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Type I

The Reformer

You came in with a compass where others have a weathervane. The work of your life is learning that goodness survives imperfection, that the flaw in the marble is where the light gets in.

PrincipledExactingDevoted

01The two engines

Core desireTo be good, to have integrity

Core fearBeing corrupt, defective, wrong

Every type runs on a wanting and a warding. The desire builds the life; the fear decorates it. Growth, for a The Reformer, is telling the two apart.

02The growth line

Under open sky, Type 1 grows toward Type 7 → borrowing its best habits first.

03The matches

Your medicineType 7 →

You sit on their growth line going one way; they carry what you are learning.

Their medicineType 4 →

They grow toward your territory; you already speak the language they are learning.

The neighborsType 9 →Type 2 →

Your wings: same border country, different capitals.

04Any pairing

Read Type I beside any of them:

Type II Type III Type IV Type V Type VI Type VII Type VIII Type IX

← Type 9 All nine Type 2 →