The Reflector

The Reflector is the rarest type of human design (approximately 1% of the population). Your defining characteristic is having no defined center — the nine centers of your bodygraph are open. That means you don't have consistent own energy; you absorb and amplify the energy of those around you. You're a human mirror. Your health, clarity, emotions, all depend on where you are and with whom.

Your strategy is to wait for the lunar cycle. For big life decisions — work, partnership, move, big commitments — don't decide impulsively. Let at least 28-29 days pass (a complete lunar cycle). During that time, the moon transits through all aspects of your bodygraph and you'll have information from different 'energetic perspectives.' At cycle's end, clarity emerges. This is the hardest point to accept because culture asks for quick decisions — but your design literally can't function well without this time.

Your not-self theme is disappointment. Appears when you live in environments that don't respect you, when you force yourself to decide fast, when you can't find your people. Reflectors are very sensitive to where and with whom they live — a bad environment can submerge them in chronic disappointment. Disappointment is your signal: 'the place where I am isn't for me, or the people around aren't healthy.'

Your signature is surprise. When you're in good environment, with correct people, respecting your lunar rhythm, life surprises you constantly. You don't know what will happen tomorrow because literally your design makes you live each day differently — the moon takes you to new angles. That openness to the unexpected is your gift.

First: obsessively care for your environment. Where you live, whom you spend time with, what you work on. Your design is more sensitive to this than any other type. Second: respect the lunar cycle. For big decisions, 28 days minimum. You can talk it with different trusted people during the cycle — that's part of your processing. Third: accept your experience will be different from everyone else's. Don't try to force yourself to function as Generators or Projectors.

• You're about to accept a job. Instead of signing in the week, you give yourself 28 days of waiting. During that month, you pass through different states. At cycle's end, you know.
• You notice you physically get sick when spending time with a specific person. Not coincidence — your system is telling you something.
• You move to a new city and literally feel a different person. That change is real — your design absorbs the environment.

• People have told you all your life you're very sensitive.
• You absorb the moods of people around.
• Your health depends enormously on the environment where you are.
• When you change group or place, you feel another person.
• You have special fascination or sensitivity to lunar cycles.