Journal #3
In Human Design, it recognises five different types of person. These types are called Energy Types. There is the Manifestor, Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector and Reflector. What determines your type on your chart, is which Chakra centres (if any) you have coloured in (also called 'defined') and to which other Chakra centres they connect. Just this alone will reveal some of the most insightful information about you and others. It is essential to know that no two people are the same, even if there are similarities in your charts.
Your Energy Type is the first point of call when looking at your Human Design chart. It essentially identifies who you are. It tells you how you are supposed to be exchanging your energy with the world around you. If at first, you don't recognise yourself in your type, this might mean you have some 'conditioning' to work through that has made you act in ways that misaligned with your true nature. So look beyond how you act and focus on implementing the tools suggested below for your Energy Type and see what comes back.
Each Energy Type has a Strategy that helps align you to your true nature by drawing your awareness of resistance in your life. By using your correct Strategy, you will start to see the elimination of what no longer serves you, leading you to a happy and more fulfilled life.
The different Strategies are as follows:
Generators and Manifesting Generators are here to engage with life by waiting for things to come to them so that they can respond. To respond is your Strategy. If you try to initiate, you will end up feeling frustrated (your Not-Self Theme). By waiting to respond will see you experience satisfaction in your life. Loving what you do is your gift to the world.
Projectors are quite similar, although you are here to engage with life by waiting for your unique qualities to be recognised and invited to share. By being invited, you experience recognition and success in your life. If you try to initiate, rather than wait, you will encounter resistance and rejection and will become bitter (your Not-Self theme). Your gift to the world is to understand and be a guide for others.
Manifestors, on the other hand, operate differently. They are here to inform others of their decisions before they take action. Informing others will eliminate any resistance. When you can't manifest peace, you will experience anger (your Not-Self theme). You have the power to make an impact by initiating for the other Energy Types. Initiating is your gift to the world.
Reflectors are a rare species and are here to wait for a full lunar cycle before making significant decisions. Your delight is in the little surprises that life brings. When you try to initiate, you will often be left feeling disappointed (your Not-Self theme). You are born to be a mirror for society, reflecting what is working correctly or not and objectively share what you have observed. Your ability to be this for the community is your gift to the world.
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Like with the Energy Types, your defined Chakra centres will also identify what your Authority in life is. It comes from one coloured or defined centre within your chart. It is this place deep within your body (and it's not your mind) that will help you make wiser decisions, by removing hesitancy and installing confidence. Your Authority is the driver that helps steer you towards a more careful decision-making process. It is the part of your chart that you should be listening to for guidance. It can be the emotions, the gut, the heart, the Spleen, the g centre, the mind or have no inner authority at all, we are all different.
The Authorities are as follows:
Emotional Authority, it is your nature to experience the full spectrum of feelings. Emotions are like rolling waves, rising and falling, peaking and dipping; never sitting still for too long. When you feel happy, you want to capture that moment. When you feel sad, you wonder when the blues will end. There is never a state of permanence when it comes to your emotions. Therefore you must recognise your emotional waves, allow them to pass through you instead of them owning you. Don't get attached to particular feelings or the expectation of how something might turn out. Emotional decisions made in the heat of the moment are your worst enemy. You need to allow your emotions to pass through you, disengage from them and wait for calmer waters before you make your move. Clarity will come. A good tip is to sleep on things before making an important decision.
Sacral Authority, your correct decision-making process is about 'following your gut' and trusting it. The gut is your inner guidance system that is only effective when in 'response' to something. It will tell you when something is right or wrong, a yes or a no, by the sound or sensation it makes. For some people, it is a familiar 'uh-huh' (yes) or 'uh-uh' (no). For others, it is feeling a push towards or pull away from something. It is a visceral physical expanding or contracting response to yes or no questions, never open-ended ones. If there is no response, this then will mean that there is a lack of interest at the time. You need to apply your Authority to everything in your life. It will give you a clear cut decision, based on your level of excitement. It is never healthy to engage or commit to anything without first waiting and then checking in with your Authority. Learning to get out of your head and into the gut is how you'll learn to make better, wiser decisions.
Ego (Heart) Authority, 'I want it, so I'm going to make it happen' should be the mantra of the Ego authority. When you make a decision, tune into your heart as the 'yes' or 'no' answer lies within. The heart will draw you in or pull you away from what is energetically correct for you. It is a very personal, subjective process, but extremely powerful. If your heart's not in it, then there is your answer. Your heart soars at the mere idea of something, so if it is a yes, then go for it with gusto.
Splenic Authority, your inner guidance can be felt as an instantaneous resonance with something or someone, and an inner knowing as to whether something is healthy for you or not. This survival intuitiveness alerts you to which environments, direction, opportunities and people you should engage with. It will present itself as a sensation within the body, like a muscle which you need to build to trust the message it gives back. To detect this sensation, takes a deep level of attention, as it will only alert you once when you are in the moment. This Authority gives you the ability to act when its necessary and correct, regardless of your circumstances. Don't let your mind and emotional needs, and the wants and pressures of others, cause you to second guess yourself. Listen to the messages your Spleen is giving you, it speaks softly but is there to protect you.
Self (G Centre) Authority, a defined G Centre gives you a compelling sense of self, a voice that speaks to you in reaction to an invitation. The key with this Authority is to listen to what you say. Your inner knowing is all you need to direct you to make correct decisions for yourself. When invited, listen to what you say, as your truth lies there. Don't try to figure stuff out mentally. It helps to discuss impending decisions with others, as allows you to hear yourself, to sense what level of self-satisfaction your choice might bring.
Mental Authority is a rare and unique authority that is only for Mental Projectors. With no centres defined below their throat, they have a design that seeks guidance from how they feel in their environment. This sensory information comes from their open centres and is an essential thing to tune into. If an environment feels wrong, the people you are with or ideas exchanged will be wrong too. Beware of the strength of your mind and its ability to intervene. When making decisions about what is correct, it is best to have a taste and see how your body reacts to that environment. Your answer lies there and not from the opinion or thoughts of the people around you.
Outer Authority is for Reflectors only. You have no fixed definition in your chart, and so you are unable to depend on a source of personal Authority. There is no reliable source of yes or no inside to guide you to make significant decisions in your life. Your Strategy is to connect to the lunar 28-day cycle as it is a reliable and repeating pattern that will provide you with a sense of consistency comparable to, but not the same as having a fixed definition. Reflectors are lunar beings, which means they ruled by the moon and not the sun. As you practice to wait out the lunar cycle, you will soon have awareness around the pattern of when clarity comes to you. You must pay close attention to your unique pattern as it might mean you won't have to wait the full 28 days for clarity to arrive. The more in sync you are, the faster the clarity will come, as long as you don't try to rush the process. Patience is key. For smaller decisions, like going for coffee or what movie to watch, waiting is not required. Just go with the flow and enjoy what life brings. It is the more significant life-changing ones, like moving house or a marriage proposal is where waiting is required.
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Your Strategy and Authority are the gateways to living life authentically. They are here to be tapped into and trusted. The design of our body's intelligence allows us to make decisions through its consciousness. Every choice you make is crucial to the trajectory of your life flows. Your mind, however, is not equipped for the task of making decisions for you. Its role is actually of the 'involved observer', so you must alleviate the pressure. Your mind is purely here to collect information and experiences, measuring things against each other and contemplate opinions, points of view and reflections. If you let your mind make the decisions, it is like you are making a 50/50 guess and in most cases will steer you off course. Your Not-Self then starts to take control.
If you can experiment with one thing in Human Design, put trust in your Strategy and Authority. You will be amazed by how much better you will feel. Your mind will begin to play a very different and more appropriate role in your life, freeing you to experience what it is like to be an aware and awake passenger. Your mind is here to participate in the process of your self-discovery, but it is up to your Strategy and Authority to help guide you to what is energetically correct for you.
Here is an example of a Human Design Life Chart. This is my chart. I am a Generator with Sacral Authority, because my Sacral centre is coloured in (or in other words ‘defined’), and my Emotional Centre (Solar Plexus) is white. If you would like to know what Energy Type, Strategy and Authority you are, please reach out and I will look you up.
