For the longest time, I’ve stayed away from the Human Design community. I don’t tend to follow Human Design teachers (with a couple of rare exceptions) or participate in groups. Keeping my aura clear of other interpretations helps me focus on what I have to say, instead of echoing others.
But recently, I decided to study in some groups that focus solely on mechanics rather than interpretation. OMG, did it remind me why I avoid these spaces!
In a mere matter of hours, I saw some heartbreakingly disempowering bullshit:
- A Generator literally telling a Projector that their “role” is to sit still and be quiet.
- An “analyst” gaslighting someone by saying their personal experience wasn’t possible based on their design.
- Someone getting dragged for pointing out that Ra was human.
- And most disturbingly—encouragement to give up all worldly possessions because “the true self doesn’t care about that.”
The most painful part? People asking for permission to live their lives. “I’m a {insert Human Design aspect}. Can I {do this random thing}?”
STOP. THAT. SHIT.
Your Human Design isn’t here to tell you what you can or can’t do. It’s here to show you the energy you bring to every circumstance and offer tools to harness that energy for more satisfaction, success, peace, and surprise. It’s here to help you become the autonomous, authentic, sovereign leader of your life.
Asking for permission is the antithesis of that.
Yes, Human Design experts, myself included, can explain the mechanics. We can share what those mechanics mean to us in ways that, hopefully, resonate and create momentum for you. But no one knows you better than you.
You’re a grown-ass adult with free will. Your power doesn’t lie in someone else’s permission—it lies in trusting yourself, doing what you know is right, and taking responsibility for the results you create.
That means experimenting. Trying it to see. Fucking around and finding out.
It means owning your frustration, bitterness, anger, and disappointment just as much as your satisfaction, success, peace, and surprise. And if you don’t like the result, trying something else.
That is your power. Don’t give it away.