8 Face Shapes and Their Meanings in Chinese Face Reading
In Chinese face reading, your face shape represents the general characteristics of your personality. The details of your character are related to other facial features such as eyes, ears, nose, etc.
In other words, your face shape is the frame of the picture, rather than the picture itself.
According to Lillian Pearl Bridges, the author of “Face Reading in Chinese Medicine”, most people’s faces are a combination of different shapes. You need to combine various facial shapes to determine the total characteristics of your personality.
Your face can change its shape very easily just by gaining or losing weight. Thus, it is important to determine your facial shape first before analyzing your facial features.
You can click on the link on each face shape for more details about its characteristics.
1. Square Face Shape
Square faces in Chinese face reading mean strength, stability, and activity. If you have a square face shape, you are strong-willed, determined, and persistent.
Sometimes, a square face is called an “earth face” because of its down-to-earth and practical quality.
Having a square face means you are loyal to hell. You love to follow rules, laws, and principles. You probably like the game “Order out of Chaos”, for every disorder can cause much disturbance in your inner world.
Square-faced people are usually characterized by high energy and stamina, who are also action-oriented. They like things to be under control. These people possess intelligent, analytical, and decisive minds which make them great leaders of the world. In fact, there are many great leaders of the world who have a square face shape.
People with square-shaped faces also appear much in sports because they love outdoor activities and can take physical risks if necessary.
These individuals are gifted with the ability to work productively. They can be great business people. According to a case study about face shape done by researcher Elaine M. Wong at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, CEOs with square faces do better jobs than CEOs with rectangular faces.
However, people with square faces tend to suffer from issues related to domination, anger, and aggression. They may appear stubborn because they like to do things in their own way.
In Chinese face reading, it is not so wise if you want to challenge square-faced people. They can take revenge if they feel undermined.
2. Rectangle Face Shape
In Chinese face reading, a rectangle face shape is a refined version of the square face shape with reduced characteristics. Rectangle-faced people are also authoritative, determined, and persistent just like people with square faces, but their traits are much lessened as the rectangular shape is longer and narrower than the square.
People with rectangular faces are great managers and aristocrats of the world. You will see this type of face shape often in politics and business. A prime example of this demonstration is Donald Trump.
Rectangular face shape also holds similar meanings to the “oblong face shape” in face reading.
These people are idealistic and far-sighted. They are gifted with the ability of vision which helps them see clearly through the working of things. They usually think before they act, so they are very intelligent beings.
Rectangle-faced people have long been known for the “royal” characteristics associated with them. The ones who possess this face shape would look like a king or queen.
By being around these people, you will probably feel a strong boost of confidence and inspiration, for they love to guide others. They want to help others achieve their goals.
3. Round Face Shape
Round-shaped face people are strongly recognized for their honesty, friendliness, and easy-going nature in Chinese physiognomy. People with round face shapes are in love with comfort and happiness.
When your face shape is round, you are a natural salesperson or partier. Even though your chubby cheeks may not be due to being overweight, people love looking at your face as it possesses a feeling of innocence and childlike wonder.
Selena Gomez is a good example.
Round face shape is usually associated with good-hearted cartoon characters because they are cute, amiable, and likable. They tend to be outgoing, fun-loving, and open-minded. Thus, they can attract a lot of friendships into their life.
In face reading, the larger the features of your round face, the more ambitious you are.
4. Oval Face Shape
Similar to the relationship between the rectangle and square face shape, the oval-shaped face is a subdued version of the round face shape.
People with oval face shapes are certainly social people, but they are less outgoing compared to round-face people.
When your face shape is oval, you are either “a host or a diplomat”. You have a natural talent for understanding other people’s feelings and needs. You strive for peace and cooperation.
People with oval-shaped faces are said to have a strong mother influence in Chinese face reading. They have a gift of a feminine nature, which helps them easily see other people’s points of view. These people also have excellent manners and are very skillful in relationships.
Oprah Winfrey is the epitome of a person with an oval face shape.
It is not surprising that oval-faced people love to be involved in charitable causes.
However, these people are prone to give up their own individuality and opinions for the sake of peace. Having an oval face shape means the person doesn’t want to fight. Thus, they tend to agree with others even though they hold a much different point of view.
5. Triangle Face Shape
Triangle faces in Chinese face reading mean high mental ability and concentration. The triangular face shape gives the person a boost of curiosity, skillfulness in words, and the ability to organize things.
There is no doubt that people with triangle faces are drawn into serious study and intellectual pursuits. Most of them are introverted, who can be very individualistic and independent. Many triangular-faced people are also attracted to philosophy and arts.
The triangular face shape has the fiery energy as it is a fire face. Thus, triangle-faced people are often spontaneous and charismatic.
The best example of this illustration is Scarlett Johansson. You can see the fire (hot) element when we look at her face.
Warning: Please look at her face…
However, when you possess a triangle face shape, you can be sharp-tonged and hold critical attitudes towards others. You believe that your ideas are right and will fight any opposite opinions to defend your beliefs. There is a danger that you will take things to the extreme and don’t mind the consequences of your actions.
6. Trapezoid Face Shape
Trapezoid-faced people are willful and action-oriented. These people don’t just live in their minds – they will take their ideas down from the mental plane and manifest them in the physical world. They have the ability to take something invisible and make it visible.
Many people with trapezoid face shapes are great inventors, film producers, and performers. You will see this face shape very common in the engineering and entertainment industries.
One great example of a trapezoid-faced person is Walt Disney. He built a whole world of cartoons and made millions of dollars out of his imagination.
Trapezoid face shape gives the person the ability to brainstorm and solve problems. They are really creative geniuses who are able to build concrete things from their mind.
7. Inverted Trapezoid Face Shape
In Chinese physiognomy, an inverted trapezoid face shape means that the individual is a dictator who loves to control things and dominate others. They not only have a strong desire for power, but they also love self-indulgent activities, such as sex or any excessive physical activities.
You can see this kind of face very common in forceful leaders of the world, such as Mussolini, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein.
These people are often very materialistic. Their goals are usually about power, success, money, and fame.
It is recommended that you should not offend people with inverted trapezoid faces as they will take their resentment into hell. If you hinder their ways, they can sting you with the sting of a scorpion.
In life, people whose face shape is trapezoid often do not fulfill their intellectual pursuits. They are practically independent and can use forceful tactics to persuade others.
8. Diamond Face Shape
Chinese face reading indicates that diamond-shaped face people belong to high-strung and temperamental people. The diamond face shape is seen more commonly in women than in men. This face is sometimes referred to as the “heart-shaped face”.
People with diamond face shapes are certainly beautiful and charming people, which is a bonus point that boosts their success.
They hold a very high standard for themselves and others. For them, everything must be perfect and absolutely perfect!
Taylor Swift is the best example of the diamond face shape. She is popularly known for having regular tantrums, but people also recognize her for her passion, beauty, and musical talent.
Diamond-faced people can be irritable and intensely annoying sometimes. Yet, they can forgive others easily and do not hold their anger for long.
According to Jean Haner, the author of The Wisdom of Your Face, the diamond face shape gives the person good communication skills. They know how to use words precisely and sharply.
On the outside, these people may act superior to others, but from the inside, they need affection and really appreciate support if someone helps them.
See all facial shapes here: Face Shapes in Chinese Face Reading
References:
- Face Reading in Chinese Medicine – Lillian Bridges (My top 1 recommendation!)
- The Art and Science of Face Reading: Face Morphology in the Western Spiritual Tradition – Jennifer Lamonica
- Face Reading: Keys to Instant Character Analysis – Chi Kuei
- Read the Face: Face Reading for Success in Your Career, Relationships, and Health – Eric Standop and Elisa Petrini
- The Face Reader: Discover Anyone’s Personality, Compatibility, Talents, and Challenges Through Face Reading – Patrician McCarthy
- Face Reading Plain & Simple: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need – Jonathan Dee
