One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead. Oscar Wilde.

Everyday Human Design shows how to find and lead your real life.

Human Design is a mixture of spiritual tools like astrology, the Kabbalah, the Chakra system, and I Ching with quantum physics and genetics. It can give you information on how to live according to your own unique energy and in alignment with the bigger picture of life and the cosmos.

Most people I know who’ve encountered Human Design and use it in their life see it as a guidance system that helps you be and stay true to who you are.

Human Design can be an excellent tool to help you let go of all the shoulds life has given you and move back into your own, heartfelt wants.

Human Design is delivered through a chart that in the beginning may look intricate and somewhat intimidating in its complexity. You can study HD yourself, even though it can be helpful to get a reading in the beginning or along the way to make this all easier to understand and incorporate into your life.

The Backstory, If You’re Curious

Human Design was received by Ra Uru Hu, a Canadian former ad executive, who heard a voice speak to him in Ibiza in 1987.

It was basically like one big download from the universe’s cloud for him.

What It Does For You

Human Design is like an instruction manual or blueprint for the energy that you came to live out in this lifetime. It assumes that everyone has a purpose - only that that purpose is not something as singular as “world peace”, “chemistry teacher”, or “tennis pro”.

Your purpose is more about living true to your essence and slotting your puzzle piece into place in what Human Design calls the program, the cosmic theater, if you will, that we’re all living out and experiencing.

If you live in alignment with your energy, things flow for you and life is a lot easier. If you don’t, you’ll encounter road blocks, frustration, and challenges in your overall well-being.

Key Things to Know About Human Design

There are many layers to discover when it comes to your Human Design. The Human Design experiment tends to reveal itself to you as you dive deeper into living more truly to yourself.

The elements below are a starting point and cornerstones in Human Design. Even if you’ve been living out your design for many years, type, strategy, and authority will still be relevant to and important for you.

The Chart

Human Design is delivered in a chart that looks like this. As you can see, there are a lot of elements to learn about.

Learning how to read your own chart is a process of discovery. In the beginning, it’s a good idea to get help from an HD reader who can guide you through this labyrinth of symbols.

Types

There are five energy types in Human Design that have different roles in the program or overall puzzle of life.

Manifestors are here to start things. They’re the only type that can do that independently. Manifestors make up about 8% of the population.

Projectors are here to guide energy and people. They’re about 21% of people.

Generators and Manifesting Generators are the builders of this world. They have the energy to maintain and grow what the Manifestors start. They’re 70% of all people.

Reflectors evaluate energy. They mirror back and amplify to everyone how they’re doing. They’re 1% of all people.

There are no limits as to what each type can do.

However, a big difference is that Generators and Manifesting Generators have access to a renewable source of energy you can imagine like a battery pack that’s charged reliably every night. Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors don’t have this. Their energy moves in different cycles and they don’t have access to the universal charging service like the others.

Authority

Authority is mega-important in Human Design. It’s your inner guidance system. Authority is how you make decisions.

These authority types exist:

Emotional authority needs to wait for emotional clarity before making a decision. Decisions from an emotional high or low usually bring learning but usually not fulfilling experiences.

Sacral authority is a clear yes or no from the gut.

Ego authority is about your desires and following them. Somebody once described it to me as a warm, powerful feeling in the heart area that propelled them forward.

Splenic authority is information that comes from your intuition. These intuitive hits can sometimes feel really weird as in: why did I just think to go left, not right. Splenic authority can sometimes feel like a whisper you need to practice tuning into.

Self-projected authority is a type of authority unique to Projectors. To make a decision, self-projected authority needs to talk things through out loud. It helps to have a trusted person around you when you do that, so your reflection process is free from somebody else’s judgment.

Environmental authority also needs to talk about things out loud, to hear the sound and vibration of their own voice while speaking. With this authority, it’s crucial that you are in the right environment in life and when making decisions.

Lunar authority is exclusive to Reflectors. With lunar authority, you need to wait a full lunar cycle before making any (big) decisions.

Strategy

Strategy is how you move through life and interact with others. Each type has their own strategy.

Manifestors have to inform their surroundings of what they’re up to. They’re the only type that doesn’t have to wait for an external stimulus to act. A Manifestor is the epitome of Nike’s “Just do it” slogan.

Generators and Manifesting Generators respond to life. For them, life is like a sushi conveyor belt. Whatever passes them by or comes at them that their authority says yes to is great for them to explore or do. Mani-Gens respond and after responding with a yes can then initiate something. They’re a Generator with some of the Manifestor’s initiating features.

Projectors need to be invited. If you’re a Projector, you probably know the feeling of making a suggestion and people getting angry at you - or maybe they don’t hear you, at all. Being recognized by others for their abilities and receiving an invitation is key for a Projector to honor their energy.

Reflector strategy is similar to their authority. They need to wait a full lunar cycle. It also helps for them to talk things out before they make a decision.

Where to Get a Chart

There are many, many great places to get a free Human Design chart online, here are some examples:

Jovian Archive

My Bodygraph

My Human Design

Human Design Blueprint

Get an In-Depth Reading With Me

A reading is a good place to enter your Human Design journey or get coaching on how you can do even more of you.

There is a lot of content available online that can help you learn about your Human Design during different stages of your learning process. Irrespective of whether you book a reading with me or not, I believe it can be very helpful to get some help discovering your HD with another person.

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