A Very Short History of Human Design
Human Design is a self-knowledge system that combines elements from various esoteric and scientific traditions to create a personalized “bodygraph” or chart for individuals.
Human Design was founded by Ra Uru Hu (born Alan Robert Krakower in Montreal, Canada) in 1987 . According to the system’s origin story, Krakower had a mystical experience while in Ibiza, Spain, during the 1987 supernova which he received information about Human Design over an eight-day period. This “revelation” became the foundation of the system.
Ra Uru Hu developed the system throughout the 1990s and early 2000s until his death in 2011. Since then, various teachers and practitioners have continued to develop and spread Human Design worldwide.
Human Design combines elements from Western astrology, the Chinese I Ching, the Kabbalah, the Hindu-Brahmin chakra system and Quantum physics.
The system creates a personal bodygraph based on your birth date, time, and location (similar to an astrological chart) for the right or CONSCIOUS self of your chart. A date calculated to be 88 days before birth, forms the left side, the UNCONSCIOUS self.
Core Components
Human Design categorizes people into five main “types”:
- Manifestors or in Quantum Human Design the Initiators
- Generators or Alchemists
- Manifesting Generators or Time Benders
- Projectors or Orchestrators
- Reflectors or Calibrators
Each type has a recommended “strategy” for decision-making and interacting with the world:
- Manifestors are advised to “inform” before taking action
- Generators should “respond” rather than initiate
- Projectors should “wait for invitation” before offering guidance
- Reflectors should “wait a lunar cycle” before making major decisions
The other important parts of the system are:
- Nine energy centers (based on chakras)
- Channels (connecting the centers)
- Gates (specific points of energy within the channels)
- Authority types (recommended decision-making approaches)
- Profiles (personality patterns)