Archetype Types: Use the Power of the 8 Archetypes ✨

For those who don’t know, the different types of archetypes are universal models of mythological/fictional personalities that play a role in influencing people’s lives. This term and definition were developed by psychiatrist Carl Jung.

Jung believed that these archetypes were very ancient forms of innate human knowledge – which belongs to being from birth – handed down by our ancestors. From generation to generation, these stories and knowledge are stored in the collective unconscious.

Therefore, archetypes represent universal patterns and images that are part of the collective unconscious. Jung claimed that we inherit these archetypes in the same way that we inherit instinctual patterns of survival behavior.

So working with archetype types is like unlocking a more satisfying life and removing problems that don’t belong to us, but that bother us.

To learn how to activate and how to take care of the shadow of the chosen archetypes, we suggest that you read the article about the Power of Archetypes that we published recently.

Let’s meet some profiles? Choose wisely from this list of archetypes!

Archetype Types, Activate and Shadow

We have compiled some of the most sought after types of archetypes, see the list below:

1. Aphrodite;
2. Zeus;
3. Ares;
4. Hephaestus;
5. Dionysus;
6. Poseidon;
7. Demeter;
8. Persephone;

However, there are other profiles that we will talk about soon, such as:

Aphrodite Archetype

It’s for anyone who wants to attract more love into life and learn to love themselves first. To activate this archetype you need:

• Appreciate your appearance: use perfumes, jewelry, makeup and go to the hairdresser to always have your hair well cared for;
• Have a more active social life: go to places you like and surround yourself with people you like;
• Do something you really enjoy at least once a week.

Beware of the shadow, you can develop inappropriate behaviors:

• Become selfish and self-centered;
• Futile;
• Infidelity;
• Laziness.

Zeus archetype

This archetype is that of the masculine ideal, full of conquests and power. To activate it you need:

• Have rational attitudes, be practical and help people in decision making;
• Take control, have a sense of reality, be strategic and political;
• Always ask yourself how, why and for what to do certain things;
• Think big.

Its shadow is marked by:

• Delusions of grandeur, being cold and calculating;
• Arrogance and not being cooperative;
• Promiscuity;
• Not accepting the evolution of those around you.

Ares Archetype

The god of war archetype is for those who want to overcome internal and external obstacles, whatever the cost. It is worth remembering that this god likes a good bloodshed.

To activate this type of archetype, you need:

• Take better care of the body and mind;
• Be courageous, objective, direct and defend yourself vigorously;
• To be decisive, conqueror and with outspoken sexuality;
• I like to get my hands dirty and take action.

By activating this archetype, the shadow comes as a gift. So be careful with:

• Becoming aggressive and very reactive;
• Inelegant and intolerant;
• Intimidate and humiliate people;
• Have a short temper and fight over little things.

Hephaestus Archetype

Hephaestus is the god of fire, crafts and talent at work. If you want to overcome rejection, excel at work, and develop a skill, you need to activate this archetype through:

• Development of manual skills;
• Carry out maintenance at home;
• Transmute pain into something beautiful, like art;
• Work hard;
• Take care of the body to have lots of energy.

But beware of the accompanying shadow:

• Bad mood;
• Revenge;
• Feeling rejected and lonely;
• Feel intimidated.

Dionysus Archetype

This archetype is for those who want to stop being so hard on themselves and want rebirth, joviality, courage and ecstasy. To activate it, you will need:

• Have a youthful spirit;
• Understanding the feminine soul and being more motherly;
• Take care of the body to be attractive;
• Get out of the norm and be amazing.

Avoid shadow-like behaviors:

• Emotional immaturity and not worrying about the future;
• Tendency to addictions and compulsions;
• Feeling rejected and not holding back emotions;
• Be immediate.

Poseidon Archetype

Poseidon is the god of the oceans, seas and anything that involves water. Zeus’ brother, Poseidon was equally powerful. This type of archetype is for those who want to get in touch with their emotions, instincts and improve relationships. To activate, you need:

• Be affectionate, affectionate, loyal in relationships and show affection;
• Do not hide emotions;
• Be grateful and merciful;
• Living in the present, without getting stuck in the past or thinking too much about the future (this helps to deal with depression and anxiety).

Activating the Poseidon archetype also requires dealing with its shadow:

• Impulsiveness, intolerance and bad mood;
• Cultivate resentment;
• Low self-esteem and temper tantrums.

Demeter Archetype

The lovely goddess Demeter was responsible for agriculture, the land and its fruits. She took care of everything with immense passion and affection. This type of archetype can be used to attract fertility and abundance into life. Fertility not only generating other lives, but being more creative and generous. To activate it, you must:

• Have tranquility, be maternal and affectionate;
• Move more with the land, plant herbs and establish a bond with nature;
• Being a counselor, taking care of people and the home so that it is harmonious and fruitful;
• Encourage people to grow and evolve.

But not everything is flowers, the shadow side can present:

• Overprotection, stubbornness and not knowing how to deal with affective losses;
• Forget about your needs to take care of other people;
• Not being able to say no, even if it is costly.

Persephone Archetype

The goddess Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She was very nice, naive and loved to take care of the plants and the land with her mother, the goddess of agriculture. However, Hades, the god of the Underworld, fell in love with her and took her to Hell to marry her.

Therefore, she spent 6 months with her husband in the underworld and 6 months in Olympus with her mother. This is a metaphor for seeds that need to be covered for a while and then sprout.

This archetype is complex, but it is for those looking for introspection to focus on the spiritual side, without leaving aside joviality and naivety. To activate it, you need:

• Meditate;
• Taking care of plants and animals as a way of working the instinctual side;
• Develop intuition through observation;
• Be discreet, prudent and patient.

Persephone’s Shadow:

• Being childish, not knowing how to impose and not wanting intimacy;
• Forget about the present and focus only on the timeless spiritual world;
• Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet;
• Need to please always in search of approval.

You’ve just met some of the most requested types of archetypes. Soon we will talk about archetypes of other gods and animal archetypes.

A big kiss and see you soon! ✨