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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THE QUEST FOR RIGHT VOCATION

Rather than struggling to identify a specific vocation (or career) focus instead on this: What do you care about? What did you love to do when you were very young? Look there for clues to a particular vocation. What is compelling for you? What creates excitement in you? What do you consider an adventure? What will cause you to leap out of bed? There are clues here that point to specific vocations. The activities you are naturally drawn to, what you long to learn about or explore, will point you to your next career. In other words, follow what calls you and your career will find you.

What do you love to do? You want to enjoy your work.

• What types of activities or situations bring you so much joy that you forget your troubles?

What did you used to love to do, but have essentially forgotten about or given up on because it didn’t work out at the time or simply made no sense? Or you didn’t get much support for it? Revisit it. Re-engage it. These things, whatever they are, are yours. These are your gifts. They are to be used in service to others and for your own continuing development.

What are you really good at? Again, what you’re good at is also what is fun and meaningful for you.

What are you really passionate about? Where do your yearnings lead you? Your passion will get you over humps, writer’s block, self-doubt, waiting for an invitation, pretty much anything that rears its ugly little head and tries to talk you out of embracing your natural design. Or, put another way, your inclinations and your yearnings.

• What are you passionate about sharing or teaching others? If you don’t think this points to your vocation, think again.

What have you acquired much knowledge in just because you enjoyed going there? In other words, what have you really been training for all your life?

What are you really good at? Take stock here. What you’re good at is more than a hint of where you should put your time, energy, and attention. What vocations does this translate to?

Having said the above things, consider whether your passions and yearnings best express themselves through a single vocation. Or even as a standard, conventional vocation.

We have been enculturated to believe that one’s talents and passions can best be expressed — or only expressed — through a particular vocation. That may not be the case for you. You may not be here to do “normal” or conventional work or specialize in just one area. Maybe you are here to explore, experiment, and do many things! Your passions and talents will likely connect naturally to several types of vocations or careers, but it is best to steer yourself away from thinking that what is out there in the ordinary workaday world will necessarily be your perfect match. What is important is that you put your attention and energy into what calls you. Follow that, and you will make the ‘career’ connections you need. In other words, you can find the right path for your gifts.

Understand that it is not uncommon that what you do for a living does not always require or ask for the highest expression of your gifts. Your official job may not be as fulfilling for you as a “hobby” in which you find a lot of joy, and where others also benefit. Our way of thinking is that what we do for a living has to match up with what brings us the most joy, and where we have the greatest impact. This is actually not true, and in real life, such jobs are not always easy to get, though it may work out that way. What is important is that you create the space to use your gifts, even if you are also working a regular job. In this way, you continue to cultivate your unique presence in the world, and most importantly, be your most effective self. You will also have the peace that comes with knowing you are being and doing all you can.

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