Is “Miss Potter” the quintessential INFP personality?

For a near-perfect portrayal of the INFP’s positive personality, check out Rene Zellweger as Beatrix Potter in the movie “Miss Potter.” Beatrix Potter wrote “Peter Rabbit” and other stories for children at the turn of the last century.

The movie sticks to the facts. Beatriz grew up a “poor little rich girl.” Her parents showered the children with material gifts, but were preoccupied with spending their inherited wealth, relaxing in private clubs, and entertaining guests at home to improve their social status.

Beatrix was isolated as a child, so typical of the INFP personality. She was educated at home by a government. Her only brother was sent to boarding school. Beatrix enjoyed nature and had many small pets that she loved. These little creatures are beautifully, very subtly, animated in the film. In a very touching way they became friends with her. INFPs have a magical relationship with the world. They can love real things.

The subtlety and whimsy of Peter Rabbit and the other Potter creatures are a good indicator of the INFP personality. Mister Rogers, a famous INFP, said in ecstatic video, “Oh how I love fantasy!” He also finds this quality often in the early degrees of Leo. Beatrice’s Sun is at 5 degrees Leo. A birth mate of Beatrix is ​​Jacquie Kennedy Onassis. Also born on July 28, Jacquie is usually designated an INFP.

Beatrix has a difficult Grand Cross on her board. This shows how differently a Grand Cross can be worn. The fixed nature of the Grand Cross of Beatrice includes the Sun, Moon, Saturn, and Pluto in the fixed signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. Jupiter is loosely included in the last degrees of Capricorn.

Beatrice’s Sun and Moon are severely afflicted by Saturn and Pluto, showing the estrangement from parents and the “orphaned” feeling so often associated with the INFP personality. It would seem that a fairy, creative and childish creature was incarnated in a family that cared nothing for children and did care about money and status. This in itself is not so bad, but the dichotomy in this family reached a level of cruelty and isolation. It’s an early childhood setting that would send a little girl running to little furry animals for comfort. This girl was magical and could endow them with human qualities. This is written in the famous children’s book “Loved Real”.

A Grand Cross can leave a great mark on the world. Beatrix’s first book, “Peter Rabbit,” sold 28,000 copies in her first year (1902). She was 36 years old when it was published. So far, “Peter Rabbit” has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

Beatrix’s ability to stand up for herself, evidently refusing to marry men chosen by her parents, is shown in the Aries South Node and, in particular, in her sextile to the Sun. Inside every sweet and gentle INFP is an absolute warrior.

There is often a tragic element to the love life of INFPs. In Beatrix’s case, she finally met her true love at the age of 36, but her arrogant parents rejected him as a potential marriage partner. She got engaged to him anyway. During this secret engagement, she died of pernicious anemia. Such tragedy is sometimes seen with Saturn in Scorpio. In the film, this gentleman is played by Ewen McGregor (the last name being one of those delicious coincidences that abound in intuition).

Much later, Beatrix married another landowner in the Lake District, where she bought her own house after breaking up with her parents. She worked with her husband to preserve the natural farming and ecological lifestyle there. Every INFP has a burning cause!

Like most people, Beatrice had an eventful milestone on her first Saturn Return. This is a transit that happens to all people between the ages of 28 and 30. Since Beatrice’s Saturn is included in the Grand Cross, hers was overwhelming, but her pressure resulted in excellent creative and intellectual work.

Like many INFPs, Beatrix was a brilliant intellectual deeply gifted with the ability to perceive and convey the finer things in life. She was as gentle as hers and as warlike as her crusade to marry only for love, leave intolerable conditions at home, create a better life for herself, and preserve her chosen way of life for posterity in Lake Country.