The Human

Design System
Journeying deep into our The
individual genetics,The Human Secret of
Design System claims to show
how every one of us has a Effortlessness
unique design and a specific
purpose to fulfil on this planet.
In a most simple and graceful
way, it gently nudges us away
from the bustle of our
everyday lives and reminds
each of us why we came here sign. It is difficult to comprehend exactly
what happened to him during those eight
in the first place. Some of the days, so in his own words, this is what
Kindred Spirit team have had took place.
‘I was conditioned to believe that
individual readings and have science fiction was a genre of literature,
found the information both that mystical revelation was simply a more
antiquated form of the same, and that God,
fascinating and useful. if not dead, was most likely a concept.
Here Human Design analyst ‘On the evening of January 3, 1987, all
Richard Rudd introduces The that changed. I was “penetrated” by a
star, a vast explosion of such intensity that “Voice”. It was a terrifying experience. My
Human Design System in the it can barely be imagined. According to hair literally stood on end. In the shock, a
first half of a two-part article. the source of the Human Design System, flood of water drained from my scalp.
that star, now known to scientists as ‘The Voice said: “Are you ready to
1987A, bombarded our planet with a work?” For eight days and nights, I
deluge of subatomic information with its worked, transcribing in detail The Human

E
very once in a while, a human
being uncovers a paragon, dying breath. Design System.’
something that captures the At around the same time on another (From the foreword to The Rave I Ching.)
quintessence of the beauty and mountainside, on a Mediterranean island, a
man had an experience that shook him to
The science
mystery of the universe surrounding us;
Despite its mystical origins, Human
Mozart’s symphonies for instance, or the roots of his being.When he emerged
from that experience, which lasted eight Design has its roots deeply embedded
Einstein’s equations.
days and eight nights, he could barely within the very latest theories in quantum
The Human Design System is such a
remember who he was. Even his name physics. On a sub-atomic level we are all
paragon. By unravelling the mysteries
hidden within one’s own genetic code, it had changed and from that moment he connected like cells within a giant body,
shows how our very thoughts, feelings became known as Ra Uru Hu. that of the universe itself.
and longings are all part of a beautifully He had become disillusioned with his The Human Design System is founded
orchestrated pattern.To recognise this life as a professor of physics in Canada upon this very premise: that the universe
pattern clearly in your own life is to and sought an escape from the world on is a living entity, and that we are living in a
celebrate your uniqueness without fear. Ibiza, where he ended up living as a vast information-feed, consisting of
The result is that life can be far easier hermit in a ruined hut. It was here, living countless minute particles now known to
than we ever imagined possible. wild in the mountains, that Ra received physics as neutrinos. Up until a few years
The Human Design System from what he ago, the neutrino itself was half-fictional,
The mystical origins of calls ‘The Voice’. This voice gave him in that it was simply a hypothesis. Now
Human Design immensely detailed and scientific science has proved that neutrinos bear
In 1987 an extraordinary event took place knowledge about the nature of our mass, and that they pass through us at the
on this planet. For the first time in universe. It even had its own language, rate of about three trillion per square
recorded history it was seen with the referring to human beings as ‘raves’. As a inch. Neutrinos are made in stars, like our
naked eye from a mountaintop in Chile. sceptic and a scientist, Ra had no belief in sun, and could be seen as the modern day
Human beings actually witnessed a things mystical. In fact, at the time, he equivalent of what the ancients used to
supernova. A supernova is the death of a didn’t even know his own astrological call ‘chi’ or ‘prana’.

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We live in a dualistic universe.The sun of our genetic code manifest through our THE BODYGRAPH
is our ‘yang’, we, the earth are the ‘yin’, chemistry as four basic types of human
The image below (Mozart’s Bodygraph)
and the neutrino is the mercurial beings; manifestors, generators, projectors
is made up of nine information hubs
intermediary. All life on earth is thus and reflectors. Each type functions very
linked together by a series of channels
generated and in a sense ‘programmed’ by differently, and will be discussed below.
and circuits. Every channel has a
the sun and, to a lesser extent, the stars. It
is also intriguing to think that not only are Human design and astrology name and a theme to it that describes
Human Design also relies upon an aspect of our nature.
we humans programmed by the celestial
bodies, but we also programme them as astrological calculation to configure two
well. Remember, the neutrino is not pure separate moments of imprinting within
energy, but extremely fine matter. Thus, the neutrino stream. Many people new to
every neutrino that passes through us is Human Design assume that because of
changed, and conveys something of who this it is similar to astrology. Nothing
we are out into deep space. Just like the could be further from the truth. Although
human body, every cell is interdependent we draw upon the ancient science of
upon every other cell and communicates astrology in order to arrive at the
its presence to the whole. correlation with our genetics, the
similarity ends there. Like astrology,
The synthesis Human Design produces an individual
The Human Design System is a pure chart (known as a ‘rave chart’), and like
synthesis of the latest scientific discoveries astrology this chart is calculated from the
and the wisdom of the ancients, and like time and place of birth. However,
any synthesis, Human Design is far astrological data in Human Design leads
greater than the sum of its parts. to exact placement in the body. Through
On one side we have quantum physics, the intermediary of the I Ching, the Here are some simplified examples
biochemistry and genetics, and on the position of every planet at the time of of channels that can occur in
other, the four of the great esoteric birth gives us a ‘genetic thumbprint’ left people’s charts:
systems of the world: astrology, the Hindu in the neutrino stream.
The channel of transitoriness:
chakra system, the Judaic Kabbalah and the Using The Human Design System, we
people who don’t stay with one thing
Chinese I Ching. It is an alchemist’s dream. can examine the nature of the forces that
for very long.
were gathered around us when we were
Human Design and genetics born. It is as though our birth leaves a
The channel of initiation:
One of the keys to Human Design is the people who are usually highly competitive.
vapour trail in the ethers.We can then
use of the I Ching, the ancient Chinese The channel of the alpha:
isolate this imprint, and transfer it into a
Book of Changes, evolved more than people who are natural born leaders.
biochemical map of the body, known as a
5000 years ago. Strangely enough, this The channel of charisma:
‘Bodygraph’ (see inset right).
ancient system, which charts the cycles people who are endlessly busy.
and seasons of life, happens to bear an What can we learn from The channel of the prodigal:
extraordinary similarity to the profile of people who require frequent periods
Human Design?
human DNA – there is an exact of retreat in their lives.
So what is all this really about and what
correlation between the two disciplines. do these charts tell us? In a single The Human Design System is symmetrical
DNA is made up of two strands of statement: they remind us of what we and logical, and once a rave chart is
nucleotides, one strand being a perfect already know about ourselves, deep drawn up it is simple and easy both to
reflection of the other. This basic binary within our hearts. Human Design is in analyse and explain.
is also the foundation of the Yin and Yang essence a yin teaching. It shows us that
of the I Ching. Our genetic code is also human beings are primarily receptive by THE GENETIC TABLE
made up of four ‘bases’ which are design. Our prime directive, if we have The Genetic Table (below) represents
arranged in groups of threes. Each of such a thing, is patience. Buddha used a the exact mathematical correlation
these chemical groupings relates to an term known as ‘correct action’, and this is between the ancient Chinese I Ching
amino acid, and forms what is known as a what we manifest when we live our true and the human genetic code.
‘codon’.There are 64 of these codons in nature or design. Action that does not
our genetic code. come from harmony is desperate action,
Similarly, in the I Ching there are only and usually does more damage than good
four basic permutations of yin and yang, in the world. Human Design shows us
which are also arranged in groups of that there is no purer alchemy than
threes, known as ‘trigrams’. In the same simply being yourself.
way that the two strands of our DNA On a deeper level, it is a simple means
reflect each other, each trigram of the I of harmonising our individual flow within
Ching has a partner, and together these a greater flow. It is about what the ancients
create the ‘hexagram’, the basis of the I called ‘being in harmony with the Tao’.
Ching. Just as there are 64 codons in
DNA, there are 64 hexagrams in the I How does a chart work?
Ching (see Genetic Table right). When you look into your own Bodygraph,
All human beings share this same it is as though you are looking at the
basic genetic code, and yet each of us is blueprint of a car. The body is, after all,
unique. From the DNA of a single human our vehicle through life. Now, consider
hair, a forensic scientist can pinpoint its how you might feel if you had been
exact owner, out of billions of human driving around in your faithful old car for
beings. In Human Design, the four bases years and when you took it to a mechanic

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THE NINE CENTRES
HEAD – Inspiration: The Pressure Centre from Above
AJNA – The Mind/Conceptualisation: The Centre of Mental Awareness
THROAT – Expression: The Centre of Manifestation
HEART/EGO – The Will Power Motor
G – Identity/Direction/Love: The ‘Higher’ Self
SACRAL – Sexuality/Creativity: The Fertility Motor
SOLAR PLEXUS – Emotions: The Centre of Emotional Awareness
SPLEEN – Defence/Cleansing/Intuition: The Centre of Splenic Awareness
ROOT – Kundalini/Stress: The Pressure Centre from Below

he told you that all this time you had The power of conditioning expressed was never in his hands. If he
been driving in first gear?! A Human The magic of Human Design is that it had understood this, he might have felt
Design analyst is like the mechanic that shows us clearly where we usually get less frustrated in his life. Undefined
shows you how to operate your car, and stuck in our lives.The nature of our centres are where we are designed to be
having shown you, he leaves you the society is that it tends to condition us conditioned by others.
manual so that you can verify the truth directly away from our very nature.This Through understanding the basics of
for yourself. Human Design is not conditioning begins the moment we are our own design chart, we can see exactly
another therapy. This is not the kind of born. According to our designs, we all fit how and where we are conditioned by
mechanic that will fix your oil leak for differently into society. the forces around us. In this way, we can
you; rather he will tell you what kind of Human Design knowledge is of the take advantage of our conditioning, rather
greatest benefit to children and parents, than trying to escape it, which is an
model you are driving, and how to drive it
since knowing a child’s design means that impossible task.Take the example of
in such a way that you will never have
they can be guided in the direction of someone with an undefined spleen
another oil leak again.To be yourself is to
their nature, rather than away from it. For centre.The spleen centre represents our
be fundamentally healthy. immune system and is one of three
most of us as adults, the road back to our
What do the colours mean? true nature is simple, but difficult. awareness centres in humans. It is our
The first thing you learn from an analysis spontaneous instinct for survival. If you
of your Bodygraph is what is fixed and The white centres have an undefined spleen centre (the
consistent about your nature.This can be The secret of how we are conditioned in brown triangular centre at the bottom
life lies in the white centres in our design left) you love to be spontaneous, but
seen wherever there is a centre or a
chart.Wherever you see a centre or there is nothing more dangerous for you
channel in your design that is drawn in
channel in your design that is not than being spontaneous! If those instincts
colour (see the example of Mozart). In
coloured in (known as an undefined are not a fixed part of your nature, then
Mozart’s design, the ‘self’ (the yellow centre), you are looking at something that you cannot rely on them. Some people are
diamond-shaped centre) is connected to is deeply attractive to you. The white designed to live spontaneously, while
the sacral centre (the red square) by the centres are where we are not fixed; they others are designed to take more time
‘channel of rhythm’. This is in turn are what we long for. At the genetic level, over their decisions.
connected to two further channels, the we are only interested in what is different In Human Design, wherever there is
‘channel of the archetype’ and the from us. Look again at Mozart’s chart.You a limitation in our design, there is also
‘channel of the transmitter’. When you can see clearly that his throat centre is always a gift.Thus those of us who have
put these three together, you have a man the only centre that is not drawn in to take longer in making up our minds
who is here to transmit archetypal colour. The throat centre is where we can also gain a deeper understanding into
rhythms into the world. Wherever you express ourselves.What Mozart most our life process. In the same way, those of
see colour, that represents a part of your longed for in his life was to express his us who are more vulnerable and less fixed
nature that is fixed at birth. music, but how and when it was in our nature are also more sensitive and

Four types by anyone. They often meet a Generators are potentially the • Famous Projectors: Ramana
of human beings lot of resistance in life because most powerful of all the types, Maharshi, Osho (formerly
of this, and they can end up but unless they understand how Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), Karl
Of the infinite possibilities that
feeling very cut off from people. they work, they are the most Marx, Princess Diana.
lie within our genetic material,
As with all the four types, when frustrated people alive. • Reflectors are the rarest of
Human Design shows us clearly
they understand the simple • Famous generators: Mozart, the four types, since they have
that we humans are perhaps
laws that govern their nature, The Dalai Lama, Prince Charles. nothing fixed in their nature to
not as complicated as we like
life can suddenly be a lot easier • Projectors are people whose rely upon (none of the nine
to think, for there are only four
for them. specific gift is to work with and centres is coloured in). These
basic types of human being! Of • Famous manifestors: Adolf guide the energy of others. people can be the wisest
course, there are millions of Hitler, Paul McCartney, Alice They alone can understand both people among us, since their
differences within these types, Bailey, Sigmund Freud, Elisabeth manifestors and generators. life rhythms are directly
since each of us is unique. Kübler-Ross. They also have a design to wait, governed by a celestial body:
Each of the four types below • Generators are designed to and the key that unlocks their the moon. But if they do not
operates according to a set of respond to life. Unlike manifes- power is recognition. Unless understand how their design
very simple natural laws. tors they have no idea of where they are recognised, they are works they can feel deeply lost
• Manifestors are pure energy they are going until they powerless. Once they are and overwhelmed by life.
beings. They are designed respond. Therefore they have to recognised, they can achieve • Famous reflector: Michael
specifically not to be controlled wait until life initiates them first. almost anything. Jackson.

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often have an uncanny ability someone in the world with the
to ‘read’ the people around us. opposite design – the ones who
These undefined white centres
in our design are the places
where we can ultimately attain
are great at finishing off what
others have already begun!
Living your design
TAKE CHARGE
of your life now
wisdom.
Knowing and understanding Hearing your design and living
our design protects us from your design are two very
being a victim of our own different things.To live accord-
conditioning.We are all con- ing to your nature takes great
ditioned all the time, whether courage. For most people who Unlock the potential that lies within you
come to Human Design
by the chemistry of those
readings, the greatest challenge
to enhance your performance and achieve excellence.
around us or by the ‘neutrino
weather’ from the greater is patience.You can learn to All you need is an attitude of curiosity about yourself and
understand your design
cosmic environment in which others, a willingness to experiment and a desire to change.
we live. Science is now intellectually, but there are no
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increasingly showing us how we
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trust me, and don’t believe began to explain The Human
Design System back in 1987,
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 Are you wearing Human Design
Analysis
your own genes? Part two

The Human Manifestors

The manifestor is a design that has one of three energy systems in the body activated in a circuit
Design System to the throat centre, the centre of manifestation and expression.
Manifestors are people of action. Of all the four human types these are the only people who
The Human Design
are specifically designed to act without waiting. This is often a shock to people who are
System makes the introduced to their true design, since the capacity to manifest and act is something we take for
claim, like astrology, granted in our society. The irony is that although a vast part of our conditioning is telling us all to
be manifestors, less than 10 per cent of us actually are manifestors.
that at the moment of The manifestor is by nature a lone wolf. Because they can act independently of other people,
birth we are genetically they are not designed to be controlled by society in any way. They are regarded as dangerous and
unpredictable by others.The strategy that manifestors must learn is to inform before they act. For
imprinted with a unique example, if you are a manifestor attending a dinner party and you have something valuable to say,
underlying blueprint. In your natural tendency will be to simply jump right in and say it. If you do so, you will soon discover
that you are either not heard, or vehemently resisted. We are talking about living biogenetic
that split-second as strategies that are felt across rooms. If the manifestor simply asks politely before they speak, they
we emerge from the immediately put those around them at ease.
If we were to create an imaginary football team out of the four types of human beings,
unseen world, like a manifestors would be the forwards. They are the talent, the ones we all like to
photographic negative glamorise. They are the goal-scorers. Their style is often wild, unpredictable
and full of genius. But they pay a price for being in the limelight, a sense
exposed to the light,
every page of our life
of isolation that comes from others resisting and resenting their true
nature. If they can learn humility at the same time as retaining their R S
story is encoded in the
wildness, they can live deeply fulfilling and powerful lives.
TO
sequence of our DNA. Projectors
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The Human Design Projectors have no energy system linked to the throat,
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System is founded upon and no sacral centre connected in their circuitry.
Projectors are the original mercenaries. They can do IF
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logic, and logic is the jobs that no one else in the world can do, and if
founded upon the you call on them they can really deliver the goods.
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Projectors are the first of the two non-energy types.

repetition of patterns. Obviously this does not mean that they have no
The cracking of the energy. In fact, they have access to more energy
than almost anyone else, but first they have to be
genetic code in the recognised. The projector is waiting for
1960s was perhaps the ‘investors’ to recognise their specific talents and
skills, whatever they may be.
most important Projectors are natural networkers, whose gift
discovery of the last is to manage the energy of other people. For
example, a projector who is a healer will be
century. It shows us much more successful if they accept only the
that there exists a people who recognise their gift beforehand. Since
their personal fulfilment depends on having the
fundamental universal right people in their life, projectors have a natural
pattern underlying all life gift for reading the people around them.
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Projectors have an extremely deep need to be

on our planet. The seen.The projector sitting at the dinner party with a
revelation of Human group of strangers has to trust in the power of their
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own chemistry. Their silence will always draw the

Design is that these invitation of the person or people who recognise them.
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patterns can actually be That is how they know who is right for them.They have to
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be patient. If they jump into the conversation like a

clearly seen and read by manifestor they can end up feeling deeply drained by wasting T
means of a simple chart their energy on people who do not understand them. When the O
calculated from the time
projector trusts in the silent magic of their chemistry, many
incredible opportunities begin to come their way.
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and place of your birth, In our magic football team, projectors are the midfielders. They move
between the forwards and the defenders (manifestors and generators).They set
a process known as
up the ball for the forwards, and feed it back to the defenders.Their skill is to direct
Human Design Analysis. the entire game by co-ordinating with the other players as and when they are needed.

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 In the previous issue of Kindred Spirit, Richard Rudd (the first Human
Design analyst in the UK) presented a basic introduction to the Human
Design System, a revolutionary new synthesis. It makes the claim that
the true nature of any individual can be revealed through a genetic
imprint determined from the time of our birth. Here Richard takes us
further into this new paradigm.

Generators Four types of

Generators are designs that have a defined sacral centre, the centre of the life force itself.
If you want to see a truly powerful human being at work, you have only to watch a generator living human beings
out their true nature in the world. Generators are pure energy beings, but unlike manifestors they An empirical fusion of
are not designed to initiate action. Generators are designed to respond to life and thus they have a
both science and
design to wait. Patience is the great key for generators. Statistically, generators make up over 65 per cent
of the population, which says something rather profound about human beings in general. Perhaps we esoterica, Human
need to slow down a little! Design draws on a vast
The great theme of all generators is frustration. Being a generator is akin to having a Ferrari engine
under your bonnet, but being stuck in first gear.They have to wait until the gear-change is brought to
array of knowledge,
them. Generators never know what is right for them unless they have first waited to respond, for their including the I Ching.
chemistry is designed to attract forces and people that initiate them and ask them. However, out of The I Ching is a logical
ignorance of their own nature, generators rarely manage to live out their true potential. Feeling stuck is
a natural part of their process and needs to be understood as such. The generator who finds the binary system that just
patience to wait out their process is always deeply rewarded. happens to dovetail
Generators need more than anything to learn to trust in the power of waiting.They are symmetrically and
potentially the most powerful of all the four types, but for them action must first arise
out of receptivity. exactly into the
In our mythical football team, generators are the defenders. They are mathematics of our
GE the backbone of humanity. They have to wait until the ball comes to genetic code. What all
N them, and if they can accept this limitation, then they can truly
this reveals is the
E excel at whatever they do.
R existence of four very
Reflectors specific types of human
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Reflectors have no defined centres and no fixed circuitry. being, reflecting the four
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Reflectors are statistically by far the rarest of the four

basic building blocks of
types. They have nothing fixed in their nature at all. In
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Human Design, the white or undefined centres in our DNA, known to

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someone’s chart are where we are open and science as the ‘four
vulnerable to the conditioning of others. Because of
this the undefined centres represent the areas of bases’.
our life where we can be the most confused and, These four distinct
paradoxically, where we can be the most wise. human profiles are not
Because reflectors are so open and unfixed in
their nature, they often look for the stability of simply divisions made
someone else’s chemistry in their life. More often according to psychology,
than not, this role is most comfortably filled for
nor are they personality
them by the presence of children, who provide an
innocent aura around them.They also have a deep types. According to
need to regularly have time away from people in Human Design they are
order to clear the space within themselves.
Reflectors are also unusual in another way.
the living biogenetic
The openness of their design gives them a deep patterns that are
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affinity with the moon. Since the moon moves stamped behind every
around the entire Human Design Wheel (see image)
once in every month, it also opens up a regular pattern cell of our bodies. They
of energy in our chemistry each month. This is where determine our health,
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reflectors can find stability. In other words, reflectors sexuality, relationships,

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have regular cycles each month where they can live out all
our dream life and even
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the other three energy types. For example, they may have
E three days in every month when they are a manifestor, then the way in which we
L four when they are a generator, and so on.
breathe. They are the
E F In our team, the reflector is the goalkeeper. They are a rare
very music of our
R breed, being perhaps the most crucial single member of the team even
though they themselves do not move around the field like the other players. chemistry. The question
They operate according to different laws; for example they are able to use their
hands whereas the other players cannot.They are perhaps the most limited and at the is: are we in tune
same time the most unlimited people among us, and their perspective is truly unique. with them?

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 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
The four types
Human Design and relationships: of chemistry
in relationships

Chemistry 1 Electromagnetic:
The chemistry of love
When two
people have the
opposite ends of
the same
channel.
Adam Eve This is what is
described as the‘sparks’
In a relationship we become someone chemistry together. Eve ‘borrows’ Adam’s between people. Love/hate,
else. The great revelation of Human chemistry to finally express her voice, attraction/repulsion.
Design is that chemistry isn’t personal. All whilst Adam ‘borrows’ Eve’s skills and
difficulties in relationships are because finally gets to express all the deep ideas 2 Compromise:
people take it personally! When two that he probably didn’t even know he had!
people stand within each other’s aura they There are many types of chemistries
The chemistry of yielding
are no longer who they were before they that manifest between two people. The When one person has one half of
walked into the room. Look at the com- couple below also have a deep emotional a channel and the other
posite chart of the two people below. You connection together (the brown centre on has the whole channel,
can see that two perfectly normal human the right), which neither of them have frustration can arise.
beings (but for the fact that they are made when they are alone. This channel 39/55, For example, if one of
up) turn into one whole new creature the ‘channel of emoting’, is a deeply them has a whole
with its own unique design and chemistry. romantic and specifically acoustic con- communication channel
Now let’s have a look at how this works nection between our couple. It creates a and the other has the
same channel half full,
through the lens of a Human Design moody chemistry between them, which
the person with half a
reading. means that if they stay together they will
channel may feel like
First of all, wherever you see colour in be the kind of couple who are always
they have to wait for the
someone’s chart, you are seeing what is falling in and out of love with each other.
other person to finish speaking
fixed in their nature. The centres in white These types of connections, when two before they can be heard. This
are the aspects of our life that we cannot different aspects of our chemistry create a combination is not necessarily
rely upon since they are not fixed. So we whole new circuit, are called electro- negative and can be overcome
can see that Adam is a strong mental type magnetic, since they create sparks with compromise and
(the green centre in the head), and that between people. These sparks can be understanding.
since he is a projector, he needs someone love, or they can be hate.
to recognise him for this and to engage Other types of connections between
him intellectually. Eve, on the other hand, humans are compromise, dominance and 3 Dominance:
has a very open nature, with only one companionship (see panel right). Most The chemistry of others
fixed channel in her design, the relationships have a mix of them all, When one person has a whole
channel of rhythm. She is a deeply but it is easy to get a flavour of any channel and the other has
rhythmical woman who flows relationship through Human nothing in that channel.
through life responding to Design Analysis. Some are more This chemistry enables
whatever comes her way (she is a based on friendship than sexual- us to differentiate
generator). ity, others are steamy but between our own
And what do you think short-lived, others still can patterns and those of
happens when they meet? encounter troubles because others. From there we
Chemistry happens. Adam of the balance of com- either accept them,
has a real depth within him promise in the relation- learn from them or
that few people recognise ship. According to leave them!
(the little black channel Human Design, there is
in his spleen centre actually no such thing
that looks towards the as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ 4 Companionship:
throat). Eve on the chemistry. Any The chemistry of balance
other hand, has an relationship can When both people
undefined (white) be manageable have the same
Adam and Eve in relationship
throat centre and fulfilling as channel. The most
with the opposite end of the channel to long as both parties understand that the comfortable chemistry
Adam. She has the skills to express her true dynamic cannot be taken personally. between two people, and
talent, but is always waiting for someone to Many of us fall into the trap of trying to the source of friendship.
bring her the depth.This entire channel is change the people around us, instead of Too many of these
called the ‘channel of talent’, and that is understanding that our genes are simply however, and you may
one of the themes of their particular what they are. become bored!

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The Geometry of Incarnation The Human Design Wheel is

a universal mandala for all
Most of us tend to think of the idea of ‘reincarnation’ as a known life.
concept that we have inherited from the East, but it is not In the Wheel, we can
the case. In the days before Christianity, much of the see the traditional
Western world shared a common belief in what was called astrological division of
‘the transmigration of the soul’. Both Pythagoras and Plato the zodiac into the
developed theories of reincarnation, as did the Druid twelve basic signs
priesthood of Western Europe. Furthermore, both of these that we all know.
schools of thought had a very profound knowledge of However, in Human
geometry; the Ancient Greeks through their love of Design there are
69,200 permutations
mathematics and music, and the Celts through the precise
going around the
astronomical observations embodied in the great stone Wheel. As the Wheel
circles of Europe. turns, so life evolves.
At the heart of the Human Design System also lies a Every single genetic
single matrix that claims to represent the unfolding of the combination of life can
entire evolution of life on our planet. This is the image of be traced within this
the Wheel (see right). Every single type of chart that can be Wheel from the moment it
calculated by the Human Design System originates is born. It is literally the
somewhere in this Wheel. stringing out of our genetic code.

Incarnation Crosses
According to the source of the Human duality is represented by the position of Each Incarnation Cross is a fractal
Design System, there are no such things as both the Sun and the Earth at our birth.The archetype of our true purpose
old souls and young souls.We all began our Sun is what we inherit genetically from our during any lifetime. Below are some
journey together at the same time, with the father, and the Earth from our mother. In the simplified examples:
Big Bang.We are a growing entity. Each one Wheel, these two are always exactly The Cross of The Laws: people
of us is a cell within the giant body of the opposite each other. Furthermore, in who enforce laws or bring new laws.
universe and no single cell is more import- Human Design we have two moments of The Cross of Eden: people who
ant than any other. We simply filter different imprinting: one when we are born, and one embody wisdom through the loss of
aspects of the whole. In Human Design 88 degrees (about three calendar months) innocence.
Analysis, when you come to a deeper level of the zodiac prior to our birth. The Cross of Denial: people who
of reading (the ‘Incarnation Cross’), we are Thus every birth chart is made up of bring boundaries through denial.
looking beyond our mere behavioural four archetypal forces which form a cross in
The Cross of Healing: people who
patterns and out into the cosmos. It is here the wheel (see above). This slightly offset are here to heal and/or be healed.
that we find our life purpose and our cross (since it is 88 degrees rather than 90)
destiny. In the language of Human Design, is called our Incarnation Cross. Each The Cross of the Clarion: people
who are here to bring a new
it is where we see our ‘geometry’. Incarnation Cross has a name and a specific
message into the world.
Without getting too technical, this is purpose (see right). Again, there are many
how it works: in Human Design our basic thousands of variations of these crosses.
MORE INFORMATION
The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix: the coming of spirit •Since this article was written The Human
There is a buzz word in genetics: ‘mutation’. creation of a global community. The results Design System has taken its first steps
Mutations are basically variations that are of this can easily be seen today. towards being fully recognised as a new
science. A controlled research programme
made when our genes replicate themselves. In the year 2027, our global cycle will led by qualified MDs in the USA has
Mutations are a key to evolution for it is trigger a new role for the Incarnation Cross statistically proven through thousands of
these changes in the geometry that known as ‘The Cross of the Sleeping case studies that the human genetic
ultimately create new variations within Phoenix’. According to the source of the strategies outlined above have a solid,
scientific foundation.
species. It was a mutation in the larynx that Human Design System, this Cross is •There are organisations throughoput the
separated homo sapiens from our primate holding a dormant potential. For countless world for the Human Design system, in the
ancestors, since it gave us the ability to millennia the Phoenix has slept, hidden USA, Austria, Spain, Japan, Australia,
Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Greece and many
express complex sounds and, eventually, away somewhere in our genes, waiting for more.
language. According to the source of the its moment. We are told that in the year •Richard Beaumont (a fully accredited
Human Design System, humanity is almost 2027, this dormancy breaks and the first Human Design Analyst with many years
ripe for its next major mutation. children will be born carrying the experience) is the head of the National
organisation for The Human Design
As was mentioned earlier, the Human awakening Phoenix as a physical genetic System in the UK. He is actively involved in
Design System claims that in the mandala mutation. If it is true, it would be an lectures, workshops, events and producing
of the Wheel lies the key to the extraordinary moment in the history of our new information on The Human Design
evolutionary pattern of all life on our species, for it is this very mutation that system.
•For further details or to download your
planet. By tracking the movement of the brings with it the permanent awareness of own Human Design chart visit the national
precession of the equinoxes through the the realm of spirit. It is the Phoenix that website: www.humandesign-uk.com
Wheel we can actually watch the greater holds the final great mutation for the body •If you would like a personal Human
unfolding of humanity itself. For the past of humanity, for it promises the ultimate Design analysis from Richard Beaumont
or more details ring the main Human
385 years, we have been moving through flowering of our consciousness as a Design UK number: 01803 861067.
an area of the Wheel that has to do with the species. KS

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