On being a winter 5 aquarius cedar snapdragon
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 01:04 am

I heard a saying once: "There are two kinds of people in this world, the kind who divide people into two kinds, and the kind that don't."

Hmmm.

Anyway, we all have our own sense of identity. We know who we are. Some define themselves by what they do, some by what they believe, or the family they're born into. We may feel we know ourselves pretty well.

But there's always more to learn.

Web-wise, there's a common pastime of googling your own name (also called ego surfing) and seeing what pops up. I just took a look -- apparently I'm a realtor, a portrait artist, a photographer, an office assistant at North Idaho College, a mortgage specialist, a chiropracter ... and that's just in the first three pages. Who knows what other namesakes I have?

The Internet has many, many ways to classify, categorize and file you. You can learn things about yourself you never knew before! Let's start figuring out just who we are.

That old standby, astrology
We all know our sun signs, whether we believe in astrology or not. But there's more to us than that. Check out your alcohoroscope at http://bitsandpieces.us/2008/04/15/alcohoroscopes/
If you're in the mood to be insulted, read your sun sign here:
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/humour/funny-horoscopes.php
or here
http://www.marbellaguide.com/en/hilaroscope-intro.html


Seasons and colors
Are you a spring? A fall? What the heck is this? Fashionistas have found a way to classify people by their coloring, and therefore determine what colors of clothing and makeup look best on you. Here are some tests online:
http://members.tripod.com/trepanrr/color_analysis_test.htm
http://www.carolejackson.com/html/Test-Light_Complex.html

And of course, wikipedia covers that all-important background and history of color analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_tone_color_matching

What about a simple color personality test? Try these:
http://www.testcolor.com/
http://www.personalityonline.com/tests/colour/
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/personality-colors-test.html

Numbers
The first thing that comes to mind is numerology. Whether you believe in it or not, it's fun to see what pops up just from typing in your name.
http://www.paulsadowski.com/Numbers.asp
http://affinitynumerology.com/
http://www.numberquest.com/knowledge_free_numerology_calculator_name.php

Another set of personality numbers comes from the Enneagram personality indicator. By answering a list of questions, your Enneagram number is determined. There are nine numbers, or types of people. Curious? Take a test here:
http://www.9types.com/newtest/homepage.actual.html
http://www.9types.com/rheti/homepage.actual.html
http://similarminds.com/test.html

Trees, animals and other stuff

What kind of tree are you? (Beware of new agey music): http://www.paradiseawaits.com/Tree.html

Are you an animal inside?
http://www.animalinyou.com/survey.asp

Find out what flower you are:
http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/flower-quiz

Or superhero:
http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/

Cigarette
http://quiz.myyearbook.com/myspace/Vices/45519/What_kind_of_cigarette_are_you_pics.html

Booze
http://www.brainfall.com/quizzes/what-kind-of-drink-are-you/

Bird
http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=43219
http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=75853&filter=liked&time_span=latest

Classic movie/famous leader
http://similarminds.com/othertests.html

Anything and everything
http://www.blogthings.com/newquizzes/

More tests!
http://www.psychtests.com/

But enough psychoanalysis. Why not just let your computer decided who you are?
http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/youarea.htm Click on the flashing words to find the real you.

 
"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself."
— Thales, Greek philosopher, 624-546 BC

"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I would run away."
 — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, 1749-1832