The Family Archetypes

Our first connections

Are you a mother, father, zaza or grandparent? And if not yet, would you like to be?

But independent of the roles you actually play in life, the family archetype cards help us connect to the different energies associated with these roles.

Maybe you need to re-mother or re-father yourself in a certain situation, or you need to bring in grandparent or zaza (gender-neutral, playful, supportive caring and loving) energy.

When you pull one of these cards, it’s time to bring out your inner parent or grandparent.

The Family Archetypes

The Inner Child Archetypes help us to see ourselves and our past in a different light, by reminding us of our inherent curiosity, connection to nature, the divine and our magical abilities, as well as by helping us heal old wounds.

And just like we all carry aspects of all of these inner children within ourselves, we also all have or had parents and grandparents, whether they are biological family or because they are the people who raised us and whether we knew them or not.

As we grow older, we might create our own chosen or biological families and grow into the roles of becoming a mother, father, zaza or a grandparent ourselves.

These four cards and archetypes can help us to discover our subconscious ideas about these roles and direct us towards places where we are stuck, or help us to think up new ways in which we might want to explore ourselves.

Using Oracle Cards is a great way to explore our subconscious, and to get guidance on where we are and what our best options are in the moment when we draw a card. Drawing cards daily, can also help us to get to know ourselves a lot better and to come into alignment with our soul, and our true selves, as we begin to recognize our subconscious patterns.

Working with these Archetypes in particular, can help us to realize why we may be stuck in certain ways, because of what we believe to be true about ourselves or others, and as a next step, it can help us to direct and design our lives more consciously and gracefully.

Inviting one or more of the Archetype posters into your home can support you while you work on certain aspects of yourself, either by reminding you to strengthen and align with the qualities they represent or by reminding you to embrace and heal them so you can eventually overcome them, and the things that have been limiting you so far.

You have the power to create your world according to your own ideas, needs and wishes – with these descriptions of the different archetypes I share my thoughts about how I think we can live together peacefully, joyfully and lovingly, in the new golden age, or heaven on earth and how each of us can be fulfilled, loved and truly happy. 🧚‍♀️

All you have to do is find out if this resonates with you and get your poster, or book a discovery call with me, to start stepping into your full power and potential - for more joy, love, success and happiness.

Mother Archetype

Today, a mother often has to be everything, and that is great and not OK at the same time.

It’s great because mothers can make the impossible possible.

But it’s also exhausting, and mothers deserve to be supported and to be able to trust and see that they don’t have to do everything on their own.

Because we are meant to live as communities and to support each other – and we can choose to create different settings for ourselves and others again. Just ask yourself: How would YOU actually love to live?

And then think of the image you’ve created of a mother. What makes a mother a mother?

Was your mother always there for you and loved you unconditionally, and supported you through everything when you needed her?

Or was she cold, or distant or insecure? Avoidant, critical, or under-resourced? 

What can you do to freely decide who and how you want to be as a mother?

Father Archetype

Did you have a responsible and present father figure when you were growing up?

What does a father look like to you and what does he do? Many of us grew up with absent or emotionally unavailable fathers – and again, we have the opportunity to change this for future generations.

How would you have wished for your father to be? What did you need but didn’t have? And how can you be that now?

I was lucky enough to live with Roma communities in Ukraine for a while and to see fathers be incredibly soft and caring and loving and present with their children – even though in other ways it was a very macho society.

But we can all be caring and loving and present and strong and playful and explorative and protective.

You can define what a father will be and help future generations to do the same.

Zaza Archetype

A zaza is the other parent, or a godparent, or a close friend to the family. It can be the other mum, or the other dad, in a same-sex relationship, but zazas don’t only exist in same-sex couples.

Often parents get divorced, yet the children continue to have a mother and a father or two mothers or two fathers. And when somebody new comes in, they might inhabit the role of the zaza.

They might also have the role of additional fathers or mothers, this is very much up to them and the arrangements that are being made.

A friend of mine has children with her female partner, they raise the children together. Yet, they are also friends with the biological father.

While he doesn’t play a role in raising the children, he is still also in the picture.

He could be a zaza: Taking the children to go swimming or to the zoo or fun fair. Adding to what the parents can offer.

This could also be an aunt or an uncle if that’s what they choose. Or a new partner. Or an older sibling. Do you have a zaza – yet? Or would you like to be one?

Grandparent Archetype

And then there are also the grandparents, who add another quality to every family.

They’ve seen more of life. They might be a bit wiser. They might have more patience, they might have more stories, they might have more time.

I always grew up wanting to be a grandmother more than a mother – because I had many negative subconscious ideas of what it means to be a mother – which I uncovered through the exercises I share with you in the family chapter of the CREATRIX School – and much nicer ones for a grandmother.

But again, we are free to decide how and who we wish to be in any of these roles, so that we can enjoy life fully.

We are the conscious CREATRIXES of our realities, so all it takes for us to live as our happiest selves and to create the families we always wished to have – is to bring awareness to the subconscious images we’ve created and then to consciously create a new one that we can really enjoy living every day.

Today, we have the power to reimagine our roles as mothers, fathers, zazas or grandparents.

And that includes opening up: Because the people who are the main caretakers don’t have to be the mothers or fathers. We can have same-sex couples raising children together, friends, aunts, uncles helping.

Children can have two sets of parents or just one parent. The options are endless, and it’s time to start celebrating all of the different settings, as they each come with their benefits as well as their challenges.

The most important thing is that you allow yourself to question what is, and instead of thinking you have to be a certain way as a parent, or grandparent, that you start to allow yourself to reinvent your role so that it brings you joy and happiness and suits your unique abilities, gifts, and talents and then start to consciously ask for help in areas where you still might have some growing to do.

In the CREATRIX School we spend four weeks looking at our family issues and figuring out how to consciously step into the roles we want to embody and create the families we wish for. If this sounds interesting, you can try the course for free for 30-days with a membership trial.

It’s really awesome that you are here – and surely not a coincidence.

If you like to dive deeper into getting to know your true self, consider ordering your unique Wheel of Colours, so you can remember the colours of your life and start integrating them, to gain more personal freedom, happiness and, if you like, even enlightenment.

Or join the CREATRIX School to continue working with these archetypes.
We work with the family archetypes in the Family Chapter.

More Resources

You can see the full Archetype Oracle Deck here.
And I write and make videos about the archetypes, oracle cards, the Wheel of Colours and how to use all of this, to remember yourself, your power and how to use it wisely and for the highest good of all on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Sometimes also on LinkedIn. – Follow me! 🧚‍♀️