The 12th Planet’s psyche flows introspectively. It knows itself and strives to maximize its inner resources.

12th Planet’s tendency to introversion inclines it to live inside itself, amid its inner world. It is apt to listen to its subjectivity, its intuition, and its secret opinions rather than reason and logic.

The 12th Planet concerns itself primarily with its own interests. Because the development of its personal identity requires great individual freedom of action, it tries to free itself from outer restraints and limitations. Psychologically self-centered, it remains fairly detached from the social world. It reduces such commitments to the strict minimum. Individualistic and egocentric, it derives its feelings of inner security from its ability to command its will and handle its personal involvements freely and openly.

For the 12th Planet, family is a means to an end. They are a means to gain favor with the elders and to further their own interests. They are a means to be protected and to find shelter from the elements. They are also a means to propagate their genes and to provide for their offspring. The 12th Planet regards family as a necessary evil and has little empathy or affection for them.

The 12th Planet thinks, Intuition guides it, and its inner perceptions prevail. It is open and curious, optimistic and enthusiastic, eager to participate in everything around it. Its affections are lively and spontaneous, but may be more intellectual than sensual. In a partner, the 12th Planet would seek a source of mutual spiritual or artistic inspiration. Light-hearted and perhaps even fickle, it never allows itself to be overcome by outer realities or emotions. In its most exaggerated form, its buoyancy borders on indifference.

You work harder than others to understand other people’s feelings. But this seeming lack of empathy and compassion for others simply mirrors your own difficulty in understanding your own feelings and emotional needs. You are not insensitive, but you are baffled by your own emotions. You see the emotional world as a foreign terrain, perhaps fraught with hidden dangers. Becoming familiar with it would present more drawbacks than advantages. As a result, you may appear to be hard or aloof. You might struggle to establish a rewarding relationship, as you seek special individuals to bond with. If you were able to accept and understand your own emotions, you would have an easier time grappling with other people’s feelings. You have a strong desire for emotional independence, and might have trouble seeing other people’s emotional needs. You might even be the first to deny that such needs are real. As a result, your dependency on others is unconscious. Because it is seen as such a threat, it is repressed. Actually, although you offer conscious resistance to anyone who tries to lure you out of your emotional bubble, you are always making timid, half-conscious forays into the world of feelings, because your loneliness and fear are so unbearable.