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Chapter 3 · The diagrams

Human cycles, writ large

The annotated Chapter 3 diagrams from Body, Cycles & Consciousness — to read on screen, or print in large format.

The book points here. You’ll find every diagram from the cycles chapter, enlarged and annotated: the five phases, the three signals, the five setups. Same reading conventions, same colours throughout.

Tip: Ctrl/Cmd + P prints each figure large, one per page — transparent backgrounds, no menu.

Reading conventions

How to read these diagrams

The reading conventionsA small chart: a vertical axis graded from −100 at the bottom to +100 at the top, a dashed horizontal line at zero, and a series of dots joined by a gently rising curve. One dot is highlighted and labelled “one day”.+1000−100one day

  • Vertical axis, from −100 to +100

    Each diagram tracks a single inner state on one scale: −100 (trough, survival) to +100 (peak, full power).

  • The dashed line = 0 = neutral state

    Zero is neither good nor bad: it’s the waterline, the neutral state everything oscillates around.

  • One dot = one logged day

    Each dot is one recorded day. The curve joins your entries: it’s the shape, not any single day’s value, that carries the meaning.

The 5 phases

The five phases of the inner cycle

A full cycle, in order. Compression is the tipping point: it can resolve upward (breakout) or downward (correction).

The inner cycle, phase by phaseA curve travelling through five coloured bands, left to right. In the range it oscillates weakly around +10 with no direction. In compression the amplitude tightens to a pinch point around +11. From there, two outcomes: a solid branch heads up (breakout) and climbs to about +90 (trend) before ebbing back to +20 (correction); a dashed branch instead drops to −60, the downside resolution of the compression.+100+500−50−100RangeCompressionBreakoutTrendCorrectionBreakout ↑Correction ↓bifurcation

Bifurcation. As it leaves compression, the solid branch heads up (breakout); the dashed branch shows the opposite outcome, downward. Until compression resolves, the direction stays open.

Range

consolidation
How it feels
Dead calm, sometimes boredom. Energy oscillates with no direction, inside a narrow band.
The classic mistake
Forcing a move, thrashing about to “make something happen”.
The practice
Observe, lay the groundwork, conserve your energy. You don’t harvest in the range.

Compression

tightening
How it feels
Rising tension, amplitude narrowing day after day. Something is building.
The classic mistake
Mistaking the quiet for the death of the cycle and quitting just before the move.
The practice
Stay ready without betting on the direction. Compression always precedes expansion.

Breakout

breakout
How it feels
Momentum at last. A clear direction asserts itself, energy releases all at once.
The classic mistake
Doubting the breakout and missing the train — or jumping on every false start.
The practice
Confirm the exit from compression, then commit. This is the moment to act.

Trend

flow
How it feels
The current carries you. Everything links up, effort pays, pullbacks stay light.
The classic mistake
Believing yourself invincible, overplaying, forgetting every trend eventually exhausts itself.
The practice
Follow the move, let it run, adjust without breaking the momentum.

Correction

retracement
How it feels
The ebb. Energy comes back down, weariness returns. It isn’t a failure — it’s the cycle breathing.
The classic mistake
Living the correction as a relapse and calling everything into question.
The practice
Trim the sails, consolidate your gains, prepare the next range.
The 3 signals

Three signals to spot

Three shapes that announce a change before it arrives.

Divergence

Energy climbs, but meaning drops away. The two curves separate: the fuel is there, the direction is lost.

energymeaning
DivergenceTwo curves that diverge: one (energy) rises steadily from bottom to top; the other (meaning) descends as a dashed line. The gap between them widens day by day.+1000−100

Volatility compression

Amplitude narrows day after day. The swings tighten around zero: the cycle holds its breath.

Volatility compressionAn oscillation whose amplitude shrinks each day, starting from wide swings and converging toward a nearly flat line near zero.+1000−100

Reversal

The curve climbs back: −70, then −50, then −30, then 0. As it crosses zero, the state flips from negative to positive.

ReversalA curve rising from the bottom — around −70, −50, −30 — in steps, crossing the zero line, where a filled dot marks the reversal point.+1000−100reversal
The 5 setups

Five typical setups

Five recurring shapes — worth recognising so you don’t get caught out.

False breakout

A sharp jump, with no prior compression. No coiled spring: the curve falls back to its base within 24–48 h.

False breakoutA curve steady at its base, then a sudden spike upward with no prior tightening, followed by a quick return to the starting level.+1000−100

Silent compression

A near-flat week, glued to zero. Nothing seems to move — and that’s often where the spring is loading.

Silent compressionAn almost flat curve, oscillating very faintly around zero for about a week, with no spikes at all.+1000−100

Bullish divergence

Meaning climbs back while energy stalls or drops. The bottom turns before the surface does.

meaningenergy
Bullish divergenceTwo curves: meaning rises steadily while energy, dashed, stays flat then declines. The divergence leans upward.+1000−100

Double bottom

Two successive troughs at the same level, split by a rebound that doesn’t clear the top of the range. The second trough holds: the base is set.

Double bottomA curve forming two troughs at the same low level, each marked with a dot, split by an intermediate rebound that stays below the range ceiling, then heading back up.+1000−100rangebottombottom

Volatility expansion

Amplitude widens from one day to the next. The swings grow: the cycle wakes from its torpor.

Volatility expansionAn oscillation whose amplitude grows each day, moving further and further from zero, both up and down.+1000−100
Going further

The same shapes, on real markets

These figures aren’t an inner curiosity: they’re the ones traders read on the markets. Range, compression, breakout, trend, correction — the vocabulary is the same. Below, a real market chart, to load only if you want to.

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