Human Design 101
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Energy Type
We each fall into one of the five energy types. Our energy type indicates our natural strengths and abilities, how our energy engages with others and our strategy for how best to navigate life.
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Authority
We each have one authority which indicates how to reliably make important decisions that keep us on our aligned path.
Which Energy Type Are You?
What’s Your Authority?
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Emotional
Based on: Waiting for clarity in the emotional wave. Emotional authorities need to ride out their emotional highs and lows to gain clarity before making decisions.
Leading question: Will this make me happy?
Response time: Anywhere from 24 hours to a week
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Sacral
Based on: The body's gut responses. A “yes” feels expansive and energizing, a “no” feels like even the slightest bit of contraction or exhaustion, and nothing means “no for now”.
Leading question: Do I want this?
Response time: Immediate
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Splenic
Based on: The body's instinctive or intuitive response in the present moment. This can feel like a whisper, a smell or a feeling of expansion (yes) or contraction (no).
Leading question: Does this feel right?
Response time: Immediate
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Ego Projected
Based on: Feeling into their heart and asking themselves if this decision will benefit them as an individual and sensing if their heart is in it.
Leading question: Does this serve me?
Response time: Immediate to however long it takes to reach clarity
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Ego Manifested
Based on: Asking themselves if this decision will benefit them as an individual and answering aloud unfiltered to hear their truth.
Leading question: Does this serve me?
Response time: Immediate to however long it takes to reach clarity
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Self-Projected
Based on: Using their voice to project their unfiltered thoughts aloud so they can hear in their own voice what is right for them.
Leading question: Does this lead me in the right direction?
Response time: Immediate to however long it takes to reach clarity
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Mental Projected / None
Based on: Taking time to process and analyze information, to reflect, think things through and do so in different environments. This allows them to come to clarity. If you are a Projector this may be listed as “none” on your chart.
Leading question: Does this feel right?
Response time: After they have been able to fully process and find clarity
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Lunar / None
Based on: Allowing a full lunar cycle to reach clarity. This is the authority for all reflectors. They are lunar beings and through a 28 day cycle they are meant to take time to observe and reflect on their decision.
Leading question: Does this feel right?
Response time: 28 days, a full lunar cycle