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This post is going to be all about the four Human Design “Types” and how you can work with people who are different Types.
There are four major “Types” in Human Design:
- Generators (note that the Generator Type has two subtypes: The Manifesting Generator and the Generator.)
- Projectors
- Manifestors
- Reflectors
All four types have a very distinct way of moving through the world and a very distinct way that their aura interacts with the world and way that their auras interact with each other.
Generator Type
The Generator type makes up around 70% of the planet’s population and that’s because they are a bit like worker bees. They are here to get things done. There are about 35% Manifesting Generators and 35% Generators. Personally speaking, I am a Manifesting Generator.
Regardless if you are a Generator or a Manifesting Generator, what you have in common with each other is that you are here to use your Sacral energy to know what is correct for you to spend your energy on.
The important thing is that when you are guided by your Sacral response to say “Yes” or “No” to various opportunities, relationships, meetings, etc, you are being guided to using your energy in an optimal way.
When you’re using your energy in the optimal way, you’ll be left feeling more satisfied! Your aura will act like a beacon to other Generators as well as the other three types, letting them know your energy is available. And this often attracts a lot of amazing opportunities to Generators.
But, just because someone comes and makes a request for your energy does not mean that that is the correct thing for you.
This is where Generators get in trouble.
Generators can get really excited and passionate which may lead to forgetting to ask their Sacral or simply immediately “thinking” that every exciting opportunity is the correct one. And if you start saying “Yes” to the things that your Sacral is saying “No” to, you’re going to end up weakening your beacon. And then you won’t be getting those amazing opportunities anymore, until you spend the time to rest and rejuvenate your aura.
So don’t weaken the beacon!
A Generator in alignment looks like waking up with a full tank of gas, using your energy fully during your day, going to sleep at the end of the night exhausted and satisfied, then waking up the next day with a full tank again. This is what happens and will continue to happen when you only say “Yes!” to the opportunities and relationships your Sacral says “Yes!” to.
Projector Type
Now, the Projectors make up around 18% of the population and are here to be guides, mostly for the generators. Projectors can be a guide for Manifestors and Reflectors, but that’s not a typical interaction between the types.
As projectors, you’re here mostly to guide the Generators as you take in their Sacral energy through your open Sacral center and can sense when it’s being used correctly or incorrectly.
Because you don’t have any of your four motor centers (Sacral, Ego, Solar Plexus, Root) connected to the Throat Center, you are here to really be a visitor to energy.
You’re here to be a visitor and explorer, a witness, and an observer of the Generators.
You’re here to witness how they’re using their Sacral energy in effective ways and ineffective ways. Because you don’t have one consistent energy source, such as the Sacral energy that Generators have to guide them through the day, your energy is more inconsistent.
Your energy will come down and come up. It’s important for you to trust that, to not push yourself trying to act like a Generator.
Projectors, of all the types, have the most variation in their charts. Projectors can have anywhere from two to eight centers defined. And, your focused and absorbing aura is taking in the world and people around you in a very deep way. This wisdom you’re gathering can be felt by others in your aura, which leads them to, when it’s the correct moment, invite, you to share that wisdom.
It can be challenging for Projectors, with 70% of the planet being Generators, most Projectors have grown up trying to be Generators.
So, the first step for Projectors is deconditioning that and practicing letting yourself rest when the energy isn’t there. Resting also allows your aura do its work. Projectors have a focused and absorbing aura, meaning you are focused and taking in the environment around you and the people around you. All the time, you’re naturally absorbing wisdom. You’re naturally understanding how Generators are using their energy efficiently and inefficiently.
Now, your Strategy is to “Wait for the Invitation”, because if you try to tell a Generator that they’re using their energy in an inefficient way before they’re ready to hear it, there is a high chance it won’t go the way you want and they may not be able to receive it. Scenarios like this may lead you to feeling bitter and not recognized. And that is the “Not-Self” theme with a Projector.
Make sure that you are letting your aura do its work. Because when you’re letting your aura, it is naturally going to be absorbing the people and things around you and the situations around you and “inviting invitations”.
In the meantime, it’s good to “build your dance floor” so people know what kind of opportunities to invite you into. I talk about about this in this video:
When you let your aura do it’s work, you’ll be able to see before anyone else what’s working and what’s not working. And when you can just hold that and “Wait for the Invitation”, either the explicit invitation from someone or the implicit invitation from a situation or relationship, then you will be received and recognized and you’ll feel successful
We have another video on the Youtube channel about “Waiting for the Invitation”, the strategy for Projectors. If you’re a Projector or any other type and want to know more about it, you can click and watch it here.
Manifestor Type
Manifestor types comprise around 8% of the population. Manifestors are here to bring bigger ideas into reality. If you’re a Manifestor, you’re here to initiate those ideas.
You’re the only of the four types that are here to initiate. Generators are waiting to “Respond” with their Sacral energy, Projectors are waiting for the “Invitation”, and the Reflectors are waiting out the lunar cycle. For Manifestors, you’re here to Initiate and Inform.
“To Inform” is the Manifestor’s strategy because informing before you act helps you remove resistance from your path.
Remember, the Generators already have a ton of requests for their energy. And so, if you start acting in ways to bring forward your big ideas in ways that impact them or require energy from them, big or small, without first informing them, they will likely get frustrated. And that will then trigger your Not-Self Theme of Anger.
Informing can feel challenging for Manifestors because they’ve likely felt they’ve had to conform to this “Generator planet” since their childhood. If you’re a Manifestor and had to “wait in line” or “raise your hand before talking” for example, this goes against how you’re designed to be: someone who initiates and follows your internal spark into action.
So when you reconnect to that spark and follow it, the last thing you’re going to want to do is to let people know. Often, Manifestors will tell me it feels like asking for permission.
But the goal of Informing isn’t asking for permission. It’s removing resistance from your path.
Informing is letting people know what you’re about to do before you start doing it. This is because when you start working, it’s going to impact everyone around you. When you start acting and when you start moving about the world, it will naturally impact others.
Your aura in Human Design is described as closed and repelling, but that doesn’t mean that you’re closed off to the world or repelling to other people. A “closed and repelling” aura means that because you have such an impact on the world just by being you and initiating as you’re designed to, your aura will naturally keep the necessary distance you’ll need to initiate and inform and for others to support you instead of resist you.
When you inform others, they can relax and actually get enrolled in your actions, wanting to support you. You give Generators a chance to respond with their Sacral.
If you are around others that know their Human Design and you know some Projectors, Manifestors are designed to share their big vision with Projectors, because Projectors understand how to deliver the big visions in a way that the Generators can understand in smaller chunks. And they’ll be able to sense the moments to share.
Now, that is how Manifestors, Projectors, and Generators are designed to flow together in an ideal world where everyone’s living their design. Since most people are not living as they’re designed to live, don’t try to force this. If you do know a Projector who is practicing living in alignment with their design, this can be something you can try with them.
Ideally, when everyone starts living their design more, it means more people will begin trusting their inner wisdom, more people will come out from only living by the mind, and more people will begin trusting their bodies again which will help the vortex keep aligning the right people that are here to work with you with you.
So yes, if you have people in your life who you know are into Human Design and you know that they are a Projector, you can explore that. But, don’t worry too much, the most important thing is that you inform whoever will be impacted by what you’re about to say or do. Inform and let them know before you’re going to do so.
That way you help remove resistance from your path and you enroll people in your big vision.
You get it started, you get to initiate, inform, get everyone excited, and get it moving. Then, once it’s moving and you don’t feel your Manifestor spark pulling you in that way anymore, you get to step back and watch it continue to grow without you because you informed everyone and got them ready. And then, you wait for your next spark to initiate and inform and begin the next thing!
If you’d like to understand more about the Manifestor Spark, check out this video:
Reflector Type
Reflectors make up about 1 to 2% of the population and you are here looking at the greater patterns of the collective.
As a Reflector, you view the world at the paragraph level, while the Generators, Projectors, and Manifestors view it more at the sentence level.
While the other three types operate on a day cycle, you’re operating on a moon cycle.
What that means is the the other three types can find their own version of consistency that they can rely on in their defined channels and gates over the course of a day.
You find that consistency over a month’s time, 28 days to be specific, as the moon moves through all 64 gates and activates various parts of your chart in the same way every month.
Your aura is a sampling aura because, as you also move through other people’s auras, you’re sampling their definition and getting to experience in more totality what it’s like to be them. And so, you’re constantly and naturally sampling what it’s like to feel in different ways.
You will feel in different ways and have different channels activated based on where the planets are moving through the sky at any given moment, and based on what people are around you and what auras you’re moving through.
One of the biggest challenges for a Reflector is comparing themselves to others because you operate so differently than most of the world. If you can take a few days, even a few weeks out in nature, to recalibrate to yourself and your rhythms, that would be best.
However, that’s not possible for most people in the modern day. If you can take just even a few hours every week to get out into nature and to recalibrate to yourself, that’s will be really important and you will likely feel the benefits.
The most important decision for you to make is to get into the right environment and to let yourself be surprised and delighted by life. If you try to control life too much, there’s going to be a lot of disappointment. Once you’re in the right environment, feeling delighted over a month’s period of time, everything else will fall into place with so much more ease. And decisions will feel a lot easier.
As for decision-making, ideally take 28 days to make decisions, especially the big ones. This gives you a chance to experience the decision from many different energetic experiences as the Moon activates different parts of your chart. Your Strategy of Waiting out the Lunar Cycle allows you to gather all the information about a decision by experiencing it in those different ways.
For smaller decisions that need to be made within 28 days, being in the right environment will help a lot. And also being tuned into your Incarnation Cross and Profile can help a lot.
They are two consistent things you can look for in your life.
We have a video here on the Youtube channel about the Incarnation Cross, click here to check it out.
Watching for it in your life will help you to find a natural place where your “paragraph view” is really, really welcome. As well as understanding your profile. We have videos for many of the Profiles on our YouTube channel as well. You can also find out about your Profile by downloading your personalized 19-page report here.
When you really allow yourself to focus on that 28 day lunar cycle, you can find that place of consistency for yourself, instead of looking for it in the day to day.
A great practice is to journal each day about what you’re thinking, feeling, and experiencing. Once you journal for 28 days in a row, you’ll start journaling about the new cycle and can start to see themes.
I hope you enjoyed this post today, and gained some new insight into your own Type or into another Type of Human Design. Comment below if you have any questions or thoughts to share!
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