You Are The Power

You’ve noticed how empowering it is when you experience someone’s authentic presence and unbiased listening. Or maybe you’re the one being present for others and you feel lit up and empowerment flowing through you. Showing up in natural alignment helps us release our ‘storylines’ + open the neuro-pathways to simply be. This allows what wants to authentically emerge to become conscious, healed, and successful in more circumstances and with more people in our lives. The magic happens when you  ‘get out of your own way’ and into the flow.

You Are Becoming More Whole. More Present.

By fostering an environment of introspection and self discovery, it is possible to learn, believe, and practice our own love, wisdom, empowerment, and wholeness within. This means we can learn to choose to act, to speak, and to live with healthy response-ability for ourselves and this world. Your design, by birthright, IS your gift, your sacred practice, your super power, and your uniqueness, as a gift of - and to - the whole. You are here because at some level you are ready to remember, clear, and activate yours.

Let’s begin…

Strategy: TO RESPOND

Authority: EMOTIONAL, Solar-plexus

ALIGNMENT: SATISFACTION

NOT SELF THEME: FRUSTRATION

body wisdom • lineage

Line 3: the martyr

In Human Design, the third line is called the Martyr. This energy needs to experiment with what works and what doesn’t. They learn through trial and error, making mistakes, failing, and reflecting on their experiences.

• There’s a pull to constantly try and experience new things and challenges. This energy brings forward mutation, innovation and change

• They have a resilient nature and are able to bounce back from each trial and error since it’s their process

• Here to figure out what doesn’t work, to share their subjective wisdom and discoveries

Because of this try-it-and-see approach, third lines may inadvertently “sacrifice” their life force energy for the sake of the great human experiment. They are essential for testing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Are you aware of your experiential process? Your energy is designed to go through many trial and errors, to find the cracks in our foundation. How are you aware of the wisdom you’ve cultivated through your discoveries?

• As a 3/5 you’re here to go through trial and error and universalize your discoveries. You receive projections for solutions you can provide.

• Notice what projections feel aligned

To navigate this path successfully, third lines need high levels of emotional resilience. It helps them handle mistakes and failures as valuable learning experiences.

Third lines thrive when they have self-compassion for their mistakes and failures. They must develop the ability to “bounce back” from setbacks and continue even when the going gets tough. For them, adopting the belief that failure is evidence that success is on the way is crucial to maintaining momentum and staying on their path.

When they have the emotional resilience necessary to handle mistakes and failures, third lines truly come alive in the process of experimentation. They find joy in testing theories, exploring new ideas, and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. This sense of curiosity and willingness to experiment is at the heart of their strength.

However, third lines struggle when they see mistakes and failures as problems rather than opportunities. If they get trapped in shame or if others criticize them, they may shut down, spiraling into despair or hopelessness.

To thrive, third lines need compassion, both from themselves and from others, as well as encouragement to trust the process and keep going. This support allows them to continue their valuable experiments and learn from every experience.

When third lines step into their power, their experiments and insights become incredibly valuable to others. They often gain recognition for their ability to trust the process and openly share the lessons they’ve learned from their mistakes and mishaps along the way.

Most Important Need of Line 3:

For the third line to thrive, it’s essential that they cultivate emotional resilience and a mindset that embraces failure as part of the journey. They need to approach their experiments with self-compassion, understanding that mistakes are stepping stones to success, not signs of defeat.

Encouragement and support from others are also crucial, as they help the third line stay motivated and confident in their process.

By embracing their role as experimenters and learning from every outcome, third lines can contribute valuable insights to the world and feel fulfilled in their unique path.

permission slips of line 3:

• Permission to let go of the outcome. To reframe failure as feedback and lean on your desire to continuously improve things around you. Embrace your curiosity without the need to be perfect, let yourself get lost in wonder.

• Cultivate the lessons you learn along the way and share them when the time feels right for you. Your wisdom is needed and might even shake things up a bit and nothing is wrong with that.

• Allow yourself to let go of what no longer serves you. Be that relationships, career, things etc

Golden Shadows of Line 3:

• Brave

• Tenacious

• Persistent

Taboo Shadows of Line 3:

• Fuck Up

• Failure

• Dumb-Ass

(You’ll get the full list of shadows for your Human Design Profile in your Human Design Map. Get yours here.)

Line 3 Career and Relationships

In your career and relationships, you may notice that you learn best through trial and error. You thrive in environments that allow you to experiment, make mistakes, and learn from them without fear of judgment.

Look for roles or connections where your resilience and ability to adapt are valued. It will also be great if you freedom to explore different approaches to doing your thing. Lean into situations that encourage growth through experience, even if it means taking some risks along the way.

Some example roles* for the 3rd line could be:

• Experimental Art or Science

• Product or UX Development

• Agile or Lean Project Management

• Start Up Founder

• Marketing Manager

*Note: These roles aren’t prescriptions or “shoulds” — they’re examples to help you capture the vibe of where your value naturally shines.

Affirmations for Line 3:

• I trust that failure is the path to success.

• I love figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

• I give myself compassion when I make mistakes.

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Line 5: The heretic

The fifth line is known as the Heretic. They naturally challenge and rebel against conventional systems, structures, beliefs, values, and ideals that do not fit into a universal and practical framework.

Heretics have a keen ability to identify where the status quo fails and can offer revolutionary, creative, and practical solutions that can genuinely benefit the collective.

The aura of the fifth line is magnetic to those who are in undeniable need, at rock bottom, or facing a crisis. Other people often project their expectations onto the fifth line. They may automatically assume that the fifth line will fix their problems, save the day, and rescue them from the messes they have created in their lives.

It is crucial for fifth lines to recognize these projections. Using their inner wisdom to determine which projections to step into our out of. They must detach from the idea of solving every world problem, define their actual contributions, and empower others to take responsibility for their lives.

If the fifth line cannot do this, they risk becoming overwhelmed and exhausted by taking on incorrect responsibilities. If they cannot do this, they risk being blamed or seen as the villain instead of the expected savior.

Fifth lines thrive when they adopt an attitude of radical self-responsibility, are explicit in their communication, and carefully choose the projections they engage with. In these conditions, they find great fulfillment in helping others get back on track and contributing to the progress of humanity.

• As a 3/5 you’re here to go through trial and error and universalize your discoveries. You receive projections for solutions yet you process is experiential not attached to outcomes.

• How can you create the space to experiment while managing expectations from others?

permission slips of line 5:

Permission to set strong boundaries. Many might feel entitled to you and your time, but they’re not. Let go of the expectation and pressure to fulfill their needs.

• Release the pressure to have to save the day. You get to decide which projections you want to respond to. Creating personas doesn’t mean you’re inauthentic, in fact it helps you manage expectations and set boundaries.

• Being clear on what you can and cannot do is an act of self-care. Permission to communicate your needs and surround yourself with people who will honour them.

Most Important Need of Line 5:

For the fifth line to thrive, it’s essential that they maintain clear boundaries and a strong sense of self-responsibility. They need to be discerning about which projections they step into, using their inner wisdom to decide where their energy is best spent.

Clear communication is key for fifth lines, as it helps manage the expectations of others and prevents misunderstandings. To make a meaningful impact, fifth lines should focus on the right opportunities and avoid trying to solve every problem.

Knowing yourself is crucial. Along with using your strategy and authority to discern which projections are aligned to protect your energy. Remember, you’re not here to solve everything or save everyone. You get to choose.

permission slips of line 5:

Permission to set strong boundaries. Many might feel entitled to you and your time, but they’re not. Let go of the expectation and pressure to fulfill their needs.

• Release the pressure to have to save the day. You get to decide which projections you want to respond to. Creating personas doesn’t mean you’re inauthentic, in fact it helps you manage expectations and set boundaries.

• Being clear on what you can and cannot do is an act of self-care. Permission to communicate your needs and surround yourself with people who will honour them.

Golden Shadows of Line 5:

• Leader

• Hero

• Star

Taboo Shadows of Line 5:

• Villain

• Victim

• Enemy

(You’ll get the full list of shadows for your Human Design Profile in your Human Design Map. Get yours here.)

Line 5 Career and Relationships

In your career and relationships, you may notice that prefer roles where you can offer practical solutions and challenge the status quo. You thrive in environments that appreciate your ability to be creative and provide innovative, universal solutions.

Seek roles or connections that value your leadership and problem-solving skills, and where you have the freedom to address real-world issues. Lean into situations where your perspective can make a meaningful impact, but be mindful of managing the projections others may place on you.

Some example roles* for the 5th line could be:

• Policy Reform

• Politics

• Visionary Entrepreneuer

• Engineer

• Emergency Worker

*Note: These roles aren’t prescriptions or “shoulds” — they’re examples to help you capture the vibe of where your value naturally shines.

Affirmations for Human Design Line 5:

• I offer radical, creative, and practical solutions.

• I am the embodiment of radical self responsibility.

• I take ownership of my responsibilities and release everything else.

The Right Angle Cross of Planning

DETERMINATION ENTHUSIASM WILLPOWER FOCUS

In practical terms, the Right Angle Cross of Planning might manifest as a constant balance between focusing on your goals and nurturing your relationships. Your natural propensity for determination (Gate 9) might drive you to stay focused on your chosen path, while your enthusiasm (Gate 16) enables you to express yourself with passion and skill.

Simultaneously, your willpower (Gate 40) can motivate you to work diligently and fulfill your responsibilities, and your desire for harmony (Gate 37) helps to establish peaceful connections and environments.

By embracing these energies, you can navigate life with a unique blend of determination, enthusiasm, willpower, and harmony. This balance equips you to stay focused on your path, express yourself passionately, work hard, and foster harmonious relationships.

NORTH - SOUTH NODE AXIS

NORTH NODE: CAPRICORN: 51:25 (SOUTH NODE: CANCER)

Life Theme: Born to safe earlier traditional family values that get stripped away by force or by being out in the world alone, but for which you can share with others how to do it for self or how to rely on yourself, not the system. Able to change the system, the values, and build a new empire with new rules.   

Superhero’s Villain Theme: Darth Vader)  An easy and fun way to see a character arc between protagonist and antagonist as together the spectrum of experience (light/dark, yin/yang) represents the duality in our experience.

Celebrity examples of people with similar north-south nodal axis - for quick analogy or reference:

•  Ed Sheeran (world renowned musician), 

•  Susan Downey (Robert’s wife, movie director)

•  Robert Redford

•  Reba McEntire

CHIRON PLACEMENT

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF WEAKNESS IN YOUR ZODIAC CHART

Esoterically, Chiron in the 8th house in Aries centers on a primal wound related to intense vulnerability and self-assertion in the face of death, shared resources, and profound intimacy. This placement compels the individual to confront their fears head-on, turning their deepest pain into a powerful, transformative healing gift for both themselves and others. 

The healing process involves developing self-TRUST, SELF-advocaCY, + HEALTHY BOUNDARIES

The esoteric wound: Self-assertion in crisis

• Deep-seated invalidation: The core wound is a feeling that one does not have the right to exist or assert themselves, especially when faced with life-altering changes or external control. This often stems from early experiences of disempowerment, aggression, or a feeling of helplessness in moments of deep crisis.

• Anger and intimacy: The Aries impulse to act and assert one's identity meets the 8th house's themes of deep merging and shared power, creating inner conflict. This can manifest as repressed anger, explosive outbursts, or a defensive posture in intimate relationships and when dealing with shared resources.

• Fear of annihilation: At an unconscious level, this placement battles with the fear of annihilation—the loss of self through merging with another person, the surrender required in sexual intimacy, or the symbolic death of facing deep psychological truths. 

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The esoteric healing journey

• Embracing the shadow: The path to healing involves courageous self-exploration into the dark, hidden parts of the psyche—the secrets, fears, and vulnerabilities that are avoided. The "how" of this healing is a fiery, self-directed process, leveraging the Aries warrior energy to confront one's own demons.

• Transformative empowerment: By facing crises head-on, the individual learns to take back their power, transforming fear and frustration into assertive confidence. The esoteric lesson is that power is not about control over others, but about mastering one's own internal landscape.

• The gift of psychic healing: As the native heals their own profound intimacy and power wounds, they unlock an innate ability to facilitate transformation in others. This can manifest as powerful psychic or spiritual healing abilities, intuitive insight into others' deep psychology, or a magnetic presence that helps others face their own shadows. The gift is found in the paradox of the "wounded healer"—one who can guide others through the darkness because they have been there themselves. 

The esoteric purpose

The ultimate purpose of this placement is to transcend the primal fear of losing oneself in the process of deep connection and transformation. By courageously asserting their right to exist and embracing vulnerability, the native serves as a catalyst for profound, authentic, and rapid change. They learn to merge their fiery sense of self with the transformational forces of the 8th house, emerging not as a victim, but as a powerful, enlightened spiritual warrior. 

Chiron’s Placement in the Human Design Gates

CHIRON IN GATE 21.4 (conscious) + 51.2 (design)

BOTH OF THESE GATES ARE IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS = POWER / EGO THEME

Core Theme: To manage resources or circumstances with correct use of power.

Human Design Gate 21 represents the justified and necessary use of power in overcoming deliberate and persistent interference. 

A positive takeaway of this placement is to trust that healing happens through setting and enforcing healthy boundaries to overcome/outwit/prevent interference/distortion/control.

Human Design Gate 51 shows us the opportunity to withstand shocks and how these jolts can shift us out of old beliefs and into new avenues for growth and opportunity. It highlights a journey of resilience and transformation, which in the context of your Profile, when accepted as an empowered path of learning that has value rather than victimization, can be shared with others for great learning and benefit.

Here is a short article posted in 2021, using Julian Assange as an example of the general energetic theme, which relates to the goal of setting healthy boundaries.

“…But How Do I Live My Alignment In Real Life?”

CRYSTAL RESONANCE healinG

RELEASE + PURIFY TO EMBODY YOUR AUTHENTIC GIFTS

LIVING YOUR UMAN DESIGN

REMEMBER + ACTIVATE TO LIVE MORE OF YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF

SHAMANIC chakra illuminatiON

ENERGY WORK TO SUPPORT SOUL + PERSONALITY INTEGRATION

Body + Lineage

First Cycle | WEEKS 1-2 

Begin your journey with the discovery of your key natal activations through the lens of Human Design. You will become more attuned to your body signals as you begin to deepen your awareness of historical patterns or karmic habits highlighted by your design. This can shed healing light on your life choices in the past and open up opportunity for making new choices in the present. With your design map, you have the tools for interpretation and are ready to engage your subtle energy body. 

TOOKKITS

√ HUMAN DESIGN FOUNDATION CHART READING

√ THE MICHAEL SYSTEM ARCHETYPES

Mind + Soul

second Cycle | WEEKS 3 - 4 

You will then enjoy a deep clearing and attunement via Pure Energy Crystal Healing. This is the time we learn how to be in alignment with our new beliefs, feelings, practices and manifestations. Our intention may be pure and practiced, but the very embodiment of this may still need attunement. For lightworkers especially, this stage can be helped, as you listen, uncover, and/or let go of what no longer serves. For example, we learn through experience and self observation that vibration and emotion is the amplification signal or carrier wave on which our thoughts are broadcast and upon which the law of manifestation works. You can learn techniques to shift out of your habitual patterns, or to change your environmental frequency, and to set new positive patterns in motion.

TOOKKITS

√ PURE ENERGY CRYSTAL HEALING

√ HUMAN DESIGN STRATEGY + AUTHORITY IN REAL LIFE

Spirit + Calling

Third Cycle | WEEKS 5 - 6 

This cycle introduces you FIRST to the balancing and enlightening energy of the Shamanic Illumination session, the wisdom and practice of which is rooted in the ancient lineage of the Andes. This is a deeply intuitive and higher-self guided practice that offers a chance for purification and the ability to more fully embody your light to share what you came here to share.

SECOND you will be invited to FIND YOUR AUTHENTIC VOICE, which is how your SOUL SPEAKS IN YOUR WORLD. Discover how the balance of each of your previous cycles culminates in your unique integration of experiential empowerment. Whether you find greater peace in speaking your truth in daily life, to beginning to share your wisdom, or honing your current leadership skills, your AUTHENTIC VOICE will resonate deeply throughout your core, leaving you feeling enlightened and strengthened to shine your light to the world from who you truly are, not from who you’ve been imprinted to be by others.

TOOKKITS

√ HUMAN DESIGN GATES + CHANNELS IN RELATIONSHIPS

√ + CHAKRA ILLUMINATION + SHAMANIC SOUL/PERSONALITY INTEGRATION

√ FINDING AUTHENTIC VOICE OF THE INTEGRATED SELF