Phlegmatic Personality:

Element: Water
The water element is related to the emotional
sensitivity and gives a person an ability to have
deep feeling tones. This is why the phlegmatic
temperament is psychic, sympathetic,
mediumistic, and empathetic. When they are in
"pleasant humour" they are imaginative,
sensitive, artistic, romantic, sentimental and
sympathetic. They are gentle, sweet, mild, and
timid and have a receptive, yielding disposition
with a tendency to try to please everyone. They
like comfortable, safe situations and when they
are with friends they come out and can be quite
playful, frivolous, and jovial and like to tease.
Season: Winter
Body Fluid: Phlegm (wet and moist)
Animal: Golden Retrievers
Why change?, Lets work together!
Their Environment: family pictures, slogans on
the wall, personal items, relaxed friendly
decorations
They Gain Security by: close relationships
Their Pace: slow and easy
Their Needs: a climate that processes
Theyre Irritated by: pushy and aggressive
behavior, insincerity, being put on the spot,
disrupting the status quo
For Growth They Need to: take risks, delegate
to others, confront, develop confidence in
others, learn to change and adapt
Avoid With Them: conflict, sudden unplanned
risky changes, overloading, confusing
Good traits:
1. The phlegmatic works slowly, but
perseveringly, if his work does not require much
thinking.
2. He is not easily exasperated either by
offenses, or by failures or sufferings. He
remains composed, thoughtful, deliberate, and
has a cold, sober, and practical judgment.
3. He has no intense passions and does not
demand much of life.
Bad Traits:
1. He is very much inclined to ease, to eating
and drinking; is lazy and neglects his duties.
2. He has no ambition, and does not aspire to
lofty things, not even in his piety.
Phlegmatic emotion:
Strength:
* Unenthusiastic
* Fearful and worried
* Indecisive
* Avoids responsibility
* Quiet will of iron
* Selfish
* To shy and reticent
* Too compromising
* Self-righteous
* Low-key personality
* Easygoing and relaxed
* Calm, cool and collected
* Patient well balanced
* Consistent life
* Quiet but witty
* Sympathetic and kind
* Keeps emotions hidden
* Happily reconciled to life
* All-purpose person
Weakness:
* Unenthusiastic
* Fearful and worried
* Indecisive
* Avoids responsibility
* Quiet will of iron
* Selfish
* To shy and reticent
* Too compromising
* Self-righteous
Phlegmatic as spouse:
Strength:
most sensitive
seek for common intellectual and emotional
ground
most romantic lover
dating for them is always seeking for marriage
or long-term committed relationship
Weakness:
deeply hurt by rejection
indecisive
unable to focus on important details while
ruminating on the bigger picture
Phlegmatic as parent:
Strength:
* Makes a good parent
* Takes time for the children
* Is not in a hurry
* Can take the good with the bad
* Doesn't get upset easily
Weakness:
* Lax on discipline
* Doesn't organize home
* Takes life to easy
Phlegmatic as a child:
Strength:
Thoughtful
Controlled
Adaptable
Attentive
Diplomatic
Weakness:
Resist changes
Phlegmatic as a friend
Strength:
* Easy to get along with
* Pleasant and enjoyable
* Inoffensive
* Good listener
* Dry sense of humor
* Enjoys watching people
* Has many friends
* Has compassion and concern
Weakness:
* Dampens enthusiasm
* Stays uninvolved
* Is not exciting
* Indifferent to plans
* Judges others
* Sarcastic and teasing
* Resists change
Phlegmatic as a worker
Strength:
* Competent and steady
* Peaceful and agreeable
* Has administrative ability
* Mediates problems
* Avoids conflicts
* Good under pressure
* Finds the easy way
Weakness:
* Not goal oriented
* Lacks self motivation
* Hard to get moving
* Resents being pushed
* Lazy and careless
* Discourages others
* Would rather watch