Archetype: The Lover

The Lover in his fullness, the mature Lover, allows you to connect in a healthy way with other people, the planet, and yourself. Some qualities of the Lover archetype in men: He lets us enter in to the flow of life, feel our connection with our vitality, and holds an awareness of life and death. He acknowledges and celebrates connection with others and allows us to feel grief when we lose something we valued, or when we become aware of something we should have had, but which we never felt unconditional love from mother or father). He feels compassion, love and empathy. He softens the energy of the King archetype The Lover is our primal archetype, the first one to grow after birth, when we seek connection with mother. That connection is about acceptance and love, and represents the natural way for each one of us to be met in the world as a baby: feeling that we are the centre of the world, and mother revolves around us, meeting our every need, and accepting our needs as they are presented. This is the ar