Hello magical people.
I’m writing to give you an update that comes with a clickbait-y subject line. Is Human Design a cult? I’m genuinely wondering. I am looking even more closely at the origins of Human Design. And I don’t love what I see. But I’m refusing to look away and I’m forcing myself to trust the inklings that something is not quite right here.
I’ve never shied away from the problematic and appropriative aspects of this system. Skeptic is right there in the title of this email list and of my witchy Instagram. I am equal parts skeptic and believer and that is part of my personal magic.
Human Design has helped me understand things about myself that I’d dismissed and ignored. It was a profound and meaningful cosmic permission slip to step into the life I’d always wanted to live. I do not regret the ways I engaged with the system and the insights I provided to myself and so many friends and clients that I’ve worked with over the last three years. However, I worry about being a gateway into a system that was “channelled” by a very problematic (and possibly predatory) person who took incredible financial advantage of thousands.
I think there are countless amazing people working with this system in ways that are empowering. I know there is freedom to be found in the level of self-reflection a system like this can provide. And there is no way to scrub the lens of Human Design from my understanding of the world, nor would I want to.
However, alignment is one of my core values, and working directly with clients using this system no longer feels in alignment for me.
I’m less interested in the lens of “because I’m a manifestor” and “because of my three line” and “trusting my emotional authority” than I am in just being in the world in ways that feel aligned without needing to understand WHY.
I want to trust my magic. And I want you to trust yours.
There are so many ways I will continue to do this. Tarot included! (Anyone have a witchy event coming up where you need a reader? I’m booking for the holidays!)
I’m sending this without sitting on it for very long, without editing it. And one of the ironies is that Human Design helped teach me to trust moments like this. To trust myself as a channel. But Human Design has come to feel like an oppressive and perhaps even abusive teacher, and I intend to move forward with all the lessons I learned, but without needing to continue to engage.
This all may change. It is scary to let go of something that felt so profoundly right and provided me an income at a very precarious time in my life. But it’s time. There are other ways for me to serve. My question of “Is Human Design a cult?” is genuine, and one I will continue to explore. Until I have a more sound answer for myself, the ways I create meaning for myself and others will be focused on other systems, and no systems at all!
The Autumn Equinox was a profound portal for me. I pulled the Tower right as my “faith” in Human Design was truly starting to crack, and rather than trying to stop the collapse, I let the tower crumble. I’m not rushing to find any particular thing in the rubble.
Thank you for curiosity and support. If you’re still interested in sticking around for whatever my magical evolution brings next, I’d love to see you on the journey. I’m thinking there will be a lot more writing about everyday magic, creative practice, finding and creating meaning, and probably tarot. Tarot is calling me back in a big way.
Trust your magic,
Clare
Thank you so much for this post! I don’t feel comfortable with human design and I wasn’t sure what the deal was. Then I read about a new program called the Gene keys and it was the same thing.
And someone created an entirely new system with a new language and new practices that’s very expensive to learn how to do.
Everything they teach is available for free of course if you know where to look. I appreciate your candor ❤️.