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"The distinction between Freedom and Liberty is not accurately known: naturalists have been unable to find a living specimen of either."
Ambrose Bierce.
The Major Sixes
Resolution of 4 / Resolves to 8 / Antagonised by 5 / Antagonises 7
Friends 6,2 >4 / Lovers 6 / Allies 1,3 / Rivals 1
6 is a step beyond the community interrelationships that balance open status and reward. In both the Major and Minor 6, there is the desire for independence and freedom of thought from the Landscape, though not for physical isolation. Sixes are bright, curious and like to achieve. They look for being valued by the community for their special contribution to events and the applause of the crowd. Sixes are leaders who like to stand a little to one side of the group rather than to be in the middle of it, and lead by seeing further into the situation than the rest. Sixes are intellectual and critical and like to be 'out ahead' of the pack in opinions and ideas. The practical, working solutions, the everyday agreements and solutions by which the community stabilises society, and the way it confirms traditions in its decision-making are all Antagonies to a Six.
The independence of Sixes and their desire for liberty comes from a self-conscious need to rise beyond the basic community structure while remaining in contact with it, in the manner of their own choosing. Sixes like to demolish and re-build. They can think of themselves as lone voices in the middle of the hubbub, as special, even unique minds. They are critics rather than accusers, and are sensitive to what lies beyond the ordinary, and to the higher noble dimension to human society namely, to humanity itself and the ideal of the greater good.
Thus, Sixes shine in two broad roles. One is the boss with a raft of devoted underlings supplying the appropriate feed. In this position, the best qualities of Sixes come out. They are magnanimous, understanding, intellectually on the ball, tactically astute, and try to minimise losses of all kinds where they can. They are good negotiators to have on your side since they make things difficult for the other side on almost every matter they personally control. The other role is that of 'spokesperson'. You can be pretty sure that in any lost tribe the individual who comes forward to be the researching anthropologist's right hand man will be a Six. This guide will re-tell every story and re-theorise about tribal precepts in their own versions and with their interpretations imposed on them, and relish doing so. The larger and more global the precept, however, the more likely it is that the Six will present that larger picture rather than his or her personal one. When ETIs arrive on Earth, a Six could make a good interpreter of the human cause to our benefit. On a smaller scale, however, Sixes' version is often far too particular to be right. They have to struggle to remove their personal biases. On the other hand, it is often the case that re-describing principles and arguments reveals holes and failings of logic and method that may not otherwise be obvious. So Sixes particular critical style can have creative consequences.
Sixes find working under bosses difficult. They particularly don't like bosses who have been sent from elsewhere, rather than those who have climbed the ladder in plain view. They find the fact of their approved 'superiority' challenging because it appears to run against a natural order, and will likely as not end spend a lot of time manoeuvring against them. Similarly, Sixes are difficult people to work with in a partnership because they do not really like others to make the running or to establish rights over any part of the territory they both are supposed to share. Sixes will stop obeying any of the usual courtesies of communication if they sense that another is beginning to put the stamp of their own authority on the job in hand. They won't bother with keeping you up with what they are doing or do much by way of acknowledging receipt of messages, and will communicate only when their ideas need to be put forward. They are genuinely appreciative of smart thinking and clever solutions, but they appreciate more the anonymous contribution to the joint effort, or the giver who gives selflessly without requiring acknowledgement. Sixes often react badly, though not necessarily overtly, if any of their efforts towards the joint goal are rejected or adapted. While they are critical of others, they find it hard to withstand criticism, and will try to make people take a detour around them. Sixes like to inform, though rather than informing you of stuff you don't know, they sometimes prefer to inform you of what you already know, only in their own way. They are often outraged if their understanding of the matters in hand is questioned.
Sixes seem to understand the human condition well and can analyse a person based on very few and diverse clues. And this is where we might find them, easily drawn to the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology and other people-related fields. Environmental issues are also high on their list of concerns. Sixes like the areas of expression where they are the sole conceivers and producers of their work. If they are artists, they may want to convey a humanitarian message. They love beautiful and useful tools and can acquire a dedication to craftsmanship. But Sixes are also warriors, as they resolve towards 8, defending justice and homeland as much as they defend their own prosperity in problems often of their own making.
6 is a potent sign and embodies strength of belief, and the will to bend circumstances to their benefit. It takes a lot for a community truth to move their opinions. They learn by personalising information and tend to make any new knowledge their own personal property. They find it difficult to praise and to thank others for their contributions to their own understanding, or to accept the fact that others have trod the very path they are treading, and, perhaps, have seen further than them They give few standard authorities their due, preferring the maverick thinker whose work is not (yet) revered.
Sixes, being concerned with the bigger picture, their role within it, and how others are responding to it, have a tendency to re-categorise individual contributions into a generalised pigeonhole. Even those with the Minor 6 find themselves losing track of others' personal contributions to the events, and they are rather 'forgetful' of expressing the little appreciations of others and their contributions to events that so smooth the day-to-day for Fives. To Sixes, their sense of competition with others comes from the instinct to undermine traditional or established fields of endeavour that cannot be made their own.
Sixes belong on the same axis as Twos and consequently they have a healthy concern over resources. They tend to think of all things that they set out to do as an investment, and don't tend to be extravagant in their enjoyments of things. Sixes like to husband resources and not to place their wealth (in the broadest sense of talents and skills as well as riches) at risk. While they are happy to invest securely, they can be generous to the right cause, especially when they like to contradict vested interests.
Bringing out the idealism of Sixes helps them to shift their intense energy towards the greater good. For Sixes, the greater good is the survival of a moral and aesthetic sensibility required for the management of society. Sixes will take on their responsibilities and not shirk from obligation, although they are happy to pass on laborious work to others where they can. Sixes act positively, but they may often get stuck in a mire of duty, which they will bear with dignity, but sometimes irritably. They need praise and prizes to keep them going. They stand apart from the group but they are not insular; they like to feel that what they do is approved of. Sixes are made uneasy, however, by the tiny strands of complexity that any practical strategy will require, and will hunt for single great ideas that marshal and order the facts automatically. Their minds never rest, and they are at their best solving a puzzle where all the elements are known but the solution is still elusive. They are proud of their minds and often find ways in which they can let others know what they know. While they are stimulated in the company of independent thinkers like themselves, they are inevitably wary of any competition for reward, since recognition is what they seek. If they sense that their personal contribution is being swamped by the influences of others, they will shift their ground or exit from the situation.
They use their close human relationships to develop themselves as self-possessed focussed individuals who are oblivious of criticism and who have created stores of good things from which nourishment can be drawn. While Sixes think of their household and family as a private affair, a unit, independent of others, it is for them the seat of authority from which they can pronounce opinion. The Minor Sixes, especially, will tend to keep their critical analyses close to home and for those who touch them closely in the day-to-day. As the language of the everyday, this Minor will give any of the Majors unsettling opinions, spoken from home base, that tend to undermine comforts and tranquillity. They will raise their children their way and expect them to be special, but Sixes are unlikely to accept any competition from their children in areas of their own expertise.
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