Archetype
An innate pattern or role in the psyche—like a deep template—that shows up in dreams, myths, and symbols.
Archetypes are not fixed characters you meet once and for all; they are structuring potentials—the Hero, Mother, Trickster, Wise Guide, and many more—that organize emotion and meaning. They appear in condensed form in tarot figures and scenes.
Recognizing an archetype in a reading can shift the question from “what will happen?” to “what role am I living, and what does it ask of me?”
