Three Feminine Creativity Archetypes
by the Author.
#1. Creativity archetype: The earth mother.
Her symbol: The life circle.
Her characteristics: Global, eternal, no beginning, no end, cyclic, surrounding, enlightenment, primal, unity, perfection, nature, life, nourishment, support, strength, power.
Her colors: Blues (darkness made visible) and Greens (freedom, health, and connection)
#2. Creativity archetype: The dawn anima.
Her symbol: The solid square.
Her characteristics: Rectitude, whole, complete, honest, straightforward, just, harmonious, substantial, satisfying, conservative, fair, idealistic, disciplined, lofty, noble, ascetic, animating, muse, poetic voice, guide, virtue, inspiration, intermediary, courage, softness, warmth, gentleness.
Her colors: Pink (sensuality, emotion, terrestrial, material) and White (purity).
#3. Creativity archetype: The dusk anima.
Her symbol: The fire triangle.
Her characteristics: Gypsy, illicit, wildly sensuous, chaotic, magic, mystic, mistress.
(Fire is the upward triangle, water downward).
Her colors: Red (activity, blood, creation), Orange (ominous, egoism, ferocity), and Violet (power, spirituality, sublimation).
Notes:
An ideal solution is for a man to marry a woman who bears one of a man’s anima images and invest the other in an art or creative endeavor in his outer life. Two great treasures in a man’s life: his wife and his interior anima.
A father must be cautious not to project the anima on his daughter. Care, safety, nurturing, initiation into the human world are the father’s gifts to his daughter. It is a fortunate daughter who brings a sense of safety and security into adulthood as her father’s gift.