What is Your Divine Feminine archetype?

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Quiz Questions

1.
Which of the following quotes do you need taped to your fridge?
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- A.
  “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”― Maya Angelou
- B.
  "The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud".– Coco Chanel
- C.
  “You can love her with everything you have and she still wont belong to you... Love her wild or leave her there.”― Nikki Rowe
- D.
  "Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crackA crack in everything That's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen
- E.
  "The question isn't who is going to let me, it is who is going to stop me." Ayn Rand
- F.
  “When a wise woman speaks, smart people listen.”― Gift Gugu Mona
- G.
  “This is love: to fly toward a secret, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment." --Rumi
2.
Life is better with...
- A.
  A fully present tantric lover
- B.
  Great dance tunes and friends to dance with
- C.
  Beautiful ceremonies honoring the Sacred
- D.
  Plenty of 'me time' for meditation, self-care, and inner work.
- E.
  Sacred Activism
- F.
  Medicine--plants, oils, essences, food, magick
- G.
  An important mission in life!
3.
I love the smell of...
- A.
  Whiskey and Woodsmoke
- B.
  Incense
- C.
  Snow on pines
- D.
  Coffee and Cardamom
- E.
  Beeswax candles
- F.
  Sweetgrass and Sage
- G.
  The Ocean
4.
Choose a Goddess/Priestess
- A.
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  Isis
- B.
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  Oshun
- C.
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  White Buffalo Calf Woman
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  Inanna
- E.
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  Brigid
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  Cerridwen
- G.
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  Skadi
5.
Which quality do you find most important?
- A.
  Wisdom
- B.
  Autonomy
- C.
  Spirituality
- D.
  Passion
- E.
  Independence
- F.
  Healing
- G.
  Confidence
6.
Choose One:
- A.
  A gorgeous garden.
- B.
  Your hair blowing in the wind.
- C.
  A fireplace and good drink.
- D.
  Swimming in crystal clear seas.
- E.
  Dreams of flight.
- F.
  A circle of family or good friends.
- G.
  Sitting at your beautifully adorned altar.

Quiz Outcomes

1.
The Lover
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The Lover is passionate and devoted, heartily inclined to the influence of these traits in her life. You might love art, music, gardening, your career, your car, gunsmithing, or golf. You are deeply connected to your own emotional flow and that of those around you. Possibly you are deeply empathic. The Lover is often ruled by her emotions. She follows them and makes decisions based on her feelings and intuition. This is a good thing! Understanding this and following her inner nature is critical to The Lover.The Lover tends to be innocent, she carries the Puella archetype. The Lover is the eternal girl and often draws partners who want to take of her whether she needs taking care of not.Sacred Eroticism is the native ground of The Lover. You might enjoy weaving intention and ceremony into your love life. The Lover is the Tantrika, the Courtesan, the woman deeply connected to Love and Beauty in all of its forms.Astrologically, Taurus is the sign most closely aligned with The Lover. Taurus is the epicurean, and seeks pleasure through the body.Pleasure is art form for this archetype.The Lover must always follow her heart.GODDESS:OshunYoruban goddess of pleasure. She rules all bodies of water and all sensaul acts and is the patroness of women and Witches. Oshun is a hedonist by nature and takes part in all acts of love and pleasure. She loves perfume, jewelry, beauty, and dance. Seashells are sacred to her. She is a triple goddess with Oba and Oya as her counterparts. Oshun is dark skinned with abundant curves and a sensual nature.from: the Goddess Guide, by Priestess Brandi AusetSupportive Words:The Navajo Blessingway Prayer, I Walk in BeautyIn beauty I walkWith beauty before me I walkWith beauty behind me I walkWith beauty above me I walkWith beauty around me I walkIt has become beauty againToday I will walk out, today everything negative will leave meI will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.In beauty all day long may I walk.Through the returning seasons, may I walk.On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.With dew about my feet, may I walk.With beauty before me may I walk.With beauty behind me may I walk.With beauty below me may I walk.With beauty above me may I walk.With beauty all around me may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.My words will be beautiful…
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The Virgin
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The Virgin's original essence is all about a woman who is Sovereign in her own right.The Virgin, the Maiden, the Woman in charge of her own existence is really what the Virgin archetype is all about. Rather than being flowery, gentle, and ultra soft, the Virgin is fiery, passionate, and intense. She IS full life-force energy pulsing through the body.Originally the term 'virgin' had nothing to do with a woman's private parts and everything to do with whether she was in charge of her own life. As Patriarchy took hold, this definition changed and became about the one way men could figure out to value a woman based on whether or she had been 'taken' by a male.The Virgin knows her worth is based on things she carries within. She is also known as the Warrior or Warrioress.She knows her worth is based on her own opinion of herself. This is why the archetype is called after the image of the Maiden self, the girl who has not yet forgotten...or been taught...that she is lacking in some way. The Virgin knows she is sovereign, complete unto herself.GODDESS:BrigidBrigid is the Celtic goddess of the forge, fire, poetry, smithcraft, midwifery, and creativity.She is the Irish goddess of the Sacred Flame. She is a keeper of holy wells and rivers of healing and rebirth, as well as the sacred flames of creativity. Brigid is the Wise Woman Healer and patroness of poets and priestesses.(mostly) from: the Goddess Guide, by Priestess Brandi AusetSupportive Words:𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐥⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑜⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢,⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠,⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛,⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓,⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The Mother
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The Mother is the center of ALL Creation Mysteries. She is the one who brings every new thing into being. Hers is the cauldron in which every project, every gift, every butterfly, every business, every idea, and yes, every baby is conceived, grows, and comes into this World.The Mother is the heart healer, the one who puts Osiris back together again and then conceives a child!Speaking of conception...In this World where the Mother archetype is desexualized, I have some news: The Mother is deeply sexual and sensual. She does become pregnant by closing her eyes and thinking of England. She is a glad and holy partner in Earthly and Earthy acts of creation and of love and pleasure.The Mother, the chalice who knows the secrets of the Womb, the woman in complete connection with the mysteries of Being Born, Menarche, Pregnancy and Birthing, Menopause, and Death, aka The Blood Mysteries, is the center of all Creation.The Mother is comfortable in the darkness. She comfortable with the all of the wild and wooly things that the Blood Mysteries bring to bear. She can hold space for all of it. Safe Space.Holy Space.Sacred Space.The Mother is not diminished by a World that tells her that she is just a useless servant to the whims of others. An elevated cabby. A cook and bottle washer. She knows, in her deepest womb wisdom, that all of the things a Mother does...including driving and cooking and cleaning for her family, friends, or community, are acts of power and ceremony and celebration of the gift of life.This archetype is the Djin Mother, who wafts in on a scented wave of coffee and cardamom.This archetype is the Holy Mother who puts the dismembered back together.This archetype is the Red Tent Mother who makes soup on the New Moon to feed her friends and invites them into her Sacred Space where they connect and talk and rest into the peace.GODDESS:Isis/AusetIsis is the goddess-queen of Egypt, of magick and healing. She is the patroness of women, children, and a sacred protector of marriage and vows of love. She uses her wisdom and sorcery to strengthen ancestral bonds, manifest change, and transform the world.from: the Goddess Guide, by Priestess Brandi AusetSupportive Words:Come to Dust, Usula Le GuinSpirit, rehearse the journeys of the bodythat are to come, the motionsof the matter that held you.Rise up in the smoke of palo santo.Fall to the earth in the falling rain.Sink in, sink down to the farthest roots.Mount slowly in the rising sapto the branches, the crown, the leaf-tips.Come down to earth as leaves in autumnto lie in the patient rot of winter.Rise again in spring’s green fountains.Drift in sunlight with the sacred pollento fall in blessing. All earth’s dusthas been life, held soul, is holy.AND THIS, a poem that seems to be written about a lover but when you read it as if it were written to a child, it shines differently:[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]BY E. E. CUMMINGSi carry your heart with me( i carry it inmy heart) i am never without it (anywherei go you go, my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing, my darling) i fearno fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i wantno world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which growshigher than soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
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The Huntress
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The Huntress is in touch with her healthy Predator. She knows when she is hungry. She only takes what she needs to survive. She is not afraid of the kill, nor is she guilty afterwards. She is aware that she is part of the Wheel. She is also aware that she is not The Wheel, she is not driving it, she is simply one part.The Huntress is able to stay in humility. She is alert, aware, and walks with her focus soft, seeing everything.The Huntress is independent and relies on her own deep instinctive nature to guide her. She is at home in her body, completely in tune with and acceptance of the rhythms and cycles of life in a woman's body. This is Nature, she knows. This is primal and true and the source of creation.She is an activist who does not become distracted by the causes of others but is fully capable of keeping her focus on her own cause, whatever that is. Sacred Activism is not always about saving the birds, it could be raising a healthy family or assuring equity in the workplace.The Huntress thinks deeply and can be cerebral rather than emotional. She moves quietly through the woods stalking her prey. She does not hunt from the Patriarchal perspective of hating or abusing or of feeling entitled to kill things if only they would stay still, but from the perspective of gratitude for the life essence provided her, from the perspective that the prey may decide that today is not the day, from the perspective that the hunter must bring more kindness and gentleness to her hunt in order to be aligned with what is good and right on a Cosmic Level.GODDESSSkadi/SkadeSkadi rules over winter and the darkness that comes with it. she bestows justice and vengeance as necessary on the wicked and is the incarnation of righteous anger. She is the mistress of the hunt. Scandanavia is thought to be named for her.Supportive Words:poem in praise of menstruationLucille Cliftonif there is a rivermore beautiful than thisbright as the bloodred edge of the moon if there is a rivermore faithful than thisreturning each monthto the same delta if there is a riverbraver than thiscoming and coming in a surgeof passion, of pain if there is a rivermore ancient than thisdaughter of evemother of cain and of abel if there is in the universe such a river ifthere is some where watermore powerful than this wildwaterpray that it flows alsothrough animalsbeautiful and faithful and ancientand female and brave
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The Priestess
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The Priestess Archetype is one of the most difficult to carry.The Priestess has an inward focus that is pointed toward both achieving the soul's highest purpose while also sharing something important with the World.The Priestess is soulful, dedicated to her Sacred Work, and often experiences both great physical and great spiritual suffering on her path toward spiritual unfolding. The Priestess might also be called the Mystic, the Oracle, or the Witch.She is often the Boddhisatva who has made a soul agreement to return to Earth in a body over and over again until all people reach enlightenment.The Priestess easily accesses altered states of consciousness via meditation, Shamanic Journeys, prayer, movement, or other ways.She also understands the importance of embodying her work and spends a great deal of daily time on mundane chores and activities--she is committed to living *in* her body with all of the senses and feelings that are attendant. With this archetype it is important to remember than with great light there also comes great darkness. A Shadow Work practice is critical to remaining open an clear.She can create and alter reality. She lives with a foot in the physical world and the other in the realm of spirit.Mantra or Words of Wisdom for the Mystic are:Chop wood. Carry water.andIt must grow corn. (meaning you must reap something from whatever you sew.)GODDESSCerridwenCerridwen is the Welsh goddess of the cauldron of life, death, and rebirth. She is the Welsh aspect of the triple goddess. She, as the keeper of the sacred cauldron brews the magical potions of divine wisdom and inspiration. She is the guardian of spiritual transformation, and the dispenser of righteous council and justice. She is mainly seen and honored in her crone aspect with Blodeuwedd and Arianrhod being the mother and maiden aspects. She is one of the five goddesses of Avalon and rules the gifts of prophecy and magick.Supportive Words:‘Her Kind’ – Anne SextonI have gone out, a possessed witch,haunting the black air, braver at night;dreaming evil, I have done my hitchover the plain houses, light by light:lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind.A woman like that is not a woman, quite.I have been her kind.I have found the warm caves in the woods,filled them with skillets, carvings, shelves,closets, silks, innumerable goods;fixed the suppers for the worms and the elves:whining, rearranging the disaligned.A woman like that is misunderstood.I have been her kind.I have ridden in your cart, driver,waved my nude arms at villages going by,learning the last bright routes, survivorwhere your flames still bite my thighand my ribs crack where your wheels wind.A woman like that is not ashamed to die.I have been her kind.ANDDiving into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich First having read the book of myths,and loaded the camera,and checked the edge of the knife-blade,I put onthe body-armor of black rubberthe absurd flippersthe grave and awkward mask.I am having to do thisnot like Cousteau with hisassiduous teamaboard the sun-flooded schoonerbut here alone.There is a ladder.The ladder is always therehanging innocentlyclose to the side of the schooner.We know what it is for,we who have used it.Otherwiseit is a piece of maritime flosssome sundry equipment.I go down.Rung after rung and stillthe oxygen immerses methe blue lightthe clear atomsof our human air.I go down.My flippers cripple me,I crawl like an insect down the ladderand there is no oneto tell me when the oceanwill begin.First the air is blue and thenit is bluer and then green and thenblack I am blacking out and yetmy mask is powerfulit pumps my blood with powerthe sea is another storythe sea is not a question of powerI have to learn aloneto turn my body without forcein the deep element.And now: it is easy to forgetwhat I came foramong so many who have alwayslived hereswaying their crenellated fansbetween the reefsand besidesyou breathe differently down here.I came to explore the wreck.The words are purposes.The words are maps.I came to see the damage that was doneand the treasures that prevail.I stroke the beam of my lampslowly along the flankof something more permanentthan fish or weedthe thing I came for:the wreck and not the story of the wreckthe thing itself and not the myththe drowned face always staringtoward the sunthe evidence of damageworn by salt and sway into this threadbare beautythe ribs of the disastercurving their assertionamong the tentative haunters.This is the place.And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hairstreams black, the merman in his armored body.We circle silentlyabout the wreckwe dive into the hold.I am she: I am hewhose drowned face sleeps with open eyeswhose breasts still bear the stresswhose silver, copper, vermeil cargo liesobscurely inside barrelshalf-wedged and left to rotwe are the half-destroyed instrumentsthat once held to a coursethe water-eaten logthe fouled compassWe are, I am, you areby cowardice or couragethe one who find our wayback to this scenecarrying a knife, a cameraa book of mythsin whichour names do not appear.
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The Queen
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The Queen Archetype represents Feminine power and authority in all women. The Queen is a woman who is clearly and firmly rooted in her own power and who uses that power for the good of her people. Her people could be her family, her employees or co-workers, her co-congregants at a place of worship, or her friends. She rules her 'kingdom' with fairness, compassion, intelligence, and strength.In our current culture the Queen archetype has been misunderstood and villainized. Women often wear the Shadow qualities of the Queen: arrogance; cruelty; power over dynamics; and aggression.A Queen is also someone used to weilding her power and authority and does so without any self-judgement. She understands that she is her own authority and that she carries the staff of authority for others. This is both her blessing and her work. She holds herself to a high standard as she understands that her responsibility is not personal, it is to her wider community or queendom.The Queen can be emotionally removed and appear cool or even cold. This archetype is interested in the wider community rather than her own small, personal concerns.GODDESSInannaThe Queen of Heaven and of Earth, Inanna is a Sumerian goddess and is represented in the night and morning sky by Venus as she ascends and descends. Inanna is the original Shamanic Journeyer.She is a goddess of Love and War. She is a fertility goddess. Her sister, Erishkegal, is the Queen of the Underworld. The two together represent both the light and dark facets of the human psyche.Inanna protected her city and followers, dispensing justice and the laws of the land.(partly) from: the Goddess Guide, by Priestess Brandi AusetSupportive Words:The Hill We Climb, Amanda GormanWhen day comes we ask ourselves,where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we carry,a sea we must wade.We've braved the belly of the beast,We've learned that quiet isn't always peace,and the norms and notionsof what just isisn't always just-ice.And yet the dawn is oursbefore we knew it.Somehow we do it.Somehow we've weathered and witnesseda nation that isn't broken,but simply unfinished.We the successors of a country and a timewhere a skinny Black girldescended from slaves and raised by a single mothercan dream of becoming presidentonly to find herself reciting for one.And yes we are far from polished.Far from pristine.But that doesn't mean we arestriving to form a union that is perfect.We are striving to forge a union with purpose,to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters andconditions of man.And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us,but what stands before us.We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,we must first put our differences aside.We lay down our armsso we can reach out our armsto one another.We seek harm to none and harmony for all.Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true,that even as we grieved, we grew,that even as we hurt, we hoped,that even as we tired, we tried,that we'll forever be tied together, victorious.Not because we will never again know defeat,but because we will never again sow division.Scripture tells us to envisionthat everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig treeand no one shall make them afraid.If we're to live up to our own time,then victory won't lie in the blade.But in all the bridges we've made,that is the promise to glade,the hill we climb.If only we dare.It's because being American is more than a pride we inherit,it's the past we step intoand how we repair it.We've seen a force that would shatter our nationrather than share it.Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.And this effort very nearly succeeded.But while democracy can be periodically delayed,it can never be permanently defeated.In this truth,in this faith we trust.For while we have our eyes on the future,history has its eyes on us.This is the era of just redemptionwe feared at its inception.We did not feel prepared to be the heirsof such a terrifying hourbut within it we found the powerto author a new chapter.To offer hope and laughter to ourselves.So while once we asked,how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?Now we assert,How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?We will not march back to what was,but move to what shall be.A country that is bruised but whole,benevolent but bold,fierce and free.We will not be turned aroundor interrupted by intimidation,because we know our inaction and inertiawill be the inheritance of the next generation.Our blunders become their burdens.But one thing is certain,If we merge mercy with might,and might with right,then love becomes our legacy,and change our children's birthright.So let us leave behind a countrybetter than the one we were left with.Every breath from my bronze-pounded chest,we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the west.We will rise from the windswept northeast,where our forefathers first realized revolution.We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states.We will rise from the sunbaked south.We will rebuild, reconcile and recover.And every known nook of our nation andevery corner called our country,our people diverse and beautiful will emerge,battered and beautiful.When day comes we step out of the shade,aflame and unafraid,the new dawn blooms as we free it.For there is always light,if only we're brave enough to see it.If only we're brave enough to be it.
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The Wise Woman
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The Wise WomanThe Wise Woman speaks her truth, knows her power, and stands firmly rooted in both. She does not give way and she does not give quarter to fools, bullies, or power-over dynamics.She is the feminine embodiment of the Wounded Healer, using her experience and magic to help, teach, and heal others.Independent, in control, strategists, wielding power with passion and inspiration, deeply aligned with power, wisdom, facts, and making sense of things. Can be disconnected from the body and overly identified with masculine traits.The Wise Woman can create and alter reality.They are the Kingmakers, the Queenmakers. She is a truth teller, and knowledge bearer. If you have a dominant Wise Woman archetype you will love knowledge and seek knowledge for its own sake. This doesn't have to mean that you have a bunch of degrees or certifications, but that you probably have a pile of wisdom about things that interest you and which you may or may not share with others.The Sage is capable of seeing the Divine in every aspect of life.They are the Kingmakers, the Queenmakers. The Wise Women are healers, teachers, students of life. GODDESSWhite Buffalo Calf Woman/Ptesan-WiWhite Buffalo Calf Woman is a Lakota goddess who gave her people the 7 Sacred Rites. She taught the basics of survival and brought the bison to her people for nourishment.Her legend begins with her arrival before two men. One of whom was awed by her and the other of whom wished to do her harm. There was a cyclone into which the good man could not see and, at the end, there remained the woman and the skeleton of the man who intended her harm.This is a goddess of wisdom, clarity, and who does not take lightly those who would do her or her people harm. Supportive Words:Diving into the Wreck, Adrienne Rich First having read the book of myths,and loaded the camera,and checked the edge of the knife-blade,I put onthe body-armor of black rubberthe absurd flippersthe grave and awkward mask.I am having to do thisnot like Cousteau with hisassiduous teamaboard the sun-flooded schoonerbut here alone.There is a ladder.The ladder is always therehanging innocentlyclose to the side of the schooner.We know what it is for,we who have used it.Otherwiseit is a piece of maritime flosssome sundry equipment.I go down.Rung after rung and stillthe oxygen immerses methe blue lightthe clear atomsof our human air.I go down.My flippers cripple me,I crawl like an insect down the ladderand there is no oneto tell me when the oceanwill begin.First the air is blue and thenit is bluer and then green and thenblack I am blacking out and yetmy mask is powerfulit pumps my blood with powerthe sea is another storythe sea is not a question of powerI have to learn aloneto turn my body without forcein the deep element.And now: it is easy to forgetwhat I came foramong so many who have alwayslived hereswaying their crenellated fansbetween the reefsand besidesyou breathe differently down here.I came to explore the wreck.The words are purposes.The words are maps.I came to see the damage that was doneand the treasures that prevail.I stroke the beam of my lampslowly along the flankof something more permanentthan fish or weedthe thing I came for:the wreck and not the story of the wreckthe thing itself and not the myththe drowned face always staringtoward the sunthe evidence of damageworn by salt and sway into this threadbare beautythe ribs of the disastercurving their assertionamong the tentative haunters.This is the place.And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hairstreams black, the merman in his armored body.We circle silentlyabout the wreckwe dive into the hold.I am she: I am hewhose drowned face sleeps with open eyeswhose breasts still bear the stresswhose silver, copper, vermeil cargo liesobscurely inside barrelshalf-wedged and left to rotwe are the half-destroyed instrumentsthat once held to a coursethe water-eaten logthe fouled compassWe are, I am, you areby cowardice or couragethe one who find our wayback to this scenecarrying a knife, a cameraa book of mythsin whichour names do not appear.

What is Your Divine Feminine archetype?

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