Lexicon

The Lexicon gathers the words, names and concepts of Consteia, with their origin, meaning and use. Some words are old and borrowed from Greek and Latin, others are new. Together they form the language in which Consteia speaks about time, awareness and stories. The Lexicon grows along with the world it describes.

Where an origin is not yet settled, the text says "probably". Where a name is still under consideration, that is stated too.

Contents

• How names come about
• Calendar, timekeeping and Chronae
• Consteia
• Spherae, the measurement systems
• Aetherae, the Consteia Visions
• Panchora, the foundation
• Noemae, the library
• Chronae, the timekeeping of the year
• Meridiae, the timekeeping of the day
• Clarae, Clarail and Claraion, the register of answers
• Praxae, the application
• Initiae, the beginning
• Evolvae, the assessment
• Consonae, the connection platform
• Consteia Aionae, the book series
• Considered but not chosen

How names come about

A short guide to the words of Consteia, so that new names stay part of the family.

The -ae suffix is the quiet signature of the system. It gathers Greek or Latin stems and raises them to proper names, for concepts, collectives and models: Cleisae, Chronae, Meridiae, Evolvae, Sonae, Aionae, Aetherae.

Greek place suffixes are meant for spaces and platforms: -chora (a receiving space, as in Panchora and formerly Noemachora) and -aion (a sanctuary or place, as in Synergaion and Claraion). Lately platform and page names such as Noemae, Praxae and Initiae carry the -ae too, and Clarail ends in -ail, after the French détail. The family grows and its rules grow with it.

Consteia itself stands apart. The Latin -ia marks the overarching name as an abstract unity, as in memoria or Italia.

Greek-Latin hybrids are chosen on purpose and have a historical basis: Greek stems with a Latin -ae is a centuries-old academic tradition. The mix gives the names a universal, classical sound that belongs to no single culture.

Dutch names (Consteiadag, Balansdag, Kristaldag, Zuidkeer, Noordkeer) were chosen for the timekeeping and everyday concepts. They give the system warmth and approachability next to its archaic depth. In English versions these have their own names, such as Consteia Day, Balance Day and Crystal Day.

The word aion plays two roles: as a word of meaning in Aionae (ages) and as a place suffix in Synergaion (place of collaboration). This is intentional; the word runs like a quiet vein through the names.

Calendar, timekeeping and Chronae

Consteia uses three words for time, each with its own place.

The wheel on which Chronae shows the year is called the year wheel. Where we explain the origin of the word calendar itself, we simply use it: there its weight should be visible.

Consteia

Origin: Latin, con- (together) + stella (star), via the Medieval Latin constellatio.
Meaning: Constellation; the coming together of stars into a pattern that carries meaning.

The overarching name of the whole project: the world, the platform, the timekeeping, the stories. The name says that separate elements together form something greater than each alone.

Spherae, the measurement systems

Pronunciation: SFEER-ae
Origin: Greek, σφαῖρα (sphaira), sphere, domain, a delimited field of existence.
Literally: The spheres of existence; delimited domains within which human being is mapped.

The overarching name for the measurement systems Consteia offers. A Sphera is a coherent system of knowledge and interpretation that describes one domain of human existence. Spherae are anchored in astronomy and cosmology. They describe what becomes visible when you look closely, and every Sphera has its own language, its own rhythm and its own precision. Together they form a collection of lenses that deepen the view.

Spherae stand beside Evolvae. Spherae measure and mirror from an astronomical foundation; Evolvae works as a space of movement for conscious growth and self-exploration, not mathematically measurable and just as essential.

Use: "The Astral Spherae describes your relationship with time and transition."

Astral Spherae

Astrology as a Sphera: cosmic movements as a mirror of human cycles, character patterns and life stages. Astronomically calculated from date, time and place of birth.

Biotic Spherae: Genae

Pronunciation: GHEH-nae
Origin: Latin gena and Greek γένος (genos): origin, lineage, what was born out of you.

The innate energetic design of a person. Genae is the Consteia name for what the western world knows as Human Design: the system that describes how someone entered life energetically, in decision-making and in relationships, at the moment of birth. Astronomically calculated from birth data.

Genae points to the source of the design: you are your design, and Genae is the language of your own nature. Within Evolvae, Genae appears as the Design layer: the innate patterns that complement and deepen the self-report.

Use: "Your Genae shows how you naturally make decisions."

Aetherae, the Consteia Visions

Origin: Greek, aithēr (αἰθήρ): the upper air, the clear sky, the quintessence. In Consteia style plural and proper name: Aetherae.
Literally: The aethers; the fifth substance in which the stars are set and through which the heavenly bodies move.

The overarching name for the Consteia Visions: the philosophy and worldview from which everything arises. In classical cosmology the aether is the pure medium in which the heavens unfold. As a layer of vision, Aetherae is exactly that: the carrying thought in which all parts are set and from which they draw their meaning. Where Panchora is the foundation on which the apps technically run, Aetherae is the why in which they breathe spiritually.

The name joins the -ae family beside Chronae, Evolvae and Aionae and keeps its distance from the place suffixes: a vision is a climate, not a place.

Panchora, the foundation

Origin: Greek, pan (πᾶν, all, everything) + chora (χώρα, space, receptacle).
Literally: The all-space; the receiving ground in which all forms come into being.

The name for the system on which all Consteia apps run and are managed. In everyday language that layer is called the CMS, but it has long been more than content management. Chora is Plato's primal space from the Timaeus: the matrix that receives forms and makes their becoming possible. Pan- raises it to the space that carries everything. Panchora is the generative ground beneath the platforms: the Spherae rest in it, and every app is instantiated from it and steered by it.

Panchora shares chora with Noemachora, the earlier name of Noemae. Where Noemachora received thoughts, Panchora receives and carries the whole.

Noemae, the library

Noemae

Origin: Greek, noema (νόημα), plural noemata. In Consteia style: Noemae.
Literally: Thoughts, contents of the mind; what a word carries beyond its sound.

The name of the library of Consteia, the platform where stories and texts slowly come into being. Read more about Noemae. At first Noemae was the name for the thought layer of the platform and the whole was called Noemachora. Now the platform itself carries the name Noemae, and the old name is slowly disappearing.

Noemachora (former name)

Origin: Greek, noema (νόημα, thought) + chora (χώρα, space, receptacle).
Literally: The space of thoughts; the place where thoughts take shape.

The earlier name of the writers' platform, now Noemae. Chora is a Platonic concept from the Timaeus: the primal space that receives forms and makes becoming possible. For a platform where stories slowly come into being, this is an especially precise name.

Synergaion

Origin: Greek, synergeia (συνέργεια, collaboration, synergy) + -aion (suffix for a place).
Literally: The place of collaboration; the space where thoughts and hands come together.

The name for the collaboration part of Noemae: editors, proofreaders, co-writers. Purely Greek, recognisable through the international word synergy, and fitting beside Noemae.

Use: "Noemae Synergaion" is the collaboration page of the platform.

Chronae, the timekeeping of the year

Origin: Greek, chronos (χρόνος, time). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Chronae.
Literally: The times; the system of timekeeping.

The overarching name for the timekeeping of Consteia for the year: the own era count (C.J.), the lunar division and the astronomical anchor points. Chronae measures the year, Meridiae measures the day, and the Aionae tell the ages. Read more about Chronae.

Special days

Consteia Day (Consteiadag)

The New Year's day of Chronae. It falls on an astronomically calculated moment: exactly halfway between the Southern Tropic (the December solstice, around 21 December) and the Northern Crossing (the March equinox, around 21 March). That is usually early February. Consteia Day is day 1 of the year and is coloured light green on the year wheel.

Balance Day (Balansdag)

The extra day at the end of a Consteia year when the solar year spans 366 days. The equivalent of the leap day, placed at the end of the year. Day 366 appears only in a Consteia leap year and is coloured white on the year wheel.

Crystal Day (Kristaldag)

The 28th day of every month, meant for reflection and integration. Every month thus ends with a day for contemplation. Crystal Day is coloured gold on the year wheel.

C.J., the Consteia Year

The own era count of Chronae. The zero point is Warren Field (around 8,000 BCE), the oldest known timekeeping in the world. Consteia year = Gregorian year + 8,000. So 2026 CE equals 10026 C.J.

The four cardinal points

Chronae orients itself on four astronomical moments at which the sun reaches a turning point or a crossing point. On the year wheel they appear as markers.

Southern Tropic (Dutch: Zuidkeer)

The December solstice (around 21 December), the moment the sun stands furthest south. Solar longitude 270°. In the northern hemisphere this is midwinter and the shortest day, in the southern hemisphere midsummer.

Northern Crossing (Dutch: Noordkruising)

The March equinox (around 21 March), the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator northward. Day and night are equally long. Solar longitude 0°. In the northern hemisphere this is the spring equinox, in the southern hemisphere the autumn equinox.

Northern Tropic (Dutch: Noordkeer)

The June solstice (around 21 June), the moment the sun stands furthest north. Solar longitude 90°. In the northern hemisphere this is midsummer and the longest day, in the southern hemisphere midwinter.

Southern Crossing (Dutch: Zuidkruising)

The September equinox (around 23 September), the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator southward. Day and night are equally long. Solar longitude 180°. In the northern hemisphere this is the autumn equinox, in the southern hemisphere the spring equinox.

Every language version of Chronae has its own names for the cardinal points. The Dutch names are the home version. The international Latin reference terms are Solstitium (solstice, turning point of the sun) and Aequinoctium (equinox, equal day and night). The names are astronomically precise and apply to both hemispheres, and each language area receives its own poetic rendering.

Per language version, cultural celebration names for the start of each season can be added as well, for example Lentebeginsdag and Zomerbeginsdag in Dutch. Each language area fills that in for itself.

The week of nine days

A Chronae week has nine days, named after natural forces. Nine days allow more ratios between work and rest than seven: 2:1, 5:4, 6:3. Three weeks fill a month up to and including the 27th day, after which Crystal Day follows.

The moon week

Alongside the nine-day week runs the moon week, from New Moon Week through Waxing Week and Full Moon Week to Waning Week, so you can see at a glance where the moon really stands.

Special days in other languages

The thirteen months

Chronae has 13 months of 28 days each. The month names are composed of the name of the matching constellation and a Latin or Greek numeral that gives the position. Month 11 is Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer: the constellation that traditional calendars leave out and Chronae acknowledges.

The names exist in six cultural variants. The table shows the Greek-Latin standard (the original) with the variants beside it. On the year wheel you choose which variant you see.

✦ Ophiuchus is the thirteenth constellation that crosses the ecliptic and is not recognised as a zodiac sign by traditional astrology. Chronae does recognise it: as the eleventh of the thirteen months.

Naming principle (Greek-Latin): constellation name + Latin or Greek numeral for the position: una (1), duo (2), tria (3), atra (4), quinta (5), sextia (6), septia (7), octa (8), nonia (9), deca (10), undek (11), deka (12), tred (13).

Meridiae, the timekeeping of the day

Origin: Latin, meridies (midday). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Meridiae. The name refers at the same time to the meridian that determines that midday.
Literally: The middays; the meridians.

The timekeeping of Consteia for the day. Where Chronae measures the year and follows the solstices, Meridiae follows midday, the moment the sun stands at its highest point. A country or state lives on the time that belongs to the sun's position at its own geographic centre, rounded to whole hours and without daylight saving time. Worldwide that yields roughly three hundred and ten areas. The hour bands of fifteen degrees sit half a band shifted relative to today's world, so that their borders lie at zero, fifteen and thirty degrees. In this proposal the date line lies at thirty degrees west.

Intention: Differences are there to be celebrated, and a time difference is an invitation to awareness. Meridiae is a proposal that imposes nothing. Whoever wants to use it begins today.

Use: "With Meridiae the sun stands highest in the Netherlands at 12:08, all year round."

Read more about Meridiae. Answers to questions about Meridiae can be found in the Claraion.

Clarae, Clarail and Claraion, the register of answers

Clarae, Clarail and Claraion together form the register of the clear answers of Consteia. The goal is the answer. People come with questions and look for answers, and Consteia has the answers to the questions they are likely to have. The question is the door through which someone reaches that answer. The English word clarification lies close to the idea.

• Claraion is the collection of all clear answers: the knowledge base. Open the Claraion.
• Clarae are the clear answers that belong to one theme, a subset of the Claraion.
• Clarail is one clear answer in its full length, with the related answers around it: the detail page of a Clarae.

Every Clarae has a short answer and a full answer, and an open question says by itself that knowing ends there. The movement goes from question to clarity.

Origin: Latin, probably clarus (clear, plain). Claraion carries the Greek place suffix -aion for a place: the place of clarity. Clarail ends in -ail, like the French détail and travail. The l is silent and it is pronounced "Clarai". The written l keeps the word apart from Clarae, which sounds almost the same.

Praxae, the application

Origin: Greek, probably praxis (action, putting into practice). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Praxae.

The Consteia name for Application. Praxae is the place in the menu where Consteia enters practice. Go to Praxae.

Initiae, the beginning

Origin: Latin, probably initium (beginning) or initiare (to initiate). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Initiae.

The starting page of Consteia, in the menu as "Start here". Initiae offers four paths: understanding the philosophy, experiencing the rhythm of Chronae, being carried along by the story, and creating and joining in yourself. On the homepage it is the first button of the Quick Access bar. Start here.

Evolvae, the assessment

Origin: Latin, evolvere (to unroll, to unfold, to let grow). In Consteia style: Evolvae.
Literally: The unfoldings; growth in motion.

The name for the assessment platform of Consteia, the system through which awareness development, patterns and growth become visible. Evolvae is still in development. Where Noemae receives stories, Evolvae receives the growth of people. Evolvae works as a mirror, without judgement and without labels. Beside the Spherae it is a space of movement: not mathematically or astronomically determined, but directed at conscious unfolding.

The three axes

Evolvae measures three things, and they stand perpendicular to each other.

The five F's form a related whole and no fourth axis: they lie beneath the Pole A and Pole B movements of every Cleis. Whether Aspectae really measures something different from the F's is an open question. Famulae is learned through fear, Fusae is detachment, Furiae is the accuser turned outward. That can be tested as soon as there is pilot data.

Sonae

Origin: Latin, sonus (sound, tone). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Sonae.
Literally: The sounds; the tones; the base frequencies.

The name for the four Meta-modifiers of the Prism (M1 through M4) as a collective. The Sonae are the base frequencies on which the whole Prism vibrates. They colour the climate of awareness before a single Cleis is active. The name fits the Consteia family: Consteia (stars), Cleisae (keys), Chronae (time), Evolvae (growth), Sonae (sounds).

Use: The Sonae are taken before the Cleisae. The individual Sonae are M1 (Tone), M2 (Ground), M3 (Stream) and M4 (Voice).

The Prism

The overarching structure of the Evolvae model. The Prism consists of four lenses (M1 through M4) that are taken before the thirteen Cleisae and determine from which climate of awareness someone fills in the rest of the assessment. As a glass prism breaks light into colours, the Prism breaks awareness into its component colours: motivation, embodiment, time orientation and authenticity.

M1, Tone: Fear ↔ Love

Key word: Drive. Domain of awareness: Motivation. Which emotional base tone steers someone's choices? Pole A is fear and survival as drive. Pole B is spiritual bypassing or denial of fear. Sovereign is love and surrender as the carrying force, even when it is hard.

M2, Ground: Detached ↔ Embodied

Key word: Embodiment. Domain of awareness: Base of awareness. Does the knowing live in the head or in the body? Pole A is cognitive detachment (dissociation). Pole B is overwhelm, a freeze on the somatic level. Sovereign is the body as first and reliable source of knowing.

M3, Stream: Past ↔ Future

Key word: Orientation. Domain of awareness: Time anchor. Where does attention live? Pole A is nostalgia and repetition patterns. Pole B is anticipation and the urge to control. Sovereign is the Now as the only place of real life.

M4, Voice: Persona ↔ Soul

Key word: Voice or compass. Domain of awareness: Societal lens. Which voice acts as inner compass: the voice of social conventions or the soul's own? Pole A is conformity, the outer voice internalised as one's own. Pole B is cynical rejection of all expectations. Sovereign is navigating consciously: hearing the outer world and always testing it against inner knowing.

The four living states

The four positions of awareness that arise from the combination of M1 (Fear ↔ Love) and M2 (Detached ↔ Embodied). They are climates that colour how Cleisae scores are read.

Ego and Soul

In Evolvae Ego is the collective name for every unintegrated state. Pole A and Pole B are both ego movements, in opposite directions. Soul (Dutch: Ziel) is the Sovereign expression: awareness that neither defends nor flees, and is truly present. The distinction points a direction and passes no judgement. The model asks from which state you are moving now.

Cleis and Cleisae

Origin: Greek, kleis (κλείς), plural kleides: key, clasp, fastening. In Consteia style Cleis (singular) and Cleisae (plural).
Literally: The keys; the clasps that connect.

Every Cleis is a two-direction axis: a life theme measured as expression, meaning how you move in this domain. Thirteen Cleisae together form the complete map of awareness of Evolvae.

The triptych

The three-part architecture within every Cleis: Pole A (exaggeration: too much, the ego fills the space), Sovereign (integrated expression: a qualitatively different state of presence than the middle) and Pole B (suppression: too little, the theme is avoided or written off). Pole A corresponds physiologically to sympathetic activation, Pole B to dorsal vagal shutdown and Sovereign to ventral vagal safety.

The thirteen Cleisae

The Cleisae are in active development. Every Cleis has two poles, exaggeration and suppression, whose names are still being refined. Below are the names and key words.

The five F's, survival responses

The five primary physiological reactions to (perceived) threat, drawn from polyvagal theory and trauma psychology. They lie beneath the Pole A and Pole B movements within the Cleisae.

Under consideration: Furiae, Fugae, Frigae, Fusae, Famulae as official Consteia names for the five F's. They keep the alliteration on F, all fall within the -ae family and each carries its own etymological weight. No final choice has been made yet.

Fawn, the hidden pole

Origin: English, to fawn (to appease, to cajole, to be submissive).

The fifth survival response is the hardest to recognise, because from the outside it looks like Sovereign behaviour: friendly, caring, present. The difference lies in the source. Fawn acts out of fear of rejection or conflict, Sovereign out of authentic choice. The Conscience Question is the instrument for making this distinction.

Conscience Question (GV)

An introspective key question per Cleis. Originally meant to tell Fawn (Famulae) from Sovereign, and by now also the measuring instrument for Animorae: the question whether someone sees their own state.

That explains why the Conscience Questions always felt unweighted within the triptych. They do not belong in the triangle, because they measure a different axis. They also remain what they were: a conscious moment of reflection that touches you, regardless of what it measures.

Names under consideration:

• Syneidea, from the Greek syneidesis (συνείδησις), literally knowing-together-with-oneself. The philosophical word for conscience as moral self-awareness: a moment of deep self-knowing that tells the real from the performed. The ending -ea marks an active working, a moving question.
• Consciae, from the Latin conscius (knowing with conscience), in the familiar -ae family. More accessible and a little less philosophically heavy.

Animorae, the phase of self-reflection

Pronunciation: a-ni-MO-rae
Origin: Latin, animus (spirit, mind, awareness), related to animadvertere: literally to turn the mind toward something, and so to notice, to become aware.
Literally: The perceptions; the turning of the mind toward itself.

The second axis of Evolvae, beside the triptych. Where the state says where someone stands, Animorae says whether they see it themselves, and whether they have the will and the skill to look at it sincerely.

Three levels suffice: this does not play in me, I see it and it does not work yet, I see it and I can handle it. The fourth stage of the Growth Map arises from the crossing with the state.

The name Animae would clash with Soul from the Ego-Soul pair, where anima already resonates. Animorae keeps the meaning of mind and so stays distinct.

Measured by: the seventeen Conscience Questions.

Use: "You stand in a pole, and Animorae shows that you see this clearly yourself."

Aspectae, the witness

Pronunciation: a-SPEK-tae
Origin: Latin, aspectus (look, the act of looking), from ad- (toward) + specere (to look). The same stem as speculum, mirror, and so related to the Speculae.
Literally: The looks; the ways in which a person looks at themselves.

The third axis of Evolvae. How does someone look at themselves while looking, and what do they think of what they see? The imagery was already there in C7: be a gentle witness to yourself. Aspectae asks which witness someone is.

Love and fear are independent of each other, so this is a crossing and no scale. There is no order from worse to less bad, and that is why they are variables and no number. A number would claim that self-condemnation is worse than detachment, and nobody knows that.

Astrology already has aspects. Aspectae lives alongside them and means something different.

Aspectae is derived from all the Conscience Questions together and so applies to the whole, not per Cleis. Someone who looks at themselves sternly at C7 will most likely do so at C6 and C11 too.

The four witnesses

The four positions within Aspectae.

The criterion. All four look. The difference lies in what for. The three witnesses look in order to discover something; the accuser looks for evidence for a verdict that was already settled. Looking with courage at what you fear is itself a form of love, and that is why this criterion separates open from closed and says less about the temperature of the gaze.

The fourth cell therefore no longer carries the name witness: the accuser has stopped witnessing. That break in the series carries meaning.

The loving witness (with love, without fear) looks and is gentle about it. They also see what disappoints and do not judge at once. This is the Sovereign state of C7.

The cautious witness (with love, with fear) looks while it is still tense. There is movement and warmth, and also still tension. Consciously Incompetent at its best, and the most hopeful place in the model. They ask for confirmation and patience.

The detached witness (without love, without fear) looks, and it no longer touches them. The gaze is there, the charge is gone; the pain left with the hope. Unwillingness to look belongs to Animorae, at the lowest level. If this cell meant not looking, it would coincide with Animorae and the crossing would cease to exist. Whoever denies has not looked. People shift strongly here, depending on how much connection they have with themselves at that moment.

The accuser (without love, with fear) sees sharply what is there and condemns themselves for it. Clear of eye and hard of tone, so that looking exhausts instead of liberates.

What makes them an accuser: they do not recognise their judgement as their own judgement. The accusing voice feels like a description of reality and not like an opinion, and so they want to place the cause outside themselves. That explains the persistence: from something you do not see as yours, you cannot take distance.

The first step is therefore recognising that judgement is happening. Only then do self-forgiveness and self-grief come into view.

The accuser is something other than the complainer: complaining carries self-pity, accusing seeks guilt.

The movements between the witnesses

The four witnesses are places. The words starting with self- are something else, and they fall into four kinds.

Paths are actions that move you.

The accuser thus has two ways out, and both are needed. Whoever forgives themselves without having mourned keeps it in the head; whoever mourns without forgiving leaves the accusation standing.

Holders are actions that hold you where you are. Self-reproach and self-judgement are what the accuser does, and so they confirm them in their position.

The pitfall. Self-pity resembles self-grief and leads nowhere. The distinction is essential. Self-grief is a temporary phase: it mourns what there is to see and has an end. Self-pity carries self-complaint, self-accusation and projection, often as defence or survival strategy, and so can harden into a pattern or a status.

Foundation. Self-respect is the floor beneath the whole column of love, and so falls outside the movements.

From the detached witness no word starting with self- helps, and that fits what that place is: there it begins with an experience, and an attitude comes later.

That makes the outcome something other than a label. The report can say where someone stands and which movement carries them. It then says: "self-forgiveness is what takes you from here to there."

The three rings

The three concentric layers of the Consteia ecosystem, from the inside out:

• Ring 1, Mirror: Evolvae itself, the assessment as a personal mirror, without judgement.
• Ring 2, Movement: Chronae, the timekeeping of Consteia, the rhythm of time as a frame for growth and repetition.
• Ring 3, Community: The learning circles (Dutch: leerstoelen): encounter, dialogue and collective development of awareness.

Stages of awareness and the Growth Map

Origin: Based on the Conscious Competence Ladder from educational psychology.

The four phases describe how deeply a pattern is already integrated, or still invisible.

Use in Evolvae: Every Cleis score places the user somewhere on this ladder, as orientation toward the growth edge and no final verdict.

The four phases arise from the crossing of the state (the triptych) with Animorae. The fourth stage is derived instead of asked, because whoever is unconsciously competent does not know it themselves.

Consciously Incompetent is an achievement: the phase where guidance does the most. The field of tension at the bottom left deserves attention. Whoever says they can do it while their answers show a pole has just broken through or is answering in a socially desirable way.

Under consideration: Scalae, from the Latin scala (step, ladder), so the steps. Scalae and Animorae now name the same thing. Animorae can replace Scalae, or they are separated: Scalae as the four steps and Animorae as the axis that measures on which step someone stands.

Growth edge

The difference between the lived vector (how someone experiences themselves now, through self-report) and the design vector (the pattern that comes from the Design layer, for example Genae). The growth edge is where most of the learnable lies, as an invitation. Consteia gives a growth edge as orientation.

Design layer

The optional deepening layer of Evolvae, based on Genae (Human Design): a birth-data-based system that maps energetic and cognitive patterns. The Design layer complements the self-report. Where the questionnaire measures the lived state, the Design layer measures the designed state. Together they make the growth edge visible. Genae terminology deliberately appears only in the feedback and not in the questions themselves.

The personal outcome: Star Chart

Current name: Star Chart (Dutch: Sterrenkaart). The personal outcome of the Evolvae assessment: the mirror that looks back.

Names under consideration:

• Speculae, from the Latin speculum (mirror), plural in -ae style. The report is a reflection of who you are now and passes no judgement.
• Imaginae, from the Latin imago (image, reflection), plural in -ae style. A little more poetic and more visual in character.

No final choice has been made yet. The question is: what feels most like "this is you, as the mirror shows you"?

Consonae, the connection platform

Origin: Latin, consonare (to sound together, to harmonise), from con- (together) + sonus (sound). In Consteia style plural and proper name: Consonae.
Literally: The sounding-togethers; what sounds together into harmony.

The name for the connection platform of Consteia, still in development: the place where people find each other on attunement and harmony. The name is broader than romance. Where the platform was earlier called Amorae (from amor, love), Consonae moves the emphasis from the amorous to the resonant. People fit together when their base tones sound together. The name deliberately rhymes with the Sonae, the base frequencies of the Prism: where the Sonae describe the sound of one person, the Consonae describe what happens when two sounds touch. Matching takes place on the Cleisae and the Sonae and so goes deeper than the surface. Because the name does not cling to the amorous, the platform can later be broadened to connection groups: every form of people who want to sound together.

Considered earlier: Amorae, see Considered but not chosen.

Consteia Aionae, the book series

Origin: Greek, aion (αἰών): age, eternity, the great course of an era. Plural aiones. In Consteia style: Aionae.
Literally: The Ages; the great epochs.

The new name for what was earlier called the Consteia Chronicles: the book series. Aionae gives the series the reach it deserves, as a succession of ages. Chosen deliberately beside Chronae: Chronae measures time, Aionae tells the ages. To the first book.

Considered but not chosen

Words that were made and discussed during the creative process, and in the end received another destination or were overtaken by a better choice. We keep them because they may still hold value.

This Lexicon grows along with the Consteia universe.