Human Design FAQ

As in astrology, Human Design calculations are based on the planetary constellation at a given moment. The information is coded by indexing astrological positions with the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching and then transferred to one of the nine centers (chakras) of the body graph. Now the data has another layer, where astrological positions clarify the qualities of the signs of the zodiac. You see Gemini in the Throat center, acting and talking, or Libra in the Spleen center, discriminating, judging, intuiting.

Actually, there are two calculations for an individual's chart, one that precedes the physical birth by 88 degrees of the Sun, or, one Mercury orbit. The prenatal calculation shows the unconscious imprint of the genetic inheritance and physical attributes one has this life, the Body, while the birth calculation shows the conscious, Personality, Mind characteristics.

Like in our lives, these two components of the human experience merge in the chart where they can interact through the centers via channels (Tree of Life). The result is a chart where centers can either be colored (stable) or remain white (subject to outside influence).

With the Human Design chart, you see something that is not revealed by astrology alone. It is holographic, showing the DNA patterning (through the correspondence with the hexagrams), revealing the health and energy dynamics, highlighting planets as they function on the surface or only in relationship.

Hundreds of astrologers have found this an invaluable and irreplaceable format for fully comprehending the birth imprint pattern that determines the Body/Mind attributes one carries in the life.