that he wants power, but not the 'Top Job', and to be in Westminster as MP for Uxbridge for the buzz, the sense of security within the Conservative Party; to make a contribution and not a challenge for the leadership - although the Party and the UK media are not convinced of this -- something to do with his cold eyes maybe?
Instead of dealing with the weight and minutae of being a top-flight politician, his time in Westminster will be best served using his insight and skills to acknowledge common concerns over Brexit, to express the emergence of new trade opportunities, to point out his clear and instinctual view that the EU and its crushing bureaucracy and hegemonic structures no longer work for Britain. Once upon a time it was a nice idea. Post WW2 peace. Now its unwieldy process of governance can't cope. And keeping the House – and us - awake by challenging Tory scare-mongering around the EU referendum - officially known as Project Fact - which Boris has dismissed as 'baloney' and 'Project Fear'.