Animus originated from Latin, where it was used to describe ideas such as the rational soul, life, mind, mental powers, courage or desire.[5] In the early nineteenth century, animus was used to mean "temper" and was typically used in a hostile sense. In 1923, it began being used as a term in Jungian psychology to describe the masculine side of women

Anima originated from Latin, and was originally used to describe ideas such as breath, soul, spirit or vital force. Jung began using the term in the early 1920s to describe the inner feminine side of men

The Anima and Animus where terms coined by Carl Jung to describe the feminine and masculine energy or principles that live within the human psyche. The Anima is the feminine energy and the Animus is the masculine energy that play out in our personality and behaviours.   Not matter what physical body we are born into it , the inner landscape of the animus and anima will weave through our personality wanting to express itself. 

 

Jung said that "the encounter with the shadow is the 'apprentice-piece' in the individual's development ... that with the anima is the 'masterpiece'"

 

The animus and anima are archetypes that (amongst many other things):

🔥 Create a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious allowing us to be creative and live life through the inspirations it sends us.

🔥 Help us relate to other people – usually relying on the contra of each other to compensate for the one-sidedness we have towards the most dominant in us. 

🔥 Support Reflection on our life in a heartfelt way connected way.

 

Discovering the Animus in me as a woman was eye-opening to say the least, it allowed me to see how the animus had possessed me at times and would make me act in certain way, attract certain behaviours and relationships and keep me stuck in negative patterns.  The first workshop is ANIMUS…