Did you know that your blood type can reveal a lot about your personality? Did it ever cross your mind that the bright and dark aspects of your personality may actually be running in your blood? In fact, there is a common, popular belief in Japan and other East Asian countries that a person’s ABO blood type or ketsueki-gata (血液型) is predictive of their personality, temperament, and compatibility with others. This is similar to how astrological signs are perceived as influencing factors in a person’s life in other countries.

Let’s take a look at what your blood type has to say about you.

 

Blood Type A

Positives:

  • Earnest
  • Creative
  • Sensible
  • Reserved
  • Patient
  • Responsible
  • Coherent character; can be relied on

Negatives:

  • Plan everything out beforehand, and carry out tasks with seriousness and consistency
  • Tend to try and keep their emotions and thoughts hidden from others, and share them only when comfortable
  • Shy
  • Stubborn
  • Tense

 

Blood Type B

Positives:

  • Passionate, of active nature
  • Creative
  • Strong
  • Usually have a strong drive to be the best at whatever they set their mind to doing; however, they also tend to neglect other tasks for the sake of whatever they are focusing on

Negatives:

  • Can’t easily multi-task
  • Tend to be loners
  • Selfish
  • Irresponsible
  • Unforgiving
  • Erratic
  • Curious

 

Blood Type AB

Positives:

  • Cool and controlled
  • Rational
  • Adaptable
  • Gentle and emotionally sensitive
  • Helpful

Negatives:

  • Very empathetic and careful when dealing with other people
  • Easily become lost in thought
  • Are sometimes looked at as having 2 personalities, because they tend to keep their true selves hidden from strangers
  • Have many friends, but also require time alone
  • Critical
  • Indecisive
  • Forgetful
  • Irresponsible

 

Blood Type O

Positives:

  • Very social and outgoing
  • Initiators, although they don’t always finish what they start
  • confident
  • Self-determined, strong-willed and intuitive
  • Generous and kindhearted
  • Popular, and well liked by most people
  • Very flexible and adapt easily to change
  • Trustworthy

Negatives:

  • Love to be the center of attention
  • Easily influenced by others
  • Arrogant
  • Vain
  • Ruthless