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BRINGING YOUR DESIGN TO LIGHT

Twin charts, and the charts of triplets and quintuplets, are great ways to deepen our understanding of how Human Design functions in the real-time, real lives of human beings. This is because of the fascinating phenomenon that no two charts of the same birth date, time, and place will ever express in the same ways. Why is that? Keep reading!

Our Design describes how our energy is meant to flow. It shows us our best tools for applying our energy, choosing appropriately, where our greatest strengths are, and what we will be drawn to. The direction in which our energy flows is intended to show us where and how to carry out our life plan and soul purpose. That is because our energy naturally flows towards what we are supposed to be doing, being, and learning.

Our Design energies express through our creativity, how we relate to others, how we find our place in the world, the kinds of vocations that interest us, and how we find meaning and fulfillment. In other words, our Design is the map of the path that will lead to the highest expression of our purpose. Above all, your Design is intended to serve your continuing evolution.

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

Although the themes of twin charts, fraternal or identical, are the same, they will be expressed differently through each twin. All of us are born with our own agenda, or soul contract. In addition, we are all impacted by multiple influences besides our Human Design. Our psychology, astrology, numerology, sociology, genetics, and upbringing, are just a few of the additional influences you bring to your Human Design. Even twins raised in the same family will not have the same perceptions or experiences. Understand also that each part of the Human Design chart has a significant range for how it can express, from lower (reactive, lacking self-awareness) to higher (awareness of why the self has particular responses, and also how acting on those affects the well-being of self and others), as well as an assortment of ways from which each part’s attributes can express. Every person chooses, with awareness or not, how they will express their Design.

Most importantly, we each have a unique soul trajectory that describes where we’ve been and who we’ve been, including how we have treated others, how others have treated us, and how we may have impacted collective history, for good or ill.

Our soul history affects the purpose and direction of our current lives. In other words, the dharma, or life purpose which we incarnated to express and explore, and the karma we came to restore, is influenced by our previous lives. Karma is inevitable, as all actions must be brought to balance. Dharma is necessarily woven into the fabric of our lives. This is because the direction of the Universe evolves towards higher consciousness. Higher consciousness is about unity; it is not about exclusion. Exclusion always results in imbalance, inequity, suffering, and the continuing creation of karma. The agreements or soul contracts we’ve made assist us to connect to our dharma and bring us to the karmas that seek resolution.

Your life is part of an unimaginably complex tapestry woven into the much larger intentions of an evolutionary field that spans the personal to the collective and beyond. Think of these intentions as written on a giant “canvas” nurtured inside the incomprehensibly boundless consciousness of the Universe. That consciousness can never be captured by a single interpretative modality or combination of modalities. The breadth of that evolutionary field does not appear to be measurable and its beginnings are enveloped in mystery.

The bottom line with how any Design will express has everything to do with the Soul that took it on for that lifetime. Again, souls are at different stages in their evolution — we have different histories; some longer, some shorter. Some of us are younger souls; some are older. All of these influence the unique goals (dharma) and different obligations (karma) for your life. As you become more aware of who you are and what you came here to do, your discernment about what choices are correct for you also increases.

These reasons, although not comprehensive, are why someone who has the same exact Design as you will, by the time they reach maturity, have a life that looks very different from yours.

What does this mean for the value of Human Design as a tool for self-discovery?

Because different people can be born with the same chart, does it render our Design meaningless? Does it mean that we can’t use our Human Design to identify our uniqueness and our purpose and use it to help us anchor into that purpose? Of course not.

You are the one who brings your Design to life.

Your Design already gives you a great deal of information. It will point you in the direction that you should go. Then it is up to you, as the unique individual soul who is “wearing” that Design, to bring it to light in the way that only you (your soul) intended. You are far more than your Human Design, but you are going to use that Design to find YOUR path and YOUR purpose.

Think of these intentions as written on a giant “canvas” nurtured inside the boundless consciousness of the Universe which can never be captured by a single interpretative modality or combination of modalities. The breadth of that evolutionary field does not appear to have an end, and its beginnings are enveloped in mystery. Even if you don’t believe that the Soul creates intentions, or that your soul has a trajectory comprised of previous lives, you will nevertheless be compelled to live your life by virtue of the yearnings that are unique to you and that drive you to create an authentic life.

I leave you with this: follow your Soul’s (or your authentic) intentions because therein lies the direction for your life.

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IN THESE TIMES

We are, all of us, living through catastrophic changes.

Although there is so much that is uncertain and terrifying, we also have the opportunity to evaluate what is truly important and listen to what our hearts are saying.

In this time of great unknown, great change, and enormous challenge, we can still make ourselves a new life with new habits and remain open to new possibilities. Now is the time to express the truth in our hearts and begin to organize our lives around bringing in what is most needed and desired. What we most need and desire. This is a good time to imagine new dreams about where you want to be and what you want to do. Our job is to actively, fearlessly, dream.

Not everything is yours to do or belongs to you. You are designed for certain things, and you came in with a specific agenda and purpose (dharma) for your life. It is this dharma that will help you identify what you are here to do and give. Even now, as we’re shifting. Even if we didn’t see this coming, and didn’t plan for it. Here’s some good news: how you live your life and fulfill your dharma is very flexible and adaptable.

No one would deny that the shift we’re in is gigantic. We are being pulled towards the Solar Plexus Mutation of 2027 when the Human Design bodygraph will be re-configured such that a new energetic platform will be established. This new platform creates a much-needed foundation for the advancement of human civilization, offering new opportunities to draw down the values, the vision, and the strategies that will support life from here on out.

2020 is deeply distinguished by the Capricorn Council of Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, of which the Saturn-Pluto conjunction, a celestial phenomenon that happens every 35 to 38 years, but only once every 500 years in Capricorn, has come together not just once, but multiple times. Each time a conjunction repeats, the energy it brings to the material plane is grounded more deeply, brings additional nuance, and increases the success for a positive outcome.

The key to working with this transition is to recognize that aspects of what we are undergoing are part of a larger natural cycle and to surrender to that, and the part that is unnatural, that was created through ignorance and neglect, can be healed when we turn away from separation and have compassion for our great mistakes. We are in new and scary territory, but having crossed that threshold, it is imperative that we leave behind and renounce what does not serve or belong. It is not easy, but it can be done. We already have the map and the compass to show us the way.

All transitions come with an ending, and the endings we are living are supra-normal and overwhelming. During this time of disorientation and despair, a new beginning will emerge. That is inevitable. What that looks like depends on us. Let us be patient and kind to ourselves and each other. We cannot force the outcome and we do not know the outcome, but we know this: the shape of the outcome will be determined by how and what we choose.

These many endings are fraught with grief and confusion. Despite the many things we’ve had to let go of, the many deaths we’ve experienced, symbolically and literally, we can still look to this truth: with every ending there is a new beginning.

With every new beginning an opportunity follows. Hints of the new direction may not be obvious at first. They are often subtle and initially come with only an inner knowing. Nevertheless, it is important to understand what is emerging within and flow with it until we understand what is required of us.

Many of us feel powerless to do much of anything. Very few of us came in with an agenda to be a world leader where we would have a powerful platform to create change. What is important is to mind our relationship to the global community, and to work locally, from our base. We can bloom where we are planted by minding our soul contract.

Your power to be and do what is needed to be done is in your soul contract. No matter the disappointment or the terrible unexpected events that force us to throw out our routines and re-invent ourselves, we still have important cards to play. We still have access to our very own super-powers. They are the contents of our soul contract.

I want to remind all of us that our soul contract is the most sacred thing we own. It houses the blueprint of our talents and our yearnings. Our yearnings will inevitably lead us to our right experiences, places, and people. Your soul contract contains the precious seeds of who you can become.

These words are not intended to make you believe that things are not as bad as they are. These words are to remind you that you were created for very specific experiences and a purpose that has many layers, some of which are mysterious. You also have access to a great deal of creativity; there is more than one way to express what you carry in your soul.

This is where your power is! The more you allow the rich content of your contract to express, the more passion you will feel for creating your life. Your soul contract completely supports your Design. And if you work with your Design, you will be supported to create your most fulfilling life.

Your job for these times, according to your Human Design Type:

Manifesting Generators, we need you to apply your tireless reserves of energy and creativity to find the solutions that will save humanity, and to find the shortcuts that will speed up the process for finding our best outcomes; Generators, we need your devotion to life force, and we need your tireless reserves of energy and creativity to build the new safe spaces; Manifestors, we need you to show us how to stretch the boundaries of what’s possible for the human story through your courageous initiating; Projectors, we need you to hold the energy template of what needs to be created and to clear the vibration of collective fear, and Reflectors, we need you to identify those habits and practices that no longer support the advancement of humanity, and transmute them so that you can reflect what is possible when we come from a higher consciousness.

Have patience and trust your process. Let the process lead you. Be guided by your feelings, by your intuition, and by the synchronicities that magically appear to show you the way. Do not commit to projects that do not appeal to you. Embrace what feels right for you and shun what feels like an obligation. This is not the time to be obligated or to feel guilty. This is the time to take your gifts and expand them to the levels where they can meet the needs of these times. Walk without fear and take your friends, your sense of adventure and curiosity, and most especially, your love for life and all things living, with you.

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WHAT IS IN YOUR SOUL CONTRACT?

There is nothing more important than carrying out your soul contract because in doing so, everyone benefits. Your gifts are meant to be shared. They are part of an intricately interwoven matrix where each one’s gifts and callings are interconnected. Each time someone agrees to do what they came here to do, all of life is lifted up, and the healing and evolution that happens for everyone, including the Cosmos, is beyond measure.

Your life is about completing what you were put on Earth to do. Your agenda, or soul intentions for what you planned to accomplish, is contained in your soul contract. You took on many agreements, some large and some small, to fulfill over the course of your life. Each one of you has a soul contract brimming with agreements, and these include your overarching mission, a.k.a. your dharma, as well as the incomplete transactions that seek resolution and balance, also known as karma. How do you find out what those are?

Look at your history and notice where you’ve spent your time and given your energy and attention — notice what you’ve gone out of your way to access and investigate. Especially take notice of what you’ve been willing to move Heaven and Earth to do! These actions reveal your soul’s interests and desires. Your actions, motivated by your desires, are clear indicators of your dharma and your karma — what you are here to work on and complete. Additionally, how you take action on the way to fulfilling your desires is a clear indicator of two critical pieces of information: your gifts, and where you are to be of service.

The best way to find out what is in your soul contract is to follow what compels you. Most of us don’t know at the beginning of our lives why we are here or what we are supposed to do, but we can find out! Each one of us has built-in natural gifts that will not be ignored, and that the world needs. Every single one of you has important gifts. Your ability might be to make others laugh, it might be getting along with people, it might be cooking, it might be working with complex ideas, it might be bringing order and organization, or it might be holding space for others. There are as many gifts as there are people. Everyone has at least one significant gift (and the truth is you each have many), and they are waiting to be used to in service to the life you agreed to live, with the bonus that you will also experience deep fulfillment.

One more time, how can you really know what is in your soul contract?

Imagine that God and your Higher Self worked with you to create your current life. Then you were placed on this Earth and told to go out and do what you agreed to do, to begin unfolding the precious contents of your soul contract. What would God and your Higher Self have pointed you towards?

Would it be being a good person?

Would it be a specific career? Musician, dancer, actor, singer, doctor, scientist, lawyer, teacher?

Would it be doing well in your career?

Would it be about becoming famous?

Would it be about donating time and money to charity?

Would it be creating wonderful works of art to inspire the world?

Would it be helping others with your unique gifts?

Would it be a peacemaker?

Would it be a civil rights activist?

Would it be bringing in innovative solutions to humanity’s many problems?

Would it be animal rights?

Would it be teaching and inspiring others to have confidence and courage?

Would it be healing of the mind or body or spirit?

Would it be to create communities that meet the needs of their members and in turn serve the greater good?

Would it be about becoming a visionary leader?

Would it be amassing as much money as you possibly could so you could buy nice things?

You were put here for a reason and whatever that reason is, you need to discover it and then fulfill it. You have plenty of skills, and many interests that will lead you to develop even more skills. When you are working directly with your soul contract, not only will you feel contentment, you will find that your ability to understand life and what is happening with you becomes more clear and even more profound.

Your soul contract is intended to bring you joy. When you experience joy in being around certain things or having certain experiences, you have been given the clues to identify the contents of your soul contract.

The most important thing you can do with your life is to accomplish what you came here to do. Are you listening to the urging of your soul contract? Are you stepping up to meet its call? Acting from your own initiative is primary, but you are not alone. Your contract was created in committee, albeit a very personal one. Your Higher Self and primary Guides will support and encourage you.

There is nothing more important than carrying out your soul contract because in doing so, everyone benefits. Your gifts are meant to be shared. They are part of an intricately interwoven matrix where each one’s gifts and callings are interconnected. Each time someone agrees to do what they came here to do, all of life is lifted up, and the healing and evolution that happens for everyone, including the Cosmos, is beyond measure.

P.S. It doesn’t matter how old you are, or if you feel that you haven’t made much headway. As long as you are alive, there is always something you can do to fulfill your soul contract.

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WELCOME TO YOUR HERO’S JOURNEY

You have a Destiny, and to find it, you must go on your own hero’s journey. You will likely begin this journey pressured by cultural mores that promise conventional success as long as you choose certain paths and stick to them.

But to become who you are, you must be on your path. If you want to know who you are, you can’t stay on someone else’s pre-assigned path. You can’t even take a hike on the yellow brick road because it will probably lead you to the wrong city or the wrong school and the wrong teacher. But when we take the path that is ours, the one that calls to us, we will come to know ourselves, and what we are meant to do.

You will discover who you are and what the world is made of through experiencing, experimenting, and making mistakes. You will not learn your destiny overnight. Do not worry that you have taken a wrong turn. That is why it is a journey, and it will be filled with many unknowns, and you will come face-to-face with situations you have no idea how to handle. But when you follow what is fulfilling, you will gradually self-correct. When you follow what is fulfilling, you will learn to recognize when you have taken a detour. It’s not always possible to know what will happen when we take certain actions, but we cannot do all our growing from the classroom, from books, movies, or conversations. There are things we simply have to do for ourselves because there is no other way to find out what’s true for us, what’s correct for us, and what brings us to delight and fulfillment.

Each one of us has been given a map and a compass. What map, where is it? The map is inside you; however, it is as if it were drawn with disappearing ink, and it is your task to make that ink appear. You do this by heading in the direction that calls to you. If nothing calls you, stop to rest and enjoy the scenery. Be patient. If nothing calls you, and you’re starting to get restless, it is all right to get up and move – one step at a time. Trust your inner compass. Do not give up because, after a while, you will realize that you are tracking with your map, and routes are magically appearing as you go.

When the energy around you begins to stagnate – as in there is nothing more to offer to any part of you – spiritual, intellectual, or emotional – then it is time to move on. You are still making your map! It is necessary to continue to explore various situations so that you can find out who you are. You will come to know yourself deeply through experiencing different environments and the people in them. You are learning the limits of what any situation has to offer you, and you are also learning what you will tolerate and what you need to be inspired, motivated, and nourished. You are always learning what calls to you. Lean into that.

Have patience with your process. Surrender to the experiences that bring you clarity. Know that as you gain more experience, your knowledge of what you are here to do will continue to crystallize for you. Believe that you are here to do what draws you, what fulfills you, and what brings you joy. Your job is to connect with that. You are on an exciting reconnaissance mission, no matter if you have just begun, or are years deep into the territory.

At the end of life, you will have a map like no other.

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