Donovan MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Donovan? Donovan is an INFP personality type in MBTI, 4w5 - sx/sp - 495 in Enneagram, in Big 5, IEI in Socionics.
Donovan is Enneagram 9, rather than 4. His music and his whole personality is ALWAYS about having a peaceful positive outlook, NEVER about angst or plumbing the depth of the darker side. He's all about merging into an idealized fantasy of peaceful happiness. Can anyone give me a reason, either in his work or life, why he would be core 4 rather than core 9? Compare Donovan's sunny love and peace outlook (consistent through all of his work) to a 4 like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, or Kurt Cobain, and you see how the 4 songwriters cannot resist the darker shades of the human psyche, and in fact likely find most of their inspiration in the plumbing the depth of the dark realms and transmuting it into passionate beauty. Donovan likely has 4 as part of his trifix, making the 4 qualities more of a "playground" for him rather than his core type (which is more like the water in which one swims). This 4 in the trifix would magnify his 9ish creative swirling surrealist elements and poetic expression, and his attraction to a tender land joy sprinkled wistfulness. Meanwhile his core type is rooted in the 9 ideals of looking on the sunny side, touching into the light hearted essence of nature, romance, and art. 9s who are artists and songwriters are easily mistyped for 4s because of the stereotype of 4s as artists. But actually, many of the great songwriters and creative people are 9s.
Biography
Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965.
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