Shadow Work Quiz

Shadow Work Quiz

This Shadow Work Quiz

This Shadow Work quiz provides you with information about your shadow archetypes.  Archetypes are universal patterns of behaviour, instincts of the mind.  These are patterns or thought structures that have been observed across cultures and across time, showing up repeatedly in stories, myths, and human behaviour. 

Four archetypes

In this Shadow Work quiz, we focus on four primary archetypes which represent four fundamental ways of being that are necessary for successful lives.  These are Sovereign, Lover, Warrior and Magician. In an ideal world, we would have ready access to all four of these primary archetypes.  In reality, we find we may have less access to some than others. Read our article on the archetypes here.


The results of this quiz show you which primary archetypes you can easily access, giving you the strengths which come to you naturally.  You will also be able to spot the primary archetypes which are deflated and remain more out of reach, highlighting the areas of undiscovered potential.  You may see patterns of behaviour which are so entrenched that they have control over you.  This is when that archetype is inflated.

Why are some archetypes easier or harder to access?

We discover early on in life that some parts of us are more acceptable than others to those around us.  Qualities, behaviours, or feelings which don’t fit in with the way we are expected to be in the world, we put in shadow.  The concept of the shadow comes from Jung and is the collection of parts of ourselves that we hide, suppress, and deny either consciously or unconsciously.  We can put many distinct aspects of us in shadow; it could be loud part, the selfish part, the creative part, the assertive part. They may be parts we see as ‘dark’ or ‘negative’ or those we may see as ‘positive’, full of power and creativity but that we exiled to the shadow as they were too risky to see or show.  We can also put archetypes in shadow.


If an archetype is not in shadow, we have ready and easy access to it.  We have mature and balanced expression of the archetype, and it brings all the wonderful qualities that serve us well.  If we have put an archetype in shadow, the archetype is displayed in two opposite ways. It can show up as an inflated version of the archetype, where behaviour becomes the exaggerated form of the mature archetypal behaviour.  This inflated archetype can end up controlling us and we can find ourselves unable to act in any other way, even if doing so is detrimental.  The opposite can also happen.  The archetype can deflate and become inaccessible, meaning we cannot display the qualities and behaviour of that archetype.  

See what this Shadow Work quiz shows up for you and if it gets you thinking about your shadow and how you could explore that more to achieve your goals, book in for a free 15 minute exploration call with Kate.

Important instructions on how to fill in this questionnaire.

For the questions below, you have a sliding scale between two options.  Which side do you feel describes you best?  Which side do you feel most drawn to?  Choose the position you feel you are between the two statements.  For example, if you feel totally drawn to the left and not at all to the right, place the slider furthest to the left.  If you feel that you are somewhere in the middle of the statements, that both have equal weight then move the slider to the middle. 

I prefer:

to dream up new possibilitiesto get things done
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You will normally find me:

learning new thingsjust hanging out with other people in some way or other
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I am happiest when talking:

about exciting plans for the futurewith others about our feelings
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If a group I’m part of has a problem to solve, I:

make an effort to establish trust and assess the emotional atmospheremake a case for what I feel is right regardless of what others might think
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My way of influencing others is:

motivating them with the big dreamshowing them my integrity or worth through my actions
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When it comes to support:

I’m happiest when I give supportI’m happiest when I receive support
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I look at the world:

through rose-tinted glasseswith an eye for what could go wrong
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One of the worst things for me is:

is to find myself not having a project to work onto be all on my own, without anyone around
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If there is discord:

I instinctively take commandI try and help people see others’ points of view
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This brings me down most often:

If I cannot come through for someone who needs something from meDwelling on how things can go wrong, making me anxious or fearful
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My downfall can be:

I can become overwhelmed and distracted by the numerous possibilities in front of meI can verge on being aggressive while asserting myself
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I have been judged to be:

dramatic as I’m so emotionally expressivewithdrawn as I tend to step back
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