01/24/2020
In the 2nd Century AD, Claudius Galen identified four main constitutional types, or temperaments, of people, which he called Choleric, Phlegmatic, Sanguine, and Melancholic. These constitutional types are reflected in the background pattern of a person's iris. Each temperament exhibits general characteristics of behavior and personality.
The pure Choleric temperament is confident, irascible, touchy and proud, with well developed ambition, and there may be arrogance. The Phlegmatic, or lymphatic temperament is fussy, somewhat obsessional, practical, but hates the limelight. The Sanguine temperament is excitable, impressionable, impulsive and sometimes unreliable, and sometimes frivolous and thoughtless to others. The Melancholic temperament is cautious, serious, industrious and solitary, with a tendency to become depressed. It is surprising how well these characteristics can be observed and predicted from the eye
