Barbara Kingsolver’s psyche follows an introverted thrust. She attempts to embody and actualize her ideas and the archetypes she identifies with in her subjective life.

Barbara Kingsolver leads a life that 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.

Barbara Kingsolver writes: While I contribute to important social causes or collective ideals, I tend to keep my individual identity intact. For this reason, although I may become personally involved in social affairs, I am likely to resist any project I will be unable to lead myself, according to my own individual direction. I tend to identify myself with an activity with social implications and attempt to know myself through this activity.

Barbara Kingsolver lives in a world which is in continual contact with her dreams and subconscious. She cannot live without love, and, like water which flows into and takes on the shape of the vessel which contains it, she is always ready to submerge herself in another person. Stirred by forces she does not control, she may be aroused by passions which are impervious to the restraints of reason and logic. She is an emotive creature in harmony with the flow of her feelings, impulses, and urges.

You struggle to get into a natural harmony with the physical world and the limitations and restraints it places upon you. Idealistic, you tend to be somewhat disconnected from practical considerations, and barely pay any attention to material things like food, money, your surroundings, and so on. You tend to be footloose and fancy-free, oblivious to the necessities of survival in the physical world, until your lack of material resources – an issue to which you usually grant no importance – becomes an emergency. This feeling of being out of touch with material things and the physical dimension of reality may sometimes lead you to see yourself as unfit for this world. You may think you cannot attach yourself to anything that would sustain your efforts at self-expression. However, your impractical nature offers many positive aspects. You see life’s possibilities as limitless. You are apt to develop your imagination or pursue a spiritual quest in order to transcend the material world.

Although you may not necessarily notice the fact about yourself because you are so strongly engaged in actions, feelings, or material concerns, you sometimes lack sound judgment because you have difficulty obtaining perspective on yourself and your life. You may be puzzled by your troubled relations with others. You must make an effort to detach yourself from your personal reaction and observe it from an objective, more distant standpoint. If not, you are likely to find yourself under stress or pressure because you did not give enough prior thought to tactics and strategy. You may also experience dissatisfaction in your intimate relationships because you might struggle to get in sync with others. You give little time or respect to anyone you see as too “intellectual,” because you resist adapting to new ideas and viewpoints. In fact, an idea that rubs you the wrong way mentally and/or emotionally may elicit an explosive reaction. Self-analysis can be challenging for you and you tend to refuse to develop a solid, permanent idea of yourself – and this plays a lot of tricks on you.