Scoring System

Your resonance score maps to one of five compatibility tiers. These are descriptions, not grades — every tier has value, and lower scores do not mean a bad relationship.

The scoring system is calibrated so that Full Signal (the highest tier) appears for roughly 5% of all pairs. This keeps it rare enough to feel meaningful while common enough that most people will encounter it at least once.

Different Frequency (the lowest tier) does not mean incompatible. It means you operate on different channels — which can be the foundation of the most interesting relationships if you learn to translate.

The birthday component is weighted highest because it is the least variable input. Signal pattern and energy style can shift based on how you interpret the options on a given day; birthday is fixed. Using it as the primary driver produces the most consistent results across different sessions.

The birthday calculation uses MMDD proximity — how close two birthdays are on a cyclical calendar. Two people born on adjacent days score higher on this component than two people born six months apart. The calculation wraps around year boundaries, so January 2 and December 31 are treated as close. Birth year is not used, which means age is not a factor.

Signal pattern is the second-largest factor because it describes behavioral timing — when and how your social energy is available. Two people can be deeply aligned on values and communication style and still struggle if one person's energy consistently peaks when the other's is unavailable. Pattern compatibility addresses this dimension directly.

The pattern interaction is not binary. A Steady One pairing with an All-or-Nothing does not simply get penalized — the score reflects the specific structural tension between those patterns, and some cross-pattern dynamics include natural compensation mechanisms that soften the gap.

Energy style is weighted lightest because it is the most directly changeable input — you could choose a different style and immediately produce a different score. Its contribution is designed as a modifier rather than a driver: it adjusts the score based on how two care-giving styles interact without dominating the result.

The most important role of energy style is not in the score calculation itself, but in determining which description variant you receive. Aligned, complementary, and different energy style pairings each unlock a distinct reading of the same Third Entity — which is why two pairs with identical frequency archetypes can still receive meaningfully different relationship descriptions.

The final 10% comes from a cross-component interaction calculation — the resonance between all three inputs considered together rather than separately. When birthday, pattern, and energy style align in a structurally coherent combination, the interaction term adds a modest boost. When they are in tension, it subtracts slightly.

This term exists because compatibility is not purely additive. The same energy style that complements one archetype can create friction with another. The interaction component captures this non-linearity without requiring a more complex model.