The Human Design Types and Their Strategies
The Type comes from which centers are defined and how they connect, and it describes how a person's energy works with other people. The four motor centers, the Sacral, the Heart, the Solar Plexus and the Root, are the ones that bring energy. Each Type has a Strategy, a simple way of making decisions that suits how that Type is built. Each Type also has a Signature, the feeling that shows it's lived well, a Not-Self Theme, the feeling that shows it isn't, and an Aura, the way its energy meets other people.
Manifestor
Manifestors have a motor center connected to the Throat and an open Sacral, so they can turn an idea into action on their own, without waiting for anything to come to them. Their actions have a strong impact on the people around them, so their Strategy is to inform, and telling those people what they're going to do before they do it makes things go more smoothly. Living this way brings peace, and anger is the sign of meeting resistance.
Strategy: To Inform. Signature: Peace. Not-Self Theme: Anger. Aura: Closed and Repelling.
Generator
Generators have a defined Sacral, a steady source of energy for work and for life that renews itself when it's used for what really fits. Their Strategy is to respond, which means letting life bring things to them and listening to the gut's reaction, often a sound or a pull toward or away, before committing. Satisfaction shows that the energy is well used, and frustration shows that it's going into something that didn't come from a response.
Strategy: To Respond. Signature: Satisfaction. Not-Self Theme: Frustration. Aura: Open and Enveloping.
Manifesting Generator
Manifesting Generators are Generators with a motor connected to the Throat, so a response can turn into action quickly. Their Strategy is to respond like other Generators, and letting the people involved know before acting helps too. They see which steps can be skipped, which makes them efficient, but moving too fast can mean missing steps and going back for them, and slowing down enough to follow the responses avoids that frustration. Satisfaction shows they're on track, and frustration shows they're not.
Strategy: To Respond. Signature: Satisfaction. Not-Self Theme: Frustration. Aura: Open and Enveloping.
Projector
Projectors have an open Sacral and no motor connected to the Throat, so they're not built for long stretches of hard work. Their strength is in seeing other people and how things work, and in guiding them. Their Strategy is to wait to be recognized and invited for the big things in life, like work, relationships and where to live, so that their guidance is welcome. Success shows they're recognized, and bitterness shows they're not.
Strategy: Wait for the Invitation. Signature: Success. Not-Self Theme: Bitterness. Aura: Focused and Absorbing.
Reflector
Reflectors have no defined centers at all, so they take in and reflect the people and places around them, and where they spend their time matters a lot. For big decisions, their Strategy is to wait about 28 days, a full cycle of the Moon, and to talk things over while the Moon passes through every gate. Surprise shows they're in the right place, and disappointment shows they're not.
Strategy: Wait a Lunar Cycle. Signature: Surprise. Not-Self Theme: Disappointment. Aura: Resistant and Sampling.