Life Purpose Archetype Number 5

The Five Pointed Star, or pentagram, is a symbol of Archetype Number 5 and is one of the most potent, powerful, and persistent symbols in human history. This particular symbolism has persisted for centuries, and has greatly influenced theologies of diverse traditions. It has been important to almost every ancient culture, from the Mayans of Latin America, to cultures in India, China, Greece, and Egypt. In many traditions, the pentagram can symbolize the unity of mankind with the earth, the human body, and the realm of the spirit.

For the Archetype Number 5, when you are centered and aligned, you:

• Love new experiences and want to try everything
• Are always drawn to the leading edge
• Like to go off the beaten path and find new ways to get there
• Are willing to go out beyond your comfort zone
• Enjoy stirring the pot in service of something better
• Love to transform systems that have become limitations
• Are a Change Agent
• Value self-development
• Love to witness others grow and change
• Are vibrantly alive in your body
• Breathe fresh air into the room because you are open to innovation
• Are the spirit of new possibilities
• Attract others by your excitement for life
• Can easily and playfully promote anything you believe in
• Are most happy in relationships that understand and support your freedom

When stressed, triggered, in need of healing or additional skills for building, you may:

• Limit yourself, and your freedom, unnecessarily
• Be too afraid to let your wings unfurl and take a chance
• Not understand how to use freedom, possibly losing your freedom of choice
• Move too quickly and not let things take root
• Be self-indulgent in a way that can impact others negatively
• Not allow yourself to experience the pleasure that you are capable of
• Resist anything that you fear may take away your freedom
• Want to stay in the safety of the known
• Be reckless
• Not understand that freedom can increase with acceptance of certain limitations
• Resent restriction and responsibility
• Have a tendency toward addiction
• Not understand how to be free and committed at the same time
• Resist making and maintaining habits and routines that would make your life easier
• Be rigid in your thinking
• Lack vitality

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