Understanding Personality: The 12 Jungian Archetypes

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The term “archetype” means original pattern in ancient Greek. Jung used the concept of archetype in his theory of the human psyche. He identified 12 universal, mythic characters archetypes reside within our collective unconscious.

Jung defined twelve primary types that represent the range of basic human motivations. Each of us tends to have one dominant archetype that dominates our personality.

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The 12 Archetypes in Detail
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Detailed Description of Desires, Fears and Talents of each of the 12 Archetypes
The Ego Types

  1. The Innocent
    Motto: Free to be you and me
    Core desire: to get to paradise
    Goal: to be happy
    Greatest fear: to be punished for doing something bad or wrong
    Strategy: to do things right
    Weakness: boring for all their naive innocence
    Talent: faith and optimism
    The Innocent is also known as: Utopian, traditionalist, naive, mystic, saint, romantic, dreamer.
  2. The Everyman
    Motto: All men and women are created equal
    Core Desire: connecting with others
    Goal: to belong
    Greatest fear: to be left out or to stand out from the crowd
    Strategy: develop ordinary solid virtues, be down to earth, the common touch
    Weakness: losing one’s own self in an effort to blend in or for the sake of superficial relationships
    Talent: realism, empathy, lack of pretense
    The Everyman is also known as: The good old boy, regular guy/girl, the person next door, the realist, the working stiff, the solid citizen, the good neighbor, the silent majority.
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  3. The Hero
    Motto: Where there’s a will, there’s a way
    Core desire: to prove one’s worth through courageous acts
    Goal: expert mastery in a way that improves the world
    Greatest fear: weakness, vulnerability, being a “chicken”
    Strategy: to be as strong and competent as possible
    Weakness: arrogance, always needing another battle to fight
    Talent: competence and courage
    The Hero is also known as: The warrior, crusader, rescuer, superhero, the soldier, dragon slayer, the winner and the team player.
  4. The Caregiver
    Motto: Love your neighbour as yourself
    Core desire: to protect and care for others
    Goal: to help others
    Greatest fear: selfishness and ingratitude
    Strategy: doing things for others
    Weakness: martyrdom and being exploited
    Talent: compassion, generosity
    The Caregiver is also known as: The saint, altruist, parent, helper, supporter.
    The Soul Types
  5. The Explorer
    Motto: Don’t fence me in
    Core desire: the freedom to find out who you are through exploring the world
    Goal: to experience a better, more authentic, more fulfilling life
    Biggest fear: getting trapped, conformity, and inner emptiness
    Strategy: journey, seeking out and experiencing new things, escape from boredom
    Weakness: aimless wandering, becoming a misfit
    Talent: autonomy, ambition, 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 desire: revenge or revolution
    Goal: to overturn what isn’t working
    Greatest fear: to be powerless or ineffectual
    Strategy: disrupt, destroy, or shock
    Weakness: crossing over to the dark side, crime
    Talent: outrageousness, radical freedom
    The Outlaw is also known as: The rebel, revolutionary, wild man, the misfit, or iconoclast.
  7. The Lover
    Motto: You’re the only one
    Core desire: intimacy and experience
    Goal: being in a relationship with the people, work and surroundings they love
    Greatest fear: being alone, a wallflower, unwanted, unloved
    Strategy: to become more and more physically and emotionally attractive
    Weakness: outward-directed desire to please others at risk of losing own identity
    Talent: passion, gratitude, appreciation, and commitment
    The Lover is also known as: The partner, friend, intimate, enthusiast, sensualist, spouse, team-builder.
  8. The Creator/Artist
    Motto: If you can imagine it, it can be done
    Core desire: to create things of enduring value
    Goal: to realize a vision
    Greatest fear: mediocre vision or execution
    Strategy: develop artistic control and skill
    Task: to create culture, express own vision
    Weakness: perfectionism, bad solutions
    Talent: creativity and imagination
    The Creator is also known as: The artist, inventor, innovator, musician, writer or dreamer.
    The Self Types
  9. The Jester
    Motto: You only live once
    Core desire: to live in the moment with full enjoyment
    Goal: to have a great time and lighten up the world
    Greatest fear: being bored or boring others
    Strategy: play, make jokes, be funny
    Weakness: frivolity, wasting time
    Talent: joy
    The Jester is also known as: The fool, trickster, joker, practical joker or comedian.
  10. The Sage
    Motto: The truth will set you free
    Core desire: to find the truth.
    Goal: to use intelligence and analysis to understand the world.
    Biggest fear: being duped, misled—or ignorance.
    Strategy: seeking out information and knowledge; self-reflection and understanding thought processes.
    Weakness: can study details forever and never act.
    Talent: wisdom, intelligence.
    The Sage is also known as: The expert, scholar, detective, advisor, thinker, philosopher, academic, researcher, thinker, planner, professional, mentor, teacher, contemplative.
  11. The Magician
    Motto: I make things happen.
    Core desire: understanding the fundamental laws of the universe
    Goal: to make dreams come true
    Greatest fear: unintended negative consequences
    Strategy: develop a vision and live by it
    Weakness: becoming manipulative
    Talent: finding win-win solutions
    The Magician is also known as:The visionary, catalyst, inventor, charismatic leader, shaman, healer, medicine man.
  12. The Ruler
    Motto: Power isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
    Core desire: control
    Goal: create a prosperous, successful family or community
    Strategy: exercise power
    Greatest fear: chaos, being overthrown
    Weakness: being authoritarian, unable to delegate
    Talent: responsibility, leadership
    The Ruler is also known as: The boss, leader, aristocrat, king, queen, politician, role model, manager or administrator.
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