The Algorithm
48 traits, seven lenses on who you are
Your portrait is measured across seven trait suites — labelled A to G. Each suite reads a different facet of how you think, feel and relate. Together they form the 48 traits that drive your report.
Symbolic choices
You never rate yourself on a scale. You make intuitive picks across 14 symbolic layers — archetypes, elements, shapes — that bypass the ego's editing.
Weighted links
Each choice carries 545 weighted links into the 48 traits. A single pick nudges several traits at once, by different amounts and directions.
Tension & friction
15 matrices read the contradictions between your choices — the productive tensions and the points of friction — so your profile is contextual, not a flat tally.
Calibrated scores
Everything resolves into 48 trait scores with confidence bands. Where the read is uncertain, the Calibration Ritual lets you confirm or correct it yourself.
The seven suites
Every trait, categorised
Cognitive Style
8 traits
How your mind frames a problem before it acts — the size of detail you chunk, the direction you think, and how you decide once the options are clear.
Chunking size · Thinking direction · Decision strategy · Convincer pattern
Motivation & Drive
6 traits
What sets you in motion and what keeps you there — the pull toward goals versus away from problems, and the source of your sense of agency.
Approach vs. avoid · Internal vs. external drive · Persistence
Energy & Regulation
6 traits
Where your energy comes from and how you manage its rise and fall — your pace, your recovery, and how you steady yourself under load.
Activation · Recovery rhythm · Self-regulation
Emotional Landscape
8 traits
The texture of your inner weather — how readily feeling arrives, how intensely it lands, and how you relate to it once it does.
Sensitivity · Intensity · Emotional expression · Resilience
Interpersonal Dynamics
8 traits
How you meet other people — the density of connection you seek, the warmth or directness you lead with, and how you hold your ground.
Connection density · Warmth · Assertiveness · Trust
Identity & Values
6 traits
The compass beneath your choices — what you treat as non-negotiable, how you author your own story, and where meaning comes from.
Core values · Self-authorship · Meaning orientation
Sensory & Processing
6 traits
How raw experience enters and is handled — the channels you favour, your appetite for stimulation, and the speed you turn input into understanding.
Sensory preference · Stimulation appetite · Processing speed
You stay in the loop
The algorithm proposes. You confirm.
No engine reads a person perfectly. After your assessment, the Calibration Ritual shows you every trait it measured — and lets you confirm or correct it. Your corrections refine your own report and chat, and feed the next generation of the algorithm.