Bob Ross has a complex personality. He is astir with contradictory impulses and desires, some of them imperious. Although his rational mind is highly developed and seems to be the source of motivation for his behavior, the most significant realm of his psychology is his subconscious. Therein, a conflict between understanding and feeling is raging, between the psychological functions of thought and sensation (C.G. Jung’s terms). Until this conflict subsides, he might feel a sensation of emptiness. He is troubled by and unable to explain this feeling, which leads him to adopt an attitude of doubt and skepticism. This conflict, and its various ramifications, are the main obstacle to his individuation. His task consists of becoming the master of the energies of his subconscious, and developing his consciousness in terms of the hidden and invisible. His evolution will occur through a series of metamorphoses and rebirths. However, at certain points in his life, despite his caution and clear thinking, he finds himself in situations he neither desired nor planned, as a result of explosions and eruptions of the elements fermenting in his psyche. He always survives the worst physical, emotional, or intellectual tests, however, fairly unscathed, because of his ability to be reborn and start afresh.

As a partner, he might struggle to make compromises. He may appear frosty and distant at times, and he has a taste for challenging, provocative remarks. With himself, as well as with others, he is sometimes excessive and complicated. In a discussion, he will express strong, honest opinions. In crisis situations, he wishes for his efforts to be noticed. He is obsessed with the problem of death. He tends to believe it holds the secret of life – that death can be overcome.

Sometimes his anxiety about death is expressed as a search for answers – how can one learn to live with death, how can one detach oneself from the past and its flesh-curdlingly morbid realities… Decay, immobility, ultimate delivery – these images, which are all symbolically associated with death, sometimes haunt him.

Intellectually, he has powerfully developed intellectual faculties which yield the maximum effectiveness for his behavior. Deductive, analytical, prospective, he is at once a researcher, a detective, and a scientist. He is fairly introverted, and his discrimination tends to direct him toward the spheres of inner life. He is astute at drawing rational parallels between phenomena of different origins. His love life will be subject to desire and passion. But since he is more aroused by ideas and fantasies, he may experience lulls in intensity. When he yields to his penchant for emotional upheaval and his desire for coercion and pleasure, he may find himself sailing into the teeth of a hurricane-force gale.

Bob thrives on relating to other people. He cannot live without love!

Bob Ross derives great rewards from every source of pleasure or creation (physical, artistic, or emotional). Bob Ross has a penchant for speculation.

At the time of Bob Ross’s birth, his rising sign was located in Gemini (the Twins), while the sun was passing through the sign of Scorpio (the Scorpion). A summary of the various clues mentioned above provide his personality profile. The following key words capture the essence of his character and indicate certain contradictions which may create tension:

Need for contact – Pugnacity – Mental agitation – Charisma – Frivolity – Dignity – Dilettantism – Shrewdness – Immaturity – Concentration – Communication – Positivism – Inner duality – Common sense.

Although his mind is disciplined and straightforward, logical and analytical, he is endowed with critical faculties and a remarkable sense of paradox. In fact, he enjoys plying humor, irony, and sometimes sarcasm.

His keen insights and incisive observations are his main mental qualities, along with a subtle sense of judgment. It is entirely up to him to apply these virtues and take advantage of them in various social activities.

It would be good for him to rein in any destructive criticism in relation to himself as well as others.

Born between three and one-half and seven days after the rising of the full moon, Bob Ross is said to be a “shining moon” type. This soli-lunar configuration gives him a shining personality which is apt to communicate and transmit ideas.

Throughout his life, he will be attracted to the idea of acting as a spokesperson for a cause, idea, or person whose message seems essential to him. He will have to develop his powers of discernment, to determine which subjects or people are really worth his personal commitment.