Attitudinal Psyche Walk-Through Part IV

This is a work-in-progress.

Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV

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Part IV Overview

Finally, we will cover Orientation Affinities and Sextas.

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Layer 6A – Orientation Affinities

“Orientation Affinities” is a term I invented, but it describes a component of the theory that Rob already implies. Recall that there are two Orientations: Results and Process. For each Aspect, there will be two Attitudes that are Results Oriented and two that are Process Oriented. These pairs contain R+/- OR P+/- Attitude Relations. For example, Physics has a Results pair (1F/4F) and a Process pair (2F/3F). We can call the former pair “Results Physics” (rF) and the latter “Process Physics” (pF). The other three Aspects also have two pairs, adding up to a total of eight. These eight pairs are the Orientation Affinities.

Results Physics (rF)	Results Logic (rL)	Results Emotion (rE)	Results Volition (rV)
Process Physics (pF)	Process Logic (pL)	Process Emotion (pE)	Process Volition (pV)

Every type has four Orientation Affinities, corresponding to the positioning of their Aspects. They will have an Affinity to either the Results or Process Orientation of each Aspect. For example, the ELVF has Results Emotion, Process Logic, Process Volition, and Results Physics. Their opposite or Dual type, the FVLE has the same Affinities despite being the Superior partner in the areas where the ELVF is Inferior and vice-versa.

The primary significance of the Orientation Affinity concept is that it describes a composition of attitudes that the Type desires in others. A Type with Results Logic (subconsciously) prefers that the world be composed out of 1Ls and 4Ls and they are discomforted when others do not fit into this mold.

The secondary significance of the Orientation Affinity concept is that it presents an alternative route to the Sexta layer of the theory. The other route is through the Attitude Relations layer, which is best for examining pairs of Types, but is clunkier when we want to understand Sextas holistically. Sextas are the final layer of the theory and will be explained in the next section. Before that, let’s cover the eight Orientation Affinities.

The Eight Orientation Affinities

I have created colored icons for the Affinities. Please do not be too concerned about their quality; they are not finished versions. The colors were chosen based on my gut-instinct and are therefore somewhat arbitrary. I included them purely for mnemonic reinforcement.

Results Physics (rF)

Process Physics (pF)

Results Logic (rL)

Process Logic (pL)

Results Emotion (rE)

Process Emotion (pE)

Results Volition (rV)

Process Volition (pV)

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Layer 6B – Sextas

The term “Sexta” is derived from the Latin word for six and was chosen because there are six Sextas. There are four types in each Sexta and these four Types share all Orientation Affinities. The Intertype Relations within a Sexta are Identical, Sister, Solution, and Dual. These are all highly compatible pairings. Outwardly, Types of the same Sexta are not particularly similar to each other, in fact Duals are quite dissimilar. Nonetheless, on a deeper level these types have similar preferences due to the shared Orientation Affinities. Thus Sextas are sort of like “tribes”; they have distinct cultures and higher ideals.

Every Sexta has an Opposing Sexta whose members have the opposite Orientation Affinities and includes the following Intertype Relations: Faux-Identical, Suffocation (+/-), and Conflict. The compatibility between members of Opposing Sexta is low to very low. The “tribal” values of these two Sextas are opposed, so they often are at odds and come to different conclusions from the same information.

The four remaining Sextas are neutral. Half of the Orientation Affinities will be shared and half will be opposed.

The Sextas are named after Greek numerals 1 through 6. I believe the ordering came from Afanasiev originally. It appears somewhat arbitrary although Rob’s designations of the Sextas’ “Evolution Cycles” imply a proper order, starting with the group that became Ena and ending with the group known as Exi.

What follows are outlines of these six groups and a link to Rob’s elaborations of each.

The Sextas

Ena

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Dio

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Tria

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Tessera

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Pente

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Exi

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Final Note

I have decided to leave out a layer of the theory – Subtypes. Rob has not finished the Subtype section on his website as of the time I am writing this article. Once Rob is finished with the subtype explanations, I may add a new page or section.

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