The Archive: Interpretation of the Maestro (50)
The Maestro
HARMONICS – ORDER – RESPONSIBILITY
Internal Motivator:
I Harmonize Soul Songs
Positive Attributes:
Has a highly attuned musical ear
Understands the harmony of the whole
Role models integrity
Achilles Heel:
Perceives all the interference and chaos around him
Can hear the slightest off tone
Leads rather than being lead
WHO IS THIS ARCHETYPE?
The Maestro is the core figure of the orchestra and the extended musical community. His instinctual awareness scrutinizes what is corrupt or unjust, unnecessary or self-serving. This is his way of caring for every aspect of life within the orchestra.
From the Maestro’s perspective, everything is experienced as music. He establishes or challenges values, responsibilities, and regulations that govern the preservation and well-being of the community. His intuition lets him know what balance and harmony looks and sounds like in any situation.
Everyone naturally trusts the Maestro for his fairness and ability to create synergy with people and instruments, sounds and rhythms, tone and timbre. He organizes human beings into a beautiful symphony in which they become the actual instruments, and consciousness itself plays its music through them.
The Maestro’s aura creates powerful ripples and electromagnetic currents that have the remarkable effect of bringing groups into equilibrium. He harmonizes the music to create inner peace in the listeners by bringing balance between all the instruments, all voices.
The Maestro is married to the beautiful Nourisher (27). She accompanies him and the orchestra on their tours and constantly makes sure that everyone is fed and cared for. These two archetypes show that it’s possible to co-create a truly peaceful world and uphold the vision of peace, harmony and collaboration.
They know that maintaining social equilibrium involves fulfilling the needs of both the individual and the group as a whole. Together the Maestro and the Nourisher role model a harmonious relationship and the younger generations learn self-responsibility and healthy giving and receiving through them.
The Maestro’s best friend is the Gridworker (44) who is a master of team dynamics and a true ally through any endeavor. These two archetypes never impose their will on anyone. Instead they see that there is a self-organizing intelligence that naturally arises when people play their chosen instrument and are encouraged to passionately contribute to the unfolding of the melody and the whole. Their community radiates health as a result of trusting all individuals with their own freedom and contribution to the synarchy.
Nothing matters more to the Maestro than preserving the integrity of the music and honoring each instrument. He has studied the biggest composers and teachers, and his skills for directing the orchestra are in his DNA, entrained through him from generations of composers and musicians in his family.
The Maestro reveres his musical lineage but is never afraid of doing things in a new way if that feels more aligned. His little brother is the Eternal Child (3) who isn’t afraid of building something and then tearing it apart to allow space for a new creation to be born.
Like a jazz musician, the Maestro, and his little brother, are able to riff and break the rules, honoring and guarding the genius of the past while improvising the now. The Maestro’s fresh approach can lead to transforming an old composition into a new masterpiece. The compositions of this archetype are ever evolving.