The Council of 8: Archetypes for SoulCrafting

Discover the Inner Archetype Guiding You in this Season of Your Life

Who Is Your Dominant Inner Archetype?

You carry all eight archetypes within you.
But one dominant archetype often rises to the surface, shaping how you respond, create, care, heal, and transform. The others will act as supportive guides.

1. Read through the archetypes below.

2. Notice what your body responds to.

3. When one feels like a clear Yes, This is Me, follow that thread.

There is no right answer.
Only recognition. This is not a quiz or a test.
It’s an invitation to notice patterns, feel resonance, and recognize what already lives inside you.

GREAT NURTURER

The Hearth Holder. The Rooted One. The Devoted.

I am guided by care, steadiness, and the deep instinct to tend what truly matters.

When life feels unsettled or overwhelming, I return to the body and the basics. I cook, clean, garden, organize, or create warmth and beauty around me. Care brings me back into alignment. My hands know what to do.

I am driven by devotion. I create and tend not from obligation, but from love. I notice what needs nourishment and respond instinctively. I am here to build safety, beauty, and belonging through presence and consistency.

Others often experience me as grounding and reliable. I am the one who remembers birthdays, checks in, brings food, and holds the center when things feel chaotic. I care deeply, and I am learning how to do so without disappearing myself.

I feel most myself in spaces that feel lived-in and warm. Kitchens, gardens, circles, quiet moments of tending. My body knows truth through rhythm, touch, and the slow creation of home, both inner and outer.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

THE RECLAIMER

The Phoenix Soul. The Flame of Radical Truth.

I am guided by truth, transformation, and the need to burn away what is no longer real.

When life feels constricting or dishonest, I don’t look away. I face what needs to change head-on. I speak truth, even when it trembles in my voice. I know that clarity often comes through heat, not comfort.

I am driven by liberation. I create, speak, and act because something inside me refuses to live small or silent. I am willing to let things fall apart if it means I can rise more fully aligned with who I am becoming.

Others often experience me as bold, honest, or catalytic. I name what’s unsaid. I help others reclaim their voice, their power, their right to begin again. My presence can be confronting, but it is never careless. I burn for what is real.

I feel most myself at the edge of change. In moments of reckoning. In the fire of decision. My body knows truth through intensity, resolve, and the deep relief that comes after release.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

MEDICINE WOMAN

The Light Carrier. The Sacred Channel. The One Who Mends with Spirit.

I am guided by intuition, presence, and the quiet knowing that healing begins within.

When life feels confusing or tender, I turn inward and listen. I trust my body’s signals, my intuition, and the subtle guidance of spirit. I don’t rush to fix. I create space for what wants to be revealed and restored.

I am driven by reverence. I move through the world aware that everything carries energy and meaning. I work with care, ritual, and intention, honoring both the seen and unseen forces that support healing and wholeness.

Others often come to me for guidance, comfort, or clarity. I hold space naturally. I sense what’s happening beneath the surface and respond with compassion and steadiness. I remind people that they are not broken — they are remembering.

I feel most myself in moments of ceremony and stillness. Near smoke, herbs, water, or quiet breath. My body knows truth through warmth in the hands, openness in the heart, and a felt connection to something greater than myself.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

THREAD WEAVER

The Pattern Seer. The Listener Between the Lines.

I am guided by intuition, symbols, and the quiet sense that everything is connected.

When life feels scattered or unclear, I don’t force answers. I slow down and listen. I pay attention to patterns, dreams, repeating themes, and subtle signals that others might miss. Meaning reveals itself to me over time.

I am driven by integration. I create in order to understand. I gather fragments — experiences, emotions, memories — and weave them into something coherent and true. I trust the spiral more than the straight line.

Others often experience me as reflective, perceptive, or deeply attuned. I mirror back what’s been unspoken. I help people see connections they couldn’t quite name. My presence brings clarity not through explanation, but through resonance.

I feel most myself in liminal spaces. Dusk and dawn. Dream and waking. Silence and language. My body knows truth through subtle sensation, inward listening, and the feeling of threads quietly coming together.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

HEDGE WITCH

The Edge-Walker. The One Who Knows the Ways Between.

I am guided by instinct, earth-wisdom, and a deep trust in my own knowing.

When life feels restrictive or overly defined, I move toward the edges. I seek solitude, nature, and the places where rules soften and intuition speaks. I trust what I sense more than what I’m told.

I am driven by sovereignty. I gather wisdom from the land, my body, and lived experience. I don’t need permission to know what I know. My power is quiet, rooted, and self-defined.

Others often experience me as independent, intuitive, or slightly mysterious. I walk my own path and invite others to trust theirs. I bring insight from the margins — from the woods, the shadows, the in-between.

I feel most myself outdoors or in spaces where I can be fully myself without explanation. Barefoot on the earth. Breathing with the trees. My body knows truth through grounding, sensory awareness, and deep presence.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

SKELETON WOMAN

The One Who Walks Through the Dark and Returns Whole.

I am guided by surrender, transformation, and the knowing that rebirth follows every true descent.

When life breaks me open, I don’t resist the fall. I descend. I let what must end, end. I trust that something essential will rise from what remains. I have learned that collapse is not failure — it is initiation.

I am driven by alchemy. I create and live from shadow as much as from light. I know how to sit with grief, emptiness, and the rawness of becoming. I carry the medicine of those who have been broken open and lived to tell the truth of it.

Others often experience me as deep, resilient, or quietly powerful. I am the one who can stay when things get hard. I help others face what they’ve been avoiding and find beauty and meaning in the dark.

I feel most myself near water, in shadow, or in places of deep stillness. My body knows truth through breath, release, and the ache that precedes renewal. I do not rush healing. I allow it.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.

BONE KEEPER

The Wise Woman. The Ceremony Weaver. The Memory Keeper.

I am guided by memory, ritual, and the quiet wisdom of what came before.

I am the one who walks slowly so nothing sacred is forgotten. When life feels overwhelming or uncertain, I return to stillness, ritual, and remembrance. I trust what has already been lived and what is held in the body, the bones, and the breath.

I am driven by reverence. I feel called to honor what has been lost, overlooked, or carried silently through generations. I create meaning by remembering. I listen for the deeper stories beneath the surface and let them shape how I live.

Others often come to me when they are grieving, unrooted, or seeking grounded wisdom. I hold space without rushing or fixing. I witness. I remember on behalf of those who feel disconnected from lineage or belonging.

I feel most myself in sacred stillness. Near stones, bones, smoke, or earth. In places where time feels layered and the past speaks softly. My body knows truth through grounding, slowness, and presence.

You’ll receive a deeper exploration of this archetype by email, including animal allies, somatic wisdom, shadow terrain, and a creative ritual.