Archetypal astrology maps the natal chart onto the universal patterns that recur across myth, story, and psychology. Each planet, house, and sign carries archetypal weight. The calculator scores them all to produce a profile of your dominant and shadow archetypes.
The approach draws on Jungian depth psychology — specifically the idea that certain patterns of behaviour, motivation, and meaning are universal enough to function as structural types. The Hero, the Lover, the Sage, the Trickster: these show up across cultures because they describe fundamental modes of human experience.
Astrolium's archetype calculator scores a natal chart across the 12 classical Jungian archetypes (Hero, Lover, Sage, Ruler, Caregiver, Trickster, Seeker, Magician, Innocent, Orphan, Destroyer, Creator) and surfaces both the dominant and the shadow patterns shaping a native's psyche. The tool accepts birth date, time, and place, then weights each archetype using planet dignities, sign affinities, house placements, and the angular strength of the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses rather than Sun-sign generalizations. Output names a composite profile such as Warrior-Sovereign or Mystic-Sage, lists per-archetype scores, and flags the lowest-scoring archetype as the shadow material the native tends to project onto others. Practitioners use it before opening a session to surface a client's core motivational pattern, particularly when working with vocational or relationship questions. Calculations run on Swiss Ephemeris planetary positions with sub-arcsecond accuracy. Free, no account required.
How the scoring works
Each archetype receives a score based on how strongly its associated planets are placed in the chart. A strong Mars in Aries in the 1st house lifts the Hero score. A well-placed Venus in Libra in the 7th elevates the Lover. Angular houses (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) amplify any planet's archetypal contribution.
Your profile name combines your top archetypes into a composite portrait — "Warrior-Sovereign," "Mystic-Sage," and so on.
Working with your shadow
The shadow archetype sits opposite what you consciously identify with. If your dominant archetype is the Ruler, your shadow is often the Orphan. If your primary is the Sage, the Trickster tends to lurk below.
Shadow integration — becoming aware of and claiming the qualities you've suppressed — is where archetypal work gets practically useful. The calculator names the shadow; the work of integrating it belongs to you.