The Sacred Feminine
The Sacred Masculine
The Sacred Masculine
Within the sacred circle we meet the 13 archetypes of woman: mythic mirrors that help us remember who we are, where we’ve been, and who we are becoming. These archetypes are drawn from the book The Circle of Life by Elizabeth Davis and Carol Leonard and reflect the fullness of the feminine journey across time and soul.
They are not static identities, but living energies - forces of creation, destruction, birth, death, and becoming. These archetypes live most vividly in the journey of womanhood, but they are not limited by gender. They are elemental forces that can be recognized, honored, and integrated by all beings. Each one holds medicine for the collective. They shape how we love, how we grieve, how we create, how we evolve.
Like all archetypes, each of these holds a shadow. When unacknowledged or distorted they can show up as over-identification, avoidance, or harm. Working with these archetypes means embracing the light and shadow alike - seeing them not as flaws, but as invitations to deeper wholeness.
The 13 archetypes are grouped into four life phases, each aligned with a direction on the wheel. At the center of the Wheel is the Transformer. She is the void, the spirit, the place where all archetypes dissolve and renew. She is the mystery that lives in our bones.
The Sacred Masculine
The Sacred Masculine
The Sacred Masculine
Just as the sacred feminine moves through a spiral of archetypal energies, so too does the sacred masculine. The most widely recognized framework for men’s archetypes comes from Jungian psychology and rooted in the work King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette. These four archetypes represent the mature, life-giving expressions of masculine energy. When held in wholeness, they form the pillars of integrity, service, and grounded strength. They are not bound by gender. These archetypes live within all of us, though they tend to emerge most strongly in those called to walk the masculine path. They offer a scared map for cultivating presence, protection, insight, and wise leadership.
Each archetype carries a shadow - an unbalanced or wounded expression that arises when the energy is distorted, uninitiated, or exiled. To embody the sacred masculine is to bring these energies into wholeness, not by avoiding the shadow, but by meeting it with courage and care.
Together, these four form the whole: the heart, the mind, the body, and the soul of the sacred masculine. When integrated, they awaken the mature man - not just for his own sake, but for the healing of his people, his land, and the generations to come.