Watch this now-classic movie to see Phil Connors (Bill Murray) evolve from the egocentric to the mythic level of consciousness to win the heart of Rita (Andie MacDowell).

Connors is a cynical, egocentric television weatherman who is sent to Punxsutawney, PA, for the fourth time in as many years to cover the story of a weather-forecasting groundhog. There, he becomes trapped in a time loop, reliving February 2 over and over.

He first uses his “power” to take advantage of others and to do whatever pleases him, as any egocentric person would do, and even believes himself to be godlike.

When he realizes that he is stuck in this time loop forever and no longer finds fulfillment, he tries to kill himself, an act that we can see as a metaphor of the necessary “ego death” before a new stage can emerge. As so often happens in real life, he realizes that if he wants to win Rita’s heart and entice her to spend the night with him, he needs to meet her expectations by becoming a better man. He does this through transforming to the next higher Blue/Amber mythic level of consciousness development, which seemingly takes a few years, by cultivating his natural talents for creating more goodness and beauty in service of his community.