Anyway, according to Smith, many of us have been deeply conditioned to live in a way that contradicts who we are, deep down, in order to fit in societally. As a result, you may wind up in the wrong job or relationship—maybe because your family put pressure on you or society convinced you there’s a right or wrong way of doing things. “We end up deviating away from that inner knowing, that genetic imprint, that we basically got at birth,” Smith tells SELF. Needless to say, living life this way can feel infuriating or frustrating or uncomfortable, depending on your makeup, she adds.
Human design supporters claim that your body graph—and, ideally, an interpretational reading from an analyst certified by the Jovian Archive’s training program, International Human Design School—gives you the tools to be true to yourself and trust your intuition. And when you start making decisions that align with who you are instead of, say, external pressures and other people’s expectations, you can, in theory, feel more satisfied, at peace, and fulfilled, says Smith. “It’s about being true to yourself and discovering who the heck you are in the first place,” she says. That’s when good things will start happening for you, she adds.
What, exactly, can human design reveal about yourself?
I’m going to keep this relatively simple despite the fact that human design—and the insights your body graph provides—is extremely complex. Each body graph, which reads like a report card, is broken down into multiple sections.
First, there are four types of people—and each type dictates how you strategically move through life. There are manifestors (the initiators who act independently), generators and manifesting-generators (the doers and worker bees), projectors (great guides and teachers), and reflectors (the mirrors of society, absorbing and reflecting the energy of those around them).
