Animus
The inner masculine in a woman's psyche; the contrasexual guide.
The animus is the Jungian counterpart to the anima — the inner masculine figure who appears in the dreams of women, and the soul-image that mediates the unconscious for a feminine-identified psyche. Where the anima tends to appear as a single figure, the animus often appears as a group of men or as a voice: an inner committee of opinion. Jung described the animus in four stages: the physical man, the romantic hero, the teacher or priest, and the wise guide (Hermes). A dream-animus who speaks with authority but without tenderness is often an image of internalized cultural voices that have not yet been examined. Notice whether the animus is kind, critical, or indifferent, and whether you speak back.