The Quiet of Authority

Human Design + Astrology 12-11-2022

AUTHORITY is one of my favorite parts of Human Design. It is also one of the most nuanced. Understanding your authority is a process and one that is meant to unfold over time. 

At it's core, AUTHORITY in Human Design language is how we best make decisions. Our AUTHORITY is essentially a suggestion or direction provided on how we can begin to think about making decisions about opportunities that are most aligned with our energy. What this all really means is that, if we want to make decisions that make the best use of our energy and the many gifts we have to share, we follow the guidance of our AUTHORITY. 

It is important to say here that if you have never heard of Human Design, if you have heard of it and tried it and think it is shit, if you want to completely ignore it as a tool altogether, that doesn't mean that you will never achieve your goals or live a happy and joyful life. You will. Human Design offers guidance on how to get there. Take it or leave it. In my opinion, Human Design should never be dogmatic. It's not a hard science backed by peer review. The mystical should stay flexible. When it doesn't things tend to get a little Jonestown for my taste. 

AUTHORITY can have many different flavors. Two people with the same AUTHORITY, let's say splenic, or using intuition as a guide, may experience their intuition in two completely different ways. In general, intuition does not come from a place of fear or anxiety or needing to rush. It is a very calm and centered feeling. A groundedness, a certainty. That being said, if you rounded up a group of people with splenic authority, they would provide a variety of different ways their intuition manifests.  

Because AUTHORITY can feel very nuanced individual to individual, it is really important to engage in practices that quiet the mind and body in order to get in touch with your AUTHORITY. In general, we are talking about embodiment practices. This can be mediation, yoga, dance, walking in nature, movement, breathwork, I'd even include being in different types of receivership - massage, facial, energy work. A practice that calms the nervous system and allows space to respond instead of react in flight or flight. These practices allow us to quiet the body enough to experience our AUTHORITY, which of course originates from our body and not the mind. I'll remind you that my favorite aspect of Human Design is that the energy of our minds is to serve others. The energy of our bodies is to serve ourselves. So fucking cool. 

There is so much more to be said of AUTHORITY. 

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