Vein of Gold people have the ability to go deep and find light in places where others only find darkness. People who embody this archetype can perceive the unperceivable and have a profound insight into the underpinnings of things, including the unconscious, the Otherworld and the realm of mythology. Not afraid of the deep end, Vein of Gold people have a profound connection with the soul and are not here for small talk or surface relationships. People with this archetype have the ability to communicate with the hidden aspects of reality, including denizens of the Otherworld and the deepest part of our psyches. They are here to bring the gift of understanding to the Earth, to be guides on the human journey, and to help others connect to the realm of the soul.

Vein of Gold people have a naturally strong po spirit. In Chinese Medicine the po is considered to be the materialized aspect of the soul— it is the part of us that is committed to the journey of being here on Earth. The po is associated with the mineral realm, including crystals and caves. The po are messengers to the lower realm and have the ability to make profound connections with other types of consciousnesses here on this planet, including the worlds of the devas, spirit animals and ancestors. In our body, the po is responsible for our sensuality, fertility and instincts. They correspond to our sacral chakra and can be felt as our emotions and embodied knowing. Aligned with our nervous system, genetic codes, and muscular system, the po nourish all the unseen processes and represent the wisdom of the body.

Gifts

Vein of Gold people have an innate ability to grasp the soul’s journey, because they understand the unique challenges and complexity of being human. People with this archetype have a talent for hearing, and speaking to, the hidden things here on this animate planet, including animal spirits, plant devas, ancestors and those who have passed on. They are natural mediums, and often notice from a young age that they can see beyond facades to perceive the deep truth of any situation. Vein of Gold people are innate meaning-makers— they will always want to understand the deeper currents going on beneath the surface and have an innate talent for what others call “shadow” work. They are here on Earth to help other people reconnect to the wisdom of their bodies and reestablish trust on the soul’s journey.

With a natural ability to bring awareness to hard places, Vein of Gold people make talented therapists, psychologists, healers, and guides. With their incredible, almost other-worldly perception, these people are natural shamans, intuitives and root-workers. Vein of Gold people are like wilderness guides for the souls— they are here to help all those who came to Earth to heal.

Challenges

Vein of Gold people have the ability to stay grounded when things get deep because they have usually moved through particularly challenging things in their own lives. People with this archetype are old souls and may have been handed some tough challenges in their early years. Their own soul descent has made Vein of Gold people very familiar with the profundity of the human journey. Because they are so psychically sensitive, Vein of Gold people can sometimes get bogged down in the unprocessed material of the human psyche or our collective trauma. If you are strong in this archetype you will need time away from people in order to refind your own roots. Vein of Gold people tend to have great emotional depth and complexity, which is a gift, but it can sometimes feel as if they are flooded by their own inner experience. Vein of Gold archetypes are incredibly perceptive— often seeing things other people miss— but if they share their insights without an invitation, they might end up feeling misunderstood or undervalued. Vein of Gold people are here to anchor the depths and trust what they know to be true.

Guided Activity: Journey into the Body’s Wisdom

Our bodies will always tell us the truth— we must only learn how to listen. Vein of Gold people have a particularly profound connection to the oracle of the body. People with this archetype will naturally benefit from, and be talented at, body-based modalities of healing. This exercise will guide you on a somatic journey through your body in order to ground your gifts here on Earth.

1. Set the space. Take ample time to find a quiet space. Light candles, burn incense. Do whatever you need to do to feel protected and safe.

2. Relax and ground into your body by tending to your vagus nerve (the main nerve of our parasympathetic nervous system) with the following exercises:

Shake your body for a full minute. Make sure the shake goes all the way to the tips of your fingers and toes. Feel free to make any sounds here that want to be expressed as you shake.

After you finish shaking, use your hands to touch any of the following places: your heel, your kneecap, your elbow, the back of your neck. Let your touch linger for as long as feels good.

Finally, take a deep breath, and sound three “Oms” (or hum the bars of your favorite song) as slowly as you can, vibrating your throat.

3. Now you are ready to go on a journey into the unseen world of your body— the world where your gifts live. For this journey you can do a typical shamanic journey with a drumming track or just close your eyes and use your imagination.

4. Before you begin, envision a circle of healing and protective guides around you. Invite in any allies from the unseen world that you feel safe with (including spirit guides, ancestors, loved ones, plant or animal spirits, etc.) and ask them to form a circle of light around you.

5. When you are ready, close your eyes or otherwise drop into your imagination and request to meet an ally that can help take you into the “cave” of your body—the deep place of safety where your most profound gifts lie. Your ally might show up as an animal, an ancestor, a plant or any other type of being. Trust whoever shows up. And if you need more confirmation you can always ask them “Are you my guide?”

Once you see this guide, formulate a specific question in your mind or use a general inquiry like “show me how to embody my gifts?”. This question will give you energy as you move into the journey.

6. Ask your guide to take you into this cave within your body. Once there, use all your senses to explore: sight, sound, taste, sensation, etc. What does this cave look like? Feel like? Smell like? Know that this is a deep and important place within you, so approach slowly and with deep respect for anything you experience.

7. Take all the time you need to explore here. If you want to go even deeper, ask your ally to show you what is hidden. Get into the nooks and crannies. Take note of any emotions that come up here. Everything you experience here in the cave is information.

8. When you feel you are complete, or have received an answer to your question, ask to be brought back up to normal awareness. Envision yourself traveling back the way you went in, to come fully back into the here and now.

9. Move very slowly as you come out of this journey, taking all the time you need to become grounded again. When you are ready, write down a few notes from the journey in a notebook so you can remember the details in the future. Journeys often reveal their meaning over time, so be patient as the details come into focus. Return to this meditation whenever you need to access the profound depths that are so natural to your being.