I wasn’t able to find a pair chart online, so I decided to create one for myself and others. This chart is based on typelogic pair definitions found here, and the 16 MBTI® personality types researched by Dr. Myers & Dr. Briggs and the theories of Dr. Carl G. Jung (1875 – 1961).
The 16 Personality Types
ENFP, INFP, ENFJ, INFJ, ESTJ, ISTJ, ESFJ, ISFJ, ENTP, INTP, ENTJ, INTJ, ESTP, ISTP, ESFP, ISFP.
The Pair Definitions
Advisor: Each has an area of insight that the other lacks
Cohort: Mutually drawn into experiential escapades
Companion: Similar modes of expression: bear each other’s company well
Complement: Compatible strengths with opposite emphases
Supplement: Like Pal, but functions are farther removed: each can add to the other’s strengths
Tribesman: Share a sense of culture, but with different interests and abilities
Anima: Fits Dr. Beebe’s description of the anima/anumus: each is the other’s inferior (4th) function
Contrast: Point and counterpoint on each function
Counterpart: Perform similar functions in totally different realms
Enigma: A puzzle: totally foreign in nearly every facet
Identity: Same types: a typological mirror-image
Neighbor: Arrive at the same place by variant processes
Novelty: Intriguingly different: interestingly so
Pal: Work and play well together: minimal natural type conflict
Pedagogue: Each is both the other’s mentor and student: has a “parent to child” feel
Suitemate: A person one might be comfortable sharing an office. Prefer similar climates, but don’t necessarily have much in common as far as goals or world view