# Altruist ![](/files/Mvj0FEenT848S5nG6cVT) **Ennealogy - Path 2** **THE ALTRUIST** \ **COSMIC CALENDAR - MONDAY**\ **CELESTIAL BODY - MOON**\ **STATE OF MIND - CARING** **Overview**\ \ The Altruist is the second path within the Ennealogy archetypes. It was given its name because of its unselfish nature and its devotion to meeting the needs of others. Sharing many characteristics with the Moon, The Altruist is imaginative, sensitive, moody and changeable. The Altruist is one of the most helpful of the nine paths because they genuinely desire to help others the same way a mother sincerely yearns to help her children. They are others-oriented, and get a strong sense of worthiness from helping and serving. The Altruist desires love, companionship, and relationships but can suffer from people-pleasing and unexpressed resentment towards those who don't express appreciation for their devotion and sacrifice. **Characteristics** Caring, understanding, considerate, empathetic, kindhearted, romantic, tender, moody, committed, faithful, peaceful, sacrificial **Proclivities and Motivations** To genuinely help others (especially if it makes them feel loved in return), to feel the feelings of others, to detect the needs of others, to express emotion, to care for others deeply **In Balance** Generous, thoughtful, intuitive, nurturing, sincere, empathetic, humble, unselfish, unconditional love, compassionate, open-handed giving **Imbalances** Deception (toward self and others), distraction by imagination and fantasy, mistrusting tendencies, self-neglect, possessiveness, bossy personality, manipulative nature, co-dependency, indecision, anxiety, attention seeking behavior, victim mentality, feelings of entitlement, over eating, abuse of over-the-counter medications **Affirmation** “I meet all needs with my presence alone.” **Karmic Lesson** Individual Stability --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://secret-energy.gitbook.io/secret-energy/ennealogy/archetypes/altruist.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.