Why Know Your Archetype

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

There are eternal questions: "Who am I?", "Why do I live on this Earth?", "What is my vocation?" etc. In these articles, you can get closer to some of the answers, to a better understanding of yourself. Why get closer? Because these are eternal questions to which people are looking for answers all their lives …

To begin with, let's take a small test "Who am I?" Without looking at the end of the article, write the first answers that come to mind: "I am …". If images come, for example: forest, tree, sea - it doesn't matter, add the definition: "What forest or what tree, sea?"

Now about the archetypes that are described in the articles. "Archetype" from other Greek - "prototype". These are the universal symbols underlying myths and folklore, those powerful inner forces, instincts that determine our actions and feelings. Some, for example, in order to feel like an accomplished person, need monogamy, the institution of marriage and children, others, above all value their independence, the third need tension of feelings and new experiences, others prefer loneliness, spirituality is of the greatest importance to them. Archetypes help you see yourself as in a “mirror”.

Knowing your archetype is like knowing your clothing size. This gives an understanding of their actions, the way of behaving in certain life situations, gives an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the character, understanding how this affects relationships with other people and which partner we attract, etc. All this knowledge helps to understand your life scenario and how you can go beyond the prescribed scenario in order to live your life of luck and joy.

To better know yourself and your life roles - daughter, wife, mother, leader, creator or merchant, in order to learn to be yourself and manage your life. There are only two options: either you lead or you. And if you compare yourself, then it's better with the gods.

The Olympic gods and goddesses are beautiful and powerful - these are female and male images that have lived in the human imagination for more than three millennia. They personify aspirations, they embody behavioral models that are able to determine both the quality and direction of development of a person's life. Together they represent those forces in the soul of everyone that become irresistible when they demand to give them their due. However, "blindly" following the commands of any of them can adversely affect your life. It is necessary to learn to resist, to go beyond the limitations of the dominant god or goddess, to be able to decide for yourself which aspects of your essence, and at what time will be dominant.

Since every person consists of the interaction of masculine and feminine principles, like Yin and Yang, which are different aspects of a single reality. So male archetypes are intertwined with female archetypes in one personality. However, in men, masculine qualities predominate, and feminine ones leave, as K. Jung said, into the shadows, i.e. subconscious. In the same way, women are dominated by feminine qualities, and masculine qualities go into the shadows.

Archetypes provide insight into interpersonal and internal conflicts, help explain character differences, and make it easier to identify potential psychological difficulties.

Help to understand yourself and your relationship with parents, lovers and children. To understand which type of activity is suitable, as well as what problems may arise if a person gives control to his archetype.

We found out that several goddesses / gods coexist in each person. Think of it like a round table. Everyone sits, but only one / one is in charge (imagine what will happen if everyone is in charge at once), which determines your main type of behavior, this is your strong part. Other parts are less developed, but no less necessary, because everyone is responsible for their own sphere.

Goddesses

Artemis - for feminine strength and relationships with other women;

Athena - for wisdom and craft;

Hestia - for the hearth, comfort;

Hera - for the relationship in marriage;

Persephone for her relationship with her parents;

Demeter - for relationships with children;

Aphrodite - for relationships with other people, love and friendship.

Gods

Zeus - for the sphere of achievements in the social sphere, he is a leader, strategist, leader

Poseidon - for the emotional and sexual sphere;

Hades - for the inner world, the depth of the unconscious;

Apollo - for intelligence and moderation, he is a legislator and punisher;

Hermes - for the ability to negotiate, trade and travel;

Ares - for friendship, the ability to defend oneself and others;

Hephaestus - for craft, creativity, he is a peacemaker and a humanist;

Dionysus - for the inner child, the ability to rejoice and love.

Which part do you give up? In this area, problems will arise, both in life and with health.

By learning a thing or two about archetypes, we can restore the parts of ourselves that have been torn away. This process is facilitated by dreams, memories and myths that help us connect to our unconscious. If reading a myth, it seems to you that something is very familiar or close, if you saw something in a dream, then this is for you.

We return to the test "Who am I?" Note the definitions that refer to the physical body, for example: I am blonde or I am strong, etc. But you are not the body!

Check the definitions of social roles: I am a student, I am a mother, etc. These are role masks, but not you!

There are individual characteristics, but that's not you either!

Imagine a car. What is he? How does he drive on the highway? Does it follow the rules? Who runs it?