What is Alice Walker’s Personality Type?

Alice Walker is an extroverted intuitive. She is open to the reality of the world, objects, and others, and has a special duality to her mind, which is made up of equal parts of intellectual resources and sensitivity. As a function of this latter, she has a great sense of her fellow human and the oracular art of divining people’s unconscious wishes and motivations – in fact, her advice is often sought. In material terms, it gives her a talent for locating lost objects and a spirit of discovery and invention. Overall, she welcomes the signs arriving from the outer world in a positive and liberal way and even incites them to promise more than they can provide. However, when something does not satisfy her, she has the ability to cheer herself up rapidly and is quick to discover whatever positive aspects it may present. This involves a process of readaptation which requires formidable ego transformations, and they are the challenge for her. It is up to her to renew herself, to behave in such a way as to drain her environment of fearsome or threatening aspects. She is usually perceived as an idealist. Deep within herself, she senses the presence of a “new life,” which is the crucible of her ideal and all her hopes. The “new life” may assume the garb of various philosophies of liberation; whatever they may be, they all endeavor to revitalize alienated modern people, oppressed and downtrodden by Western civilization. However, in her striving to free herself and her fellow humans from a social contract based on the power of sheer lucre and corrupt lobbies, she displays a singular inclination to depend upon the very social forces she intends to topple. The reason for this is that, because she is quite sociable, the only thing she instinctively grasps profoundly is social action and organization. Her perception of her own personality is vague or even negative. In fact, her grandiose personal gestures are motivated by a need to hide her unavowed feelings of inferiority and, at times, her fear of strong personalities. But she is above all an idealist. Hope is the prime mover of her spirit, and she is continually traveling along the axis of the hope/despair polarity. As she applies herself to ignoring whatever is impervious to her aspirations, she should acquire some certainty of what is still possible – for she and the world. In relation to her ideal, she behaves realistically, although others are unable to perceive her realism because she expressed herself in such an unconventional and eccentric fashion.

Alice Walker has high social aspirations. She believes that by gaining total control of her intellect, feelings, and instincts, she can achieve them.

Alice Walker tends to live in an imaginary world; the distant and abstract sometimes interests her more than what is right at hand and realistic.

At the time of your birth, your rising sign was located in Taurus (the Bull), while the sun was passing through the sign of Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). A summary of the various clues mentioned above provide your personality profile. The following key words capture the essence of your character and indicate certain contradictions which may create tension: Independence – Opposition to progress – Rebelliousness – Compassion – Originality – Perseverance – Fluctuation – Pragmatism – Productivity – Inventive mind – Sensuality – Sense of paradox. With your complacent, steady character and bluntness, you sometimes display a determinism and persistence you are likely to carry to an extreme. Awareness of this tendency can bolster your relationships with others. Simultaneously non-conformist and respectful of tradition, your nature is fundamentally paradoxical. Enraged by the injustice, unfairness, and tyranny in the world, you are attracted to the study of social problems. You will struggle to solve them, torn between your awareness of practical realities and your attraction to idealist, utopian solutions. An environmentalist before the discipline was invented, anything related to nature or the Earth arouses your interest.

Alice Walker was born on the three and one-half day after the full moon rose. This “soli-lunar” configuration gives her an objective, rational, and lucid character. However, since the moon is opposite the sun at the time of the full moon, her objective tendencies are balanced by a more idealistic penchant. Because the forces pull her in two different ways – one toward dreams, the other toward reality – she may be aware of some inner contradictions which are causing practical and social difficulties for her. At times, she is too demanding of herself or others, comparing them to an ideal, whereas at others, she is too nonchalant and indulgent about life. She vacillates between two poles. One is elitist; the other is more earthy and perhaps vulgar at times. The result is a multifaceted self. Generally speaking, her monthly energy flow is strongest at the time of the full moon. She would be wise to schedule intensive work phases at that time, as well as ambitious and demanding projects.

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