Masculinity & Femininity: In Jung's Theory and in His Life and Chart

By: Marcia Ferreira Silva

Our male/female identities, regardless of gender, are formed according to how the primitive relationships with our parental figures and our psychological development have unfolded. In Jungian theory, femininity/masculinity and the consequent motherhood/fatherhood principles are archetypal experiences represented by Anima, Animus, the Great Mother Archetype and the Father Archetype, respectively, which are gradually formed and filled with our life experiences. How did these complexes unfold in Jung's life, through his chart?