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ОглавлениеThe mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
— FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY, The Brothers Karamazov
HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF what is your life purpose? Have you considered what you are doing here and whether you are on the right track to being fulfilled?
Some believe that there’s no real purpose to our lives. We are simply part of a random process, a relentless spawning of groups of cells continuously reproducing themselves only to march to their inevitable doom.
Others believe we were created by a God whose only interest is discovering if we can be “good enough” to be accepted into his kingdom and who will cast us into everlasting, heinous torture if we fail to make the grade. And we only get one lifetime to get it right.
In either of these two viewpoints, the goal of life is not fulfillment. In the former, there is no purpose, and in the latter, one must die before hoping to find fulfillment.
Then, others believe we have thousands of lifetimes to slowly evolve through many layers of consciousness, with no way of expediting this journey. Through eons, we create karma that has to be cleared, and we can be stuck in an endless progression of lifetimes in which we are helpless because it is all “in the hands of God.” In this perspective, perhaps fulfillment can be reached, but we are powerless to ensure it. And it is going to take a very, very long time.
Yet social and biological science have shown that the one consistent driving force of all beings is toward “more life.” For us, that means more experiences and more pleasure, all leading toward a greater sense of fulfillment.
I am reminded of a time when I had recently concluded driving an exhausting overland bus trip from London, England, to Kathmandu, Nepal.
On an evening under a powerful full moon, I was having dinner with a Swiss couple in Kathmandu when we noticed an orange-robed sadhu standing in the doorway. In India, Nepal, and some other countries, there is an ancient tradition of spiritual seekers who let go of all earthly possessions and travel, mostly on foot, throughout the lands, gaining spiritual knowledge and experience. They are called sadhus, and they often travel dressed in orange robes and carrying a begging bowl and a walking stick. This sadhu was friends with my dinner companions, and he was immediately invited to join us for a cup of tea.
It quickly became clear to me that this sadhu had studied life in depth. He had great levels of insight and wisdom as he engaged in discussion with my Swiss friends, telling them all sorts of things about themselves and their lives. For ages, he talked with them, completely ignoring my presence.
It was fascinating, but in my impatience, I interrupted him and asked if he would say something about me. Turning my way, and looking briefly at me, he announced, “Full Moon Birthday!” Then he turned back to my friends and carried on where he’d left off.
He was right, of course. I had been born under a full moon.
Another age seemed to pass while he continued describing all sorts of wonders and mysteries to my friends about their past, present, and future lives, and again, I felt completely left out of the picture.
Finally, in exasperation, I interrupted the sadhu again and insisted he tell me something else about me, and again, he turned to me, looked me squarely in my eyes, and announced: “There are many lifetimes, Baba. This lifetime is the most important!”
I have to say that this single statement reawakened my inner quest and the realization that time ticks by and it is up to me to be clear, present, and responsible for my life. Even if the “No Purpose” and “Judgment Day God” schools of thought have it all wrong, it is still up to us to honor this life experience by living it to the fullest.
YOUR PERSONAL DESTINY
What if life is not a problem to be solved but is actually a mystery to be lived? And within this mystery, we are afforded some very particular clues as to our individual path through life. It is evident that there are no duplications in this Universe. No two grains of sand are the same, just as no two people are the same, nor do they live the same life. We have the imperative to live in accordance with our own nature. If, as recent discoveries in modern physics have shown, everything that appears to happen in our world is a pure reflection of our inner state of being, then it follows that if we are not being true to ourselves, it is like viewing life through a distorted lens or trying to play music on an instrument that is out of tune.
The purpose of this book is to help you discover your own unique path so you can attune to your destiny and learn to live creatively through all the challenges life brings, finding fulfillment in knowing you are living in accordance with your truth. This book presents an essential aspect of the Human Design system, describing each of the 192 Life Themes, and it is a companion to Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be. The specific time and place of your birth establishes certain attributes about you, one of which is your Life Theme, which is like the intended storyline of your life. We each have one of these themes guiding us from our first breath to our last, and understanding and embracing your Life Theme will give you some powerful clues for how to align yourself in your journey. However, because you are born into very particular surroundings — involving parents, community, and environment — it is almost guaranteed that you will take on the beliefs, attitudes, and conditions playing out around you in your formative years. You will naturally be exposed to and absorb the influences and patterns of the culture you were born into. You might be encouraged to follow exactly in the footsteps or dictates of parents, grandparents, teachers, siblings, and society, disregarding altogether the natural inclinations you have within you. In this way, you end up living a discordant version of someone else’s life.
Hospice volunteer Bronnie Ware wrote a blog and then a book, entitled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, on her experiences of people on their death beds who knew that their time was up. What Bronnie found to be the leading regret can be summed up in a single statement she heard over and over again:
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
The Book of Destinies has been created to help you discover the life you were born to live.
What if, as the mystic Osho says, “With man, the natural automatic process of evolution ends. Man is the last product of unconscious evolution. With man, conscious evolution begins....”
Perhaps that awareness would shed new light on the statement by Jesus, referring to miracles he performed: “These works that I do, you will do also, and greater still” (John 14:12).
If everything in the Universe operates according to Universal Principles, and you are given conscious access to interact directly with those principles, would it not follow that you came with the potential and purpose to direct your own conscious evolution?
If that is true, then how important is it for you to be aware of the soul agreement you made before embarking on this life? Are you living that agreement, or have you been distracted by what everyone else has told you about life and forgotten your own unique purpose?
In fact, have you ever stopped to consider how unique you are and what special qualities you have to offer the world? What is it that comes naturally to you and through you?
Just like the storyline of a book, or the theme music to a movie, there is a unique, consistent, and recognizable undercurrent to your whole lifetime. It is your Life Theme, which is your melody, your part in the symphony of life, and only you can play it.
Knowing and accepting your particular Life Theme is truly transformative. Embodying this awareness gives you reassurance and clarification about your life purpose. It is like when the penny drops, or the lightbulb goes on, and you just “get it.” You will no longer have to deal with the misplaced expectations of others — nor will you have to wonder why others are moved to live in completely different ways than yourself — because you will understand the secret essence that quietly moves each of us through life and how to reach directly into the source of your own fulfillment.
Like the coding in your genetics, your Life Theme is something that resonates within your whole being, on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. When you attune your awareness to your Life Theme, you will find it completely natural to embrace. You will finally understand your life’s purpose and journey, and once you know your own Life Theme, you will be fascinated to learn the themes of everyone in your life. This knowledge expands your appreciation to include the extraordinary tapestry of themes that guide the lives of people around you. There are no “good” themes and no “bad” themes. There are just different parts to play within the main Symphony of Life itself.
HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR LIFE THEME
To locate your Life Theme, a calculation is made to find the exact placement of the Sun relative to the Earth at the moment of your birth (for more on this, see “How Life Themes Come to Be” below). In other words, you just need to know your birth date, birth place, and ideally your birth time.
To make this calculation simple and easy, we’ve done the math for you. With your birth information in hand, go to our website www.humandesignforusall.com. The home page contains a link for a free report, which will be sent to you by email. Alternatively, you can access our smartphone or tablet app or our Life Theme Calculator. (For details, visit www.humandesignforusall.com.)
Your report will include a copy of your entire Human Design Life Chart, which identifies the various “keys” that are your personal codes for living a successful life. These include your “Type,” “Authority,” “Profile,” and “Life Theme.” All four provide essential information and need to be considered together. The Book of Destinies is devoted to describing fully all 192 Life Themes, while Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be discusses the other three. These other three keys are also explained briefly below (and on our website).
Because your Life Theme threads throughout your entire being informing the essential meaning and purpose of your life, it is a vital “key.”
Note that if you do not know your birth time, you can still get an accurate Life Theme. On the website, just enter noon for the day of your birth. In most cases, this will result in the correct Life Theme, which will resonate deeply with you. Then, if you later discover your actual birth time, you can order a second, free Human Design Life Chart and double-check the results.
One way to find out your exact birth time is to order a copy of your “long form” birth certificate. You can get this from the county clerk’s office in the place where you were born. The more common “short form” birth certificate is used for identification purposes and does not include your birth time. Alternatively, hospitals keep records of birth times, and if you know the hospital where you were born, it may be able to provide this.
Parents and close relatives may also remember your birth time, or may have recorded it in a baby book, but don’t rely on mental recollections alone. We have found that mothers do not always recall their child’s birth time accurately.
DECODING YOUR HUMAN DESIGN LIFE CHART
Your free Human Design Life Chart will have a lot of information and look like this example :
Underneath the Life Chart, four sections list your Type, Authority, Profile, and Life Theme. As I say above, the book Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be explains Type, Authority, and Profile (along with other elements) in complete detail. This book is concerned with your Life Theme. The name of your Life Theme includes the theme’s grouping (Personal, Fixed, or Interpersonal), the Sun’s Quarter (in parentheses), the Gate number, and a descriptive aspect according to the Sun’s placement.
In the example above, the name of the Life Theme includes both a descriptive title (“Refinement”) and a grouping (“Interpersonal”). Life Themes have three particular groupings: “Personal,” “Fixed,” and “Interpersonal.” As you will see, each named “Personal” Life Theme has four variations, each named “Interpersonal” Life Theme has two variations, and each named “Fixed” Life Theme appears only once. The number in parentheses (4) relates to the Quarter of the sky in which the Sun is placed. The symbol for the Sun is and the symbol for Earth is .
Although the other numbers influence your Life Theme, you can ignore them and focus on your Sun in Gate position. To find your Life Theme, locate your Sun in Gate position — 19 in this example — and then your grouping or kind of Life Theme: Personal, Fixed, or Interpersonal. Here’s how this example would appear in the table of contents:
The Interpersonal Life Theme of Refinement (4)
The superscript numbers (from 1 to 6) refer to the particular line placement within each IChing hexagram, or Human Design Gate.
A full description of each line is given in our second book, The Book of Lines: A 21st Century View of the IChing, the Chinese Book of Changes.
THE THREE KINDS OF LIFE THEMES
Each of the sixty-four genetic codons in the human makeup correspond to the sixty-four Sun Gate positions, and each has three kinds of Life Theme: “Personal,” “Fixed,” and “Interpersonal.”
If yours is a Personal Life Theme, you are on a journey of self-discovery; you pursue a hands-on exploration of the multiplicity of interesting things that life offers. You break new bounds and are not always privy to the implications of the effects of your activities on others, whether in past, present, or future instances. Each Personal Life Theme appears four times at equally spaced, three-month intervals in a year. Thus, four variations of each Personal Life Theme appear in this book. Since some of the information is the same for each Personal Life Theme variation, this material is repeated each time for ease of reading.
If you happen to have one of the very rare Fixed Life Themes, you hold a very specific characteristic of the human experience. You have an exact, fixed trajectory through life and must hold to that trajectory. In a world that is full of “good advice” — full of all kinds of rules and regulations, dogmas and creeds — it is important for those rare beings who have a Fixed Life Theme to know about it, honor it above all things, and stay true to it, regardless. Each of the sixty-four Fixed Life Themes happens during a space in time of just under three hours once a year, hence Fixed Life Themes are very particular and very rare.
Those with an Interpersonal Life Theme take on a supervising role with other people, providing leadership and education, or taking on positions of authority in other people’s affairs. You often clean up other people’s messes and take charge, whether willingly because it appears to be easy and natural for you to do so or reluctantly because no one else is qualified to do it. Your role will naturally be as a guide, a way-shower, a teacher, a wise advisor, or a leader with the responsibility to advise others. Each Interpersonal Life Theme appears twice a year exactly six months apart. Thus, two variations of each Interpersonal Life Theme appear in this book. Since some of the information is the same for each Interpersonal Life Theme variation, this material is repeated each time for ease of reading.
It must be understood that no Life Theme is any better or more important than any other. However, among the world’s population, Personal Life Themes appear more frequently than Interpersonal ones, and the Fixed Life Themes are much rarer.
What is essential is to appreciate how very particular and refined your Life Theme is. Once you fully embrace your Life Theme, you naturally let go of resistance and needless entanglements. Accepting and indulging your Life Theme’s attributes will guide you to effortlessly embrace your unique journey through life. Once you have found it, sit quietly with your Life Theme.
For the many people we have provided personal readings and mentoring to over the past two decades, a profound recognition is experienced upon first hearing about their Life Theme. Often our clients have tears running down their faces — tears of recognition, of relief, at finally having that ever-present longing in their heart and world named.
THE FIVE TYPES OF HUMAN DESIGN LIFE CHARTS
In the Human Design system, Life Charts are categorized into five “Types.” These Types are identified by comparing which particular parts of the chart are defined (colored in) and which parts are undefined (colored white). Your Type is essentially a description of your overall nature, how you access and use energy to live your life easily. No one Type is better than any other, and all are described more fully in my previous book Human Design.
The five Types are as follows: Manifestor, Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector, and Reflector.
Manifestor
If you have a Manifestor Life Chart, activity is your way, whether it is yourself in motion or activating movement in others! Because you have a natural abundance of energy that catalyzes activity in the world around you, you manifest life to move toward wherever you set your intentions.
As a Manifestor, you have consistent access to a uniquely powerful drive that creates results, and when you include others in your creations, you inspire a cooperative team of support. However, you can be so quick to act that you find yourself getting ahead of everybody else, often taking on others’ work and responsibilities to just “get it done.” And, having left everybody behind, you may find that they begin to hold resentment toward you! When you get impatient with others’ lack of speed or productivity and choose to take over their responsibilities, you’ll alienate those who could potentially assist in your endeavors.
You may have noticed others’ silent concern over, even fear of, your manifesting power — how you can get things in motion, whereas they cannot. They may harbor concerns that you will manifest something that changes their lives completely and in ways they will not appreciate. They may even go so far as to block your movements and activities, causing you to either force your way through, put all your energy into avoiding them completely, or worse, give in and become their personal Manifestor, doing everything for them and nothing for yourself. When others appear uncertain about what you are going to do next, give them some information about your intentions, and you will find that, not only will they get out of your way, they may suddenly be keen to assist you. It can be a lot of fun being around a Manifestor! Who knows what might happen next?
Generator
If you have a Generator Life Chart, then you possess the simplest process in that you are “designed to respond” to all of life’s offerings — before you engage your powerhouse energy. This response is something that comes from your lower belly, your Sacral Center, and can be described as a “gut response.” All Generator Life Charts have this inherent Sacral, gut response; however, this is not automatically their Authority (or decision-making process, as described below). A gut response has two possibilities: you respond with a rising of energy from your lower belly, an energetic “ah-huh!” or “yes!” signal to commit yourself; or you feel a falling of energy in your lower belly, an energetic “un-uh” signal that implies “not now.” When you get a “not now” signal, don’t engage, at least for the time being. If nothing moves within you at all, then you are not involved.
You are constantly generating life force energy in your defined Sacral Center, and this energy is always available for you, waiting for the right offerings that elicit a “yes!” gut response. This amazing Generator energy of yours doesn’t stop once it’s engaged with something, and this momentum carries you whenever you commit yourself. Once engaged, quitting is not an easy option. Remember to respect your gut response to tell you at any moment who and what resonates with you and who and what does not.
When you disregard your internal “gut response” guidance system, and commit yourself to anyone or anything, you will most likely end up exhausted and dissatisfied with whatever transpires. When you fail to follow your inner guide, people may take advantage of your seemingly limitless energy. You can find yourself making a subtle agreement with them that you are going to use your considerable energy to do everything for them.
Because we have all been trained to use our minds to make choices, it will take awareness and practice to master your natural way of being. Moving your awareness from the mind to your lower belly when making decisions becomes essential practice for you.
Simple as it sounds, trusting your gut response is going to transform your life.
Manifesting Generator
If you have a Manifesting Generator Life Chart, you have a restless energy that often can’t wait to get involved with something, anything, especially when you have nothing to do. You dislike holdups and restrictions. Of the five Types of Human Design, yours has perhaps the most complex process of engagement, and it may take some time for you to master. However, once you understand your own particular approach to life, you will be amazed at how easy it is to be fulfilled in every action. A few Life Themes automatically have a Manifesting Generator Type because of the Sun/Earth placements.
Like the Generator Type, you also have a gut response that has its source in your lower belly, either the rising energy of an “ah-huh!” or yes response or the falling energy of an “un-uh” or “not now” response. It is important that you pay attention to your gut response before engaging your considerable energy with anything, especially if you get a “not now” signal. Trust this and wait for your next response! Antsy by nature, you may have the tendency to manifest before getting your inner “green light” to proceed. However, jumping ahead of yourself and your clarity can have anywhere from disappointing to drastic consequences for yourself and everyone around you.
You have a two-step process to finding your clarity about any choice. First, if you are getting a “yes!” response, you are being given a “heads up.” A level of interest has been triggered in you, and you now have the potential to engage and be involved in whatever elicited your response. This is a first step only. From this response comes the urge to step toward what drew your response, and as you make that second step, you sense whether you are prepared to change an energetic response into a full-blown manifestation. It may take several steps like this, checking each time whether to proceed further or not. While in motion, there arrives what can be called a “moment of truth” in which you sense in yourself whether to proceed and manifest or step back and out of any further engagement. It can feel a bit like a “eureka” moment; you are simply “clear to proceed,” and you know it.
This can be confusing for people who watch your process and expect that you are completely committed toward a course of action, when actually you are still in testing mode and can back away from further commitment at any time. Once engaged with someone or something, however, you are a whirl of activity, accomplishing all kinds of things and catalyzing everybody else into action as well.
While you have a huge abundance of energy, and are easily able to carry on long past the fatigue point of others, be careful about expecting others to be able to keep up with you. You have the capability to tap into your own Sacral Life Force Energy, an almost indefatigable source of energy, and to live in a state of bliss and contentment when you follow your natural way of living: responding and testing, then engaging fully only when clear to do so.
Projector
If you have a Projector Life Chart, you have the potential to be a guide who aligns others in their lives. Statistically, Projectors are in a minority, making up 20 percent of the world’s population; they are surrounded by Manifestors, Generators, and Manifesting Generators who all have an abundance of energy that is usually sustained over long periods of engagement. This makes it difficult for a Projector to indulge in endeavors at the same level as these “energy Types.” Even if they have the urge to do so, Projectors are designed to operate differently. As the US presidents Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy, among others, have so aptly demonstrated, this does not mean that Projectors fail to manage great achievements; it means that they are designed to go about them differently.
As a Projector, you live in an environment of recognition and invitation. When an invitation comes to you, either directly or indirectly, and you sense you are being called into something, you and only you can tell if that invitation resonates specifically with you.
If the invitation or calling resonates with you, your own personal Authority will indicate to you whether or not to proceed and engage. Jumping into situations without this clarity will leave you with a sense of not fitting in or of being unappreciated or even rejected.
Before you understand your Type, you may find yourself longing for recognition so much that you push yourself to start initiating things. This inevitably leads to difficulties. Through waiting for invitations and the right callings, you naturally align yourself with right experiences, linking together people, places, and activities in a beneficial way as you provide your unique and natural guidance. Because you lack the sustaining energy to be active for long periods of time, and because you can observe without being so caught up in the energy vortex of others, you are best suited for those situations that call for your guidance and wise assistance. Being comfortable standing by, or changing your focus from one scenario to another, is an asset that gives you the opportunity to harness your energy and attention for when they are really needed.
Reflector
If you have a Reflector Life Chart, you are one of the most receptive people alive. Through your receptivity you have the potential to be the wisest of the wise, experiencing your life as a reflection of your environment and those around you. You are just like a mirror, reflecting other people’s characteristics back to them, giving them a perfectly clear viewing of themselves, often it might seem for the first time. Being so open, receptive, and available also brings with it an enormous vulnerability, especially if you have been told to behave like everyone around you. Reflectors make up less than 1 percent of the world’s population, so let’s be clear that you have committed to living a very different life.
You often sense things in your environment that others miss. You may even absorb other people’s thoughts, feelings, motivations, wants, manifestations, and other things, and you can easily become overwhelmed by the internal sensations of others, which become your own if you are not careful. Finding time to be alone on a daily basis will help you to remain clear and uninfluenced by other people, and taking time to actively release anyone or anything that appears overwhelming is essential.
As one of the most sensitive people on the planet, you have probably been misunderstood all your life as you naturally go about reflecting the world back to itself. Much as everyone would like to have your wise input on their lives, it is important that you set boundaries. These boundaries will certainly involve your living situation, and most probably any work environment, too. Where possible, you need to have your own room, preferably your own area of a house, and not live in an apartment complex or in close range of other people’s energetic influences.
When you give yourself time every day to reflect on your experiences, you will find your day is filled with gems of meaning and truth. These gems become a storehouse of wisdom that can be passed into the world and the lives of anyone who asks. This is a lifetime to appreciate great patience and to realize that you have an inner agreement with life to trust whatever is offered. This is not to say that you are powerless, but to acknowledge the vulnerability of a rose flower, which is easily crushed if it is not guarded, but when cherished, nurtured, and protected holds within its nature an indescribable beauty.
THE SIX KINDS OF AUTHORITY
When we talk about Authority in Human Design, we are relating to our inherent decision-making process. Perhaps the most important thing we can ever know about ourselves is how to make decisions that work for us in any and all situations. Built into your Design is the means for this, and once you engage with it consistently, your whole life will change in positive and beneficial ways. There are six different Authorities, and we each have one for our lifetime. Knowing your own Authority is essential, but knowing other peoples’ Authorities is also illuminating!
Emotional Authority
Any Life Chart that contains a defined (colored in) Emotions Center has a decision-making process that is closely intertwined with emotional feelings. As we all know, feelings can rise and fall, from extremes of ecstasy and great excitement to failure and despair. To their cost, most people have never been made aware of how to gauge their feelings and are prone to act on impulse or conditioning rather than through finding their emotional clarity before making decisions. Emotional clarity comes from identifying a still point that is not attached to outcomes — a still point that is not absorbed in the “highs” and “lows” of any presumed endings but is committed to the journey to, through, and beyond those “endings.” Almost half the people on Earth have Emotional Authority, so, even if you do not have Emotional Authority personally, it is likely that your relationships and interactions with many of the people around you will involve finding emotional clarity, as emotions tend to override almost every decision-making process.
Sacral Authority
If your Emotions Center is undefined (colored white) but your Sacral Center is defined (colored in), then you have Sacral Authority. This Authority is based in the center we have identified as the core to Generator and Manifesting Generator Types. The Sacral Center is a powerhouse generating life force energy that is constantly looking for an outlet. The Sacral decision-making process is simply a gut response. The gut response is an actual movement of energy rising in response toward something or someone with an implied “yes,” or it is a falling of energy that indicates “not now.” There can be a Sacral noise like “ah-huh!” (yes) or “un-uh” (not now). Because the Sacral energy once committed cannot be stopped easily, it is essential for those with Sacral Authority to recognize and employ it at all times.
Splenic Authority
If both your Emotions and Sacral Centers are undefined (colored white) and your Spleen Center is defined (colored in), then you have Splenic Authority and one of the quickest decision-making processes of anyone! You weigh situations in the blink of an eye, sum up sentences before the speaker has finished talking, and are ready to move or stop instantly, given the right circumstances. Splenic Authority operates through the senses of taste (certainly involving edibles but also environments and people, which can be considered tasteful or not), intuition (the acoustic world of sounds in both audible and inaudible frequencies), and instinct (including our sense of smell and associated cellular memories, but also including hunches that cannot be described as logical). Each of these senses gives you instantaneous awareness of your environment or circumstances.
Willful, Heart Authority
If your Emotions, Sacral, and Spleen Centers are undefined (colored white) and your Heart Center is defined (colored in) and makes a connection to the Throat Center through defined Channel(s), then you have this very particular Authority, which decrees “what you want is what needs to happen.” It is a Manifestor Design implying that you are a catalyst for all kinds of willful activities, and the most important issue here is that you are clear in your heart of hearts about what you want. When you are true to your own Authority, you will find that it serves not only yourself but others, whether or not they appreciate that immediately.
Self Authority
If your Emotions, Sacral, and Spleen Centers are undefined (colored white), your Self Center is defined (colored in), and your Heart Center (defined or not) does not make connection to the Throat Center through defined Channel(s), then you have Self Authority, one of the most personal and potentially sensitive forms of Authority. Self Authority comes through quiet recognition in the center of your chest that gives the sensation of opening up or not to engage with someone or something. You have a Projector Design that operates within an environment of invitations, both given and received, so recognizing when you are being drawn to be involved in anything is a purely personal experience. Being pushed or coerced by others will not serve you, as you have to come to your own clarity through trusting this personal inner guidance.
Outer Authority
If you have a Reflector Design, or you have your Throat Center defined to your Mind and/or your Mind defined to your Crown without any other centers being defined, you have Outer Authority. You will appreciate that you are an empath who picks up the feelings, fears, and agendas of everyone around you. It is essential that you give yourself space and time to find your own clarity, and you do this through a process of patient reflection. In making large decisions, it is recommended to take at least a month so you can weigh all aspects of a situation before reaching any particular conclusions. You will find that if you exercise patience, observation, and clear inquiry, you will become one of the wisest people on earth.
THE TWELVE PROFILES
There are twelve Profiles that describe the interaction between the line numbers (the superscript numbers next to the Gate numbers) on the Conscious and Unconscious Sun and Earth placements in a Human Design Life Chart. Profiles are described in great detail in Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be. Here is a brief explanation of each of the six lines.
First Line
First Lines have to become, physically become, identify with, be, their life. They seek a total physical identification. To embed. So someone with a dog actually takes on the persona of the dog. They are drawn to become the plant, the tree, the lover, the artwork, the computer, the healing, the movie, the other person.
Second Line
Second Lines are drawn to “the natural.” They are constantly seeking what is playful and inherently fun. They will tend to ignore almost everything unless something natural appears within it. Second Lines are potentially very innocent, gullible, and also brilliant, but they can be upset and potentially angry when taken advantage of, interrupted, or mocked for appearing unsophisticated. They tend to seek new information and education.
Third Line
Third Lines have to try, to do, to experiment. Even if everything says “No!” they will insist on trying, sometimes against impossible odds, pushing the envelope even to the point of being obdurate. They can be identified as misfits that need an escape route, an open door at all times from any commitment, but they happen upon amazing discoveries, innovations, and mutations.
Fourth Line
Fourth Lines are in love, deeply in love, with life, and they are influential in bringing others together. They do this until they are betrayed in their trust, then they can become half-hearted, mean, withdrawn, unavailable, defensive, and fragile. Fourth Lines constantly need reminding to open up to life again and again.
Fifth Line
Fifth Lines constantly conceptualize everything, giving the possibility of great leadership and guidance. It is said that the universe is an extension of mind, and Fifth Lines can expand the boundaries of conceptualization. However, they need constant reality checks or else they live in an eternal projection field of potentialities.
Sixth Line
Sixth Lines feel responsible, all the time, because they tend to see into life better than others, whether they want to or not. Sixth Lines can develop a need to withdraw from constantly being on call, but then they get drawn back in to take charge because they are the natural expert. There’s a whole realm of expectation around them, and they must learn to let go of any continuing sense of obligation!
Line Combinations Create Each Profile
As said earlier, Profiles are a combination of Conscious and Unconscious line numbers, so, for example, a 1/3 Profile will combine the Conscious attitude of a First Line with the Unconscious traits of a Third Line.
Of the twelve Profiles, seven are described as “Personal” Profiles and align with the Personal Life Themes: 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6, 4/6.
There is one “Fixed” Profile aligning with Fixed Life Themes: 4/1.
And there are four “Interpersonal” Profiles that align with the Interpersonal Life Themes: 5/1, 5/2, 6/2, and 6/3.
THE FOUR QUARTERS OF LIFE THEMES
The 192 Life Themes are divided equally into four Quarters, or four modalities, according to the Sun’s placement in the sky relative to the Earth at any particular time of the year. The four Quarters are numbered and titled as “Initiation (1),” “Civilization (2),” “Duality (3),” and “Mutation (4).”
THE FOUR QUARTERS OF LIFE THEMES
Wherever the Sun is placed at the moment of our birth is the portion of the sky or the star fields from which we receive 70 percent of the energy in our Design. The Quarter in which your Conscious Sun is placed determines the drive behind your lifetime.
1. If your Conscious Sun’s placement is in the Quarter of Initiation (1), you are an “initiator” who is always at the forefront of getting things off the ground; opening new ideas, styles, projects, research, proposals, and experiences; and questing for new knowledge, feelings, and potentials.
2. If your Life Theme is in the Quarter of Civilization (2), you are helping to open and establish communications and ways in which people can relate better with one another. This happens through architecture, music, writing, speech, diplomacy, agriculture, arts, travel, teaching, and many other ways, and you are receptive to how people interact and cooperate together.
3. If your Life Theme is in the Quarter of Duality (3), you are exploring every conceivable way to bring about growth or improvement. You’ll likely question all the multiple ways in which life can be lived from both male and female as well as other dualistic perspectives; your attention will be drawn toward the strength and fragility of life, health and well-being, safety issues, and ultimately questioning what we are doing here as individuals.
4. If your Life Theme is in the Quarter of Mutation (4), you are in the forefront of changes and transformation. You watch the ways in which life grows and expands through the thrust of creative evolution, sometimes as a result of your direct involvement, and at other times you’re observing in amazement as life around you twists and turns into new shapes and forms.
Each Quarter commences with a version of the Personal Life Theme of Direction, “the Sphinx,” which sets the stage for the upcoming season.
Each Quarter concludes with either the Interpersonal Life Theme of Incarnation or the Interpersonal Life Theme of Refinement.
Every Life Theme has a direct connection into each of the four Quarters except for the Interpersonal Life Themes of Incarnation and Refinement, and the Fixed Life Themes of Rationalization, Retreat, Alertness, and Need, which are contained in two Quarters each.
HOW LIFE THEMES COME TO BE
The 192 Life Themes are sometimes called “Incarnation Crosses” because they are constituted from four points in the sky at the moment of your birth, or at the moment of a creation or a particular event. When these four points are connected together through a wheel representing the sky around us, they look like a slightly skewed cross. The four points are set from the placement of the Sun and Earth (which are opposite each other) for the particular “birth moment,” and also the placement of the Sun and Earth for a moment in time exactly 88 degrees of Solar Arc (approximately three months) before that birth. So the angle of the “cross” is set at 88 degrees.
As the Sun appears to move around us throughout the seasons of the year, it passes from one Life Theme to the next, moving from Personal to Fixed to Interpersonal and on to Personal in a regular sequence.
The placement of the Sun at birth represents 70 percent of the energy available in any Life Chart, so we have equated the name of each Life Theme with the placement of the Sun and the name or association of hexagrams/Gates in which it sits. The Conscious Sun’s placement in the Life Theme carries the conscious agenda for the lifetime, whereas the Sun and Earth placement from 88 degrees of Solar Arc before birth carries some of the unconscious, genetically inherited aspects of the Life Theme. Each Life Theme is a blend of conscious and unconscious attributes that meld together.
Your Life Theme stays with you throughout your lifetime and gives you a quiet reminder as to where best to place your attentions, gifts, and natural abilities. Your Life Theme is best considered from an objective standpoint: it is what it is, and the more you allow yourself to relax into it, the more it serves you in your journey throughout your lifetime.
Most of the Life Themes include in the margin a list of noted people, and in rare cases events, that share that Life Theme. Because Fixed Life Themes are so rare, we have only been able to find a few celebrities who share them. We would love to hear from you if you know of others. Enjoy!
