As a Jester, you will find yourself as someone who’s naturally gifted to entertain. Effortlessly, you can make a boring market queue at Costco a lively one due to your natural urge to engage in conversations or even party tricks to someone you barely even know. 

Furthermore, you also possess a unique kind of wisdom – one that sees the paradoxes of life. In fact, your archetype is quite aware of this such that it responds by pointing out the many inconsistencies and absurdities of life itself. 

Thus, you often see the transitory aspect of life as ultimately necessary for it brings joy and pain. After all, you perceive happiness as both ends of the coin – a polarized spectrum whose value is derived from the eyes of the beholder. 

Basic Qualities

Extrovert

You are: 

• Likeable/Cheerful
• Confident
• Energetic
• Thill-seeking/Daring
• Gregarious

As an extrovert, you exude positive energy. You confidently carry that contagious power to do things. You are never afraid of your flaws, for you understand that it is part of who you are. Instead, you take pride in your battle scars, constantly signifying your challenges and the accolades that come with them. 

More importantly, you are also thrill-seeking and daring. This means that you’re determined to constantly try new things out. Finally, being gregarious necessitates being with others. As an extrovert, you thrive in expressing yourself to those around you, as their attention gives validation to your own identity. 

Things to pay attention to: 

• Boredom levels
• Co-dependency
• Self-centeredness
• Lack of Identity
• External Verification of Self-Esteem

Being an extrovert, you are prone to the possible weaknesses mentioned above. For one, you have the tendency to be self-centered. Since you seek your own happiness above all else, those around you can sometimes become a tool instead of a companion. 

The same also holds true as you search for self-validation. Relying on people’s praises and appreciation may bite your back, as they can also subtly shape who you are. Left unchecked, these traits may lead you farther from knowing yourself, as you unknowingly allow others to shape your reality. 

We-Centeredness

You are: 

• Altruistic
• Cooperative
• Moralistic
• Empathetic
• Optimistic

We-centeredness means that you allow others to become part of your reality. Because you seek to strongly integrate your existence with those around you, you shape your goals in a way that helps them as well. With that, you take into account how others think and feel. 

Furthermore, you also consider the moral implications of your own choices in conjunction with your relationships with others. Instead of simply deciding on your own, this basic quality perceives your existence as contextualized by the people around you. Thus, this leads to a more optimistic role, especially when you’re seeking the common good. 

Things to pay attention to: 

• Perceiving self-boundaries
• Lack of assertiveness
• Becoming a people pleaser
• Relying on others for growth

Integrating yourself with others also has its own set of consequences. Because you identify yourself as part of a group, your growth and identity are also defined by this collective. And when it is filled with toxic waters, this can unwittingly cloud who your are. 

Add to that, an unchecked we-centeredness means that you’ll allow people to take advantage of you. Just as abusers control altruistic individuals, your lack of assertiveness will lead to many problems for you. Ranging from lack of self-esteem to becoming overly submissive, you’ll become a puppet without you knowing it. 

Intuitive

You are: 

• Sensing
• Open
• Adaptable
• Trusting
• Spiritual

Relying on your powers of intuition, you are likely to see things from a transcendental point of view. Instead of simply relying on facts, you understand that life goes beyond the laws of reason and logic. Thus, this allows you to unmask the inner workings that goes beyond the five senses. 

With this, you understand that not everything makes sense. Whereas other archetypes are often limited by reason, you can go beyond it and access your spiritual prowess. This, in turn, makes you more adaptable to varying circumstances, often offering insight that others lack. 

Things to pay attention to: 

• Subjectivism
• Confusion
• Disorderliness
• Gullibility

Because you rely on your intuition a tad too much, you are prone to becoming subjective. Whereas your gut feel can sometimes lead you to the right thing, it won’t always do. One day, the chickens will come home to roost as the consequences of your decisions will pay out negatively. 

Often, this manifests in confusion and gullibility. Since you’ve accustomed yourself to spirituality, you might end up being conned by others. Taking advantage of your beliefs and baseless thinking, others will end up tricking you into things that you would’ve otherwise avoided. 

Turbulent

You are: 

• Humorous
• Understanding
• Spiritually deep
• Self-improver

Turbulence is often perceived negatively. After all, this relates to the idea on one’s emotional instability. However, turbulence isn’t always as bad as people put it to be. Instead, this basic quality empowers a different kind of drive – one that digs deeper towards oneself. 

In general, people are turbulent primarily because they’ve established a strong connection with their emotions. Because of this, they become emotional. In a positive way, this allows them to relate with others well, as turbulent individuals can better grasp how things are going. 

Things to pay attention to: 

• Poor emotional regulation
• Anxiety
• Depressive symptoms
• Indecisiveness

Problems often arise as a result of your unstable emotions. For one, dealing with others can be problematic as the slightest irritation can result to unprecedented conflict. Unable to manage your reactions well, you can become feisty or even aggressive towards them. 

Clouding your judgment, turbulence can lead you to become indecisive.  If not, bottling in your emotional dissonance can lead to an endless swirl of internal problems. Manifesting in forms of anxiety and/or depression, your inability to regulate how you feel can accumulate negative feelings deep within. 

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Sociable

As a Jester, you are highly sociable. People won’t find it difficult to approach you since you exude that welcoming vibe to them. Being an extrovert, you love to express yourself to others. Thus, people will feel that they can talk to you at any time. 

By default, you love to entertain others; you find joy and happiness in it. But how do you entertain them if you aren’t sociable enough? This, perhaps, is one of the primordial reasons why you’re simply too good at getting their attention – because your archetype has evolved to match this frame of mind. 

Selfless

Seeing the importance of the bigger whole, you understand the value of interconnectedness. Much like in eastern thought, you perceive things and their relational value to the greater whole. 

As such, this causes you to become selfless. Because of your we-centeredness, you know how important it is to promote a culture of respect and cooperation. By taking the first step, you seek to inspire others and move them towards the path of harmony and progress. 

Flexible

With your intuitive nature, you are flexible. Just like the famous quote by Bruce Lee, you can become like water. Thus, you can fit any container for you are formless. Since you understand life and its many branches, you know for a fact that it is never okay to contain yourself in one. 

Using your intuitive approach, you touch on many aspects. Whether it is a range of soft skills or ways to communicate with others, you are a jack-of-all-trades. Regardless of the situation you’re in, such a crafty trait allows you to find that silver lining.

Good Sense of Humor

With your turbulent personality, your sense of humor is out of the question. Just your presence alone is already enough to bring that positive vibe of joy and laughter to others. Naturally, you can change the gloomiest situations, often re-diverting others from their own problems. 

Furthermore, this sense of humor also exhibits your wits. Whether it’s wordplay or scrambling ideas left and right, your power to juggle things based on feelings can truly craft something worthwhile. Thus, cracking jokes comes naturally, as it is your ability to feel things out that grants this entertaining power. 

Weaknesses

Dependency

Your extrovertness leads to one crucial flaw: your tendency to become dependent. Since extroverts gain validation through the recognition of others, the lack of it can also equate to a plethora of existential problems. Just as how a Jester can become a frustrated entertainer, the inability to make others laugh can cause Jesters to question their self-worth. 

This apparent weakness challenges your resilience. Sometimes, those around you are just too much such that even when you’re doing the best you can, you just can’t positively influence their perspectives. Such can frustrate you in ways that you can’t acknowledge right away, shattering the foundation of your confidence and kind-heartedness. 

Submissiveness

Submissiveness is an irremovable tendency of the Jester. Since they are we-centered by default, they’re likely to simply give in to the demands of those around them. If you think of it, Jesters are entertainers who seek to satiate the desires of their audience. Even when their humor is sometimes questionable, they’ll do whatever it takes to make others laugh and be happy. 

In the long run, this submissiveness becomes an apparent weakness of the Jester. Just as things need morality and balance, the inability to express what’s right can cause unjust powershifts between you and your partner or peers—allowing them to dictate the pace and direction of the story, your tendency to take on a weaker role damages the relationship and yourself.

Inconsistency

Since you act based on intuition, there are days where you are rolling ‘really’ well and times where you’re just flat-out broke. For you, this is perfectly normal. Life, after all, is like a wheel of fortune whose stops aren’t predictable at all. Even then, you understand that life has its own share of ups and downs and that it should be lived by feeling it out. 

While the abovementioned scenario works for you, the truth is this – it doesn’t always lead to the best circumstances. You intuitively accept this imperfect state of life because you understand its paradoxical nature. However, such acceptance (or even surrender) blurs your goal setting. And when you don’t have that clear direction, you’ll be distracted by the little things in life that prevent you from becoming great.

Moodiness

Since you are the ‘feeling’ type, moodiness is definitely an issue. With constant mood swings left and right, you tend to burst out your emotions to yourself and those around you. Lashing out your anger in as much as overly expressing your joy, the Jester in you exacerbates your lack of control and balance. 

Fret not, for this is natural since you are turbulent by default. Such turbulence moves you to act by impulse. This can be a double-edged sword as sometimes, it leads to the best of outcomes but can also lead to the worst ones.

Romantic Relationships

Compromising

Due to your we-oriented nature, compromises are part of your romantic game. Whereas other archetypes tend to be dominant or suppressive, you are inclined to negotiations and dialogues. 

When you are in a relationship, this tendency will bring equitability. As such, you won’t put much emphasis on gender roles. Whereas some (or even most) would perceive that men should belong to the garage and women to the kitchen, your progressive mindset sees beyond these pre-disposed boundaries. 

Given this, you are likely to will look at things from a fairer standpoint, one that does not seek to discriminate but to compromise. When you are assigned with cooking, you’ll expect your partner to do the dishes or vice versa. 

Co-dependency

Looking at the core qualities of your archetype, we’ll see a Jester whose happiness depends on their audience. Just as the satisfaction of entertainers are reflected on the applause of their spectators, you are naturally drawn towards codependent tendencies. 

This trait often manifests in your likelihood to derive happiness from life itself. Instead of looking at the mirror and being happy yourself, you are drawn towards the allure of spotlight. That’s why when you fail at cracking your jokes, you often take it more than you should.

Friendships

Friendships

Placing others first

One key trait of your archetype is the fact that you seek to place others before yourself. Similar to the caregiver, you embody that altruistic tendency as a result of your we-centeredness. Although, it is important to note that you exhibit this tendency in far different ways. 

For instance, your natural knack for humor can easily make someone else’s day. Your presence is always cherished because you seek to bring joy and happiness to those around you, especially when you know when not to make sarcastic or satirical jokes.

Adventurous

While the Explorer is the embodiment of adventure itself, the Jester often comes next in line. As a friend, you are literally someone that they can drag to go anywhere. In one snap, you won’t hesitate in buying those airplane tickets for a trip somewhere in Southeast Asia. 

Generally, this is caused by your intuitive nature. Since you love to feel things out and rely on your gut, you’re not too confined in the four walls of your reality. Instead, you are someone who constantly seeks to break these walls, one way or another. 

Workplace Habits

Loves to Reach Out 

In the workplace, Jesters love to reach out. Naturally inclined to help those around them, Jesters won’t think twice in giving their co-worker a hand. As a Jester, you are likely to exhibit this habit and be willing to guide team members towards achieving the tasks. 

Generally, your ability to maneuver across different disciplines gives you various skillsets. Since you see life from different lenses, you also see your own life from varying viewpoints. Thus, you often have that unique understanding of how life should be a mix-and-match of many aspects, accompanied by different tools. 

Works well with teams

Other archetypes are just more suited to work alone. But for the Jester, recognize that they won’t get the tasks done alone. Thus, they always seek out help in any way they can, not because they simply want to rely on others but because they seek to build a culture of sharing and reciprocity. 

With this group-orientedness, you are able to exhibit your extrovertness in a positive way. Whereas other archetypes tend to do this by being overly dominant (Ruler Archetype) or overly submissive (Innocent Archetype), you are an exemplary of balance. Meaning, when you exude that positive and contagious energy, you aren’t doing so in a way that offends others. 

Tends to prefer Flextime

Jesters are free spirits; there’s no changing that, even in the workplace. That’s why you’ll hardly find Jesters in workplaces whose schedules are too rigid or whose processes are too mechanical.  Jesters don’t simply fit in these roles. They stand out, in ways that they can, even in the ones that aren’t so desirable for employers. 

This is not to say, though, that Jesters aren’t good employees. As a Jester, you are likely to be lively, able to fend off the negative energy that surrounds a stressful workplace. More than that, you are also skilled in many aspects of life, as you understand life in its totality. 

Tends to feel overwhelmed with massive workload

As mentioned in the previous tendency, Jesters are free spirits who can’t simply be contained in one area. Because of this, they are also easily overwhelmed by a massive workload. Due to their turbulent personalities, Jesters somehow lack that resilience to conquer unprecedented challenges in their life. This is not to say that they don’t lack the skills to deal with their tasks, because they do.

Instead, the focus here lies on the Jester’s rapid changes in emotion. Since they’re the “I want to feel it” type, massive workload seems to be a bit too much as they won’t have the time to feel things out. Thus, it is natural for them to feel overwhelmed with it.