Paul Ekman

Wish I could take a look at face reading psychiatrist Paul Ekman's chart. In the following quote from a New York Times Article by Judy Foreman called "A Conversation with Paul Ekman" (Aug. 5, 2003) Ekman separates Emotions out into different types. He's got a list of 7 different types but also discusses the difference between "Attachments" which are long-lasting, "Emotions", which are fleeting, and "Moods," which are somewhere in-between.

Don't know how this works out in Astrological terms. It's interesting though to think about feelings in terms of time spans. Paul Ekman's ideas say that Feelings are completely tied to the Face. He says that if you make a facial expression then you will begin to feel the emotion associated with it. This means that the 1st House of the Chart plays a reciprocal part with one's feelings at all times. Not the normal, oh it's the the Water Signs kind of thinking. Mars here, or maybe just to psychiatrists, is the center of the emotions.

Romantic and parental love are more enduring than emotions, though they are highly emotionally laden. I don't just feel happy with my daughter. Sometimes I'm worried, sometimes I'm surprised, and sometimes I might feel anger. It's an attachment, not a fleeting emotional state. A mood, by the way, is different still. It doesn't last as long as an attachment, though it can last for hours or even longer.