The Family Archetpyes
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.
Our first connections
Let’s meet the Mother, Father, Zaza and Grandparent Archetype and see how they show up and influence YOUR life.
We all have or had parents and grandparents, whether they are biological family or because the people who raised us.
As we grow older, we might even create new chosen families and grow into the roles of becoming 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 new ways in which we might want to explore ourselves.
Working with Archetypes, and with Oracle Cards, can help us to translate and understand our higher knowing and bring light to what is going on in our subconscious, and with this, help us to direct our lives more gracefully.
The Family Archetypes
Are you a mother? A father? A zaza? Or a grandmother?
We are all somebody’s child, and we’ve looked at the different roles we took on as a child, and which might still live within us, when familiarizing ourselves with the Inner Child Archetypes.
Today we will have a look at the other roles we might take on in our families.
There are 4 different archetypes when it comes to family, which, I think, cover the most essential qualities and roles we can inhabit when we’re not a child.
And I guess we all have a clear picture in our minds when we think about the mother and father archetype.
This picture might represent what we had, when we were growing up, or what we wished for.
But while the most essential qualities might overlap for some, not all have to.
For some the mother can be overbearing, smothering, for others, cold and difficult to reach.
What comes up for you when you think of a mother or a father, a grandparent or a zaza?
Times are changing and so are demands.
While in the past, fathers weren’t so deeply involved in raising children in families in the west, many consciously choose to create a change here.
So, today, we have the power to reimagine our roles as mothers, fathers, or zazas.
And that includes opening up: Because the people who are the main caretakers don’t have to be the mothers or fathers.
We 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.
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 with a membership trial.
Mother Archetype
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Father Archetype
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Zaza Archetype
A zaza is the other parent or a godparent or a close friend to the family. And they 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.
Grandparent Archetype
And then there are also the grandparents, who add another quality.
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.
All of them can play significant roles in a family, and all of them can help to raise a new generation and contribute what they each have to offer.
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.
Learn how to make peace with any Family situation and create the family you always wished for
We find ourselves in an incredible moment in time, one where we can break with generational trauma and negative patterns, which have been limiting us & humanity, for centuries.
In this chapter of the CREATRIX School (or 4-week course) we will explore how we can transform our family relationships and create new possibilities for ourselves and future generations by transforming ourselves, and the way we see ourselves, forgiving those who have harmed us and accepting (and maybe even learning to love) our role as circle breakers – as we all came here to heal and repair.
More Resources
You can see the full Archetype Oracle Deck here.
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