EXPLORE THE SYSTEM
You are not one of twelve types.
You are all twelve.
Some speak louder than others. Each of the twelve can serve the self at others' expense, or serve the whole at the ego's expense — a hall of mirrors that shows you every side of yourself, where to grow, and what to avoid.
A mirror, not a fortune. For reflection, never prediction.
Take the assessment → Your MandalaThe Twelve Archetypes
The engine — which of the twelve energies is loudest in you. Each is a core longing, arranged as twelve hues around a wheel; opposites face each other.
Individual archetype pages are in progress.
Five Stages of Bandwidth
Every archetype exists on one spectrum — from all your capacity spent holding yourself together, to capacity overflowing outward to others. Descent narrows; ascent integrates. Read the full explainer →
Devolved
Bandwidth near empty — the energy captured by ego: domination, consumption, control.
Descended
The energy bent by fear: grasping, pettiness, defense.
Base
The everyday, unexamined expression — where the day begins.
Ascended
The energy mastered and matured.
Transcendent
Bandwidth overflowing — the energy given away, freely available to others and the whole.
The Four Embodiments
Not how resourced you are, but how you show up — the faculty you meet a moment through, before you've decided to give anything at all. Read the full explainer →
Heart
At its best, compassion.
Collapsed, manipulation.
Mind
At its best, wisdom.
Collapsed, control.
Body
At its best, presence.
Collapsed, force.
Soul
At its best, communion.
Collapsed, fanaticism.
The Six Core Needs
A separate, complementary layer — not folded into Bandwidth, but what feeds it. Your Core Needs are the fuel; your Bandwidth is the gauge reading how much capacity that fuel gives you right now. Read the full explainer →
Autonomy
Competence / Mastery
Relatedness / Belonging
Self-Esteem
Trust
Purpose / Meaning
Drawn from Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan), Elena Aguilar's Core Human Needs synthesis, and the work of Gabor Maté.
Pairings
What emerges when two archetypes combine — both stay present and distinct; nothing dissolves into a third thing. Your top two voices name a Pairing: the Creator and the Mystic together read as The Magician; the Explorer and the Creator, The Cartographer.
There are 66 in all — one for every pair of the twelve. Your results name the three that arise from your top three voices.
See your own mirror
The assessment ranks all twelve within you, names your top three and their Pairings, and renders your personal mandala.
Begin — Your Mandala