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    Jungian Psychology

    Individuation

    Carl Jung's term for the lifelong psychological process of integrating the conscious and unconscious aspects of the self into a coherent whole. The goal of individuation is not perfection but completeness: the integration of the Shadow, the encounter with the Anima or Animus, the meeting of the Wise Old Man or Woman, and the eventual realization of the Self as the unified center of the psyche. In the 4th Tarot, the 22 Major Arcana cards trace the arc of individuation as a sequential journey from the Fool (0) to the World (XXI). Individuation is understood as cyclical rather than linear: the journey recurs at deeper levels with each pass.

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    The World
    wholeness
    self-realization
    becoming whole
    integration
    personal journey
    unique self
    psychological maturity
    completion

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