Air - Introduction

Air—Introduction

Air equivalents in other personality theories:


Typology Type name
Ancient Typology Sanguine
Classical Element—Air
Quality of Classical Element—no equivalent
It is located between qualities:
— hot
— moist-wet
Enneagram type — 9 — among others called as:
The Mediator
External Declarations and Internal Conditions:
I want to relax. BUT. I don’t want to act.
(+) Essence and (-) Fetor (or Stench):
(+) unity
(-) procrastination
(Jacek Błach—modifications):
(+) unity, balance
(-) procrastination, avoiding
Carl Gustav Jung’s
“Psychological Types” 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Extraverted Intuitive Type
  • Introverted Intuitive Type
Hans Jürgen Eysenck’s
personalities 		Responsive,
Easygoing
MBTI®
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • INTJ
  • ENFP
Steve Myers’
MTR-i™ (Management Team
Roles Indicator™) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Ne — Extraverted Intuition
    Explorer
  • Ni — Introverted Intuition
    Innovator
Raymond Bernard Cattell – 16 personality factors No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • B. Reasoning abstract ↔ concrete
  • L. Abstractedness
    abstract ↔ grounded
Big Five The nearest traits:
— high Openness (to experience), (high Intellect, Culture)
— high Conscientiousness
David Keirsey — typologies No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Rational
  • Idealist
Interaction role: between:
  • Contender
  • Coworker
Role variant: between:
  • Mastermind: Entailing (Attentive type)
  • Champion: Motivating (Expressive type)
John Beebe — Eight Function-Attitude, Eight Archetype Model No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • ENFP (Superior Function – soft Ne – Hero/Heroine)
  • INTJ (Superior Function – soft Ni – Hero/Heroine)
Socionics – Model-A
(A – Aušra Augustinavičiūtė) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • LII – Logical-Intuitive Introtic
    INTj (naming based on MBTI®)
    Analyst, Scientist
    Robespierre
  • IEE – Intuitive-Ethical Extratic
    ENFp (naming based on MBTI®)
    Psychologist, Reporter, Adviser
    Aldous Huxley, Tom Sawyer
Socionics – Model-G (G – Victor Gulenko) No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • \ Quadra 1 (alpha – α)
    LII – Logical Intuitive Introvert
    INTJ
    Analyst
    Robespierre
  • Quadra 4 (delta – δ)
    IEE – Intuitive Ethical Extravert
    ENFP
    Advisor
    Aldous Huxley
Socionics — Temperaments No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Balance-stable socionics temperament
    (Judging Introverts)
  • Flexible-adaptive socionics temperament
    (Perceiving Extraverts)

Type of character—Air—general diagram.



In the diagram above, we can see that one of the points is labeled as — Air. The Air point is also labeled — Conscious State.

Conscious State has this attribute that each type of character tries mainly to follow this state. Therefore, all types of Mandala of Characters take their names from the points where their Conscious States are located.


The next key states of the type Air, which also have a significant impact on his psyche, are located in the following places:

  • Unconscious State (or Complementary State) at the point:
    — Earth,
  • Strong Self-Esteem State (or Power State) at the points:
    — Fire, or
    — Water,
  • Soft Self-Esteem State (or Vulnerable State) at the points:
    — Fire, or
    — Water,

These three states, although they do not play a leading role in our psyche, like Conscious State, they are also significant and necessary. And they have essential functions in the life of any type of character.

As we can see, Power or Vulnerable States can be in two places. So, these two points can put us into both Power and Vulnerable State. Simply put, this is because, for example, a given matter, problem, job, task, etc., at one time, can make us feel powerful or at another time—vulnerable.



In the next four chapters, I will show the four main psychological states of Air, namely:

  • Conscious State of Air,
  • Strong Self-Esteem State (or Power State) of Air,
  • Soft Self-Esteem State (or Vulnerable State) of Air,
  • Unconscious (or Complementary) State of Air.

Then, in the next three chapters, I will present three main areas of our psyche, namely:

  • Conscious Triangle of Air,
  • Unconscious Triangle of Air,
  • The Self Square of Air.



Jacek BŁACH


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