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Birth Archetypes and Intention (Originally Published 2/16/2021)

Every “self-help” guru of the 1990s was about teaching and perfecting the art of setting goals.  Although so passé sounding now, the concept of goal-setting was the precursor to the fine art of intention-making.


When setting goals, we were taught that you set yourself a specific “bar” or level of achievement for yourself along with a time period of when the goal was to be met, then worked like a dog to bring the goal into fruition. 


I always had a problem with that type of goal-setting.  Adding my own desired time limit to a goal felt like I was imposing MY will on the plan, rather than letting a power much more “all-knowing” than I have its two cents worth in the timing of the outcome.  Additionally, a small mental and emotional depression would always seem to set in when the predetermined time zone for goal achievement appeared and my goal was not in sight.


“Goal” setting of the 90’s was all about “What can I have in terms of material gain?”  Thankfully the new art of intention setting has morphed from a “me, me, me” activity into a personal development track or path.


It’s no secret that a person who is balanced between the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical mind-bodies has a much greater chance of enjoying all of the peace and prosperity Earth has to offer regardless of where you live, your socioeconomic placement or even your birth archetypes.


A birth archetype is a multiple of the mental, emotional and spirit-driven qualities (an average number is twelve) that become ours physical upon birth.  Although perfectly individualized for each one of us, the archetypes of our birth are the strengths and weaknesses we are imbued with to forge through life.  Think of individual archetypes are unique “bundles” of software that remain stored in our unconscious mind until we are fully prepared to experience their abundance.  Ever wonder how you could be so different from your siblings yet born of the same parents?


I believe we were perfectly born to the perfect parents who either added salt or sugar to our birth archetypes throughout our childhood, creating a foundation of governance – some good, some not so good that we use to live our lives to the fullest – or not.


Think of your own archetypes as a small segment of the universal psyche.  Some examples of archetypes are leader, care-giver, prostitute, king, queen, court jester, child, teacher, mother, father – the list goes on and on.  If you can honestly look at yourself, even your faults (we are all imperfect) and delineate the truth of your being – WHO YOU REALLY ARE, you may be able to set intentions for yourself within the framework of your archetypes.


Your individual archetypes or the forces that govern how you think, react, speak, etc., were selected by you before your spirit incarnated and yes, the archetypal combinations of your parents were chosen by you as well.  When I look back at my physically and emotionally abusive childhood, I can now see that as I sought to rise out of those ashes of pain and loss, I was able to help others do the same because I understood on many levels what they were also experiencing.  One of my archetypes is teacher.  I had to learn abuse before I could teach about it.  What dark or shadow secret from your past that you may be resisting or resenting can you find the light in? 


As I learn more about what fuels me, my archetypal “drivers,” I now set intentions for myself that bring me into a spiritual evolution rather than a material evolution.  I set affirmations relative to my intentions, such as “I see only beauty” or “God’s got this” or “All my thoughts are light-filled.”  After all, I’m a spirit being having a human experience.  I may as well set intentions of the spirit kind for example, to develop a more compassionate heart (I think I missed out on the mother archetype). 


My entrepreneurial archetype needs to be better rooted in the Divine Feminine where patience, not aggressive action, is the way.  There’s nothing like being an aggressive female full of testosterone and suffering the consequences of that anti—Soul energy to bring one to seek the qualities of the Divine Feminine.


Most of our archetypes are imbalanced – on purpose.  Imbalanced archetypes become the drivers of our life journey… the “bucket list” of possible strengths to hone for the betterment of ourselves, our community and the collective.


Carolyn Myss, an expert writer on the subject of archetypes, says to take the time to recognize who we are by defining our individual archetypes.  She says we all have the prostitute archetype.  That’s the archetype heralded by the saying, “Everything’s for sale; the price has yet to be determined.”  Start with that archetype and set an intention to bring your prostitute archetype into focus for you.  See the truth of who you are.  If you like what you see, great.  Move on to another one of your archetypes.  If not, determine what you’d really sell your spirit out for and make an intention to “stand in your truth” no matter what the temptation.  Expect temptation when you make intentions – after all, what’s the point of making it to the next level if nothing was learned or gained?


Affirmation: I accept the truth of who I am and seek to let my light shine for all the world to see.


 “I'm Catherine Wilcox, working to help others see that God is in all things, all the time, through conscious change and self-healing.”

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