Alfons’s psyche follows an introverted flow. He knows himself and attempts to develop his inner resources to their maximum potential.

Alfons leads a life which is open to the outside world. His personal consciousness is forged by the heat of outer events. He is inclined to adopt the most objective viewpoint possible to be pragmatic and perhaps even materialistic.

Alfons demonstrates great interest in the outside world, social affairs, and anything else that contributes to the growth and development of society as a whole. Clubs, organizations, and other forms of partnership attract his attention and motivate his behavior. He tries to protect himself from his subjectivity by adopting an impersonal approach to life. Devoted to the common cause, his destiny is no longer his alone. It is almost entirely controlled by the people whose cause he has espoused.

Alfons has a tendency to identify with others. He forms friendships easily and naturally and enjoys participating in other people’s lives. Sociable, he enjoys being seen and appreciates popularity and recognition. Solitude bores him. His life and personal relations are in sync with his friendships and outer events. Most often, he shares the opinion of others.

The two fundamentally opposed psychological tendencies that rule the functioning of your psyche are dynamic functions and a capacity to adapt to reality. Endowed with the idealism and energy of one element, and the practical resources and sensuality of the other, your personality is deeply rooted in reality while retaining a remarkable ability to set high goals and accomplish them. A deficit in the other psychological functions (thought and emotion) tends to blunt your approach to life, however. If you struggle to get in touch with your deepest emotions, you might have a somewhat cold, crude vision of the world.

Although you may not necessarily notice the fact about yourself because you are so strongly engaged in actions, feelings, or material concerns, you sometimes lack sound judgment. This impairment arises from a difficulty in obtaining perspective on yourself and your life. You may be puzzled by your troubled relations with others. You must make an effort to detach yourself from your personal reaction and observe it from an objective, more distant standpoint. If not, you are likely to find yourself under stress or pressure because you did not give enough prior thought to tactics and strategy. You may also experience dissatisfaction in your intimate relationships because you might struggle to get in sync with others. You give little time or respect to anyone you see as too “intellectual,” because you resist adapting to new ideas and viewpoints. In fact, an idea that rubs you the wrong way mentally and/or emotionally may elicit an explosive reaction. Self-analysis can be challenging for you and you tend to refuse to develop a solid, permanent idea of yourself – and this plays a lot of tricks on you.

Alfons works hard to understand the feelings of others, but finds it difficult to understand his own feelings. He sees the emotional world as a foreign territory, fraught with hidden dangers. If he were able to accept and understand his own emotions, he would have an easier time grappling with the feelings of others. Alfons has a strong desire for emotional independence, and might have trouble seeing the emotional needs of others. He might even be the first to deny that such needs exist. As a result, his dependency on others is unconscious.