The 5/2 does not have this same certainty in terms of what projection it can live up to like the 5/1 does. The 5/1 thrives on being the source of other people's projections. They thrive when they have the certainty of their depth, the certainty of their foundation. They thrive when they can bring practical results to any call. Then they are able to fulfill any projection and to be able to receive their rewards.

The 5/2 does not have at its unconscious level the 1st line depth of exploring the foundation in order to be able to support the universalizing gifts of its fifth line personality. We have already seen the reverse of this profile, the 2/5. The silent majority, the second line theme of being called. The hermit. Wanting to be left alone. Being inherently democratic, ready to allow others to take care of their thing so they can be left alone to be about their own business.

For the 5/2 profile, it can be annoying. It can be uncomfortable to be the source of everyone's projection. Mystically, the theme of the second line is to be called. And this is not simply at the mundane level of being called to a career or a relationship but on a higher level: a calling that will pull one out of the mundane.

The 5/2 profile has a diferent process than the 5/1. The 5/1 is occupied with establishing the foundation in order to be prepared. The second line unconscious, however, isn't into introspection and doesn't need to go looking for anything. It is what it is. The 2nd line is already living it out without necessarily understanding how it all works. Just being it.

Not having worked at it, being a natural in that sense, there is no pressure to universalize. The 5/1 has a sense of achievement in finding the foundation that it can universalize and through that universalization they are complete. The 5/2 assumes that other people know anyway. Why bother to universalize? For them it is the ordinary.

The 5/1 profile has something to prove. The 5/2 profile has nothing to prove. The second line democrat thinks, "Why should I live up to their projections? Why bother? Let others take on that responsibility." The second line theme of being the hermit says, "Leave me alone to live out my life."

The 5/2 profile clearly recognizes that it is being projected on, but it does not have the same sense of certainty that the 5/1 develops through finding its foundation. This uncertainty through the second line is leading to the transition that will come when we get to the sixth line personality and the completion of this process.

The 5/1 profile says "I've got the depth, I've got the foundation. Everybody is projecting on me. I can always fulfill that and get the rewards. I'm prepared." The 5/2 profile says "I have no access to the depth. They're projecting on me and it makes me feel uncomfortable because I don't know why I should live up to that. What does it bring me?"

In the lower trigram version of this profile, the 2/5, we have the hermit/heretic. The second line personality is absorbed in its own process, going about its own business. Their potential lies in being called so the unconscious can come out and universalize.

The 5/2 is the reluctant heretic. This is a heretical personality, but it is behind closed doors. The combination of the fifth line personality that waits behind closed doors for the right timing in order to be able to practically universalize and the second line unconscious that is truly the hermit and wants to be left alone, means that it is rare for the 5/2 to universalize. It is rare for them to get involved other than when they call themselves.

The 5/1 profile is preparing for the call of others, the projection of others. When that projection has built up the right energy then that's their chance to enter into the projection field and benefit. The 5/2 profile is not waiting for that projection field to build. Even if the projection field is out there building, it is ignorant of that because its going about absorbed in its own business. The 5/2 has to call itself. It has to be its own seducer. Only when it calls itself can it then get involved and truly universalize. through the potential of its fifth line personality.

This is a deeply withdrawn profile and not in the negative sense at all. It feels complete and natural in its withdrawal from involvement. Yet at any moment the 5/2 profile can call itself to action. It can seduce itself into boldness. 5/2 profiles are always their own prod.