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"All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.'"
James Thurber
The Major Ones
Resolution of 5,7 / Resolves to 5 / Antagonised by 8 / Antagonises 2
Friends 1,5 / Lovers 1,5 / Allies 5,3,7 / Rivals 6
1 is the sunrise end of the Landscape of social reality, and is divided into a potent type (+) above the horizon (after the Spring equinox) and a fertile type (o) below the horizon (after the Autumn equinox).
Generally, Ones are attractive sunrise folk with a can-do attitude, who are fundamentally restless both physically and intellectually but are constrained by the order of tasks at each moment and the perception of a necessary sequence to events. They are searching for the pathway to the peak, the outstanding act, the best formulation and the rarest experience within the context of the society they belong to, and this is always changing. They like to act within a 'fraternity' of self-sufficient explorers like themselves who understand the same goals as they do. For Ones, the 'voyage' or 'progression' is the means of belonging to the best, and they will look for those on parallel progressions in the hope of finding colleagues and a close comradeship of tried and tested individuals. The social experience of a wide amorphous group of people is less attractive to them and rather than add new friends to an ever-widening circle, they tend to replace one set of intimate friends with another.
Ones are all adjustment and calculation, and as such make fine leaders and bosses of technical projects. Their eye hardly discriminates between tasks. Everything needs to be looked over and adjusted for success, just as people need to be looked over and (possibly) adjusted for success. At the same time, Ones are outward going, sociable, on an even keel, but most at ease with the same confident aware minds as theirs, to which they naturally gravitate. Mutual intelligence is an important factor in friendships as well as in work colleagues.
Think of Ones as those setting out on the expedition to a planned goal, fully rationalised but not yet reached or realised by others. For them the 'best' is the furthest target of the progression, the unoccupied peak. The basic lay of the land and the pathway to it are all understood, even though some deviations may be necessary along the way. Ones want to leave behind their Antagony, the Eight, the self-contained 'child' who is less willing to reach beyond themselves and who is always the critic of a journey not really required.
They understand the missions of enterprises and activities outside of their needs. They are more at ease with facts, data, proofs and plans than nebulous propositions and speculation. They will generally run other people's businesses better than their own. With their commitment to the task in hand, they lead by example, requiring an established and well-defined context within which they can act.
Other than forward-looking business management, we might find them working science journalism, advertising and media, artists' agencies, experimental science, and the fashion world. They have a keen intellectual interest in what makes the society in which they move tick. They would be advocates of the latest trends, and great readers of material in their field, be they technical journals, newspapers or magazines.
What Ones do is what they are, and their potential is what they will be. While they have a desire for the tradition of family life and especially for children, they are not drawn into a defensive position with respect to its daily activities. Life is one continuous development: work, career, family are fragments of a single integrated success, although being 'out in the world' is the core on which all else is hung. They are alert to the potential of new ideas and like to be challenged by novelty rather than be surprised by it, but are not especially curious of mystery, and are not necessarily open to untried ways and means, unless they produce a better plan and one intending to produce conclusions that are more definite.
Ones are planners for whom the ordering and sequence of events is the most important action. They do not perceive themselves as either existing in isolation or at rest in the environment; neither does a piece of information exist passively in isolation or in the abstract. Knowledge belongs to a plan and items have a place and a consequence to them. The Minor 1 gives any Major a practical means of bringing almost any task to a conclusion except for those tasks about which little can be known beforehand. Ones are explorers of trails that have at least been mapped out if not actually travelled beforehand. The essence of their contribution is to cut down meanders and to see through to the goal.
The potent types of 1 (+) prefer lively exchanges of information within the group. They are impatient with monologues, and are happy to deflate or wrong-foot anyone who is holding the floor too long. They like play and physical activity and use to learn about life and how to get about the landscape, but they reject facile game-playing for game-playing's sake, the glib message and the platitude (although the cliché can serve its purpose). They enjoy most games with a tactical component to them, but few pastimes can keep them occupied for long. They are always interested in new ideas, but dislike the 'institution' of sage or guru. They like to spend time where the action is. For Ones the 'best' is the idea supported by the ablest and most balanced people, whether or not they form a majority. They like the energy of team competition, but dislike being forced to accept error or to be led into error by others. Rigidity or detours are what they fear most.
The fertile Ones have a slightly different spin on their alliances with the community's 'best', as they will take into account the majority verdict. They like to help, creatively, in bringing the 'best' out into the open. They like to be in touch with the latest craze, fashion and argument. They look up to the creators and producers of the latest things in culture, and love to frequent places on the cutting edge. They are interested in the intellectual currents of fashion but don't create their identity out of them. They like to partner themselves with the wise and the long-term 'seers' of our culture and to prepare for the future. They don't like to put themselves out on a limb when they experiment with different lifestyles, and fear being isolated when styles change.
Ones are interested in prices rather than money itself. They may be careful spenders but they are not accumulators or gamblers. They will shift resources from one place to another to gain advantages, but they do not take risks about which they have little information. They will spend on their friends and on their team but do not like to waste money on things without purpose. For their spending, they like to see 'enhancements' and improvements both to things and to people.
For Ones, their best partners are also their friends and allies who will, however far apart in background and outlook, gradually come closer and closer to match them over time and as they resolve towards 5, where they will accept the standing in life that their 'progression' has brought them.
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