Addict — Light attribute: helps you recognize and confront addictive behavior; Shadow attributes: compromises integrity and honesty. Allows an addictive pattern to have authority over your inner spirit, Advocate — light attribute: inspires you to put compassion into action; shadow attribute: embracing negative causes or committing to causes for personal gain, Alchemist — light attribute: transformation of base motives and goals into golden wisdom; shadow attribute: misuse of the power and knowledge that come through spiritual practice, Angel — light: helping those in need with no expectation of return; shadow: acting innocent or angelic to mislead others. Falsely claiming to be in touch with angelic guidance, Artist — light: expressing a dimension of life that is just beyond the five senses. Inspiring others to see life symbolically; shadow: using talent as an excuse to mistreat others. Posing as the Starving Artist to elicit pity., Athlete — light: dedication to transcending physical limits, including handicaps. Development of personal willpower and strength of spirit; shadow: misuse of athletic ability for selfish ends. False sense of invulnerability and entitlement., Avenger — light: desire to balance the scales of justice. Righteousness on behalf of society or oneself; shadow: resorting to violence in the name of a cause, Beggar — light: confronts empowerment at the level of physical survival. Awakens the spiritual authority of humility, compassion, an self-esteem; shadow: dependence on others to the exclusion of effort, Bully — light: highlights your tendency to intimidate others. Helps you confront the inner fears that bully you; shadow: conceals deep fears behind verbal or physical abuse, Child: orphan — light: independence based on learning to go it alone. Conquering fear of surviving; shadow: feelings of abandonment that stifle maturation. Seeking inappropriate surrogate families, Child: wounded — light: awakens compassion and desire to serve other Wounded Children. Opens the learning path of forgiveness; shadow: blames all dysfunctional relationships on childhood wounds. Resists moving on through forgiveness, Child: magical — light: seeing the potential for sacred beauty in all things. The belief that everything is possible; shadow: pessimism, depression, and disbelief in miracles. Believing that energy and action are not required for growth, Child: nature — light: friendships with animals. Communication with nature spirits; shadow: tendency to abuse animals, people and the environment, Child: eternal — light: determination to remain young in body, mind, and spirit. Ability to see things with fresh eyes; shadow: inability to grow up and be responsible. Extreme dependency on others for physical security, Child: divine — light: innocence, purity, and redemption. Suggests a special connection with the Divine; shadow: an inability to defend oneself against negative forces, Clown — light: fearlessly revealing emotion. Helping people laugh at absurdity and hypocrisy; shadow: using humor to wound rather than liberate. Denial of your emotional truth, Companion — light: loyalty, tenacity, and unselfishness; shadow: betrayal by misusing confidences. Loss of personal identity, Damsel — light: understanding the nature of healthy romance. Inspires you to rely on yourself; shadow: waiting for a Knight to provide for you. Seduction by romantic illusion, Destroyer — light: releasing what is potentially destructive. Preparing for new life; shadow: intoxication with destructive power. Destroying others' dreams or potential, Detective — light: great powers of observation and intuition. Desire to seek out the truth; shadow: voyeurism. Falsifying information, Dilettante — light: delights in the arts without having to be a professional. Alerts you to the danger of becoming superficial in your pursuits; shadow: pretension to much deeper knowledge than you actually possess, Donjuan — light: spotlights your positive seductive qualities; shadow: using the power of romantic attraction for private agendas, Engineer — light: ability to give creative energy a practical expression. Talent for designing resolutions to common dilemmas; shadow: reliance on mechanistic solutions without regard for emotional consequences, Exorcist — light: freeing yourself and others of destructive impulses; shadow: fear of facing your own demons, Father — light: talent for creating and supporting life. Positive guiding light within a tribal unit; shadow: dictatorial control. Abuse of authority, Femme fatale — light: highlights the erotic energy of the feminine. Opens your heart when your dependency is rejected; shadow: inappropriate use of sensuality. Attachment to money an power, Fool — light: flouts convention to speak truth, lightheartedness; shadow: Unreliability, recklessness, playing the idiot, Gambler — light: willingness to follow intuition even when others doubt you; shadow: relying on luck rather than hard work, God — light: benevolence and compassion. Recognizing the eternal force within yourself and others; shadow: despotism and cruelty. Using power to control people, Goddess — light: the feminine expressed through wisdom. Nature, life force, and sensuality; shadow: exploitation of the female nature and form, Gossip — light: awakens consideration for the feelings of others. Honoring trust; shadow: thrives on the power of passing on private or secret information. Betraying confidences, Guide — light: represents the nature of the Divine in life and in yourself; shadow: places financial gain and control over imparting spiritual insight, Healer — light: passion to serve others by repairing the body: mind, and spirit. Ability to help transform pain into healing; shadow: taking advantage of those who need help. Failing to care for oneself, Hedonist — light: inspires creative energy to embrace the good things in life. Celebrates the beauty in yourself; shadow: pursues pleasure to the detriment of health. Indulges at the expense of others, Hero/Heroine — light: passion for a journey of personal empowerment; shadow: escapism and a false sense of heroism, Hermit — light: seeks solitude to focuse intently on inner life. Serves personal creativity; shadow: withdraws from society out of fear or negative judgments of others. Refusing to help those in need, Judge — light: balancing justice and compassion. Managing the fair distribution of power; shadow: offering only destructive critism. Misusing business, legal, or criminal authority, King — light: enlightened, benevolent leadership. Benefiting those in your charge; shadow: excessive feelings of entitlement. Rulership without restraint, Knight — light: loyalty, romance, and chivalry. A love of honor; shadow: allegiance to a destructive ruler or principle. Romantic delusions, Liberator — light: freeing yourself and others from outmoded beliefs. Releasing negative thought patterns; shadow: imposing your own tyranny over those you claim to liberate. Ignoring legitimate constraints, Lover — light: great passion and devotion. Unbridled appreciation of someone or something; shadow: obsessive passion that harms others. Self-destructive devotion, Martyr — light: learning the transcendent nature of service to oneself or a cause; shadow: addiction to self-pity, Mediator — light: gift for negotiating fairness and strategy in personal and professional life. Respect for both sides of an argument; shadow: negotiating with an ulterior motive or hidden agenda, either personally or professionally, Mentor — light: passing on wisdom and refining a student's character; inability to allow the student to move on to the role of Master. Imparting false instruction, Messiah — light: serving humanity with humility; shadow: exaggerated belief that you are the only means through which a cause can succeed, Midas/Miser — light: entrepreneurial or creative ability to turn anything to gold. Delight in sharing life's riches; shadow: hoarding money and emotions. Obsessive fear of losing your wealth, Monk/Nun — light: selfless devotion and single-minded dedication to Spirit; shadow: negative judgment of the physical world. Excess piety, Mother — light: nurturance, patience, unconditional love. Joy in giving birth to life; shadow: smothering or abandoning children. Instilling guilt in children for becoming independent, Mystic — light: revels in intimate union with the Divine; shadow: delusional rapport with the Divine, Networker — light: enhances unity through the sharing of information. Engenders social awareness and empathy; shadow: conveys information only for personal gain. Spreads fear and falsehood, Pioneer — light: passion for doing and creating what has not been done before; shadow: compulsive need to keep moving on, Poet — light: expresses soul insights in symbolic language; shadow: turns a lyric gift to negative or destructive effect, Priest — light: facilitates spiritual commitments. Serves as a channel of spiritual energy; shadow: violates the trust of your spiritual community. Seduced by your own spiritual role, Prince — light: romantic charm and potential for power; shadow: using power for self-aggrandizement, Prostitute — light: accentuates the challenge of surviving without negotiating the power of your spirit; shadow: places material considerations and security above self-empowerment, Queen — light: radiates the regal feminine. Uses her benevolent authority to protect others; shadow: becomes arrogant when authority is challenged. Controlling and demanding, Rebel — light: challenges authority to effect social change. Rejects spiritual systems that do not serve inner needs; shadow: rejects legitimate authority out of anger. Rebels out of peer pressure of fashion, Rescuer — light: provides strength and support to others in crisis. Acts out of love with no expectation of reward; shadow: assumes that the rescued will reciprocate. Keeps the rescued one needy, Saboteur — light: highlights your fear of self-empowerment and the changes it would bring to your life; shadow: induces self-destructive behavior or the desire to undermine others, Samaritan — light: refines your capacity to help those you would prefer to ignore; shadow: exacting appreciation and recognition for the help you offer, Scribe — light: preserving knowledge and information; shadow: altering facts or plagiarizing others' work, Seeker — light: thirst for wisdom and truth wherever they are; shadow: inability to commit to a path once found, Servant — light: delight in serving others with a free and loving heart; shadow: using the lack of money as an excuse not to move forward with life, Shape-shifter — light: skill at navigating through different levels of consciousness. Ability to see the potential in everything; shadow: projecting any image that serves your personal agenda in the moment, Slave — light: surrending your power of choice to the Divine with complete trust; shadow: giving your willpower to an external authority out of fear of making your own choices, Storyteller — light: ability to experience and express life through stories and symbols; shadow: making up tales that harm others, Student — light: humility and devotion to knowledge. Openness to lifelong learning; shadow: arrogance in pursuit of destructive knowledge. Unwillingness to translate knowledge into action, Teacher — light: ability to communicate knowledge, experience, skill, or wisdom; shadow: manipulating or abusing students. Teaching negative traits and destructive skills, Thief — light: sheds light on the potential wealth within you that can never be stoken; shadow: stealing money, creative ideas, affection, or other powers you think you lack, Trickster — light: transcending convetion, stuffiness, and predictable behavior; shadow: manipulating others through duplicity, Vampire — light: makes you aware that someone or something is draining your life force; shadow: depleting others for your psychic survival. Chronic complaining and co-dependency, Victim — light: prevents you from letting yourself be victimized, or victimizing others; shadow: playing the Victim for positive feedback in the form of pity. Inability to maintain personal boundaries, Virgin — light: maintaining symbolic purity of heart and spirit; shadow: fear of intimate union, Visionary — light: capacity to envision what is not yet conceivable to others. Willingness to procalim a vision without regard for personal gain; shadow: selling insights to the highest bidder. Compromising your vision to make it more acceptable, Warrior — light: strength, skill, discipline, and toughness of will. Heroism, stoicism, and self-sacrifice in conquering the ego; shadow: trading ethical principles for victory at any cost. Indifference to the suffering inflicted on others

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