Stances are similar to triads in that there are three types that belong to each stance. But the stances are made up of one type from each triad and they can often shed a better light when determining your type.
AGGRESSIVE STANCE
The aggressive stance is made up of 3, 7, 8.
Move against others and have an unconscious drive to reshape people and situations to suit them. They each do this a bit differently – 3s use their chameleon powers, 7s use their reframing reflex, and 8s take charge.
All in this stance are feeling repressed. And as a result, all are oriented to the future, where there aren’t yet feelings.
WITHDRAWING STANCE
The withdrawing stance is comprised of 4, 5, 9.
These types move away from others and are not influenced at all by the crowd. Fours want to be unique. Fives want to preserve their energy. And nines want to avoid having their peace and inner stability disrupted.
The folks here are doing repressed and oriented to the past, where the doing has already been done.
DEPENDENT STANCE
The dependent stance is made up of 1, 2, 6
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