Human Design Bodygraph from Maia Mechanics Imaging Software

Human Design is a New Age-inspired

pseudo-scientific Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method. Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictory, exaggerated or unfalsifiable claim ...

practice. Its proponents describe it as a holistic self-knowledge system. Some describe it as similar to the Myers–Briggs personality test (the introvert/extrovert archetypes). Its effectiveness has not been confirmed by peer reviewed research. Human Design combines

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, the

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and

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, centering around the division of personalities into four energy types alleged to indicate how someone is supposed to exchange energy with the world: Manifestors, Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors. It was originated by Alan Robert Krakower who published a book called ''The Human Design System'' under the pseudonym Ra Uru Hu in 1992. Krakower developed the Human Design system following a mystical experience in 1987. Human Design purports to be a self-knowledge method which does not have any specific religious dogma or affiliation. Despite this, it has been described by theologian J. R. Hustwit as a "transreligious project" that is "breathtaking in scope" and synthesizes seven or more traditions. It has also been described as a psychological counseling instrument and "a comprehensive and personalized map of your unique energy and life blueprint, guiding you towards self-awareness, personal growth, and empowerment." In Human Design analysis, planets are displayed in a type of

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called a bodygraph. The bodygraph shows the 64 hexagrams of the

at various locations on the body. It is sometimes shown within a

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, overlaid on the 12 signs of the

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. In addition, it claims to facilitate "deep access to bodily, generational and inter-dimensional intelligence."Stars Aligned, Part 1: Applying The Third Eyeball Test to the 2018–19 New Orleans Pelicans Roster
thebirdwrites.com, retrieved 8 August 2019.

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