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The four temperaments

Temperament is the constitution you were built with. Crystals and Programs are the software running on top of it. Choose a dominant temperament, then a neighbor, and read your blend.

RGP reads biotype from the body (proportions, skin, jaw, hands, where fat is stored) plus medical history, not from a questionnaire. Choosing here is a starting point, not a diagnosis.

1. Pick your dominant·2. Pick a neighbor (optional)

SanguineOpposite: shares no quality, so it cannot be paired.

Fire-Water (Fuego-Agua)RGP-specificException to the neighbor rule

RGP describes a rare pattern, mostly in women: the intensity of a choleric inside a phlegmatic body frame. Very strong presence, slim arms and shoulders, little muscle volume. It is an exception to the neighbor rule (fire and water are opposites), so treat it as RGP-specific and do not generalize it.

Body

Lean and fibrous, long face, squared jaw, analytical gaze, dry skin. Builds compact strength, not volume. When weight is gained it tends to settle as a round belly on slim limbs.

Health notes (RGP)

RGP describes the digestion of this biology as the most sensitive of the four, which often shows up as careful eating habits. Educational context only, not medical advice.

Educational content. Health notes describe tendencies claimed by the RGP method and are not medical advice or a diet prescription. Talk to a licensed professional for health decisions.

See the lineage behind this temperament →
Where it tends to be common (RGP)

RGP calls it the typical European biology.

Strengths

Deep analytical thinking · high quality standards · reflective creativity · lasting loyalty · aesthetic sensitivity · long-range planning · genuine empathy once trust exists · sees what others overlook.

Shadow

Paralyzing perfectionism · pessimism · harsh self-criticism · tendency toward sadness · rigid about imperfection · hard to act before everything is resolved · over-analysis delays · can feel chronically misunderstood.

Communication

Careful and measured. Needs time to process, and silence is processing, not rejection. Can read as distant or cold without being so. Often keeps a poker face that hides what it feels.

Under stress

Withdraws and ruminates. Turns critical, first of itself. In the intense version it risks prolonged discouragement and can be hurting without anyone noticing.

At work

Thrives in precision, analysis, design, research and quality control. Needs calm, clear meaning and few interruptions.

Relationships

Most common ground with Choleric (both dry) and Phlegmatic (both cold). Least in common with Sanguine (opposite).

Integrated

Speaks rarely but says what matters, and uses its mind as a superpower instead of a weapon against itself.

Disintegrated

Isolates, builds a private reality, and spends its best mind searching for what is wrong with itself. RGP's reminder: it feels misunderstood from childhood and can read a compliment as pity or as hidden criticism.

Growth path

Loosen the fear of suffering and the need for guarantees. Drop the impossible standard and let yourself move forward imperfectly.

Words that land well
OrderMeaningDepthQualityBeautyPlanning
Words that grate
ChaosSuperficialityBeing misunderstoodForced improvisationMediocrity

Canon · RGP biotype method + classical humoral tradition

Hardware and software

Where temperaments tend to show up in the crystals

Interpretive overlay, not canon

Interpretive overlay, not canon. A reading of where each temperament tends to show up among the six crystals. It is not from RGP or the HOS canon.

  • C1
    Schizoid
  • C2
    Oral
  • C3
    Top-Heavy
  • C4
    Bottom-Heavy
  • C5
    Masochist
  • C6
    Rigid
The 16 combinations

Four primaries by four secondaries gives 16 cells. Under the neighbor rule, 4 are pure, 8 are neighbor blends, and 4 are blocked opposites.

Chol.Sang.Phle.Mela.
Chol.
Pure
Blocked (opposite)
Sang.
Pure
Blocked (opposite)
Phle.
Blocked (opposite)
Pure
Mela.
Blocked (opposite)
Pure

The 16 count is as reported by the user from RGP's teaching. The pure cells are not yet confirmed in the source.

Biology vs personality

Biology is what you are built as. Personality is what you act like (a DISC style). When the two differ, the RGP method reads the gap as a clue to an early adaptation, often tied to how a child interpreted the mother (internal security, worth) and the father (external security, risk-taking). Use it as a question to explore, not a diagnosis.

  • Choleric
    Dominant (the Controller)

    RGP asks, when a non-choleric person acts choleric, about not feeling loved by the mother.

  • Sanguine
    Influencer (the Promoter)

    RGP reads a sanguine style as a sign of having received a lot of mother and a lot of father.

  • Melancholic
    Conscientious (the Analyzer)

    RGP reads this style as a child who felt misunderstood by both parents.

  • Phlegmatic
    Steady (the Supporter)

    Not specified in the source material. Complete from RGP training before publishing.

A reflection prompt, not a diagnosis.

Educational content. Health notes describe tendencies claimed by the RGP method and are not medical advice or a diet prescription. Talk to a licensed professional for health decisions.

Evidence →

Attributed to the RGP biotype method and the classical humoral tradition.