UNDERSTANDING YOUR TYPE & STRATEGY

The most important thing to know about your Human Design is your Type. By knowing your Type, you can learn your strategy. By following your strategy, you will be living your Design. You will make better decisions and live life to its fullest. There are five main types: Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors & Reflectors. Your type is determined by which centers are defined in your Human Design Body Graph.

Strategy: Strategy refers to a way of behaving to eliminate resistance and to support the
process of becoming oneself. Strategy is not a philosophy; it is just the way your vehicle
works genetically. If you don't live your strategy, you will feel unfulfilled.

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MANIFESTORS

Manifestors are the first type in Human Design. Approximately 8% of the population are manifestors although we are all socialized to act like manifestors. Manifestors are pure energy beings. They are designed specifically not to be controlled by anyone. They often meet a lot of resistance in life because of this and they can end up feeling very cut off from people. Manifestors can truly "just do it" although they meet with a lot less resistance if they inform the people around them about what they are going to do before they do it. They might be considered pushy, bossy, etc. but they have a beautiful intent - they see what needs to be done and are just trying to get it done! They can wear themselves out if they work too much. They have a tendency to never ask for help.

It can be quite challenging to raise a manifestor child as they usually have a lot more power than their parents. As a parent of a manifestor it is important to understand your child's need for power and control while tempering it with appropriate limits and boundaries. Many adult manifestors were horribly beaten as children in an attempt to control their power. Some famous manifestors are Adolph Hitler, Sigmund Freud and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

Strategy: Must inform before they take action. Angry when strategy is not respected or honored.

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GENERATORS

Generators are the second and most common type in Human Design. Roughly 37% of the population are generators. Generators have an enormous wealth of energy & power, but must respond to access it. Your response is immediate and comes from your sacral chakra (a couple of inches below your belly button). It's an "uh-huh" or "un-huh". While you're waiting for something to respond to, you're like a magnet - everyone is drawn into your aura. You often lack patience. You know nothing for certain until asked, certainty comes from the sacral response. So, in order to know yourself, you must be asked. You can become very frustrated but your path is very simple - just wait to respond. Most of the time you can be comfortable with waiting for the right time because it will feel right and while you're waiting, you're preparing for the next step. When you attempt to initiate, you will take on things from others such as sickness, etc. Most likely you were conditioned to initiate which leads to frustration. You might feel inadequate and unattractive. You will often overwork. You can do A LOT but it has to be the right work! Something that is exciting! If it's the wrong work, you will burn out. You should not go to sleep until you are exhausted. However, once you are exhausted you must sleep. If you have trouble sleeping, you probably need more exercise. When you are learning something, you have a surge of progress, a plateau & another surge. During plateaus you can become frustrated.

Generator children need to be given something to respond to. Forming your discipline into "yes" or "no" questions can help your generator children work with you. If you tell a generator to do something they will resist you. If you give a generator child too many choices, it will overwhelm them. Some famous generators are Mozart, The Dalai Lama and Prince Charles.
Strategy: Wait for something to inspire them to act; frustrated when not asked for response or when response is not accurately perceived.

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MANIFESTING GENERATORS

To begin with, there are significant differences between the Manifesting Generator and the Generator.

According to the traditional Human Design System, there are four types of individuals, each with their own unique strategy for making healthy decisions in their lives. The four types are:

1)Manifestors who must inform before they take action,
2)Generators who must wait for something to inspire them to act,
3)Projectors who need to wait to be invited into action and
4)Reflectors who can act after waiting 28 days to contemplate the action.

For many years, Manifesting Generators were lumped into the Manifestor category because, like Manifestors, they have a motor to the throat. They were told to act like Manifestors. This strategy failed to work most of the time. Manifesting Generators meet with a lot of resistance and frustration in life if they act like pure Manifestors. A Manifesting Generator does not carry the energy to initiate action without having something to respond to first.

Manifesting Generators have an enormous wealth of energy and power, but must respond to access it. Your response is immediate and comes from your sacral chakra (a couple of inches below your belly button). It's a "uh-huh" or "un-huh" sound. Your strategy is to wait to respond, envision results, reprocess the results if necessary, inform others of what

Strategy: Multi-faceted strategy of waiting receptively and responsively for internal affirmation of response, then imagining the response as manifesting and revising where appropriate, then informing and being informed. When not honored in strategy, frustration and anger surface.

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PROJECTORS

About 20% of the population are Projectors. Projectors are people whose specific gift is to work with and guide the energy of others. Your strategy to success is to wait to be recognized and invited into opportunities. It's crucial for you tot wait until asked (invitations are for the big things in life: marriage, work, home, etc.). You are usually very sensitive to all sorts of energy. You have a difficult course in life - especially if you've been conditioned to make things happen for yourself. You are here to know others. You may have a lot of bitterness - this usually stems from deep disappointments and lack of recognition. You need regular recognition. You're not here to "work" because you don’t' have a central source of internal energy. You may have been conditioned to work which can be detrimental to your well being. Generally you will have a long wait in between invitations to opportunities, so while waiting, invite others - offer something for free. You need to rest before you go to sleep.

Projectors are like the general in the army or the CEO of a corporation. They intuitively understand which people are best suited for each task that needs to be accomplished. Projectors, when properly recognized and invited, make great leaders and can be very wise.

Projector children need to be invited to participate in family activities. It is vital that projector children are recognized and listened to. Projector children may need to rest and seem to be "low energy". Allow them ample alone time to rest their systems. Some famous projectors include John F. Kennedy, Karl Marx and Princess Diana.

Strategy: Wait to be invited into action.

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REFLECTORS

Reflectors are the rarest of the four types (less than 1% of the population). Reflectors have nothing fixed in their design to rely on (none of their nine centers is colored in). You reflect the community around you. It is critical to have positive auras in your life. You probably enjoy spending time with children because they are such pure energy beings. These people can be the wisest people among us, since their life rhythms are directly governed by the moon. The moon has a significant effect on you. Reflectors must wait a full 28 days (a full moon cycle) before they can make a big decision. You also need to talk about your decisions with others in order to see it reflected back to you. You are very individual and unique. You can be deeply social and wise about people. It takes awhile to get to know them, but once you do, you know them on a very deep level. You need to discharge energy taken in from others so you may need lots of time alone. If a reflector does not understand how their design works, they can feel deeply lost and overwhelmed by life. Michael Jackson is a famous reflector.

Strategy: Can act after waiting 28 days to contemplate the action. Need to wait out the cycle of the moon.