Archetype Decks
Depth psychology, one a day
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Jung. Campbell. Hillman. Pearson. Estés. 78 archetypes, one card a day, every word cited. No streaks. No notifications. No accounts. No ads. Open it. Read. Close.
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
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Two small repairs.
The Joseph Campbell Foundation row in Settings now opens the donations page on its own. One tap, one window. Used to be a copy-this-link affair, which Hermes the messenger thought was beneath him.
Saved cards and the Today card now carry their figure alongside the words. The archetype shows its face and a thread of its symbolism, the way it does in the deck itself. The Library was already this way. Now the rest of the app is too.
The deck still rests after one card a day. The lineage still names its sources. The jar in Settings still does what it has always done.
The developer, Drew Douglass, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Drew Douglass
- Size
- 211.4 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- A new wing for the library $19.99
- A candle for the desk $1.99
- An afternoon in the stacks $4.99
- A key to the collection $9.99
- Copyright
- © Drew Douglass