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POSITIVE THINKING AND YOUR HUMAN DESIGN

Positive thinking can help bring out the best in your Human Design. When you are optimistic, it is easier to access your innate gifts.

A positive mindset will help you to uncloud your emotions and keep fear out of your decisions. It will allow you to see your way more clearly. When you are not struggling with difficult emotions such as resentment and feelings that life is unfair, it is much easier for you to access the gifts of your Human Design because it is much easier to see your options and to become aware of opportunities as they show up.

In this way, optimism and positive thinking will help you to succeed. Be mindful that optimism and positive thinking will not change your original Soul Intentions or the inherent potential of your Design, but they will support them. If you agreed to be a teacher, a factory worker, or a retail employee, for example, optimism and positive thinking will not alter your Soul Plan. Optimism alone cannot expand your life choices such that you can now aspire to wealth, fame, extraordinary talent, or success. You will not transform from a nice-looking person to someone of great beauty or crowd-attracting magnetism because you are optimistic and have a good attitude, but you could become someone who is trustworthy and would make a good friend. And you will be able to bring out the highest expression of your Design.

Your Soul Plan was Decided Ahead of Time

Your Human Design was created to support your Soul Plan. You do not come in as a blank slate, but rather with a complex Plan that is intricately connected to and dependent on many pre-incarnational agreements. It is also true that we can make agreements once we are here, and these back-ups often replace those agreements that did not, for various reasons, show up. Or they can bridge gaps that we did not foresee.

Becoming an author or acclaimed speaker is a specific path that requires that certain types of agreements with others are in place, and also that these agreements will be followed. These goals also require specific types of talent, drive, and vision.

You must have something to say that will inspire many, and you must choose your words wisely. If you want to become a best-selling author or popular thought leader and speaker and believe you can because you are passionate, because you believe in what’s possible for humanity and are on the side of justice, it would be good to do some soul-searching. Look within to see if you are indeed designed to express your convictions from those platforms. When we use the talents we were given and follow what calls us, life is easier because we are in alignment with our agreements and with our gifts and Design.

When we use our gifts and apply them to our interests, we are well within the parameters of our original Intentions and the Design that was created to support and carry out those Intentions. Life is much harder when we try to become someone that we are not designed to be and for which we do not have agreements. We need our agreements to help move us along. Mentors are one such agreement. Those who provide introductions or connections are another type of agreement. Those who employ us so that we can keep food on the table and those who teach skills and knowledge for which we are suited are also in our pool of agreements. But when we place ourselves in arenas where we do not have agreements or the right “stuff,” we will struggle for recognition and support.

Follow the Unfolding of Your Soul Plan to See Where it Takes You

You will discover, over time, what is contained in your Plan, and if you find that you do not have the interest or desire to become a celebrity of this or that, do not think it is because of laziness, or that you lack or courage or ambition. Do not think you are failing your calling. And if you find that you are unable to produce material of the type that appeals to a wide audience despite your efforts, do not think that you are failing your mission. Do not think that it is because you lack insight or your own special brand of brilliance, or that you have no appeal. It could simply be that you are not meant for celebrity status this life, or that your talents are not intended to be used in this way.

Do not assume that if you live a humble life that you will lack impact and influence. All too often we discount our ability to have a positive impact if our actions are unseen by most and take place in humble circumstances. You do not know if you are the primary facilitating agreement for someone who has a “large” mission who needed your encouragement and information. You do not always know how many “students” benefited from your words and deeds.

You will be much happier when you can operate from who you are without feeling like you have to swim the English Channel or have a million followers on Instagram before you can prove to yourself and others that you have value and are doing what you came to do. You do not have to walk across Niagara Falls from a tightrope to find your Soul Plan. You do not need to go to India. Unless, of course, these things are written into your Soul Plan! How do you know what is in your Soul Plan and if you are to live a “big” or “small” life?

Follow Your Heart

Follow your passions and your interests. Take stock of the resources you have: physical, emotional, and financial, and especially include those who want to support you in your calling. Be aware that rest and nourishment are essential. You need your vitality and your health. Your health and well-being will support you to do what you need and want to do. And your well-being will always support you to feel good about your life as is even if all you do is sit on the back porch with a glass of wine while you watch your cats play in the grass under the late afternoon Sun. It’s also possible that while you silently muse on the vibrancy of the setting sun as the grass and your cats fade into shadow, that a remarkable revelation will seize your imagination. Then you will know beyond a doubt just what glorious dimensions are held in your Soul Plan.

HUMAN DESIGN: WHAT IT CAN AND CAN’T TELL YOU

Human Design doesn’t explain everything about your life.

It can’t. And it isn’t meant to. It is a beautiful and complex graphic of your unique configuration of energies — specifically how the gates, channels, centers, and circuits interact to show you not only how your energy is meant to flow, but also to reveal the themes that are specific to your life’s journey. A Human Design chart is filled with signposts for your life purpose. It is your own special map.

But your Human Design chart isn’t going to tell you the extent of your talent or how disciplined you are. Your chart is not going to tell you how good-looking you are, if you’re tall, fat, smart, or good at math. It won’t tell you if you are humble or a narcissist; it won’t tell you if you are healthy or unhealthy. It’s not going to tell you where you grew up, if you grew up in a high crime or low crime neighborhood, what your ethnicity is, or your level of education or wealth. Your chart won’t tell you if you had understanding parents or a good experience in high school. It won’t tell you the karma you came in with, how self-aware you are or what your level of spiritual evolution is. All of these are things that YOU bring to the table.

So what does the Human Design chart tell me?

Your chart will tell you the themes that are emphasized for you. The ones that are your gifts and your challenges. But the extent to which any of us can express the highest aspects of the chart is up to us. The reality is this: there is flexibility and range in every Human Design chart with how its specific energies (planets, gates, channels, centers, and circuits) can express. The low or unhealthy expression of any gate, channel, center, or circuit is available to be expressed, as is the high. I suspect it’s easy for most of us to hang out somewhere in the middle. And because there are many cultural and socioeconomic factors and other variables that influence a person’s life, no one can say how an individual’s unique chart themes will play out.

We know how our personal themes speak to us; how hard they pull, and in what direction. The same themes will exert different intensities from person to person. It’s a matter of your soul’s agenda, and the agreements you made before you got here. Regardless, everyone can use their Design to evolve and to empower themselves to move through the specific circumstances of their life with the least resistance and greatest happiness.

The bottom line for anyone, regardless of theme or Human Design Type, is their level of vitality. If you don’t have vitality, then it’s time to assess why. Are you over-giving? Are you engaged in activities that don’t respect the boundaries of your energy or don’t ask for the unique talents and intelligence you bring? Are you martyring yourself, overcompensating and pushing to get recognition and respect? When we don’t align our lives with our energy, life is going to be harsh. When we are not using our gifts, we will be drained. And we’re not going to get what we need.

If you don’t have the energy, or it’s not your thing, don’t do it. Here I’m referring to significant asks of your energy, though making a habit of saying no when something doesn’t feel good will build your body awareness to know when to walk away from something that is not yours to do and will damage you in the long run.

No one can tell you why you have the life you have.

Why some lives are harder than others — karma, accidents, the luck of the draw, intentional choice — who knows. There are, of course, larger cultural forces at play in all of our lives, and the paradigms and assumptions about how we are supposed to live our lives can exert considerable pressure. And there are those who take advantage of others. Still, some have it easier than others. And while we can be fairly certain that we had a hand in some of what we experience, we will probably never know how much was our doing and how much was outside interference.

Even so, whatever is on our plate is what we must manage. Maybe you have a sense of why you have the life you have, and why you’ve had the experiences you’ve had. And maybe you’re struggling to make sense of it. The important thing is to use all your experiences to keep affirming your gifts and your path. Whether or not you chose everything that happened to you, you can know, because of what happened, what belongs to you, what is yours to do, and where you need to be.

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CAN HUMAN DESIGN IDENTIFY YOUR RIGHT CAREER?

Some people come in with a strong sense of knowing what they want to do with their lives. For most of us knowing comes gradually, and it requires that we journey deep into the faceted landscape of experience. Knowing comes with time and with divine timing. Even when we have inklings and inclinations of what we might become, we can be easily distracted and deterred. Why? Because of cultural dogma and the conditioning that follows from that.

All of us are born into a moment in time that is potent with many layers and expressions of energy — multiple aspects of consciousness — all of which are held in potential within us, waiting to be given shape and form as we live out our lives. Sometimes our ability to follow our curiosity is unimpeded and even encouraged, and perhaps just as often, the path we wish to follow encounters roadblocks. Roadblocks and delays aren’t necessarily bad; resistance can counsel us to remain in integrity with our truth and to keep forging ahead with greater clarity and determination, or it can stop us in our tracks and make us second-guess ourselves. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Reviewing why we’re going where we’re going can illuminate if something is correct for us and if we want to go there.

I believe that we are each born with specific talents and interests that serve as both maps and compasses to guide us in our unfolding and so connect us to our soul curriculum, our raison d’être. Many of us will follow what compels us even though many do not know their Human Design, astrology, Enneagram, numerology, 9 Star Ki, and other systems that offer insights into who we are.

Does our Human Design chart compel us to express in specific ways and follow specific paths, even if we do not know this system? Yes, it does. Your uniquely configured Human Design works in conjunction with your innate yearnings. It too serves as a map and compass. But does this mean we will automatically and correctly engage the compass points of our Type, Profile, and Incarnation Cross? I don’t think so. The expectations of our immediate community, including, but not limited to, family and cultural traditions and expectations, religious beliefs, and what school tells us about who we need to be if we are to be successful, can obscure our inborn natural compass. (Look there for your calling). None of us can self-actualize without information, education, and experience.

This is where the Trusted Advisor comes in: it is the Human Design Specialist’s job to guide their clients to their truth. Through conversations that direct them back to their realizations, the Specialist can help them identify what has meaning for them and what gifts they uniquely bring to the confluence of all individuals.

Human Design identifies specific orientations about how to live your life that are not necessarily available in the codex we were handed but it won’t tell you what career to choose, or what your greatest talents are. This is what you bring to your Human Design chart via your desires, experiences, and self-knowledge.

For example, the Incarnation Cross of the Sphinx 4 has the Conscious Sun in Gate 1. The Sun and Gate 1 are a potent force for self-expression and will push that person to find their mission, but it won’t necessarily spell that mission out for them. Identifying what pushes us to express comes through our unfolding: through experiences that reveal our gifts, what we desire to explore, and conversely, what we don’t want. And we can deepen our understanding of our purpose through contemplation and conversations with others. What is clear to me is that, in the end, our purpose is where we find ourselves at home with life.

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HUMAN DESIGN: SAME CHART, DIFFERENT SOULS, PART III

In Part I (https://tinyurl.com/y4npv7ak) I offered my working reflections on how the same Human Design chart can express so differently in two different people. I looked at what different souls bring to their human design, including their soul trajectory, their unique dharmas, karmas, and life purpose.

In Part II (https://tinyurl.com/yy2xu6gy) I considered how different expressions can arise from the same definition.

In Part III below, I look at how soul or life purpose is identified in the twins’ design charts. I understand the phrases soul purpose and life purpose to be interchangeable; in my book they mean the same thing. That is because a human incarnation serves as a vehicle to express the soul’s purpose, and not the other way around.

The Chart is not the Soul. Your Human Design is not your Soul.

To begin, the chart is not the Soul. Every Soul is unique. And although the themes of twin charts — fraternal or identical — are the same, they will be expressed from different foundations. The reality is that we are impacted by multiple influences. Our psychology, astrology, numerology, sociology, genetics, common sense, and upbringing are just a few of the additional influences you bring to your Human Design. Understandably, some of these will be the same for twins, notably the astrology and numerology (and perhaps the sociology), and some, but not all, of the genetics.

We each have a unique soul trajectory

Beyond that, and more importantly, we each have a unique soul trajectory that describes where we’ve been and who we’ve been, how others have treated us, and how we have impacted the lives of others, for good or ill. Dharma and karma come into play here.

Our soul history affects the purpose and direction of our current lives. In other words, the dharma (your soul’s goals and purpose for your life) which we incarnated to expand on, and the karma (what we came to resolve and restore) for each life is influenced by our previous actions. The agreements we’ve made will also direct our path and our purpose. All of these things are contained in our soul contract. The soul contract contains the overall focus for our lives as well as a list of things we wanted to accomplish.

Human Design charts have flexibility in how they express

Even though two or more people have the same chart, that chart will be expressed differently. Human Design charts are flexible in how their themes express; their expression depends on the goals of the soul of the person who has that chart. We also have free will and personal sovereignty over how we will apply the gifts of our unique Design. The highest expression of our charts will most effectively support our purpose.

Each part of the chart has themes that create a certain focus. The Soul chose these specific themes to assist him or her with their path and purpose. Therefore, our Design naturally guides us to seek out certain experiences and also helps us to express our unique desires and interests.

In looking for life purpose, the first thing to consider is the Human Design Type

In looking for life purpose, the first thing to consider is the Human Design Type. Each type has a different way of being in the world because the highest expression of a Type’s energy is directly tied to the strategy of that Type. In Human Design, strategy is what we use to make a decision that is correct for our Type. Strategy circumvents second-guessing oneself. (Second-guessing is to be avoided at all costs!) The twins in these essays are Generators, so we know that they have an overarching life purpose of right work and mastering that right work. Family is also going to be very important. Generators are born to respond and to find their right work in the context of connection with others. They are builders who contribute to the advancement of human civilization through their right work. Because they have sustainable energy, they are relied on to be actively engaged in working towards maintaining and building the infrastructures that support the well-being of humanity. But the work that Generators engage in has to honor their special interests and talents. They need to love their work and then dedicate themselves to fulfilling their calling. In this way, they benefit from deep personal satisfaction through their chosen vocation or through creating products, services, and information that others need.

We also look at the Profile for an indication of purpose

We also look at the Profile for an indication of purpose. The twins’ Profile is 2/4, the Hermit Opportunist. The focus of this profile is connection with others and it also needs time away from others. It is, overall, a profile that has a natural gift and desire for working with others. It is a profile that will be called out by others to share their abilities. They can be shy and not always aware of their gifts, but line 4 needs to be connected with a close network of friends, or people they trust. It is through these close connections that the 2/4 profile finds their work and relationships. The 2/4 profile has the purpose of being actively engaged in the world by working with a particular community.

The Incarnation Cross is a significant indicator of life or soul purpose

The name of the Incarnation Cross is not available on the chart image, but it is the Right Angle Cross of Planning (4), one of the variations this Cross expresses, depending on the quarter of the year. The Right Angle Cross of Planning is here to work with its correct community to support the needs of that community. This Cross can see the details that must be addressed (and not overlooked) to create a successful outcome with a particular project. To understand the focus of any Incarnation Cross we look at the gate placements of its four points: the conscious and unconscious Sun, and the conscious and unconscious Earth. Respectively, these placements are in gates 9, 40, 16, and 37. The 40-37 is a channel that is about making sustainable agreements for the peaceful administration of resources and energy, and gate 9 teaches us to prioritize our energy so we can stay focused and on task, while gate 16 gives us enthusiasm for life and teaches us to hone that enthusiasm through preparation and study so that our creations can be successful.

The Moon, Chiron, and Neptune are also important indicators of life or soul purpose

To gain greater understanding of the life purpose, we also especially consider the gates the Moon is in, as well as the gate placements of Chiron and Neptune. In the twins’ charts, we see that the Moon is in gates 44 and 49. In gate 44 we can see the patterns that aren’t working and how to transform them so that our patterns can be aligned with our purpose. Our awareness of what’s possible shifts when we break out of the old patterns or paradigms that kept us stuck in our thinking. In gate 49 there is a tendency to hold on too long to situations that don’t honor us, and at the same time, the gift of this gate is knowing when to let go. In letting go of what does not honor us, we recognize and honor our value, and make commitments that value who we are. The Moon in these charts refines the life purpose of working in community settings in that it enhances the level of that community’s well-being through identifying commitments to projects that will directly support the community.

Chiron in these charts is in gates 38 and 54. In gate 38 we have the ability to know what’s worth committing to and fighting for. In gate 54 we are a conduit for divine inspiration and learn to wait for right timing before taking action. Neptune is in gate 19 and this gives the ability to sense the emotional needs of others and the community, and also knows how to align those energies with sufficiency and sustainability. We can see from the placements of Chiron that the overarching life purpose of working in a supportive and even leadership capacity in the context of a community is enhanced with the awareness of making the right commitments in right timing. Gate 19’s heightened sensitivity to the feelings and needs of others ensures that the community will receive the right kind of support for their continued sustainability.

Different professions for the twins

The twins are likely going to find themselves attracted to different professions according to their personalities, innate aptitudes, and natural talents and interests. As has been noted, themes in the chart have a range of expression. If souls started completely from scratch, that is without an agenda for the life, then we would very likely see the same personality expression in each twin. The fact that individuals with the same chart express so differently highly suggests that souls come to their charts with a history and a pre-existing set of skills, talents, interests, and personal style. The natural inclinations and interests that each twin possesses will be revealed over time, and these will continue to develop. The twins will use the attributes and themes of their Human Design to express and further evolve their gifts. That each twin will likely focus on a different vocation does not in any way undermine their Type or Design, or the chart’s themes. What we come to understand through twin charts is that there is the Human Design chart is capable of a wide range for how it can express the life purpose contained therein.

What we can deduce for the life purpose of the twins is that they will want to be involved with specific communities, communities that feel like home to them and that want their specific gifts. This is where they can contribute their unique skills and talents in ways that demonstrably raise the capacity of their communities to experience well-being and sustainability.

In summary, to identify the life or soul purpose in the chart we look at Type, Profile, and the Incarnation Cross. We give special consideration to the gates the Moon is in, as well as the gates for Chiron and Neptune. To be sure, every planet in its gate is also going to influence the purpose of a particular Design, but I’ve touched on the most important markers for life purpose. A reading of life or soul purpose would include all attributes of the Human Design Chart, including the open places. While definition focuses us, those places that lack definition invite us to experience a range of expression or what’s possible for that gate, channel, or center. In addition, no reading of the chart is complete without taking into consideration an individual’s talents and interests. Our purpose unfolds when we fully utilize the gifts that we were given, applying those according to the Type and Strategy of our Human Design, and also incorporating the themes of the chart to refine and focus our purpose.

Again, the bottom line in how any Human Design chart will express has everything to do with the Soul that took it on for that lifetime. Souls come in with different agendas. We have specific goals (dharmas) and obligations (karmas). The more we come into awareness of what we came here to do, the greater access we have to the wisdom and gifts of our Design.

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YOUR POWER COMES FROM WHAT YOU WERE GIVEN

One of the biggest issues with any system, and this includes Human Design, is the vocabulary and jargon that is used to describe its elements. Invariably, a bigger picture is left out, and then it’s up to the students of a system to ask questions that require deeper reflection and greater honesty from the system.

It’s a common problem that many students of Human Design are made to feel disempowered and “lesser than” by the description of their type. In this world, the “doers,” who are understood to be the energy types (Manifesting Generators, Generators, and yes, Manifestors), are seen as more important and more powerful than the “be-ers,” or the non-energy types. In a society where the visible and palpable products of action are given higher value over invisible processes like insight, compassion, and imagination, Reflectors and Projectors are going to be made to feel like unwanted children. But this perception that productivity has more value than process comes from the culture at large and not so much from the Human Design system itself.

Your Human Design type describes how your energy flows and interacts with others, and with the world. It describes your aura and the traits that come from how your energy flows. But your Human Design is not all of who you are. It is one lens, one way of accessing your psychological and physical and even spiritual profile, and there are others. We are composed of many different attributes that cannot be described by any one system because they come from different systems. We are layers and layers deep. We are uniquely complex. When we say “I am a Reflector, or a Projector, or a Generator,” we are really referring to how our energy works, and how it needs to work so that we can thrive.

You have to dig deeper, into your personal Human Design chart itself, to mine the gifts that you came in with. And as I mentioned, we are not just our Human Design chart. We have many attributes that can be brought to light by different systems. Here’s a very interesting truth: who we are is our core consciousness — that is — our Soul. Our Soul is not part of any system or modality that we use to understand ourselves; instead, it makes use of those systems to help us understand who we are and to keep us on our path — our life purpose, or our dharma. Our choice of Human Design type, astrology, and psychological profile, to name a few, orients us to behave in specific ways, and to be interested in certain things. These attributes and profiles also endow us with the talents and aptitudes that we are going to need to fulfill our purpose, and that will compel us in certain directions so that we can fulfill our purpose.

Please don’t feel restricted by your Type – who you came here to be and what you need to focus on is going to be driven by your Purpose, and assisted by your Type. Your power, like every Type’s power, comes from your Soul — your core consciousness. Your highly intelligent Soul will use all the circuits that you are wired with, including your Human Design, to create your right life. If any of us has any power, it is the power that comes from fully utilizing all the tools and resources we were given.

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FALL EQUINOX 2019 THROUGH THE LENS OF ASTROLOGY AND HUMAN DESIGN: A TIME TO REMEMBER AND TO COMMIT

Fall is a season of remembering. We are reminded that life is always moving forward, that everything changes, and that we cannot hold on to anything forever. Our memories of what once was are now especially poignant. If it is nothing else, Fall is the time to remember that we cannot take anything for granted.

The Meaning of the Season

When I think of Fall, I think of brilliant golds and reds, of falling leaves, and bright orange pumpkins. I think about how far I’ve come, what I’ve lost, what I’m letting go of, and what I am welcoming in.

In the Northern hemisphere, we are harvesting. We are reaping what we planted, both recently, and long ago. Some of it is good and wonderful; some of it, not so much.

Fall is a Season of remembering. We are reminded that life is always moving forward, that everything changes, and that we cannot hold on to anything forever. Our memories of what once was are now especially poignant. If it is nothing else, Fall is the time to remember that we cannot take anything for granted. What we hold most dear will some day leave us, and this is all the more reason to extend our love and appreciation to who and what matters to us most. And to remember to do that often.

This is the Season where we cross the threshold into the darkening of the light. The symbolism is that of deepening; we are actually moving into a more profound aspect of our psychospiritual selves. The Season of Fall always encourages us to go within, to reflect on what we truly value, and to remember the dreams we put aside because we didn’t have time for them, or because they didn’t fit into the flow of our lives. But we still dreamed them, and they were precious. We dreamed them then, and they still live within us. Perhaps now is the time for them to be born.

The Astrology of Fall Equinox 2019: the Significance of the Time of Day, the Moon, and Saturn

Time of Day. Fall came into our lives when the Sun entered Libra at 1:51 AM Mountain Time. Let’s take a look at the remarkable symbolism of this hour of the day and its seamless connection to the meaning of Fall. This is the hour when the village is dark and most of us are asleep with our family around us. It is about loyalty to family; it is about devotion to our tribe and making sure our communities are insulated from the dangers of the night. It is also the time when we can forget our problems and place our trust in something greater than ourselves. It is the most mystical time of the night, and it naturally invites us to connect with Spirit, with what we long for, and with what we can still make of our lives. In other words, it is a time for dreaming and growing our dreams.

The Moon. The Astrology of 1:51 AM Mountain Time (and adjusted for other zones) places the Moon in a sector that supports the full expression of the qualities the Moon is best known for! The Moon’s placement in the 1st sector of the 4th quadrant (translated as the 12th house) emphasizes the need for romance and connection. This is a placement that is hungry for meaning and significance, and for connection to others, most especially companionship. There is a longing to return to simpler ways and a simpler life. This is the time to let go of what we do not need anymore – and this pertains as much to the clutter of things, of places and persons – as it does to our attachments to what does not support our well-being.

This is a time when we will be more vulnerable and sensitive. It is the Moon, after all, and it is inevitable we will feel this way. Now it is easier to have a heart-opening so that we can let go of what needs to go, and to accept what is. This is not to say that it won’t hurt, but we have the opportunity this season to deepen our self-knowledge and appreciation of who we are, to remember our mission, and to deepen our connection to those who continue to walk beside us. Darker emotional undercurrents come to the surface, and we can offer them up to be healed. This is a season that also supports the deepening of intimacy as we let go of what is not our truth.

Saturn. Before I leave this discussion on what I see as the salient astrological factors for this season, I want to point out that the Fall Equinox Saturn is stationary. This factor occurs when Saturn is traveling between the speeds of 0.008 and -0.008 degrees per day. We might think of a stationary planet as one who has stopped its journey to witness, with special interest, the lives and events of a unique time and place. There is something both mystical and parental about a stationary planet. With Saturn, the theme is responsibility.

Saturn has 82 confirmed moons; this is a symbol of tremendous responsibility, and with stationary Saturn, we are not talking about the simple kind of responsibility which can be taken care of by doing things like paying your bills and working hard at your job. Those things are part of it to be sure, and if you ignore them, there will be consequences. But the main interest of stationary Saturn is whether you’re taking responsibility for what is yours to take care of. It’s important to pay your rent, but if you pay your rent and neglect your kids, your pets, and your commitments, you dishonor Saturn. You break the agreement of what it means to be a human being in a society of other human beings. When Saturn is stationary, the realm of responsibility has broadened. You can’t just slide by merely following the letter of the law. You are also accountable for the spirit of the law.

The Human Design Chart for Fall Equinox 2019

To my amazement and delight, this Fall Equinox has the chart of a Reflector, the rarest of the Human Design types. To thrive and to fulfill their purpose, Reflectors must live in their right village among their right people. The environment has to feel good and be balanced for a Reflector to feel good and to thrive. If the Reflector is thriving and vital, they can fully express their skills, insights, and knowledge, thus contributing to the vitality of the village. If the Reflector is not thriving, their life reflects back to the village a mirror that is shadowed with illness. If the village is paying attention, it is alerted to an imbalance that must be addressed.

I have expressed this relationship between the Reflector and their community in a somewhat abstract way, but the connection between an individual who reflects what will not support well-being and life, and the ultimate consequences for a community that fails to respond, is illustrated magnificently by Greta Thunberg’s scathing speech of September 23, 2019 (Fall Equinox) to the U.N.

Interestingly, the Reflector’s fundamental needs are in sync with the symbolism of the time of day that we entered this year’s Fall. The hours between midnight and sunrise are the time of sleep and dreams, but most especially, at this hour we are traditionally with our people, huddled together for warmth and safety. In this coming together, besides experiencing a strong sense of safety, we also have identity and belonging. The needs of this Fall are the same as the needs of the Reflector for the elements of right community, connection, intimacy, and place. This is the season to focus on shoring up these life-sustaining structures, for like the Reflector, without them, we lose our sense of self and purpose, both as individuals and as communities, and our lives become that much harder.

The 2/5 Profile. Many of us prefer to live our lives in quiet isolation for that is where we experience our deepest peace. Inside relaxation and silence, we can explore, without interruption, our creativity and musings. The profile (how you learn and how you interact with the world) for the Fall Equinox 2019 chart is the 2/5, the Hermit Heretic. This profile is about the need to retreat to aloneness to find one’s inner guidance, and to integrate what we have gathered. There is a need in the 2/5 profile to intentionally build in alone time for that is where regeneration and centering occurs.

However, there is a flip side at work. Although both the line 2 and the line 5 have a need to hide, the line 2 gets called out by their community because they ultimately need to share what they learned in private, though they may not realize this is what’s happening, and line 5 cannot help but be noticed because of its built-in irresistible magnetism! Line 5 has an energetic vortex that pulls others to it, regardless of the Line 5’s availability in the moment. The seductiveness of the line 5 comes from the ‘telegraphed’ promise that it can deliver what you need. This is projection, of course, and the line 5 can also project in turn. What is really happening here is a mysterious process that has no formal articulation, and takes place beyond everyone’s consciousness, but that only line 5 is designed to engage. The line 5 has a purpose of alchemizing what we think we know, transmuting and synthesizing it in such a way that information and techniques are taken to a higher level that is then capable of serving the needs of universal knowledge. And this Fall season is brimming with alchemical energy and the invitation to go within and return with a new story about what’s possible.

The theme of withdrawing to dream and reconnect with ourselves that we have thus far seen in this Fall’s astrology and human design charts is repeated in the 2/5 profile of the Fall Equinox human design chart. What is expressed here are the personal integration of acquired knowledge through a quiet deepening process, so that our dreams can ultimately be given practical foundations from which they can be launched. As well, we gain an understanding of our deeper need to stay connected to others, for both practical and personal reasons. This is not just about socializing, but about the sustainability of our families and communities, and ultimately, human civilization.

The Cross of the Vessel of Love. Each Human Design chart has an Incarnation Cross, made up of the Personality (Conscious) Earth and Sun, and the Design (Unconscious) Earth and Sun. Each of these four planets occupy a gate and a line. The unique configuration of the Conscious and Unconscious Sun and Earth placements creates a specific cross, a cross that speaks to your purpose. This Fall Equinox has the Incarnation Cross of the Vessel of Love.

As such, a specific purpose of this Fall season, as revealed in its 2019 Human Design, is to express love. The four gates of Cross of the Vessel of Love are the 46, the 25, the 15, and the 10. In the 46 we have the love and appreciation of being in a human body so that we can give our spiritual purpose viable form and manifestation; in the 25 we remember that the reason we do anything is because of our reverence for, and gratitude to, Source; in the 15, we remember our need for connection to community, and in the 10, we remember to love ourselves, so that we are always empowered to bring through our highest spiritual expression through our actions, and how we live our lives each day.

A summary of this Incarnation Cross: because this season we have special access to the energy of love, we are able to be its messenger and activist. This season we are especially empowered to wield the power of love to shatter what does not support life, to heal, and to restore balance in all the places that need them. We begin, of course, with tending first to our wounds, and to what needs to be loved in us by us.

This Fall we seek to deepen connection and companionship, and we seek to bring our dreams into reality. We continue to dream, and to reach for what’s possible for us. We will review and revise, and perhaps even invent, the infrastructures that will ensure sustainability and thriving for our communities. We do these things because we are in touch with our deeper feelings and our deeper truths. We do these things because we remember that we are here only for a time, and so everything is that much more precious. We are open to the novel and the unexpected in solutions. We do what we do because we care, and because we believe in the power of love for one another.

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THE JOB OF CONSCIOUSNESS

THE JOB OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS EVOLUTION. Its motivation is curiosity and desire. Its end goal is unity. Its product is agape, or universal love. A manifest aspect of evolving consciousness is just around the corner in the form of the Solar Plexus Mutation. It is said that the Mutation of the Human Design BodyGraph will be complete in 2027. This new platform will challenge everyone to gradually let go of old paradigms and embrace new values – values that honor everyone’s right to the tree of life. That includes all living beings! Even though we are some time out from this shift, we can see and feel the beginning of the changes it will bring:

• the nature of how we bond and mate will change
• how we share resources will change
• the emotional wave will be steadier so that we are not so subject to extreme highs and lows
• we will not operate from fear-based intuition; we will do what we feel/ know is the right thing to do
• we will actively seek peace
• we will actively find ways to bring peace
• our relationship to the animal kingdom will change, moving towards compassion and honoring their rights as living beings
• business values will change; the emphasis will not be so much about profit as about meeting real needs. This is a major shift in values.

This shift in the Human Design BodyGraph will have universal impact. Collective consciousness will gradually recalibrate its focus because the energetic platform that the material plane sits on will have changed. It doesn’t mean that people will all of sudden behave civilly and want the best for everyone — but the new energetic platform will be in place, and it will be compelling. It means that humanity will be more supported than ever to get on with the business of rebuilding civilization. We can look forward to the day when everyone’s needs are met. As we know, meeting basic human needs is paramount to establishing abundance. Meeting basic human needs is paramount to creating peace, joy, and acceptance. Personal creativity and global problem-solving will increase by leaps and bounds: the truth is that Universal Consciousness recognizes that we only exist in relation to others, and that others are part of our existence. When we actively work from this truth, we will manifest our highest potential as human beings.

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HUMAN DESIGN: SAME CHART, DIFFERENT SOULS, PART II

In Part I (https://tinyurl.com/y4npv7ak) I offered my working reflections on how the same human design can show up so differently in two different people. I looked at what different souls bring to their human design, including their soul trajectory, their unique dharmas, karmas, and life purpose.

In this conversation I consider how different expressions can stem from the same definition.

Part II: Different expressions can emerge from the same basis

How does the same definition give rise to different expression?

The Artisan Soul Archetype

What we know about Fraternal Twin #1: he’s extroverted, strong-willed and argumentative. He takes a stand for his convictions and feelings, not always diplomatically, and sometimes in an offensive manner. He is creative. He understands the mechanics of structure; that is, how things are put together. He’s innovative. No doubt he is interested in making beautiful objects, both for their beauty and function. In another system, he would be classified as an artisan. An Artisan seeks creativity and the structure behind it. This is yet another influence that will shape how the definition in the design chart is expressed. Artisans are original and creative thinkers, they tend towards artistic expression and engineering. There are more artisans in the fine arts than any other role. They tend to use their hands to produce objects for use by mankind. They enjoy re-imagining what’s possible to express in the physical. Career-wise, artisans can be artists, inventors, poets, writers, craftsmen, actors, architects, engineers, mechanics, repairmen, and athletes.

The Scholar Soul Archetype

Fraternal Twin #2 is introverted. He is inclined to avoid argumentative scenarios. He is studious and tends to keep to himself. He also keeps his feelings and his opinions to himself. In another system he would be classified as a Scholar. Scholars seek knowledge. Scholars often see life as an experiment. They tend to view the world primarily in terms of its information content. Life is seen as a classroom and the scholar is the star pupil; everything is just so much data to be gathered and sifted. The world is a laboratory to experiment in. The Scholar physical appearance is often androgynous or neutral. They tend to be scientists, scholars, writers, researchers, mathematicians, and professors.

I introduce the archetypes of Artisan and Scholar (there are others) as more food for thought to see why the same chart can express differently. Of course, our main focus needs to be on utilizing our understanding of the human design chart as the basis for why Fraternal Twin #1 and Fraternal Twin #2 are so different.

With that in mind, remember that both Fraternal Twin #2 and Fraternal Twin #1 are very young. At age 12, they are children at the precipice of their lives and have as many more experiences to incorporate, digest, and form beliefs and self-knowledge from. Therefore, who they are going to show up as later in life is far from solidified. In the meantime, we have a few evolving personality details and a permanent design to focus on.

Both Fraternal Twin #1 and Fraternal Twin #2 demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to their environment. The 19-49 and the 39-55 indicate high levels of sensitivity, creativity, and moodiness. Fraternal Twin #1 expresses his sensitivity in a defended manner, and Fraternal Twin #2 expresses it by avoiding conflict. Fraternal Twin #2 also cries when conflict arises, again indicating his sensitivity to becoming easily imbalanced by external events in his environment. They have the 43-23, a channel that is known for its individuality, its melancholy, its genius, and its sense of being an outsider. The 43-23 often finds it difficult to articulate their vision so that it will be understood, and better yet, supported by their community.

Variable Influence of the Centers

The open Head Center creates pressure to come up with answers to others’ questions, and to live out others’ ideas or inspirations. This can create confusion, especially in someone so young, as to what they truly consider to be inspirational for them, and what questions they are personally interested in getting the answer to.

Their open G or Identity Center will create a lifelong sense of having a fluid, chameleon-like sense of self. They will naturally adapt to and unconsciously accept others’ identities as their own. It will be a long time before each connects to a solid sense of self. The adaptive sense of self in the open G-Center can lead to outbursts (Fraternal Twin #1) and withdrawal (Fraternal Twin #2) as they struggle to identify their essential sense of self There will be times when they do not recognize themselves — meaning they’ve drifted far from a personality expression that they are comfortable with. But at this point in their young lives it is natural to try on different personalities. As well, Fraternal Twin #2 will likely spend a great deal of time researching his interests and gradually develop an understanding of who he is. Fraternal Twin #1 will develop greater self-knowledge through his own creations and how others receive them.

Not much has been noted in the information given how the 44-26 is being expressed, but what we know about these boys hints at, particularly in Fraternal Twin #1, the drive to take ideas and give them physical form.

The defined Will Center is currently being expressed by Fraternal Twin #1 in a defiant manner having to do with being right or proving himself (perhaps masking his insecurity around his convictions) and in Fraternal Twin #2’s case, he seems to be expressing the not-self aspect of a defined Will Center – which is to be more circumspect and hidden about his value, perhaps because he is not sure of his value. Fraternal Twin #1’s interest in producing material creations also hints at a business aptitude.

The Impact of Emotional Authority

The twins have complex emotional authority. They have two distinct wave types, tribal and individual. The individual wave needs time to experience the length of its entire wave at least once before it can arrive at sufficient clarity. The tribal wave is not as long or as intense, with the exception being when events involve personal and family connections. The emotional wave is melancholic, which can come off as anger and withdrawal. Its penetrating emotional depth can be confusing and overwhelming, even for adults. It takes observation to learn that you cannot resist this wave, and to understand how it operates in you. It is necessary to surrender to its highs and lows before you achieve clarity on how you feel about something and what you really want to do. This long individual wave is designed to make life-changing decisions by taking its time before committing. Forcing the “hand” of the 39-55 can have negative consequences. Each individual will have their own way of expressing this wave and none will be wrong, but their duration and cycle can very different.

Elements of the Chart

Each twin is working on self-empowerment and self-love (Gate 10) in their own way; each expresses ideas (Gate 11) in their own way, and each brings inspirational downloads (Gate 64) which they will apply to their insights and creations in their own way.

In gate 44 we can see the patterns that aren’t working and how to transform them so that our patterns can be aligned with our purpose. Our awareness of what’s possible shifts when we break out of the old patterns or paradigms that kept us stuck in our thinking. Gate 44 also inspires us to create beautiful environments. Each twin will be drawn to creating some type of venue that others will benefit from.

Their conscious Sun (Gate 9) is the gate of focus. Gate 9 has the potential for obsessive behavior and thinking. We see this in Fraternal Twin #1, and perhaps in Fraternal Twin #2 as well, although not much has been said about his need to develop an intense relationship to his passion, other than what might be hinted at via his tendency for being studious.

Their Profile, 2/4, the Hermit Opportunist, expresses as both shy (2) and social (4). Hermit Opportunists bond through a strategy of both shyness and boldness. We see the shyness expressed more overtly in Fraternal Twin #2 (and perhaps solely at this time), and the boldness in Fraternal Twin #1, with apparent less emphasis on being shy and withdrawn (2). Both of these boys are currently being called (and will continue to be called) out to share their talents, and they will depend on their network of close friends and associates for mentoring and opportunities.

Not enough is known to comment on how they express their Incarnation Cross, the Right Angle Cross of Planning.

End Part II.

In Part III (https://tinyurl.com/yyxqg6rc) we will look at how soul or life purpose is identified in the twins’ design charts.

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HUMAN DESIGN: SAME CHART, DIFFERENT SOULS, PART I

Seeking clarification: I have a friend who has twin boys. They are fraternal, not identical. They were born 1 minute apart via C-section. Their human design charts are identical, but the individuals are very different in how they show up in the world. Can you offer some insights as to why this is so?

Fraternal Twin #1 is very strong-willed and argues with his mother frequently and intensely. He is very creative and mechanical. He is always building things out of wood, paper, and connect toys. Fraternal Twin #2 is very quiet and compliant. I have never heard him argue with anyone in the house except with his brother. Fraternal Twin #2 likes to read and if he disagrees with something his mother says, he may just walk away, or he may go to his room and cry, but he never yells at her. Whereas, Fraternal Twin #1 will stand there and speak his mind louder and louder and tell his mom that she is wrong and it’s not fair and she is lying to him…as I said, he is very strong-willed. As you can see, they are complete opposites in how they show up in the world. As infants, their personalities were opposite to who they are now. Fraternal Twin #2 screamed and cried for the first 6 months of his life; his mother said she didn’t know if his hair was on fire or if he didn’t like the wall paper! Fraternal Twin #1, on the other hand, was very quiet and content as an infant, just observing everything around him.

Here are my working reflections on how the same human design can show up so differently in two different people.

Part I: Why Charts Express Differently

The following discussion takes a look at why Fraternal Twin #1 and Fraternal Twin #2 might bring such different expressions to the same design.

Human Design charts notwithstanding, we can all agree that Fraternal Twin #1 and Fraternal Twin #2 are two different souls each with their unique trajectory. By trajectory I mean several things – each has their own history of experiences accumulated from lives prior, and each has their own dharmas (overall soul objective) and current life purposes to play out, as well as unresolved issues and karmas to complete.

Their soul profiles (not the Human Design profile) are different. Fraternal Twin #2 and Fraternal Twin #1 have their own unique paths to take, and those paths, although different, are each going to best express through their identical human design.

Twin’s charts, charts of triplets, quintuplets, etc., are great ways to deepen our understanding of how Human Design actually functions in the real-time, real lives of human beings.

The Chart is not the person. The Chart is not the personality. A Human Being is far more than a Human Design chart could ever contain or express. The Chart contains the mechanics that reveal the themes and the curriculum of the person born at that moment.

Our Design is a description of our energy is meant to flow and how it will function for the current life. Our Design shows us our best tools for applying our energy, including how to choose appropriately, where our greatest strengths are, and what we will likely be drawn to. All of these are intended to assist us with carrying out the life plan through how we focus and what we focus on, through our personal creative style, how we connect to others, how we find our place in the world, and how we find meaning and fulfillment. In other words, how to emobdy the highest expression of our purpose. Our Human Design is, above all, a Design that is intended to serve our continuing evolution.

I want to bring attention to a crucial piece of information: C-section births, such as the fraternal twins experienced, are forced births. The soul’s timing for when to come into the world may be undermined, and the patterns of heredity that unfold over generations in the charts of families lose their similarity. Michel Gauquelin (1928-1991), a French psychologist and astrologer, studied the impact of forced birth times on heredity. He noted that planetary heredity was greater between siblings than between unrelated children, and between parents and their children when births were natural. With his wife Francoise, also a psychologist, he conducted rigorous research over a period of thirty years that demonstrated that certain astrological phenomena held true to a high degree of statistical validity.

Forced birth times can create an unintended redirection for how the soul will accomplish its intentions, as it impacts the placement of the planets. Each planet has its own frequency, its own archetype, and its own evolutionary journey; hence, the importance of its pre-planned position in the chart. The planetary information that we depended on to guide us and give us specific tools is taken from us with a C-section. We have to find another way to get to where we are going. I wonder if Fraternal Twin #2’s screaming for the first six months of his life was related to his anger over having to force his soul’s plan and overall journey (trajectory) into an energy outfit that does not reflect or support his original intentions for his life. And perhaps Fraternal Twin #1’s frequent displays of anger attest to that as well, even if unconsciously.

For the record, I am not issuing any judgments about C-sections. I recognize that they can be necessary to save lives. It is also possible that the soul knew a forced birth was likely, and chose that situation for the growth it would catalyze.

Being born with a Design that is not of one’s own choosing may add a significant challenge to connecting to the original intended themes and tools. How do we connect to our authenticity and find our right path when the tools and attributes and map that we planned on have been altered?

Notwithstanding that consideration, how can there be such widely differing expressions of personality and interests coming through the same design?

The flip side of the question, how is it that such different personalities can manifest through the same Design, is – why do we expect that a Design is going to express more or less similarly, regardless of the individual expressing it? Consider, in addition to the primacy of history and agenda that each soul brings to its Design, the influences of culture: the prevailing psychological and spiritual paradigms, gender, gender bias, sexual orientation, historical context, climate, and geography – to name some of the big ones. What is the extent of their impact on the chart? Each of these arenas bestows significant imprinting from their time-and-place-dependent beliefs, morés, what is considered normal, and what is seen as sacred and profane. Each of these arenas create limitations that impose their perspectives and beliefs on how human beings are supposed to behave. These limitations are inevitably going to influence the direction, and most certainly the expression, of an individual’s Design.

In Part II (https://tinyurl.com/yy2xu6gy) we take a look at how Fraternal Twin #1 and Fraternal Twin #2 might be expressing their shared design authentically, despite appearances to the contrary.

In Part III (https://tinyurl.com/yyxqg6rc) we will look at how soul purpose is identified in the twins’ design charts.

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