What is Human Design?
You’ve probably heard about the term Human Design in astrology chats, but you don’t know ‘what is human design!?’
Human Design is the brainchild of Ra Uru Hu who 'downloaded' the information and birthed it into the world in 1992, so it's pretty new. Since then, it's gradually gained a lot of interest and it's due to take over from our traditional astrology as we head into this new era.
The Human Design experiment is designed to be just that. An experiment is something to be tried and tested. It requires interaction. If you interact with it and it works for you, then you carry on. If you interact with it and it doesn't feel right, go back to your way. Just at least give it a try!
Your human design profile is completely unique and based on where the planets are when you are born, and 3 months before you are born. This is said to be when your soul lands in your body. It is based upon 4 well known, ancient systems. The i-ching, the kaballah tree of life, the chakra system and vedic astrology.
How is my energy body, or blueprint, populated?
Your profile, blueprint, is based on two sets of planetary alignments. The first set, the one on the right usually in black, in that big long list, is where all those planets sat when you were born. The planets sit within the gate, and when that gate is activated, it lights up the gate on your body graph. Take a look at the top right number - it might say 33.1 or 62.4 or something like that. Then, look for that number in the diagram. You’ll see that gate has been highlighted, and perhaps it joins with the other gate on the other side, perhaps it doesn’t. Just observe it.
The planets on the left hand side, the ones in red listed, are where they were in the gates 3 months before you were born. This makes up our unconscious personality, also called our ‘design’ and often reflects our soul gifts.
When you combine those two sets of numbers on each side within the bodygraph, you get a mixture of colour and definiton which makes your own energy body. This is what we talk about when we say ‘what’s your human design energy.’ It’s about reading that bodygraph.
If you haven’t already got your Human Design chart you can pull it for free here.
What is Human Design and what can it tell me about myself?
The ingredients of your Human Design chart give you flavour of how your energy body wants to interact with the world for more ease and flow, and less force.
The main components of that energy body are:
There are many ingredients to your design. Today, we are just going to be looking at your energy type, because this really is your key to the whole chart. In deep dive and private sessions we can look at the other parts, but I wanted to mention them today so you are aware.
Energy type - tells you what sort of ‘car’ you’re driving, a ferrari or an old classic
Profile - tells you how to drive that car for longevity and success
Authority - is your intuition essentially, it’s your inner compass
Strategy - is your starter engine, it’s how you get things started or moving
Self/not self theme - the keys to navigating your day to day
Life theme - your ‘top 4’ gifts
Emotion type and defined/undefined centres - the way you feel the world within or without you
Gates - your greatest gifts and unique talents
Channels - your strongest ‘draws’
Planetary placements - add a lens to each gate to give you a different flavour to the next person
Variables - let you know more about your perfect environment, digestion, perspective and motivation to help you interact with the outside world more easily.
Where should I start my human design experiment? With energy type…
When you first download your chart, you will be given an ‘energy type.’ One of the below. Once you’ve got your energy type make sure you download the free energy type ebook to connect more deeply with this part first. It’s where the magic really begins.
Manifestors - the 'fire starters' & 'path clearers' - creates energy
Manifesting Generators - the 'constantly into everyone and everything' - magnifies energy
Generators - the 'doers' & 'always on the goers' - spread and share energy
Projectors - the 'wise ones' and 'the fixers' - guides and tweaks energy
Reflectors - the 'chameleons' - reveals and mirrors energy
My journey with Human Design
My journey with human design began in 2020. During lockdown I attended a workshop with a well known reader and understood I was a 'Manifestor.' I had no idea what that meant but the information in the workshop went on to change my life. It was a workshop very similar to today, and just that nugget of information for me cemented all that I had always felt but never had the confidence to use/follow.
This one, relatively small peice of information, took me almost 2 years to work with. At the time I was living a very 'non manifestor' lifestyle, working 9-5 and trying to keep up with demands of that sort of working style.
I was constantly suffering migraines, my periods were heavy and painful, my life was definitely more chaotic than it is now, and I just felt a little bit lost. I was constantly traveling before lockdowns. Not as an escape, but because I felt I needed to be inspired. And so having this new system to learn about gave me a bit of purpose during that time.
My energy type and understanding of this was my key into the door of this whole experiment.
For me that information really clicked and I suddenly had a much greater understanding of myself. From there I delved deeper into my design. But I needed to really understand this nugget first.
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