Gossip (see also Networker)

The Gossip archetype is associated with rumor-spreading, backbiting, and passing along information that is exaggerated, harmful,
and intended to disempower. On a professional level, the shadow Gossip manifests as publishing misleading information, creating
damaging rumors, or hounding celebrities for their photos. Although everyone is prone to listening to and spreading gossip in
some way, a Gossip archetype thrives on the power that is generated by passing around information that is secret or private.
Most people would hesitate to choose this archetype because of its negative implications, yet many others make their living in the
business of political, social, and entertainment gossip in a positive way. The archetype is connected to lessons of truth, integrity,
and honoring the trust another has placed in you.

In assessing your connection to the Gossip, review how many of your life lessons have emerged from participating in gossip that
has harmed another, and then coping with the consequences. Do you measure the quality of a relationship by whether a person is
willing to share secrets with you?

Films: Rosalind Russell in The Women; Richard Hayden in Sitting Pretty; Burt Lancaster in The Sweet Smell of Success; John
Malkovich and Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons;

Religion/Myth: Ratatosk (in Norse myth, a squirrel whose name means "swift teeth," lives in the World Tree called Yggdrasil and is
a notorious gossip).