Understanding Your Human Design Type: Generators
Your design type is arguably the most important aspect of your Human Design is your energy type. There are five energy types in Human Design: Generator, Manifesting Generator, Manifestor, Projector, and Reflector. You can think of the energy types kind of like astrological signs, or enneagrams.
Your energy type indicates how you’re supposed to interact with the world energetically.
Hey Generator!
Generators are pure life-force energy in motion here to create and lift the energy of the planet! Generators living in alignment with their Strategy and Authority are unstoppable! You are here to dance with life, and energize the people around them to move their community forward in a meaningful way.
When Generators do things that light them up, it creates an energetic vortex in their Aura that pulls in synchronicities, blessings, and opportunities to say yes to more things that light you up! Generators who are living in alignment create so much energy that there is a overflow that spills out of their Aura and energizes and inspires the people around them. You may find that people can’t get enough of you! The challenge that this creates, that plagues all Generators, is that people get addicted to your juicy energy. Historically Generators have been taken advantage of because of their unique ability to get things done. People want to use your energy to their benefit, and consciously and unconsciously step over your boundaries and ask too much of you. You are here to support others, not self sacrifice.
You are meant to have boundaries around your precious energy. When you do things you love you create energy, and are meant to pursue your desires. But when you say yes to things you wanted to say no to, your energy is quickly depleted and you burnout easily. For Generators, if it’s not a “HELL YES!!!!” It should be a “Hell No!”. A challenge for you to overcome probably started in your childhood: you were conditioned that you have to do things you don’t enjoy in order to make other people happy, and were showered with praise when you did things you didn’t want to do. Pay attention to when you feel like you “should” do something vs wanting to do it. You don’t have to make everyone happy. If all Generators followed their desires and honored their initial instinct to say no to things, they would shift the entire energy of the planet for the better.
Strategy: To Respond
In HD, “strategy” is the way each type’s aura is designed to move throughout the world and interact with others.
Generators living in alignment (following your Strategy and Authority) are meant to respond to what makes you feel energized, invigorated, or enthusiastic! Generators have an “on” reaction that starts your energy flow, and an “off” reaction, which makes you feel devoid of energy. Listen to your “gut” reactions. If you find yourself overthinking things, you’re not in your Strategy.
Generators do best with yes/no and this/or that options. Think of the Universe as your personal buffet, explore curiously and break every decision down to “You could have this OR that”. Treat your gut decisions like a muscle that you need to build over time, starting with small decisions and working your way up. When making big decisions you should always go with your gut.
Signature: Satisfaction
In HD, your “signature” is your energetic system’s way of communicating when you are in alignment (alignment=following your strategy and authority).
Generators feel satisfied when they’re living in alignment and honoring their energy and desires.
Generators create a bunch of energy in their defined sacral centers. They won’t feel quite right unless all that energy is used efficiently. Generators know they’re on the right track if they gain a sense of satisfaction from most of the things they do during the day.
Not Self Theme: Frustration
In HD, your “not self theme” is your energetic system’s way of communicating when something is not in alignment with you. It is a way to alert you with a feeling when something is “off” or not for you.
Generators feel frustrated when they’re not living in alignment. When frustration shows up you have probably said yes to too many things, or feel like your energy isn’t being used efficiently or effectively. There’s nothing a Generator hates more than feeling like you wasted energy! This can also show up as feelings of stuck/stagnant, uninspired, or “blah”.