Octet 8 – MBTI-type : XNFP, I Ching trigram : Earth, Pure yin

 

Context

Text

Hexagram Name

MBTI (Keirsey) associations

Hexagram Root/Goal

MBTI Root

[8]

[1](12)

Neutralise, affirm belief

XNFP:XSTP  (Advocate: Operator)

Follow,Believe (17)

XNTP:XSFP

[8]

[2](45)

Congregate, Celebrate faith

XNFP: XSFP (Advocate: Player)

Disentangle to express self (say your piece)(25)

XNTP:XSTP

[8]

[3](35)

Progress

XNFP: XNTJ (Advocate: Organiser)

Enlightenment/Awareness, New(51)

XNTP:XNTP

[8]

[4](16)

Foresight, Enthusiasm

XNFP: XNTP (Advocate: Engineer)

Chew Over, Solve Problems (21)

XNTP:XNTJ

[8]

[5](20)

Admire, Set an example

XNFP: XSTJ (Advocate: Monitor)

Sprouting, Difficult Beginnings (03)

XNTP:XSFJ

[8]

[6](08)

Unify

XNFP: XSFJ (Advocate: Conservator)

Augment(42)

XNTP:XSTJ

[8]

[7](23)

Prune, cut back to ‘true’ core

XNFP: XNFJ (Advocate: Mentor)

Return to the ‘true’ path(24)

XNTP:XNFP

[8]

[8](02)

Dualmindedness, Devotion, trust in others

XNFP: XNFP (Advocate: Advocate)

Hungering(27) (too little yang)/Transform

XNTP:XNFJ

 

Code for 'pure' form of XNFP:

00 :: (02) : What is this persona's potential form? :: Through unconditional devotion.[02]
01 :: (24) : How does this persona 'start', express 'beginning'? :: Through return to the 'true' path. [24]
02 :: (07) : How does this persona express uniformity, establishment of? :: Through establishing uniformity. [7]
03 :: (19) : How does this persona express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: Through approaching/deferring. [19]
04 :: (15) : How does this persona level things out, keep words close to facts? :: Through modesty, evening things out. [15]
05 :: (36) : How does this persona protect its 'light' when not its time? :: Through being uncompromising. [36]
06 :: (46) : How does this persona become more entangled with something/someone? :: Through becoming more entangled. [46]
07 :: (11) : How does this persona balance/harmonise, mediate? :: Through balancing, harmonising. [11]
08 :: (16) : How does this persona express foresight/planning? :: Through enthusiastic foresight. [16]
09 :: (51) : How does this persona express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: Through enlightening, the sudden, shock. [51]
10 :: (40) : How does this persona express tension release through relaxing structure? :: Through relaxed structuring. [40]
11 :: (54) : How does this persona expend early energy, immaturity? :: Through initial energy release, immaturity. [54]
12 :: (62) : How does this persona express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: Through unconditional loyalty. [62]
13 :: (55) : How does this persona deal with abundance/overflowing? :: Through diversity. [55]
14 :: (32) : How does this persona express commitment? :: Through commitment. [32]
15 :: (34) : How does this persona actively invigorate others? :: Through invigorating. [34]
16 :: (08) : How does this persona passively attract? :: Through passive attraction. [08]
17 :: (03) : How does this persona 'sprout'? :: Through sprouting, (difficult) birth. [03]
18 :: (29) : How does this persona assert containment/control? :: Through containment/control. [29]
19 :: (60) : How does this persona impose standards/limits? :: Through standardising. [60]
20 :: (39) : How does this persona obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: Through going against the flow. [39]
21 :: (63) : How does this persona complete, 'get it right'? :: Through closure, 'correct' sequence. [63]
22 :: (48) : Where does this persona get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: Through foundation setting. [48]
23 :: (05) : How does this persona wait for opportunity to come? :: Through waiting (calculated). [05]
24 :: (45) : How does this persona celebrate its 'faith'? :: Through celebration of faith. [45]
25 :: (17) : How does this persona find a faith? What is its faith? :: Through following, finding a belief. [17]
26 :: (47) : How does this persona integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: Through enforced enclosure. [47]
27 :: (58) : How does this persona express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: Through self-reflecting, intense expression. [58]
28 :: (31) : How does this persona 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: Through cooperative enticement, wooing. [31]
29 :: (49) : How does this persona reveal, unmask? :: Through revelation, revolution. [49]
30 :: (28) : How does this persona express excess, go beyond what is required? :: Through exceeding. [28 - do more than is required]
31 :: (43) : How does this persona 'seed', spread the word? :: Through seeding (spread the word). [43]
32 :: (23) : How does this persona 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: Through the spiritual path, the preferred 'faith' promoted. [23]
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skeletal form of this persona, The mud from which it has emerged? :: Through hungering (focus on filling skeletal form).[27]
34 :: (04) : How does this persona learn social skills? :: Through socialisation. [4]
35 :: (41) : How does this persona achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: Through concentrating, distilling. [41]
36 :: (52) : How does this persona express blocking, discernment? :: Through discernment/blockage. [52]
37 :: (22) : What does this persona look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: Through facading. [22]
38 :: (18) : How does this persona correct corruption, express that correction? :: Through correcting corruption. [18]
39 :: (26) : How does this persona express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: Through holding firm. [26]
40 :: (35) : How does this persona bring something into the 'light'? :: Through progress, bringing something into the light.[35]
41 :: (21) : How does this persona resolve problems? :: Through problem solving. [21]
42 :: (64) : How does this persona remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: Through remaining open. [64]
43 :: (38) : How does this persona 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: Through mirroring, opposing. [38]
44 :: (56) : How does this persona demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: Through conditional loyalty. [56]
45 :: (30) : How does this persona express guidance/direction setting? :: Through guidance/ideology. [30]
46 :: (50) : How does this persona express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: Through transforming. [50]
47 :: (14) : How does this persona manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: Through directing. [14]
48 :: (20) : How does this persona elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: Through passive motivation. (20 admiration, set an example, be an example)
49 :: (42) : How does this persona reflect augmentation? :: Through augmenting. [42]
50 :: (59) : How does this persona make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog? :: Through dispelling illusions. [59]
51 :: (61) : How does this persona express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: Through yielding. [61]
52 :: (53) : How does this persona express gradual development, maturity? :: Through gradual development. (53 maturing)
53 :: (37) : How does this persona reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: Through rigid structuring (tension release). [37]
54 :: (57) : How does this persona cultivate and become influential? :: Through cultivating, become influential. [57]
55 :: (09) : How does this persona express making small gains to be noticed? :: Through making small gains. [09]
56 :: (12) : How does this persona neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: Through neutralising (attacks of others). [12]
57 :: (25) : How does this persona stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: Through saying one's piece. [25 - ignore consequences]
58 :: (06) : How does this persona compromise, meet half way? :: Through compromise. [06]
59 :: (10) : How does this persona traverse a path carefully? :: Through treading [a path], conduct. [10]
60 :: (33) : How does this persona draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: Through competitive enticement, draw-in. [33]
61 :: (13) : How does this persona express association with the likeminded? :: Through likemindedness. [13]
62 :: (44) : How does this persona persuade/seduce? :: Through persuasion/seduction. [44]
63 :: (01) : How does this persona express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: Through singlemindedness. [01]

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