Melancholy baby

-
You Have a Melancholic Temperament
Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it's easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

Yeah, I already knew this. The above description does fit. Of the four humours, I'm Melancholy. No surprise there, since there are a number of features in my astrological chart that would point to such a personality: Capricorn (and Saturn) are melancholic (is that a word?) and are a major influence, as well as a Sag Sun placed in an introspective, reflective part of my chart (12th house). When transitting Saturn triggered aforementioned Sun, I learned all about being trapped by negative thoughts, and have worked hard at not letting them trap me again (hint: affirmations). Your attitude about a situation really does color how the whole situation plays out. So I am aware of that melancholic short-coming and do what I can to avoid it. I also don't have trouble making decisions. BTW, not my misspelling of "temperament" in the link above. I am, after all, a genius. (Must be all that thinking about everything and anything I do.)

Lifted from melancholy Paula and choleric Jeff.

Comments

Paula said…
That Wiki thing was interesting. I think I'm actually a combo of fall and winter. In Myers-Briggs I come out as an NT. Funny I get earth as an element and hoarding as an orientation (also acquiring assets as a source of happiness)--I am a Taurus and do buy a lot of crap. I'm never sleepless though!
September 03, 2006 4:43 PM
Keera Ann Fox said…
The hoarding thing fits me, too, even though I'm not big on shopping. I just don't seem to get rid of stuff. At least not in a rate that matches or surpasses the acquiring of stuff.
September 03, 2006 5:14 PM
Deadman said…
Sanguine indicates the personality of an individual with the temperament of blood, the season of spring (wet and hot), and the element of air. A person who is sanguine is generally optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confident, rational, popular, and fun-loving. They can be daydreamy to the point of not accomplishing anything and impulsive, acting on whims in an unpredictable fashion. This also describes the manic phase of a bipolar disorder.

Love that last little tidbit!!!
September 03, 2006 6:47 PM
Keera Ann Fox said…
And melancholy is the depressive phase. Baby, let's see-saw emotionally together!
September 03, 2006 6:58 PM
Deadman said…
It's a good thing yer 6,000 miles away, babe!

;o)>
September 03, 2006 8:14 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I love you. Thank you.

-
Image
Some time last month, I was listening to a new spiritual podcast, and the speaker said that we can all heal ourselves and each other by stating, "I love you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you." Apparently, this series of four short statements healed all the patients of a psychiatric facility, simply by being uttered by a doctor while he was looking at the patient files. I was intrigued. So I googled the phrase and discovered it comes from a Hawaiian spiritual ritual called ho'oponopono .* I found a blogpost that described this "cleaning" process. I found an online article claiming that you can heal the whole planet with ho'oponopono because everything that comes into your sphere of experience is your responsibility.** I searched Amazon for books describing ho'oponopono. I bought Mable Katz 's book "The Easiest Way" .*** And her title may not be an exaggeration. After reading her short book, I have replaced my usual rit...
Read more

The ho'oponopono adventure continues

-
Image
Ever since I discovered the ho'oponopono practice of forgiveness and healing about 3 years ago , I have used it, pursued it, and experienced healings big and small. I have taught it to a few friends. To my delight, they have embraced it and discovered for themselves the instant peace that comes with cleaning (as using ho'oponopono is called; you are cleaning your subconscious of unhelpful beliefs). My friend Alice showed me this picture she took from her hotel window in London: Every morning, I started my day by looking out that window. ILY, ILY, ILY. It was a beautiful way to start the morning. Every day, I felt the embrace of the city and I'd like to think that the city felt my ILYs. We certainly had nothing but pleasant interactions with people (and in fact, a few times, we had people offer unsolicited help!). I responded to her with this: The ho'oponopono "trick" of repeating to yourself "I love you" when in a negative situation really...
Read more

Getting my beliefs challenged

-
I own the extended DVD set of "What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?" , also known as "Down the Rabbit Hole". I can't remember now how my browsing the internet today started, but I ended up learning a lot about the science in "What the Bleep": It's terribly inaccurate. There are other inaccuracies or downright errors, but for the most part quantum mechanics only work on quantum levels, not at sizes like a basketball or a universe or even a mere atom. And that spoils all New Age claims that it is quantum physics that explain the Law of Attraction or any other woo-woo belief, like spontaneous healing, psychic phenomenon or near-death experiences. Dang. I was so hoping science could explain these things by now. My surfing has brought me to The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry . There I have found good writing, and proper skepticism. Not the finger-pointing pooh-poohing of beliefs, but rather a behind-the-scenes look at some claims and what's factually ...
Read more