One True Story: the 12 archetypes that tell all the stories

“One true story”

When writing stories and music, the same number comes up over and over. I decided to document what I think are the 12 major archetypes and 12 minor archetypes (or reflections/images). They line up to musical notes and astrological houses. What is the 13th?

The Innocent and the victim

The Healer and the martyr

The Explorer and the transient

The Rebel and the contrarian

The observer and the orphan

The lover and the minion coward

The creator and the madman

The holy fool and the anarchist

The sage, the neurotic

The alchemist the wizard

The ruler and the tyrant

The every man the nobody

12 cranial nerves for all senses

12 pairs of ribs

12 major organ systems

12 acupuncture meridians

12 permanent molars

12 notes in an octave

12 months a year

12 hours in the day

12 zodiac signs

12 animals in Chinese zodiac

12 labors of Hercules

12 titans

12 olympians

12 jurors

12 atomic mass of carbon

12 inches in a foot

12 step program