You’ve likely heard that physiognomically ‘a developed lower face signifies good fortune in one’s latter years.’ In physiognomy, the face is largely divided into three thirds. The forehead region is essentially the upper part, the nose region is the middle part, and the jaw region makes up the lower part.
Among these, the lower part, which applies for the jaw, is where you look to see your fortune in the later years (from your 50’s on) as well as in terms of your inferiors, in other words, your subordinates or offspring. The jaw is also what sways your fortune wealth-wise. That said, those with well developed jaws luck out when it comes to their offspring, and their fortune when it comes to their work or business is good overall. Conversely, if the jaw is too short or small, you are prone to live in solitude in your later years with little luck when it comes to subordinates or offspring. In physiognomy, a wide and high jaw is ideal. High, here, meaning protruding slightly like a jutting chin.
In physiognomy, there are 12 regions, and among these, the jaw corresponds to the nobok (servant) region. As nobok means subordinate, if the nobok region is developed, it is said that there are a lot of people around you helping you while conversely, a slim jaw is said to mean there is no one attached to you.
Physiognomy is based on statistics ceaselessly advanced and accumulated since the history of mankind started from clan society. It is about rules acquired from the experience of people over a vast amount of time. From my stance mainly dealing with the face shape, I pondered as to why such physiognomy came about.
Lower jaw development is centered on jaw joints. A well developed lower jaw develops downward and forward. It takes on the shape of what was foresaid was a jaw ideally being wide and high. In such case, the lower face appears wide and large when looking from the front and slightly protruding when looking from the side. The ideal shape of the lower jaw physiognomically is one that is well developed. If the lower jaw is well developed as such, the jaw joints are generally also healthy. As I mentioned in a previous blog (re: bone gender), this well developed jaw shape is not an attractive cosmetically. This is more so if women were to have this jaw shape. Jaws are aesthetically beautiful when they are relatively less developed.
On the other hand, if the lower jaw is less developed, it becomes short and set back. If the lower jaw is really under developed, the lower jaw will appear short in length looking from the front and receded from the side, thus, appearing like a short chin. It looks similar to the shape of a bird and is therefore coined ‘bird face.’ If the lower jaw is less developed, the jaw joints are generally less developed and relatively weak in many cases. As is the case for all joints in your body, they degenerate with age as they are used constantly. If jaw joints are relatively weak, chances are that they will not function as well with age.
In the olden days, soft food was sparse as nothing was cooked properly, and without much dental technology, those with weak jaw joints would’ve found it difficult to chew food properly as they got older. You could call it bad luck if one couldn’t eat properly in his/her latter years.
Well developed jaws enable you to chew well. Thus, chances are, you will also be able to eat well even in old age, which would be an important factor in considering one’s fortune in their latter years good. I presume the physiognomy that developed jaws call for good latter year fortune comes from such reason. The old proverb of ‘teeth being one of the Five Blessings’ is also in line with this context.
Moreover, masculine strength can be perceived from a well developed jaw, and it is a face shape that makes one appear older. In the olden days when strength dominated, this type of face would’ve been considered ideal. On the other hand, faces with less developed jaws appear feminine and young.
‘Mayixiangfa (麻衣相法),’ which is essentially the bible for physiognomy, came out over a thousand years ago, so I do reckon such physiognomy beliefs can change over time in this generation.
Now, dental technology has progressed and there is a lot of food available even if you can’t chew which wasn’t the case back in the day. It’s a bit of a stretch to say that simply being able to chew well will give you good latter year fortune. In modern day today, society is not ruled by absolute strength. It has even become undesirable to give counterparts a strong and tough impression.
Looking from a cosmetic viewpoint, relatively less developed jaws are considered attractive. Even for ‘youthfulness’ which is most important when it comes to the topic of beauty nowadays, a physiognomically ideal developed jaw shape is a contradictory opinion.
‘Large jaws being physiognomically ideal’ is correct when looking from the notion of traditional physiognomy but I wouldn’t call it an absolute notion that we would consider a golden rule in this day and age.
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