How to Read Your Human Design Chart
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What is Human Design?
Human Design is a powerful system of self-discovery that offers you a personalized map of how your energy is designed to move through the world. It reveals your unique strengths, challenges, and decision-making strategies, helping you live in alignment with your true nature.
This system is a modern synthesis of ancient wisdom and contemporary science. It weaves together the Chinese I’Ching, the Hindu Chakra System, Western and Eastern Astrology, and the Jewish Kabbalah—alongside insights from quantum physics and the human genetic code.
In the videos below, you’ll discover how understanding your Human Design can transform the way you live, love, work, and make decisions. You’ll also learn how to begin interpreting your own Human Design chart.
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Human Design – The 5 Types
There are 5 Types in Human Design, and they are as follows:
Manifestors | Manifesting Generators | Generators | Projectors | Reflectors
Each Type has a role and each piece is vital to the whole of Humanity. By living your Type and Strategy, life becomes much easier and things seem to fall into place.
What do we mean by ‘Strategy’ in Human Design?
- A specific way of behaving and making a decision
- Each Type has a unique Strategy
- Strategy flows both ways
- Live Your Strategy = Live Authentically
Manifestors: The Trailblazers
Manifestors are the bold initiators of the Human Design world, making up just 8–9% of the population. You are the firestarter, the catalyst, the one who’s here to begin. While the rest of us are designed to wait—to respond, to be invited—Manifestors are here to forge ahead and say, “Let’s go.”
You carry a powerful, initiating energy that can set big things in motion. But here’s the catch: you’re not built to sustain that energy long-term. That means you’re not here to do it all—you’re here to start it all.
Your greatest success comes when you honor your strategy: to inform. Let people know what you’re planning before you act. It might feel unnecessary or annoying, but it’s actually what clears your path. Informing turns resistance into support. It’s what brings you back to your natural state of peace.
Living as a Manifestor
Your design includes:
- A defined Throat Center, giving you powerful voice and impact.
- A motor connected to the Throat, fueling that power.
- An undefined Sacral Center, meaning you don’t have consistent access to workforce energy.
You have a deep and potent presence, but your aura doesn’t communicate in the same way as other Types. This can make people feel unsure—or even intimidated—by you. From a young age, you may have sensed others trying to control or contain you. Over time, this can create frustration and your core not-self theme: anger.
But you’re not here to be controlled. You’re here to initiate movements, to act on what calls to you, and to follow your unique authority when deciding how and when to act.
When you inform those around you, you invite trust instead of fear. You create allies instead of obstacles. And when you do, you reclaim your birthright—peace.
Key Manifestor Themes
- Strategy: Inform before you act. You don’t need permission—but you do need to clear the path.
- Inner Authority: It depends on your chart. Follow it faithfully.
- Conditioning Theme: Anger (when you’re met with resistance or feel blocked).
- Signature: Peace.
- Vulnerability: Impulsiveness, burnout, isolation.
- Gifts: Visionary leadership, creative initiation, bold independence.
A Note to Manifestors
You’re not here to be managed. You’re here to move mountains. Honor your need for rest, follow your own rhythm, and remember: your job isn’t to finish what you start—it’s to light the spark.
Famous Manifestors
Frida Kahlo · Johnny Depp · Orson Welles · Susan Sarandon · George W. Bush
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Manifesting Generator: Sacred Fireflies
Manifesting Generators (MGs) are the energizer sparks of the Human Design world—dynamic, fast-moving, and here to do life their own way. Making up about 33–35% of the population, you’re a hybrid between the steadfast Generator and the bold Manifestor, blending sustainable energy with rapid-fire initiation.
You’re designed to move quickly, pivot often, and find the shortcuts others miss entirely. Multi-passionate and multi-talented, you’re here to follow what lights you up—and to do it in a way that’s completely your own.
But there’s a sacred dance in your design. You’re here to respond to the world around you, not to act on impulse alone. And when your sacral YES aligns with your inner authority, and you remember to inform those affected by your moves? Magic happens.
Living as a Manifesting Generator
Your design includes:
- A defined Sacral Center: the engine of sustainable life-force energy.
- A motor connected to the Throat: giving you powerful expression and initiation.
You move fast—sometimes so fast, you skip steps (and sometimes, people). That’s part of your learning curve. You’re here to test, to refine, to redo, to master. It’s not a flaw—it’s efficiency in motion.
But here’s the key: your sacral energy only fuels you when you’re genuinely lit up by what you’re doing. If you’re stuck in something out of obligation or logic alone, your power fades. And when that happens, frustration (or anger) is your cue that something’s off.
You’re not meant to do just one thing. You’re here to sample, to shift, to evolve—and to shine brightly through it all.
Key Manifesting Generator Themes
- Strategy: Wait to respond. Then inform. Let outer signs guide your inner spark.
- Inner Authority: Follow your specific authority (Sacral, Emotional, etc.) before acting.
- Conditioning Theme: Frustration & Anger (when you feel blocked or out of sync).
- Signature: Satisfaction and Peace—when you’re aligned and informed.
- Vulnerability: Impatience, burnout, skipping steps.
- Gifts: Efficient mastery, radiant energy, multitasking brilliance, and contagious enthusiasm.
A Note to Manifesting Generators
You’re not here to color inside the lines. You’re here to make your own path, and then blaze through it. Honor your speed and your need to wait. Keep checking in with your body—it always knows. And remember: it’s okay to change your mind. That’s how you grow.
Famous Manifesting Generators
Prince · Marie Curie · Hillary Clinton · Jimi Hendrix · Steffi Graf · Martin Luther King Jr. · Marie Antoinette · Janis Joplin · Clint Eastwood · Jacqueline Onassis
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Generators – The Sacred Builders
Generators are the heart and engine of the world, making up about 35% of the population. You are the steady flame, the master craftsperson, the one who’s here to build, create, and dedicate yourself to what you love.
You’re not just here to work—you’re here to devote yourself to the right work. The kind that lights you up from the inside. When you’re doing what you love, your energy becomes magnetic, sustainable, and nearly unstoppable. You’re not meant to quit when it gets hard—you’re designed to master the process and emerge transformed.
Your magic lies in your response. Life brings you opportunities through people, experiences, and events—and your sacral body knows exactly which ones to say yes to. When you follow that gut yes (instead of forcing things from your mind), you unlock your full power.
Living as a Generator
Your design includes:
- A defined Sacral Center, giving you access to consistent life-force energy.
You are naturally full of vitality, especially when your energy is engaged with something that truly excites you. When you’re connected to the right work or relationship, you can push through challenges, outlast obstacles, and achieve a deep sense of satisfaction.
But when you say yes to things that aren’t aligned—because you “should,” or to please others—your sacral energy shuts down. That’s when you feel stuck, drained, or deeply frustrated, your not-self theme.
You’re here to wait, to feel, to respond—not to initiate from your head. And when the right thing comes along? Your sacral will roar to life with a full-body YES.
Key Generator Themes
- Strategy: Wait to respond. Let the world bring you the signal.
- Inner Authority: Follow your specific authority (Sacral, Emotional, etc.).
- Conditioning Theme: Frustration (especially when doing the wrong work or pushing prematurely).
- Signature: Deep satisfaction.
- Vulnerability: People-pleasing, burnout, quitting too soon.
- Gifts: Energetic mastery, unwavering dedication, ability to bring visions to life.
A Note to Generators
You’re not here to chase life—you’re here to dance with it. Let yourself be moved by the world, and trust your body’s response. Mastery takes time, but your joy is in the journey. When you align with what you love, you become a powerful force of fulfillment—not just for yourself, but for everyone around you.
Famous Generators
Oprah Winfrey · Albert Einstein · Meryl Streep · Carl Jung · Deepak Chopra · Elvis Presley · Madonna · Greta Garbo
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Projectors – The Seers and Guides
Projectors are the natural guides of the Human Design world, here to lead, direct, and see deeply into others. Making up about 20% of the population, you’re not built for doing more—you’re here to do things differently.
Your gift is in perception, not production. You carry a unique kind of wisdom—one that sees patterns others miss and offers powerful insights when invited to share them. You’re not here to hustle or push. You’re here to wait, to be recognized, and to offer your guidance at the right moment.
Because you don’t have access to sustainable life-force energy, trying to keep up with the world’s fast pace will eventually burn you out. That doesn’t make you weak—it makes you wise. When you honor your energy, the world begins to honor it, too.
Living as a Projector
Your design includes:
- An undefined Sacral Center, meaning your energy isn’t consistent or sustainable.
- A focused aura that penetrates into others, allowing you to see them clearly.
You are here to be invited into the big things in life: relationships, career opportunities, relocations, and moments of leadership or guidance. Without an invitation, your wisdom can go unrecognized—or worse, be rejected. But when you’re seen for who you truly are, and welcomed in, your gifts shine.
The hardest part? Waiting. But with each aligned invitation, your frequency strengthens, and more invitations begin to flow in. You don’t need to force it. You simply need to be ready.
Your aura is absorbing and focused. Through your open centers, you take others in deeply, often knowing them better than they know themselves. But this level of openness can be exhausting—so alone time, rest, and gentle boundaries are essential.
Key Projector Themes
- Strategy: Wait for the invitation (and recognition) for the big things in life.
- Inner Authority: Follow your specific authority when accepting invitations.
- Conditioning Theme: Bitterness (when you’re overlooked, dismissed, or burned out).
- Signature: Success—when you’re recognized, invited, and honored for your insight.
- Vulnerability: Burnout, feeling invisible, over-giving.
- Gifts: Deep wisdom, intuitive guidance, focused attention, energetic efficiency.
A Note to Projectors
You are not lazy. You are not meant to keep up. You are here to see, to guide, to hold space for transformation. Your value is not in doing more—but in knowing when and how to do what truly matters. Protect your energy. Honor your rhythm. And trust that the right invitations will come.
Famous Projectors
Barack Obama · Princess Diana · Queen Elizabeth II · Salvador Dali · Tony Blair · Ramana Maharshi · Elizabeth Taylor
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Reflectors : The Lunar Mirrors of Humanity
Reflectors are the rarest of all Human Design types, making up less than 1% of the population. Their charts are completely open—no defined centers—which means they are deeply sensitive to the energy of the people and environments around them. Like mirrors, Reflectors reflect the state of their community, amplifying its health, harmony, or imbalance.
They are here to sample life, not to be fixed or consistent. This gives them a unique and precious gift: the ability to see truth clearly, but only through the reflection of others.
Living as a Reflector
You are a lunar being, deeply connected to the cycles of the Moon. Your strategy is to give yourself a full lunar cycle—about 28 to 29 days—before making major decisions. During this time, you’re meant to talk things through with others, observe how your perspective shifts, and listen closely to what you say in those conversations. The clarity you seek isn’t instantaneous—it reveals itself slowly, like the Moon in her phases.
Because you absorb the energy of everyone around you, your environment is everything. The “open G Center rule”—to only be in places that feel good—is essential for you. Being in the wrong place with the wrong people can distort your sense of self and lead to deep disappointment. But in the right space, surrounded by supportive energy, your wisdom shines through with clarity and grace.
The Gift of Openness
Your openness can feel overwhelming at times. Emotions, ideas, ambitions—all may rise up intensely and then vanish just as quickly. This inconsistency isn’t a flaw. It’s your design. You’re not meant to be fixed. You’re here to experience, to sample, and to reflect.
With no defined centers, you can sometimes feel invisible or misunderstood. But your design holds the potential for deep wisdom, transparency, and surprise. You are here to be a cosmic barometer, showing us what’s really happening beneath the surface.
To thrive, give yourself plenty of rest and alone time to discharge others’ energy. Like others with an undefined Sacral Center, it’s best to go to bed when you first feel tired—and ideally, to sleep alone.
Key Reflector Themes
- Strategy: Wait a full lunar cycle before making major decisions. Talk it through. Let the truth unfold.
- Inner Authority: None—clarity comes through the lunar cycle and interaction.
- Conditioning Theme: Disappointment (when life doesn’t match your inner sense of how magical it could be).
- Signature: Surprise! You’re here to be delighted by life.
- Vulnerability: Clinginess, inconsistency, emotional overwhelm.
- Gifts: Sensitivity, uniqueness, passion for humanity, deep wisdom.
A Note to Reflectors
You didn’t come here to be like everyone else. You are the sacred barometers, the cosmic weather vanes, and the energetic mirrors. When you embrace your fluidity and honor your timing, you illuminate what others cannot see.
Famous Reflectors
Sandra Bullock · H.G. Wells · Amma (the Hugging Saint) · Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Authority in Human Design
Authority – Your “Go-To” Decision-Making Tool
The primary way we make decisions in Human Design is by using our Type/Strategy. For example, if you are a Generator, you respond to what shows up in your outer world. If you are a Projector, then you are waiting for invitations, etc. Authority, gives us an edge in answering questions like, “What should I do? Or, how do I proceed?”
According to Human Design, Authority is the body intelligence we have inborn that guides us in making decisions. This requires a completely different awareness than the mind as it is not logical, and the mind may not always agree with the decisions that your body wisdom is pointing you to. By first knowing and then using your Authority in making decisions, you learn to trust your body’s inherent wisdom.
Authority is determined by what centers are defined in your Human Design. A defined center is one that is colored in.
There are several types of Authority: Sacral or Generated Authority, Emotional, Splenic, Ego, Self-Projected, and Mental Projected Authority. Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting Generators and Projectors all have Authority in their Designs. Reflectors have no defined centers in their design and so they do not have true Authority. They must use their Strategy in making decisions.
Sacral or Generated Authority
Only Generators or Manifesting Generators can have this type of Authority because it comes from having a defined Sacral center in the body graph. If you have Sacral Authority then decisions are made based on the Yes or No response you feel in the moment from the Sacral Center.
Splenic Authority
This could also be called “gut instinct” and means that you are meant to make decisions in the moment based on intuition. The intuitive Authority in the Spleen Center works in the moment and has to be heeded when it appears. Ignoring the information from your intuition can have serious effects. This is complicated by the fact that this type of intuition comes on strongly, but then disappears and does not return. If you don’t listen or go with your intuition, you may find yourself making the wrong decisions.
Emotional Authority
Having a defined Emotional Center in your design dramatically influences your Human Design. The decision-making strategy in the Emotional Center is about getting clarity over time. That means people with defined emotional centers cannot make spontaneous decisions, yet others will pressure you to make decisions quickly. Often, emotionally defined people will make snap decisions, then the mood changes and they find themselves committed to something that they really don’t want to do anymore. Waiting until you have emotional clarity can save you from a lot of frustration, and help you preserve your relationships with the people around you.
Ego Authority
Only Manifestors can have Ego Authority, which means that their Authority comes from the Will or Heart Center connection to the Throat. People with Ego Authority do not need to wait for anything before they make decisions. The only thing they must do is make sure that their energy is up to the task. The energy in the Will Center works in cycles that pulse on and off. If Manifestors push through an “off” cycle, they risk burning themselves out.
Self-Projected Authority
Only Projectors can have Self-Projected Authority. Self-Projected Authority occurs when there is a connection from the G-Center/Identity Center to the Throat Center with no other defined centers that override it. Self-Projected Authority means that you make decisions by discussing things with your close friends or family. Their responses to your ideas show you whether or not something is correct for you.
Mental Projected Authority
Only Projectors experience Mental Projected Authority. This type of Authority happens when the Ajna (2nd center from the top in the body graph) is connected to the Throat Center with no other overriding centers defined. Mental Projected Authority means that you are meant to discuss your invitations with the people around you in order to get clarity on what is right or correct for you.
When we can let go of our mind’s need to control what is going on in our outer world, the wisdom inherent in our bodies can become a very powerful decision-making tool. Knowing your Type/Strategy and Authority, helps you tune in to your personal body intelligence. Of course, like anything new, using this skill takes time and practice and also a willingness to shift your awareness. The benefits – Priceless!
9 Energy Centers
The 9 Energy Centers in the Human Design body graph show us the energies that are our own and also where we are subject to conditioning.
Notice in the graphic how some centers are colored in and some are white. The colored centers are called Defined centers. In these centers, you are broadcasting or transmitting energies which are true for you. You could say that in these centers you are being authentic. The Defined Centers have fixed, and consistent energy.
The white centers in the graphic are called Open or Undefined centers. In these centers you absorb, amplify and then re-transmit energies from in your environment. You may believe that these energies are your Truth or are really coming from you, but that is not the case. The very people in your life, through your family, workplace, school and other connections are influencing you in these centers. These are the centers where you are here to learn what is authentic to you and what is not. The Undefined or Open Centers have mutable, inconsistent energy and are dependent on mood, or environment.
Below is a graphic of the 9 Energy Centers and what they represent energetically:
Head – Center for Ideas & Inspiration (top of the chart)
Ajna – The Mind & Certainty (green triangle)
Throat – Communication, Metabolism, & Manifestation (brown square)
G-Center – Identity (yellow diamond) – this is the center for love and direction
Ego Center – Managing & Resource allocation (small white triangle on the right)
Solar Plexus – Emotions & Creativity (white triangle at lower right)
Sacral – Vitality & Life-force (white square just up from the bottom)
Spleen Center – Intuition, Time, Survival, Health (triangle at lower left)
Root Center – Stress/Adrenaline, Pressure to do (bottom square)
The Head Center
The Head Center is the first energy center and when it is defined, it is colored in yellow.
In the body, the Head Center is associated with the pineal gland. It is the center for inspiration and it is a Pressure Center. The pressure that comes through the Head Center is the pressure to answer questions – How? Why? Can you prove it?
About 30% of the population has the Head Center defined (colored in) and 70% of us are open or undefined.
The Open Head Center often feels pressured to act on their inspiration. And, because what inspires you in the moment is not what may inspire you in the next, you may appear as if you are leaping from one idea to the next or one activity to the next. The lesson of the Open Head Center is to be wise about what actually inspires you to action. Of course, you default to your Type, Strategy, and Authority to help you make correct decisions.
The Defined Head Center transmits or radiates inspiration outward to the world. These people always ask questions and search for answers. It is very important that Defined Head Centers don’t rely on the answers they receive in the Head to make decisions. There is no one on the planet who is designed to use the head as the source of decision-making! Let me say that again: there is not one human on the planet who is designed to make decisions from the Head Center, nor from the thinking process! All Authorities are lower in the body: the Identity, the Heart, the Solar Plexus, the Sacral or the Spleen.
The Ajna Center
The Ajna is the second Energy Center down from the Head Center. When it is defined, it is colored in green.
About 50% of the population is Defined and 50% Undefined. The Ajna is related to the pituitary in the body, and it is called an Awareness Center. The main activity of this center is mental processing, conceptualizing, and fact finding and association.
The Open Ajna helps someone see many sides of situations. They are fair and open minded. A person with an Open Ajna has no one set way of thinking, and so they process information in many different ways. They are also not set in any one belief system or philosophy, so it can be difficult for them to hold onto a fixed idea. These are the people who go to conventions and workshops, get totally excited and inspired by what they learn there, and then go home and wonder why the magic disappears a few hours or days later. They are designed to be wise about what beliefs and philosophies that they are going to hold onto.
The Defined Ajna manifests as Certainty. They are very sure of their beliefs and ideas. They also have a consistent or fixed way of thinking. If they tend to be logical, they will always think logically. However, even the Defined Ajna is not designed to make decisions from here! Again, no one has Authority in the head or Ajna! In fact, we could say that no one should make decisions from above the neck!!