About a week ago, I had this (partial) DM with a Mental P, many years in her experiment.
She also invited me to have a zoom chat about the misconceptions about Mental Projector (personal) Authority, but unless there’s enough people here who want that, I find I’m not particularly energized in that direction.
I can wait for you to say if/when.
For now, this is at least a foundation to be able to point MPs and the people who are in relationship (of whatever kind) to. Feel free to use it 👍🏼
I’ve toyed off and on over the years with creating some sort of MP conversation space (that I could participate in) because I do bump into this Design enough to populate one.
But have not had a clear invitation beyond that (inkling that it could be valuable) so far so 🤷🏻♀️
Here’s the part of our DM that is pertinent today:
My MP friend wrote -
‘Oh, the myths and legends that we have heard, the versions of our Authority mechanics that we were told in the last 5 or so years... Went from comical to absurd and finally painful to watch...’
Here's the transcript of Ra’s words on the matter.
"There are other beings who do not have direct Inner Authority and those beings are known as Mental Projectors. That is Projectors that have either the Head to the Ajna defined or the Ajna to the Throat or the Head, Ajna, Throat as unit defined.
[ie. any combination of colored in centers from the throat up only]
These are Mental Projectors. And these Mental Projectors, they do not have any direct Inner Authority.
Now, the Mental Projector is not a Reflector. It is not about Mental Projectors, you know, following the Reflector process, in other words, being hooked into the cycle of the Moon. They are not Lunar beings at all.
They have a definition and that definition is deeply, deeply, powerful. In the sense that it is their inherent life force, but the definition is strictly mental.
And one of the things that we know about the mental dynamic is that to follow the authority of your mind, is to follow the road to the too deep homogenisation and to the chaos that homogenisation can bring you in this life.
The most important thing to understand about being a Mental Projector, is that what it is to be a Projector.
In the first place, it has to do with your aura. There is no aura like the Projector aura. This penetrating and focused, this aura that burrows right into the other. And the Projector at their very best is a Projector who is one-on-one with another.
It is when all of the potential of the Projector's gift to be recognized, to be recognized in the other, to be a guide, is when this gift emerges in their life.
Correctness for a Projector, obviously is all about invitation, and yet with a Mental Projector that moment of invitation, cannot be answered mentally. Not in the moment. Not at all. There is a technique, there is a mechanism that permits the Mental Projector to be able to make those decisions that are correct for it.
It's called the Sounding Board.
And this is the way that it works:
Somebody comes up to you as a Mental Projector and they invite you into a relationship, they offer you a job. They suggest that, you know, you go do something together, whatever the case may be, but as a Mental Projector, you cannot respond at that moment. You cannot.
And of course, the temptation is there. Because as a Mental Projector, you know, you have a totally open lower half. Open Spleen is under the deep temptation to act spontaneously. But you cannot because there is no clear inner Authority and the Inner Authority can only emerge when you begin to discuss what has been offered to you, what has been presented to you.
So somebody suggests, invites you to do a job with them, whatever it may be, a task with them. The fact is, before you can say yes or no to that, you need to discuss it. You need to discuss it with others.
Now again, understand something: you are not seeking advice, you were not looking for others to tell you what to do. Do not be confused by this. You need the other in order to hear yourself relative to them.
And the other presents you with a different dynamic [brings their own mechanics] that connects you through your aura. And as a Projector you deal with the other, again, a very deep and direct way auricly.
The moment that you begin to discuss, for example, somebody you know you have a relationship with and they ask you, you know, would you like to now live with them. You know, to live together. This is one of those classic moments in which as a Mental Projector, you need to contact others and you need to hear yourself talk about it.
It doesn't matter, in a sense, what the other thinks, or says. What matters is that you have that auric connection with the other. And in that auric connection, you can listen to what you say about it.
"My friend asked me if you know, if we should live together, you know, I don't really know. I mean, I've been thinking about it…"
Just casual conversation.
And it's not about doing it once. It's about doing it several times with different beings. Again, one on one. Again, just simply part of what is ordinary or normal conversation.
And yet each time that you do, the each time that you connect to the other, you get the opportunity to hear yourself. And to hear yourself talk about it. Each time you talk about it, you will notice certain things, either that you're shifting in your perspective, that you're shifting in your feeling about it.
Or that there is a beginning to a certain consistency in the way in which you discuss it with the other. It is out of this, that you can ultimately make your decision.
A decision that is really based on what you're good at: a recognition.
You need to recognize your own expression, which ultimately is your truth which ultimately gives you the power to be able to make a decision correctly as yourself.
No being is here without the potential for inner Authority. No being.
Some are purely direct and instantaneous, some authorities need to wait out the wave. Some authorities require convoluted or complex strategies in order for those authorities to ultimately express themselves.
The Mental Projector that needs to talk about, needs to discuss, what is there in its life in order to get a sense of what is correct for it.
The Reflector that need to wait for the Moon cycle so that all of the aspects of its nature that are built layer by layer, on this cycle of movement, ultimately can come together so that there can be a clear decision.
But in the end, what Human Design is, it's about navigating.
Nobody is, without a way to navigate on this plane.
Nobody has been left out of this process and whether you are a Reflector or you are a Mental Projector, the fact is that you have a way in which you can make decisions as yourself.
And you'll notice that in this unusual way in which the Non-Direct Authority emerges, that it emerges in non-energy types.
And non-energy types are so deeply susceptible to the conditioning of what is out there in the world. The conditioning of energy, the conditioning that is there in the energy types for immediacy.
Because you are non-energy type, it is here in your inner Authority that you can best see what that truly means for you.
It takes time to build up the energy to navigate, it takes time.
It takes technique.
It takes a process.
It takes awareness.
It takes patience.
Because the navigation in the end is the most important thing. And as a non-energy type, you do not want to be driven to decision making.
For Mental Projectors, for Reflectors, the conditioning of the world, around them, the conditioning of the homogenized world is the greatest distorting factor.
The Mental Projector, the Reflector, that makes decisions in the moment that these are lives that are lost.
And not easily or if ever recovered.
And so beware. You may not have an easily recognizable direct Inner Authority, but it does not mean that you are without one.
It means that you have to have the courage of your convictions.
If you're going to transform your life, if you're going to get to live this life as yourself, which is your right.
It's your right.
If you're going to be able to live this life, by your own authority, that the only way that you can do so is that you have to hold fast to the truth of what it is to be you.
Because only when you're operating correctly, only then are you going to have those beings in your life who are truly correct for you.
And as non-energy types, there is nothing more important for you in this life than who's there in your life.
We live in extraordinary times, we live with Pluto in the tenth gate, the Gate of behavior, our behavior, and our relationships to the world around us are all being deeply impacted.
More important than anything else, is our relationship to the other.
It is in this relationship to the other that the purity of what we can be arises IF the other is [not] there as an instrument of distortion in your life.
If the other is there catching you in [drawing you in the direction of] your not-self purpose, then the other becomes the enemy.
[I think the word enemy here is Distracted personal view hyperbole, but it does get the point across]
So many human beings have others in their lives that are not doing them any favors at all.
So remember, you may have a non-direct inner Authority but you do have an Authority.
An Authority that's profound.
An Authority that's pure.
An Authority that will guide you no matter what."
@Carizma22 3/5 splenic P, has said yes to sharing this 😍
I love it when I get to be privy to an ‘experiment progress report’ from one of our Locals members.
Wanna celebrate with me? 🥳🤩🙌🏽
This next one is a tale of Carole’s undefined solar plexus adventures, originally posted in a Projector fb group.
Cool witnessing Carole! 🤗
Thread gist in comments (screenshots) and a somewhat messy screen grab video of the video recommended in one of the OP comments she received included below (above?🤓)
And there’s a short video of @BeyondBeautiful and me first talking about “avoiding confront and truth” which includes a story I often have told about John and the very first real time glimpse I saw this undefined solar plexus dealie irl. Can find.
Blew my mind.
I know there are several splenic Authority folks in here, maybe you have stories to share too?
"Some ideas take decades"
This is pretty inspiring. She reckons she's finally finished her apprenticeship at 70 💜
Fun add-on HD irl example - this was shared in Vanessa's group on FB, The Art of Being You by another appreciative group member (thank you Kathrin 🤗), and I first watched it a few hours ago.
I immediately thought what a great share it would be in here 🤩 but it landed pretty quickly on my 'roundtooit list.
Maybe to get shared here, maybe not. Tbh, the hold up was that I didn't really want to share a FB link in here, so I was looking (investigating) around to see if it was on another platform.
Hadn't found it yet.
Then it turns out that @NaimR wasn't able to view it from Canada (someone is blocking it for Canada ? wha?) and she said as much on the thread in Vanessa's group.
And you know what kicks in?
My Design (19/49 and Markets internal in particular), which had me heading this way anyway - at some point ... maybe... but I always get a little boost of focus from ...
There were three roller coasters 🎢 we had on or radar for the last hour before the rides closed.
Wasn’t to be, but we did find this nice place to sit and wait out the deluge that started right after we grabbed a great smoked BBQ supper.
And ooh it cooled everything off perfectly. And gave us some rest before we found our way back to the car (which was parked on the very first row of priority parking 🥳)
Ahhhh nothing to do, so much nothing to do 🥳🥰🍿
This is a post and audio from @BeyondBeautiful - Valerie Montgomery, Self Projected Projector
"I wanted to make this breakfast and found myself rushing.
Now, you might be interested to know I have Alternating Determination, which means I need to do things “One Thing At A Time,” which turns out to be the title of the song I made up to shift the energy of starting to make this breakfast.
I also have an Undefined Root, so it always feels like I need to get rid of the pressure. Also known as feeling rushed to do things.
It would have been lovely to have my cat fix my breakfast, and I had the time, so..
Also being Self Projected my authority comes out through my speaking, or in this case, singing."
Great awareness and share, thank you Valerie! 💜Not sure that's the right title for this, but it's what came out so I'm rolling with it.
This story began in a FB group. Where many of my stories do.
I can't actually remember the thread or how we ended up in messenger, but the reason we did was because 5/1 Projector with Gate 1 on an undefined G center ... had music of hers to share but hasn't been able to share it so far.
Am still waiting to see if the rest of the story gets shared with me.
So she asked me what sort of music I liked and did I want something more abstract (I think it was) or a vocal cover. I chose vocal cover and she picked this one.
I felt it to my core.
Not sure if part of that was related to some of what she'd already (not intentionally) told me ... 5th line folks can take a lot of patience to draw out - that's been my experience so far anyway.
Some feel interesting enough to spend the energy on :) That's true here.
A kind of sidenote to this is that both my Uranus Opposition (40ish yo) and Chiron (50ish yo) charts carry a 3/5 and it feels like, though I'm not a 5th line - I do sort of get ...
Dave Myers
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HyKBE9tpm/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Here he is over on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@neutrinoradio?_t=ZT-8u1npsHczms&_r=1
Yesterday, @mellijae shared a graphic from 64Keys and it reminded me that there's a hashtag in here for #theplanets
Here's a direct search link -
https://planetandrea.locals.com/?search=%23theplanets
If you're interested in planetary placements in your chart - those 11 posts are a great place to begin. :)
by Richard Rudd
"There is one big key to understanding Projectors, and it can only be found by looking at the bigger picture.
We know that statistically, Projectors make up 21% of the population. That means that for every five people, more or less, there is one Projector.
Those are interesting numbers, especially when they are considered within the context of how Gene Pools operate.
There is a mysterious circuit within the Bodygraph that is curiously known as the WA. The WA holds the secret to the choreography of all human gene pools.
One day, when these aspects of Human Design are explored in more depth, we will be able to see how groupings of individual designs come together in the same way as cells bind together to create the organs within our bodies.
For those who baulk at the idea that we have no choice, this is frightening stuff.
The WA shows how different human designs are collectively organised and herded together to perform certain functions within the greater body of humanity.
Imagine then, that humanity is a body like your own body. There are only 4 types of cells, each with their own sub-programming.
At one extreme, you have a small amount of ‘rogue’ cells, independent bodies that are designed to operate outside the loop of the mainframe programming. Ironically however, these manifestor cells are just as dependent upon the whole as any other type. They are simply programmed to appear independent.
At the other extreme, you have a tiny percentage of early-warning cells – these unusual cells have no programming of their own but are designed to take accurate readings of any cellular environment they move through.
In every sub-culture you will find a few of these cells reflecting the health of the local environment. Their role is to warn the overall intelligence of the body of any potential disruptions to the organism. They are called reflector cells.
The bulk of the cellular life of the body (91%) is made up of the two most common kinds of cell – generator cells and projector cells.
These 2 types are designed to interlock with each other. The generator cells collectively create the life of the organism. They are pure energy cells buzzing day and night, maintaining and building the whole.
Projector cells are unique. They have no propulsion of their own, so they drift around on the endless energy currents created by the generator cells.
You might imagine how easy it would be for a projector cell to feel that it had no purpose within the body.
However, each projector cell actually has a very specific purpose (some have more than one), but that purpose can only be realised when certain energy cells (generators) dock in with the projector cell to receive instructions.
Since the projector has no propulsion, it is powerless to initiate this process, but has to allow the generator cells to recognise them and dock in within their own timing. This recognition process takes place through a coded lock and key programme built into these 2 types at birth.
In other words, every projector holds multiple keys that fit an enormous array of locks. When a key does not fit a lock it is very obvious!
Through the knowledge of the WA, we know that the basic genetic unit is 5. These human groupings of mainly generators and projectors are also known as ‘Pentas’.
The nuclear family is a family of five.
Statistically, that is four generators and one projector. As an archetype, the role of this fifth projector is to maintain the stability of the 4 generators.
Right, this next part is where it gets spooky, so hang on to your seats and try and stay with me!…
Just as this fifth projector draws together the 4 generators to form a penta, this penta then takes on a life of its own. It also seeks something greater to dock into, and this is known as an OC16.
Pentas (groups of 5 human beings) seek out another projector, known as an alpha. Alpha projectors naturally dock together with three pentas, making 16 people (including the alpha).
The moment you have 16 people together, you actually have the foundation of an entire gene pool, which then continues to grow exponentially.
Right. I am going to stop there. Whether you were able to follow any of that or not, I am trying to make a point – which is that if you are a projector, you are genetically coded to have others (specifically generators) recognise you and approach you.
This is the foundation of the success of humanity as a species. The projector’s role is pivotal for life to be coherently organised.
But there is a great irony to it all for the projector – which is that there is nothing for them to do until they are recognised.
Every projector knows when the key fits. Every cell in their body lights up.
They also know when it only ‘sort of’ fits.
Those are the critical moments for projectors. If the fit is not perfect, they have to smile sweetly and turn away.
So how long does a projector have to wait? Well, forever.
There is a deep secret for projectors going through their deconditioning – that is, waiting itself transforms the cells.
The relief of not trying to make keys fit when they do not want to fit, releases a huge pressure from the projector’s life.
But it is also clear from my own experience of observing projectors that they are not always able to immediately throw away keys that do not fit.
Sometimes those keys may provide their livelihood, and they have to hold on to them until they find the correct keys to replace them. That takes courage – to wait knowing something is wrong and you are powerless to change it.
I have a vast admiration for any projector going through their deconditioning, and I have also learned that I can never move forward in life without the presence of projectors in key roles around me.
Projectors, if you cannot be patient, there is no hope for any of us…"
This is a little outside of my 'care' zone, but can see the things we've trusted faltering.
I think Human Design is here to offer people awareness to be able to weather what would otherwise feel like impossibly stormy times.
Lucky us 🤗
Also, what a cool picture Chaitanya found 😍
- A
"The knowledge was given so that human beings could be equipped to live in an age in which there was nothing they could trust.
This is what the Cross of Planning has brought us. It’s brought us an age of, within reason, trust.
That the trains will run on time, that the electricity will be there, that all of those things will work, that our children will have teachers in their schools, that the garbage will be picked up and on and on and on.
All the things that the Cross of Planning has brought us, the institutionalization of science and the spreading of all kinds of technologies that enhance the potential for the increase in human population, the increase in the potential of the gene pool, the increase in the potential for the unusual, the mutative.
Human Design is not about the time of the Cross of Planning. Human Design knows the plan. It’s not about that at all. It's about bringing the possibility of the richness of life to the next generation.
If the stellar family teaches us anything it’s that even the gods, even the remotest forces in the stream are concerned about the generations and the movement of information.
There are certain stars in the sky that could not exist until other stars had died. The fact that human beings and certain brain functions, elements in our brain, that can only exist after the death of stars, we are so deeply connected to them. We live very close to one. That is our shelter and our light."
- Ra Uru Hu
