Functional Axis: Fe/Ni/Se/Ti
Dominant Function: Fe
Lily is described by those who knew here as an uncommonly kind woman naturally attaining to the needs of those around her. She is also described as having a quite charming, vivacious and lively personality, naturally reading the roam and enchanting others like her teacher Slughorn with her charm. Furthremore Lily has firm values, most of which are based on her ideals learned on school and at home. She can be judgmental about others and even abandons Snape when he didn‘t cut ties with his fellow death eaters. Her firmness in her moral principles can also be seen when she stands up to James for bullying Snape, even though he hurt her with his decisions prior. Her selfless devotion to those close to her can also be seen in her ultimate sacrifice for Harry (this isn‘t necessary exclusive to Fe users though).
Auxilliary Function: Ni
Lily was described as being able to create beautiful magic from an early age on. Her intuition allowed her to learn new spells particularly quick, like when she created a flower out of her bare hands when meeting Snape, showing an intuitive grasps on her magic, which with she experimented freely. The present she made to Slughorn, which is a flower patel that transforms into a goldfish is also highly symbolical, representing her personality and disappearing after she dies. As those, who knew her mention, Lily „had a way of seeing the beauty in others, especially and perhaps most importantly if that person couldn‘t see it in themselves.“ This ability to anticipate hidden potential is a common feature among high Ni users.
Tertiary Function: Se
Lily has an eye for beauty, creating flowers of her own hand and using the image of a flowrr tranforming to a goldfish to visualize her evolution to Slughorn. She is also lively and somewhat impulsive in her experimentation with her magic. Quick to react and speak of she often doesn‘t think twice about aiding others, acting in the moment. She is both grounded in demeanor and ethereal in her ideals, showing a good balance in her perceiving axis.
Inferior Function: Ti
Lily can be quite critical and judgmental of others, but this side of her personality Bly comes out if she feels hurt or when her values are threatened. She follows her own lgic that is often clouded by the emotional judgments she made, rather than some external code.