
Branding with Sacred Archetypes • Break the rules. Choose your truth. Be your Self.
Sacred Brand Archetypes are clusters of core beliefs, talents and motivations based on a Sacred Contract. A Sacred Contract is a spiritual role that you have, a purposeful agreement that you are here to fulfill, a potential that you are here to cultivate.
Need guidance on how to articulate a clear Why (purpose), a unique How (approach) and a precise What (offer)?
Have a bad case of throat chakra paralysis or verbal diarrhea?
Then identify your top Sacred Brand Archetypes to gracefully weave your soul, genius, products and services under one smooth, unified and magnetic brand identity.
Branding with Sacred Archetypes Test
Dear Overachiever
Skyholders, Chameleons, Pleasers and Martyrs can be everything, to everyone, every time, all the time. But just because you can doesn't mean you should. Over 16 careers I've been aaaaaaaaaaaall 12 Sacred Brand Archetypes 🤦🏻♀️ because I didn't have permission to be my true self 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️.
I broke those rules. I chose my truth. I am my Self. You can too!
Table of Contents
Category |
Archetype |
---|---|
1 • Seek Paradise | Innocent • Sage • Explorer |
2 • Leave Legacy | Maverick • Alchemist • Heroine |
3 • Build Connection | Lover • Jester • Humanitarian |
4 • Provide Structure | Nurturer • Ruler • Artist |
Each of the 12 Sacred Brand Archetypes has its own:
- Sacred Contract
- core belief
- core message
- magnetic essence
- guiding talent
- motivation / deflation
- permission slips
- keywords, and
- shadow traits ☠️.
• • •
1 • Seek Paradise
Archetype | Fueled By | Sacred Contract |
|
---|---|---|---|
Innocent | Purity | Renewing the world |
|
Sage | Truth | Educating the world | |
Explorer | Freedom | Exploring the world |
Shadow Traits
- Overly naive / too trusting
- Unrealistic
- In denial
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop reincarnation |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim wholeness |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit peace |
|
Shadow Traits
- Analysis paralysis
- Indecisive
- Condescending / Holier-than-thou
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop witch burning |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim genius |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit self-compassion |
|
Shadow Traits
- Restless / Chaotic / Anxious
- Lost / Aimless / Depressed
- Vanishing down the "rabbit holes"
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop predation |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim equity |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit validity |
|
• • •
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2 • Leave Legacy
Archetype | Fueled By | Sacred Contract |
---|---|---|
Maverick | Revolution | Liberating the world |
Alchemist | Magic | Transforming the world |
Heroine | Mastery | Inspiring the world |
Shadow Traits
- Combative
- Righteous
- Complacent
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop DWG dictatorship |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim choice |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit deservingness |
|
Shadow Traits
- Delusional
- Fake
- Withholding (knowledge, solutions)
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop self-emaciation |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim humane-ness |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit self-esteem |
|
Shadow Traits
- Arrogant
- Addicted
- Desperate for validation
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop self-annihilation |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim agency |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit self-trust |
|
• • •
• • •
3 • Build Connection
Archetype | Fueled By | Sacred Contract |
---|---|---|
Lover | Intimacy | Beautifying the world |
Jester | Joy | Surprising the world |
Humanitarian | Belonging | Uniting the world |
Shadow Traits
- Temperamental
- Shallow
- Overly precious
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop pillaging |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim dignity |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit worth |
|
Shadow Traits
- Irresponsible
- Mean
- Frivolous
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop suffering |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim will to live |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit appetite for life |
|
Shadow Traits
- Cynical
- Overly enmeshed
- Overcommitted
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop martyrdom |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim identity |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit nurturance |
|
• • •
• • •
4 • Provide Structure
Archetype | Fueled By | Sacred Contract |
---|---|---|
Nurturer | Service | Nourishing the world |
Ruler | Empowerment | Emboldening the world |
Artist | Expression | Re-imagining |
Shadow Traits
- Martyred
- Resentful
- Co-dependent
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop oppression |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim radiance |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit relevance |
|
Shadow Traits
- Controlling
- Entitled
- Snobbish
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop enslavement |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim childhood |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit innocence |
|
Shadow Traits
- Dramatic
- Perfectionistic
- Judgemental
- ... 4 more in Branding with Sacred Archetypes guidebook in Opportestiny™ Masterclass
Ellany's Opportestiny™
OPPORTUNITY![]() Stop gag orders |
+ | TEST![]() Reclaim self-expression |
+ | DESTINY![]() Transmit belonging |
|
• • •
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
– Joseph Campbell
(First Published Aug 28, 2019)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Having lived, died and traveled 131 countries, 87 emotions, 16 career reinventions, and 46.5 traumas, Ellany Lea inspires and guides women overachievers, phoenixes, wisdom keepers, and entrepreneurs to free her genius, so it frees the world.