Archives for January 2010

Parenting and understanding the energetic side to family relationships

Parents benefit greatly from knowing their child’s Human Design. Certain parenting strategies will work with some children and not with others. Each child is unique and their chart gives you personalized insights that help you relate better to them. These insights make your parenting approach more effective and your relationship more harmonious and joyful.

Human Design shows you how two people affect each other at an energy level. It explains why a parent feels and behaves differently with one child vs. another. When two people/charts come together in the same room, energies in centers can be amplified and gates and channels activated. These energy connections can create challenges in the relationship. Awareness and strategies can make a positive difference when this happens!

Here are the charts of a Mother and son and their composite chart which shows how their energy comes together.

Profile 3-5 Experiment and Project the way

Someone with a 3-5 profile in Human Design is driven to take the results of their experiences and use those to project change and what they see as the Truth to the rest of the world. In Human Design the 3rd line is called the Martyr and the 5th line is called the Heretic. What follows explains why this profile carries such heavy names.

The 3rd line profile is driven to experiment with certain things or put themselves in situations so they can have an experience from which they extract truths. This process has an inward or self focus. As they go through it they are constantly internalizing what is revealed and how this impacts them. After synthesizing the impact, they then share the results with world or at least their local community. Because society judges some experiments as failures the 3rd line carries the moniker of Martyr.

The 5th line kicks in to share the results of these experiments/experiences in a projected way. In a broadcast like a movie projector, they not only say “Here is what I learned”, but also add, “This is how you should change your behavior or yourself to benefit from the Truth I have discovered.” The 5th line is driven to create this change, often geared toward changing the behavior of others. This projection also carries an absoluteness to it, as in “I know this is right.” However since this energy is projected, it needs to be invited. People don’t want change unless they are ready for it. If the prognostications of the 5th line are not invited then the 5th line person can feel the oppression of rejection or the insult of being ignored. This is why the 5th line carries the moniker of the Heretic.

The 3-5 profile can be one of the more difficult profiles to feel at harmony with the rest of humanity. Between the projection not always being invited and the experiments being judged, the 3-5 person can feel pressure from the world to withdraw to get out of the heat. Yet the 5th line is determined to make change and will push the 3-5 out there again, to project the way.

Here are some charts with 3-5 profiles.
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By contrast, here is a chart of a 5-1 profile. While the center definition of all three charts are the same, the energy here is very different.

Profile 2-4, Come out come out where ever you are

People that have the 2-4 profile, the Hermit/Opportunist need a balance of being alone and being social. These people are often very socially integrated and have a bubbly or intriguing personality. These people of are the type that can start a conversation with anyone.

The 2nd line of the profile is called the hermit as it has a need to be alone or have seclusion. Part of the importance of the alone time is to allow integration of ideas and experiences to take place. The 2nd line needs to be out of the energy of others for this important integration to take place. However the 2nd line is not a successful hermit because others recognize that the 2nd line person can’t live in a cave. Thus the 2nd lines are extended invitations and called out of their hermit environment.

The 4th line of the profile is an opportunist and the opportunity comes through the network that this person is connected to. For the 4th line person it is important to constantly be aware of opportunities that may present themselves through friends, family, peers etc. In connection with this, the 4th line person requires stability and foundation within core elements of their network. This foundation is to have stability in the core areas of job, housing and relationship. Most 4th lines will look to establish the new opportunity before severing the old. With a job for example, 4th lines will typically secure the new job before giving notice at their current place of employment. If they are moving they will line up the new location before moving out of their current housing. The same could be said about the relationships for a 4th line person.

Here are some charts with 2-4 profiles.
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Profile 1-3 The Investigative Martyr

People with a 1-3 profile in their design have an inward focus. The are driven to investigate and look at the results of their experiences in an inward fashion. Often they may subconsciously ask the question, “How did that affect me?”

The 1st line of the profile, The 1 is motivated to find out the details surrounding any potential interaction. The details provide a foundation and stability that the 1st line personality resides on. An example might be going on vacation. The 1st line will often want to know: Where they are staying; What activities are around the local area; How they are going to get to and from the airport and more. The answer to these questions may lead to more questions until that foundation is achieved. Not all 1st lines are created equal. Some, like in the case of Dulcy in the chart below will have their need for details amplified by the other aspects of their design. Dulcy has the gate 48 which longs for depth. Together with a 1st line profile she has a great drive for detail to make decisions. Others like Nina in the chart below may just feel the drive for investigation on things they are passionately involved in.

The 3rd line of the profile is driven to learn through experience or experimentation. Again the results of which are analyzed in “What affect did that have on me?”. It is through the experience of things that work well and things that don’t work so well that the 3rd line becomes wise about the best way to do things. Once the wisdom occurs the 3rd line will look to repeat the positive results and minimize or eliminate the negative or unproductive experiences.

Put together the aspects of the 1-3 profile provide us with experts on how to do things and more importantly how not too! You might hear a 1-3 say “Oh don’t do that, I tried that and it was a disaster. Do it this way instead.” We should all be grateful for the work the 1-3’s have done to make our life better.

Here are 2 charts of 1-3’s.

Human Design – defined vs undefined

In Human design parts of your design are often talked about as being defined or undefined. Essentially when a part of your chart, either a center(a shape), a line (a channel) or a half line(a gate) is colored in it is considered defined. What this means is that the energy in this area or aspect of your character has a specific definition and your are designed to express that aspect in a consistent manner. You can draw and express this energy most if not all of the time.

For example, if you look at the chart of Natasha below, she has the gate 48, the half a black line coming off the Spleen going up to the throat. The gate 48 is about having depth and detail in the things you do. Since Natasha has this defined energy in her chart she is very likely to go into depth and detail in all the things that she does that she is inspired by. She will do this consistently.

The undefined areas in your design are the centers, the lines and the gates that are not colored in or are white. These areas are often also called open. In the undefined areas, you experience an inconsistent expression of that particular energy. In the presence of someone else carrying that energy you can amplify the expression. But on your on you experience that energy in an inconsistent way. If you look at the chart of Victoria below, she has an open or undefined Sacral center. The Sacral center is the main motor and source of energy to do things. Since Victoria’s Sacral center is undefined she will experience and express the energy to get things done in an inconsistent way. At times she may be Wonder Woman and really churn things out but at other times she may falter and lack energy to do anything.

We are designed to live out our defined energy. That is where we have consistent energy for doing and expressing. We are here to experience the undefined areas in unlimited ways but not to draw upon these areas in a consistent way. We are not constructed to run or draw energy through our undefined areas on a consistent basis. When one takes on living out the open or undefined areas consistently they are destined to have physical problems as these areas are not wired to handle the energy load.