Karen Curry - Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are

Copyright 2013

by Karen Curry

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For my children, Keegan, Kat, Karson, Kassidy, and Ayelet, who have always been the guiding stars in my life.

And for Aaron, who always reminds me to dream bigger.

How could a girl get so lucky?

Part One
The Basics of Human Design

Part Two
Types, Centers, and Profiles

Part Three
Gates, Circuits, and Channels

Part Four
Putting It All Together

Have you ever wondered what makes you unique from the other people around you? Human Design, a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern science, can help you understand the beauty and the power of just who you really are.

I first encountered Human Design in 2001 when my husband brought home a Human Design chart from Sedona, Arizona, where he had been on a personal retreat. I was smitten by the chart and knew I had to learn everything I could about it. I immediately persuaded my husband to move with our four kids from our comfortable suburban home in Texas to Sedona, where I hoped to learn more about Human Design.

As luck would have it, I found the home office for Human Design America directly across the hall from our pediatrician's office in Sedona. I immediately recognized the Human Design body graph on the office door and walked in to get more information. The owner of the office, Mary Ann Winiger, was in the process of writing a want ad for office help when I walked in, and she asked me if I'd like the job. I responded with a resounding yes and started right away. Working for Human Design America gave me easy access to all the information available at the time, and I had the opportunity to study with the founder of the system, Ra Uru Hu.

I admit, in the beginning, I was uncomfortable with the esoteric origin of Human Design. I was raised in the South, and my former father-in-law was a Methodist minister. Astrology and other woo-woo tricks were supposedly works of the devil, and I was very nervous about using these methods on myself or with my life-coaching clients. But the system proved to be uncannily accurate.

I believe that most people who are looking for help and support are usually on a quest, because they are hurting in some area of their livescareer, relationships, health, creative fulfillment, or feeling spiritually connected with life. I understood intuitively that Human Design provided answers for people who are hurting, but I wasn't comfortable sharing that knowledge until I had applied it and experimented with it in my own life. After testing it on myself and getting wonderful results, I started running charts for everyone in my life, including my clients. At the time, I was using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) quite a bit with my clients, especially if they felt stuck. To my surprise, the Human Design chart gave me such incredible insights into the energetic roots of my clients' stuckness and their personality traits that I was able to dramatically improve their lives in much shorter periods of time.

The more I studied Human Design, the more I realized that in spite of its incredible benefits, it was not a system that was easy to share with others. It was burdened by complex and esoteric vocabulary that left a lot of newbies confused. While there are many layers to the Human Design system, and Im still learning more even after twelve years of experience, there are some core concepts that are pretty easy to pick up and apply. That's why I wanted to write this bookto get you up and running with a wonderful system that has helped not only me and my family, but hundreds of my clients as well. I hope you'll join me on this journey of self-discovery and positive change.

This book has been thirteen years in the making. It is the compilation of my cognitive understanding of Human Design and the synthesis of my own experience of discovering my true self. I could not have endured this journey without the love and support of my family, who still hopes that some day I'll get a real job.

I have to thank Kyle Curry, my ex-husband and good friend, for patiently piecing together all the different parts of my writing creations into one body of information. I also have to thank him for always holding a space for me to share this information in a powerful and impactful way.

None of this information would be in the world today if it weren't for my teacher, Ra Uru Hu. Ra was a reluctant mystic at best. But in spite of his hesitancy and struggles, he shared Human Design because he had no choice. Ra initiated us into a new awareness of our unique roles in fostering the evolution of humankind, showing us that the most powerful thing you can do in life is to love yourself first.

I have experimented with all of this information on my students, who, over the years, have taught me more than I ever taught them. Thank you for being so eager to share Human Design with the world and for letting me be your teacher. It is a tremendous honor.

My editors, Allison Jacob and Susie Pitzen, have, judging from all the marks on the copyedited manuscript, spent a good bit of their lives making this giant body of complex data a coherent instruction manual of self-discovery. Thanks for your patience and endurance!

And last, but definitely not least, thank you to my partner, Aaron Parker, and my five children, who have always believed in me and inspired me to keep going.

It is my honor to support you in discovering your life purpose, understanding yourself, improving your relationships, finding your right work, and even getting healthiereasily and without compromising who you are! Human Design gives you the information you need to start living joyfully and intentionally, to find strength and abundance so you can thrive no matter what's going on around you. Over the last thirteen years, I have produced thousands of Human Design charts and conducted more than a thousand readingsall with the same powerful results. And I want to introduce you to this incredible system.

Human Design has helped people learn to love themselves, improve their self-esteem, live authentically, and act with awareness, deliberation, and courage. With Human Design you learn to leverage your energy correctly to avoid becoming overwhelmed, despairing, and burned out. Human Design shows you how you understand and know things (hint: it's okay to not always be logical), and it teaches you how to honor and express your feelings so you are never a victim of emotional pain and suffering again.

A synthesis of astrology, the I Ching, Kabbalah, the chakra system, and quantum physics, Human Design is a relatively new science of self-discovery. The entire system was transmitted to Robert Alan Krakower during a mystical experience in Ibiza, Spain, from January 311, 1987. A voice told him that this system was crucial to helping people on the planet make vital shifts in consciousness for the evolution of mankind. Krakower emerged from this experience a changed man, and soon after he changed his name to Ra Uru Hu.