Atlas: The Territory of Wounding

This layer maps the pathological configurations—where the Navigator gets stuck, captured, or distorted.

The Shadow Poles

The extreme, isolated ends of the axes.

Form Axis: The Tyrant ($\Lambda+$) and The Dissolver ($\Delta+$).
Direction Axis: The Titan ($\Pi+$) and The Stone ($\text{K}+$).
Relation Axis: The Fortress ($\text{M}+$) and The Swarm ($\Phi+$).

Dynamic Patterns

How the shadows move and interact.

Pendulum Orbit: The Binge/Purge cycle.
Slingshot Orbit: The Boom/Bust cycle.
Push-Pull Orbit: The Disorganized Relational cycle.
Shame Gravity: The force that traps you in the well.

Pathological Geometries

Structural distortions of the Navigator’s space.

Vertical Shear: Severance of the Apex (“Flatland”).
Hollow Core: Hard shell, no center (Imposter).
Cleavage Plane: Mind/Body split.

Origins

The Seven Wounds: The core existential injuries (Meaning, Body, etc.) that drive these geometries.

APPENDIX: QUICK REFERENCE MATRIX

All Six Poles at a Glance

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║  AXIS       │ POLE   │ GUARDIAN        │ EXILE            │ FUEL           │ SYNTHESIS    ║
╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║  FORM       │ TYR    │ Rigid Controller│ Chaos Child      │ Spontaneity    │ SYNTH:EO     ║
║  (Λ↔Δ)      │ DIS    │ Numbing Agent   │ Overwhelmed Child│ Sensitivity    │ (Embodied    ║
║             │        │                 │                  │                │  Order)      ║
╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║  DIRECTION  │ TIT    │ Manic Achiever  │ Worthless Child  │ Innate Worth   │ SYNTH:WS     ║
║  (Π↔Κ)      │ STN    │ Protective      │ Heartbroken Child│ Hope/Desire    │ (Wise        ║
║             │        │ Shutter         │                  │                │  Striving)   ║
╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║  RELATION   │ FOR    │ Isolator        │ Betrayed Child   │ Trust/Intimacy │ SYNTH:SC     ║
║  (M↔Φ)      │ SWM    │ Merger/Pleaser  │ Abandoned Child  │ Self-Essence   │ (Sovereign   ║
║             │        │                 │                  │                │ Cooperation) ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

Orbit Reference

ORB:PEND  │ TYR ↔ DIS │ Days-Weeks   │ Binge-Purge      │ Shared: Overwhelm/Shame
ORB:SLING │ TIT ↔ STN │ Months-Years │ Boom-Bust        │ Shared: Worthlessness
ORB:PUSH  │ FOR ↔ SWM │ Weeks-Months │ Push-Pull        │ Linked: Betrayal/Abandonment