Gaia: Self Discovery - Type Talk

Re: iNtuitives

http://rja.gaia.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:13:24 GMT

I'm INTP. And I've found that being strongly introverted has probably been my biggest drawback as far as "fitting in". I find that I have an aversion to being in groups of people, and to socializing with groups of people. I'm most comfortable either alone or with my wife, kids or a sibling. Typically outside of my wife and kids I don't even like being around more than one or two other people at a time.

Also, I find from morning till night my mind is kind of working on it's own things and so it's hard to really care very much about work stuff - consequently it seems like a pattern throughout my life has been to be competent in school or work, but not put in the extra energy to excel. Also, I have very little desire to "play the game" in order to ingratiate myself among co-workers or to work my way up the ladder. However, I'm well liked and a friendly guy so I get along fine with others. But I'm not a self-promoter and work in an industry I don't really care about so I'd say I'm languishing in a job that pays decent but to me is not that satisfying and doesn't offer much opportunity for advancement beyond where I'm at now.

I also find that in almost any situation from work to church to poltics I don't "drink the Koolaid", that is I typically have my own ideas on how things are and seem impervious to group-think or getting on board with someone else's agenda or doctrine or plan for global domination.

I guess this all adds up to me being somewhat of an outsider with my own ideas and thoughts, - but bored (although tolerably) in my job and involved in my own thoughts and not quite sure what I want to do with the rest of my life. But generally I have a good attitude and I'm happy in life and involved in spiritual pursuits and enjoying life with my wife and kids. If I had it my way I'd like more time alone and a career more in line with my personality type, but I'm not sure what that would be.

iNtuitives

http://tasnanichole.gaia.com — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:38:57 GMT

I am an INFP and I have found being my type to be rather difficult in navigating the larger world. There are less frequent types and I have found in talking with them, that the differences they have with the majority of people makes them feel odd and out of place.

iNtuitives are only 20% of the population, and I have found this to be more common among them.

I was wondering if anyone else has had that experience.

Tasnia

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:57:57 GMT

I am a LIbra 10th house, Leo moon 9th house/ Sag rising
INTP/INFP
Don't know about ennegrams-never taken that test...

Blessings,
Kati

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://tasnanichole.gaia.com — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:30:04 GMT

INFP
Enneagram 4x3
Virgo
Socionics: INFp

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://docsavage44.gaia.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:52:12 GMT

Humm... Well, Vicki's translation of the numerology number types is a little different from the very simple chart I linked to above. Take a look and see what I mean... http://www.transcendentvoyage.com/Articles/NumerologicalCorrespondences.pdf vs. my original link... http://spiritlink.com/numbmean.html Kinda different, huh? Guess I really am a hard-charging, egocentric, achievement-oriented, competitive Mars/Aries guy after all. Hmmm... I think I like the softer, more creative vision expressed in my original link better. Well, the great thing about spiritual exploration is that you can find the interpretations you like, I guess. I'll think about Vicki's chart a bit -- there may be more of me there than I'd like to think. Cheers, Doc

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://wilzplace.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:50:10 GMT

In my chart, the tightness of the orb on the t square between venus/chiron/moon. Aspies need somebody in their corner, so to speak, to help with the interface with society. Both my mom and my wife really abused this position, not caring about me at all, and using me for their own reasons. Check the placement of this, with chiron exactly on winter solstice and the moon/eros and venus at the fall and spring equinoxes respectively.

Amor at 0 degree cap, and Athena at 0 aquarius feed into this energy pattern. A feeling of brotherly love and a love of justice have been important to me in the extreme emotional isolation of described by the T square.

Psyche is exactly on my south node. I know well what love is, and that i've missed it in an interpersonal sense this incarnation. I've been forced to find love, and any acceptance at all really, from the natural world, and not the world of humans.

Urania exactly on my Sun, has me fascinated with astrology, as she is muse of astrology.

I can't read or write music, because of asperger's i think, i find this very very difficult. However, i have a strange talent for putting sounds together. I can't diagram a sentence either, can't think about words or notes that way, but use sound and words in an unusual way. Playing music is, i think, my strongest talent, but i don't like performing even a little, and am not that interested in recording either. I use music to comfort mycellf and to connect to spirit. I'm very interested in bringing the tools for this to others, not in showing them how great a musician i am. I think our over commercialization, over egoization of music has taken much of the magic out of it for the average person, and this i'd like to help correct this. Polyhymnia, the muse of sacred music, is exactly on jupiter, and apollo under influence of spica, i see as indicators of this.

So to me, its the dynamics of the aspects that tell the story. I really don't even pay much attention to the signs, I don't consider mycellf much of an astrologer either. I think of it as looking at an elephant through a straw. Astrology is so big, and the part i've studied so small. Anyway, its been of a great value to me in figureing out my own story, and even more, in helping me understand my kids. It really helped me be a better parent.

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://transcendentvoyage.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:47:05 GMT

Hi Wil,

Thanks for sharing. Some of the correspondences I came up with from looking at your chart in correlation with your Myers-Briggs type and Asperger's:

Stellium (grouping of planets) in the 8th house (soul, depth) in Libra (mind, fairness/justice/balance): Focus on understanding deeply, interest in metaphysics.

Mars in Virgo in the 8th: Energy directed to details

Sun in Scorpio in 9th: Intensity, quest for depth of learning and wisdom

Mercury in Sag: Big-picture thinking, right/just thought

From what I read about Asperger's, there's an intense, obsessive level of focus on interests. All the Scorpionic, 8th house energy. Plus Introversion ("I") allows for more focus on subjects rather than directing your energy outward and scattering it.

On the other hand, there's the NTP, Merc in Sag energy for taking in lots of info and making sense of it in a general way; abstract thinking; seeing patterns without necessarily finalizing conclusions.

Just a few bits of info that popped out for me. Does this make sense for you? How do you see your chart corresponding to your life?

Do you know your Enneagram type? 5 would be my guess. That would correlate easily with your INTP.

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://docsavage44.gaia.com — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:22:20 GMT

Okay -- did a quick search on the numbers and what they mean. Take a look... http://spiritlink.com/numbmean.html These do seem to fit me -- lots of emphasis on creative expression, emotion, etc., with some tendencies to watch, like dissipation and superfluity.

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://docsavage44.gaia.com — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:11:47 GMT

Ok, I'm going to add another element now (inspired by the March edition of Prism, the monthly e-zine from Vicki's Transcendent Voyage site) -- numerology. I followed all the steps and came out with the following numbers... Destiny number: 5 Name number: 1 Personality number: 1 Soul urge number: 9 I'm going to try to do a bit of research now and see what kind of mess I am according to the numbers. I look forward to Vicki's thoughts... Doc

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://wilzplace.gaia.com — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:12:06 GMT

Hi ya'll.
I'm a INTP.

Here is my chart, (learned a trick from you already, Doc)
http://server4.pictiger.com/img/210216/picture-hosting/chart.php

Here's my mayan astrological sign:

kin 260: Yellow Cosmic Sun
I Endure in order to Enlighten
Transcending Life
I seal the Matrix of Universal Fire
With the Cosmic tone of Presence
I am guided by the power of Flowering
I am a galactic activation portal enter me.

I'm also an aspie. Although i fairly easily pass for normal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_Syndrome

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://docsavage44.gaia.com — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:27:24 GMT

Still formulating my questions, but thought I'd put my chart up to share... http://server3.pictiger.com/img/206288/other/.gif Cheers, Doc

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://transcendentvoyage.gaia.com — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:34:58 GMT

In general, that means you're fairly well balanced elementally (astrology) and with functions (Myers-Briggs).

Neptune, which by the way is in Scorpio, not Virgo (the M with the pointer, not the M with the inward hook)--otherwise you would be about 20 years older than you are, is, with only three aspects, your most connected planet in your chart. Therefore, it will be important. Also, it is in your first house of identity. Any planet in the first house is always very important. Neptune is a mist that hides reality. Things aren't what they seem. It's also idealism. And in Scorpio, which also relates to something hidden or underneath the initial appearance. Mystery Man!

Plus, any planet on the angles (the lines that make a cross between the 1st and 7th houses and the 4th and 10th houses) is also an important player in your life. For you, Mars is conjunct (on) your Midheaven in the 10th house. Mars is action directed outward/how you express yourself. In Leo, this would be in a very extroverted, proud, creative, and/or dominant fashion and perhaps most visably in your career (10th house).

Any specific questions, Doc?

Re: Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://docsavage44.gaia.com — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:57:04 GMT

Hello there -- I posted a reply to this earlier, but it seems to have dropped off the board somehow. Well, I've been taking the online Meyers-Briggs tests, and I seem to be all over the map -- I must be borderline in almost all the categories. Trends: Moderately expressed "I," borderline in the other three. I tend to think of myself as INF/TJ, but the results today don't seem to support the idea. In four tests, I've come out with ENFP, ISFP, INFJ and ISFP -- hmmm... wonder what that means? Thanks to Vicki, I know that astrologically I am Pisces sun, Gemini moon, with Libra ascendant. Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Pisces, Venus in Capricorn, Mercury and Saturn in Aquarius, and Neptune in Virgo. According to my chart, Neptune is in trine with sun, and in square with Mercury and Saturn. Does that mean that Neptune is a significant influence on my chart? I am such an astrological newbie... :-) Also, if I'm interpreting the data correctly, my Gemini moon is in square with Uranus in Virgo. Dying to know what all this means...

Roll Call--What's Your Type?

http://transcendentvoyage.gaia.com — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:14:29 GMT

Me: Myers-Briggs: INT/FJ Enneagram: 4w5; self-preservation subtype? Western Astrology: Taurus Sun, Leo Moon/Ascendant Chinese Astrology: Monkey Galactic/Mayan Astrology: White Crystal Mirror Tarot: Strength/Star constellation Spiral Dynamics: Yellow spiral (although this isn't really a "type", but a values orientation) Integral focus: Upper-left quadrant ("I") You?