A new female archetype.

photo by Matt Zavadil.

I am thinking about a new female archetype. She is unfolding, I know right before our eyes. Many of us have been crafting her with our finely tuned instruments of growth and pursuits of wisdom. We…the collective voice we, the female voice that speaks from the hallows. We are an expression of a greater truth and we seek in oh so many ways to express these truths. We have found patterns and symbols to help us along the way.

An archetypal energy is contrived of the experiences of life. Those experiences that we have over and over and we weave them in and through our stories until they seem to have a life of their own. An archetype like….mother. We don’t need to struggle to summon up an image to match that metaphor. We have our beliefs, attitudes and individual stories that have emblazoned the energy of mother deeply into our souls. There are other female archetypes that have marked our paths and spoken to us through the wisdom of their experience. Queen, Princess, Goddess, Seductress, Nurturer, Healer….there’s even an archetype for women of different cultures and different generations. We’ve given enough collective energy to these roles in our lives to sustain them over time. They will always be available to us to embody and use for our purposes.

Today there are new “versions” of women. The archetype of a woman of the new millennium will be one that has her power. She is trusting of the knowledge of the women of old and aware how to use it. She is no longer dependent upon a male for survival but has learned to exist in co-creative partnership with them and all of life. She will call herself mother or daughter or friend but will not identify herself as such. Her identity goes much deeper, her connections to the cycles of time and season shape who she is far more than the roles she plays in life. She is a blend, almost ageless of the three faces of the goddess. Maiden, Mother, Crone….no longer living in separation from these other parts of herself, but dancing amongst them letting each facet shine in its appropriate time.

I know these new energies are not being forged easily. I hear you…..women…..I hear your struggles and your sufferings and the challenges there are to ushering in this new archetype. You are erasing the old ways of taking care of everyone else before you give to yourself, you are erasing the story of dependency upon our traditional roles of the past. You are teaching your daughters to believe in their unlimited possibilities, you are raising your sons to love openly without fear.  You are learning, teaching and living that abundance is an expression of love that you allow yourselves.

We talk a lot amongst ourselves about a new energy coming. What we often forget to do is stop and take stock of our contribution in calling it in. We are the thing we are waiting for. Look around into the eyes of your sisters….it isn’t just coming…it is here. We are shaping what the future will define as a woman of power. A woman self directed and balanced. Gracious women. Thank you for your divine contributions.