The Serafina Glossary
The systems that describe you,
said plainly.
Human Design, the Gene Keys, and astrocartography all begin in the same place: the exact date, time, and place you were born. What follows are honest definitions of the terms — no mystique, no hedging, and no verdict on anybody.
Human Design
What is Human Design?
Human Design is a system that maps how your energy is built, calculated from your exact birth date, time, and place.
What are the five Human Design types?
The five Human Design types are Generator, Manifesting Generator, Manifestor, Projector, and Reflector, each with its own Strategy for engaging the world.
What is a Generator in Human Design?
A Generator is the Human Design type with a defined Sacral center, whose Strategy is to respond rather than to initiate.
What is a Manifesting Generator in Human Design?
A Manifesting Generator is a Human Design type with a defined Sacral center and a motor connected to the Throat, giving them the power to respond and act at once.
What is a Projector in Human Design?
A Projector is the Human Design type without a defined Sacral center, designed to guide others and to wait for the invitation.
What is a Manifestor in Human Design?
A Manifestor is the Human Design type with a motor connected to the Throat and no defined Sacral, designed to initiate and to inform.
What is a Reflector in Human Design?
A Reflector is the rarest Human Design type, with no defined centers at all, designed to sample the health of their environment and to wait a lunar cycle before deciding.
What is your Human Design authority?
Your Human Design authority is the place in your body where your true yes and no are known, determined by which centers in your chart are defined.
What are Human Design profile lines?
Your Human Design profile is a pair of numbers from one to six that describes the role you are here to play and how you learn.
What are the 64 gates in Human Design?
The 64 gates in Human Design are the chart positions that correspond to the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, each carrying a specific theme and each divided into six lines.
What are the nine centers in Human Design?
The nine centers in Human Design are the energy hubs of the BodyGraph, and whether each one is defined or open determines your type, your authority, and where you are most conditioned.
What is an incarnation cross in Human Design?
Your incarnation cross is the four-gate combination of your Personality and Design Sun and Earth, describing the overall theme of your life purpose.
Gene Keys
What are the Gene Keys?
The Gene Keys are a contemplative system of 64 archetypes, each held at three frequencies — Shadow, Gift, and Siddhi — mapped from your birth chart into a Hologenetic Profile.
What are the Shadow, Gift, and Siddhi in the Gene Keys?
Shadow, Gift, and Siddhi are the three frequencies of every Gene Key — the same energy contracted in fear, at ease in service, and dissolved into its highest expression.