Human Design Knowledge Base

Welcome to the gethumandesign knowledge base, a growing, plain-language guide to every part of Human Design. Whether you just got your chart and don't know what a "Projector" or an "open Sacral" is, or you're going deep on a specific gate, this is a reference you can trust and come back to.

Human Design is a system of self-knowledge that maps how your energy works: how you're wired to make decisions, do work, and connect with others. It synthesises four older traditions (astrology, the Chinese I Ching, the Kabbalah, and the Hindu-Brahmin chakra system) into a single chart called a bodygraph, calculated from your exact birth date, time, and place.

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If you're new, read these in order:

1. Foundations: what Human Design is, where it came from, and how your chart is calculated.
2. The Types: the single most useful thing to know about your chart.
3. Strategy & Authority: how you are designed to make decisions.
4. The 9 Centers: where you're consistent and where you take in the world.

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• Foundations: what Human Design is, where it came from, and how a chart is calculated.
• The Types: Manifestor, Generator (with its sub-type, the Manifesting Generator), Projector, Reflector.
• Strategy & Authority: how each type engages with life, and the inner authority that makes your decisions.
• Profiles: the 12 personality archetypes built from the six lines.
• The 9 Centers: defined vs. open, and what each center governs.
• Definition: single, split, triple-split, and quadruple-split.
• Circuitry: how channels group into Individual, Tribal, and Collective.
• The 36 Channels and the 64 Gates: the detailed building blocks.
• Variable: the four arrows above the head, the deepest layer of the chart.
• Incarnation Cross: the theme of your life's purpose.
• Planets: the 13 activations, calculated twice, that color in your bodygraph.
• Transits: what today's sky does to your chart, and what it never touches.
• The systems behind HD: the I Ching, Kabbalah, astrology, and the chakras.
• Relationships: connection charts between two people, and how groups and teams work.
• Living your design: deconditioning and the 7-year experiment.
• Reference: the glossary and the FAQ.