Exploring the Human Design System - Part 1

Many people who are interested in human design are on a journey of healing, self-discovery, and remembrance.  They are Truth Seekers in a sense.  Wanting to know and understand this earthly experience a bit deeper, or questioning what they’ve been told. 

When I came across human design (the second time), it felt like an answer to my prayers.  Spirit had revealed to me that I was too dependent on how this world worked, and I had been praying and meditating, wondering what that meant.  And also, wondering what other options I had.

Enter THE HUMAN DESIGN SYSTEM.

Each of us is meant to be different from everyone else.  We are here to live our lives and express our truth in our unique way.  When we begin to understand and accept our uniqueness, something inside of us opens up and relaxes.  The layers of conditioning and programming slowly fall away, and the person we were meant to be, our inner essence, begins to emerge.

Human Design is not meant to tell you who you are or how you have to be. It’s a tool meant to help you become your own authority; your own guru. It’s a way for you to live life your way… in accordance with how you were designed to be as a human.

The Human Design System can be perceived as similar to a “User’s Guide.” It is a tool that gives insight into how you can live in energetic alignment with your unique TRUTH.  It can help you understand how you are designed to engage with the world and show you where you are uniquely open to influence and conditioning from your environment.  Human Design reveals a guide for how your inner guidance operates and provides you with simple tools for making aligned decisions that will allow you to enhance your life.  

The Human Design System is not a belief system or philosophy; it does not ask you to believe in anything.  It invites you to participate in a potential life-transforming living experiment and provides you with practical tools and information needed to live life as yourself.  It sheds light on your emotional, psychological, and energetic makeup.  It offers a guide of your unique genetic design, with detailed information on both the conscious (aspects of yourself you have a mental awareness of) and unconscious aspects of yourself (the aspects of yourself that may surprise you; something that you’re not quite consciously aware of but you know runs in the background). 

According to my research, the Human Design System was downloaded/channeled through Ra Uru Hu (born Alan Krakower) in 1987 through a mystical experience. He dedicated the next 25+ years to developing and teaching the system.  It is a synthesis of different teachings and sciences. It incorporates ancient wisdom — Astrology, the I Ching, the Chakras, the Tree of Life from the Kabbalah — with modern science — Quantum Physics and Genetics. Together they offer us profound insight into how we are designed to navigate the material world. 

To begin this experimentation, the first step is obtaining your Human Design chart. The system uses your birth data to calculate your design chart, or Bodygraph, which determines information, such as, your Energy Type, Strategy, Authority, and Definition.

The BodyGraph (design chart) is a graphic illustration of the energetic flow within your makeup, a guide or blueprint for how you operate and interact with the world. The bodygraph provides you with the simple mechanics of your Strategy and Authority to experiment with, to live, and discover your individual and differentiated nature.  

Human Design invites you to education and experimentation, that centers you. It is the life-transforming experiment of living as yourself and claiming your uniqueness. You can leverage this tool in all areas of life, including work, partnerships, or family.  By exploring the basic components of your design life, you enter a path of awareness, remembrance, and rebirth. 

Some of the information your chart reveals about you is (Bunnell, L.):

• Your chart shows your specific genetic design: affirming who you are, how to be yourself, and how to navigate successfully through a constantly changing world.

• It provides you with the tools you need to live an aware and awake life-- with a Strategy you can trust that reliably connects you to your personal Authority to make moment-to-moment designs that are correct for you so that your unique life purpose can unfold naturally. 

• Your strategy will help you eliminate resistance (frustration, anger, disappointment, bitterness) and fear to live in a relaxed, unique, creative, and revolutionary way.

• Your chart maps out your relationship dynamics to help you understand the attractions, resonances, and conflict between you and others play out.

• Gives you guidance on how to align yourself with people who enhance your vitality, support your life purpose, and share your true path.

• Understanding the charts of others illustrates the truly unique and individual nature of those close to you, like family and friends, and how best to respect and interact with them.

• A chart also shows us how to create the best environment for children so that they are empowered to be their unique selves and to learn and develop as individuated human beings.

When I started to explore my chart and understand my design, I felt seen, heard, and validated. I understood what Spirit was saying to me about being dependent on how the world works, because my reality was, I knew my truth. I knew my purpose.  And I knew what felt aligned for me, yet, I was living by what was expected of me. I was living by what western society taught me it meant to be human, and what that experience was meant to look like.    

I had abandoned my truth. As a Projector, I knew I was meant to do life differently.  And human design was the invitation that helped me reclaim my power and feel validated in my knowing.  I knew these things about myself deep down, and now, with the help of human design, I had the language for it.

Learning the system is a journey, and you may find yourself seeking support as you explore it.  Trust your wisdom as you do this.  Trust your wisdom over other people’s credentials and experiences.  Allow yourself to create a relationship with human design; you’ll get exactly what your soul needs.

Remember: Human Design does not tell you who you are, it confirms what you already intuitively know.  As you begin to explore your human design chart and learn to use your Strategy and Authority effectively, give yourself permission to take what resonates and leave the rest.  You don't have to force anything to resonate, whatever your soul is guiding you to, trust that you will receive what you need.  Human design is here to empower you, and help you expand and grow; it does not limit your greatness.

If you’re interested in engaging with human design a bit further and have not yet pulled your chart.  Consider grabbing your free human design chart here.  

You will need your birth date, exact birth time, and birthplace.  If you do not know your exact birth time, you’ll need to obtain your birth records from the hospital or town you were born in, or work with an astrologer (or anyone who does reverse engineerings) to figure out your closest birth time based on life events or use a time rectification app online. 

If you already have your chart and want someone to help you understand how to approach the system and explore your chart (or others), consider signing up for one of our upcoming workshops focused on human design. You can also check out our offerings for a one-on-one exploration session.

Resource: Bunnel, L. & Ra Uru Hu. 2011. The Definitive Book of Human Design: The Science of Differentiation. HDC Publishing