Find out what your archetypes say about you...

To discover your archetypal pattern, you have to:
1. First, identify your conscious and subconscious archetypes.
Begin by identifying your conscious, thinking archetype. It is the one you are most familiar with, the one through which you think and function in your day-to-day affairs. Then assess your subconscious, feeling archetype. It is the one that governs your gut reactions and that best described you as a child.

What is my conscious archetype (the one I think and function through most of the time)? Click on each tab to read a description.
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What is my subconscious archetype (the one I feel through, that best described me as a child)? Click on each tab to read a description.
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2. Then, identify your superconscious and unconscious archetypes.

To determine your superconscious, spiritual archetype, look at what archetype you would most like to be. (Some people mistakenly pick their superconscious archetype as their conscious archetype because they so closely identify with what they aspire to be. ) Then, find your unconscious, sabotaging archetype by figuring out what archetypal behavior irritates you the most.

What is my superconscious archetype (the one I aspire most to)? Click on each tab to read a description.
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What is my unconscious archetype (the one that I find most repelling)? Click on each tab to read a description.
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Remember that the same archetype cannot be assigned to two levels of self simultaneously. You cannot, for instance, have a dominant Boychild archetype in the superconscious and a dominant Boychild archetype in the subconscious. If you intuit that you have a conscious Boychild and a subconscious Mother archetype, your superconscious and unconscious dominant archetypes would have to be Girlchild and Father, or vice versa.

3. Finish by identifying your socialization archetype.

Your socialization archetype describes your family myth—the social training you inherited. It needs to fit your family as well as yourself.

Which archetype describes how I was taught to socialize (and also fits my family)? Click on each tab to read a description.
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You can find a complete description of each archetypal pattern in our new book:

Why We Do What We Do: Four Pathways to Your Authentic Self.


If you need help to assess your personal archetypal pattern or that of a loved one, our archetypal consultants can guide you through this process. Click here for more information.


Disclaimer: This is an intuitive self-assessment. The questions and information on this site are only intended to guide and provide an archetypal frame of reference. This assessment does not constitute in any way a psychological evaluation or diagnosis.

Read quotes from famous individuals capturing the essence of the four inner family archetypes.


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