My Human Design Experiment

Author: One-Three

  • My Godhead & Mystical Programming

    I’m re-reading The Prophecy of Ra Uru Hu by Steve Rhodes, and specifically the chapter called The 16 Faces. This totally went over my head the first time, and even now, I flipped back further to The Beginning Before the Start. This cosmology is fascinating and I am being mindful for it not to become more food for my open mind. Like Ra said in the intro to the Godheads, the awareness of the programming by the Personality Bundles and Godheads points us back to the vehicle and the form. There is only one Design Crystal at the core of the earth. What we get is clear. Clear-ish, I guess depending on how much deconditioning we’ve done.

    The Mind is open to so much programming, to the Not-Self through the open centres, and the conflicting narratives of all the Gods and Goddesses. The Personality Bundles surround the planet and neutrinos are filtered through them all, “competing” for our attention.

    I wanted to delve into the 16 Faces and which Godhead is mystically and deeply programming me, to shed light on my blindspots. It is interesting because I see myself as agnostic, perhaps even atheist. It flips flops.

    Also I want to understand how this is programming others, not in judgment, only in further acceptance. I’ve always had issue with using morality to control us, and I’m seeing this even more now with all the virtue signalling.

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    Every god and goddess that humanity has ever had can be found in one of the 16 Faces. The 16 Faces of God, the gods.

    Steve Rhodes, The Prophecy of Ra Uru Hu

    The 16 Godheads

    The Christ Consciousness, the Buddha Consciousness, all these familiar concepts, these are mechanics. They are the programming of one of 16 Crystal Bundles.

    What is My GodHead, according to Human Design?

    To find which is the Godhead that is programming us, we look at the Personality Sun.

    The Rave Mandala is divided into four quarters – Initiation, Civilization, Duality, and Mutation. Each quarter is further made up of the 4 Godheads. Look for your Personality Sun in the lists below.

       
       

    Quarter of Initiation

    Kali—The Destroyer of False Devotion
    Gates: 13-The Listener, 49-Principles, 30-Feelings, 55-SpiritMitra—The Evolution of Consciousness
    Gates: 37-Friendship, 63-Doubt, 22-Openness, 36-CrisisMichael—The Angelical Mind
    Gates: 25-Spirit of the Self, 17-Opinion, 21-Hunter/Huntress, 51-ShockJanus—The Fertility of Mind Gates: 42-Growth, 3-Ordering, 27-Caring, 24-Rationalization

     

    Quarter of Civilization

    Maia—The Mother Goddess
    Gates: 2-The Direction of the Self, 23-Assimilation 8-Contribution, 20-The NowLakshmi—Goddess of Beauty and Good Fortune
    Gates: 16-Skills, 35-Change, 45-The Gatherer, 12-CautionParvati – Goddess of Domestic Bliss
    Gates: 15-Extremes, 52-Stillness, 39-Provocation, 53-BeginningsMa’at—Goddess of Truth, Justice and Cosmic Harmony
    Gates: 62-Details, 56-Stimulation, 31-Leading, 33-Privacy

    Quarter of Duality

    Thoth – God of Wisdom, Writing and Time
    Gates: 7-Role of the Self in Interaction, 4-Formulization, 29-Perseverance, 59-SexualityHarmonia – Goddess of the Family Bond
    Gates: 40-Aloneness, 64-Confusion, 47-Realization, 6-FrictionChrist Consciousness Field – “Love Thy Neighbor”
    Gates: 46-Determination of the Self, 18-Correction, 48-Depth, 57-Intuitive ClarityMinerva – Virgin Goddess of Warfare, Arts and Crafts
    Gates: 44-Alertness, 28-The Game Player, 50-Values, 32-Continuity

    Quarter of Mutation

    Hades – God of the Underworld
    Gates: 1-Self-Expression, 43-Insight, 14-Power Skills, 34-PowerPrometheus – Thief of Fire and Benefactor of Humanity
    Gates: 9-Taming Power of the Small, 5-Fixed Rhythms, 26-The Egoist, 11- IdeasVishnu – God of Monotheism
    Gates: 10-Behavior of the Self, 58-Vitality, 38-The Fighter, 54-DriveThe Keepers of the Wheel – Guardians of the Wheel – The Hidden Gods (from themselves)
    Gates: 60-Limitation, 61-Inspiration, 41-Contraction, 19-Wanting

    Kali—The Destroyer of False Devotion

    GATES
    13 The Listener
    49 Principles
    30 Feelings
    55 Spirit

    Mitra—The Evolution of Consciousness

    GATES
    37 Friendship
    63 Doubt
    22 Openness
    36 Crisis

    Michael—The Angelical Mind

    GATES
    25 Spirit of the Self
    17 Opinion
    21 Hunter/Huntress
    51 Shock

    Janus—The Fertility of Mind

    GATES
    42 Growth
    3 Ordering
    27 Caring
    24 Rationalization

    Maia—The Mother Goddess

    GATES
    2 The Direction of the Self
    23 Assimilation
    8 Contribution
    20 The Now

    Lakshmi—Goddess of Beauty and Good Fortune

    GATES
    16 Skills
    35 Change
    45 The Gatherer
    12 Caution

    Parvati – Goddess of Domestic Bliss

    GATES
    15 Extremes
    52 Stillness
    39 Provocation
    53 Beginnings

    Ma’at—Goddess of Truth, Justice and Cosmic Harmony

    GATES
    62 Details
    56 Stimulation
    31 Leading
    33 Privacy

    THOTH – GOD OF WISDOM, WRITING AND TIME

    GATES
    7-Role of the Self in Interaction
    4-Formulization
    29-Perseverance
    59-Sexuality


    HARMONIA – GODDESS OF THE FAMILY BOND

    GATES
    40-Aloneness
    64-Confusion
    47-Realization
    6-Friction


    CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS FIELD – “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR”

    GATES
    46-Determination of the Self
    18-Correction
    48-Depth
    57-Intuitive Clarity

    MINERVA – VIRGIN GODDESS OF WARFARE, ARTS AND CRAFTS

    GATES
    44-Alertness
    28-The Game Player
    50-Values
    32-Continuity

    HADES – GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD

    GATES
    1-Self-Expression
    43-Insight
    14-Power Skills
    34-Power


    PROMETHEUS – THIEF OF FIRE AND BENEFACTOR OF HUMANITY

    GATES
    9-Taming Power of the Small
    5-Fixed Rhythms
    26-The Egoist
    11- Ideas


    VISHNU – GOD OF MONOTHEISM

    GATES
    10-Behavior of the Self
    58-Vitality
    38-The Fighter
    54-Drive


    THE KEEPERS OF THE WHEEL – GUARDIANS OF THE WHEEL – THE HIDDEN GODS (FROM THEMSELVES)

    GATES
    60-Limitation
    61-Inspiration
    41-Contraction
    19-Wanting
    Human Design Rave Mandala

  • Counting the Lines in My Human Design

    I am a 1/3 Manifesting Generator. This means I have Line 1 for my Personality Sun and Earth Gates and Line 3 for my Design Sun and Earth Gates. Personality is the Mind, the Conscious. Design is the Body, the Not Conscious. In other words, these lines make up my Profile, sort of a costume I wear to play my role in this incarnation.

    These are perhaps the most important lines in my design since the Sun emits about 70% of the neutrinos in our part of the universe. Neutrinos, now verified by science, are part of what we know as dark matter. Their infinitesimal mass carries and leaves info as they pass through absolutely everything and everyone. We are imprinted with this information and we also filter them as they pass through us. That’s evolution. That is how everyone participates in the evolution of consciousness. So yes, everyone, with their own uniqueness, is important.

    The Lines in Human Design give us important information. They add another layer to each of the 64 Hexagrams that describe aspects of our energy and beingness. We can look at these six lines as parts of a house, with Line 1 being the foundation and Line 6, the roof.

    Line 1 The Investigator – they look for and absorb information, which makes them feel secure, that the foundation is strong. They like to figure things out on their own and many become masters because they really dig deep and come to understand a process.

    Line 2 The Natural – People see these people as naturals, talented; a projection since they may not be a genius. The thing is they are a hermit and need alone time and space and must be called out. They are selective, though.

    Line 3 The Discoverer – This is the role of trial & error, bumping into experiences and seeing what works and what does not. When they quit something, it’s not because they are quitters. It’s just not working. And they are not making mistakes. That’s just how they discover, for themselves and for the collective.

    Line 4 – The Opportunist has a lot of influence; however, it is on people they already know. Community, friendships, and relationships are thus important for them. Of course, it’s got to be the right people. And they invest in people with their support and friendship.

    Line 5 – The Saviour. Ah the projection field. People with Line 5 are seen as the saviour, the one who has the answers. They may. And again, they may not. So people can get upset if reality does not measure up to their own projections. Their role is universalization, which means distributing and making accessible to the masses.

    Line 6 The Perfectionist – These people are perfecting what has been done and the 6/3 will look for the next thing. Their lives are divided into three phases; the first one is akin to that of Line 3, trial and error. Age 30 to 50 is the roof, being an observer and becoming objective again, which draws people to them for advice. When they come off the roof, it’s time for them to be the living example of what does work.

    1/3 Profile

    As a 1/3 I investigate, gather information, and then experiment. I test the soundness of what I have learned, of the foundation. I enjoy deconstructing and discussing. With an open Head Centre, I am open to many ideas so there is a lot I explore.

    I bump into people, things, and encounters – that is the pattern of life for me. Accidental, and not really an accident. It is correct for me and I’ve got resilience for this. Sometimes this is walking into table corners.

    I can see my 1/3 at work when I think about how I am approaching Human Design, Gene Keys, Jin Shin Jyutsu, and everything else. I love doing it my own way, reading this or that, observing if it shows up (or not) in my life, and debriefing with my partner who is a Human Design Guide.

    I see teachers as a source of many aspects to explore, rather than a well of all-consuming knowledge. I take their word for their own experiences; though, I do question if it’s applicable to others, especially myself.

    As I bump into different topics, I will dive into whatever books that I feel drawn to or come into my view. Or I may purchase this or that course to listen to other people discuss about it. If it’s conceptual, I like to break it down. I love reading real-life stories. Hence, I have a vast library of a divergent topics.

    So I started this website to share my lab notes and log my experiment and journey. Because of my 1, what I learn is part of the foundation. It’s what others work with. We build a strong structure with a sturdy and true foundation of integrity.

    Maybe it’s the 33-13, the Channel of the Prodigal. This channel connects my G Centre (identity, direction, love) to my Throat Centre (sharing, manifesting). I’m pretty sure I’ve lived many times as a Bard before, travelling the realms and then returning with stories and information and keeping the memories alive. It’s also got that “been there, done that, let me tell you about it” energy. So for me, at the end of experiences, especially relationships, I ponder what the lessons are. Sometimes, when I was younger especially, it can take a few go’s until I get it.

    Let’s Look at the 2/4

    My partner is a 2/4 (Natural/Opportunist). Yes he does also google when he needs to fix stuff, like his truck. I definitely google, read (pretty much) every review, talk to friends, etc to gather information way more than him, who is a natural. I love figuring how something works; him, not so much.

    Here’s an example – cooking. Perhaps it’s raising a child as a co-parent and having to put together meals all the time. Anyway, he can definitely throw together breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks very very quickly. I like to google recipes and get the ingredients. Mind you, I’m not always great at following recipes. I may the first time and even then, measuring is sooo restrictive.

    He just lets me 1/3 it, with no judgment. Sometimes he still tenses when I approach him, as I have hit him with my elbow or knee. Time to tap into my Gate 22, the Gate of Openness. Grace.

    Counting the Lines

    I wanted to see what lines are dominant in my design, just out of curiosity. I think this seed was planted from one of Ra’s lectures or quotes. I can’t remember now.

    Personality Side

    Line Line Count
    12
    22
    30
    45
    52
    62

    Design Side

    Line Line Count
    12
    22
    33
    43
    53
    60

    So on the Personality/Mind/Conscious side of my design, I have no Line 3s and a predominance of Line 4. Line 3 is “making and breaking bonds” and with zero Line 3s on my Mind side, perhaps this is why my mind hangs on longer than my Body. Hmmm. For me, though, transparency and honest conversation is important. This is how we can re-make or make a new bond that a new level of our relationship can shift to. Perhaps I do this more from a subconscious level. Probably.

    I have 5 Line 4s here. Line 4 is about my network, my friendships, and who I know so does this also make it harder to break away? Because on some conscious level, I know my influence is the greatest on those within my community and community building is what I do. This bridge. I also enjoy writing about people I know, as a way to share their gifts and celebrate who they are.

    It’s all food for thought. For contemplation. Lightly turning it over in my mind, rather than making it a thing, more stories, more “stuff” for the Mind to hang on to.

    The lesson here, or the reminder, with a preponderance of Line 4s is to befriend people correct for me. This means going back to my sacral response. True for everyone, trusting their Authority, only more so with people with lots of Line 4s.

    Counting the lines in my Human Design body graph gives a general idea of the energies at work, beyond my Profile. It will be interesting and fun to investigate (here’s that 1/3!) the Gates and Planets along with the lines. At this time, I’m looking at the elements separately, moving to a more holistic understanding of my design. Piece by piece. 1/3 has the patience to do this over time!

  • Experiencing the 6th Gene Key and Discovering Peacefulness Within

    I was reading about the 6th Gene Key and realized that my partner and I were experiencing this energy in our conversation. I have this Gene Key/Gate activated and he has its programming partner, the 36th Gene Key. These are Gates in our Human Design Bodygraph, though not part of our Golden Path.

    What hit home was this statement –

    The biofeedback loop between these two shadows is rooted in nervousness and defensiveness. The 36th Shadow makes you nervous, feeding the 6th Shadow, which responds through making you behave defensively. Likewise, your own defensiveness makes other people behave in a nervous manner around you.

    Richard Rudd, The Gene Keys

    My Human Design and Gene Keys Experiment is an ongoing unfolding, a wonderful fun project (that is me) for a 1/3 Profile. So when I was reading about 6th Gene Key, the current world theme that was just beginning, it dawned on me how we role-played and experienced it within our conversation that morning..

    We have some very intense conversations. Intense because we are holding space for each other, to be what may be called “radically honest.” It’s big work, opening up to a level of intimacy that at once calls up old wounds, personal, tribal, and collective and dissolves them.

    I don’t remember now what we were talking about. He was nervous about hurting my feelings or triggering a past relationship pattern. I so appreciate his awareness, care, and love for me. And he’s shared that talking with me helps him process. He’s emotionally defined and it can take time.

    This background frequency of nervousness or turbulence then reinforced my defensiveness, which I am not always aware of. This energy can be so subtle, and even “sneaky.” In those moments, I can come across “sharp” I’ve been told. It is distorted because of some underlying wound. Perhaps a past pattern is re-energized or brought to the surface. Residual I suppose from the work I have already done releasing the past – the betrayals and other events, woundings, and traumas. Ah, the silver lining and the gift of a difficult separation and divorce. A lot of growing up, growing awareness, and “adulting.” Alas, I digress…

    And my defensiveness feeds feeds his nervousness. That’s how programming partners work. On the Shadow, Gift, and Siddhi levels.

    The 6th Gene Key

    The 6th Gene Key was the world theme from September 15 to 20, 2020. This is the path of peace, from the shadow of conflict through the gift of diplomacy.

    I have this gate in my bodygraph; however, since my Solar Plexus is undefined, it is not an activated gate. The 6th and the 59th Gates create the Channel of Mating, which interestingly enough, was a connection I had with my ex-husband. And no, we didn’t have any kids. We did build up the resources to support a family, and definitely our family of four with our two adopted dogs.

    The 6th Shadow of Conflict is the single most influential Gene Key in regard to the issue of human communication. At its highest potential, the 6th Gene Key is the archetype of peace of earth, whilst at its lowest potential it is the root cause of all human conflict. This conflict stems from the human emotional system and our inability to handle the voltage of extreme emotional states. Conflict breaks out whenever two or more people agree to identify with their emotional state. As long as you surrender your will to the emotional system, then you will be trapped by its volatile nature.

    Richard Rudd, The Gene Keys

    I often find myself spontaneously bursting into tears when I read about my activated Gene Keys. Oh, Richard, what is this “sorcery” that touches me so deeply. I think it is the spellbinding power of truth.

    Shadow Consciousness – Conflict

    It is easy to see how this shadow consciousness of Conflict is part of the collective energy at this point. We can see it within ourselves, how we repress emotions, showing up as inconsistencies. We can see it all over social media, even without the trolls, and between friends over politics, and of course now the virus.

    And in the world today, especially with the sweeping changes of the pandemic status, we see tremendous conflict around how we see the best way of moving forward, how to live now, between feeling safe and free, what is real and not…

    As we accelerate the dismantling of all things secret and veiled, I can see how Conflict may be intensified. Those with vested interests and secrets want them protected. This “fight” we can see as different truths and half-truths circulate, comes back to our personal conflicts.

    We are coming together, approaching 2027, when our current age ends. This is the time, these few years, to really unlock all that is esoteric and hidden. Good and bad. According Human Design cosmology, 2027 is a nexus point, when the current global incarnation cross, Cross of Planning, will come to an end. All that was created from that energy – infrastructure, institutions, commercial farming, community projects, etc – will begin to unravel.

    What will the world be like without all things “normal” and familiar? I believe we are getting a sampling of that now in 2020.

    Emotional Defence Strategies, Anyone?

    On writing about the 6th Shadow, Richard Rudd states that our emotional defence strategies are really formulated in our second 7-year cycle, when we are 7 to 14. Remember how outrageously emotional the adults in your life were when we were that age? I do. As kids, we really had very little control of what happened. And so these ways to protect ourselves and our feelings.

    One major emotional defence strategy I came up with as a teenager was never to be angry. Because as a child, it was somehow always my fault and I always had to apologize, which I felt was grossly unfair. So the pendulum swung the other way. From keenly feeling my emotions, my gut responses, and my truth to not letting anyone in, not showing how vulnerable, sensitive, and hurt I was.

    Side note: not feeling my gut and not uttering my sounds as a child is shutting down my authority as a Manifesting Generator. As you may know, we have our unique way of knowing the truth.

    That 6th Gene Key/Gate, which is about opening or not to intimacy, was very discerning and very few, mostly animals, got through. While I poured my wounded heart onto the pages of a journal that never saw the day. And without understanding the defined/undefined Solar Plexus relationship, I felt victimized and never learned to be with my emotions. How not to identify with them, especially when they weren’t even mine. My take is that this is part of my work in this life, being surrounded by emotionally defined people. Oh, and learning to see the Not-Self who desires to connect three Solar Plexus gates and feeling fulfilled when someone does. We are all perfect and unique!

    Of course the ego has to die, that tremendous humbling that takes you to your knees, so you can look up at the sky and see the world is so much bigger than who we thought we were. And that we are so much bigger than who we thought we were.

    Touching the Gift of Diplomacy

    The Gift of the 6th GK is Diplomacy. Meeting people halfway. Taking down our barriers so we can step away from preconceived ideas and assumptions. And opening our hearts. This means taking an honest look at where we are not meeting ourselves, of where we have internal conflicts and bravely go beyond them.

    Every human being is emotionally vulnerable until we drop our protective defences. The defences form around our heart, and as long as our hearts remain defended and closed, they can’t heal.

    Richard Rudd, 64 Ways

    The Gift of the 36th GK is Humanity. Just as the Shadow states of programming partners feed into each other, so too do the Gift and Siddhi frequencies. It’s all holographic and related and when we shift one, we uplift all.

    With your heart open, it is not possible to be overwhelmed. The heart can open infinitely to accommodate anything and everything. Only the mind can be overwhelmed. Only the emotions can be overwhelmed. But your soul, your whole being at a higher frequency cannot be overwhelmed by life.

    Richard Rudd on the 36th Gene Key

    Our humanity… We say “we are only human” as if it’s a bad thing, a lesser quality and yet, there is great strength in our humanity, in our humanness. It’s spirit living within. Rather than leaving the human body behind, I believe we are here as vehicles for Heaven and Earth. How? Well, the highest potential of these two Gene Keys is the Siddhi states of Peace and Compassion. How beautiful.

    On a collective level, the 6th Siddhi will be the very last Siddhi to fully mutate in the coming shift in global consciousness. Only when peace is recognized on earth as the natural state of our collective consciousness can the future vehicle of humanity be built. In other words, the myth of world peace is the pretext for building the future body that will take us beyond form itself.

    Richard Rudd, The Gene Keys

    The ultimate peace comes when all boundaries within and interfacing the “external” are dissolved. The body is the Garden of Eden. It is a state of truth.

    It’s been years since I stumbled onto Human Design and the Gene Keys. I am grateful for this information, especially now as we are moving into the last 7-year cycle before 2027. Will it play out according to the Human Design Cosmology? Well, I guess we will see rather soonish, or at least aspects of the “fairytale”. 2020 – the year of why not?! And here we are, writing and sharing my own Human Design/Gene Keys Experiment. This is not the end all philosophy, and certainly not more fodder for the Mind. If you are new to Human Design or the Gene Keys, I encourage to take a look and explore it through your own self. We are our own Authority.

    Or as Jin Shin Jyutsu Master Teacher Mary Burmeister reminded us – We are our own Testimony. And speaking of JSJ, the Keynotes for Safety Energy Lock 6 are Balance and Discrimination. We can simply hold this energy sphere, which is located on the arch of our feet. Think about how our feet is so important in standing upright. It so beautiful ties into the Gene Keys.

    While we may march for peace, we will not achieve it when we are in conflict. When we are protesting against something, when we are not at peace with ourselves, when we cannot be with all the voltages and frequencies of our emotionality, when we see “other”, Peace is only a concept and a fleeting glimpse, if even.

  • Oh, Open Head Centre, You Have So Many Questions

    Like the majority of people, I have an undefined Head Centre. Mine is actually completely open, with no defined Gates.

    This means that my Head Centre is open to conditioning, a space for the energies of defined Head Centre to move through. So the questions and thoughts that arise may not even be mine. And they come and go. The trap of an Open or Undefined Head Centre is thinking about things that don’t matter to me.

    Because the Head Centre is a pressure centre, I feel an incredible push to ask questions that pop up – to get them out there, to get them answered, to get them materialized – to feel relaxed.

    I can also feel the need to answer questions for other people. I figured this out years ago, without knowing the mechanics. That’s the thing about Human Design. It’s not a belief system and we do not need to know about it to live our design. I could hear and feel the questions in the air, this doubt and confusion from other people who did not understand what was just explained. Let’s just say, I asked a whole lot of questions! It was quite a practice of awareness to stop doing that!

    Having been rewarded for ideas in my life, I’m conditioned to believe I have to continuously and consistently come up with new ones. And even to action on them, to show my skills and to get more work. Ah, the workings of being strategic when I’m more rave-like and passive! Having a strategy and plan is what our society demands, rooted in an old system, birthed by 7-energy-centre beings. So different for us, 9-energy-centre beings.

    This pressure I feel is like – if I don’t take action on these ideas, someone will. Have you read Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic? It happens. Probably good to share that the subtitle of the book is Creative Living Beyond Fear. So there’s that.

    This idea – this strategy – that we have to always do something is such a trap. We may respond; we don’t always have to act. We definitely don’t want the mind to be making decisions. When we act from fear and we worry, our pure motivation gets shifted. We no longer come from a healthy and correct place.

    According to Genetic Matrix, some of the keywords relating to the Head Centre and its Gates are:

    • inspiration
    • questions
    • past memories
    • mutation pressure
    • stress
    • ideas
    • past images
    • thinking resolution
    • dreaming
    • doubt
    • madness
    • clarity

    My partner has been in the deconditioning process for years, beyond the seven years they say it takes. Seven years for cellular restructuring. He’s a great reminder of just sitting with my open Head centre. It helps that he has both Head and Anja undefined so I don’t feel that pressure from him. We don’t condition each other in those areas of our design.

    So I sit and watch what arises, the wide streams of neutrinos. To listen to my sacral response, to see what is correct to respond to. Trusting my sacral response. It’s a process, that’s for sure. This is the time, the last 7-year deconditioning cycle before 2027, when the Cycle of Planning comes to an end.

    The Defined Head Centre

    30% of people have a defined Head Centre. There are three Gates in this centre, Gates 64, 61, and 63 which form three channels with Gates in the Anja Centre. 64/47 Channel of Abstraction and 63/4 Channel of Logic are part of the Collective Circuit. The first is experiential and the latter, experimental. The abstract looks at the past, at the experiences, to come to some understanding, some clarity. The logic looks at the patterns to understand the future, to feel less doubtful about it. The middle channel (24/61) is part of the Individual Circuit and looks to know the unknowable. Unlike the other two channels which are visual, this one is acoustic. It’s not about processing the past or understanding the future; it’s hearing thoughts.

    For the 30% of us with one or more of these channels, it is correct for them to deal with the confusion (abstract), doubt (logic), and the unknowable (individual). They are built for it – these channels are part of their circuit board and energy consistently runs through these channels.

    For people with an undefined/open Head Centre, these channels are not part of how their energy runs. Their openness is where the conditioning forces from other people can enter, when they are in aura of those with a defined centre. As a result, without awareness of this mechanics, they think about things that don’t matter to them. They also amplify the energy, and so the doubt, confusion, and fears.

    Can you imagine that? In a world dominated by the Not-Self, 30% of people are conditioning and influencing what the 70% are thinking, thinking about what doesn’t matter to them. Think about what we get from the media, from news to movies. The 30%, however when acting from their true self and Authority, are a true source of Inspiration.

    It all comes back to responding from our Authority, from who we are.

  • The Third Line

    The third line is the completion of the lower trigram process. The third line, because it’s a completion, but more than that it’s a stepping stone to the next trigram, that both the third and fourth lines are inherently unstable. That is, there is a great deal of mutative potential, particularly in the third line.

    in this life, that is, your movement in this life, is about discovery through trial and error. And it means because you’re here to discover what does not work, that you can end up feeling very uncomfortable unless you understand your capacity.

    The theme of the third line is adaptation. That is, the ability within us to deal with the circumstances that arise from any situation. The third line is deeply gifted with its resilience to be able to deal with things. Things always bump into the third line. If you have a third line in your profile, things can bump into you, accidents can happen. It’s the kind of thing where you have to see that the greatest difficulty in the human spirit is the way in which the third line is treated in life. You know, we punish mistakes.

    And yet, the third line being is here to find out what’s wrong with things. It’s here to discover what doesn’t work. So often that looks like a mistake. They enter into a relationship and the relationship fails, and they discover a great deal in that relationship failing. At the same time there is both self-blame, and there are fingers pointed from the outside that that was a mistake, that you did the wrong thing, and so forth and so on.

    Everything about being a third line being is understanding that life is a trial and error process, you’re here to find out what really works, and you’re here to let everybody know what doesn’t work, because that’s your gift.

    Ra Uru Hu

  • 1/3 Profile

    In Human Design, there are 12 Profiles or roles, determined by the person’s Personality Sun/Earth Line and Design Sun/Earth Line.

    I’m a 1/3 which means I have Line 1 for my Sun and Earth Gates on the Personality side and Line 3 on the Design side. The majority of our characteristics are determined by the Sun/Earth gates and lines. And what people see is our profile, a frequency we emit. We don’t do anything; we just be.

    1/3 is the Investigator/Discoverer and is one of the 7 profiles that have a right angle cross or a personal destiny. According to Steve Rhodes (The Prophecy of Ra Uru Hu), these people have no karma with others and “will get to their personal destiny independent of anybody else.”

    Profiles with Personal Destiny (Right Angle Cross)

    • 1/3 Investigator/Discoverer
    • 1/4 Investigator/Opportunist
    • 2/4 Natural/Opportunist
    • 2/5 Natural/Saviour
    • 3/5 Discoverer/Saviour
    • 3/6 Discoverer/Perfectionist
    • 4/6 Opportunist/Perfectionist

    Profiles with Impersonal Destiny (Left Angle Cross)

    • 5/1 Saviour/Investigator
    • 5/2 Saviour/Natural
    • 6/2 Perfectionist/Natural
    • 6/3 Perfectionist/Discoverer

    4/1 Opportunist/Investigator is the only one with a juxtaposition cross or a fixed destiny

    Understanding the six lines is foundational to receive the wisdom of the 12 profiles. Think of them as a house, with the first line as the foundation and the sixth as the roof. I’ll share more about the six lines in other posts. Here’s what Human Design Founder Ra Uru Hu said about the Third Line.

    To give you a preview of a 1/3, here’s Richard Beaumont, a 1/3 himself.

  • Power vs Force

    David Hawkin’s book Power vs Force came to mind as I was contemplating the 40th Gene Key, the world theme from August 29 to September 2 2020. His Levels of Consciousness was pivotal in changing my perspective and understanding of power. The fulcrum between force and power is measured at 200 (per his scale) and is Courage. Below this level, an individual is unable to hear, tell, and receive truth. He also says they cannot be reliably muscle tested or muscle test. This made me wonder about everyone using muscle testing, be it the shoulder, fingers or arms, and the quality of information they are passing on, no matter how sincere.

    The difference between power and force is that power is self-generating and does not need continual energetic expenditure. It exists from the level of Courage and up, including Love, Truth, and Peace.

    In The Gene Keys, Richard Rudd writes “the secret of this Gene Key [40th] is found in the difference between the words energy and force.”

    Energy in this context refers to the natural vitality that flows into your actions in the world. Whenever your actions are in alignment with the universe the requisite energy is supplied from deep within your being.

    Richard Rudd, The Gene Keys

    Each of the 64 Gene Keys has a frequency band from a shadow consciousness to gift to siddhi state, each one is an activator for codes in our DNA. Everything is energy, a frequency, and holographic. Before we shift our energetic state, we first need to know where we are and be radically honest about it. Having these shadows and consequently maladaptive strategies to feel safe and secure does not make us “bad people” or whatever judgment it is you are dealing with. Awareness brings light to our patterns so that we can then make conscious choices about how we treat ourselves, engage with others, and potentiate.

    What are the Shadow Consciousness States?

    Shadow consciousness focuses on survival so it is fear-based and the oldest part of our brain is at work, even though we have evolved since those early days of sabre-toothed tigers. DNA also carries memories so all the experiences that came before us are passed down the lineage from our ancestors. They also are part of the collective energy field. These shadow states are fear-driven and when we become aware of this, we begin to see how much of our lives is routed from something that may not have any anchors in this current life of ours.

    Through contemplation, self-acceptance, and self-love, we can release the charge from these shadows, and discover the gift within.

    About the 40th Gene Key…

    I don’t have this Gene Key or Gate defined. It is the world theme from August 29 to September 2 2020 and a wonderful opportunity for me to contemplate this within myself, in my lineage, for wholing.

    • shadow : Exhaustion
    • gift : resolve
    • siddhi : divine will

    “The 40th Gene Key and its Shadow concern the correct or incorrect use of the power of the human will. The malfunctioning of the 40th Shadow is deeply connected to the conversion of food and liquid into energy though the medium of the stomach.” – Richard Rudd, The Gene Keys

    Exhaustion comes about when we have to dig into our pre-natal chi (or jing), the energy reserves we are born with. This happens because we are not able to effectively convert what we eat into post-natal chi. This can be from inappropriate diet, poor food quality, compromised body systems, stress, and depleted kidney function, for example. The Kidneys, for one thing, keep the body warm and we need this fire for proper digestion. The attitude related to the Kidneys is fear and when we are overwhelmed by that, our water overwhelms our fire. Balancing these two elements is especially important.

    In these intense times, many people are left overwhelmed and stressed, without any effective tools. It’s easier (and cheaper) to reach for processed food, which contributes to a depleted physical body and energy field. We are bombarded by so much information that our digestion is backlogged. Digestion – the stomach function – is an earth element process. How many people do you know feel grounded? In their body? Or feel supported and nourished? How robust are their boundaries? It’s important we bring light on this.

    Simple & Powerful Jin Shin Jyutsu Tips for Digestion

    You can try any of the following self-help practices to see how you feel. We are our own testimony. The benefits of Jin Shin Jyutsu are cumulative so even a minute here and there adds up! You can hold each area for nine breaths or see if you feel the pulsing behind your fingers harmonize and beat together.

    • hold your thumb to harmonize both your stomach and spleen function energies. Holding our thumb, fingers, and the centre of the palm is a powerful way to harmonize all the 12 organ functions, which build the physical body.
    • place your hands on the bottom of your ribcage. This energy zone helps to connect the upper and lower body and supports digestion.
    • place your right hand on your left cheek and your left hand on your left collarbone. This supports the stomach function energy.

    Back to the 40th Gene Key

    So as I mentioned I don’t have this Gene Key or this gate (Human Design) defined. I actually don’t have my willpower centre defined so I don’t have consistent access to this energy. Willpower is not something that you can summon up whenever you want to, for people like me. If you are like me, don’t beat yourself up! We’ve just been conditioned to think that with enough willpower, we can make anything happen. Yep, nope.

    Contemplation of the 40th Gene Key, Shadow State

    In looking at any shadow consciousness state, we see two natures – repressive and reactive. When you experience the repressive 40th Gene Key shadow, your boundaries aren’t great and you may be open to manipulation. It may be a learned childhood behaviour to get the love and attention, by acquiescing to those around you. This usually means putting your needs on the back burner, while continuously giving yourself and your energy to others. It’s not one or the other state; though one is more common. At one point, you may get so very angry.

    So the other nature is to deny your rage which turns into contempt for others. It takes a whole lot of energy to keep people at bay and to keep this rage suppressed. It’s draining to stay isolated. Both states lead to exhaustion. And less energy and fire for digestion.

    We can easily see how these two natures are rampant in the world. In ourselves and in our community. For this week, I will be contemplating the 40th Gene Key. Even though I don’t have this defined in my chart, we are all one of the whole. Anytime anyone raises their frequency, the collective consciousness also jumps.

  • Manifesting Generator, Warrior Buddha

    Enter the Manifesting Generator. We have a Warrior Buddha. There is no aura on earth like this. The true manifesting generator aura is a perfect coincidence of yin and yang. At once effortless and yet endlessly capable of moving at light speed for sustained periods of time. These people are the true archetype of what humanity is capable of. If you colour in every gate in the bodygraph, what you end up with is a manifesting generator. If there is a golden child among the Types, these are the people.

    The secret for the manifesting generator is the secret of the feminine. They represent a fusion, or a struggle, between male and female poles. The untamed wildness of the Warrior and the silence and surrender of the Buddha. If you are a manifesting generator, which one would you rather control your life? Your life is an expression of this cosmic balancing act.

    Every time you let the warrior lead, the Buddha is pulled off centre and the resistance you meet is extraordinary. But when you allow the Buddha to guide your life in patience and quiet trust, then your aura really begins to burn with light. Your potential bursts out all around you for all to see, but it is your ability to hold it in check that impresses people the most. You can achieve more in one lifetime than a generator can in one hundred (the pure generator living their nature is not interested in achievement). Sadly, very few manifesting generators are able to anchor themselves enough in the feminine to fulfill their true potential.

    RICHARD RUDD, The Gene Keys

    If you are a Manifesting Generator, perhaps this is what you needed to be reminded. How much more yielding can you be? How much more can you surrender to living your truth?

  • Open Solar Plexus, Meet Defined Solar Plexus

    What happens when an open solar plexus gets together with a defined solar plexus?

    Interesting things, I tell you.

    The Open Centre

    I’m the one with the undefined solar plexus and my partner is emotionally defined. So in Human Design, an open/undefined centre is where we can be conditioned, or programmed. The first seven years of life are the most intense for conditioning. We are like sponges then. We may have learned to avoid confrontations or just play nice because we’ve learned emotional waves are powerful, unpredictable, and frankly, even scary.

    Those with a defined solar plexus constantly experience emotional waves, from high to low, hope to melancholy, and back, and again. For them, there is no truth in the moment. And it takes time for them to reach clarity. Time is their friend. Still, they may never be certain or it may take them quite a while. Years, even.

    And here’s the thing, when you ask them something, you can never be sure if an emotional wave gets triggered. What may be a simple question isn’t always that for my partner. I’ve been surprised a number of times. We talk about his bucket getting full. When it’s filling up, he has less energy to process everything. He is a beautiful deeply feeling being. On a deeper level of Human Design, I too am an emotional being, with an emotional mind and an emotional body. How we feel and think matters; and we want to feel and think good.

    And I’m learning about my open Head Centre and 1/3’ness, about what questions are for me to ask.

    My partner suggested that I allow the question to pass by and see which ones return again and again. And see what the universe brings me when I do ask the question. I know it’s been challenging for him not to feel pressured to answer my questions right away. This Channel of Now. Even if I tell him “I don’t need to know this very second” the pressure is not relieved. Mechanics.

    You Feel, I Feel More, and It Ramps Up…or not

    The other thing about undefined/open centres is that they amplify. So when my partner is feeling emotional, I tend to get “moody” first. People with open/undefined solar plexus centres are empathic.

    I still take a bit of time to realize what’s going on, these mechanics. That it is not personal, and I don’t have to feel like a child who “did something wrong.” I’m thinking this is probably a common conditioned response.

    For me it’s still tricky because of the melancholy that comes with my individual and integration channels. Whose emotions am I feeling? The big question and a point of discernment for all empaths.

    And if we don’t realize it, he reacts to my amplified feelings. We’ve probably done a couple of rounds like this. Pretty good, I think, for six months! Now, he’s quicker to pick up on me reflecting back to him.

    And I’m also more aware so I can move out of his aura and be even more intentional with my questions. i.e. No questions!

    Usually, we need more space than that, because we are so connected. Seriously, I’d wake up in the middle of the night, just a minute before he’d text. So if this is the same for you, going for a walk or a drive really helps! If going out of aura and further afield I’m still feeling emotional, then it’s something for me to contemplate.

    Thinking back, all those times I was called “emotional” or asked if I was PMS’ing, it’s likely that I was merely amplifying, and reflecting back. Have you felt or been called “out of control”? Yeah.

    50% of the population has an open/undefined centre. In my “world”, based on birth info I have access to, it’s more like 90%. Clearly I’m here to learn something about emotional authority. We all are, really as that is the next evolutionary leap. Trusting our body over the mind. The mind is here to be the Passenger Consciousness.

    So here’s what I’ve learned so far:

    • With an undefined Solar Plexus, I must look at the ways I’ve been conditioned. Am I afraid of confrontation or asking for the truth? How do I make decisions based on these “adaptive” and “protective” strategies? Do I feel I can’t share my feelings because they are so overwhelming?
    • People with a defined Solar Plexus are always experiencing emotional waves. Their bucket can get full quick and they need time. GIVE THEM TIME. For them, there is no truth in the moment anyway so whatever conversation that is forced ahead of its timing will be more emotionally charged, volatile, and triggering than it needs to be. Than it would be. What they say may be overly optimistic or pessimistic. Which then probably sets off more emotional waves. Not fun. And if I’m triggered, that’s for me to deal with. Where is my inner child wounded?
    • It’s mechanics; it’s not personal. I trust my partner to talk to me if something is bothering him. So when I feel his emotionality, I remind myself it’s mechanics. I’m just in his aura; this auric connection is powerful. So I move out of his aura and need be, go for a walk or a drive, and nourish my body. Sometimes, I turn to my gummy bears. Or my special cookies.
    • We are continually being conditioned through our open/undefined centres. He is a conditioning force in this case. It helps that he is a Human Design Guide and is aware of these mechanics and he is very mindful of conditioning me. Let’s just say we discuss a lot and these insights bring us to a higher level and expression of our relationship.
    • He does remind me (and wants me to add here) that as a emotionally-defined being, there’s a tendency to dump emotions on those with an open/undefined centres. They have to be careful not to become emotional monsters. It can feel such a big relief to break that wave, to have that wave snap, when they release these emotions onto the other. It’s pretty shitty because while they may feel better, the other person feels like their heart just broke. Plus these emotions just come back amplified. Then the emotional being wants to bring up shit from three years ago! (My emotional being partner adds with a laugh). Emotional ping pong, anyone? It’s a game of losers.
    • Even though I have an undefined Solar Plexus, I have my own emotional waves. Plus transits that form channels. I have three hanging gates in the Solar Plexus centre! We joke about me being “emotional-less”! Aquarius, you know. It’s just a joke. Of course we all are feeling beings!
    • I have individual and integration channels and along with them comes a deep melancholy. It just comes on. I’m not depressed. I’m not sad. Nothing is wrong. It’s a creative space, from which the new and mutation arise. Like with everything, I’m learning not to figure it out with my Mind. And listen more closely to my body. On these days, you’ll likely find me in bed, napping. Or writing, like today.

    If you are emotionally defined, speak with your partner about it. Remind them you need time and space and it’s just mechanics. If something is bothering you, be sure to get clarity before sharing. Premature sharing is not wise. If you have kids, it’s so important to know their design so you can respect their nature and life force. The first 7 years of their lives – and I would say also from the time of conception – are so crucial.

    If you have an open/undefined solar plexus, yes, you are empathic. Feeling all these feels can be over-the-top and powerful. It’s not yours; do not take on other people’s emotions and ride the waves with them. This is not an act of love. It’s an act of self-love and love for the other that you give each other time and space. And not to take it personally or feel responsible or that you did anything wrong. You may have. And that needs to be discussed once everyone has clarity.

    It’s okay to go through the emotional waves with consciousness, with awareness, for everyone. Without it, it is full of suffering. We can sit here together in this space, both going through our emotionality and be okay.

    My Emotionally-Defined Partner

    Relationships is the field where we play and evolve. It is juicy and we get to experience different aspects of our beings through these electromagnetic connections and compatibility.

    2020 is a year to awaken and being in this intimate and loving relationship is fertile ground for both of us. I’ve dissolved so many patterns, including those I thought were dismantled. I’m grateful for my partner. Aww, he tears up when I read this bit to him. See, he is a beautiful feeling being.

  • The Beginning – The First Encounter

    As a 1/3 I’m always bumping into people, things, and experiences. Yep, I’ve got a number of bruises and splinters to show for it.

    I first encountered Human Design circa 2012/2013. The reading was profound. To be honest, it was overwhelming. I don’t actually remember the reading; it wasn’t recorded. That would have been a great idea (and I’ve learned since!). I know it was meant to be encouraging though I felt I failed myself in yet another way. At that time, I had just separated.

    In retrospect, the ending of that relationship was the bump I needed to get back on track. It was an important relationship, one that brought me into a whole new field of experience. A decade plus to gather trial and error lab notes.

    So while I was fascinated by my design and Human Design, the time was not ripe for me. I was likely still disconnected to my sacral response!

    In the year the divorce proceedings began, I discovered the Gene Keys. Again, I just lacked the energy to dive deep. My open Head Centre, along with the 1 Line in my profile, filled me all these questions about financial security.

    Over the years, on and off, I would read up on both, as I delved more deeply into Jin Shin Jyutsu, a potent art of harmonization. I have also found it amazing to pair this and the practice of contemplation.

    At the end of 2019, I rediscovered Human Design, just a week before meeting a Human Design Guide at a retreat I attended. It was at the beginning of a new relationship that I began my journey and deconditioning process for real. Together we are also finding our way to Gene Keys again. In these wild intense times of 2020, having Human Design and the Gene Keys, along with Jin Shin Jyutsu, is indispensable. The burning of the inner structures, along with the outer ones. 2020, well played.