The Ordering Mind
What this is
You settle a question by putting it against the facts outside you and looking for the rule that holds. You think best out loud, in the open, where a thing can be tested.
What it governs
Jung calls this the extraverted thinking type.
Its properties
What it does well: You can build an order other people can actually use. What it costs: A rule that has stopped fitting is the last thing you notice.
Correspondences
- element
- Air
- tarot
- Swords
Where this comes from
- C. G. Jung, Psychological Types (1921)