The Eagle
The eagle flies higher than anything else people log in Archetype Matrix, and it is usually seen from below.
What Jung wrote
In alchemy the eagle was the sign of what rises. In Psychology and Alchemy Jung shows how the alchemists drew it for the volatile part of their matter, the spirit that lifts off when the substance is heated. Height, distance and a wide view gather around it, and so does the risk of losing touch with the ground.
Jung spent years on Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra in a long seminar, and he paid attention to the two animals that keep Zarathustra company: an eagle and a serpent. One belongs to the sky, the other to the earth. For Jung they were a pair of opposites, spirit and instinct, and what stands out in Nietzsche’s picture is that the eagle carries the serpent as a friend rather than as prey.
- C. G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy, Collected Works, Vol. 12
- C. G. Jung, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, seminar of 1934 to 1939
What the world is logging
Counts include every entry naming Eagle or Golden Eagle.
Logged with the mood
- Anxious42%
- Sad17%
- Awe17%
- Fear8%
- Happy8%
- Calm8%
Where it is logged most
- United States5
- Canada3
- Brazil2
- Japan1
- Thailand1
Most common moon phase
Waxing Crescent (6 entries)
Often logged together with
Kurd (3) · Wild River (2) · Forest (2) · River (2)
Counted from anonymous Archetype Matrix entries. Updated October 8, 2026.
What we don’t do
We won’t tell you what your eagle means. Jung himself distrusted fixed dream dictionaries and held that a symbol can only be read in the life of the person who dreams it. Archetype Matrix only counts: who logged the same image, where, and in what mood.
Other symbols
ForestSnakeOceanBoatAlienOld WomanShadowLionDogWolfWaterMirrorFishHorseGoldOld Man
