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The Choices We MakeOur life experience is directly created by the choices we make. In every moment of every day, we have many options from which to choose. The choices we make, both large and small, determine the path we take… and the paths we don’t take.
What if you could consistently and reliably make choices that lead you along the path that is specifically correct for YOU. This “method” would automatically align your choices with your energetic blueprint and with the mission and purpose of your life.
What if it just took a little practice to get good at using this way of decision making. And what if it could remove the fear, uncertainty, second guessing, and analysis paralysis that may be keeping you stuck, struggling, or repeating the same “mistakes” over and over.
Well, you can.
You can consistently and reliably make choices that are correct for you, and that align you with your truth and your purpose. It does take a little practice, but it will break you out of old patterns of making decisions that are not aligned with your truth and are not in your best interest.
This way of decision making is your Human Design Strategy and Authority.
Strategy and AuthorityEach of the five Human Design Types has a decision Strategy specifically for that Type, which is based on the shared energetic structure of that Type.
Let’s take Generators for example. Roughly 37% of the world population are Generators, which is not quite 3 billion people. That is a lot of people with vastly different personalities and decision styles who have the same strategy! Projectors are approximately 21% of the population which is well over 1.6 billion people.
The Authority shown on your Human Design chart gives you a specific way to apply your Strategy, so it is more personalized to YOU.
This combination gives you the step-by-step decision-making process that you may have longed for your whole life. Our education systems across the planet attempt to prepare us for becoming adults and making our way in the world, but they do not teach us how to make decisions that resonate with the truth of Who We Are.
We are taught to use our minds to analyze decisions and come to the best conclusions, but that does not produce consistently good choices for most of us.
Here is what I’ve learned about making decisions: Our minds may be smart, but our bodies are much wiser. Our bodies know what resonates with us and feels correct for us, without analysis, struggle, leaping in too fast, or procrastinating too long.
Not surprisingly, most decision-making Authorities in Human Design are about trusting your body, your impulses, or your feelings—not your mind!
The Human Design Strategies may sound disarmingly simple, but they are exceptionally powerful when applied consistently and correctly. When you do, you line up your choices and actions with your inborn energetic structure, and your life begins to flow better. You experience less struggle, less uncertainty, more confidence, more success, and a more fulfilling life.
In a private Human Design Reading, we would spend significant time discussing your Strategy and Authority so you would understand exactly how to use them correctly, because these are the most important pieces of information you learn from your Human Design chart. Little else in your chart has the opportunity for the full expression of YOU if you are not living in alignment with your Strategy and Authority.
YOUR Strategy and Authority are both found on your personal Human Design chart, though the layout of chart information can vary by the software system used to create the chart.
Projector RoleTo explore the specific decision making and action taking Strategy for the Projector Type, let’s begin by looking at the role of Projectors.
Projector Role: Projectors are here to guide and direct the energy of others.This means you are designed more for a consulting and guiding role, than a “work hard and get ‘er done” role. Your brilliance is in your innate sense of how people can use their energy more effectively.
Karen Curry Parker’s Quantum Human Design system calls Projectors Orchestrators, which is a perfect description. An orchestra conductor does not play the instruments, she guides those who play.
While Generators and Manifesting Generators have consistent Sacral Center energy for working and having a busy life, the energy of Projectors functions differently and needs to be understood and leveraged more carefully.
Projectors are truly not designed to work regular 9-5 jobs or, worse, 50 or 60-hour work weeks! However, many of us can and do work these schedules because we all live in a Generator-led world and need to earn a living in whatever way we can.
An important thing to remember is to manage energy, not people. People do not like to be “managed” unless they are specifically asking for that. But they are often willing to be guided if they are interested in your input and give you permission.
Projector Strategy: Wait for invitationsInvitations are specific and personal, and in this case apply to big life opportunities: relationships, marriage, jobs, career, business endeavors, and where you live. The invitation provides personal recognition of you and your skills and abilities, and provides an energy flow you can step into rather than needing to create it for yourself.
Only accept the invitations that feel “delicious” to you, using your Authority (see below). Once you accept an invitation, you do not need to wait for further invitations to do specific tasks related to what you have been invited to do. You can take all the action you need in the context of that invitation!
Ideally, you also want to wait to be asked or recognized before sharing opinions, advice, corrections, suggestions, feedback, etc. If you don’t, you may be considered pushy, bossy, irritating, nosy… you get the picture. Worst of all, others won’t hear you or will misinterpret what you say, and your well-intentioned comments and advice will not have the effect you hoped for. So, better to not waste your time or breath — learn to stay quiet and wait to be asked. Then your communication will be powerful and effective.
Example #1: You have the idea to have a booth at a local fair to test the response to a new business you are considering. To enter this activity correctly, it’s best to wait for an invitation from the organizer or from someone with the authority to invite you to have a booth (i.e., not your mother), and then see if that invitation feels really good to you.
Example #2: You are in a group and you have experience with something the group is attempting to do. Although the group would benefit from your wisdom and advice, your words will likely not be appreciated or even heard (unless the group is very enlightened) if you don’t wait to be asked or directly acknowledged first, e.g., eye contact or some form of communication or recognition.
Projector AuthoritiesWhile the Strategy is correct for all Projectors, the specific way for you to apply your Strategy is determined by your Authority, which is shown on your Chart.
Authority clarifies your timing and/or your approach to using your Strategy. It influences your Strategy but does not change it.
All Projectors benefit from talking with others about the decision they are making, the issues around it, and their concerns about it. When you verbally process, you will hear yourself articulate your thoughts and feelings as you may not be directly aware of them. But you are not seeking advice from others. Their role for you is to be a sounding board so you can find your own clarity. This verbal processing is in addition to most of the Authorities below.
Projectors have more possible Authorities than any other Type. We are indeed very complex beings. Exactly how to apply your personal Authority with your Strategy would be explained in detail in a Human Design Reading, but the information below is enough to put you on your correct path for now.
Here is a brief description of all possible Authorities for Projectors. Find YOUR Authority below and apply it WITH your Strategy. Keep in mind that different software programs for Human Design charts may have different ways to name or describe the Authorities.
Authority: Emotional Solar PlexusYou have emotional energy that operates in waves. To make a correct decision, you must wait through at least one complete up and down cycle of your emotions and see how you feel about the decision at various points on your wave. You are not designed for spontaneous decision making—your clarity comes only over time and by feeling your way through the decision, not thinking your way through. When faced with a decision, it is important to give yourself enough time to sleep on it.
Authority: Splenic Awareness Projected (or has the word Splenic in it)You have intuition/gut instinct to guide your decisions. You are designed to make decisions in the moment with the benefit of your intuitive awareness. That intuitive “hit” always happens in the immediate moment, only speaks once, and is usually very quiet, so it can be missed if you’re not “listening” for it. It is a primal instinct that wants to protect you and keep you safe and healthy, so it sometimes shows up as fear. But it can also let you know what IS safe and healthy for you. Learn to “tune” yourself to listen for that instantaneous hit. It gets easier with practice.
Authority: Ego ProjectedYou are your own authority; whatever your ego-self wants is usually correct for you. You can make decisions in the moment as long as you follow your Strategy for big decisions. Small decisions can be based purely on what you want and what you have the willpower to do. Your energy is precious, so only commit to things that you really want. When you hear yourself say that you “will” do something, you have already decided. This is how you know your truth. You are designed to have impact on others and the world.
Authority: Self-ProjectedYour internal guidance is based on what feels resonant with Who You Are at your soul level as well as in your human form. You may gain clarity about what feels “like you” and what does not by talking about it with others—not for their advice but so you can hear yourself speak about it and feel whether it resonates in your body and feels aligned with Who You Are and your truth. This is how your truth emerges.
Authority: Mental Projected, or None, or EnvironmentalYou gain clarity about your decision by talking about it with others—not for their advice but so you can learn how you feel about it by hearing yourself speak about it. You generally don’t have direct access to your feelings about decisions on your own, so you need for your environment to reflect it back to you. You will hear what’s right for you when you talk it out and it resonates throughout your body as the right thing for you. You can also try talking to yourself out loud or recording yourself talking about it.
What to Do NextThe best way to adapt to this new way of seeing yourself and operating in the world is to experiment. Try applying your Strategy and Authority and observe what happens. Be aware when you are NOT applying it and see what happens. Refine the nuances of how YOUR Authority works for you. And develop a “track record” so you begin to trust your decision-making process so it can serve you for the rest of your life.
We are always learning and growing, adapting, and moving forward. Now you can do these more consciously, purposefully, and productively, and in full alignment with the truth of Who You Are.
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Sometimes you feel like reading… photo credit: A. Vance and sometimes you feel like listening. image credit: Number Three Productions Now you have a choice! My bestselling book Becoming an Empowered Projector – Thrive with Wisdom and Guidance from Human Design is available in print format, ebook/Kindle format, and now in audiobook format. The content […]
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This book is written for Projectors and those who love Projectors. As you may know, I have a passion for helping my fellow Projectors (I am a 1/3 Projector with Splenic Authority) through the amazing tool of Human Design. My new book, Becoming an Empowered Projector, has been a true labor of love and I […]
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If you are a Projector yourself or you love a Projector, you know that being a Projector can be challenging in this world where Generators and Manifesting Generators are the majority (~70%) of the population. They, understandably, set the norms and expectations. All people with an open Sacral Center (which includes Projectors, Manifestors, and Reflectors) […]
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This series, called Navigating the Projector Path, is intended to explore and address the issues that Projectors face and help Projectors align with their Truth, step into their power, thrive as the full expression of themselves, and perform their vital global role of guiding the energy of others and creating and maintaining the quantum energy […]
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If you are a Projector (or love a Projector), please join our ongoing discussion group about how to be an empowered Projector. Fellow Projector Robin Gallob has teamed up with me to create a safe space to explore what really supports and makes a difference for Projectors. This is the first public appearance of the […]
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(posted 2016/09/10) Dr. Wayne Dyer, who passed in 2015, had a remarkable and lasting impact on our world particularly in the areas of self-help and spiritual growth. He was a Projector Type, and I had great fun looking at his chart (see Chart Review section below) to see what was in his inherent energetic design […]
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It’s easy for me to talk about the power of using Type and Strategy in our lives (I’m a bit biased, of course!), but it makes the most sense when we can hear how it really impacts other people in their lives. So I thought I’d share a quick story with you about Karen and […]
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(posted 2014/12/16) Here is a brief look at a celebrity’s Human Design chart using just a few of many aspects and layers of a chart. Our purpose here is to give you just a partial glimpse, through Human Design, into this person’s energy dynamics.
Joan Rivers – powerhouse of a Projector! Birth: June 8, 1933 at 2:00am in Brooklyn, New York
Death: September 4, 2014 in Manhattan, New York, at age 81
I love looking at Human Design charts of famous people and making sense of their personalities and behaviors from their chart. And in some cases, clearing up mysteries about them. This is one of those “mystery” cases. Here’s why. I personally wasn’t a big fan of Joan Rivers’ style of humor but I always respected her and her long and successful career. When she made her transition to nonphysical in Sept., I ran her chart just for fun. I had assumed she was a Generator or Manifesting Generator because of her seemingly inexhaustible energy and long-sustaining career.
I was WRONG.
She was a Projector. So then I got really interested in using her chart to understand HOW she had been so sustainable through nearly six decades of performing and being a very public figure.
Joan Rivers in 2010 Background Joan Rivers was a multi-talented comedienne, actress, and much more who performed for well over five decades.
She was in 27 films, wrote 12 books, and was in over 40 TV shows during 1968-2014 (some that ran for many years).
She also did theater work, including Broadway, and received many awards and nominations including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989.
Below are more details about Joan, her Human Design chart, and my review of what her chart tells us about her extraordinarily productive life and career.
Joan’s Biography*
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, better known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedienne, writer, producer, and television host. She was best known for her stand-up comedy and red carpet interviews, and for co-hosting the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014, as well as starring in the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alongside her daughter Melissa Rivers from 2011 to 2014. She often appeared on QVC shopping channel, selling jewelry and fashion items that she had created.
Rivers first came to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show, a late-night program with interviews and comedy, hosted by Johnny Carson, whom she acknowledged as her mentor. The show established her particular comic style; using self-deprecation and poking fun at celebrities, she would often joke about her extensive use of plastic surgery. When she launched a rival program in 1986, The Late Show with Joan Rivers, Carson never spoke to her again. She was the first woman to host her own late night talk show on network television. She later went on to host a successful daytime show, The Joan Rivers Show from 1989 to 1993, which won her a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Her outspoken commentary on celebrities and politics has often been criticized and stirred controversy.
She also authored 12 best-selling memoir and humor books and many comedy albums. She was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1984 for her album What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? As an actress, Rivers was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1994 for her performance of the title role in Sally Marr… and her escorts. In 2010, a documentary about her life, focusing on her work ethic, premiered titled Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.
Style of humor
During her 55-year career as a comedian, her tough-talking style of satirical humor was both praised and criticized as being truthful, yet too personal, too gossipy, and very often abrasive. Nonetheless, with her ability to “tell it like it is,” she became a pioneer of contemporary stand-up comedy. Commenting about her style, she told biographer Gerald Nachman, “Maybe I started it. We’re a very gossipy culture. All we want to know now is private lives.”
Rivers accepted such criticism as part of her using social satire as a form of humor: “I’ve learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I’ve ever done … You can tune me out, you can click me off, it’s OK. I am not going to bow to political correctness. But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can’t be part of the party.”
In her personal life, however, fewer of those neurotic or intense character traits which viewers see on screen were displayed. Ralph Schoenstein, who dated her and worked with her on her humor books, states, “She has no airs. She doesn’t stand on ceremony. The woman has absolutely no pretense. She’ll tell you everything immediately. Joan isn’t cool—she’s completely open. It’s all grist. It’s her old thing–‘Can we talk?’”
In her book Bouncing Back (1997) Rivers described how she developed bulimia nervosa and contemplated suicide. Eventually she recovered with counseling and the support of her family.
Her Death
On August 28, 2014, Rivers experienced serious complications and stopped breathing during a surgical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in Manhattan. She died on September 4th.
Her funeral took place on September 7, 2014 at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. The private ceremony was attended by numerous public figures, including Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Griffin, Donald Trump, Rosie O’Donnell, Barbara Walters, Kelly Osbourne, Diane Sawyer. During the ceremony, actor Hugh Jackman sang, Broadway actress Audra McDonald performed, and talk show host Howard Stern delivered the eulogy. Stern described Rivers as “brassy in public, classy in private. . . a troublemaker, trail blazer, pioneer for comics everywhere, . . . fought the stereotypes that women can’t be funny.”
[*excerpted from: http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Joan_Rivers]
[Photo: By David Shankbone [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]
Chart Joan’s chart gives us many clues about how she managed such a busy and dynamic career. Understanding her chart also gave me a new appreciation for her style of comedy… once I saw how much it was an expression of the energies she carried!
I’ve recorded my review of key aspects of her chart. Simply click the arrow to listen, or download to listen later.
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One of my clients is a Projector with a 2/4 Profile and every Center Defined except the Sacral and Will Centers. So she is designed to make an impact on people and she potentially has a reasonable amount of power, provided she follows her Projector Strategy. She is a self-proclaimed “seeker,” has studied many healing […]
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One of my clients is a 2-motors Projector, which means she has two Defined motor centers. INFO TIP: The four Energy Centers that are considered motors are: Will (also known as Heart or Ego), Emotional Solar Plexus, Sacral, and Root. Motor Centers provide energy for taking action. When a motor is connected, either directly or […]
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(posted 2014/04/30) Here is a brief look at a celebrity’s Human Design chart using just a few of many aspects and layers of a chart. Our purpose here is to give you just a partial glimpse, through Human Design, into this person’s energy dynamics. Arianna Huffington Birth: July 15, 1950 at 3:00pm in Athens, Greece […]
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A couple came to me a few years ago for personal Readings then a Relationship Reading. She is a Manifestor and he is a Projector. They were eager to learn how to improve their already loving marriage and also how to work together better. They own an art gallery–she runs it and he is the […]
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