What Is a Human Design Chart?
A Human Design chart, also called a BodyGraph, is a visual representation of your unique energetic blueprint. It reveals how you are designed to engage with the world, make decisions, and express your authentic self. Based on your birth data—date, time, and place—the chart synthesizes elements from four ancient systems (Astrology, the I’Ching, the Hindu-Brahmin Chakra system, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life) with modern science including quantum physics and genetics.
The chart displays nine energy Centers, each representing specific functions such as communication, emotions, identity, and survival instincts. These Centers are connected by Channels and Gates, which illustrate how energy flows through your system and how you are genetically wired to interact with others and the world around you.
Each Human Design chart provides insights into:
Type: One of four general energy types—Manifestor, Generator, Projector, or Reflector—which describe how you are designed to operate and make decisions.
Strategy and Authority: Practical tools for making aligned decisions and reducing resistance.
Definition and Channels: How your energy is configured and where you are naturally consistent.
Open Centers: Areas where you are open to conditioning and influence from others.
Rather than being a belief system, Human Design is a practical map to understanding your nature. It offers a personal experiment—an invitation to live in alignment with your design and observe the impact over time.
Understanding your chart can:
Support greater self-awareness and self-acceptance
Improve communication and relationships
Clarify how to make decisions that are correct for you
Reduce patterns of frustration, anger, bitterness, or disappointment
Empower you to live as your true self, free from external conditioning
Whether you're exploring your own design or the charts of loved ones, Human Design offers a transformative framework for honoring individuality and living with greater authenticity.
Here are some beginner friendly resources for learning more about the BodyGraph, and how to interpret the basic mechanics of a chart.
Ra’s Guide to the Rave Chart - Human Design BodyGraphs display an intricate synthesis of 26 activations across 9 Centers and 64 Gates. Is there a simple way to extract and benefit from the information being displayed without needing to know every detail? Are you looking for a way to simplify chart reading?
The Four Views — Do you want to learn more about Human Design but don’t know where to begin? Knowing how to look at the BodyGraph is key to understanding foundational concepts to start your own experiment.
Design Concepts — For a complete understanding of the BodyGraph and its underlying mechanics.
The Rave BodyGraph Series — an in-depth video series on the Centers and Streams of the BodyGraph