The answer, of course, is "No". There are other ways of assessing differences between people, and how to approach daily situations. I would like to discuss in some detail here one of these alternative methods, "The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (MBTI) and then draw some parallels between the MBTI and astrological indications.

THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

Over the centuries many people have defined, discussed and debated the four "types" of basic personality descriptions. Here are some of these:

(Please do NOT assume that each of these columns are equivalent, e.g., Earth does not necessarily equate to West, etc. -- items in these columns may equate, and I have tried to arrange them so, but different opinions exist about these equivalencies -- so, what follows are simply listings which have been stated over the years of "four" personality type breakdowns.)

and many other such ... .

The interesting thing to note here is the consistency, over many centuries and by many different people, of the "four-ness" of general personality categories. The very fact that so many different cultures, educational systems, and people would gravitate to this idea of "four-ness" is in itself significant. But, of course, there are more than just "four" types of people. Even using Astrology as an example, one is more likely to say "I am a Libran" rather than "I am an Air type."

The MBTI use a series of letter pairs to describe personality differences:

(I)ntrovert - (E)xtavert;

(S)ensory - i(N)tuitive;

(T)hinking - (F)eeling; and

(J)udging - (P)erceiving.

Combinations of these eight highlighted letters provide for a total of sixteen different letter MBTI breakdowns describing personality. Examples of the MBTI letter breakdowns are: ISFJ, ENTP, ESFJ, etc. These are explained in more detail later in this article.

Astrology uses five tools: planets, signs, houses, aspects, and chart angles (or the Personal Sensitive Points - PSPs). The Astrological breakdowns provide for twelve popularly stated breakdowns: e.g., Sun in Sagittarius; Sun in Cancer, etc.

The books cited at the end of this article provide "tests" for adjudging your MBTI personality type. There is no right or wrong answer to the questions in the MBTI test. The test is designed to see where your inner preferences lie on a "A" - "B" choice selection. The questions ask about preferences: e.g., "Are you a tough-minded person, or a tender-hearted person?", "Is it better to be just, or merciful?", etc. Perhaps for some of these eighty or so questions you may lie in the middle, that is feel equally drawn to both preferences, but the real determination is where you lie at least 51% of the time for each of these choices. I recommend you consult the books referenced for the test and take it to determine your MBTI type.

After studying the MBTI categories I became interested in learning more about how these sixteen letter-types correlated with the thousands of potential descriptions within an astrological chart. Right off let me say that my best guess on this is that there probably are sixteen different types of Aries Moons, sixteen types of Taurus Mercurys, sixteen types of Virgo Suns, etc. That is, I do not think that there is, or even can be, a direct correlation between the MBTI letter-types and the astrological indicators. They are simply two different ways of looking at one thing: your personality type. Both are valid, and both give insights. The MBTI descriptions are described, in my opinion, much more thoroughly and in-depth than what one reads from most astrological descriptions. Saying this then, I have to also state that astrologers have much work to do to match the clarity of personality descriptions provided by the MBTI.