Also called: Narrow rectangular nails · Vata nails

Where on the hand: On the nail plate, judged by the proportion of the nail bed itself — not the length of the grown-out free edge.

What it looks like: A narrow rectangle: the nail bed is markedly taller than it is broad.

Artistic, imaginative, romantic, creative, gentle, patient and idealistic — the **Vata** temperament. Indian sources add that such a person angers quickly over trifles but is harmonious with the spouse.

Read with care: The throat, chest and headache associations are traditional folk-health doctrine, not diagnosis.