October 30, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode, we begin our two part exploration on the Reflector, which the rarest of all Human Design types, representing about 1–1.5% of the population. Reflectors are completely open beings with no defined centers, designed to sample, measure, and mirror the health of their environments and communities.
Kelsey unpacks the mechanics of the Reflector aura and explores what it means to be a lunar being in a solar world. This conversation re-frames sensitivity and openness as profound wisdom, showing how Reflectors embody the pulse of the world around them and reflect it back for collective awareness.
What's Discussed in this Episode:
- How Reflectors receive life force from transits and the world around them
- The sampling and resilient Reflector aura and how it takes in and releases conditioning
- The Reflector’s role as a mirror of the collective and the environment
- How Reflectors reflect the program
- The distinction between solar types and lunar beings
- The Reflector’s strategy: waiting a full lunar cycle (~28 days) before major decisions
- The lunar cycle as a process of gaining clarity through shifting definitions and transits
- The necessity of patience, detachment, and neutrality in navigating life
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Both reflectors andmanifestors are more designed to
be receiving the program. Soreflectors and manifestors are more
susceptible and meant to besusceptible to transit field conditioning
than Auric Aura to auraconditioning versus Generators and
projectors are more influencedby aura to aura contact and conditioning
than by the transit field. Andso reflectors have this aura that
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is designed in a way similarto the manifestor to be protected
from interpersonalconditioning. As a primary function
of the reflector aura is toreflect the program which is in human
design what we call thetransits. The transit field.
Welcome to the Living Your Desig Podcast. I'm your experimentor,
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Kelsey Rose Tortorice. Thispodcast is an audio only release
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Welcome to our fourth andfinal deep dive into an the Reflector.
In this lecture we will talkabout the mechanics of the reflector.
Reflectors have no definedcenters, so all nine centers open
or undefined we'll talk aboutthe sampling and resilient aura of
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the reflector, the vehicle'sfundamental prerogative for the reflector
to survey. To evaluate, wewill introduce the reflector strategy
of waiting a lunar cycle.We'll talk about what surprise and
disappointment are as thesignature and not self theme of the
reflector. And we'll discussreflectors as lunar beings, as opposed
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to solar beings, which allthree of the other aura types are
considered to be. And ofcourse, throughout we'll have some
some various differentreflector miscellany, including quotes
from RA and other conceptsthat felt important to include. So
first, just our basicreflector stats. Reflectors make
up about 1 1/2% of thepopulation, have a sampling and resilient
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aura that is sometimesreferred to as Teflon experiment
with the strategy of waiting alunar cycle experience themes of
surprise and disappointment.And the only authority that reflectors
can have is what we call lunarauthority, which is connected to
this strategy of waiting alunar cycle. Reflector mechanics,
at least in terms of the partwhere we're looking to center definition
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to understand the reflectoraura and their mechanics is quite
simple in that it's just nodefined centers. However, the actual
ability to grasp the reflectorexperience compared to the other
three types is probably themost difficult, because even though
from the onset, from just thesimple sight of the reflector body
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graph, it is this clearlyvisible thing that is so distinctly
different from the othertypes. The functionality of the reflector
and what it means to live withthese reflector mechanics with this
reflector aura of nodefinition whatsoever is really outside
of what those of us withdefinition, those of us who are not
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reflectors, can reallyconceive of. So on one hand it's
very simple to understand, andon another hand, it's probably the
most complex and difficult tounderstand because it is so outside
of the norm. Approximately 99%of us are solar beings and reflectors
are lunar beings. And we'lltalk more about what that means.
Reflectors have no consistentdefinition, no life force, right?
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So while reflectors will havegate activations, none of those gates
match up with the gate on theopposite side of the channel. Therefore,
none of the gates createchannel definition or center definition.
So there's no consistent lifeforce. Rather, reflectors receive
life force from the transitfield and from sampling their environment.
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Reflectors have any number ofwhat we call dormant potentials,
individual gates in anundefined center. And so as other
people come into aura withthem, and as the transit field defines
the other undefined Gates intheir body graph. And in particular,
as the moon defines the otherundefined gates in their body graph,
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Reflectors experience theirlife force Coming alive Through the
sampling of their environmentas well as the transit field. But
on their own, there is noconsistency. So, while the rest of
us are moving through to someextent, Sort of sampling our environment
and being conditioned by oneanother and receiving additional
life force from the transitfield, the rest of us manifestors,
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projectors, and generators Areall also carrying a consistent life
force through our one or moredefined channels, which defines two
or more centers in our body.For the reflectors, that consistency
doesn't exist. There's noconsistent definition without the
environment and the transitfield. So although variety becomes
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sort of the default and theemphasis for reflectors in understanding
reflector mechanics, it'simportant to note that there is some
level of consistency withinthat variety for reflectors. And
the way that reflectorsexperience and come into and find
consistency in theirdefinition Is via the repeated pattern
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of the lunar cycle. The moon,as the fastest moving planetary body,
and it's exponentially fasterthan any other planet, Will move
through the entire zodiac orthe entire rave mandala, or the entire
64 gates within the body graphonce every 28 or so days. So, without
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any channel in the centerdefinition, Reflectors have all these
dormant potentials, Definedgates, and undefined centers. And
as the moon makes its moonthlymonthly journey through the 64 gates,
it will, every single moonthmonth, every 28 days or so, Hook
up to every single one of thereflector's dormant potentials in
a repeated pattern, Creating apattern of definition that is predictable
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and consistent. Reflector'sexperience of definition is not constant.
It's always changing. However,one layer of the variety that they're
always experiencing Is thepredictable and repeated pattern
of the lunar cycle. So, over amuch longer stretch of time, Reflectors
are able to sort of senseinto, with awareness, sense into
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what is my repeated pattern ofdefinition without any channel definition.
And the center definitionreflectors have these dormant potentials,
Their defined gates, andundefined centers that link up with
the moon as the moon movesthrough the transit field. And the
moon is just one layer of theconstantly changing landscape that
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is the reflector definition,which also includes all the other
planets as well as theirenvironment and how their environment
Adds to their definition.However, the moon is the most consistent
one. And so, over a longstretch of time, if reflectors are
watching with awareness, thisrepeated pattern of the moon, Giving
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them these temporarydefinitions by transit definition
in their centers, when itLinks up to their dormant potentials.
Then the reflector is able tosort of watch the wholeness of their
experience. And come to somelevel of clarity that takes it all
into consideration. It's thatone layer of the variety that is
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the moon. That gives them theconsistency that they can then depend
on. Since there is noconsistency via definition in their
body alone. Reflectors beingthis aura type that is designed to
sort of try it all out. Withnine undefined centers. Their aura
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supports them in that process.So the reflector aura is described
as the sampling and resilientaura. If we kind of take the transit
field out of it for a moment.And we just think about interpersonal
conditioning. So far, we'vetalked about the generators and projectors.
Who are both designed toreally be conditioned by other auras.
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Generators want that energy sothat they can kind of bump into it.
And with their open andenveloping aura, Wrap around it for
the sake of feeling the sacralresponse. Projectors, even more so
than generators, Are designedto be conditioned. Because they have
this pointy aura that isspecifically designed to penetrate
the other. To focus with theirattention on the other and deeply
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absorb the other that they areplugged into. We've talked about
manifestors who are the onlytype not at all designed to be influenced
by the outside. The manifestorgets their cue internally. And so
the manifestor has this closedaura for one. To protect them from
outside influence. But also tobe able to impact and push with its
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energy. To create impact inthe outside world. Outside of their
aura. The reflector has atotally different aura Than the manifestor.
However, similar to themanifestor, Reflectors are not designed
to take in and hold on toconditioning. Both reflectors and
manifestors are more designedto be receiving the program. So reflectors
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and manifestors are moresusceptible and meant to be susceptible
to transit field conditioning.Than auric aura to aura conditioning.
Versus Generators andprojectors are more influenced by
aura to aura contact andconditioning Than by the transit
field. And so reflectors havethis aura that is designed, In a
way similar to the manifestor,to be protected from interpersonal
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conditioning. As a primaryfunction of the reflector aura Is
to reflect the program, whichis, in human design, what we call
the transits, the transitfield. However, another part of the
reflector's function Is notonly to receive the program and reflect
or emit that program throughtheir aura, out into their world,
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into their community andenvironment, but also to take in
and sample their environmentand compare it to the transit as
a whole. And so reflectorsare. Even though they're more attuned
to the transit field Thanindividual auras around them, it
is also a significant part oftheir auric function to be feeling
into the energy around themand the auras around them. But they're
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feeling it in a more communalway, A more totality of the environment
way Than they are the one onone way, the way the projectors are.
So reflectors are deeplytaking in the other and sampling.
But it's very impersonal.Unlike for the other three types.
Reflectors take it in deeplyto sample it, but then it slides
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right off of them. Thereflector aura is often described
as being like teflon. It hasthis, like, resistance to it, but
not again, it's not resistantlike the manifestor pushes energy
and conditioning away. It'sresistant like it does its thing.
It takes it in, it samples it.Just like a teflon pan is able to
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hold whatever's in it, butthen it slides right off, Almost
like a waterproof sort offeeling. Every single center for
the reflector is busysampling. Wherever there are other
auras to sample in theirenvironment, the reflector is taking
in those other auras again,more in a totality sense. The reflector
aura samples such auras andmeasures them against the program
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that is always, constantly,powerfully being reflected through
them from the transits.Reflectors are deeply connected to
the program. They're the onlylunar type. All other types are solar
beings with nine undefinedcenters. There's no consistent life
force. They receive theirconsistency from the transits. So
for those of you that havefundamental understanding of the
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sun and the moon, Whetherscientifically, astronomically, or
astrology, or astrologicallyor all three, you can feel that even
here, with nine undefinedcenters, there's no consistent life
force that's being put out oremitted from the reflector aura.
The sun puts out light, putsout consciousness, puts out energy.
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Instead, reflectors arereceiving their life force primarily
from the transits, but alsofrom their environment. And the moon
is the receiver. It's a rockthat receives the light and reflects
it back to us here on earth.Receives the light of the sun, Reflects
it back to us here on earth.That's what the reflector aura does.
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It receives life force fromits environment and from the transit
field and reflects both backout to their environment. So the
reflector is both receivingwhat's happening in the transit field,
what's the storyline of thecollective. And then within that
experience of reception of theprogram that is being reflected into
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their environment, They'reAlso receiving sampling the auric
energy within theirenvironment. And as they reflect
it back, they're able todiscern what's what. Reflectors have
very big powerful auras, thebiggest auras of the four types that
reflect the program into theirfields and communities and measure
the environment against theprogram. And so, as noted here, sometimes
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you'll hear this idea of thereflector police, the not self reflector
police. Because reflectors aredesigned to be mostly connected to
the program, but then also aresampling their environment on top
of that primary reflection.The not self reflector is going to
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attach to the homogenizedversion of the program coming through
to them. Because they don'thave differentiation on a channel
and centers level to filterthe program through like the rest
of us solar beings do. So thenot self reflector is going to fixate
on and attach to the programand start to police the exceptions
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that they see throughdifferentiation in their environments.
So a not self reflector can belike a homogenized police or a police
for homogeneity. As areflector deconditions and becomes
aware, the reflector can usethat ability to notice what Ra would
call like the blips in theradar. Reflectors are scanning. They're
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like a radar system scanningfor what's different from the homogeneity
that they're receiving fromthe program. So as the reflector
wakes up as the reflectordeconditions, it can flip from trying
to control or police those whoare different from what the transit
field is bringing to us intonoticing that difference, celebrating
that difference, andacknowledging that difference as
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differentiation, and becomingdelighted or surprised. The reflector
signature in how the programis able to hit differentiated individuals,
and how the program is able tobe filtered through differentiated
individuals rather than thishomogenizing force on everyone in
their environment. So comingback to this idea of reflectors as
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lunar beings, reflectors arethe only lunar beings. Generators,
manifestors and projectors areall solar beings. Reflectors are
not putting any life forceinto the world on their own. This
is the function of the sun toemit life force. And every other
type, approximately 99% of thepopulation, has some consistent life
force within them. Rather, thepotential for life force for reflectors
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is via reflection, AKA themoon, right? Reflection of their
environment, a reflection ofothers, and a reflection of the program.
So when we think about purposefor reflectors, it's going to hit
really differently. Ra wouldsometimes say, like reflectors are
not of here. It's a different.I think one time he said something
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like, it feels like a Geneticmutation to him. The way that reflectors
orient to their human purposeis going to be really different from
the way the rest of us do.Because for us, for solar beings,
there is both the function ofour aura, right? Manifestors as the
initiators, generators as theworkers, the builders, projectors
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as the guides, thefacilitators. But on top of our auric
function, we each have a verydifferentiated life force that we
bring to that auric functionthrough our channels, through our
center definition, and througheverything underneath that too, the
substructure, all of the moreadvanced, even more differentiated
aspects of our design. But ona channels and centers level. Reflectors
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do not have any consistentlife force that they bring to their
auric function. Reflectorshave a whole bunch of variety of
different gates in theirdesign that are gonna very much so
affect how they are reflectingback. It affects the way that they
hook into their environment,the way that they hook into the lunar
cycle and the other planetsmoving through the transit field.
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However, it's not a life forcewithout that reception, without the
reflecting back of the transitfield and of the auras that they're
sampling, the solar purpose isto emit. So everything that generators,
manifestors, and projectorsare doing, even though projectors
are poking, receiving, deeplyabsorbing, and then sharing what
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they see in the other, allthree of these other types are doing
so through the frequency oftheir solar purpose, AKA their definition.
Lunar purpose is aboutreception and reflection. So what
is purpose without consistentpersonal life force? The purpose
for reflectors is the auricfunction, not the individual frequency,
because there is no consistentindividual frequency, AKA life force.
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This is very different, rightfrom the solar types, which have
both the auric function andthe solar individual frequency. Even
thinking about the incarnationcross, which is the sun earth, axis
crossed, in everybody'sdesign, you have your personality,
sun earth, and your designsun, earth. And that creates a cross
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in the rave mandala, which isreferred to as your incarnation cross.
If you think about it, youknow what, what is the level of influence
that the incarnation cross isgoing to have on a reflector who's
more influenced by the moonthan by the sun, right? They're not
solar beings. So even justanother way to sort of consider how
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different the experience ofbeing a reflector, of being a lunar
being, is for this aura typethat is so distinctly different from
the rest of them. In thedefinitive book of human design,
it says manifestors,generators, and projectors are solar
types, meaning their purposeshines through them. As the only
lunar type, the reflector isdesigned to operate As a lunar reflection
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of the Sun's programming, theyreflect the planetary program's neutrino
imprinting process. Like theMoon, the reflector's glow is subtle,
yet wields substantialinfluence, especially when it is
detected by others. So thereflector's glow is not shining a
very specific light andenergy. Think about when the sun
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is in the sky. You can't missit, right? It's affecting everything
around it. That's sort of theenergy of the solar types frequency.
There's a channel here thatwasn't before. You can't miss it.
There's a frequency onlinethat wasn't before. The Moon is a
bit more subtle, and you cansee it in your life. The difference
between what the Moon showsus. Difference between like a full
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moon in the sky or a darkmoon. When the Moon is full, it's
extremely noticeable in thenight sky. And it creates shadow
on the Earth that we don'tnotice otherwise. So it's this substantial
influence, but it's somethinga bit more ethereal. Here's another
raw quote about reflectorsthat speaks to this idea of them
being lunar beings. You see,they are not driven by the life force.
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It is not the sun that fillsthem with life, it is the Moon that
drives them. They'redifferent. You cannot compare them.
We talk about conditioning,but the way we talk about it only
makes sense if you're talkingabout solar types. After all, what
does it mean to be conditionedfor a reflector when there is no
counterpoint? Even a projectorhas a very fixed counterpoint. So,
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pausing the quote for a momentto interject, when we talked about
projectors, we talked abouthow this is a aura type designed
to be conditioned, designed toplug into the other and be conditioned
by the other's aura. There's asimilarity here with reflectors and
that reflectors are designedto be conditioned as well as less
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so interpersonally and more soby the transit, where it's vice versa.
For projectors, however, eventhe projector, the type that's designed
to most deeply take in theother and be conditioned by the other,
there is a fixed counterpoint.There is that fixed life force that
creates that opportunity forcompare and contrast, which is such
a huge part of thefunctionality of the projector and
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the deconditioning process ofthe projector knowing the other in
order to know themselves. Ragoes on. The challenge for all of
us solar beings is to come togrips with who we are, our life force,
our definition, and to denythe power of conditioning to run
our lives. But if you're areflector, you're born to be conditioned.
You're not born with a fixedimprint. You're not born with a fixed
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life force that gives you afixed notion of where or what may
be. Not at all. So this is avery different Auric experience.
How then does a reflector findtheir differentiation, find their
unique self within this aurathat is designed without any fixed
definition on a channels andcenters basis, there is no life force.
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So how does a reflector movethrough this changing landscape,
still honoring the truth oftheir separate self so that they
can perform with clarity andwith ease and in a surrendered, accepted
fashion, their Auric function?That is going to be facilitated very
much through the reflectorstrategy of waiting a lunar cycle.
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So let's break this down in anaura that is reliant on the homogenized
program to experience lifeforce, right? The reflector can connect
to their differentiatedmechanics by processing the lunar
cycle with awareness. So thisis what the reflector is about. It's
about process, right? The Moonis about process. Sun product, Moon
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process. So in order for thereflector to feel into their differentiation,
their truth, the truth oftheir being, of their body, there's
a process that the reflectorhas to move through, literally has
to process, like digest theMoon moving through its lunar cycle
in the unique way that itaffects each different reflector's
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body. So let's break this downa bit. The Moon moves through the
entire Zodiac, and thus the 64gates of the Rave I Ching, about
every 28 days. And these arethe same gates that are in fixed
positions inside of each ofthe nine centers of the body graph.
So the Moon is moving throughthe Entire Zodiac every 28ish days,
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spends about two and a halfdays in a sign. And as it goes, it
is activating or defining eachof the 64 gates, depending on which
dormant potentials, aka whichindividual gates each reflector has
in their design. As the Moonmoves through that process, it's
going to, at some point, linkup with each gate that shares a channel
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with their dormant potential.And before I break this down a little
more, I just want to note mostof the time, when we talk about a
lunar cycle in theastrological field field, we're talking
about the relationship of theMoon to the sun, right? We're talking
about new Moon when the Moonand the sun are conjoined, the waxing
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moon and the different phasesof the waxing Moon on the way to
the full Moon at the point ofthe sun and Moon opposition. And
then the Waning moon and thephases of the waning moon crescent,
first quarter, last quarter,etc. Give us all that balsamic. That's
not what we're talking aboutwhen we talk about the lunar cycle
in human design. Instead,we're talking about, again, the process
of the Moon moving through theentire zodiac from start to finish,
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and the entire 64 gates. Andthat cycle can start at any point.
So anytime a reflector comesinto a new consideration is initiated.
Anytime a reflector isinitiated is how it is usually referred
to in human design. Thatthat's the beginning of their 28
day lunar cycle. That canhappen when the Moon is in Gate 5
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over here in Sagittarius. Itcan happen when the moon's in gate
39 over here in Cancer. It canhappen at any point. But that initiation
point marks the beginning of aperiod in which the reflector now
will wait and process the Moonmoving through every other part of
their design. So they can feeland process and synthesize what feels
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true to them, what feels likethe correct decision for them. Once
they've felt all the aspectsof their design being activated by
the Moon by transit, thereflector experiences this repeated
cycle of definition that'sunique to their design. Right? So
it's all dependent on whichgates each reflector has. Let's say
something happens to thisreflector when the Moon is in gate
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10, which is the cusp ofSagittarius to Capricorn. This reflector
already has gate 10 in theirdesign in the G center here. And
so the Moon on its own doesnot affect the reflector's definition.
Okay, so the moon movesthrough 58 down here in the root
center. It gives thatreflector gate 58, but that reflector
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doesn't have 18. So there's nochannel electromagnetically with
the transits with the Moonspecifically. Then the moon moves
through 3854, same story.There's no center definition. But
then the Moon's gonna get togate 61, and this is in fairly late
Capricorn. So this is maybeabout two days or so since we started
this reflector's lunar cycle.And this is the first time so far
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where there is gonna be centerdefinition. Because when the moon
hits 61 up here in the headcenter, it will link up with this
reflector's Dorm andPotential24. And now for the duration
of the Moon being in Gate 61,which doesn't last even a whole day,
it's just a portion of a day.Now that reflector is going to have
definition by transit in theirhead in Ajna. And even though it's
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a transit and therefore nottheir definition for reflector, that
transient definition issignificant because it gives the
reflector access to theconsistency of their potential 24.
Then the moon moves out of 61into 60, 41 and 19, where it will
not define the reflector'sbody. Once it gets to mid aquarius
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in gate 13, which is here inthe G center, it will link up with
this reflector's 33, and it'sgoing to define their G in their
throat. So there's a period oftime when the Moon was in Gate 61
where this stream ofconsistent thought that shows up
only for this portion of thelunar cycle each month was online
for the reflector. Then forthis reflector on either side of
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that, there's a period of timewhere the Moon is not providing any
definition. But then a littlebit later, the next phase, that will
always follow that headpressure through the 6124 and that
AJNA conceptualization. Nowthe reflector has access through
1333 of a sense of self anddirection that can be externalized,
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that can be verbalized,expressed, then offline a bit again.
And then I'll just do two morehere. When the moon gets into 63,
now there's a differentchannel of defined head and ajah,
so a different flavor of headajahn definition. And then right
after 63, the. The moon willmove into 22. And for the first time
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in this reflector's lunarcycle, there's 22, 12. There's solar
plexus definition. There's anemotional energy and an emotional
awareness within thereflector. We follow it around and
around and around. Thisreflector will at some point have
definition in every center. Ithink it's, it's most common for
reflectors to at some pointhave definition in every center at
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least once. But that's not agiven. There are reflectors who,
based on where their hanginggates, their dormant potentials lie,
they might not ever actuallyget transit definition in an undefined
center. And, you know, this isnot the entirety of what's going
on. This is just the Moon.There's all these other planets and
points, planets and the nodesand Earth, that will also be defining
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the reflector by transit aswell. But the Moon is this one. That
happens so quickly. I mean,it's so slow when we compare the
reflector strategy to all therest of us, because it really takes
this full lunar cycle for themto feel into their Consistency. The
Moon is so fast compared toevery other planet. The next fastest
planets are the sun andMercury, which take about a year
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to get all the way around all64 gates. So there's these slower
cycles happening, but thereflector is able to tap into their
life force, their authority,which, which is this lunar cycle,
through the program, throughthe lunar program, through the transit
field, through this fastestmoving body, which is the Moon. So
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this is the idea of thereflectors being, you know, fueled
is maybe not the right word,cause it's not what the Moon does,
but given their life forcethrough the reception of the lunar
cycle. But let's talk about itas a strategy, practically speaking,
a bit more here. So thereflector strategy, wait. A lunar
cycle. In an aura that isreliant on the homogenized program,
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the reflector can connect withtheir differentiated mechanics by
processing the lunar cyclewith awareness. This requires the
reflector to maintain a lot ofpatience and a state of neutrality
and detachment so that theycan watch and discern throughout
their entire process, ratherthan fixate on any one particular
moment within it. Similar inways to the emotional authority process
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of waiting their wave. Now, wehaven't talked about emotional authority
yet. We'll, we'll talk aboutall the different authorities in
the next unit. But for thoseof you who already have a sense of
what emotional authoritymeans, and for all of us, we've covered
the defined solar plexus, sowe've talked about aspects of it.
For the 50% of people on theplanet who have emotional authority,
and that can be a generator, amanifester, or a projector, there's
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no truth in the now momentbecause the emotional process has
to move through its wave.There's a similarity here with reflectors.
There's a process of movingthrough, seeing every sort of angle
of this full spectrumexperience before one can discern
a sense of clarity over timethroughout the process. As I mentioned
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before, this idea ofreflectors being initiated is referenced
often. The lunar cycle for thereflector begins at the start of
any new offer, invitation,consideration. So a reflector might
be invited on a trip, invitedto offer their evaluation of the
state of something within awork setting, within a community.
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A reflector might be invitedto present something. A reflector
might be on their own justconsidering, you know, a new path,
a new directionality. Whateverthe beginning of that offer, consideration,
invitation, initiation is,that's the beginning. That's the
first moment where thereflector feels into. How do I feel
about that now? And then, howdoes that shift throughout my Lunar
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cycle, as I get hooked up intovia the moon, all my dormant potentials,
all of my transient lifeforce. And then it's up to the reflector
to discern, and this is a RAquote, the quality of their associations
and the way their aura filtersthe world around them over time,
refining their decision. AndRA also says, defined G people will
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often bring these newdirections and new initiations for
reflectors because the Greflects is the part of us that offers
a trajectory, a sense ofdirectionality. In the meantime,
between initiations andthroughout their lunar process, reflectors
are sampling and evaluatingtheir environment. When we were talking
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about the Manifestor, I talkedabout how once it really settled
in for me, how informing is anartificial strategy. I found myself
being curious about, well,what is my actual mechanical strategy
then? And I kind of playedwith like, okay, informing is what
I do for the other toalleviate resistance in my interactions
with the other. But what do Ido for myself? You know, how am I
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operating on my own? What canI think of as my mechanical strategy?
And I talked about that in themanifesto lecture. For the reflector,
the lunar cycle is theirmechanical strategy. It's how they
connect to their mechanics.But also like, what is a reflector
doing day to day? Right, Theremight be these overlapping 28 day
cycles that they're in processwith, but what's a reflector doing
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day to day? What is there,what strategy might there be for
a reflector to stay connectedto their Auric function? And this
mechanical Auric process andstrategy of waiting a lunar cycle,
this is just how I've sort of,where I've sort of come, my fifth
line mind has sort of come totry to find a practical way of thinking
about this and offering asolution to offer the reflectors.
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For me, I think about it asthis idea of just remaining detached,
remaining neutral, remainingdetached as being the reflector day
to day strategy. Becausethere's going to be a time where
you've processed it all andthere's a sense of clarity. But in
the meantime, remainingdetached, allowing everything, whether
it's other people's energythat you're sampling in your Teflon
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aura and, or the transitfield. For reflectors, it's the main
consideration to help you stayin your awareness, in your sovereignty,
in yourself, in passengerconsciousness, is to understand that
this is all transient. And thedanger is for you to get locked into
any one moment of the transitor any one conditioning that's coming
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in through the environmentthat you're sampling and to hook
into that and believe thatthat's the truth, right? So remaining
neutral, remaining detached,trusting the process, which is remaining
detached, remaining detachedand trusting the process are one
and the same. Soundboarding isa part of the reflector process.
This idea of being able tojust talk your process out as things
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are hitting you, notnecessarily needing anybody to give
their input or advice, butjust giving the reflector an opportunity
to check in with their bodyand externalize. Especially if there's
throat definition during apart of that, right? The reflector
might at some point have thatspleen to throat definition, or G
to throat, or ego to throat,or ajna to throat, or solar plexus
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to throat, or sacral tothroat. So all of these things can
go to the throat. And part ofthe life force, when it is a center
being defined to the throat,part of that consistency is, how
is this expressed? How is thisintuitive awareness, instinctual
awareness through the spleenexpressed? How is this motorized
life force through the sacralexpressed? How is the solar plexus
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emotional awareness or mentalawareness or sense of self and direction?
So this process ofsoundboarding is really useful for
the reflector to feel into.What am I reflecting via my lunar
cycle right now? But none ofthat is the ultimate truth. And so
both the reflector and theperson that they're soundboarding
with, that they'reexternalizing with, will benefit
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from understanding that thisis just a part of the reflector's
process. Having a consistencyof dependable, healthy allies to
be in process with is crucialfor the reflector. Reflectors can,
but don't need to benefit fromactually tracking their lunar cycle.
So I would definitely, if Iwere a reflector, I would a hundred
percent look at this and trackit. And you know, I've. I've done
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this for myself as a nonreflector kind of looked at where
in the lun, the moon cycle domy dormant potentials hook up to
the transit field. If I were areflector, I certainly would. But
remember, we're all designedto experience life and life force
exactly the way that our aurasneed to. And so I have in parentheses
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here, reflectors don't need toactually track it, because you're
designed to feel into thatdefinition as a part of the shifting
landscape of your Auricreception anyways. So you don't necessarily
need to from the mind kind oftrack it, but many do. And it absolutely
can and often is a majorbenefit to the reflector kind of
feeling into and understandingand clarifying what this whole lunar
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cycle process is about. Andevery reflector has a completely
unique Orientation to thelunar cycle based on their dormant
potentials. We'll revisit thisreflector strategy of weighting a
lunar cycle when we talk aboutauthority, because the reflector
strategy and authority are oneand the same. Reflectors have what
we call lunar authority. Andhere's a quote from Ra, kind of speaking
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to this idea of neutrality anddetachment. Waiting the lunar cycle.
No one can assess anenvironment more profoundly than
a reflector. Nobody can dealwith a decision with greater depth
than a reflector. But thetime, you have to take the time.
So the openness is a gift,right? We talk about this since the
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beginning of Lyd in every auratype. Your openness is a gift. It's
your window to potentiality.Robin Wynne, an author of a human
design book on the centers,Calls the undefined centers God portals.
They're our window to sourcebecause that's where we take in the
magic and the mystery of lifeforce in the world. So reflectors,
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through their completelyundefined, On a center's level body,
have this potential for suchdepth of. Of insight and wisdom.
But that depth, thatpotentiality, is lost when the reflector
is fixating on any one momentof this transitory definition. They
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have to take the time. Thelunar cycle is really what assures
the ability for that depth ofawareness and insight to be accessed
and offered. I have a lot ofRa quotes in the reflector lecture,
specifically, Just sort of outof my own sense of humility around.
I'm getting there. I do feellike I have a lot of moments where
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I feel the reflectormechanics, and I'm. I'm lucky to
have a handful of reflectorfriends. And I watch them and I listen
to them and learn from them.But just. It felt important to me
to. To share some thingsdirectly from Ra because my own sort
of translation and synthesisfor reflectors doesn't feel as deeply
ingrained as it does for theother types. So Ra said, I think
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of time as movement. It'salways movement. You see, for me,
the reflector waiting out thecycle of the moon is always. Is like
the emotional person waitingout their wave. There is all this
information that is buildingin order to get to that place of
clarity. And the thing tograsp about the reflector is that
only in the geometry of themoment Is their unique potential
established. The uniqueauthority for the reflector can only
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emerge out of those moments ofinitiation. And it's those moments
of initiation that establish aunique movement and reference point.
From that point, you wait. Thecycle. The cycle is everything. It
is the only way that they canbegin to separate themselves from
the program itself. It's thereflector's ability to observe their
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vehicle's unique way ofreceiving the lunar cycle that tunes
them into theirdifferentiation, because otherwise
it's just the program all thetime. On a similar note, you cannot
talk about conditioning in areflector the same way you talk about
conditioning in anybody else.It's not a personal not self that
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they have. It's a communitynot self that they have. They integrate
all of these aspectsimpersonally. This cycle is the only
place you can begin. It's inthe reflector detaching from the
environmental conditionsenough to tune into their unique
relationship with the lunarcycle that gives them their sense
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of self. The lunar cycle isthe way to personalize it enough
to wake up from it.
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Both reflectors andmanifestors are more designed to
be receiving the program. Soreflectors and manifestors are more
susceptible and meant to besusceptible to transit field conditioning
than Auric Aura to auraconditioning versus Generators and
projectors are more influencedby aura to aura contact and conditioning
than by the transit field. Andso reflectors have this aura that
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is designed in a way similarto the manifestor to be protected
from interpersonalconditioning. As a primary function
of the reflector aura is toreflect the program which is in human
design what we call thetransits. The transit field.
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Welcome to our fourth andfinal deep dive into an the Reflector.
In this lecture we will talkabout the mechanics of the reflector.
Reflectors have no definedcenters, so all nine centers open
or undefined we'll talk aboutthe sampling and resilient aura of
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the reflector, the vehicle'sfundamental prerogative for the reflector
to survey. To evaluate, wewill introduce the reflector strategy
of waiting a lunar cycle.We'll talk about what surprise and
disappointment are as thesignature and not self theme of the
reflector. And we'll discussreflectors as lunar beings, as opposed
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to solar beings, which allthree of the other aura types are
considered to be. And ofcourse, throughout we'll have some
some various differentreflector miscellany, including quotes
from RA and other conceptsthat felt important to include. So
first, just our basicreflector stats. Reflectors make
up about 1 1/2% of thepopulation, have a sampling and resilient
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aura that is sometimesreferred to as Teflon experiment
with the strategy of waiting alunar cycle experience themes of
surprise and disappointment.And the only authority that reflectors
can have is what we call lunarauthority, which is connected to
this strategy of waiting alunar cycle. Reflector mechanics,
at least in terms of the partwhere we're looking to center definition
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to understand the reflectoraura and their mechanics is quite
simple in that it's just nodefined centers. However, the actual
ability to grasp the reflectorexperience compared to the other
three types is probably themost difficult, because even though
from the onset, from just thesimple sight of the reflector body
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graph, it is this clearlyvisible thing that is so distinctly
different from the othertypes. The functionality of the reflector
and what it means to live withthese reflector mechanics with this
reflector aura of nodefinition whatsoever is really outside
of what those of us withdefinition, those of us who are not
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reflectors, can reallyconceive of. So on one hand it's
very simple to understand, andon another hand, it's probably the
most complex and difficult tounderstand because it is so outside
of the norm. Approximately 99%of us are solar beings and reflectors
are lunar beings. And we'lltalk more about what that means.
Reflectors have no consistentdefinition, no life force, right?
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So while reflectors will havegate activations, none of those gates
match up with the gate on theopposite side of the channel. Therefore,
none of the gates createchannel definition or center definition.
So there's no consistent lifeforce. Rather, reflectors receive
life force from the transitfield and from sampling their environment.
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Reflectors have any number ofwhat we call dormant potentials,
individual gates in anundefined center. And so as other
people come into aura withthem, and as the transit field defines
the other undefined Gates intheir body graph. And in particular,
as the moon defines the otherundefined gates in their body graph,
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Reflectors experience theirlife force Coming alive Through the
sampling of their environmentas well as the transit field. But
on their own, there is noconsistency. So, while the rest of
us are moving through to someextent, Sort of sampling our environment
and being conditioned by oneanother and receiving additional
life force from the transitfield, the rest of us manifestors,
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projectors, and generators Areall also carrying a consistent life
force through our one or moredefined channels, which defines two
or more centers in our body.For the reflectors, that consistency
doesn't exist. There's noconsistent definition without the
environment and the transitfield. So although variety becomes
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sort of the default and theemphasis for reflectors in understanding
reflector mechanics, it'simportant to note that there is some
level of consistency withinthat variety for reflectors. And
the way that reflectorsexperience and come into and find
consistency in theirdefinition Is via the repeated pattern
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of the lunar cycle. The moon,as the fastest moving planetary body,
and it's exponentially fasterthan any other planet, Will move
through the entire zodiac orthe entire rave mandala, or the entire
64 gates within the body graphonce every 28 or so days. So, without
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any channel in the centerdefinition, Reflectors have all these
dormant potentials, Definedgates, and undefined centers. And
as the moon makes its moonthlymonthly journey through the 64 gates,
it will, every single moonthmonth, every 28 days or so, Hook
up to every single one of thereflector's dormant potentials in
a repeated pattern, Creating apattern of definition that is predictable
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and consistent. Reflector'sexperience of definition is not constant.
It's always changing. However,one layer of the variety that they're
always experiencing Is thepredictable and repeated pattern
of the lunar cycle. So, over amuch longer stretch of time, Reflectors
are able to sort of senseinto, with awareness, sense into
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what is my repeated pattern ofdefinition without any channel definition.
And the center definitionreflectors have these dormant potentials,
Their defined gates, andundefined centers that link up with
the moon as the moon movesthrough the transit field. And the
moon is just one layer of theconstantly changing landscape that
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is the reflector definition,which also includes all the other
planets as well as theirenvironment and how their environment
Adds to their definition.However, the moon is the most consistent
one. And so, over a longstretch of time, if reflectors are
watching with awareness, thisrepeated pattern of the moon, Giving
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them these temporarydefinitions by transit definition
in their centers, when itLinks up to their dormant potentials.
Then the reflector is able tosort of watch the wholeness of their
experience. And come to somelevel of clarity that takes it all
into consideration. It's thatone layer of the variety that is
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the moon. That gives them theconsistency that they can then depend
on. Since there is noconsistency via definition in their
body alone. Reflectors beingthis aura type that is designed to
sort of try it all out. Withnine undefined centers. Their aura
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supports them in that process.So the reflector aura is described
as the sampling and resilientaura. If we kind of take the transit
field out of it for a moment.And we just think about interpersonal
conditioning. So far, we'vetalked about the generators and projectors.
Who are both designed toreally be conditioned by other auras.
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Generators want that energy sothat they can kind of bump into it.
And with their open andenveloping aura, Wrap around it for
the sake of feeling the sacralresponse. Projectors, even more so
than generators, Are designedto be conditioned. Because they have
this pointy aura that isspecifically designed to penetrate
the other. To focus with theirattention on the other and deeply
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absorb the other that they areplugged into. We've talked about
manifestors who are the onlytype not at all designed to be influenced
by the outside. The manifestorgets their cue internally. And so
the manifestor has this closedaura for one. To protect them from
outside influence. But also tobe able to impact and push with its
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energy. To create impact inthe outside world. Outside of their
aura. The reflector has atotally different aura Than the manifestor.
However, similar to themanifestor, Reflectors are not designed
to take in and hold on toconditioning. Both reflectors and
manifestors are more designedto be receiving the program. So reflectors
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and manifestors are moresusceptible and meant to be susceptible
to transit field conditioning.Than auric aura to aura conditioning.
Versus Generators andprojectors are more influenced by
aura to aura contact andconditioning Than by the transit
field. And so reflectors havethis aura that is designed, In a
way similar to the manifestor,to be protected from interpersonal
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conditioning. As a primaryfunction of the reflector aura Is
to reflect the program, whichis, in human design, what we call
the transits, the transitfield. However, another part of the
reflector's function Is notonly to receive the program and reflect
or emit that program throughtheir aura, out into their world,
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into their community andenvironment, but also to take in
and sample their environmentand compare it to the transit as
a whole. And so reflectorsare. Even though they're more attuned
to the transit field Thanindividual auras around them, it
is also a significant part oftheir auric function to be feeling
into the energy around themand the auras around them. But they're
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feeling it in a more communalway, A more totality of the environment
way Than they are the one onone way, the way the projectors are.
So reflectors are deeplytaking in the other and sampling.
But it's very impersonal.Unlike for the other three types.
Reflectors take it in deeplyto sample it, but then it slides
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right off of them. Thereflector aura is often described
as being like teflon. It hasthis, like, resistance to it, but
not again, it's not resistantlike the manifestor pushes energy
and conditioning away. It'sresistant like it does its thing.
It takes it in, it samples it.Just like a teflon pan is able to
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hold whatever's in it, butthen it slides right off, Almost
like a waterproof sort offeeling. Every single center for
the reflector is busysampling. Wherever there are other
auras to sample in theirenvironment, the reflector is taking
in those other auras again,more in a totality sense. The reflector
aura samples such auras andmeasures them against the program
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that is always, constantly,powerfully being reflected through
them from the transits.Reflectors are deeply connected to
the program. They're the onlylunar type. All other types are solar
beings with nine undefinedcenters. There's no consistent life
force. They receive theirconsistency from the transits. So
for those of you that havefundamental understanding of the
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sun and the moon, Whetherscientifically, astronomically, or
astrology, or astrologicallyor all three, you can feel that even
here, with nine undefinedcenters, there's no consistent life
force that's being put out oremitted from the reflector aura.
The sun puts out light, putsout consciousness, puts out energy.
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Instead, reflectors arereceiving their life force primarily
from the transits, but alsofrom their environment. And the moon
is the receiver. It's a rockthat receives the light and reflects
it back to us here on earth.Receives the light of the sun, Reflects
it back to us here on earth.That's what the reflector aura does.
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It receives life force fromits environment and from the transit
field and reflects both backout to their environment. So the
reflector is both receivingwhat's happening in the transit field,
what's the storyline of thecollective. And then within that
experience of reception of theprogram that is being reflected into
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their environment, They'reAlso receiving sampling the auric
energy within theirenvironment. And as they reflect
it back, they're able todiscern what's what. Reflectors have
very big powerful auras, thebiggest auras of the four types that
reflect the program into theirfields and communities and measure
the environment against theprogram. And so, as noted here, sometimes
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you'll hear this idea of thereflector police, the not self reflector
police. Because reflectors aredesigned to be mostly connected to
the program, but then also aresampling their environment on top
of that primary reflection.The not self reflector is going to
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attach to the homogenizedversion of the program coming through
to them. Because they don'thave differentiation on a channel
and centers level to filterthe program through like the rest
of us solar beings do. So thenot self reflector is going to fixate
on and attach to the programand start to police the exceptions
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that they see throughdifferentiation in their environments.
So a not self reflector can belike a homogenized police or a police
for homogeneity. As areflector deconditions and becomes
aware, the reflector can usethat ability to notice what Ra would
call like the blips in theradar. Reflectors are scanning. They're
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like a radar system scanningfor what's different from the homogeneity
that they're receiving fromthe program. So as the reflector
wakes up as the reflectordeconditions, it can flip from trying
to control or police those whoare different from what the transit
field is bringing to us intonoticing that difference, celebrating
that difference, andacknowledging that difference as
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differentiation, and becomingdelighted or surprised. The reflector
signature in how the programis able to hit differentiated individuals,
and how the program is able tobe filtered through differentiated
individuals rather than thishomogenizing force on everyone in
their environment. So comingback to this idea of reflectors as
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lunar beings, reflectors arethe only lunar beings. Generators,
manifestors and projectors areall solar beings. Reflectors are
not putting any life forceinto the world on their own. This
is the function of the sun toemit life force. And every other
type, approximately 99% of thepopulation, has some consistent life
force within them. Rather, thepotential for life force for reflectors
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is via reflection, AKA themoon, right? Reflection of their
environment, a reflection ofothers, and a reflection of the program.
So when we think about purposefor reflectors, it's going to hit
really differently. Ra wouldsometimes say, like reflectors are
not of here. It's a different.I think one time he said something
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like, it feels like a Geneticmutation to him. The way that reflectors
orient to their human purposeis going to be really different from
the way the rest of us do.Because for us, for solar beings,
there is both the function ofour aura, right? Manifestors as the
initiators, generators as theworkers, the builders, projectors
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as the guides, thefacilitators. But on top of our auric
function, we each have a verydifferentiated life force that we
bring to that auric functionthrough our channels, through our
center definition, and througheverything underneath that too, the
substructure, all of the moreadvanced, even more differentiated
aspects of our design. But ona channels and centers level. Reflectors
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do not have any consistentlife force that they bring to their
auric function. Reflectorshave a whole bunch of variety of
different gates in theirdesign that are gonna very much so
affect how they are reflectingback. It affects the way that they
hook into their environment,the way that they hook into the lunar
cycle and the other planetsmoving through the transit field.
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However, it's not a life forcewithout that reception, without the
reflecting back of the transitfield and of the auras that they're
sampling, the solar purpose isto emit. So everything that generators,
manifestors, and projectorsare doing, even though projectors
are poking, receiving, deeplyabsorbing, and then sharing what
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they see in the other, allthree of these other types are doing
so through the frequency oftheir solar purpose, AKA their definition.
Lunar purpose is aboutreception and reflection. So what
is purpose without consistentpersonal life force? The purpose
for reflectors is the auricfunction, not the individual frequency,
because there is no consistentindividual frequency, AKA life force.
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This is very different, rightfrom the solar types, which have
both the auric function andthe solar individual frequency. Even
thinking about the incarnationcross, which is the sun earth, axis
crossed, in everybody'sdesign, you have your personality,
sun earth, and your designsun, earth. And that creates a cross
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in the rave mandala, which isreferred to as your incarnation cross.
If you think about it, youknow what, what is the level of influence
that the incarnation cross isgoing to have on a reflector who's
more influenced by the moonthan by the sun, right? They're not
solar beings. So even justanother way to sort of consider how
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different the experience ofbeing a reflector, of being a lunar
being, is for this aura typethat is so distinctly different from
the rest of them. In thedefinitive book of human design,
it says manifestors,generators, and projectors are solar
types, meaning their purposeshines through them. As the only
lunar type, the reflector isdesigned to operate As a lunar reflection
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of the Sun's programming, theyreflect the planetary program's neutrino
imprinting process. Like theMoon, the reflector's glow is subtle,
yet wields substantialinfluence, especially when it is
detected by others. So thereflector's glow is not shining a
very specific light andenergy. Think about when the sun
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is in the sky. You can't missit, right? It's affecting everything
around it. That's sort of theenergy of the solar types frequency.
There's a channel here thatwasn't before. You can't miss it.
There's a frequency onlinethat wasn't before. The Moon is a
bit more subtle, and you cansee it in your life. The difference
between what the Moon showsus. Difference between like a full
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moon in the sky or a darkmoon. When the Moon is full, it's
extremely noticeable in thenight sky. And it creates shadow
on the Earth that we don'tnotice otherwise. So it's this substantial
influence, but it's somethinga bit more ethereal. Here's another
raw quote about reflectorsthat speaks to this idea of them
being lunar beings. You see,they are not driven by the life force.
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It is not the sun that fillsthem with life, it is the Moon that
drives them. They'redifferent. You cannot compare them.
We talk about conditioning,but the way we talk about it only
makes sense if you're talkingabout solar types. After all, what
does it mean to be conditionedfor a reflector when there is no
counterpoint? Even a projectorhas a very fixed counterpoint. So,
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pausing the quote for a momentto interject, when we talked about
projectors, we talked abouthow this is a aura type designed
to be conditioned, designed toplug into the other and be conditioned
by the other's aura. There's asimilarity here with reflectors and
that reflectors are designedto be conditioned as well as less
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so interpersonally and more soby the transit, where it's vice versa.
For projectors, however, eventhe projector, the type that's designed
to most deeply take in theother and be conditioned by the other,
there is a fixed counterpoint.There is that fixed life force that
creates that opportunity forcompare and contrast, which is such
a huge part of thefunctionality of the projector and
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the deconditioning process ofthe projector knowing the other in
order to know themselves. Ragoes on. The challenge for all of
us solar beings is to come togrips with who we are, our life force,
our definition, and to denythe power of conditioning to run
our lives. But if you're areflector, you're born to be conditioned.
You're not born with a fixedimprint. You're not born with a fixed
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life force that gives you afixed notion of where or what may
be. Not at all. So this is avery different Auric experience.
How then does a reflector findtheir differentiation, find their
unique self within this aurathat is designed without any fixed
definition on a channels andcenters basis, there is no life force.
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So how does a reflector movethrough this changing landscape,
still honoring the truth oftheir separate self so that they
can perform with clarity andwith ease and in a surrendered, accepted
fashion, their Auric function?That is going to be facilitated very
much through the reflectorstrategy of waiting a lunar cycle.
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So let's break this down in anaura that is reliant on the homogenized
program to experience lifeforce, right? The reflector can connect
to their differentiatedmechanics by processing the lunar
cycle with awareness. So thisis what the reflector is about. It's
about process, right? The Moonis about process. Sun product, Moon
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process. So in order for thereflector to feel into their differentiation,
their truth, the truth oftheir being, of their body, there's
a process that the reflectorhas to move through, literally has
to process, like digest theMoon moving through its lunar cycle
in the unique way that itaffects each different reflector's
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body. So let's break this downa bit. The Moon moves through the
entire Zodiac, and thus the 64gates of the Rave I Ching, about
every 28 days. And these arethe same gates that are in fixed
positions inside of each ofthe nine centers of the body graph.
So the Moon is moving throughthe Entire Zodiac every 28ish days,
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spends about two and a halfdays in a sign. And as it goes, it
is activating or defining eachof the 64 gates, depending on which
dormant potentials, aka whichindividual gates each reflector has
in their design. As the Moonmoves through that process, it's
going to, at some point, linkup with each gate that shares a channel
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with their dormant potential.And before I break this down a little
more, I just want to note mostof the time, when we talk about a
lunar cycle in theastrological field field, we're talking
about the relationship of theMoon to the sun, right? We're talking
about new Moon when the Moonand the sun are conjoined, the waxing
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moon and the different phasesof the waxing Moon on the way to
the full Moon at the point ofthe sun and Moon opposition. And
then the Waning moon and thephases of the waning moon crescent,
first quarter, last quarter,etc. Give us all that balsamic. That's
not what we're talking aboutwhen we talk about the lunar cycle
in human design. Instead,we're talking about, again, the process
of the Moon moving through theentire zodiac from start to finish,
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and the entire 64 gates. Andthat cycle can start at any point.
So anytime a reflector comesinto a new consideration is initiated.
Anytime a reflector isinitiated is how it is usually referred
to in human design. Thatthat's the beginning of their 28
day lunar cycle. That canhappen when the Moon is in Gate 5
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over here in Sagittarius. Itcan happen when the moon's in gate
39 over here in Cancer. It canhappen at any point. But that initiation
point marks the beginning of aperiod in which the reflector now
will wait and process the Moonmoving through every other part of
their design. So they can feeland process and synthesize what feels
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true to them, what feels likethe correct decision for them. Once
they've felt all the aspectsof their design being activated by
the Moon by transit, thereflector experiences this repeated
cycle of definition that'sunique to their design. Right? So
it's all dependent on whichgates each reflector has. Let's say
something happens to thisreflector when the Moon is in gate
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10, which is the cusp ofSagittarius to Capricorn. This reflector
already has gate 10 in theirdesign in the G center here. And
so the Moon on its own doesnot affect the reflector's definition.
Okay, so the moon movesthrough 58 down here in the root
center. It gives thatreflector gate 58, but that reflector
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doesn't have 18. So there's nochannel electromagnetically with
the transits with the Moonspecifically. Then the moon moves
through 3854, same story.There's no center definition. But
then the Moon's gonna get togate 61, and this is in fairly late
Capricorn. So this is maybeabout two days or so since we started
this reflector's lunar cycle.And this is the first time so far
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where there is gonna be centerdefinition. Because when the moon
hits 61 up here in the headcenter, it will link up with this
reflector's Dorm andPotential24. And now for the duration
of the Moon being in Gate 61,which doesn't last even a whole day,
it's just a portion of a day.Now that reflector is going to have
definition by transit in theirhead in Ajna. And even though it's
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a transit and therefore nottheir definition for reflector, that
transient definition issignificant because it gives the
reflector access to theconsistency of their potential 24.
Then the moon moves out of 61into 60, 41 and 19, where it will
not define the reflector'sbody. Once it gets to mid aquarius
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in gate 13, which is here inthe G center, it will link up with
this reflector's 33, and it'sgoing to define their G in their
throat. So there's a period oftime when the Moon was in Gate 61
where this stream ofconsistent thought that shows up
only for this portion of thelunar cycle each month was online
for the reflector. Then forthis reflector on either side of
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that, there's a period of timewhere the Moon is not providing any
definition. But then a littlebit later, the next phase, that will
always follow that headpressure through the 6124 and that
AJNA conceptualization. Nowthe reflector has access through
1333 of a sense of self anddirection that can be externalized,
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that can be verbalized,expressed, then offline a bit again.
And then I'll just do two morehere. When the moon gets into 63,
now there's a differentchannel of defined head and ajah,
so a different flavor of headajahn definition. And then right
after 63, the. The moon willmove into 22. And for the first time
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in this reflector's lunarcycle, there's 22, 12. There's solar
plexus definition. There's anemotional energy and an emotional
awareness within thereflector. We follow it around and
around and around. Thisreflector will at some point have
definition in every center. Ithink it's, it's most common for
reflectors to at some pointhave definition in every center at
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least once. But that's not agiven. There are reflectors who,
based on where their hanginggates, their dormant potentials lie,
they might not ever actuallyget transit definition in an undefined
center. And, you know, this isnot the entirety of what's going
on. This is just the Moon.There's all these other planets and
points, planets and the nodesand Earth, that will also be defining
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the reflector by transit aswell. But the Moon is this one. That
happens so quickly. I mean,it's so slow when we compare the
reflector strategy to all therest of us, because it really takes
this full lunar cycle for themto feel into their Consistency. The
Moon is so fast compared toevery other planet. The next fastest
planets are the sun andMercury, which take about a year
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to get all the way around all64 gates. So there's these slower
cycles happening, but thereflector is able to tap into their
life force, their authority,which, which is this lunar cycle,
through the program, throughthe lunar program, through the transit
field, through this fastestmoving body, which is the Moon. So
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this is the idea of thereflectors being, you know, fueled
is maybe not the right word,cause it's not what the Moon does,
but given their life forcethrough the reception of the lunar
cycle. But let's talk about itas a strategy, practically speaking,
a bit more here. So thereflector strategy, wait. A lunar
cycle. In an aura that isreliant on the homogenized program,
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the reflector can connect withtheir differentiated mechanics by
processing the lunar cyclewith awareness. This requires the
reflector to maintain a lot ofpatience and a state of neutrality
and detachment so that theycan watch and discern throughout
their entire process, ratherthan fixate on any one particular
moment within it. Similar inways to the emotional authority process
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of waiting their wave. Now, wehaven't talked about emotional authority
yet. We'll, we'll talk aboutall the different authorities in
the next unit. But for thoseof you who already have a sense of
what emotional authoritymeans, and for all of us, we've covered
the defined solar plexus, sowe've talked about aspects of it.
For the 50% of people on theplanet who have emotional authority,
and that can be a generator, amanifester, or a projector, there's
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no truth in the now momentbecause the emotional process has
to move through its wave.There's a similarity here with reflectors.
There's a process of movingthrough, seeing every sort of angle
of this full spectrumexperience before one can discern
a sense of clarity over timethroughout the process. As I mentioned
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before, this idea ofreflectors being initiated is referenced
often. The lunar cycle for thereflector begins at the start of
any new offer, invitation,consideration. So a reflector might
be invited on a trip, invitedto offer their evaluation of the
state of something within awork setting, within a community.
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A reflector might be invitedto present something. A reflector
might be on their own justconsidering, you know, a new path,
a new directionality. Whateverthe beginning of that offer, consideration,
invitation, initiation is,that's the beginning. That's the
first moment where thereflector feels into. How do I feel
about that now? And then, howdoes that shift throughout my Lunar
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cycle, as I get hooked up intovia the moon, all my dormant potentials,
all of my transient lifeforce. And then it's up to the reflector
to discern, and this is a RAquote, the quality of their associations
and the way their aura filtersthe world around them over time,
refining their decision. AndRA also says, defined G people will
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often bring these newdirections and new initiations for
reflectors because the Greflects is the part of us that offers
a trajectory, a sense ofdirectionality. In the meantime,
between initiations andthroughout their lunar process, reflectors
are sampling and evaluatingtheir environment. When we were talking
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about the Manifestor, I talkedabout how once it really settled
in for me, how informing is anartificial strategy. I found myself
being curious about, well,what is my actual mechanical strategy
then? And I kind of playedwith like, okay, informing is what
I do for the other toalleviate resistance in my interactions
with the other. But what do Ido for myself? You know, how am I
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operating on my own? What canI think of as my mechanical strategy?
And I talked about that in themanifesto lecture. For the reflector,
the lunar cycle is theirmechanical strategy. It's how they
connect to their mechanics.But also like, what is a reflector
doing day to day? Right, Theremight be these overlapping 28 day
cycles that they're in processwith, but what's a reflector doing
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day to day? What is there,what strategy might there be for
a reflector to stay connectedto their Auric function? And this
mechanical Auric process andstrategy of waiting a lunar cycle,
this is just how I've sort of,where I've sort of come, my fifth
line mind has sort of come totry to find a practical way of thinking
about this and offering asolution to offer the reflectors.
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For me, I think about it asthis idea of just remaining detached,
remaining neutral, remainingdetached as being the reflector day
to day strategy. Becausethere's going to be a time where
you've processed it all andthere's a sense of clarity. But in
the meantime, remainingdetached, allowing everything, whether
it's other people's energythat you're sampling in your Teflon
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aura and, or the transitfield. For reflectors, it's the main
consideration to help you stayin your awareness, in your sovereignty,
in yourself, in passengerconsciousness, is to understand that
this is all transient. And thedanger is for you to get locked into
any one moment of the transitor any one conditioning that's coming
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in through the environmentthat you're sampling and to hook
into that and believe thatthat's the truth, right? So remaining
neutral, remaining detached,trusting the process, which is remaining
detached, remaining detachedand trusting the process are one
and the same. Soundboarding isa part of the reflector process.
This idea of being able tojust talk your process out as things
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are hitting you, notnecessarily needing anybody to give
their input or advice, butjust giving the reflector an opportunity
to check in with their bodyand externalize. Especially if there's
throat definition during apart of that, right? The reflector
might at some point have thatspleen to throat definition, or G
to throat, or ego to throat,or ajna to throat, or solar plexus
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to throat, or sacral tothroat. So all of these things can
go to the throat. And part ofthe life force, when it is a center
being defined to the throat,part of that consistency is, how
is this expressed? How is thisintuitive awareness, instinctual
awareness through the spleenexpressed? How is this motorized
life force through the sacralexpressed? How is the solar plexus
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emotional awareness or mentalawareness or sense of self and direction?
So this process ofsoundboarding is really useful for
the reflector to feel into.What am I reflecting via my lunar
cycle right now? But none ofthat is the ultimate truth. And so
both the reflector and theperson that they're soundboarding
with, that they'reexternalizing with, will benefit
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from understanding that thisis just a part of the reflector's
process. Having a consistencyof dependable, healthy allies to
be in process with is crucialfor the reflector. Reflectors can,
but don't need to benefit fromactually tracking their lunar cycle.
So I would definitely, if Iwere a reflector, I would a hundred
percent look at this and trackit. And you know, I've. I've done
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this for myself as a nonreflector kind of looked at where
in the lun, the moon cycle domy dormant potentials hook up to
the transit field. If I were areflector, I certainly would. But
remember, we're all designedto experience life and life force
exactly the way that our aurasneed to. And so I have in parentheses
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here, reflectors don't need toactually track it, because you're
designed to feel into thatdefinition as a part of the shifting
landscape of your Auricreception anyways. So you don't necessarily
need to from the mind kind oftrack it, but many do. And it absolutely
can and often is a majorbenefit to the reflector kind of
feeling into and understandingand clarifying what this whole lunar
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cycle process is about. Andevery reflector has a completely
unique Orientation to thelunar cycle based on their dormant
potentials. We'll revisit thisreflector strategy of weighting a
lunar cycle when we talk aboutauthority, because the reflector
strategy and authority are oneand the same. Reflectors have what
we call lunar authority. Andhere's a quote from Ra, kind of speaking
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to this idea of neutrality anddetachment. Waiting the lunar cycle.
No one can assess anenvironment more profoundly than
a reflector. Nobody can dealwith a decision with greater depth
than a reflector. But thetime, you have to take the time.
So the openness is a gift,right? We talk about this since the
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beginning of Lyd in every auratype. Your openness is a gift. It's
your window to potentiality.Robin Wynne, an author of a human
design book on the centers,Calls the undefined centers God portals.
They're our window to sourcebecause that's where we take in the
magic and the mystery of lifeforce in the world. So reflectors,
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through their completelyundefined, On a center's level body,
have this potential for suchdepth of. Of insight and wisdom.
But that depth, thatpotentiality, is lost when the reflector
is fixating on any one momentof this transitory definition. They
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have to take the time. Thelunar cycle is really what assures
the ability for that depth ofawareness and insight to be accessed
and offered. I have a lot ofRa quotes in the reflector lecture,
specifically, Just sort of outof my own sense of humility around.
I'm getting there. I do feellike I have a lot of moments where
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I feel the reflectormechanics, and I'm. I'm lucky to
have a handful of reflectorfriends. And I watch them and I listen
to them and learn from them.But just. It felt important to me
to. To share some thingsdirectly from Ra because my own sort
of translation and synthesisfor reflectors doesn't feel as deeply
ingrained as it does for theother types. So Ra said, I think
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of time as movement. It'salways movement. You see, for me,
the reflector waiting out thecycle of the moon is always. Is like
the emotional person waitingout their wave. There is all this
information that is buildingin order to get to that place of
clarity. And the thing tograsp about the reflector is that
only in the geometry of themoment Is their unique potential
established. The uniqueauthority for the reflector can only
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emerge out of those moments ofinitiation. And it's those moments
of initiation that establish aunique movement and reference point.
From that point, you wait. Thecycle. The cycle is everything. It
is the only way that they canbegin to separate themselves from
the program itself. It's thereflector's ability to observe their
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vehicle's unique way ofreceiving the lunar cycle that tunes
them into theirdifferentiation, because otherwise
it's just the program all thetime. On a similar note, you cannot
talk about conditioning in areflector the same way you talk about
conditioning in anybody else.It's not a personal not self that
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they have. It's a communitynot self that they have. They integrate
all of these aspectsimpersonally. This cycle is the only
place you can begin. It's inthe reflector detaching from the
environmental conditionsenough to tune into their unique
relationship with the lunarcycle that gives them their sense
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of self. The lunar cycle isthe way to personalize it enough
to wake up from it.
Thanks for listening to theLiving youg Design podcast. Stay
tuned for the rest of thecurriculum. New batches of episodes
are released every Tuesday.For immediate complete access to
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the full course and to exploreother perks like learning and community,
community extracurricular,astrology and human design workshops
and meeting with me face toface, go to patreon.com/KelseyRoseTort
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