The Five Element Personality Test

[moira]

The Five Element Theory utilized in Chinese Medicine stems from ancient Chinese philosophy.
The five elements are symbolic for the different phases, or primal forces within the universe, nature, and our bodies. Each element is also attributed to a certain personality archetype. Knowing which element(s) predominates our personalities can help further insight into our lives and relationships.​

The Five Element Personality Questionnaire is extracted and used with permission from "Between Heaven and Earth", written by Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold.​

Click here to take the Questionnaire!​

My results:

Dear moira,
Here are your results:

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 7
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 7
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 7
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 15
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 18

Water

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 lonelines
• 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.

 

[CuriousFeeling]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 9
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 10
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 7
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 11
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 14

Water archetype.

 

[cascadeco]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 6
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 7
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 8
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 11
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 16

 

[ragashree]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 9
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 10
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 9
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 10
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 18

Water, again. I see a pattern emerging here... Maybe some other mbti types need to take the test!

 

[Phantonym]

WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 16
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 13
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 12
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 9
WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 7

 

[OrangeAppled]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 4
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 9
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 5
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 5
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 17


Water

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 lonelines
• 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.

 

[Kasper]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 9
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 8

 

[Vasilisa]

I'm contradictory

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 6
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 9
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 8
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 6
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 9

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.

Fire
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.

Water
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 lonelines
• 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.

 

[Thalassa]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 7
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 14
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 9
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 5
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 8


Fire
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.


What's weird is that some the health problem stuff seems surprisingly true for me.

 

[Charmed Justice]

WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 17
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 15
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 15

Water

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 lonelines
• 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.



Fire

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.

Earth

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.

 

[Donna Cecilia]

I´m a double type too.

METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 17
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 17
WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 12
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 5
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 0


Metal

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.

Water

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 lonelines
• 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.

 

[CyberHiker]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 8
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 4
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 2
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 8
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 15

 

[ChocolateMoose123]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 9
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 11
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 7
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 10
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 16

 

[Orangey]

Wow, almost everyone's the goddamn water one.

 

[Chunes]

According to the astrology, I'm supposed to be water/wood. (I'm also supposed to be a rat. Yeah right. I'm a goat.)

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 1
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 6
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 10
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 7
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 17

 

[Thursday]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 15
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 15
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 10
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 12
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 9


Wood
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.

Fire
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.

 

[miss fortune]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 6
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 15
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 9
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 2
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 5

 

[Jaguar]

FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 12
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 11

I'm a paradox.

Fire

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


Water

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

 

[Rebe]

WOOD ARCHETYPE: The Pioneer.............................. 4
FIRE ARCHETYPE: The Wizard.................................... 7
EARTH ARCHETYPE: The Peacemaker......................... 5
METAL ARCHETYPE: The Alchemist.............................. 7
WATER ARCHETYPE: The Philosopher......................... 13

Ah my Fire and Earth clash - makes sense.

Water

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 lonelines
• 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.

 

[surgery]

Water, 12