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The Icosa

A dimensional framework for understanding personality — not as a fixed type, but as a living pattern that can be understood, worked with, and intentionally developed.

Core Philosophy

Dimensional, Not Categorical

The model maps twenty continuous dimensions instead of sorting people into types. A score of 62 on Belonging means something different from 63 — there are no arbitrary cutoffs that put you in one box or another.

Dynamic, Not Static

Your profile is a snapshot, not a sentence. The same person may show different patterns at different times. The model is designed to capture and track this movement.

Systemic, Not Reductive

Coherence — how well the system works together — matters more than any single dimension. The model captures relationships between dimensions, not just their individual values.

Four Capacities

Capacities describe how you engage with experience.

Open

How energy enters your system — your capacity for receiving sensation, feeling, ideas, connection, and meaning.

Focus

Where your attention goes and how clearly you see — the quality and direction of your awareness.

Bond

How you form connection and claim experience as your own — body, feelings, self, relationships, purpose.

Move

How your energy moves outward into the world — expression, action, voice, and service.

Five Domains

Domains describe where you engage with experience.

Physical

Your body and physical life — sensation, energy, somatic experience.

Emotional

Your feelings and emotional life — mood, affect, the texture of inner experience.

Mental

Your thinking and mental clarity — cognition, beliefs, mental models.

Relational

Your relationships and connection with others — interpersonal dynamics, attachment.

Spiritual

Your sense of meaning, purpose, and spirit — transcendence, values, deeper calling.

Twenty Harmonies

Each capacity-domain intersection produces a unique harmony — a distinct facet of your inner landscape.

PhysicalEmotionalMentalRelationalSpiritual
Open SensitivityEmpathyCuriosityIntimacySurrender
Focus PresenceDiscernmentAcuityAttunementVision
Bond InhabitationEmbraceIdentityBelongingDevotion
Move VitalityPassionAgencyVoiceService

Key Concepts

Coherence

How well your twenty dimensions work together as an integrated system. Derived from the geometric relationships between scores, not their absolute values. In the Icosa, high coherence suggests the inner system is working as a unified whole; low coherence suggests internal tension that may benefit from support.

Formations

The overall shape of your profile — a single word capturing the geometric relationship between your dimensions. Seventy-seven formations are organized by coherence band (Thriving, Steady, Struggling, Overwhelmed, Crisis) combined with capacity and domain direction.

Gateways

Nine fixed positions in the grid with high cascade potential — Body, Grace, Choice, Voice, Belonging, Feeling, Discernment, Identity, and Vitality gates. Your results show which are open, partial, or closed, indicating where change would have the most systemic impact.

Behavioral Signals

Data captured from how you take the assessment — response timing, trajectory patterns, and sequential dependencies. Captured at all tiers with increasing confidence: Quick (30%), Standard (70%), Comprehensive (100%).

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