ESFP 8w7 Characters
Dominant Extroverted Sensing—living in the moment, hands-on opportunism, and learning by doing: Anne loves to dance, flirt, ride horses, and allow the king “sexual privileges” in exchange for money. She fully intends to hold him off and tease him until he gives her what she wants (the throne), but she winds up “naked as the day she was born” in his bed in France after a fierce argument about her treatment of the French ambassador. Anne enjoys and expects lavish treatment and gifts, but also reacts strongly in the moment, with no thought for how it might affect her in a week or in ten years. She teases Mark Smeaton about his crush on her, and makes him cry, then demands that one of the other young men who so admires her “drown” Lady Rochford for offending her—not entirely in jest. She sometimes walks into the verbal traps Cromwell sets for her.
Auxiliary Introverted Feeling—a self-knowledge and a desire to live under one’s personal values: She is concerned primarily with her own interests and satisfaction; Anne ruthlessly enjoys the downfall of those she dislikes and actively works toward it. After Cardinal Wolsey thwarts her desire to marry Henry Percy, she gleefully goes after his properties and estates, and winds up living in one of his houses, after she spat poison into the king’s ear about him. She reacts on an emotional level rather than a logical one, in contrast to both her husband and Cromwell. When Cromwell drafts legislation that dictates what will happen after her death, she gets instantly offended rather than seeing what he did as rational to protect the realm and her children. She accuses him of being disloyal because his first thought when Henry “died” was to send for the Lady Mary, rather than rush to her side. Anne is so engaged in enjoying herself that she neglects to sense the king’s displeasure in France when she lingers too long flirting with a foreign diplomat. Anne gets easily hurt, but also unconcerned with what most people think of her decisions. She can be spiteful, and…
Tertiary Extroverted Thinking—a desire to assess the facts of a situation and get things done efficiently: … incredibly blunt. Anne judges people based entirely on the facts of the situation, and enjoys trying to manipulate situations to her best financial advantage. She uses a tactical approach to many situations (unless she is upset): levying her virginity for a queen’s place, trading “advances above the knee” for gifts, etc. Anne takes a hard line with her enemies and anyone who speaks against her, which gives her a brisk and unpleasant manner when dealing with those she dislikes (“burn her as a witch!” she snarls when a mystic nun insults her).
Inferior Introverted Intuition—a desire to experience deeper meaning and a singular path, but sometimes being wrong in their intuitive conclusions: Her inability to think ahead or read other people leaves her at a disadvantage; Anne assumes wrongly that Cromwell is making advances toward Jane Seymour (he is really investigating her potential as Henry’s next wife). She does not predict her own downfall, although she does correctly interpret the various malicious actions against her by her enemies (the art depicting her death, the murder of her dog, etc).
Enneagram: 8w7
Enneagram 8—defiant and strong-willed, with a need to control their environment and assert themselves to get what they want: Anne makes more enemies than she does friends, by asserting herself against them from the start. She puts Cromwell in his place by reminding him of his low birth and taunting him with it from time to time. Anne makes others uncomfortable by pointing out their motivations or their flaws and bringing them to the attention of everyone in the room. She is often rude, and looks for ways to humiliate others or strip them of their rights, property, or self-respect (she thinks Princess Mary should serve in her own daughter’s household, so she knows her place). At her best, Anne is fiercely independent, fiery, passionate, and knows what she wants and intends to have it (the throne). At her worst, she is a bully who causes Mark Smeaton to cry by haranguing and mocking him and who brings about her own downfall because so many at court are happy to speak against her. Anne celebrates her predecessor’s demise and enjoys withholding sex from Henry to control him.
7 wing brings in a heady secondary influence, where positive re-framing and optimism takes flight: Anne has an idealistic, delusional hope of being spared from the executioner’s block. She keeps “looking up at the Tower,” expecting a pardon or a messenger to delay her death. She makes a joke to Cromwell about her impending downfall, by claiming that she has a little neck. It shall be “but the work of a moment,” and laughing about it. Anne loves to enjoy herself, and even when imprisoned with her aunt, does not seriously think she is in trouble.
