The Spades Type

Dependable and reliable: the pillar of society


The Spade social type is the sort of person who sees themselves as being honourable, loyal and concerned with duty.

If your dominant personality is a Spade, you will tend to believe that proper moral conduct is is an essential part of your behaviour, and your partner's.

Other key qualities that Spades have in common is that, they:


  • Respect authority (often holding significant positions of authority and responsibility).
  • Are concerned with correct thinking ( being very literal, ordered and with high attention to detail).
  • Are conscientious ( being willing to do the work required, even if there is no recognition on offer for doing that).
  • Are conventional (meaning they will tend to admire more traditional values, and the more accepted social customs).
  • Are cautious but not fearful (Spades can approach almost anything, with careful consideration, then proceed forward unafraid).
  • Are talented people managers (Spades have a gift for being social, and naturally managing everyone, from friends and family to people at work).
The dominant attraction chemistry of a Spade, is the mood chemical Serotonin. This is the 'reliable, patient and hardworking' mood chemical of the brain. We all have it - in varying quantities - but Spades have it, well, in Spades! It's how they get stuff done.


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The high levels of the mood chemical Serotonin, means that Spades are naturally resistant to excesses of anger, fear and aggression. So a Spade will naturally be very calm and self-confident. As a side-benefit, they also tend to have much higher levels of another mood chemical Oxytocin. This is associated with the ability to easily build trust in relationships, and creates better understanding of other people's moods (empathy).