The 12 Jungian Archetypes

The Innocent

Motto

We are all free to be ourselves, we all deserve happiness and freedom.

Core Desire

To reach a paradise of happiness, fulfillment and security.

Goal

Happiness in life.

Greatest Fear

Being punished for doing something wrongly or badly.

Strategy

Doing things right.

Weakness

Could be boring due to all of their naive innocence.

Talent

Their unique talent is optimism and faith.

Also known as

Utopian, Naive, Mystic, Saint, Romantic, Dreamer

The Sage

Motto

Truth and understanding is the door to fulfillment.

Core Desire

To find the truth.

Goal

Using their analytical abilities to understand the world.

Greatest Fear

Being tricked, misled or faced with ignorance.

Strategy

Collecting information and knowledge, indulging in thought processes.

Weakness

Can get too caught up in details and never act; can be too absorbed in their own mind.

Talent

Their talent is their knowledge and their intellect.

Also known as

Expert, Scholar, Teacher, Philosopher, Thinker, Researcher

The Explorer

Motto

Don't chain me.

Core Desire

Having the freedom to find out who they are by exploring the world.

Goal

Experiencing a better, more fulfilling and more authentic life.

Greatest Fear

Getting trapped, stagnation, conformity, emptiness.

Strategy

Escaping from boredom and seeking out new experiences, going on journeys.

Weakness

Can become aimless or a misfit in society.

Talent

Their talent is their own autonomy, their ambitious nature and their truthfulness to themselves.

Also known as

Wanderer, Individualist, Seeker, Pilgrim

The Outlaw

Motto

Rules are made to be broken or reformed.

Core Desire

Revolution or revenge.

Goal

Their goal is to overturn what isn't working.

Greatest Fear

Being ineffectual and powerless against their environment.

Strategy

Disrupting the social harmony to advocate for reform.

Weakness

Can indulge into excessive behavior and maybe result to crime.

Talent

Their sense of radical freedom.

Also known as

Rebel, Revolutionary, Iconoclast, Reformer

The Magician

Motto

I will make things happen and make wonders come true.

Core Desire

Fulfilling their visions and understanding the universe.

Goal

Making their own dreams come true.

Greatest Fear

Their fears are unintended negative consequences and failing their plans.

Strategy

Developing a vision and living by it.

Weakness

Can get manipulative to reach their dreams.

Talent

Finding win-win situations, even out of negatives.

Also known as

Visionary, Idealist, Catalyst, Inventor, Charismatic Leader

The Hero

Motto

When there is a will, there is also a way.

Core Desire

To prove their worth through good acts.

Goal

Improving the world through their own mastery.

Greatest Fear

Being weak, vulnerable and scared.

Strategy

Becoming as strong and competent as possible.

Weakness

Always needing a new challenge, arrogance.

Talent

Their talent is competence and courage.

Also known as

Rescuer, Warrior, Winner, Team Player

The Lover

Motto

Without love it cannot be seen.

Core Desire

Intimacy, love and being attractive.

Goal

Being in relationships with people, having a surrounding they love.

Greatest Fear

Being alone, unwanted and unloved.

Strategy

Becoming more emotionally and physically attractive.

Weakness

Pleasing others so much that they lose their own identity.

Talent

Their talent is passion, commitment and gratitude.

Also known as

Friend, Intimate, Enthusiast, Sensualist, Partner

The Jester

Motto

You only life once.

Core Desire

Living in the moment with full enjoyment.

Goal

Having a life full of great times.

Greatest Fear

Being bored themselves and also boring others.

Strategy

Being funny, making jokes, playing around.

Weakness

Can waste their own time by doing insignificant things.

Talent

Their talent is being joyful and humorous.

Also known as

Fool, Trickster, Joker, Comedian

The Everyman

Motto

Everybody in the world is equal.

Core Desire

Connecting with other people.

Goal

Belonging somewhere, having a place in the world.

Greatest Fear

Standing out from the crowd or being left out.

Strategy

Developing ordinary traits, being down to earth.

Weakness

Can lose their own self, as they try to blend in for the sake of superficial relationships.

Talent

Their talent is empathy, realism and a lack of pretense.

Also known as

Regular Person, Realist, Silent Majority, Solid Citizen

The Caregiver

Motto

Love the person next to you as much as yourself.

Core Desire

Taking care of others and having responsibility.

Goal

Helping and providing for others.

Greatest Fear

Scared of others being ungrateful or selfish.

Strategy

Doing things for other people.

Weakness

Can sacrifice their own needs in order to receive praise and rewards.

Talent

Their talent is compassion and generosity.

Also known as

Helper, Supporter, Saint, Altruist, Parent

The Ruler

Motto

Power isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Core Desire

To be in control of all situations.

Goal

Creating a successful and prosperous family or community with themselves on the top.

Greatest Fear

Chaos and being overthrown.

Strategy

Exercise their own will.

Weakness

Being authorian and unable to compromise.

Talent

Their talent is their sense for responsibility and leadership.

Also known as

Boss, Leader, Aristocrat, Politician, Manager, Adminstrator

The Creator

Motto

If it can be imagined, it can be created.

Core Desire

Creating things of great enduring value.

Goal

Realizing a vision by creating something special.

Greatest Fear

Mediocrity in their creative spirit.

Strategy

Developing skill and mastery.

Weakness

Their perfectionism and their tendency to consider bad solutions for the sake of being unique.

Talent

Their talent is their creativity and imagination.

Also known as

Artist, Inventor, Innovator, Dreamer, Writer