The Self
The archetype of wholeness and the regulating center of the psyche.
The Shadow
The unconscious aspect of personality containing rejected or repressed qualities.
The Anima
The feminine aspect within the male psyche, representing emotion and relationship.
The Animus
The masculine aspect within the female psyche, representing logic and assertion.
The Persona
The social mask or facade presented to the world.
The Hero
The archetype of the ego's quest for consciousness and achievement.
The Great Mother
The archetype of maternal nurturance, protection, and devouring power.
The Wise Old Man
The archetype of wisdom, knowledge, and spiritual guidance.
The Trickster
The archetype of disruption, humor, and boundary-crossing.
The Child
The archetype of innocence, spontaneity, and potential.
The Syzygy
The divine couple representing the union of opposites.
The Wounded Healer
The archetype of healing through one's own suffering.
Mother Complex
An emotionally charged group of ideas around the mother figure.
Father Complex
An emotionally charged group of ideas around the father figure.
Inferiority Complex
A cluster of feelings and beliefs around being inadequate.
Power Complex
An emotionally charged pattern around control and dominance.
Hero Complex
A pattern of needing to rescue others or be the savior.
Martyr Complex
A pattern of suffering for others and seeking recognition through sacrifice.
Puer Aeternus
The eternal youth complex, resistance to maturity and responsibility.
INTJ (Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging)
Strategic, independent thinkers with vision and determination.
INTP (Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving)
Theoretical, abstract thinkers who seek to understand systems.
ENTJ (Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Judging)
Natural leaders who organize people and resources toward goals.
ENTP (Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving)
Innovative debaters who enjoy intellectual challenges.
INFJ (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging)
Idealistic visionaries guided by deep values and convictions.
INFP (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving)
Thoughtful idealists driven by personal values and authenticity.
ENFJ (Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Judging)
Charismatic leaders who inspire and guide others toward growth.
ENFP (Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving)
Enthusiastic, creative people who see life as full of possibilities.
ISTJ (Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging)
Practical, fact-minded individuals who value order and reliability.
ISFJ (Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging)
Warm, dedicated protectors who care for others' well-being.
ESTJ (Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging)
Organized administrators who manage people and processes efficiently.
ESFJ (Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging)
Caring, sociable people who create harmony and connection.
ISTP (Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving)
Practical troubleshooters who excel at understanding how things work.
ISFP (Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving)
Gentle artists who live in the moment and express through action.
ESTP (Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving)
Energetic doers who thrive on action and immediate results.
ESFP (Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving)
Spontaneous entertainers who bring joy and excitement to life.
Individuation
The process of becoming one's true self through integrating unconscious aspects.
Collective Unconscious
The deepest layer of the unconscious shared by all humanity, containing archetypes.
Synchronicity
Meaningful coincidences that cannot be explained by causality.
Active Imagination
A method of dialoguing with the unconscious through fantasy and imagery.
Projection
The unconscious transfer of one's own qualities onto others.
Compensation
The psyche's self-regulating tendency to balance one-sided conscious attitudes.
Transcendent Function
The psyche's capacity to unite opposites and create new perspectives.
Enantiodromia
The principle that everything eventually turns into its opposite.
Amplification
The method of enriching dream images with mythological and cultural parallels.
Integration
The process of incorporating unconscious contents into consciousness.
Differentiation
The process of separating distinct psychological functions.
Symbol Formation
The psyche's creation of images that unite conscious and unconscious.
Participation Mystique
The unconscious identification with others or objects.
Psychological Functions
The four basic ways the psyche operates: thinking, feeling, sensation, intuition.
Attitude Types
The fundamental orientations of extraversion and introversion.
Ego-Self Axis
The connection between the conscious ego and the unconscious Self.
Numinosity
The overwhelming, awe-inspiring quality of archetypal experiences.
Psychic Energy (Libido)
The vital force that animates psychological processes.
Personal Unconscious
The layer of the unconscious containing personal memories and complexes.
Inflation
The ego's identification with archetypal contents, leading to grandiosity.
Deflation
The collapse of inflated ego identifications.
Quaternity
The pattern of fourness representing wholeness and completion.
Mandala
A circular symbol representing the Self and psychic wholeness.
Coniunctio
The alchemical union of opposites leading to transformation.
Nigredo
The blackening stage of transformation, representing death and dissolution.
Albedo
The whitening stage of transformation, representing purification.
Rubedo
The reddening stage of transformation, representing completion and wholeness.
Shadow Work
The practice of exploring and integrating the repressed, hidden aspects of the personality that Jung called the Shadow.
Inner Child
The childlike aspect of the psyche that carries early experiences, wounds, and authentic spontaneity.
Dark Night of the Soul
A period of profound spiritual or psychological crisis that precedes transformation and deeper self-knowledge.
Psychological Types
Jung's theory of personality types based on attitudes (introversion/extraversion) and functions (thinking/feeling/sensing/intuiting).
Dream Analysis (Jungian)
Jung's approach to dreams as messages from the unconscious, using amplification, association, and active imagination.
Ego Death
The dissolution of the ego's dominance, often experienced during profound transformation or spiritual awakening.
Psychological Complex
A core pattern of emotions, memories, and perceptions organized around a common theme, operating partly unconsciously.
Senex
The wise old man/woman archetype — structure, wisdom, and authority, but also rigidity and stagnation.
Great Mother
The archetype of the nurturing, devouring, transformative mother — both life-giving and consuming.
Trickster
The archetype of disruption, humor, and boundary-crossing that challenges the status quo.
Wise Old Man
The archetype of guidance, wisdom, and meaning — appearing in dreams as mentors, sages, or spiritual figures.
Divine Child
The archetype of new beginnings, potential, and wholeness — the promise of renewal.