Strategy vs. Authority in Human Design: Self-Knowledge and Self-Awareness
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Self-knowledge and self-awareness are the whole point of Human Design — but two of its most important tools get confused constantly: Strategy and Authority. People treat them as one instruction, "just follow your design," when they're actually two separate systems, doing two separate jobs, at two separate moments. In this episode, I break down:What Strategy actually is — the outer mechanic that governs correct timing and positioning What Authority actually is — your personal, internal compass for knowing what's true for you Why these two get mixed up so often, even by people who've known their chart for years What happens when you skip one and only follow the other How separating Strategy from Authority has actually deepened my own self-awareness — not as theory, but through real decisions in my own life This isn't a certified-expert breakdown — it's part of my own ongoing Human Design journey, sharing what self-knowledge through this system has actually looked like for me, mistakes included. If you've ever felt like Human Design "isn't working," this episode might explain why: you may be listening for one signal when there are actually two.
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