Did you know that Human Design charts are calculated using two different sets of dates? One of those is your birthday, exact time, and location of birth - and the other is a date 88 days earlier, called your “design date”.
Human Design tracks the imprint of the planets at the moment of birth via the neutrino stream coming from deep space - and our design date calculation is when your body-elemental (pre-birth) was imprinted by the neutrino stream, and “came online” as a physical being of Gaia.
Whew! Did I already get too weird for you? :) Let me back up a bit…
I do not view our physical bodies as dead-meat, but as vibrant, animated elementals-of-the-Earth, with multiple subtle layers of energy-bodies. This teaching really resonated with me when I first heard Inelia Benz speak of it.
I have a deep resistance to the idea that our bodies are simply electrical suits of flesh, with no animating spirit or consciousness of their own - so having a “design date” that effectively tracks the astrology of our body makes sense to me.
So much of modern life centers the mind, thoughts, and logic, but we weren’t meant to live from the neck up.
’Dropping in’ to the body is finally gaining traction as a healthier, more integrated way to be fully ourSelves - and I love that this is also a key tenet of Human Design! It’s called your Authority…but I digress.
Your Human Design chart is sometimes called a quantum chart, because it is a combination of two separate charts, made from these two separate dates. This is shown via the red and black activations in your chart:
Body + Mind = Quantum; AKA, your (my) regular ol’ Human Design chart.
Let’s look at the energy signatures of each Human Design Type:
For an in-depth overview of the Types in Human Design, check out this 1 hour video from my Holographic Self program:
A Reflector is a unique sort of being- with a bubble-matrix aura that is both gentle yet resilient - their journey through life involves curiosity, sampling a variety of things, people, and experiences - taking it all in with interest, and minimal judgment.
Reflectors are historically the oldest Type, and thus, most attuned with the raw physicality and embodiment of life on Earth, as creatures of nature. As such, they are on a different wavelength when it comes to energy. Think about how time passes for a giant Redwood, or a mountain stream. There is no need to rush, no need to fear, no need to force - it’s all unfolding in the eternal flow, as intended.
A Reflector’s signature energy is found in the feelings of delight and surprise they encounter as they trust the flow of life and welcome a wide variety of experiences.
A Projector has at least two centers defined, and maybe as many as 7, but no defined Sacral Center and no connected channels from the Throat to the Ego or Emotional (Solar Plexus) Center.
Projector energy has to do with guidance, and while they can be incredibly insightful, their energy may not be well-received if they’re not recognized and called upon by those who invite them to share their gifts. Intensely interested in others, a Projector’s penetrating energy can feel like an X-ray beam - yet, they have trouble seeing or understanding their own talents. Their signature frequency feels like success, depth, and mastery.
Manifestors have an undefined Sacral Center, and a defined Throat Center, WITH an active channel connection to either the Ego or Emotional Centers.
A Manifestor’s energy is about creative expression through the Throat (our manifestation center). Manifestors tend to want to do things first and/or in their own way, don’t always seek permission, and tend to value freedom highly. Manifestor energy can be direct, intense, driven—with cycles of boredom followed by expansive initiations that feel like bursts of energy and creative flow.
When a Manifestor’s urge to speak and be seen isn’t silenced or minimized, and they feel free to be themSelves, they will experience the frequency of inner peace.
Generators always have a defined Sacral center (the center of nourishing self-boundaries) but they do NOT have any Motor-Center-to-Throat connections that a ManiGen does.
Generator energy is warm, consistent, enveloping, and steady. It responds to the environment and people around them, intuiting the flow of the moment, and sharing their beautiful life-force energy in accordance with what they value. The defining feature of a Generator’s aura is their defined sacral, and the sacral has to do with creative energy to respond to life - and most of all, an intuitive awareness of natural cycles: when to stop, when to rest, and when to push through - all by honoring the cyclical flow of their energy.
A Generator who can relax, trust and respond in the moment will experience the frequency of satisfaction.
ManiGens - or Manifesting Generators - have a defined Sacral Center, AND a defined Throat Center THAT is connected to either the Ego, Solar Plexus, Sacral, and/or the Root Center.
ManiGen energy has properties of the generator as well as the Manifestor - a hybrid of these two types, ManiGens are bold and innovative, with a motor-to-Throat connection that allows them to “create as they speak”, and the consistent Sacral life-force energy to express themselves and make things happen. Like the Generators, they are world-builders, and they’re also multipassionate, and value efficiency.
ManiGens also have cycles of boredom followed by creative initiations, and they also need to be able to respond to life and honor their own boundaries and cycles.
A ManiGen’s signature frequency is a synergy of the Generator’s and Manifestor’s - that of satisfaction and inner peace.
Our “unconscious”, indicated by the red parts of our Human Design chart, speak particularly about our subtle bodies - our emotional body, our etheric body, our aura, and any pain-bodies we may be unconsciously carrying with us, too.
The growth, clarity, and enlightenment we yearn to experience in this life, our subconscious, primal impulses, and how others perceive us…all that is most clearly expressed in the embodied aspects of our chart.
I love Human Design as a tool for self-empowerment, because it’s not about ‘fixing yourSelf’ - and it’s also not about lamenting that you’re ‘built this way and can’t help it’.
Instead - it’s about building awareness of our ‘default settings’, so that we can make conscious choices instead of living our life like an automaton. This is what self-empowerment is all about.
Recently, I realized that I love sharing Human Design as a practice of identity reclamation via self-sovereignty and empowerment - and it feels fantastic to claim that niche.
So much of my past experiences, and my unique chart aspects (Venus, Chiron, MC, and Jupiter placements) have to do with stepping into self-sovereignty via healing the relationship to our G-center, our inner compass of love, identity, and direction in life.
If identity reclamation is something that resonates with you…or something you feel like you need (parenting burnout? disillusioned after a breakup? feeling wobbly after a change in direction?)…you’ll want to pay attention to my next workshop, centered on the G-center!
Incidentally - if you think that a Center or Type isn’t relevant to you because it’s not in your chart…think again! We all have an entire Human Design chart - even if we don’t have all the activations present… See this post on my Instagram for a full explanation.
If all this Human Design talk is as fascinating to you as it is to me, I would love to discuss your Human Design chart via a reading! I have openings before the end of the month, and I have updated my pricing to be more accessible.
Book now at www.KrystalTrammell.com/human-design