My Human Design Experiment

Category: Human Design

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Human Design Experiment

    We chose to be here for the Greatest Show, the Great Awakening, at this time. Who knew 2020 would be such an acceleration for us to release the old structures? Both within ourselves and in the external world. Letting go of beliefs, stories, patterns, and even wounds that have been bolstering a “less-than” existence. And questioning the narrative we’ve been taught to believe. This homogenization that has dulled the fire of individualism in far too many people.

    The beauty of Human Design is the reminder to live who we are, as the unique expressions that we all are. We are each a facet of the brilliance of evolution. Our experiences contribute to this grand journey we are on together.

    For some people, it’s another way of typing people. I myself am still deconditioning and playing within this system, as it unfolds for me. Human Design, along with Baantu and Gene Keys, has validated, affirmed, and clarified so many aspects of my life. Enough to continue to start this web log and share my findings. Maybe these “lab notes” will shed some light for you, whether you are also doing your own Human Design experiment or not.

    They say Human Design is for about 4% of people. So maybe this is for you or maybe this isn’t for you. For me, even if the mysticism of Human Design is not for you, you can still internalize the core message of listening to your own inner wisdom. You are unique and valuable. Honour your life force, and that of others…and trust life.