Where do we come from?
The Source Archetypes and the Magical Helper Archetypes invited us into the magical, unconditionally loving, creative realms, that we can connect to, whenever we wish to find strength and support in life. And from here we can dive into our past and present and look at our inner life, to heal what needs to be healed and move on more lovingly and more powerfully.
Half of the inner child archetypes help us understand the roles we started playing as children as a response to our environment – so that we could survive, and they are waiting to be integrated and healed.
The other half, the magical, the divine, the curious and nature child were ours from the start and are just waiting to take the lead again – as they allow us to see possibility instead of limitation, and can guide us into our true and magical and expansive life.
When you pull one of these cards, you know either that it’s time to lovingly heal an aspect of yourself or to allow your true divine, natural, curious, magic to surface again.
We all have aspects of all of these archetypes within ourselves, and bringing this to our awareness can help us to (re)discover our strengths and to heal old wounds.
The Inner Child Archetypes
The Source Archetypes represent the fundamental choice between good and evil, empowerment and disempowerment, right and wrong, giving life, supporting the flow of life and the destruction of life, or stopping of the flow.
With that, the Source Archetypes form the basis for the existence or absence of everything that is alive on this planet and represent the choice we have to make in every moment: Do we act in alignment with ourselves and our inner knowing to bring about love and peace, or against it, and cause harm and more struggles?
And the Magical Helper Archetypes show us that there is more help available to us than we might realize.
Knowing all of this, we can move to some more personal archetypes. In Verena’s Archetype Oracle Card Deck, there are four different types of Relational Archetypes.
The Inner Child Archetypes are the first group of archetypes within the Relational Archetypes, as they represent the internal parts of ourselves and show us how we first related to ourselves, other people and our surrounding.
Each of these Inner Child parts can be found in each of us.
Depending on how we were raised and the experiences we had growing up, some of these might be stronger or weaker than others as a default. But nothing is set in stone when it comes to our lives.
The more we raise our consciousness, and awareness, and learn to act purposefully, the more we will be able to see that we can decide which part of ourselves takes over in any given moment and with that empower ourselves, instead of letting old (unhelpful) patterns unfold automatically.
The other three Relational Archetypes include the Family Archetypes, the Friendship Archetypes and the Romantic Archetypes, which represent the different roles we (may) take on when it comes to relationships – with friends, family or partners.
Working with these Archetypes, and with Oracle Cards in general, helps us to translate and understand our higher knowing and bring light to what is going on in our subconscious, and they can guide us to direct and design our lives more consciously and gracefully.
Inviting one or more of the Archetype posters into your home can help you to work on certain aspects of yourself, either by strengthening certain qualities or by overcoming them.
You have the power to create your world according to your own ideas, needs and wishes – with these descriptions I give you some suggestions and share my thoughts, but if something doesn’t work for you, you are invited and encouraged to change it so that it does. 🧚♀️
Divine Child Archetype
We start with the Divine Child Archetype, the most blissful part of ourselves, which has a direct connection to the higher consciousness and operates on a high frequency.
The Divine Child is less about action and exploring (like the Magical or Curious Child), but rather about being present and connected, open, tapped in and joyfully in the moment.
The Divine Child Archetype becomes active when we are completely present, able to establish a connection to our higher self and tap into this knowing and blissful connection with ease.
While the Nature Child makes sure we connect with all that is alive around us, the Divine Child is responsible for our connection to the invisible energies and subconscious connection to source.
Separation from source is a painful experience and reinforced by life in the matrix, yet the Divine Child is here to help us to overcome this feeling of separation.
It is always waiting for us to call on it, when we feel lonely or don’t know where to turn. It’s our personal connection to the all-knowing and all-loving source.
It’s in you, just waiting to be activated again.
Magical Child Archetype
The Magical Child Archetype, sometimes also called the Innocent Child Archetype, is the most empowered part of ourselves which believes anything and everything is possible, and walks through the world trusting, believing and only expecting the best.
When we feel open and aware of and connected to this wonderful part of ours, our Magical Child comes out.
We often talk about the beginners mind, being able to see any situation not through the lens of all our experiences, but as if we were to see something for the very first time, and the magical child is here to help us with that.
Through it, we can connect to our awe and wonder and be amazed by whatever we encounter – because if we’re honest, even the most mundane thing becomes magical, when we stop to think about it as what we know it to be, and begin to fully experience it as something truly unique. Even a pebble, so much older than we are ourselves, formed and shaped by the changes of our world, becomes a magical experience if we allow for it.
The Magical Child Archetype, allows us to open up to wonder and exploration. It’s your invitation to get excited and play!
Nature Child Archetype
The Nature Child Archetype is the part of ourselves that is connected to the nature and animals around us.
The Nature Child Archetype can communicate with animals or plants, or at least can feel the connection to all life and the energy around us and within the animals, plants and all that is alive.
If you feel drawn to the Nature Child Archetype, that probably means that connecting with nature plays an important role in your life. We all know how being in nature, walking barefoot on the grass or beach, in the forest, or sitting under a tree can ground us.
To acknowledge and nurture the Nature Child Archetype in ourselves allows us to do just that: to ground ourselves and to feel connected with all there is, where we come from our planet and our home.
When the Nature Child Archetype comes up, it’s time to acknowledge the power of this connection and to enjoy it. Open up and let it come through you.
Maybe it’s time to plant something, or to eat something you’ve grown yourself? Or for a trip into the forest? To build a treehouse or to listen to the birds sing?
Curious Child Archetype
The Curious Child Archetype, is the part of ourselves that can fully emerge itself into something.
As a child, that might have looked like taking everything apart to understand how it works and then putting it back together in different ways, to see what else is possible.
Today, the Curious Child comes out when we are very curious and want to look beneath the surface of everything or something and understand how things actually come into being or tap into the collective consciousness to receive new and meaningful ideas and come up with new inventions.
The Curious Child Archetype is a welcome addition to any moment in which problems need to be solved and can be called to come forth in any situation, where we feel we need to dig a little deeper, as it takes us beneath what is easily visible and allows us to really familiarize ourselves with the details of something and to take ourselves or technical developments to the next level.
The Curious Child Archetype invites us to allow ourselves to go deep and to open up to receive new insights. It calls us to nourish the nerd within, as there is nothing wrong with having super specialized knowledge and to enjoy getting lost in all the wonderful details.
Orphan Child Archetype
The Orphan Child Archetype is the part of ourselves that felt abandoned, or like we didn’t belong in one way or another when we were growing up.
If you relate to the Orphan Child Archetype, that probably means that you are still dealing with issues of abandonment or belonging, which have existed since childhood (and possibly even longer).
This means that you are called to resolve these issues now and to find out what it is you need to overcome them so that you do not have to continue to separate yourself from others or to feel lonely, misunderstood, excluded or abandoned.
One thing that can help with this is to acknowledge that most people feel like they don’t belong or feel misunderstood and not seen by their families – many people use this in marketing, as we all somehow feel like the odd one out.
So this feeling of loneliness is actually something many of us have in common and to resolve it, we don’t need anyone else to change, we simply have to look within, understand ourselves better and then learn to communicate our needs and show who we really are.
The Wheel of Colours is a fantastic tool to help us with that.
Responsible Child Archetype
The Responsible Child Archetype is the part of ourselves that felt responsible for things children shouldn’t necessarily feel responsible for growing up.
If you feel drawn to the Responsible Child Archetype, that probably means that you are still dealing with issues of over responsibility, control and trust.
It also means that you are called to resolve these issues now and to find out what it is you need for that so that you can start building relationships that don’t seem overwhelming and too demanding.
One thing that can help with that, is to consciously step back in situations where we usually try to be in charge. Like allowing another person to do something for us in the way they want to do it, without telling them how to do it exactly – and to try and relax while they do.
If we dare to relinquish control, to let things unfold on their own, in their own time, in ways different from our own, we may start to see that not everything depends on us, even if this has been (part of) our experience until now. So, if you relate to this, it’s time to take a step back, breathe and see where you can let others take the lead and open up for surprises.
The Responsible Child Archetypes invites you to relinquish control.
Dependent Child Archetype
The Dependent Child Archetype is the part of ourselves that feels unable to trust themselves to do certain things because they have always been done for us, or because we’ve been told repeatedly that we were unable to do them as we were growing up.
The Dependent Child comes out, when we are dealing with issues of trusting ourselves to act wisely, to be independent and/or capable of mastering a challenge or situation.
We each have the possibility to resolve these issues now, and to find out what it is we need for that, so that we can start trusting ourselves and our abilities in any area of our lives.
And to become independent, does not mean not asking for help or getting the support we need, it simply means getting it from people who are supporting our growth and independence, rather than fearing our independence because they (subconsciously) want to feel needed.
If this is you, know that you are loved and that you can do so much more than you may think right now. You really can tackle any problem by yourself and live without feeling dependent on other people.
Though this might seem at a distance right now, if you identify with this strongly, you can get there with training, patience and bravery.
If you don’t feel very brave yet, you can train that too – if you’d like to know how, join the CREATRIX School.
Wounded Child Archetype
The Wounded Child Archetype is the part of ourselves that got hurt in one way or another when we were growing up.
If you feel drawn to the Wounded Child Archetype, that probably means that one or more wounds that have been caused when you were growing up, still play an active role in your life.
This is a sign, that calls you to resolve these issues now and to find out what it is you need to heal, so that the wounds and the people who caused them will no longer have power over you.
The wounds we carry might easily seem like they are part of our identity, but they only remain that as long as we let them – as when we let them go, we can begin to build our identity around the things we love and not the ones we hate.
We cannot undo what has happened, but eventually, we will be able to choose how we want to proceed from here and to begin to see that the hardships we went through might turn into our greatest gifts – as they can enable us to connect to others and once we know how to overcome our troubles we can help others to do so as well.
Remember: Our cracks are where the light shines through.
If you are reading this today – your inner child is calling you to let go of old attachments!
We all have wounds from our past, and they are what made us into the people we are today. We’ve also developed a lot of different strengths because of our experiences and how we grew up.
The Divine Child is about being present and connected, open and blissful in the moment.
The Magical Child connects us to our open mind, awe and wonder, and the Nature Child makes sure we connect with all that is alive around us.
The Curious Child goes deep into the details of something to understand it fully.
The Responsible Child, in its well-balanced power, helps us to know when to step up and take on our load to contribute to the well-being of all and the Dependent Child, in its well-balanced power, reminds us that when things become too much, we can ask for help, and share responsibilities with others, so no one has to carry too much or is denied the opportunity to act in a self-determined way.
The Wounded Child teaches us to not go through the world without care and be aware of other people’s feelings and vulnerabilities, it allows us to recognize the damage that can be done and to guide us in a way that does not harm others.
The Orphan Child reminds us that no matter how different we feel from the people and all life around us, we are much more alike than not.
Often we tend to blame care-takers, parents, the communities, countries, political systems or the state of consciousness on the planet, for the bad or negative experiences we had growing up – but whenever we blame someone or something outside of us – we disempower ourselves.
And, in reality, our higher self, our soul, chose the families, times, challenges and regions we were born into in this lifetime, to have a certain experience. So we chose all the hardships and all the pain for ourselves – not to suffer – but to heal through it and by doing so, to help heal all people before and after us and to raise the consciousness of the planet.
Seeing things this way, if we have struggled a lot in life, it just shows how incredibly heroic our souls were to choose such a path because we knew we needed to have the actual experience to be able to resolve it. Through overcoming our struggles, we can understand our world more fully, and grow into the person we’re meant to be and help others on the way.
Those who always had money, cannot teach those who don’t, how to shift from poverty consciousness to abundance consciousness – only those who made this shift themselves, can also help others.
Those who were raised with a lot of support, and care and love and grow up to love and accept themselves fully, will not be able to help others learn how to love themselves, only those who know what it feels like to feel worthless and not appreciated and learned how to love themselves, nonetheless, can help others to do the same.
Allowing for this understanding can help us to make peace with a difficult past, as it moves us from being the victim of our circumstances to someone who consciously and selflessly chose their hardships to be of service to all – fully knowing that it would be difficult but worth it. Because once we are on the other side, it feels incredibly good, and we can value and appreciate the life we then create for ourselves – knowing how it feels to live with the absence of love, self-respect or abundance.
If this resonates with you, and you’d like to explore this idea more for yourself – we dive into this more deeply and very gently in the Family chapter of the CREATRIX School.
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 Inner Child 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.
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