type & strategy in human design
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to flow effortlessly through life while others constantly meet resistance? Or why certain decisions feel ‘right’ for you, but not for others?
Human Design helps us see what's happening in these situations, on an energetic level.
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In our last issue, we talked about what Human Design is and why it’s a powerful tool for alignment. Today, we’re diving into the first layer of this system–your Type and Strategy.
What is ‘Type’ in Human Design?
Your Human Design Type is like your energetic blueprint. It tells you how your energy is meant to move through the world and interact with others.
The 4 Types
- Manifestors: The initiators
- Generators: The builders, and Manifesting Generators: The fast-moving multi-passionate builders
- Projectors: The guides
- Reflectors: The mirrors of society
If you haven't already, grab your free Human Design Bodygraph here to see which Type you are!
What is Strategy?
Your Strategy is like your Design’s operating manual in this life. It's literally a built-in guide for navigating decisions, relationships, and opportunities with the least amount of resistance.
Each Type has a Strategy associated with it. Thus, there are also four of these:
- Manifestors: Inform before initiating
- Generators & Manifesting Generators: Respond to what excites them
- Projectors: Wait for recognition and invitations
- Reflectors: Wait a lunar cycle for clarity
How following your Strategy changes everything
It’s hard to put into words just how radically different life is when you work with your energy rather than against it. Most of us are raised and conditioned by the world to be what we are not.
This is one of the reasons why society is the way it is today; people are suffering from burnout, unsure of who they truly are inside, and struggling to achieve success.
For example, as a Projector, I cannot tell you how many times my family called me ‘lazy’ growing up–a common conditioning phenomenon that happens to Projector children.
Now, personally, I no longer believe in the idea of ‘laziness.’ I believe in burnout, in depression, in analysis paralysis, but not laziness. But that’s a topic for another time.
What was really going on was the people around me–mostly Generators–saw napping, relaxing, playing, and any other leisure activity as laziness.
Why? Because they’re Generators. Probably because they were conditioned as well, but mostly because they were a different energy Type than I.
You see, Generators are here to work. To build. To be the lifeforce of humanity, seriously! So long as it’s doing what they love, Generators can work all day long and never experience burnout.
In fact, it’s said that in order for a Generator to sleep well at night, they must exhaust themselves completely by bedtime.
They don’t generally need naps, as their energy is self-renewing.
This is not so for Projectors. We have a finite amount of energy and when it’s gone, baby it’s gone. So naturally, we need a lot of rest.
We also thrive when we dedicate most–yes most–of our time to play. It’s what replenishes us. On the flip side, our gift is that we can get days of work done in hours when we’ve correctly nurtured our energy.
See how different these two types are? And yet we are treated, raised, taught, and trained by the same standards. It’s beyond inequitable.
When adult-me realized that I was a Projector, my whole life changed. I learned that child-me was not lazy, she was tired. She was listening to her body and honoring her energy, as children naturally do before being deeply conditioned.
I spent months researching Projectors, following the advice given for my Type, and experimenting with everything I learned.
What I found was that life got so much easier, and sweeter. I stopped pushing. I stopped trying to make things happen. All I had to do was wait for the invitation, and when the right ones came, I could feel the resonance.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about yet, don’t worry, I’ll explain everything over the coming issues. Just know, once you work with your unique energy blueprint, you’ll begin to notice astronomical changes in the interactions you have, the resistance you feel, and the goals you wish to achieve.
Up next
Over the next few issues, we’ll dive into each Type, beginning with the powerful Generator. We’ll demystify their unique Strategy, their innate gifts, and common conditioning they receive growing up.
As always, if you have any questions you’d like me to answer in a future issue, leave a comment or respond to this email. I would love to provide more clarity.
Have you experimented with your Strategy? What changes have you noticed in your ability to find alignment?
If you're new to HD, what's your Type!?
Until next time,
June.
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