Also called: Wedge nails · Narrow-based nails

Where on the hand: On the nail plate.

What it looks like: A wedge — narrow at the base and widening upward toward the tip.

Clever, with sharp observation; notices small details; creative; charming and attractive to others. Traditionally associated with throat trouble, paralysis and respiratory ailments. Indian sources add an obsessive relationship to work: either working constantly or not at all.

Read with care: The paralysis and respiratory associations are traditional folk-health claims with no medical standing and should never be repeated to anyone as a finding.