Physiognomy: Touching the bones to know your destiny

After Huangdi quelled the war, he ordered Cang Jie to create characters and record the various secret techniques in the heavenly book taught by the Queen Mother of the West. This book was the "Golden Seal and Jade Box" which was later regarded as a treasure by people in the world. After four thousand years of circulation, the content has been lost, added, deleted, or there have been disagreements, resulting in many schools. They are roughly divided into: mountain, medicine, fortune-telling, divination, and physiognomy, collectively known as the five arts of metaphysics. Bone-touching metaphysics is one of them.

Face reading is something that only sighted people can do, but some blind friends also work in the field of fortune-telling. However, they cannot see the face of the person coming, so the clever masters in ancient times invented the method of fortune-telling by touching the bones. The first thing that comes to the physiognomy theory is bone structure, followed by wrinkles. The secret of bone structure is to look at the bones independently and make a comprehensive analysis of the major facial bone protrusions or collapses, as well as the combination of them, in order to calculate a person's destiny and fortune.

Folk artists have a unique prediction technique in the field of physiognomy, which is bone palpation. Nowadays, there are very few such artists left, and many good formulas have been lost. In fact, bone palpation has a deep connection with physiognomy, but the blind in ancient times could not see books like the Book of Changes in their lifetime. Teacher Liu Heng sorted out and excavated a book of formulas for bone palpation.

Some formulas left in the art of bone-touching;

1. Those with a high and straight occipital bone are rich and noble, while those with a flat and sunken occipital bone are lowly and humble. Note: The occipital bone generally refers to the frontal bone. The frontal bone should be full and plump, and it is not advisable to be sunken, low and narrow.

2. Those with protruding sides of the head are smart and rich. Note: People with this bone structure are also bold and reckless.

3. Those with a bamboo-like nose will have bad luck with their children, and those with a sunken nose will have discord with their spouse. Note: People with bumpy noses have stubborn personalities, while those with sunken noses have bad luck with their spouses.

4. People with high cheekbones are likely to be in power, but women will unlucky their husbands. People with flat cheekbones are powerless. A woman with high cheekbones will kill her husband, and a woman with sunken cheekbones will still kill her husband. A woman with high cheekbones has a strong personality and is good at using tricks, while a woman with sunken cheekbones has a feminine personality, is good at scheming behind the scenes and is cunning.

5. People with slanting jaw and neck bones are mean and ruthless. Note: People with protruding cheekbones are ungrateful and repay kindness with enmity, commonly known as traitors.

6. Those with a round and small larynx will live a hundred years of leisure, while those with a pointed and large larynx will work hard all their lives. A woman with an Adam's apple will bring bad luck to her husband, and a man with a large Adam's apple will work hard all his life but gain nothing.

7. Those with hollow ear bones are smart, while those who are active are arrogant.

8. Those whose skull and chest ribs are flat without any bumps or concavities will live a happy life.

9. Those with round hip bones will have a rich and long life, while those with sunken hip bones will be poor all their lives. People without a butt will never be able to keep their wealth, while people with a big butt will have plenty of food and clothing throughout their lives.

10. Those with long and slender phalanges are smart, while those with short and thick phalanges are stupid and naive. People with slender fingers of appropriate length will have a wealthy life, while people with thick and short fingers with protruding joints will have a busy and difficult life.

11. Those with fine arm bones are strong, while those with thin ones are weak.

12. Those with thin foot bones work hard, while those with thick foot bones live a leisurely life.

13. People with horizontal cheekbones are ungrateful and repay kindness with enmity.

14. People with prominent brow bones are highly alert, do not trust others, and have many ups and downs in life.

15. People with sunken foreheads have an impatient temper and suffer a lot in life. People with low and narrow foreheads have narrow vision and cannot see the long-term future.

16. People without bones in their cheeks have changeable personalities. They can share happiness but not hardships. People with inverted triangle face have no principles in doing things and lack credibility.

17. People with long horizontal nose bones are bold and have explosive tempers. People with wide and low nose bones have bad tempers, love to bully others, and have a violent personality.

18. Those with protruding teeth are very aggressive. People with concave teeth have introverted personalities, while those with protruding teeth are unyielding.

19. People with thin jaws are suspicious and sensitive.

20. People with short chin bones are impatient and save little in their lifetime. Even if you are wealthy temporarily, it will be squandered by your unfilial descendants sooner or later.