Human Design System

The Human Design System is a logical, mechanical, and graphically illustrated system which maps each individual’s unique genetic highlighting. Human Design is the study, application and experimentation with the tools of the Human Design System.

Image of The Rave Mandala

Strategy according to type, and inner authority for decision making are the primary tools offered by the Human Design System. According to proponents of Human Design, when someone experiments with their strategy and authority, it transforms their life, one decision at a time. Through each decision they can begin to discover their uniqueness, and they find the correct alignment of their own particular trajectory. In addition, by experimenting with strategy and trying out decision making with the individual’s inner authority, each person comes to their own conclusion about the validity of the information from their own experience.

At a practical level, Human Design offers a new process of decision making. It is not a new mental strategy or type-casting philosophy. It is about transferring the decision making from the mind to the inner authority of the body. Every cell in the body has it’s own intelligence, it’s own memory capacity, and according to Human Design, it’s own frequency of consciousness. This bio-intelligence, the consciousness of the form itself becomes the source of the inner authority for decision making.

Human Design teaches that the mind is not the source of authority for decision making, and that up until now the purpose of the mind has been misplaced and misunderstood. Through experimenting with strategy and authority, Human Design teaches that anyone can recognize the correct way in which the body and the mind are designed to function.

The BodyGraph is the illustrative map which shows the genetic highlighting of the individual and articulates the unique differentiation found in their design. Human Design teachings claim that by learning the surface mechanics of the BodyGraph anyone can understand how their design operates and can mechanically find what makes their life unique. By applying the tools of Human Design they can learn to operate out of that uniqueness.

Fundamental to Human Design, is the concept of a binary consciousness, both a mental and a physical consciousness. According to Human Design, humans are endowed with two crystals of consciousness, a Design Crystal and a Personality Crystal which both receive and process neutrino information for the healthy functioning of the being.

The design or form consciousness derived from the Design Crystal, is designed to provide the inner authority for the decision making, direction, and trajectory of the life. The personality or mental consciousness derived from the Personality Crystal is designed to provide the outer authority; the ability to observe and interpret information for the benefit of others, but not to run the life. These two streams of consciousness are pulled together by what is called in Human Design terms, the prime Magnetic Monopole which creates the illusion of separateness, and provides the direction for the life. It is by the healthy utilization of the binary consciousness that humans can achieve their potential of self-reflected consciousness in form.

The concept of the Magnetic Monopole and the binary crystals of consciousness are unique to the Human Design System. A metaphor which may help explain human experience of binary consciousness is The vehicle, the passenger, and the driver: The vehicle is the body, the form, or in Human Design terms, the design of the form. The passenger is the mind, or in Human Design terms, the personality. The driver is the Magnetic Monopole. The mind’s job is to be the passenger, to sit in the back seat of the car and look out the windows and observe the life; and express its unique point of view as an outer authority in service to others. The form’s job is to be the vehicle, the physical object that moves through space and time; and lives the life. The Magnetic Monopole’s job is to be the driver, to take the information from the streams of consciousness and to guide the vehicle on the correct trajectory or path, much like an internal GPS system.

According to Human Design advocates, this combination of the mind as passenger and outer authority, and the form as the vehicle and source for inner authority in decision making, is what provides the potential maximum utilization of the binary consciousness. The experiment with strategy is what allows the personality or the mind to begin to relax as the passenger while experimenting with the inner authority for decision making is what allows the driver and the vehicle to begin to align with its correct trajectory. Through these tools of strategy and authority, the experience of binary consciousness begins to develop and the life begins to express its uniqueness.

A particularly dominant theme in Human Design is ‘’conditioning’’ which describes how the “world” (particularly other people) has a powerful impact on each person’s behavior. Anyone familiar with Behaviorism and Pavlov and B. F. Skinner, will recognize the parallels.

Brief History
The Human Design System was given form by Ra Uru Hu. Born Alan (Robert) Krakower in Montreal, Canada April 9, 1948, the son of wealthy parents, he received a good education and went on to work as an entrepreneur, a magazine publisher, an advertising executive and media producer.

The Human Design System was revealed to Ra Uru Hu by what called itself the "Voice" which spoke to him for eight consecutive days and nights in January of 1987. At the time of his encounter he was living in an old ruin over an ancient well on the island of Ibiza, off the coast of Spain.
His life completely changed through his experience with the "Voice". Every cell in his body was different; even his name was different. To this day, Ra does not claim this is “his” information; but that it was given in trust to him for the future children of humanity.

Ra describes himself as a skeptic with a background in physics. He had no belief in things of a mystical bent. He has often said that he resented the intrusion into his life of this "Voice". But the experience was so shocking and so profound that he was unable to simply set it aside and get back to his life.

One of the results of the mystical origin of The Human Design System is that it puts the responsibility on each person who meets this information to test whether or not it has practical value for their own life. This is not a belief system to be taught as dogma, or to take on faith. Human Design is not a philosophy. It provides a logical concrete map, through the BodyGraph of the nature of each and every being on the planet. Ra is the first to tell anyone, “Don’t trust me, experiment for yourself and determine if this is true for you or not.”

Learning to utilize binary consciousness is an evolutionary step in the human process that has not been previously available to humanity, according to Human Design. Throughout history, consciousness has evolved through the evolution of human design as with the 5-centered Neanderthal (Homo Neanderthalensis) to the 7-centered Homo Sapiens. The 7-centered Homo Sapiens evolution corresponds losely to the model of the 7-centered Hindu Chakra system. In 1781, the mutation to the current model of the 9-centered being began to appear in the population, and completely replaced the 7-centered strategic being by the 1860’s. The potential of the 9-centered being is just at the rudimentary level of understanding, which can develop far beyond the cognitive, sensory and awareness capabilities of the 7-centered being. Humans today still carry the chemistry of the 7-centered being in their cells, and continue to operate in an archaic 7-centered hierarchic social structure and world view, mostly unaware of their expanded potential.

According to Human Design, the 9-centered being is a transitional form and that a further mutation will begin to appear in the population in 2027 with the emergence of a new species, called The Rave. As a transitional form, the current human design of the 9-centered being has consciousness capabilities beyond the scope of the 7-centered ancestral design, and it is this ability to utilize the binary consciousness that differentiates the 9-centered design from it’s past.

Critics of The Human Design System point out that there is no scientific proof of the presence of consciousness crystals, nor of the Magnetic Monopole. The assertion that homo sapiens have continued to evolve is widely accepted within the scientific community, however, the specific adaptations of centers be it nine or seven, is unproven. However, Ra Uru Hu has been teaching since 1987 that the “Voice” informed him that neutrinos have mass; and this was unproven scientifically until 1991. According to Ra Uru Hu, the presence of the Magnetic Monopole and the crystals of consciousness will also be proven in the future.

Organization
Human Design is often called the Science of Differentiation or the Science of the Self, as experimentation with the logical, mechanical understanding of a person’s genetic highlighting can lead to the realization and experience of their individual differentiation or their unique self.

Image of a Rave Chart showing the BodyGraph and it's calculations

The graphic foundation of the Human Design System is the BodyGraph, which when shown in it’s expanded version, sits within what is called the Rave Mandala. The Rave Mandala and the BodyGraph are a part of the revealed synthesis of the Human Design System that is much greater than the sum of its parts, and it symbolizes both the depth and the beauty that is Human Design.

The Rave Mandala is composed of several parts which synthesize both ancient and modern principles. It begins with the wheel derived from eastern and western astrology and it forms the framework for the planetary imprinting calculations. Surrounding the wheel are the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching, which correspond to the sixty-four codons of the human genetic code or language. The sixty-four hexagrams translate into the sixty-four gates shown in the BodyGraph, and thereby transfers the planetary imprint to the body.

The BodyGraph is made up of these sixty-four gates, which are connected through channels that are rooted in the Tree of Life design of the ancient Kabala. The circuitry map of gates and channels connect the nine centers which are derived from the Hindu-Brahmin Chakra system. These elements creates a quantum field, one in which the Rave Mandala reveals a unified view of the individual that could not be reached by any one element of this synthesis. It is the quantum of the mechanics itself that allows anyone to see their genetic highlighting, the map of their uniqueness.

According to Human Design teachings, no two people have ever been born exactly the same. Each person is a composite of the genetic diversity and inheritance that has led to the moment of their conception and subsequent development and birth. Never before, in any system of knowledge from the mystical to the scientific, has there been a mechanical map of human potential. This is the revolution that Human Design claims to bring to every person, the ability to see their own unique design, and the process to live out this potential through strategy and authority.

Human Design is represented as knowledge for this time, as rapid changes move humanity toward the need to embrace the enhanced evolutionary capacities that are currently being under utilized. Human Design proponents claim that humanity is on the cusp of another evolutionary shift; and now, unlike ever before, there is the prospect of learning how to cultivate the potential of the 9-centered being. Human Design claims to offer the possibility to live on the leading edge of human development. According to those who have been and are currently experimenting with Human Design, the experiment of Human Design provides the opportunity to live as a unique individual, to live by the decision making of the form’s inner authority, while liberating the mind to be of service to others.

The synthesis of ancient esoteric systems with modern concepts about neutrinos and genetics provides a profound exposition on human behavior. And, unlike so many systems that describe human behavior, Human Design is inherently non-judgmental and is not moralistic.

The system is multi-layered, meaning that whatever basic perceptual model you employ, Human Design can be viewed via that model. If spirituality is your focus, then the system fits in quite well. If your preferred model is more scientific, the system fits in there equally well.

One of the most outstanding characteristics of the system is the density and granularity of the bodygraph component itself. Anyone who has learned the language and symbols of the system can extract a lot of information from a seemingly simple image. The information is both broad in its scope and extremely detailed, so a trained analyst can move easily between a macro and micro view of a person’s behavioral strategies — both the genetically wired ones and those which have been learned.

Learning
Licensed Human Design Analysts throughout the world offer Foundational Readings and Overviews which offer clients specific information about the individuals design and provide tools for experimentation with their particular design.

Human Design Professionals offer a wide range of education, classes and services. Advanced readings on a variety of topics including the Primary Health System Analysis, Color Transference Analysis, Transit Readings, Dream Rave Analysis, Partnership Analysis, Family Penta Analysis, and Business Analysis (BG-5) are available from a variety of qualified Human Design Analysts and Human Design Professionals. Professional designations include: Licensed Human Design Analysts, Living Your Design Guides, Primary Health System Practitioners and Analysts, Rave Psychologists and Color Transference Analysts, Dream Rave Analysts, BG-5 Analysts, and Family Practice Analysts.

In addition, there are other classes and courses taught for those who are interested in studying the Human Design System in depth, and for those who wish to become Human Design professionals. Books and lecture media are also available for private study through various national Human Design organizations.

Jovian Archive Corporation sanctions all national Human Design organizations throughout the world. There are national organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany/Austria, Ukraine, Italy, Australia, Greece/Cyprus, France, Brazil, and Iceland. New national organizations are being founded each year.

National Human Design organizations are responsible for providing a well-regulated licensing program for Human Design Analysts in order to ensure a high level of competence among licensed analysts. Each national Human Design organization publishes a directory of Licensed Human Design Analysts within their country/region. Many national organizations offer basic training and education for the licensing of Human Design Analysts, whereas the International Human Design School offers more advanced training and education. Jovian Archive Corporation presides over the International Human Design School.

Jovian Archive Corporation is the International Rights Holder to The Human Design System, The Global Incarnation Index, Primary Health System and all knowledge derived from the teachings of Ra Uru Hu. Copyright 1992-2007. The Rave BodyGraph TM and Rave Mandala TM are registered Trademarks of Jovian Archive Corporation, and All Rights Reserved. Jovian Archive has granted permission for the use of their trademarks within this article, and the permission to reprint this article as a whole is freely granted.

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