Your Energy Type May Be The Least Interesting Thing About You

I am feeling a wee feisty but stay with me for a minute… I’m certainly not saying it’s useless.

That being said, social media is full of accounts that speak solely to energy type. That in my opinion pigeonhole people by focusing on something that is greatly lacking in nuance.

It can offer a lot of permission and long missing validation. When I first started doing readings over a decade ago I had many a projector cry in a session at feeling seen for what felt like the first time. It is beautiful to feel seen.

The problem is that focusing solely, or even mostly, or even largely on energy type… flattens people. It becomes an identity box instead of a mechanical layer.

We get loads of stereotypes like: “you can’t work full time”, “you have to wait”, “you’re here to be a worker bee”, “live in your bed and take naps all day” (ok I exaggerated that last one — but I have seen similar sentiments).

I know many Projectors with more energy than Generators. And those that are more aligned with the typical representation as well. I have seen Projectors run so hard with the stereotypes that they stop doing hard things and I’ve seen Man Gens use it as an excuse to quit everything. It often strips people of not just nuance, but agency.

The fact is you are more than the sum of your parts.

We see the massive focus on social media because it’s the easiest to teach, it’s the easiest to market, it gives people quick belonging and it creates instant language. But it ignores SO MUCH. It’s loud but it’s not deep.

It is something I’ve spoken about often but I started thinking about this even more this week as we are diving into our Ascendants this month inside our seasonal journey in The Collective. The Ascendant (aka your rising sign) is one of the most important things about your natal chart.

It is your body, it is a large part of your identity and approach to life, it is how you orient and directly interface with your Soul. It also sets the orientation of your entire chart. Every horoscope you read whether they tell you to read your Rising, Sun, Moon, etc… is based on rising signs. It’s your main character energy. It’s kind of a big deal. And, it’s not factored in at all when it comes to your standard bodygraph in Human Design and what creates your energy type.

If my AC was included in my bodygraph it would complete a channel changing my type from an Emotional Generator to a Manifesting Generator. I have chalked up all the ways I often feel more Man Gen to things like Gate 34 in my Mercury and a very mutable Pisces MC which falls outside my 10th house by whole sign. But this is also an interesting thread.

There are always layers on layers and over here we try to look at things holistically and integrative (astrology, Human Design, Gene Keys, numerology). But this feels like kind of a big deal generally no? That one of the big 3 in astrology is not included in the core mechanics of Human Design (which is astrologically based along with several other systems).

In astrology, no one worth their salt is reducing you to your Sun sign and calling it a day. And yet in Human Design, people are being distilled down to one of five Types… in a system that is arguably just as complex, if not more. It’s fascinating to me that so many people speaking about Human Design lead with one of the most generalized pieces.

Type is a convenient headline. But you are not a headline.

The truth is simplifying and categorizing and creating a neat clean identity hook sells. And we do all cookbook to an extent. You have to to speak about systems in palatable manageable ways. But this misses the most important and interesting things about you IMHO. It over simplifies your wholism and it actually becomes limiting for manyrather than expansive.

Which sidetone, none of the systems we use should put you in a box. They should never take away your power or agency. I went on a low-key rant about this on last week’s podcast. Let the systems serve you but own them. Don’t them own you.

I’ve offered free energy type workshops for years b/c I wanted to make it accessible. And because I wanted to move through it… into the parts that actually give shape and form to your life… the parts that don’t fit neatly into a label.

The parts that double down, show multiple testimonies, reinforce particular themes.

The parts that change depending on the season you’re in.

The ways the blueprints live in your body, not just your charts.

The way your system responds when it finally feels safe.

The quiet patterns underneath the obvious ones.

Because you are not a category. You are a configuration. A rhythm. A living, breathing set of conditions that shift, respond, and evolve.

I’m not saying it’s not interesting at all I’m just saying don’t get stuck there. You are so much more multi faceted and magical.

what’s next

If you’d like to find your AC gate you can do so with the degrees from your natal chart here. It’s one of my most favorite threads to pull.

And if you want to dive into your energy type because it’s still a thing for sure enjoy the free content. Just make sure you don’t stop there.