The Energy Centers in Human Design - spotting misalignment • Unearth

The human design energy centers

We all have different chakras or energy centers which contains a specific quality of energy. In Human Design these centers can be either defined or undefined. When we have a center defined it means we have consistent access to the energy of the center and that we naturally transmit this energy to our environment and other people.

When we have undefined centers we are open and more vulnerable to the influence of our surroundings. This means we take in the energy of the people, environment and transits of the planets. This can feel destabilizing, like our energy is fluctuating in these aras. This will often lead to a feeling of missing something and not being good enough, causing us to over-compensate in the specific areas. Think of it as all the accumulated conditioning we have taken in through-out life. From our parents, friends, culture etc. The open centers are essentially all that we are not – a conditioned part of ourselves, we picked up along the way.

Our open centers have a specific archetypical dialogue associated with it. Think of it like each center has a distinct voice. This inner dialogue is mostly negative, making us act in ways that cause a misalignment in our being, taking us away from our true natural self. It makes us feel stuck in self-sabotaging patterns of behaviour and leads to frustration, bitterness, anger and disappointment. Learning to spot the voice of our open centers and vulnerabilities, can help us detach from its narrative. When we learn to detach, we gain full awareness and sovereignty over our actions, making us feel more empowered in our life.

The openness of our design is also where we have the chance to become wise, because it’s often here we have the biggest learnings through-out life. When you work with your awareness and wake up to the inner dialogue of your conditioning, you will slowly gain the wise voice of this center.

In my experience the process of detaching from the voices of my open energy centers is a on-going process of noticing and forgetting. The voices of our conditioned self is powerful and clever and is often hiding in very old narratives and beliefs within, that’s been such an integral part of our being, that it can feel impossible to see it when it happens. My own conditioning, especially in my open Self Center and Ego Center has been a major life theme for me. Proving yourself and searching for love and direction creeps in, in so many different ways. You think you’ve finally healed, only to realize that the voice of conditioning has merely changed shape and form. This is not a discouragement, but an invitation to be soft and gentle with yourself in your process.

The freedom that comes from noticing the voices and choosing to act in accordance with our true nature is truly liberating. We become masters in noticing the narratives and choosing to chose what feels true and loving for us.

Below you’ll find an overview of the different centers and some typical conditioned not-self sentences associated with the center and in contrast, the voice of the wisdom within it.