My Human Design Chart

Dec 2, 2024

7 min read

I love looking at people's Human Design birth charts. They tell me so much about a person, even if I've never met them before!

If you're not aware, Human Design is a system and a tool which can help you understand how your energy works and how to make decisions in a way which is correct for you. Your birth information is used to create a birth chart (or Bodygraph), which is incredibly deep and layered!

I'd love for you all to get to know me a little better so here is my chart and an explanation of what it all means for me.

Emily Vickery's Human Design Chart — My Human Design Chart

Type & Aura

I am a Projector. I am designed to master a system (or systems) and guide others in that system. For me personally, Human Design is my main system but I have many that I am drawn to! I love to learn about holistic health, herbalism and movement therapy, and would love to talk more about these going forwards.

Due to my undefined Sacral centre, my energy is inconsistent and I need to be selective in how I use it to avoid burnout. I have no defined motor centres (0 out of 4) so I need more rest than most! My aura is focused and penetrating and has the ability to see deeply into the other person - I operate best on a 1-1 basis and prefer meeting friends and family 1-1 rather than in larger groups too.

My signature theme is success - this is the feeling I get when I am aligned and operating correctly. My version of success feels like freedom - freedom to spend my days however I like, going where I like, eating what I like and doing what I like! My not-self theme is bitterness, which is the feeling I get when I am not operating correctly. When bitterness comes up in me I start feeling like a sulky teenager - it feels like kind of a woe is me, nobody understands me, I'm a failure energy.

Strategy

As a projector, my strategy is to 'wait for the invitation'. It essentially means I should wait to be invited before sharing advice, guidance or opinions. This is due to my focused and penetrating aura - if I try to input without being invited, it can feel energetically invasive to the other person and I can feel them back off and stop listening to what I'm saying. I also feel bitterness when this happens.

Invitations need to come with recognition for my definition and my channels to be correct (I'll talk more about this later). When I have been invited to share my insights and guidance and I feel like they really see and recognise me, the energy is totally different! It starts to flow and I'll feel like the other person really values what I have to share.

Authority

None of us are designed to make decisions from the mind! Instead, we each have an authority which helps us to make aligned decisions which are correct for us. I have self-projected authority, which comes from my defined G Centre (the yellow diamond in the chest) and my defined throat centre (the brown square). Only projectors can have this authority and it's pretty rare - only around 2.5% of the population have it.

The G centre is the centre for identity, sense of self and direction. The throat is the centre for expression, communication and manifestation. Therefore for me, my decision making is all about whether something feels like me, whether it fits my identity and my sense of self. For me, it can feel like a deep knowing in my chest, or sometimes a click in my chest followed by a feeling of lightness.

I can also hear my truth through what comes out of my mouth - sometimes I will say something I think is right but it feels wrong as soon as it comes out of my mouth, like what I said wasn't true for me but I didn't realise it until I said it. Or sometimes I will talk about something my mind thinks it doesn't want to do but I will hear excitement in my voice - a sign it's actually something I should do.

Body Centres

As you can see in my chart, I have only two defined body centres (the coloured in shapes). This means that I only have fixed and consistent access to my G centre and my throat centre. For all of the seven other body centres, I do not have consistent access to their energy and I absorb and amplify conditioning from outside of me through these centres. My spleen and ego centres are completely open so I am extra vulnerable to conditioning through these two centres.

This can be a double edged sword - it can be challenging to be so open and sensitive to conditioning. The noise from the not-self in all of the undefined centres can make it difficult to hear my self-projected authority. But on the other hand, the sensitivity can over time turn into wisdom. I can learn really how each centre works at a deeper level, because I can feel the energy in more of an objective way since I don't have it myself.

Profile

I have a 2/4 profile, otherwise known as the Hermit/Opportunist. This is my personality archetype and consists of two profile lines - my conscious 2nd line and my unconscious 4th line.

The 2nd line is the hermit, which luckily means I am naturally gifted but I prefer to be left alone to work on my own things. A challenge of this line is that I cannot see my own gifts in myself, so I usually need someone else to see and point them out in me. It is a projection line too so when people are seeing my gifts, they're seeing what they think they see in me, not who I actually am. As this line is conscious, I am VERY aware of my need to hermit myself away often and be left alone to do my own thing!

The 4th line is the opportunist, which is all about creating and maintaining networks. As this line is unconscious, I have always tended to think of myself as kind of an anti-social person. However I do notice that I tend to make friends easily, and often that opportunities (particularly job opportunities) tend to come to me through people in my network, people I know. I also find that people I know can sometimes be influenced by me without me intending to influence them.

Definition

As both of my defined body centres are joined together with no gaps, I have single definition. This naturally gives me a sense of independence, a sense of being whole on my own without needing another person to 'complete me', which is probably why I enjoy being single so much! I also tend to process information quickly.

Channels

I have two channels, which represent my gifts and what is consistent in me. These are the coloured lines connecting my G centre to the throat centre - the 1 connected to the 8 and the 7 connected to the 31.

The 1-8 is the Channel of Inspiration, otherwise known as the creative role model. It is a highly creative individual channel which means I can bring new things into the world and inspire people creatively by expressing myself and being myself. However it is a projected channel, so there is an element of needing to be invited to share my creativity with other people. My main creative outlets are dance and writing/journalling, though I enjoy most forms of creativity.

The 7-31 is the Channel of the Alpha, which is a collective channel for elected leadership. This channel enables me to be a natural leader and guide, but only when elected to do so (walking into a room and claiming I'm the leader does NOT work!). I see this channel in my life often in situations with friends or family or in work, where I somehow find myself in charge of something without meaning to be or even wanting to be.

Incarnation Cross

My Incarnation Cross is the Right Angled Cross of Contagion (30/29,14/8). This is my life purpose and will naturally occur when I am living in alignment with my strategy and authority. This cross has the energy of always wanting to try new things and have new experiences, and then sharing these experiences with other people - this has always been a major theme for me. There is also an element of wanting to say 'yes' to everything and overcommitting. This tendency can be difficult to manage and has led me to agree to things I didn't want to do more than once!

Variables

I won't go too deeply into the variables as this is another layer into Human Design, but I will give a brief overview of mine:

Determination: Direct Light. This means I consume and digest food and information best in bright daylight, before the sun goes down. I have always hated eating late and going to bed on a full stomach.
Cognition: Taste. My strongest sense is taste, so it is helpful for me to taste food to know if I want to eat it, or to taste and try experiences to know if I want to continue.
Environment: Mountains. I feel calmest and most like myself when high up, with an expansive view and few people. I've always loved visiting mountains for this reason.
Perspective: Want/Need. I tend to see what people want, or what would be beneficial for them. If I am thinking about survival and how I can survive, I am out of alignment.
Motivation: Guilt. I am motivated to fix things and do things out of a sense of duty. If I am sitting around hoping other people will do things for me then I am out of alignment.