Archetype Decks

Ask the Archetype is a depth psychology field guide. 78 figures from Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, Carol Pearson, and Clarissa Pinkola Estés, one a day, with citations.

You draw one card a day. Just one. The deck rests until tomorrow.

Each card holds a few things to sit with.

A short oracle reading.
A scholarly description of the figure, with the thinkers who wrote about it named.
A few plain questions in everyday language.
A few questions written the way the thinkers wrote them, with citations.
A short reading list, if you want to follow a thread further.
A note on cultural humility when a figure touches a living tradition.

That is the whole app. You pull a card. You read what other people have wondered about it. You leave when you are ready.

There are no streaks. No notifications. No badges. No accounts. No data collection. No ads. No subscriptions. The deck does not chase you.

If you want to leave a tip, there is a small gratitude jar in Settings. Four tiers, named honestly. A candle for the desk. An afternoon in the stacks. And two for people who really want to send a thank you. Apple takes their cut first. Running costs come out next. Sixty percent of what is left goes to the Joseph Campbell Foundation, which keeps this lineage of work alive. Every tenth tip, the whole remainder goes to the Foundation. Quarterly receipts at sillydroose.com/donations/askthearchetype.

All 78 cards are available without paying anything.

I built this because I love reading about archetypes, and I wanted somewhere quiet to spend a minute with one each morning. If that sounds like your kind of thing, welcome.

Drew