I just got into the Myers-Briggs personality assessment this last week-again-and realized, after reading several descriptions of my own personality type, of INTP, called a "Rational" type, is that it seems to really reflect my Nodal Axis "situation". Particularly the one according to the whole sign house system..

Lemme post one very structured description:

A description of the INTP Personality Type

by Paul James

Original version: April 5, 1999
revised and published on the web: March 12, 2000

INTP is one of the 16 personality types defined in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I will assume that visitors to this page already have a basic knowledge of the MBTI system for I wish to concentrate on describing the INTP type as best I can. The descriptions below are based on personal experience combined with knowledge derived from other MBTI sources and I hope that other INTPs and non-INTPs alike may find some of this material illuminating. This page may be updated and expanded when appropriate.

For a general introduction and overview of MBTI temperament analysis, visit Robert Winer's excellent resource at Gesher.

INTPs are about 1% of the general population, making this one of the rarest of types. The basic dynamic of the INTP is illustrated in the following table:


RANK of FUNCTION FUNCTION ORIENTATION
Dominant Thinking Introverted ( Ti )
Secondary iNtuition Extraverted ( Ne )
Tertiary Sensing Introverted ( Si )
Inferior Feeling Extraverted ( Fe )

Primary Axis: Introverted Thinking - Extraverted Intuition

The INTP is above all a thinker and his inner (private) world is a place governed by a strong sense of logical structure. Every experience is to be rigorously analysed, the task of the INTP's mind is to fit each encountered idea or experience into a larger structure defined by logic. For here is the central goal of the INTP: to understand and seek truth. The experience of anything takes a back seat. The INTP is not interested in experiences themselves but is far more fascinated by concepts. The drive to understand things that are not yet understood is a very powerful force in the life of an INTP. Where the Ti preference is strong, this drive can override the experiential element so strongly that the INTP will become quickly bored with anything that he has successfully analysed to the point of understanding it. Once understood, it has nothing left to offer, once the satisfaction which comes with achieving the goal of understanding diminishes. Indeed, most primary interests of an INTP are things which he cannot fully understand, usually because they are highly complex or have some exotic, mystical element that does not yield to analysis. This is the real reason why INTPs are drawn to complexity: anything simple is too quickly understood and cannot hold the fascination for long. Similarly, proficiency in any area (which requires continual practice after understanding) is not such a driving force as it might be for NTJs, for example. While a judging NT will often seek to become master of his field, an INTP is satisfied by analysing it alone. The latter is often more of dabbler with ideas which leads me on to his second crucial aspect: detachment.

The Ti-Ne axis leads to a curious overriding desire to observe from a detached position, indicating the preference for intuitive perception with respect to external things. Since accurate analysis needs to avoid becoming hampered with details or being influenced by the actions of others, the INTP invariably seeks to withdraw, at least in spirit, from the situation being considered. This detachment can sometimes be so marked that he will readily see himself as a neutral observer having no personal association with that going on around him (unless forced to become directly involved through an attack on his principles). The INTP enjoys speculating about how a news item (for example) might be received by other people or how a point of view might offend certain types of people and be supported by yet other types; but to have a point of view of his own rarely seems relevant! This also indicates that Feeling is his least developed function. The argument may even be made that "points of view" and "opinions" are irrelevant since only objective truth counts. In reality, INTPs can often become far less objective than they think they ought to be: precisely at those times when the under-developed Feeling gnaws at his being.

I think this so-called "primary axis" is enough to encompass the main issues presented by my nodal axis, as well. But, if you're curious, here's the whole article: www.intp.org/intprofile.html

And here's the test I took to find out my personality type: www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

And now, my nodal axis...

according to the whole sign house system, my North Node is in 4 d Pisces, conjunct Mercury in 3 d Pisces, sextile Uranus in 5 d Capricorn, in the 7th house.
South Node in 4 d Virgo, opposite Mercury in 3d Pisces, trine Uranus in 5 d Capricorn, and in the 1st house.

Both Nodes are squared by Moon-Mars-Jupiter in 0 d Gemini.

In Pacidus, same thing, except my North Node's in my 6th, and South Node is in the 12th.


However, a Virgo-Pisces Nodal axis set on the 1st and 7th houses pretty much sounds exactly like "Introverted Thinking - Extraverted Intuition", doesn't it?
Also goes perfectly well with the other defining traits of "introverted sensing"-Virgo(earth sign, which primarily functions through the 5 senses) in the 1st house(self-preoccupied and self-absorbed), and "extraverted feeling"- Pisces, the most feeling dominated of signs, in the 7th house, the house of "the others".

yes ANOTHER reason to flush Placidus' house system down the toilet.

So, what do you think? am I on to something?

Also, I realize it's a lot of work for just one thread, on one tribe, on one site you normally check in your limited time online, but I would REALLY appreciate it if you could also take the test and post your personality type, with its dominant features, as well as your Nodal Axis situation-nodes by signs, and houses (in the whole sign house system, please), with all their major aspects.

Thank you, thank you very much...LOL.