"...Sensitivity to others combines with a creative imagination

Your imaginative abilities are supported by a deep instinctive insight into human behaviour and motives. You have a profound response to the world of symbols, myths and images, and may excel in one of the arts, such as music, painting, dance or theatre, where your ability to intuit character and mimic it in plastic forms may give you exceptional talents. Or you may combine your imagination and your sensitivity to the handling of others' problems, offering much sympathy and vision to loved ones or to those whom you might choose to counsel or help. Your grasp of the potentials of a situation combines with sensitivity and compassion for the needs and problems of others, and this lends a human touch to the strange and often uncanny abilities of your intuition. Your great gift lies in the sensing of human potential and the deeper and more meaningful lessons to be found in life's dilemmas; and you blend this with gentleness and a sense of timing that can allow you to midwife this potential in yourself and in others. Your imagination never divorces itself from the world of human feelings because your perceptiveness and concern will always keep you related to other people, so that all your creative hunches and inspirations ultimately work to enhance and enrich interpersonal relationships...."

"...The need to be needed dominates all other motivations

Your openheartedness and strong feelings of empathy for others make you a supportive, caring and naturally self- sacrificing personality. You would do anything for those you love, and tend to forgive them almost anything; and however much you are hurt and disappointed, you do not lose your belief in the importance of kindness or in the worthiness of others. You take little pleasure in that absolute autonomy and freedom to direct your own life that many people claim they want; for your chief pleasure springs from living for and through others. You are not inclined toward cold ambition, or the need to be somebody in the world's eyes. For this reason you function at your best when working in a cooperative capacity - linking people together and smoothing over dilemmas, supervising group networks and activities, and interpreting to others the directions of more aggressive souls. You love the feeling that you have been helpful to somebody, and whether it is in your work or your personal life, you need to be needed - not for any enduring strength or dynamism, but for your fluid empathy and understanding, your imagination, and your capacity to forgive. You are not very adept at drawing boundaries and protecting yourself, for you hate the feeling of isolation which too much self-reliance produces - and you would rather love and suffer, than be unloving and unharmed...."

"..A tendency to give away the power of choice to others

You possess tact, gentleness and the ability to adjust your wishes to the prevailing needs of those around you - and to put forth your own ideas and suggestions subtly while preserving a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. You enjoy making decisions which are cooperative with others, and need support and encouragement in individual ventures. You are not a rugged adventurer who must make every choice alone..."
"..You are a gifted diplomat and an understanding and wise counselor or teacher or guide, not to mention a naturally talented actor or actress. You can work extremely well with children, or with those who need gentle and sensitive handling. This is when you are at your best. ...."

"...The secret craving to first and best

You give the impression of being the most adaptable of people, always ready to consider the other person's feelings and to do what makes him or her happy. But there is something in you which is ill-suited to this kind of compromise - a fierce spirit of dynamic energy which longs to go its own way and do exactly as it pleases. You are much more self- willed and self-preoccupied than you might like to admit, for admission would of course mean that the dreaded word "selfish" which you sometimes use a little too freely about others might also apply to you. But the selfishness of your high-spirited and energetic shadow is a healthy selfishness, and if you are able to integrate some of its fiery, impetuous and enthusiastic qualities into your life, you may find that you have much more energy, humour and optimism to bring to your experiences - as well as the ability to say no sometimes if you do not want to do something, and the courage to do it alone if no one wants to do it with you. The innate rash self-confidence of this secret side of you may seem offensive to your gentler values, for it is the "me first" spirit that puts responsibility for others back in their own hands..."

"...Loyalty to individual values

You don't let anyone dictate to you who you should be or what you should do with your life; for you live from a conviction of the sacredness of your own individuality. Although you enjoy the company of other people, and attract them easily because of the vitality of your personality, you are quite incapable of compromising your ideals and freedom of action for very long in order to please anyone - even those you love most. You resent having your liberty curtailed by rules which have been designed by the herd for the herd. You are in love with your differentness, and have considerable contempt for those who live their lives like sheep trying to copy some image offered by media, advertising and Mary Whitehouse. You want to be left alone to express yourself in your own way; but rather than making those necessary small external compromises which might grant you the privacy to pursue your own lifestyle, you tend to demand, with a certain charming arrogance, that the world make adjustments for you. Surprisingly, much of the time it does, at least within the circles in which you move, because you possess the intelligence and force of character to be convincing even if you are being outrageous.
Because you are so loyal to your inner vision, you are likely not only to appear and feel different; you are also likely to make a valuable contribution of some kind, possibly through creative work, which acts like yeast on the imaginations of others because it stirs up in them their own longing to define themselves as individuals. This is the psychology behind the "star", whether this is an actor, a writer, a politician, a painter or any other person who seems to have greater vision and farther-seeing eyes, and who embodies a goal of some kind that others can model themselves after. Although you may never be famous in the grand sense, somewhere within the circle of your professional and personal life you have considerable influence on others simply because you do not depend on them for your ideas and values. This gives you power, because you are your own person...."

"...A secret dependency on the good opinions of others

In contrast to your strong individuality there is another figure in your inner psychic drama which you have necessarily had to exclude from your conscious values and behaviour in order to remain firmly your own person and committed to your own unique path. The shadow-side of you, which you generally repress, cares inordinately about what others think of you; for this figure is a much more dependent and less defined personality than the one with which you are familiar. It is the thing which secretly drives you to constantly seek the approval and validation of others - even when this validation is expressed as grudging respect, or even condemnation (which you take as a compliment because it is more flattering than being ignored).
This need of others ranges from an ordinary social need - to belong and be approved of by those very people whom you often dismiss as unoriginal and boring - to a deep unconscious connection with the collective unconscious of which you, like everyone, are a part. The shadow-side of your personality acts like a powerful undercurrent in the sea, drawing you out toward others in a need to have your identity and your creative offerings recognised and validated, although you profess most of the time not to care about the opinions of others unless they are of a standard that matches your own. Everything in the psyche works in polarities, and the whole issue of individuality, which is so important to you and a goal in itself for the whole of your life, cannot be seen except within the perspective of its opposite - merging with the group, and the similarity rather than the differences between people. You could not take such an individualistic stance unless there were something to pit your vision against; but this something really lies within yourself, and is the part of you which is just like everybody else. More mystically speaking, it IS everybody else. If you can accept this and live a little less defensively, you can utilise your great creative potential to express ideas and views which touch everyone, and are not merely an angry and rebellious statement of being different....."

"...A humbler and more selfless character lies in the shadow

Thus your shadow-side is rooted in ordinary mundane life, mortal rather than godlike, humble rather than arrogant, and deeply dependent on the love and validation of others. More importantly, it is also deeply dependent on validation from an inner, rather than an outer, source; and this is really what is meant by a spiritual or mystical aspiration. The sense that you serve something higher, and that the world's notice is a by-product rather than the source of your value in life, is the gift that your shadow-side can provide. You are both more ordinary and more extraordinary than you realise. The nice, decent, boring dimension of your shadow is really your link with common humanity, and the antidote to your chronic hidden feelings of loneliness, emptiness and isolation; and it is also a link with that sense of a higher purpose which can offer your life value even when you are not performing. ..."

"...The importance of individual creative effort

You will never find fulfillment by following the crowd. Your deepest satisfaction in life will come from any and every effort you make to place the stamp of your own creative imagination on what you produce - in whatever field you work. The arts may provide you with the best vehicles for such individual effort - writing, painting, the theatre, music - and even if you do not wish to turn such pursuits into money-making ventures, you need to allow time and space in your life for creative work. It is the most important thing you can do for yourself, although there may be no practical reward which you can put in the bank. You need to discover that mysterious essence which makes you unique and worthwhile, above and beyond the practical contributions you offer to others. And you will only find that sense of self through discovering its imprint on the images and ideas which spring from your heart and your imagination. No matter how many worldly responsibilities you have, and no matter how concerned you are with the good opinion of others, it is essential that you pursue something you truly love, by yourself and for yourself. Without this deep validation of your own soul, nothing else in your life will really make sense...."

"...Learning to navigate emotional depths

There is one sphere of life where any effort to develop yourself will always result in an increased feeling of strength and self-respect, because this is the area of both your greatest anxiety and, paradoxically, your greatest potential. You are a person who needs to feel in control of everything that happens in life, and this particularly applies in the domain of your emotions. You fear the unknown depths in yourself and the unseen powers in life itself - and sometimes you go to great and self-damaging lengths to defend yourself against possible invasion, chaos or powerlessness. You need to find the courage to face the unknown, by exploring those hidden drives and compulsions which lie beneath your tightly restrained surface, and by allowing other people to come close enough to both hurt you and bring you transformation and joy. For you cannot have one without the other. If you can make the effort to let yourself be vulnerable to life, rather than donning your suit of armour every time it threatens you with an emotionally overwhelming experience, you will discover that acceptance of your own depths and the self-knowledge this brings are in the end the only true and indestructible form of security.
Thus one of your chief fears - of emotional hurt, rejection and humiliation - can become an indestructible base on which you build a sense of confidence in the worth of your creative vision. For in confronting your emotional inhibitions and anxieties, and in learning to trust others more, you will discover how to put your real self honestly in all you produce. You need a creative vehicle for your ideas and your imagination, either through your work or through a hobby which you love. But you cannot create anything truly satisfying without revealing something to others of your innermost soul...."

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All images from the swiss film by Stefan Haupt "Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Dem Sterben ins Gesicht sehen" (www.kuebler-ross.de)