Human Design
Human Design is a system and a tool which helps us to understand ourselves better. It is all about decision making - learning how to work with our energy to make decisions which are good for us.
It was brought into the world in the 1980s in Ibiza by a man named Ra Uru Hu. It blends science with ancient modalities such as Astrology, the Chakra System and the I Ching, but it is truly one of a kind and like nothing else out there. It has so many layers and depth into each individual person - every chart is unique!
It works by using your birth information to create a birth chart (also called a bodygraph), which provides all kinds of insights about you and how your energy works.
The Basics
This is an example of a Human Design Chart.
The most important aspects of the chart are:
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Type - this is the overarching energetic type and how the aura works
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Strategy - this is a way of working with your type and aura to make life run more smoothly with less resistance, and helps to attract the right people and opportunities
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Authority - this is your most supportive decision making process
Each type has a signature theme and a not-self theme. The signature theme is the feeling you get when you are living true to yourself, and the not-self theme is the feeling you get when something is out of balance and may need to be addressed.
Experimenting with your Type, Strategy and Authority is the core of Human Design, and these things alone can be extremely beneficial in helping you begin to move and make decisions in a way that works with your energy instead of against it - leading to more of your signature theme feeling and less of your not-self theme feeling.
A Deeper Dive
The Human Design chart has many layers - below the core aspects of Type, Strategy and Authority, here are some additional aspects of the chart and the insights they can provide:
Profile
This represents the personality archetype, the costume or role you fulfill.
Body Centres
There are 9 body centres, which each have a different theme. Each centre can be defined (coloured in) or undefined/open (white).
When a centre is defined, the themes of that centre are more fixed and consistent for you - you can consistently rely on them. When a centre is undefined or open, the themes of that centre are inconsistent - you may experience an amplified version of them from time to time based on who you are with and what the planets are doing, but you cannot consistently rely on them in yourself. This knowledge can be very useful for decision making and understanding how your energy works.
Gates & Channels
There are 64 gates (these are all the little numbers) which are located inside the body centres, and each also have a theme. As with the body centres, if this gate is coloured in it is defined and this theme is consistent for you, and if it is white it is undefined and this theme is not consistent for you. If two gates opposite each other are both defined, these connect together to form channels, which energy can flow through freely.
The theme of the channel depends on which two gates are connected. Knowing and understanding the themes of your defined gates and especially your channels can help deepen your understanding of your gifts, tendencies and what you can rely on in yourself.
Definition
Definition is determined by how the defined body centres are connected together - whether they are all connected or whether there are gap(s) between them. Knowing your definition can help to understand how you process information, how you relate to other people, and the kind of conditioning you are more likely to experience.
Human Design Chart Readings
Human Design Chart Readings walk you through your chart and your design, explaining what each aspect means for you and giving insights into your themes, gifts, consistencies and vulnerabilities. They help you to see yourself perhaps in a way you've never seen yourself before!
Part of the beauty of Human Design is that as well as being deep and layered, it is also very practical, and you will be provided with tips and advice specific to you to help bring more alignment into your life, increase your signature theme feeling and reduce your not-self theme feeling.
You can read more about chart readings with me below.