Masculine and Feminine Archetypes 101

I really love to keep things simple.

So I decided to provide you with a brief reference guide to the 4 masculine and 4 feminine archetypes - plus an extra archetype that is androgynous - so that you can better understand the terminology that I often use.

As you will see, all 9 of these archetypes can be traced back to astrology, ancient Egyptian/Roman/Greek/Hindu mythology/religion and the spirituality of indigenous cultures throughout the world.

My romantic partner, Rakhem Seku utilizes a system called the Bagua Character Map to explain this all mathematically, scientifically and astrologically. He wrote a very detailed book on this topic. which you can read here:

The Bagua Character Map: Science, Analysis and Interpretation

Another important thing to note is that all 9 of these archetypes exist and operate in every human being! And each of these archetypes all have shadowy aspects where they express in either a weak or an excessive manner. And they are expressed all throughout nature.

So here goes:

Feminine Archetypes

DEVOTEE - Divine Mother, Virgin Mary, Yemaya, Parvati, the Moon, also Neptune, Auset/A'st, Chandra, Queen

CONSERVATIONIST - Kali, Protector, Destroyer, Oya, Babalu Aye, Saturn, Sekert, Sekhmet, Crone, Shani

LOVER - Venus, Aphrodite, Oshun, Het-heru, Erzulie, Surya, Lakshmi, Radha, Princess

VISIONARY - Jupiter, Abundantia, Fortuna, Ma-at, Saraswati, Lady Luck, Fairy

Masculine Archetypes

LEADER - King, the Sun, Father, Sovereign, Provider, Surya, Apollo, Shango, Shiva, Jesus

SOLDIER - Mars, Warrior, Aries, Ogun, Shiva

NEGOTIATOR - Mercury, Eshu, Eleggua, Trickster, Magician (Tarot), the Fool (Tarot), Lord Ganesha, Vishnu, Krishna

MONK - Brahma, Orunmila, Grandfather, Guru, Brihaspati, Uranus, also Jupiter in some systems

Androgynous Archetype

PEACEKEEPER - Higher Self, Pure Consciousness, Neutral, Truth, Obatala, Pluto

Feminine Choice Paradigm

(framework & terminology created by Kenya Kilolo Stone)

WOMB CHOICE - Conservationist and Soldier eg. Kali and Shiva

SUPPORT CHOICE - Devotee and Leader eg. Parvati and Shiva

MANIFESTATION/MONEY CHOICE - Lover and Negotiator

eg. Radha and Krishna, Lakshmi and Ganesha/Vishnu

CROWN CHOICE - Visionary and Monk

eg. Saraswati and Brahma

This brief outline is the philosophical underpinning of everything I teach and coach my clients on.

If you'd like to go deeper with Rakhem and I on this, click here.

Lesley Tavernier