Stolen From Another Journal...
Dear Ralissa,
Here are your results:
WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 4
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 7
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 10
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 8
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 7
Understanding your results:
The element with the highest score reflects your primary personality type. It is possible for some people to have 2-3 primary elements. It is important to remember that it is not the score that counts, but the relation between the scores.
You may also want to look at the elements with the highest scores and see whether they are opposite or adjacent to each other. Example: Wood and Fire and Earth are adjacent, whereas Wood and Metal, Fire and Water, are opposite. Adjacent elements with high scores reflect a strong supporting relationship, while opposite elements with high scores reflect a strong conflicting relationship. In this context, conflict is not necessarily good or bad- it represents the potential for movement and change as well as instability.
http://www.longevity-center.com/five_element.html
The Five Element Personality Questionnaire is extracted and used with permission from "Between Heaven and Earth", written by Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold.
Keys To Understanding Wood:
• seeks challenge and pushes to the limit
• enjoys and does well under pressure
• admires speed, novelty, and skill
• loves action, movement, and adventure
• likes to be first, best, and only
Typical Problems:
• intolerance and impatience
• volatile emotions
• extremist, in either external or internal way
• headaches, muscle spasms, high blood pressure,
nerve inflammations, migratory pain
• abuse of stimulants and sedatives
A Friendly Reminder:
The power of Wood comes from the capacity to rapidly expand
and build up pressure. Wood types need to modulate their intensity and stay flexible, to be able to retreat and yield as well as surge forward and be undaunted.
Keys To Understanding Fire:
• relishes excitement and delights in intimacy
• keenly intuitive and passionately empathetic
• believes in the power of charisma and desire
• loves sensation, drama, and sentiment
• likes to be hot, bright, and vibrant
Typical Problems:
• anxiety, agitation, and frenzy
• bizarre perceptions
• nervous exhaustion and insomnia
• palpitations, sweating, hypoglycemia, rashes, palsy
nerve inflammations, migratory pain
• abuse of stimulants and sedatives
A Friendly Reminder:
The power of Fire comes from the capacity to liberate heat and light and realize joy and fulfillment. Fire types need to temper their chemistry and contain their fervor, conserving as well as sharing their resources, withdrawing and separating as well as embracing and merging.
Keys To Understanding Earth:
• wants to be involved and needed
• likes to be in charge but not in the limelight
• agreeable and accommodating: wants to be all things to all people
• seeks harmony and togetherness
• insists upon loyalty, security, and predictability
Typical Problems:
• worry, obsession, and self-doubt
• meddling and overprotective
• overextended and inert
• lethargy, unruly appetites, water retention, muscle tenderness
• unrealistic expectations and disappointment
A Friendly Reminder:
The power of Earth comes from the capacity to link, nurture, and sustain. Earth types need to balance their devotion to relationship with solitude and self-expression, developing self-reliance as well as building community.
Keys To Understanding Metal:
• likes definition, structure, and discipline
• respects virtue, discretion, authority
• seeks to live according to reason and principle
• holds self and others to the highest standards
• reveres beauty, ceremony, and refinement
Typical Problems:
• indifference and inhibition
• autocratic, strict, and persnickety
• formal, distant, and unnatural
• stiff joints and muscles, dry skin and hair, shallow breathing, sensitive to climate, poor circulation
• self-righteousness and disillusionment
A Friendly Reminder:
The power of Metal comes from the capacity to shape and refine. Metal types need to compensate for their rationality, self-control, and meticulousness with passion, spontaneity, and social involvement.
Keys To Understanding Water:
• articulate, clever, and introspective
• self-contained and self-sufficient
• penetrating, critical, and scrutinizing
• seeks knowledge and understanding
• likes to remain hidden, enigmatic, and anonymous
Typical Problems:
• emotionally inaccessible and undemonstrative
• isolation and loneliness
• tactless, unforgiving, and suspicious
• hardening of the arteries, deterioration of teeth and gums
• backache, chilliness, loss of libido
A Friendly Reminder:
The power of Water comes from the capacity to conceive, concentrate, and conserve. Water types need to offset their toughness, bluntness, and detachment with tenderness, sensitivity, and openness, risking softness and contact, exposure and attachment.