What's My Jungian Archetype?

What's My Archetype?

The term"archetype" has its origins in ancient Greek. The root words are archein, which means"old or original"; and typos, meaning"design, design or type". The combined meaning is the"original pattern" of that all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are derived, replicated, modeled, or emulated.


The psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung, utilized the concept of archetype in his theory of the psyche. He considered that universal, mythic personalities - archetypes - live over the collective unconscious of people all over the world. Archetypes represent fundamental motifs of our expertise as we developed they evoke emotions that are deep.

This is why they are called "Jungian Archetypes".

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Even though there are lots of distinct archetypes, Jung defined twelve principal types that signify fundamental human motivations.

Each kind has its own set of values, significance and personality traits. The twelve types are divided into three sets of four, specifically Soul Ego and Self.




The types in each established share a standard origin that is driving, for example types within the Ego set are driven to fulfill agendas.

Most, if not all, people have several archetypes at play in their personality build; nonetheless, one archetype will dominate the personality in general. It can be helpful to know which archetypes are at play on your own and others, especially loved ones, friends and co-workers, in order to get personal insight into behaviors and motivations.

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The Ego Types

1. The Innocent

Motto: Free for me and you

Core want
Goal

Best fear: for doing something to be punished

Plan: to do things right
Weakness: dull for all their innocence
Talent: optimism and faith
The Innocent is also known as: Utopian dreamer.

2. The Orphan/Regular Guy or Gal

Motto: All men and women are created equal

Core Desire: linking with others

Goal: to belong

Greatest fear: to be left outside or to stand out in the audience

Strategy: develop ordinary virtues that are solid, be down to earth

Weakness: losing one's own self in an effort to mix in or for the sake of shallow relationships

Talent: lack of pretense, hindsight, empathy

The Regular Person can also be called: The fantastic old boy, everyman, the person next door, the realist, the working stiff, and the solid citizen, the fantastic neighbor, the silent majority.

3. The Hero

Motto: Where there's a will, there is a way

Core want: to establish one's worth through acts

Goal: expert in

Greatest fear: weakness, vulnerability, being a"poultry"
Plan: to be qualified and strong as possible

Weakness: arrogance needing another battle
Ability: competence and courage

The Hero is also known as: The warrior, crusader, rescuer, superhero, the soldier, dragon slayer, the winner and the group player.

4. The Caregiver

Motto: Love your neighbour as yourself

Core want: to protect and care for others
Goal
Greatest fear: selfishness and ingratitude
Plan: doing things

Weakness: being exploited and martyrdom

Talent: compassion

The Caregiver is also called: The saint, altruist, parent, helper.

The Soul ArcheTypes

5. The Explorer

Motto: Don't fence me in

Core want: the liberty to Learn who you are through exploring the world

Goal: to undergo a much better, more accurate, more fulfilling life

Biggest fear: becoming trapped, conformity, and emptiness
Strategy: travel, experiencing new things and seeking out, escape from boredom

Weakness: aimless wandering, becoming a misfit

Talent: autonomy being true to one's soul

The explorer is also known as: The seeker, iconoclast, wanderer, individualist, pilgrim.

6. The Rebel

Motto: Rules are made to be broken

Core want: revenge or revolution

Goal: to overturn what isn't currently working

Greatest fear: to become ineffectual or powerless

Strategy: destroy disrupt, or jolt

Weakness: crossing over to the dark side, offense

Talent: outrageousness, radical freedom



The Outlaw is also known as: the misfit The

rebel, radical, crazy guy, or iconoclast.

7. The Lover

Motto: You are the one

Core want: experience and closeness

Goal: being in a connection with work, all the people and environment they love
Greatest fear: being alone, unwanted, a wallflower, unloved
Plan
Weakness desire to please other people at risk of losing individuality

Talent: fire, gratitude, admiration, and dedication

The Lover is also called: The partner romantic, addict, sensualist team-builder.

8. The Creator

Motto: If you can imagine it, it can be done

Core desire: to make things of value that is enduring
Goal
Greatest fear: implementation or Poor vision
Plan: create skill and artistic control

Task: to create civilization, express eyesight

Weakness: poor solutions, perfectionism

Talent: creativity and originality

The Creator is also called: innovator, inventor,

The performer, musician, author or dreamer.

The Self ArcheTypes

9. The Jester

Motto: You only live once

Core desire: to Reside at the moment with full pleasure

Goal: to have a Excellent Time and lighten the world
Greatest fear: being boring or tired others

Strategy: play, make jokes, be funny

Weakness: frivolity

Talent: joy
The Jester is also known as: comedian, trickster, joker joker or The fool.

10. The Sage

Motto: The facts will set you free

Core want.

Goal: to use analysis and intelligence to understand the world.

Biggest fear: ignorance, misled or being duped.
Strategy: seeking knowledge and information out; self-reflection and comprehension thought processes.

Weakness: behave and never can analyze details forever.

Talent: intellect, intelligence.

The Sage can also be known as: The specialist, scholar, detective, adviser, thinker, philosopher, academic, researcher, thinker, planner, professional, mentor, instructor.

11. The Magician

Motto: I make things happen.

Core want: understanding the laws of the universe
Goal: to make dreams come true
Best fear: negative consequences that are unintentional

Strategy: develop a vision and live by it

Weakness: becoming manipulative

Talent: finding solutions

The Magician can also be known as:The visionary, catalyst, inventor shaman medicine man.

12. The Ruler

Motto: Power is not everything, it's the only thing.

Core want: control

Goal: make a successful neighborhood or family
Plan: exercise power
Greatest fear: insanity, being overthrown
Weakness: being authoritarian, Not Able to delegate

Talent: duty, leadership

The Ruler is also called: role model, leader, aristocrat, king, queen, politician, The boss, manager or administrator.

The Four Cardinal Orientations define four classes, with each class comprising three types (as the wheel of archetypes shown above attests ).


Every group is motivated by its respective orienting attention: socialness, freedom, ego-fulfillment and sequence.


This is a variation on the three groups of Types previously ; nonetheless, whereas each of the types inside the Ego, Soul & Self places all discuss exactly the same driving origin, the forms comprising the four orienting groups have different source drives but the same motivating orientation.


By way of instance, the Caregiver is driven by the requirement to meet ego agendas through fulfilling the requirements of others, and it is a societal orientation; whereas, the Hero, which can be driven by the requirement to meet ego agendas, does so through brave action that demonstrates self-worth. Knowing the groupings will aid in understanding the self-perceptual and motivational dynamics of each type.

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