Midlife is your greatest unfolding. In that very moment, evening is born.

What it means

Your strongest years and the first signs of the turn arrive together. Jung does not say this to depress anyone. He says it so the turn does not catch you unprepared.

The source

"Midlife is your greatest unfolding. In that very moment, evening is born." Carl Jung said it in Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Marriage as a Psychological Relationship' (1925). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"Middle life is the moment of greatest unfolding, when a man still gives himself to his work with his whole power and his whole will. But in this very moment evening is born, and the second half of life begins."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Marriage as a Psychological Relationship' (1925). Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "Midlife is your greatest unfolding. In that very moment, evening is born." mean?

Your strongest years and the first signs of the turn arrive together. Jung does not say this to depress anyone. He says it so the turn does not catch you unprepared.

Who said "Midlife is your greatest unfolding. In that very moment, evening is born."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Marriage as a Psychological Relationship' (1925).

What is the original wording?

Middle life is the moment of greatest unfolding, when a man still gives himself to his work with his whole power and his whole will. But in this very moment evening is born, and the second half of life begins (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

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"Midlife is your greatest unfolding. In that very moment, evening is born." (Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Marriage as a Psychological Relationship' (1925), trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/midlife-is-your-greatest-unfolding-in-that-very