Archetypes

Image Archetypes

water and sun

What does the archetype water symbolize?

symbolizes the mystery of….

-creation

-birth-death-ressurection

-purification and redemption

-fertility and growth

-It is the most common symbol for the unconscious

What does the archetype sun symbolize?

-creative energy

-law in nature

-consciousness

-father principle

-passage of time and life

-The moon and earth are feminine and the father is the sky which is masculine.

-Rising sun = birth and  setting sun = death

Color archetypes

Red, blue, green, black, and white

What does the archetype red symbolize?

blood, sacrifice, violent passion, disorder

What does the archetype blue symbolize?

usually highly positive, associated with truth, religious feeling, security, spiritual purity

What does the archetype green symbolize?

-in positive context may be associated with growth, sensation, hope, fertility

- in negative context may be associated with death and decay.

What does the archetype black symbolize?

chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, primal wisdom, the unconscious, evil, and melancholy.

What does the archetype white symbolize?

-highly multivalent, signifying

-in its positive aspects, light, purity, innocence and timelessness

-In its negative aspects; death, terror, the supernatural, and the blinding truth of an inscrutable cosmic mystery. 

Which two colors can have both positive and negative meanings to it?

White and green