rachelcat
Hey, friends!
I have gone back and forth trying to figure this out for a while. I think it finally has come to me. Being an INTJ (described in my booklet as “theory-based, skeptical, and most independent”), I had to figure this out my way, and my way is very theoretical and abstract, almost mechanical.
In all my earlier tries, I couldn’t grasp the opposing qualities. Now I see they are positive/active and negative/receptive for each dichotomy. But that gave me 8 times 2???, not 4 times 4. Then I got this part from my booklet (got it at some random employee training class a while back).
E--I and J--P are on Attitude axes and
S--N and T--F are on Function axes.
There are my 4 by 4! Attitudes are suits, and Functions are ranks.
Then using the active and receptive modes for masculine and feminine suits and ranks, it all (pretty much mechanically) falls into place! Wands and Kings are most active, Cups and Queens are most receptive, Swords, Coins, Knights, and Princesses are mixed.
Attached are my chart of court cards and the type chart from the booklet with some characteristics. There are some correspondences that seem counter-intuitive (Queen of Coins is “most optimistic”?), but a closer look makes sense (Queen of Coins seeks harmony, is the life of the party, and starts more than she finishes)!
(I used A, B, C, D in my chart so I could see the + and - more clearly. I left my chart in an odd order so it corresponds with the booklet chart.)
MBTI folks, let me know what you think!
I have gone back and forth trying to figure this out for a while. I think it finally has come to me. Being an INTJ (described in my booklet as “theory-based, skeptical, and most independent”), I had to figure this out my way, and my way is very theoretical and abstract, almost mechanical.
In all my earlier tries, I couldn’t grasp the opposing qualities. Now I see they are positive/active and negative/receptive for each dichotomy. But that gave me 8 times 2???, not 4 times 4. Then I got this part from my booklet (got it at some random employee training class a while back).
E--I and J--P are on Attitude axes and
S--N and T--F are on Function axes.
There are my 4 by 4! Attitudes are suits, and Functions are ranks.
Then using the active and receptive modes for masculine and feminine suits and ranks, it all (pretty much mechanically) falls into place! Wands and Kings are most active, Cups and Queens are most receptive, Swords, Coins, Knights, and Princesses are mixed.
Attached are my chart of court cards and the type chart from the booklet with some characteristics. There are some correspondences that seem counter-intuitive (Queen of Coins is “most optimistic”?), but a closer look makes sense (Queen of Coins seeks harmony, is the life of the party, and starts more than she finishes)!
(I used A, B, C, D in my chart so I could see the + and - more clearly. I left my chart in an odd order so it corresponds with the booklet chart.)
MBTI folks, let me know what you think!