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Human Design System
Human Design System
Human Design System
the
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This is a powerful and complex tool
for seeing, at a fundamental level,
a blueprint of who we are as a
consciousness in form.
Richard Beaumont takes us on
a tour of some of the possibilities
revealed in this system, which is
introduced in this issue’s
free CD-ROM
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The Centres
head
ajna
Type love of the body and sensuality. If you
Just as there are four blood types and have either of these gates in your chart
four basic codons in genetics, so there are (red or black) they are potentialities that
four basic types of human being: can be activated by others who come in
Manifestors, Generators, Projectors and contact with you who have the other gate.
throat Reflectors. This is the first level of If you have them both, and therefore have
differentiation and is of greatest the whole channel, the gates become alive
importance to everyone. Knowing which in you and give birth to a life force that
g
type you are leads you to a basic strategy transcends the particular attributes of
for making the decisions that are correct each gate, becoming the Channel of
for you in this life. Previous articles and Discovery. These people have a tendency
information on the websites referred to, as to lose themselves in their experiences
well as the CD, will be a good source for and only discover what their experiences
you on this most basic and important are really about after the experience is
information. over. If they are only half-committed to
their experience and pull out before the
Definition experience is over, they will learn nothing.
The vast majority of us will have If they stay the course they can discover
various centres (the squares, triangles new things and as a result can succeed
and geometric shapes) in our chart linked where others fail.
by a channel. A channel is where two
root gates (or hexagrams from the I Ching) Profiles and Lines
are joined together. Each gate Just as in astrology where we have
sacrel represents a hexagram and is 12 sun signs, so in the Human
accented by a line of that Design system there are 12 basic
solar plexus hexagram. See figure. 1 – here characters delineated by the
the 29-46 channel is present. following numbers: 1.3; 1.4;
spleen This is the Channel of 2.4; 2.5; 3.5; 3.6; 4.1; 4.6;
Discovery. It is a red channel 5.1; 5.2; 6.2 and 6.3. These
heart /ego
in this example – in other are called profiles.
words anyone who has Comprising just six
Head – (Pressure Centre) fuel
this red in their chart numbers, each number
of inspiration has it as part of their has a whole range of
Ajna – (Awareness Centre) unconscious keynote attributes:
The Mind, mental programming and the first number
conceptualizing and source of will not be able to represents the
consciously personality of
anxiety - great for research,
access this the person’s
but bad as an authority over part of character and
ones own life direction. themselves. the second,
Throat – (Centre of If it is figure. 1 the
Manifestation) Metamorphic black in
your chart, then you will be aware of the underlying motivation of the person. Each
centre of action and talking.
keynote tendencies in your life as number relates to a particular line in a
G Centre – Direction, Love, described. The 29th gate is about saying hexagram (which has six lines).
and a sense of self identity ‘yes’ almost automatically, as a knee-jerk Here’s a short list of keynotes for the
come from here. reaction – people with this gate have the numbers:
Heart / Ego / WIll – (Motor) – power to commit themselves to a process 1st Line – Investigators – Anyone with a
without the need to know where it will first line in their profile is basically insecure
Source of sustained will and
take them. It is about saying ‘yes’ to a and will find themselves building a secure
ego power. whole new cycle. Part of their journey in foundation of knowledge based upon their
Sacral – (Motor) The centre of life is to learn how to distinguish between own investigations through research and/or
life force, sexuality and fertility. what is worth committing to and what is experience. As leaders their very insecurity
Full of sounds. not. They run the danger of over- can lead to authoritarian tendencies. They
committing their energies. Gate 46 is the are a wealth of knowledge in their chosen
Root (Pressure Centre and
gate of determination or pushing upward. field and they jump from one deep
Motor) – the source of Known also as the gate of serendipity – of foundation to another.
adrenalin and stress. being in the right place at the right time. 2nd Line – Hermits – These are inherently
Spleen – Intuition, instinct Of course, we live in a binary, yin-yang self-motivated people. You cannot get them
and fear. Feel good factor. world, so occasionally someone with this to do what they don’t want to do, and if you
in their chart can also be in the wrong force them they will not do it well. They
Solar Plexus (Awareness
place at the wrong time. But generally it is basically want to be left alone to do
centre and Motor) – All three regarded as being a gate of good fortune. whatever it is they want to do. Some refer
emotional waves come from It is about respecting the rightness of to them as lazy, but you’ll be amazed at
here back again– feelings, every experience, even the unpleasant how they can dedicate themselves to their
emotions and sensitivity. ones. Gate 46 also has the keynote of chosen subject. They are naturals at what
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they do and will share their gifts only if
‘called out’ by others who see in them the
gifts that they themselves can be unaware
it exists to free those of us who
of. They are initially shy, but underneath
they are missionaries. Once you call them
are living our conditioning
out, be prepared to hear all about it,
rather than our true selfs
”
whether it is spirituality, cars, sport, love of
animals or whatever. They have a
particular gift with children as they carry an learn great wisdom. People often come difference. The program of the genes is to
essential innocence within them and are to them as authorities. After their make more. So we are always drawn to
often seen to be eternally young. Chiron Return they go through those who have different definitions and
3rd Line – Martyrs – They learn by trial another great change in their life and opposite gates to us, and more often
and error, and continually make mistakes. come back into the intensity of than not, we create children who
Learning by experience, they can learn their lives. If they’ve learnt from have a radically different design to
from their mistakes. Most of all they learn their middle stage of life they will their parents. This knowledge is
what doesn’t work, but they also can be true role models of based in chemistry. It is also
discover things that are rarely known. Be themselves and will enjoy about timing – the planets also
forgiving with these people and they’ll save their final stage of life as the condition us as they move, so
you a lot of time by telling you what to best time. Always they long for new definitions enter the world on a daily
avoid. Naturally pessimistic, they can also perfection and are naturally optimistic. basis, and we find ourselves being
be great sources of humour in the telling influenced by planetary transits. Knowing
of their tales of experience. They have the Lines in the hexagrams your own chart, and specific strategy and
tendency to make and break bonds with The lines above that correspond to your where you can be conditioned, is of
others and learn by ‘bumping into’ people particular profile or character can be tremendous practical benefit. Not
and things. found in the sun and earth knowing this leads us to live a life that is
4th line – Opportunists – These people configurations on your chart – these not our own, where we are continually
are always looking for an opportunity to lines and hexagrams comprise 70% being pushed and pulled in
externalize what they learnt from their of the planetary programming on directions that cause unnecessary
childhood. Opportunities come to them each of us. But there are lines suffering and hardship.
only from friends or acquaintances. They on each hexgram / gate in
are inherently fixed in their nature and will your chart and they inform Children
break rather than bend. This very the particular aspect of that hexagram as This knowledge can be especially useful
fixedness means they can be incredibly applied to the specific planet. Referred to in the parenting process. Knowing a
influential and are great networkers. They in your Human Design chart as the little child’s design means they can be
operate on a brotherhood-sisterhood numbers next to the big numbers, there guided in the direction of their nature
basis and are often as friendly or as mean are many keynotes for each hexagram line rather than be forced to live according
as only a sibling can be. They can be (see the Rave I Ching book available to general non-specific standards. The
friends for life. from www.humandesign-uk.com and children I have met who have been
5th Lines – Heretics – Everything is Kindred Spirit’s mail order shop). brought up by parents in this
about reputation for these beings. They knowledge are a rare delight of
can affect the lives of strangers and Conditioning natural wisdom and joy.
always there will be those that will love We live in a world of conditioning, I have merely touched the
them and those that will hate them. They a world of auric overlapping surface of this deep knowledge
are here to universalize to others and can where other people fix (or – there is mystical, financial,
have a large impact on a large number of define) the centres we have health, relationship and
people. They have a projection field open. Whatever centres are open, or white mysterious information available to you.
around them always and have to bear the in your chart, shows you where you are For example, each of us is born on an
burden of expectations (and projections) affected by others. For instance, if you incarnation cross that speaks of why and
from others who see in them that they have a solar plexus centre that is white, for what we incarnated at this time. The
have the potentiality to fulfil their you will amplify the emotions of others, journey into the Human Design system
expectations. When they don’t, they can and as they move up and down is ultimately one of transformation: it
be ‘burned at the stake’ from the continually on an emotional wave – exists to free those of us who are
disappointment. They are naturally from hope to pain, and back again, living our conditioning rather than
paranoid as a result. Another key word for you will be left reeling from the our true self and who, at our
them is practical – as long as they keep emotional intensity of their deepest core, know there is
their sharing to what is practical, they will negative emotions. Our genes a reason to our lives and a
have a largely good reputation. want only one thing – place for our unique
6th Lines – Role Models – They have contribution to manifest. ks
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