Where it comes from
Your Heart (Ego) is defined — the center of will and promises. It is responsible not for what is right but for “do I want to invest myself.”
How it sounds
Briefly and selfishly: “I want” or “I don’t want,” “what’s in it for me.” The wording sounds egoistic — and that’s fine, that is its job.
What it looks like in life
You promised a neighbor help with the fence back in May — the fence stands as it stood. And your own garage you clear down to the concrete in two weekends, and nobody asked you to. At school they collect for a gift for the teacher: you either cover half the sum and take it all on yourself, or you don’t take part at all — there’s no middle. Once a month it comes over you: in one evening you rearrange the furniture, fix the faucet and sign the child up for a club, and then for two weeks you lie around and get angry at yourself for being lazy. Your family adapted long ago: they ask for important things in your good week.
How long to wait
Quickly, but in bursts: the Ego has its own rhythm and is not always available. Between surges of will it is better not to promise anything.
Where people most often go wrong
Promising out of a sense of duty. A person like this doesn’t keep a promise made without “I want” — and then blames themselves.
Where to start
Before agreeing, ask out loud: “What do I get out of this?” If there is no answer, it’s not worth agreeing, whatever the justification.
Check the decision against the authenticity of your own “I want.”
How it connects to the rest of the chart
Authority works as a pair with the Strategy of your Type: first Strategy brings the situation to you, then Authority tells you whether it’s yours or not. And Profile describes the role in which all of this happens. The defined centers are what Authority is made of.
This Authority comes from a defined Heart center. It occurs in these Types: Manifestor, Projector.