Human Design 101: The Key Elements of Your Chart Explained
Congratulations on generating your free Human Design chart! You’re about to dive into an incredible world of self-awareness and empowerment. At first glance, your chart might look like a cryptic mix of shapes, colors, and numbers. But don’t worry, as a Projector (natural guides), I’m here to break it down and give you a strong starting point. Human Design is a powerful system that blends ancient wisdom with modern science to create a personalised blueprint of how you’re energetically wired to navigate life. It reveals your natural strengths, decision-making style, and how to live in greater alignment with who you truly are. If you want to know more about where Human Design came from, read this post ✨
The Five Energy Types
Your Energy Type in Human Design reflects the way your energy interacts with the world. There are five Energy Types, each with its own way of thriving:
Manifestor: The initiators. You’re here to make things happen and create new paths. Your energy is powerful and impactful. When you inform others of your plans, you create less resistance and more flow.
Generator: The builders. You have sustainable life force energy that is ignited when you engage in work you love. Your strategy is to respond to life—wait for things to show up and trust your gut before diving in.
Manifesting Generator: A hybrid of Manifestors and Generators, you’re charismatic af and nothing moves fast enough for you (…seriously, you’re exhausting for us Projectors 😂). You have the same sustainable energy as Generators but with a fast-paced, multi-passionate twist. Your strategy is to respond and then inform.
Projector: The guides. You’re here to see things clearly and help others with your insights. Projectors see the big picture and excel at guiding and leading others. As you have limited energy, you thrive when you wait for an invitation to share your incredible wisdom instead of dishing it out to everyone (I know, it’s hard!). You deeply desire to feel seen.
Reflector: The mirrors, and less than 1% of the population. You reflect the health of your environment and community. You are highly sensitive to your environment and provide valuable insights into the health of your community. Your strategy is to wait a full lunar cycle (about 28 days) before making big decisions.
Ideally the 5 energy types all work cohesively together. The Manifestor (and Mani-Gens) bring new ideas to life, they’re the spark of new creation. They get it started, then delegate to the Generators who
Now that’s not to say that a Generator can’t come up with their own ideas and just need to take the hard grunt work of the world, not at all.
Understanding Your Strategy
Your strategy in Human Design is how you align with your natural flow to reduce resistance and create more ease in life:
Manifestor: Inform others before taking action (advise or tell others of what you’re doing, which the Manifestor is resistant to because they hate being told what to do, but know that this isn’t asking for permission).
Generator: Respond to life rather than initiate (sit back and allow opportunities to come to you).
Manifesting Generator: Respond, then inform before acting (use the Generator strategy, and then use the Manifestor strategy).
Projector: Wait for an invitation before sharing your insights (let people recognise your wisdom and then come to you for your work).
Reflector: Wait 28 days (a lunar cycle) before making major decisions — as you have no defined energy centres, you’ll experience all energies from the 64 gates after 28 days, and be able to make an empowered decision after feeling each one.
When you follow your strategy, life feels more aligned and easeful, and opportunities flow naturally.
What is Authority?
Your Authority is your inner decision-making process, or intuitive voice, which is in a different part of the body for each of us. Each authority provides guidance on how to make choices that are true to you:
Emotional Authority: Wait for emotional clarity before making decisions. Ride the emotional wave and make a decision from a neutral place.
Sacral Authority: As you have a defined sacral centre, trust your gut responses. They’re instant. If it’s a ‘yes,’ you’ll feel a surge of energy, if it’s a ‘no,’ you’ll feel resistance.
Splenic Authority: Trust your intuition and your instincts. This is a very primal authority. Splenic authority speaks quietly and quickly, often as an instinctive knowing.
Ego/Heart Authority: Decisions are best made when you feel a sense of willpower or are motivated by your desires, you feel a tug from your heart.
Self-Projected Authority: Your truth comes through when you talk things out. You need a safe space to hear your own voice. Talking things out with trusted people helps you find clarity, voice notes and journaling also help find the aligned decision for you.
Environmental (Mental) Authority: Your environment plays a huge role in decision-making. Gain clarity by talking things through in the right spaces.
Lunar Authority: (Reflectors only) Wait a full lunar cycle before making significant decisions. Tune into how you feel over time.
Other Elements of Your Human Design Chart
Beyond your Energy Type, Strategy, and Authority, there are several other elements that make up your unique design:
Digestion: How you best take in food, experiences, and information.
Environment: The spaces and places where you thrive the most.
Profile: Your personality archetype and how you interact with the world (you’ll relate more to people with the same profile as you than even energy type eg. I’ll relate more to a 2/4 Mani-Gen than a 1/3 Projector)
Channels: Your consistent strengths and energies, we focus on this to tap into your unique genius.
Conscious Sun: Your most significant gift, represents your core essence and life's purpose, how you’re here to shine a light in the world.
Why Learn Human Design from Me?
As a Projector myself, I’ve been living my own Human Design experiment every day for the past year and a half. Honouring my energy type, strategy, and authority has allowed me to create genuine ease and flow in my life — aligned decisions no longer feel like a struggle.
I’ve had the privilege of being a Human Design reader at the MindBodySpirit Festival, a guest reader at retreats, and conducting over 200 readings in the past year alone. Each and every client has walked away feeling seen, understood, and often blown away by the accuracy of their reading. There’s nothing quite like watching someone finally recognise their own brilliance through their chart 🥹✨
One of the most mind-blowing aspects of Human Design after understanding your type, strategy and authority, is discovering your unique channels and conscious sun placements. Being armed with this information is like unlocking a secret code to your natural gifts and how your energy interacts with the world. You could spend months (or like me, years) researching this on your own, or you could get a personalised guidebook created by an expert, delivered to you within days.
Human Design Is an Experiment, Not a Rulebook
The beauty of Human Design is that it’s not dogma — it’s an experiment. You get to play with it, test it out, and notice how things shift in your life. There’s no pressure to get it “right,” just an open invitation to explore. My guidebooks offer you a shortcut to this clarity, providing deep insights into your design without the overwhelm of endless research.
Ready to Dive Deeper?
If you’re feeling seen and curious, imagine how powerful it would be to have every aspect of your chart broken down and explained clearly and concisely. The Personalised Human Design Guidebooks (available for both adults and children) offer a deep dive into all these elements, providing practical insights and empowering guidance to help you live in alignment with your true self. You’ll get detailed insights into every aspect of your design, from digestion to your conscious sun, helping you live in full alignment with your unique blueprint.
Ready to transform curiosity into clarity?
Parenting by Design — Personalised guidebooks for children
If you’re a parent, I highly recommend you explore your own design first, before understanding your little one too. I know we love to put them first and want to know everything about their little souls, but this is your invitation to put yourself first.
Thank you for exploring your Human Design with me. I’m so excited for all the discoveries and breakthroughs that lie ahead for you! If you have any questions at all about Human Design or reading your chart, how things work etc, feel free to reach out on insta! 🤍
