The Guardian
Senses vulnerability and protects
You sense who is vulnerable and move to protect them. You combine emotional awareness with risk assessment and action. Your blind spot is missing opportunities while focused on protection.
Archetype: Artemis — Goddess of the hunt, protector of the young
- Exceptional at sensing vulnerability and providing protection
- Combines empathy with threat awareness
- Acts to shield those at risk
- Creates safety for the vulnerable
- May over-protect, limiting growth
- Can miss opportunities while focused on safety
- Might create dependency rather than resilience
- Vision often limited to protection, not possibility
You sense vulnerability, assess threats, and act to protect. Guardian mode is your default.
Excels in roles where sensing vulnerability and providing protection creates safety for those at risk.
Warm and vigilant. Combines caring with clear warnings.
Senses vulnerability, assesses threat, acts to protect. Safety drives choices.
Can become hypervigilant, seeing threats everywhere. May limit growth through over-protection.
Thrives in protective environments where shielding the vulnerable matters. Needs authority to act.
You're protective and vigilant in relationships. You may need to balance protection with encouraging growth.
You're the friend who watches out for others and protects them from harm.
You naturally scan for who needs protection. You're the guardian of your team.
You learn through protecting and caring for others. Real cases engage you.
You protect the vulnerable party in conflicts.
- Look for growth opportunities within safety
- Partner with Opportunity-dominant thinkers for vision
- Ask "How can this person grow safely?" not just "How do I protect them?"
- Balance protection with empowerment
- Ask "How can they grow while staying safe?" not just "How do I protect them?"
- Partner with visionaries who can see possibilities within safety
- Balance protection with building resilience
- Practice empowering alongside guarding
Deep care for children with thoughtful, careful approach and gentle steady presence
Known for protecting vulnerable children and refugees through humanitarian work
Deep empathy, humanitarian work, adopts children
Calculated career moves, handles legal battles
Gets things done when motivated
Some projects fizzle, not a big-picture visionary
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