Umm, Eric B, I don't know if this some straight-in-the-face thing that I should understand, but I can't see the link. How do I click on it?
I understand the idea. But I think I'm an idiot because I don't understand how to interpret these charts.
No, it's probably me. I think I underestimated the need for an explanation.
It's the same as the 1-8 for the basic 16 patterns. only the thing is, since you have more first functions, (and 2nd or third, whatever) as you're combining patterns, you have to have other functions in lower places to compensate. So you're not going to get functions in eight different places, although generally there are still four functions on each side. With the rationale that the natural capacities of the patterns (if not individuals) are equivalent, I took the number 36, which was the total if you add up 1-8 for the main functions, and applied it as the total for the other 60 types. I was also working with the idea of balance between the functions themselves (for example, if there are 2 ones and 2 twos, there also have to be 2 sevens and 2 eights). I was able to apply this later by making sure that working outside-in, there were either 4 sets of functions that added up to nine, or two that added up to nine and one that added up to eighteen in the middle, so it's all balanced out in that way as well as by the general number.
Again, how I figured out the patterns was by combining existing patterns. I put the patterns of the types I was combining into rows, using what seems to be the standard E before I, S before N, T before F, and J before P, and then crossing out repetitions of each function. Initially I had it wrong- I used the functions in the order that they first appeared, but at some point I realized that Te and Se seemed more likely to come before Si and Ti in my pattern, and I looked at a few other peoples' patterns as well which made more sense the second way. Oh yeah, the second way was to either take the first four functions and then the last four and cross out the ones in the middle (or the first five with the last two between primary and shadow). That's the way I currently have the patterns, and i'm convinced of it because it also has a similar structure to the basic 16. It keeps the E I reversal from primary to shadow which the other method doesn't, and it keeps the order of functions' opposites (by this I mean, if you have Ni first, you're going to have Se before Si). You might want to try combining the patterns yourself- it might make better sense if you actually try it.
The thing with the 7 nonexistent patterns I explained just a few posts ago.
I hope this makes a little more sense now. Again, I used Wikisocion's function descriptions as a frame of reference (they list what functions do in each place), although you have to use your judgment on it, since they'll make statements assuming if Ni is in seventh place then it's after Ne or Se when that might not be the case for a particular subtype. but I think it's generally pretty useful information as a frame of reference for understanding a particular type. (you just type the function abbreviations into the search box).
Let me know if there's anything else about the charts that you don't understand.