So true

Readers may find this post silly and crackpotish. If this post doesn't make sense, I think I have achieved the purpose.

Mercurials are the fastest thinkers on the planet. Their mental acuity makes them extremely perceptive and very observant. They tend to be hyperactive, nervous, and irritable and have rapid mood shifts. The high metabolic rates of the mercurials make them prone to insomnia and sleep disturbances, and this makes them wake very easily. They suffer from real or imagined aches and strange maladies that have no symptoms. In the inner world of the mercurial she has a complicated labyrinth of doubt and insecurity. She has a constant feeling that you are always looking for an advantage you can take over her. The mercurial moves from person to person and has brief periods of intense friendships but has trouble believing that people really like her. Every scowl or raised eyebrow is taken personally and makes her wonder if her friend is really a friend.

Saturns on the other hand are very paternal and responsible in nature. Their chief feature is dominance. Saturns feel qualified not only to determine the best course of action for themselves but also for those around them. This makes them behave like a psychological weight. They are better off keeping this feature of dominance from becoming oppressive. Generally saturns have difficulties with martial, mercurial or solar types when their dominance evokes power. Saturns are prone to thoroughness of thought process and have a tendency to sit back, analyze and deliberate about thoughts and actions. Whether important or unimportant they invest the same solemn deliberation for every undertaking. The nailing was this one, “Saturns like to study psychology and become therapists or psychoanalysts”.

LOL. I think I’m doomed. One day all my human type analysis efforts are gonna make me mad!!!

Human Types - IV - Classic Venusian

After a really really long break I'm trying to revive this series. Hope some of you had some success spotting personality types. The next type I'm going to discuss here is the Venusian type, obviously influenced by the planet Venus. Venusians are passive and positive and the earthiest of types(Venus is close to the earth). As usual, I'll broadly split the description into two parts, characteristics(the mindset/behavioral aspect) and physiology(the body).


Characteristics
Venusians are born followers. It is not that they cannot think, it is just that they always think what the people around them think. If you wanna watch a movie, the venusian wants go watch the movie. If you wanna go trekking, the venusian wants to go too. Basically the venusian blends in and doesn't create a ripple. The venusian loves to live through others and are excellent listeners, always willing to listen to other's problems. Consequently they make good therapists, nurses and paramedics. Venusian mothers are a family's delight. They pack excellent lunches, sew the kids clothes and bake excellent cakes/cookies. Venusians are natural foodies and most often the left overs in the refrigerator will do fine. Many a time they appear careless of their appearance and attract gravy spots on their shirts and blouses.

Venusians are the most dependable characters on earth. If you have a venusian in your life you are really really blessed. You have the warmest friend and the most die-hard supporter you will ever find.

Physiology
Venusians are earthy and usually fleshy and carry their weight in their hips and thighs usually beneath a relatively high waistline. Their faces are pleasingly proportional and many of the women, and some men too, are sensuous and have seductive curves and soft pillowy flesh. Most venusians have bad teeth, due to over indulgence in sweets and due to hyperactive parathyroid. Sometimes venusians have a gap between their upper front teeth.

Happy analyzing and as I have mentioned before, a careful analysis of the physical traits is a good starting point always.

Human types - III - Classic Lunar

As we venture into this world of understanding and identifying "Human Types" I want to re-iterate the fact that personality that a person acquires by virtue of grooming does not essentially mean the essence(the engine that operates inside). Under these circumstances, a careful observation of physical traits would really be an ideal starting point here. Today I'll start with the classic Lunar type. As the name says people of this type are influenced by the moon and are the only passive and negative type. I'll broadly split the description into two parts, characteristics(the mindset/behavioral aspect) and physiology(the body)

Characteristics
- Silent and secretive, Lunars prefer solitude and do not like to attend parties. If in a crowd they end up sitting in a corner or standing by a wall. They are basically low adrenaline types
- Like the moon they have a side that they do not show to the outside world.
- They are passive, so they perceive the world as a something that acts on them(something on which they have no control) and so they tend to be defensive
- A lunar is persuaded, goaded, begged, reasoned or bribed to do a thing. You cannot take a snap decision and take your Lunar friend to the mall. If anything she has to change her mind herself and should never be forced
- They remain cool and calm in emergencies and usually end up as heroes during crisis
- They are really successful as part of medical teams in emergency rooms or in bomb squads
- Lunars have great attention for detail and like work that involves minimum interaction with people. They sometimes tend to lose the big picture.
- The brilliant lunars are the world's scholars, inventors and mathematicians and some have a tendency towards monasticism
- Sometimes they tend to be timid and cynical and their biggest weakness is 'willfulness'. They are the ones that can say 'No' for the longest amount of time
- The lunar attracts maximum to the 'Saturn' type which we'll discuss in an upcoming post
- Lunars are the most loyal friends one can ever get

Physiology
- Mostly short and rounded, they are young looking, frail and have an unfinished look(under baked)
- Like to stoop/hunch and wear neutral colors, all to avoid attention
- Have eyes that look away and don't make eye contact
- Have dim eyesight and prefer dim lighting
- Have weak chins and very thin and patchy facial hair(males)
- Have generally low body hair and suffer from frequent digestive problems

This is one of the hardest types to accept oneself to be but nevertheless one of the most easily recognizable types. Happy analyzing and as usual bouquets and brickbats welcome.

Human types - II - Primer

Ok...Time to start the series of the Classical types. Some ground rules before I start. Applying the techniques discussed here would require prolonged and persistent observation of self or the target person. The reason is every person's personality is malleable and what one displays to the world is not essentially the true essence of the psychology underneath. But a big positive in this method is we can start with the physical attributes of a person. While that is not conclusive, it can help you clearly eliminate some of the types. Most of the types have names associated with celestial bodies. What it means is that the particular essence type has some characteristics similar to the celestial body. Example, the lunar type, like the moon has rounded faces and like the moon shows only one side to the world. There is another side that is usually never revealed. Finally, most people circulate between two classical types. So look out of two types that more or less describes your essence.

A little bit of encouragement in this series would definitely motivate me to do the work of reading up my stuff and illustrating the essences better. So, do post your comments and keep reading 'coz very soon I'm going to expose what your essence is.

Human types - I

Have you ever wondered what makes you behave the way you do? What makes you think the way you do? What is it that sometimes makes you bring out top drawer stuff and what is it that makes you suck so much in certain things? If you have ever wondered, then continue reading, else call it quits and get to something better. So you are reading further and you think I have an answer to all your questions. Will you believe me that I have all the answers? If you say "yes", I'm going to open the door of realization and help you know what you are and what exactly you are made up of. And I'm not going to stop there. I'm going to tell you secret ways that will help you learn who the guy next to you is and what makes him work the way he does. What i'm gonna tell you are not concepts that I have theorized. They are actually stuff that so many people have worked on and refined over time. It is all based on the fourth way system and the "Enneagram model" which explains everything you do based on your essence. As I kick start this I realize that it is not easy because I'm thinking this will probably have to be a series with atleast 8 more parts to follow. So as usual keep watching this space. You are in for some slam dang self-introspection :-) !!!