Pairings
Here is how The Guide meets every other type: each type has exactly one relation with it, ordered from the closest quadra to the furthest, with a short description under each relation's name. Open a relation's name to read it in full, or a type to open its profile.
Same-quadra relations
Both of the partner's ego functions are among the values I hold. The partner is from the same quadra.
- Duality
The closest relation possible: each side covers exactly what the other cannot, without conscious effort.
The GuideEII
The AdministratorLSE
- Activation
Mutual energy that ignites fast, and exhausts if it runs too long without a break.
The GuideEII
The ArtisanSLI
- Mirror
The same values in reverse order: high intellectual understanding and a quiet rivalry over method.
The GuideEII
The DiscovererIEE
Symmetric adjacent-quadra relations
One of the partner's functions is among my values and the other is not. The partner is from a quadra that shares half my values, and the relationship is lived the same way from both sides.
- Kindred
The same interests, a different logic: beginnings look alike, judgements differ.
The GuideEII
The GuardianESI
- Business
An excellent working partnership: two different tools serving one goal.
The GuideEII
The AnalystLII
- Semi-duality
Real support in half the space, and a clear absence in the other half.
The GuideEII
The EntrepreneurLIE
- Illusionary
High comfort and low drive; it fades at the first serious joint project.
The GuideEII
The EnthusiastESE
Asymmetric (ring) relations
The same mix of a valued and an unvalued function, and the partner is also from an adjacent quadra. The difference is that the relationship has a direction, so each side experiences it differently, and it runs in rings of four types.
- Benefit
An uneven balance: one side's words move the other more than the reverse.
BenefactorThe GuideEII
BeneficiaryThe MediatorSEI
BenefactorThe CriticILI
BeneficiaryThe GuideEII
- Supervision
The supervisor's remarks land heavier than intended, and the other side digs in.
SupervisorThe GuideEII
SuperviseeThe SeekerILE
SupervisorThe ConquerorSEE
SuperviseeThe GuideEII
Opposite-quadra relations
Both of the partner's ego functions lie outside my values. The partner is from the opposite quadra (Alpha with Gamma, Beta with Delta).
- Conflict
One side's strongest point strikes the other's most painful. The hardest encounter on the map.
The GuideEII
The CommanderSLE
- Super-ego
Admiration from afar and confusion up close; each side unknowingly presses the other's weakest point.
The GuideEII
The GuardianLSI
- Quasi-identity
The same vocabulary with different meanings: a discussion that never stops and never arrives.
The GuideEII
The LyricistIEI
- Extinguishment
Talk starts easily and ends with a vague feeling that nobody was understood.
The GuideEII
The InspirerEIE


