What is Human Design?

Those two words, Human Design, have been trending in my part of the world for the last few years. I live in the southwest of the UK, and both locally and online, there’s certainly been a buzz!

I discovered Human Design myself in 2020 and have had 4 years of the most incredible experience of re-parenting myself with it. It’s truly been a game changer for me; working 50% less than I did in my corporate marketing career, and earning 3 times more. All because I started working with the flow of my energy and strengths, rather than pushing to be someone I am not.

In 2023 I stepped into my work as a Human Design expert, having qualified with the International Human Design School as a Living Your Design Guide. The founder of the system, Ra Uru Hu, said that Projectors (that’s me, a 5/1 Splenic Projector!) are likely to make money from the system, but for me, it’s about empowerment. 

Why This System? 

People ask me all the time why I got into it.  And sometimes it’s hard to explain because there’s just nothing else like it. Human Design is a feeling you get, a knowing in your body, not about the logical understanding of what it is. This is where a lot of people will dismiss Human Design because they cannot understand logically what it is. 

If I were to speak in logical terms though, I describe it as a personality test for your soul.

Discovering Human Design

Let me tell you the story of how I discovered Human Design and why I am here today. Back in 2018, I got involved in an affiliate marketing company. I was attempting to sell social media courses online to businesses and freelancers who needed to learn how to maximize their social media efforts and get customers and clients online. 

The principal was great, and after taking the courses myself, I really did feel like it was a high quality training program. However my success in affiliate marketing was short lived. In fact, it didn't even really get started.

After investing $3,000, my total revenue in return was $100 after a year. I flunked out, I burnt out. And the way that I was being guided to create my affiliate offers was just not right for me. The cookie cutter strategies were just sickening to me, but have proven to work for others.  

The Bright Side

One positive did come out of it, however, and that was a beautiful friendship that I had with someone who I now know as a Manifestor in the Human Design System. Jen was based in Melbourne, Australia, and one day after months of healing from her own burnout from affiliate marketing, she guided me to put my birth details into a Human Design chart generator. 

Fast forward a few months from that first chart generation, I realised why I was so burnt out, and why those cookie cutter marketing strategies weren’t working for me (or Jen), and it all landed on me like a big boulder of awareness. A boulder of experience, and compassion for myself.

Running Your Human Design Chart

You can find free Human Design chart generators anywhere online, and all you need to do is put your birth details in, and out pops your chart. 

But what the heck is THAT? I hear you say…

I know, there's nothing about it that makes sense whatsoever. There are colours, there are blocks, there are lines, there are numbers, there are decimal points, and there are words that you can't even understand. 

And this was exactly how I felt when I downloaded my body graph. I was overwhelmed, but deep inside me, there was something that I knew was going to propel me forward because of this system that I had found, this system that I had been initiated into. 

I didn't know what the heck I was seeing, but I had an intuitive moment of just knowing that this was something that I wanted to explore. I will never forget that moment because that was my first real understanding of my Human Design decision-making process; my splenic authority. 

Let me go back to my first question: What is Human Design? 

So, as a personality test for your soul, it's a way of understanding who you are at the core of your inner truth, without the conditioning of society. It gives you a way of understanding how your body, the most intelligent part of you, is designed to be in life. You are designed differently to everyone else, and it’s a map that shows you how different.

Making Decisions with Human Design

My favourite part to talk about in the Human Design System is your decision-making process. We are thwarted these days with overwhelmed; we make decisions using strategy and logic, and sometimes we find those decisions are not right for us, but we can't make any idea of why those decisions didn't work out. Everything looked good on paper, right? 

Well, if it turns out it was the wrong decision, it looks like you haven't made your decision using your authority; your intuition, your gut response, your inner truth. And this is why Human Design can explain why certain things in your life have gone wrong and certain things in your life have excelled. It brings you out of your head, and back to your inner truth. The body knows. 

Astrology on Steroids

One of the reasons why Human Design is so accurate as a personality test is because it uses seven different modalities. Not only do you have the science of DNA (1), Quantum Physics (2) and biochemistry (3) in Human Design, but it uses many ancient modalities too, Astrology (4), Kabbalah (5), I Ching (6) and Hindu Chakras (7).

Therefore it’s often dubbed Astrology on Steroids. 

So how do you interpret your Human Design chart?

I know, Human Design is full of weird words that don’t make sense. So it’s about interpreting your chart.

There’s 2 ways of doing it, use both if you desire!

1. Go down the rabbit hole and explore the system yourself, listen to podcasts (like mine, called the Simple Human Design podcast), read books and learn from Human Design experts

2. Get a Human Design reading (or several). This isn’t a spiritual or psychic experience, it’s simply a session whereby the professional tells you all about your chart and how you can make practical changes in your life to live with flow and ease without your ego mind holding you back

   
   

The Ego Mind

We all have conversations with ourselves; usually holding ourselves back and telling us that we can’t do something or that we’re not good enough. But Human Design is a map to help you bring conscious awareness to what you’re thinking, how you’re acting/reacting and how you could be showing up in your shadow / not-self state. In your not-self, you may be stressed, pushed for time, have poor self-worth, and be emotionally volatile. When you understand what’s happening and bring the language of Human Design into your awareness, things start to shift. 

Living in Alignment

This is where living in alignment really starts to shine through when working with the Human Design system. Imagine a world where you are happy, living with flow and ease, being able to set boundaries with others and grow a thriving business with heart. None of this happens by following others or copying their strategies. It all comes from following your Human Design and swimming with the flow, not against it. 

Embrace Your Unique Design

As you begin to explore Human Design, remember that this journey is deeply personal and transformative. Whether you choose to dive into the wealth of resources available or seek guidance from a professional, the most important step is to start. Embrace your unique design, trust your inner authority, and watch as life unfolds with greater ease and purpose. In a world full of noise and external pressures, Human Design offers a path to reconnect with your true self and live in alignment with who you were always meant to be. 

Action Step

Take a moment to ask yourself: 

Am I making decisions that feel right in my body, or am I stuck in my head trying to figure it all out? 

Reflect on where in your life you might be resisting your true nature. 

Use this as a daily reminder to tune into your intuition and make choices that support your authentic path. The journey to discovering your true potential starts now. So, what are you waiting for? Run your Human Design chart today because the journey to discovering your authentic self begins now.  

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Charlie Garnham is a Human Design expert, guiding women to build thier business aligned with their unique energy, rather than following outdated cookie cutter systems that don't work for most. Charlie uses her years of intuitive wisdom and Human Design to create a personal map for your life and business, set for success! 

www.charliegarnham.com

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