Reply To: Vultology Code 3.0 (PT1: Signals)

[Juan E. Sandoval]

Fi/Te and Ti/Fe Signals

Okay, so the function axes are now being treated as a single visual category -- once again to remove redundancy and also because that's how we end up identifying types anyhow. For a while now, we've been typing in terms of whole axes rather than single functions and that really makes the most sense anyhow. For example there's no sense designating Snarling Tension to Fi and not to Te. Or to have the Taut Square be Te and not Fi. It's best if we use the Energetic signals to tell us about hierarchy, and just use the function signals to tell us what axes they have.
Fi/Te
Specifically as it relates to Fi/Te, there's been some consolidation. Asymmetrical Mouth signals have been joined into "Wobbling Lips". There's no need to distinguish between the two, especially since almost every Wobbling Lips signal is, by extension, an Asymmetrical Mouth signal. Breaking Through Cheeks has also been merged with Snarling Smile, since it's a special case of a snarling smile. Also, Taut Square Cheeks and Horizontally Split Cheeks have been consolidated into one meta-signal called "Four Point Pulling" -- which is the famous "H" pattern:
Ca-3 Four Point Pulling
"The levator and depressor muscles stretch the mouth area into four corners, creating a square or box shape to the mouth and cheeks."

The opposite of this signal has also been added, as an Fe/Ti signal:
Ms-3 Two Point Pulling
"The mouth has no tension on the bottom two corners, but is pulled only in the direction of the top two corners."

For Fe/Ti users, the bottom of the jaw does not have those two extra pullings going on, and in general its lax down there. What's important about framing things this way is that now we can make an affirmative declaration not just when someone has the four-point cheeks, but also when they don't. This has been missing in the codifier up to now and it's made it so identifying Fe/Ti is harder than identifying Fi/Te.
And in the same vein, I decided it was important to do the same regarding Wobbling Lips:
Ca-4 Wobbling Lips
"The lips twist and bend their shape randomly, wobbling in multiple directions as the person talks."

... so we now have one called Symmetrical Lips:
Ms-4 Symmetrical Lips
"The left and right sides of the lips remain symmetrical the majority of the time as the person speaks."

^ notice how the left and right sides of the symmetry line flex the same way, evenly. This is how the mouth of Fe/Ti users normally move, and again it's an important counterpoint to the Fi/Te mouth tension. Together, I hope these two new signals should make the identification of the J axes more reflective of reality.