What are the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?

They are the two palaces about the animal itself — and for an animal the difference between them is context, never concealment — Nature & Temperament, Socialising & Impressions. The grouping is not invented for animals: it is the same three-way split the twelve palaces are always read under, with the names put into the register an animal lives in.

Why are there 2 palaces under Persona and not four each?

Because the three groups are uneven by construction. Two of the twelve describe the animal itself, and the remaining ten split evenly between its relationships and the practical shape of its life. Dividing them into three fours would have meant moving a palace somewhere it does not belong for the sake of a tidy number.

When does a pet reach the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?

At Bond Level 3, which is one rung later than a person reaches the same palaces. An animal's first two rungs are spent on species and breed, and then on birth year and gender — so the hour that actually casts a chart is the last thing it gets rather than the first. These twelve are also the last free reading a pet produces: there is no Soul rung for an animal.

Where is the human version of the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?

At the persona lens under the twelve palaces, which reads the same group for a person — careers, marriages, property and money, none of which an animal has. Both pages link each other. If you keep charts for yourself and for an animal, reading the pair is the fastest way to see what the rename is actually doing.

Twelve palaces, read for an animal

Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)

Palaces: 2 of twelve
Covers: The Animal, Home and Outside
Read at: Bond Level 3
Human version: persona

The Inner & Outer Persona (Pet) are the two palaces about the animal itself — and for an animal the difference between them is context, never concealment. They are the same 2 cells of the same cast chart a person's persona palaces are read from, named for the life an animal is actually living.

The 2 under Persona

Nature & Temperament

the one palace an animal cannot hide — there is no gap between what it is and what it does

A person can decide to be someone else in front of guests.

Socialising & Impressions

how the animal meets the world, and the image the world hands it before it has done anything

A person builds the self that strangers meet, and can rebuild it.

The seven species, and what each one is

These two palaces describe the animal itself rather than one slice of its life, which makes this the hub where the catalogue belongs. Every reading on these pages is adjusted by which of the seven is standing in front of you.

Species	Nature	How it bonds	Watch for
🐕 Dog	Ten thousand years beside people taught dogs to read a face faster than most humans can. A dog builds its whole world around its pack — your comings and goings are the plot of its day.	Trust grows through shared ritual — the same walk, the same greeting, touch given freely. To a dog, consistency and love are the same word.	Long stretches alone wound deeper than any scolding — a lonely dog turns the ache into noise and chewed furniture.
🐈 Cat	Cats domesticated themselves and kept the paperwork — they are sovereign creatures who choose their people on purpose. That choice, once made, runs deep and quiet.	Trust is earned in stillness: slow blinks, shared silence, respect for territory. The cat closes the distance — your job is to hold the door open.	Grabbing the affection you were about to be given sets the clock back weeks — forced holds teach a cat to keep an exit in view.
🦜 Bird	A bird is a flock intelligence in a single body — it studies your voice the way you study its song, and weaves you into its idea of sky. Many count their keepers as mates, with all the devotion and jealousy that implies.	Bond through rhythm — morning greetings, call-and-response, meals in company. To a bird, being answered is being loved.	Silence is the one cruelty — a bird left out of the conversation plucks the loneliness into its feathers.
🐇 Rabbit	Rabbits run on prey logic — trust is expensive, so every inch they grant is real. Under the caution lives a social, affectionate animal that binds tightly once it feels safe.	Get down to their floor and let them come — dawn and dusk visits, treats from a flat palm, never a chase. Predictability is how a rabbit spells safety.	Sudden lifts and loud rooms keep a rabbit permanently braced — pick them up only when you must.
🐹 Hamster	A hamster is a one-animal kingdom — solitary by law, industrious by night, mapping its world through scent and whisker. Its bond with you is real but written small: calm in your palm, bold in your presence.	Trust arrives through the nose — the same hands at the same evening hour, a treat held still, no daytime ambushes.	Waking a hamster mid-sleep reads as a predator strike — patience at dusk beats persistence at noon.
🐠 Fish	A fish's personality is real but written in water — greeting the glass at feeding time, following your silhouette, wearing its health as color. It is the quietest companion and the most honest mirror of care.	The bond is stewardship — stable water, fixed feeding hours, your face at the glass until it means safety. Ritual is the whole language.	Neglect shows before it harms — dulled color and hiding are the tank asking for help.
🦎 Reptile	Reptiles run on older firmware — heat, hunger and habit govern the day. Inside that physics lives real recognition: many learn their keeper's hands, step and schedule, and choose calm around them.	Bond through ritual — the same feeding hour, slow warm hands, sessions that end before stress begins. You are courting an ancient nervous system; move like it.	Cold hands and sudden reaches read as predation — temperature and tempo decide everything.

The element beside each species on its own page is the pet catalogue's reading, not a chart's — it is the seat a species occupies, and it holds before any birth date is known.

The other two groups

Relationships (Pet)

5 palaces

Keeper, Housemates and Kin.

Foundations (Pet)

5 palaces

Territory, Drive, Body, Home.

All twelve, with the rename table beside them, are on the pet palaces index.

Frequently asked

What are the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?: They are the two palaces about the animal itself — and for an animal the difference between them is context, never concealment — Nature & Temperament, Socialising & Impressions. The grouping is not invented for animals: it is the same three-way split the twelve palaces are always read under, with the names put into the register an animal lives in.
Why are there 2 palaces under Persona and not four each?: Because the three groups are uneven by construction. Two of the twelve describe the animal itself, and the remaining ten split evenly between its relationships and the practical shape of its life. Dividing them into three fours would have meant moving a palace somewhere it does not belong for the sake of a tidy number.
When does a pet reach the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?: At Bond Level 3, which is one rung later than a person reaches the same palaces. An animal's first two rungs are spent on species and breed, and then on birth year and gender — so the hour that actually casts a chart is the last thing it gets rather than the first. These twelve are also the last free reading a pet produces: there is no Soul rung for an animal.
Where is the human version of the Inner & Outer Persona (Pet)?: At the persona lens under the twelve palaces, which reads the same group for a person — careers, marriages, property and money, none of which an animal has. Both pages link each other. If you keep charts for yourself and for an animal, reading the pair is the fastest way to see what the rename is actually doing.

Seat your animal on the board with its hour, day and month of birth, and all twelve palaces are cast from its own chart rather than looked up.

Open the Bonding Map