Reflections on Human Design
Beautiful Soul ,
A while back I discovered Human Design and I am enthralled!! I started by reading up on my own and took a free online test to learn more about my design type. It was so eye opening! I could barely believe what I was reading and how much it explained....everything!
Later, I had a session with a trained practitioner and I felt like she knew me so well - everything she said described me to a T! It turns out my type is rare. Like 1% of the population - no wonder I feel so alien sometimes!
Learning about this helped me to understand more about why I do things the way I do and to take pressure off of myself when my way seems so counter to what many coaches and teachers suggest support both productivity and well being.
I already knew that it just doesn't help me to push through things - even though my Aries, dragon nature might want to rush ahead. I know that it helps me to cool all that fire and to take my time.
But when I learned about my Human Design - The Reflector - that made even more sense.
The suggestion for my type is to take a full lunar cycle to make major decisions. In some ways when I heard that I felt so much resistance. How could I ever get anything done if I waited so long?
But I also felt relief wash over me like a cool wave. I felt my whole self relax. I immediately felt the rightness of that in my soul!
In an article in The Coast News, Susan Sullivan describes Human Design like this:
"Human Design is an amalgamation of both ancient systems and modern science. It combines astrology and astronomy, the I Ching and biochemistry, Kabbalah and quantum mechanics, the chakra systems, and genetics. Human Design is not a religion, having no rituals nor taking any stance on god. It is similar to a personality inventory system to assist one with a deeper understanding of how they best operate in the world."
That's fascinating to me! We have so many models for self understanding and here is one that brings together so much!
I'm still discovering more and really curious about how this will continue to support me in my life and evolution.
In the meantime, this is part of why I have been so interested in the moon cycles and how they influence and inform us. It's not only Reflectors that benefit from times of reflection and quiet - and the moon is a lovely reminder of that!
If you're curious about your HD you can use the test at this website: www.jovianarchive.com
What do you think about all of this? What's your human design?
Comment below and let me know.
Until next time,
