Abigail Ratchford’s psyche follows an introverted flow. She knows herself and attempts to develop her inner resources to their maximum potential.

Abigail Ratchford leads a life which is open to the outside world. Her personal consciousness is forged by the heat of outer events. She is inclined to adopt the most objective viewpoint possible to be pragmatic and perhaps even materialistic.

Abigail Ratchford demonstrates great interest in the outside world, social affairs, and anything else that contributes to the growth and development of society. Clubs, organizations, and other forms of partnership attract her attention and motivate her behavior. She tries to protect herself from her subjectivity by adopting an impersonal approach to life. Devoted to the common cause, her destiny is no longer hers alone. It is almost entirely controlled by the people whose cause she has espoused.

Abigail Ratchford thought, intuition, and inner perceptions predominated in her psyche. Open and curious, optimistic and enthusiastic, she was eager to participate in everything happening around her. Her affections were lively and spontaneous, but may be more intellectual than sensual. In a partner, she would seek a source of mutual spiritual or artistic inspiration. Light-hearted and perhaps even fickle, she never allowed herself to be overcome by outer realities or emotions. In its most exaggerated form, her buoyancy borders on indifference.

You are aware of a lack of confidence in yourself and in life. Prone to apathy, as if deprived of optimism and cheerfulness at some time, you may often be discouraged by the strains of living. This reluctance to accept the challenges of existence, which you may perceive as a major problem, may be the result of a self-image which is elusive or flawed. Perhaps, as a child, you were not given the means to develop an ideal image due to the lack of an appropriate role model or caregiver. As a result, you are unable to move yourself toward an improved, more positive disposition. You may reject any challenge that would enable you to surpass your current self, or accept it only after long meditation. Steeped in the awareness of your problem, you may be tormented and wish to change. Vigorous physical exercise and an effort to visualize an admirable figure would be beneficial to you, as well as a diet that includes vitality-bolstering vitamins and protein.

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.