Human Design
The 5 Human Design types
Human Design sorts people into five types: Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector, Manifestor and Reflector. Your type describes how your energy works and gives you a simple strategy for making choices that fit you.
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Get my free letterThe five types at a glance
| Type | Share of people | Strategy | Not-self theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generator | About 37% | To respond | Frustration |
| Manifesting Generator | About 33% | To respond, then inform | Frustration and anger |
| Projector | About 20% | To wait for the invitation | Bitterness |
| Manifestor | About 8 to 9% | To inform | Anger |
| Reflector | About 1% | To wait a lunar cycle | Disappointment |
Shares are the figures usually quoted in Human Design books and courses.
How your type is set
Your type comes from which of your nine centers are defined and how they connect. Two things decide most of it: whether the Sacral center is defined, and whether a motor center connects to the Throat.
- GeneratorA defined Sacral center and no motor center connected to the Throat.
- Manifesting GeneratorA defined Sacral center and a motor center (Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart or Root) connected to the Throat.
- ProjectorAn undefined Sacral center and no motor center connected to the Throat.
- ManifestorAn undefined Sacral center and a motor center (Solar Plexus, Heart or Root) connected to the Throat.
- ReflectorAll nine centers undefined.
Energy types and the others
Generators and Manifesting Generators have a defined Sacral, the steady, renewable work energy, and are sometimes called energy types. Projectors, Manifestors and Reflectors do not, so they tend to work in bursts and need more rest than the people around them.
Type is the start
Type is one layer of the chart. Your authority (how you decide), your profile (the role you tend to play) and your defined centers add the detail.
A question to sit with
When does your energy feel most like your own, and what were you doing at the time?
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Questions
What are the 5 types in Human Design?
Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector, Manifestor and Reflector.
Which Human Design type is the most common?
Generators. Together with Manifesting Generators, who are a kind of Generator, they are about 70 percent of people.
Which Human Design type is the rarest?
Reflectors, usually quoted at about 1 percent of people.
Can your Human Design type change?
No. It comes from your birth data and stays the same. How you live it can change a lot.
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