Michael Jackson Face Reading Analysis

Everyone has expressed an interest in what Michael Jackson’s face, with it’s many changes over the years, says about him.

Mostly, the changes say he wasn’t comfortable with his own body-image. That’s a psychological issue. What I want talk about here is the original, inner Michael Jackson as he was naturally, before the surgeries. That’s the true Michael Jackson.

Why go back to the original face? When reading people I have found that the plastic surgery doesn’t really change the underlying person, it only manifests as superficial, cosmetic changes and reflects a desire to be or look other than what the physical/mental/emotional reality dictates. It’s typically due to an inability to be fully comfortable in one’s own skin.

With that in mind, I searched the web for pictures of Jackson before he underwent the facial changes. I had to go back to when he was 21 years old.

Overview:

Jackson’s face/body shows an imaginative, highly creative individual with a medium high degree of inner confidence, easy going manner, innate showmanship, and the blessing/curse of strong impulsivity. The extreme musical abilities show in his ears, the extreme rhythm and timing in his hands.

Details

Disclaimer: When reading the facial traits, no trait stands alone. They all interact with what else is shown by the face and body. I will be talking about the pieces that make up the man and I’ll comment on other traits that may diminish or enhance certain ones . . . or conflict with them.

In the Sheldon body types, Jackson had a strongly ectomorphic body type which is the thin, slight build. Small bones, delicate wrists and ankles, elongated hands. In fact the whole effect of the body is one of elongation.

Ectos have no body armor; neither the heavy muscles of the meso type nor the body fat of the endo type, so they are more exposed in the world. Of special note is that the ectomorph’s nervous system is more tightly hard-wired than the other body types and they are hypersensitive to the environment.

An ecto is typically shy and timid. They can be easily overwhelmed, and need space and time to regroup on a daily basis. A public persona for an ectomorph is basically a mask.

Having considered the body type’s psychological makeup, we also have to consider that he had a relatively wide mouth and set back ears, showing extroverted qualities and real showmanship, needing acknowledgement, strokes. So he had both the shyness and the need for public exposure and praise. In essence, his talents made him eminently suited for the stage, but his psychological makeup presented many challenges when stepping into that realm.

Not an intellectual, Jackson’s face nonetheless shows high intelligence. The triangularity of his original face shape gives a thinking, creative, sensitive nature. It doesn’t say what would be the subject of his thinking, just that he would have a mental, think-about-it approach to matters and possibly take it to obsess-about-it extremes.

The forehead shape and height shows several things:

A high degree of original thinking and imagination along with creative visualization

He could get into the “never was” realm of imagination

He would like to vary his approach to things bringing creativity and variety into his daily routines.

When performing, he would be able to be highly spontaneous within the parameters of a tightly choreographed presentation.

He would be thorough, trusting in his own abilities, enjoying the challenges of the unfamiliar uncharted territory

The plane of his face shows impulsivity – saying and doing things without thinking them all the way through, but it adds to the spontaneity as well.

The width of the upper bridge of his nose and the shape of it shows he’d be good with joint efforts, understanding and able to do teamwork. It also shows a determination to accomplish whatever he set out to do. The shape of his nose originally was straight with flared nostrils and the tip that is level instead of turned up like a baby’s. That nose was wonderful.

It shows an appreciation for efficiency, a nice balance in his approach to the material world, and a good radar for sensing who he can trust. It also shows a lot of independence and the desire to do things his own way. It’s not really a huge nose, but big enough to work hard for what he wanted, and providing enough ego drive to realize his ambitions.

Eyebrow shape as they were originally (age 21) shows a real capacity for organization and a need for and enjoyment of social interaction.

The mouth shows generosity as well as extroversion along with some sensuality: a love of taste, touch and texture.

He had a quick rather nervous energy, fast moving and light, indicated by the set of his cheeks and his body type. This is largely a kind of kinetic energy generated by the mind and nerves. He also had a fairly long waist which gave him more physicality and a greater ability to be on his feet a lot without having major back problems.

The original cheekbones were not nearly as prominent as what we began to see in the 80s. The new ones show major risk-taking and perceived authority, so most people would tend to accept, without an argument, whatever he put out there. His original cheekbones showed that while he did have an inner sense of his own authority it was not massively so. There was a kind of humility that went with them. Changing his look changed how people responded to him, but left him with a dichotomy of public perception and innate self image. (Personally, I believe inner conflicts like that can cause people to do strange things.)

The fairly wide face and quite strong jaws, even when young, along with the bit of tringular shape to his face lower face, indicates someone who doesn’t back down, but will try to force an issue and not admit to anything. Those jaws don't back down, but defend their position no matter how indefensible it might be.

The original rounded softness of his face shows good social awareness and business savvy. It doesn’t say he would be good at managing money so much as have an acute awareness of what his “customers” wanted and the determination to give it to them, manifesting as an ability to make smart business deals. He would also instinctively want to build mutually beneficial relationships.

Michael’s ears were a nice size, showing extreme musical abilities, risk-taking, a fairly good physical constitution—provided he didn’t abuse his body—and a rather unique approach to life. The angle shows he was not content to think traditionally, but naturally stepped outside the ruts and created his own path.

Jackson’s chin was a good size which gave him a lot of energy and physicality along with an innate need for affection: both giving and receiving.

I’m left with sadness about this incredibly talented, super-sensitive boy who became an iconic figure and the object of such derision on many fronts.

The one thing on which we can all agree: this was a rare, extremely talented human being.

Coming next: Sarah Palin

Sandra_M

Additional links
Anomalies-Unlimited.

President Obama Face Reading Analysis

President Obama is an interesting study. In many ways, he can seem at first blush to be like the ant in that old song, “High Hopes,” who keeps taking down the rubber tree plants with his “high in the sky, apple-pie hopes.” But when you look closely, what emerges from the parts and pieces that make up the man, is a practical visionary and a steady plodder, pushing and strategizing toward major goals.

What I’ll do here is give you those parts and pieces as seen through the lens of face reading, along with a bit of body type asides.

Barack Obama’s body type and face type indicate a high mental drive and capacity, operating largely off mental energy. His solutions are not gut reactions and primal instincts, but are born of mental, rational thinking. The body type shows high energy, self-awareness, and a largely mental drive. The long torso indicates high physical energy, while the slender build indicates a roving mind that’s not content with social chit-chat, but prefers more serious, purposeful, in-depth encounters, and the use of indirect means to an end rather than confrontation. (But he can do confrontation if all other avenues are closed, shown by the squared chin and the prominent brow bones and thick eyebrows.)

The head shape front to back and side to side shows: a good balance between thinking and doing, and that he is a strong competitor without the killer instinct that wants to annihilate the opposition. Any win is still a win in his book, and one step on a journey.

The overall triangular face shape is that of a thinker. Ideas, creativity, the thinking processes are what he’s about. What saves him from just being a thinker is threefold: that good sized, squared chin which grounds him in physical reality and makes him a fighter and a crusader; the balanced head shape (thinking and doing equally); and a high forehead that’s not so theoretic as to be off in space. It’s a much more practical forehead with the capacity for abstract thought brought into real world applications. It’s also broad, giving him a broad view and approach, which is supported by wide set eyes, which are also big picture. This is not a man who gets lost in the trees and can’t see the forest. Plus, his vertical forehead is a logical, sequential thinker who takes a deliberative approach, demanding to first understand something in its entirety, then act.

Combine that with the squared shape of the hairline, and you have a man who can be a workaholic: his work is his hobby and his hobby is his work. It also means he is future oriented: his mind is always five steps down the road, like a chess player, planning, strategizing, playing out the “if this, then that” scenarios in his mind before finding the path that promises the best results.

He has good mental concentration, can stay focused on a subject far longer than most people, and productively so. There’s also a strong trait of imagination and creative visualization, meaning when he gets an idea of what he wants to accomplish, it’s not a fuzzy notion, but a high resolution, full-color rendition of where he intends to go. These combinations indicate the makings of a visionary leader, not by the sword and brute force but through the force of ideas on a practical level.

There is an unusual symmetry in the face, itself. On most people, if you split the face vertically and create a face using a double of each side (called laterality), you typically get two, quite different personalities. Not so with Obama. Both sides are amazingly consistent. This gives a consistent personality with an even keel solidity.

The only inconsistency I see is in the level of the eyes: the right eye is slightly lower than the left. This gives the capacity to see things from two levels at the same time, and see more than one point of view. It can be very creative and promotes a capacity for strategic thinking. It also allows him to make quick judgements intuitively, but his forehead and facial plane will always demand a deliberate approach with a full understanding of likely consequences before taking action.

Those thick, smooth, largely straight eyebrows show he is passionate about things, but it is with mental clarity and control. He wants harmony in all relationships and has a natural tendency to make the first move toward establishing it. With these eyebrows, he likes to be directly involved with people, sharing his expertise and helping them. They indicate a strong ego, but not a tyrant like the Saddam Hussein or Stalin eyebrows. They are too smooth, and not thick and wild enough for that.

There is a bit of a triangular shape to them as well, which tells me he has the innate capacity for overseeing large, complex projects/situations. He understands how to bring order out of that kind of chaos and manage it.

They also indicate it may take him a bit to come onboard and gain steam, but when he does, he drives toward the finish line with steady, strong, deliberate force. It’s not about speed and show, but accomplishment and real results. He’s the tortoise.

Those ears show that approach also: he’s pragmatic, more interested in steady progress toward a goal than a Hail Mary pass or pie in the sky. It can be summed up as “progress over perfection.” They also show he’s going to approach things from the mind rather than the gut, nor does he subscribe to tradition just because it’s tradition. He does things because they make sense to him and not because that’s “what we’ve always done.” But, he can compromise to reach a goal. Sometimes, you have to take a detour to get where you’re going, and he will do it when necessary. But make no mistake: he’s not lost sight of the goal. Also half a pie is better than none. He’ll take it and keep working on the other half if it seems at all possible or feasible. If not, he’ll cut his losses, table it, and move on.


In his perception of matters, he is naturally inclined toward objective assessment. His is not the extreme criticism and focus on what’s wrong with something, nor is he inclined to gloss things over and ignore important matters. All tend to be assessed objectively, including his own behaviors.

The depth of his eyes indicates he likes to looks things over before deciding his response, which supports the ears and forehead shape. Also, it shows that he will take life seriously rather than lightly. He wants to deal with the weighty matters.

Personally, he will tend to be firm but not belligerent. Professionally, when pushed beyond what he considers reasonable, he’s capable of making cutting remarks, but measured in their delivery.

His nose shows a strategic approach with an appreciation for efficiency, and an awareness and understanding of the social hierarchy. Obama is independent in action, trusting his own solutions to problems, and yet he is not so independent that he can’t work with others toward a common goal. He is open to new ideas and information. He has a natural sense who he can trust, like a built-in radar for trustworthiness.

From the mouth area we can glean several things about him:

• He is an extrovert with good verbal command and an inclination to be generous

• He doesn’t tell everything he knows: he can keep his own counsel

• He has an inner self-confidence with a broadminded approach

• He takes his work very seriously but has a dry sense of humor

• He is doing what he considers his purpose in life, but he has faced many disappointments along the way and has stressed himself by working too hard.

A good sized chin with a rounded squareness gives a fighting spirit, lots of physical energy, a natural inclination to be affectionate, a willingness to fight for causes, and an innate groundedness in the physical world in spite of his largely mental approach.

He has his convictions, (shown by the prominent brow bones and thick eyebrows) but he’s not inclined to get his back up and refuse to budge when questioned or challenged. He will assess the opposing view, but that doesn’t mean knuckle under to it . . . simply that he will seriously see if it has any merit. If not, then so be it.

Next week, I’ll take a look at another famous face in the news these days: Michael Jackson.

Sandra