What is Human Design?
Human Design is a self-knowledge system that emerged in 1987 and blends astrology, the I Ching, the Kabbalah and the chakra system. From your birth data it creates a map called the bodygraph: nine energy centers connected by channels and activated by 64 gates.
Its approach is practical: it doesn't tell you who you should be, but how your energy works, so you can experiment with living by it. That's why it's often described as an experiment rather than a belief.
How to read your chart in 4 steps
If you've already calculated your chart, start with these four elements.
- Step 1
Type
Your type is the foundation of your chart: it describes how your energy works and your strategy for moving through life with less resistance.
- Step 2
Authority
Your authority is how your body knows what is right for you. It isn't the mind: it is a physical and emotional signal.
- Step 3
Profile
Your profile describes how you move through the world: how you learn, relate and live. It comes from the lines of your conscious and unconscious Sun.
- Step 4
Center
The centers are the nine energy hubs of the bodygraph. Each relates to a biological area of the body, which is why they are key to the link between Human Design and the body.
The 5 Human Design Types
Your type is the foundation of your chart: it describes how your energy works and your strategy for moving through life with less resistance.
Inner Authority in Human Design
Your authority is how your body knows what is right for you. It isn't the mind: it is a physical and emotional signal.
The 12 Human Design Profiles
Your profile describes how you move through the world: how you learn, relate and live. It comes from the lines of your conscious and unconscious Sun.
The 9 Human Design Centers
The centers are the nine energy hubs of the bodygraph. Each relates to a biological area of the body, which is why they are key to the link between Human Design and the body.
Human Design and the body
Every center in the bodygraph has a biological counterpart: the Throat with the thyroid, the Solar Plexus with the kidneys and nervous system, the Spleen with the immune system. Open centers are where we absorb the most from our environment, and often where the body expresses what isn't ours. Gabriela Lazarte, a Biodecoding therapist based in Argentina, brings these two tools together in her work.
Human Design: frequently asked questions
What is Human Design?+
A self-knowledge system created in 1987 that combines astrology, the I Ching, the Kabbalah and the chakra system. From your birth date, time and place it generates a chart (bodygraph) that describes how your energy works and how you make decisions.
How is a Human Design chart calculated?+
It uses the positions of 13 celestial bodies at your birth (Personality, conscious) and about 88 days earlier (Design, unconscious). Each position activates one of 64 gates, and connected gates form channels that define your centers.
Is there a Human Design test?+
It isn't a questionnaire: your chart is calculated from birth data, so the result doesn't depend on your answers. You can get it free in a minute.
Is Human Design scientific?+
No. It has no scientific validation. Many people still find it useful as a practical experiment in listening to the body and respecting their own energy. Gabriela uses it as a contextual tool, not dogma.
How does Human Design relate to the body?+
Each center of the bodygraph is associated with a biological area. Gabriela Lazarte combines Human Design with Biodecoding to understand how each person lives their emotional conflicts and where the body expresses them.