Core Dynamic
The Individualist (Type 4) sits in the Heart center. Type Four seeks depth, meaning, and emotional authenticity.
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Type 4
The Individualist
Center: Heart | Vice: Envy | Virtue: Equanimity
Fear and Desire
Core fear: Having no identity. Core desire: To be authentic and significant. These two forces create the recurring tension pattern for this type.
Vice and Virtue
Reactive pattern (vice): Envy. Integrative quality (virtue): Equanimity. Development work is usually the movement from vice toward virtue.