Human Design astrology is very useful in helping us discover our authentic selves. The 9 Energy Centers in the Human Design body graph show us the energies that are our own and also where we are subject to conditioning.
Notice in the graphic how some centers are colored in and some are white. The colored centers are called Defined centers. In these centers, you are broadcasting or transmitting energies which are true for you. You could say that in these centers you are being authentic. The Defined Centers have fixed, and consistent energy.
The white centers in the graphic are called Open or Undefined centers. In these centers you absorb, amplify and then re-transmit energies from in your environment. You may believe that these energies are your Truth or are really coming from you, but that is not the case. The very people in your life, through your family, workplace, school and other connections are influencing you in these centers. These are the centers where you are here to learn what is authentic to you and what is not. The Undefined or Open Centers have mutable, inconsistent energy and are dependent on mood, or environment.
Below is a graphic of the 9 Energy Centers and what they represent energetically:
These are the 9 Energy Centers (from top to bottom)
Head – Center for Inspiration
Ajna – The Mind
Throat – Communication & Manifestation
G-Center – Identity
Ego Center – Will and Resource allocation
Solar Plexus (white triangle at lower right) – Emotions
Sacral – Vitality & Life force (red square)
Spleen Center – Intuition, Time, Survival, Health (brown triangle at lower left)
Root Center – Stress/Adrenaline
The Head Center
The Head Center is the first energy center and when it is defined, it is colored in yellow. In the body, the Head Center is associated with the pineal gland. It is the center for inspiration and it is a Pressure Center. The pressure that comes through the Head Center is the pressure to answer questions – How? Why? Can you prove it? About 30% of the population has the Head Center defined (colored in) and 70% of us are open or undefined.
The Open Head Center often feels pressured to act on their inspiration. And, because what inspires you in the moment is not what may inspire you in the next, you may appear as if you are leaping from one idea to the next or one activity to the next. The lesson of the Open Head Center is to be wise about what actually inspires you to action. Of course you default to your Type, Strategy, and Authority to help you make correct decisions.
The Defined Head Center transmits or radiates inspiration outward to the world. They are also always asking questions and searching for answers. It is very important that Defined Head Centers don’t rely on the answers they receive in the Head to make decisions. There is no one on the planet who is designed to use the head as the source of decision-making! Let me say that again: there is not one human on the planet who is designed to make decisions from the Head Center, nor from the thinking process! All Authorities are lower in the body: the Identity, the Heart, the Solar Plexus, the Sacral or the Spleen.
The Ajna Center
The Ajna is the second Energy Center down from the Head Center. When it is defined, it is colored in green. About 50% of the population is Defined and 50% Undefined. The Ajna is related to the pituitary in the body, and it is called an Awareness Center. The main activity of this center is mental processing, conceptualizing, and fact finding and association.
Someone with an Open Ajna sees many sides of situations. They are fair and open minded. A person with an Open Ajna has no one set way of thinking, and so they process information in many different ways. They are also not set in any one belief system or philosophy, so it can be difficult for them to hold onto a fixed idea. These are the people who go to conventions and workshops, get totally excited and inspired by what they learn there, and then go home and wonder why the magic disappears a few hours or days later. They are designed to be wise about what beliefs and philosophies that they are going to hold onto.
The person with a Defined Ajna has what we call, Certainty. They are very sure of their beliefs and ideas. They also have a consistent or fixed way of thinking. If they tend to be logical, they will always think logically. However, even the Defined Ajna is not designed to make decisions from here! Again, no one has Authority in the head or Ajna! In fact, we could say that no one should make decisions from above the neck!!
Next month we’ll investigate the rest of the energy centers. As always, if you would like to know more about you, request a free Human Design chart from www.living-astrology.com.