THE ARCHIVE: Interpretation of the Confidant (13)
THE CONFIDANT (13) ARCHETYPE
SECRETS – TRUSTWORTHINESS – WHOLE-BODY LISTENING
Internal Motivator:
“I trust in the future by listening to the present and the past.”
Positive Attributes:
Is able to listen through her body and aura
Has accumulated deep wisdom from everything that has been shared with her
Keeps everyone’s secrets safe
Achilles Heel:
Has to be careful to not become negatively influenced by everything she hears
Tendency to care so much about what people feel that she represses her own emotions
People feel her empathic nature and can try to take advantage of her
WHO IS THIS ARCHETYPE?
This archetype is a great listener that takes people in through her calming presence. The Confidant hears the meaning behind the words, and with her gift for hearing, she collects and remembers people’s stories, challenges and breakthroughs. This way, she becomes a natural bridge between the past and the future.
The Confidant is empathic without feeling weighed down by the difficult and negative things people may share with her. She knows how to be the neutral witness without losing her own center and core stability. In fact, by hearing everything she naturally has an optimistic view of the collective and the future.
The Confidant receives people, even strangers, with openness and often affection. In her aura, people feel trust and naturally tell even their deepest darkest secrets. She naturally helps them find their purpose and direction in life by acknowledging them, and their efforts and struggles, in the stories they bring to her. She makes them aware of the patterns and mistakes they are repeating without making them feel wronged or shamed. She hears their heart’s truth so powerfully that they are able to hear it as well. Many see her as a powerful shaman and healer.
The Confidant only shares what she knows when it’s in the highest good for the collective. Based on data collected over time, she has embodied deep wisdom about the present and future. She knows all about the important lessons that can only be learned through experience. She makes sense of the grand mythic human drama. She loves sharing universal ideas and values as well as their practical application. These are what inspire humanistic co-operation.
The Confidant has an intimate relationship with the Alpha (7). She admires his more logical approach to leadership and guiding humanity towards a brighter future. The Alpha recognizes his partner’s softness and deep compassionate understanding of the human predicament. The Alpha is leading by example and actively showing his people the way forward, whereas the Confidant accepts people as they are and leads through discernment and love.
The Confidant also has a close relationship to the Medicine Woman (33). Together they invite people to come sit around a literal or symbolic bonfire. What these two archetypes really do is hold sacred space for humanity to come together to fulfill its highest purpose. They listen, share, and lead through feminine intuition and embodied wisdom.
Together with the Fire Starter (30), the Confidant is the Portal Guardian of the Codon Ring of Purification. The Confidant holds the repository of the collective past experiences and memories of humanity, whereas the Fire Starter knows all about the highs and lows of the emotional wave and our yearning to be fulfilled by something outside of ourselves. The Confidant and the Fire Starter guide humanity to evolve through progressive cycles of inner cleansing and purification.
The Confidant has us look at our projections and negative patterns in relationships. This starts with the skill of inner listening and becoming aware of how we respond or react emotionally to triggers in relationships. The Fire Starter shines light on our urges and needs so that we gradually can purify our desire-nature through sublimation of dense emotional energy. Through this process, we start to feel inner and outer lightness. With the expanded awareness we stop being victims of our emotions, and start relating to each other in a higher and more loving frequency.