The one who reads the flow. Moves the feeling of the room along the axis of an intuition of time and flow. What they want most: a force that pushes. What they are worst at: practical logic.
Types that fit INFP, and types that need distance
INFP (the 16Personalities Mediator) with the other fifteen types and its own, sorted by kind of fit. The order is a rough guide to what tends to last, not a score. Each link opens the page for that pair.
Fits wellESTP (Duality), ISTJ (Activation), ENFJ (Mirror), ESFP (Semi-duality)The four that fit naturally. When it starts to work differs.Stands closeINFP (Identity), INTP (Kindred), ISFP (Business), INFJ (Quasi-identity)The four that are alike or can move side by side.Needs distanceENTP (Illusionary), ISTP (Super-ego), ENFP (Extinguishment), ESTJ (Conflict)The four whose closeness needs design. Decide the distance and they last.With a directionESFJ (Supervisor), ENTJ (Supervisee), INTJ (Benefactor), ISFJ (Beneficiary)The four that one side feels strongly. Seen from INFP's side.
How this type meets eleven situations. Not fortune-telling that comes true: how this type moves in each scene, written from the arrangement of its functions.
WishGranted, if someone pushes you. You do not start on your own.
The one you wait forWill come, but do not wait too long. Just once, from your side.
Lost thingsLeave it to the flow. It turns up when it turns up. Borrow someone's hands to search.
Setting outGood. A trip you are taken on: excellent. Plan it yourself and you never set out.
TradeAlone: bad. Team up with someone who handles the practical side: good.
StudyStudy by feeling: excellent. Practical study: leave to others.
DisputeAvoid it. Fight and you collapse. Keep an ally who pushes.
LoveThe one who pushes is the real one. With another quiet one, you wait for each other.
ChildrenYou will be a parent who reads feelings. Deciding and the practical side: your partner.
IllnessMood shows in the body. Cured by being with someone who moves you.
MarriageIt will come together, with someone who decides. Two who leave it to the flow never settle.
A gift that lands
Deciding, and taking them along. Less a thing than a date fixed and an outing. What INFP is waiting for is a force that pushes.
What suits them
Part-time jobs, work, places to travel, clothes, music, anime, films, TV drama. From what the type is good at and what it wants.
Part-time jobBookshop, cinema, reception Quiet work where no one hurries you.
WorkCreation, music, writing, counselling, the early stage of planning Work with atmosphere and flow.
TravelSeaside towns, old shrines Drift there and stare into space.
FashionLoose, pale colours, vintage Worn by mood. Never decided.
AnimeSekai-kei, fantasy, quiet youth Beautiful and a little wistful.
FilmFantasy, art-house, films with an afterglow Leaves you staring into space.
TV dramaWistful romance, strange tales Loves the feeling that cannot be put into words.
Questions this type wants to answer, and what lands
QuestionAnything vaguely on your mind lately?
QuestionWhat do you like about that song?
What lands"I get it." Do not ask for explanations. When deciding, you decide.
If they were a country or a place
The temperament of the type, likened to land. One each: a country, a Japanese prefecture, a US state, a European country.
CountryNepal Leaves it to the flow. Mountains and prayer.
PrefectureNara Quiet, old, flowing.
US stateOregon Quiet, rain and forest.
EuropeIreland Poetry, music, and flow.
Values
Whether it is beautiful. Whether it fits the flow. Dislikes measuring people by efficiency and practicality, and collapses when measured that way. Tends to leave decisions to others, waiting for someone who decides.
Money
Poor at managing. Does not look at the balance, puts off invoices. More often rides on a supporting partner or environment than earns. Needs a partner for the practical side, or an automated system.
Parenting
Good at reading the flow of the child's feelings; senses loneliness and anxiety first. Poor at making rules and pushing through to keep them, so gets pushed through by the child. The practical side and decisions: the other parent.
Work
Creation, literature, music, counselling, the early stage of planning. Work with flow and atmosphere. Drained where deadlines and practicalities chase them. Strength comes out under a boss who conducts.
Friends
Few, and deep. Chooses people who can read each other's atmosphere. Does not move first, so saved by friends who push and take them out. Poor at offering help in trouble, and sometimes drifts apart there.
Hobbies
Poetry, music, film, painting, walks, daydreams. Hobbies of placing oneself in the flow. Physical hobbies last when someone takes them along. Starts on a mood rather than gathering equipment.
INFP's Model A
Where this type places the eight information elements. The top two are strengths, the next two weaknesses, the next two what it wants from others, the bottom two what it can do but does not care about. Compatibility is the overlay of two such arrangements.
1NiLeading: Ni introverted intuition — the flow of time, foresight, "this is where it goes". Strongest and always on. The way this person sees the world.
2FeCreative: Fe extraverted ethics — the mood of the room, atmosphere, moving feelings. The tool that serves the leading function. Used flexibly, when needed.
3SiRole: Si introverted sensing — comfort, bodily sensation, pleasant and unpleasant. Adequate but unconfident. Performed when required.
4TeVulnerable: Te extraverted logic — facts, efficiency, "how to make it work". Weakest and most sensitive. Remarks here hurt.
5SeSuggestive: Se extraverted sensing — force, presence, taking the ground. Cannot produce it; feels safe receiving it from others. The dual's leading function lands here.
6TiMobilizing: Ti introverted logic — structure, consistency, "does it add up". Gets moving when helped here. Grows with praise.
7NeIgnoring: Ne extraverted intuition — possibilities, ideas, "it could also be otherwise". Capable but does not value it. Used silently when necessary.
8FiDemonstrative: Fi introverted ethics — personal bonds, likes and dislikes, distance. Strong without noticing. Comes out unasked.