5 MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is 5? 5 is an INTP personality type in MBTI, 5w6 - sp/so - 541 in Enneagram, RCOAI in Big 5, LII in Socionics.
Biography
Distinct in both Eastern and Western traditions, although not as radically different as they are with 4. In the Asian tradition, the physical world was tied with 5, and they classically had a 5-pronged elemental system (adding wood and metal to the 4 Europeans used while removing air). The relationship between them was much more complex, as was the elemental rock-paper-scissors associated with them. This balance directly led to the formation of Five Man Bands. In Europe, 5 also represented a 5th element, but there it represented Ether, or Quintessence, the mystical substance which made up spirits and the like. It thus represented the esoteric and the spiritual plane, and was considered completely detached from the physical realm. This is most obvious in pentagrams. Some people holding to the idea of 4 distinct personality types also hold the idea of a 5th type, balanced between the extremes of the 4. It either has all their strengths (superior, above), none of their strengths or weaknesses (equal, between), or none of their strengths (inferior, empty). In some Japanese systems including that of Musashi's Book of 5 Rings, the 5th element is void, with associations similar to Western quintessence but a strong Zen flavor. "5" in Japanese is said as "go", which can lead to a pun. See One, Two, Three, Four, Go!.
