The active pole
The Feral
You follow every impulse without considering its consequences.

The feminine archetypes
VIII
Remember the knowledge that lives in your senses.
Instinct and untamed spirit. Knows what she knows in her bones.
Begin the journey ↗You notice when a life looks acceptable from the outside but feels airless within. Your body may register the mismatch before you can explain it. Movement, solitude outdoors or an unpolished creative act can return you to a clearer sense of yes and no. You value the parts of life that resist being made useful, tidy or agreeable. You can help others remember a preference they gave away to belong. Instinct still needs listening rather than automatic obedience. A fierce reaction can carry an old alarm as well as present knowledge. Your freedom deepens when you can distinguish what is alive now from what is merely familiar, and choose how your energy enters relationship.
Notice a strong bodily signal and give it time before turning it into action. Ask what it is protecting, then choose a response that respects both your freedom and another person's boundary.
La Loba · Baba Yaga · San in Princess Mononoke
These figures offer one possible reading of the pattern, not a complete account of their stories.
Every pattern can become too forceful or retreat too far. These are possibilities to notice, not labels or predictions.
The active pole
You follow every impulse without considering its consequences.
The passive pole
You silence your own rhythm to fit a life that constrains you.
Inspired by : Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

Hold a centre where commitment can flourish.

Choose your direction and trust your stride.

See the next move without losing the whole board.

Make a quiet place where you can return to yourself.

Tend the conditions in which others can grow.

Let connection change the quality of the moment.

Stand firmly, and make room for others to stand.

Listen at the threshold of what can be named.

Weave a form for what only you can yet see.

Make the room lighter and the possibilities bolder.

Carry the lantern without choosing another person's road.