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How best to live with less

Shantamo · June 28, 2022 ·

‘Less is more’ sounds kind of cool and New-Agey. But how is it to actually experience it in one’s own life?
For many of us living with less is becoming a reality. In response, I have found a way I can offer you more for less.

How to best live with less

First the transits for July. After that we will look at how to best to live with less, including my contribution.

The two main energies this month are pressure and limitation.

Pressure

From July 1-12 the Sun goes through Gates in the Root Center. In the 2nd week Mercury joins, and from the 21st onward Venus traverses the same Gates. The Root gives the drive to do, to move, to love NOW. Do we have the space for that, or do we face constraints?

Limitation

Pluto sits firmly in Gate 60. The Gene Keys frequency bands here are Limitation, Realism, and Justice. This is  divine justice, the flow of the Tao. On its journey into matter, the Tao encounters limitations. Seen from the  essence, everything is as it should be. Even if it is resistant, matter finally flows with change. Understanding this brings the Gift of Realism. We get access to the hidden magic of reality and can bring it into our life.

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The main energies of pressure and limitation meet right away in Channel 3-60, with Mars and Pluto, from July 1 to 7. It’s called Mutation, and its deeper function is the organic renewal of structures. Gate 3, Beginnings, pushes against the Limitation of Gate 60 until it gives way. Then something in the structure of reality changes.

Pluto almost always remains in Gate (or Gene Key) 60 from the beginning of this year until Jan 2025. In this time, we can expect many limitations. Our financial freedom may be restricted, or we cannot live where we wish to (wars, refugees, immigration laws) or go wherever we want (lockdowns). On the longer term, Pluto prepares us for Gate 41, the start Codon in Human Design from where things come into being, and the developments that will come afterward.

Watch the video for more perspectives on the role of Pluto in the coming years and how you can use the New and Full Moon in July to your benefit
Ra Uru Hu

Ra Uru Hu has made a prophecy that humanity has entered into a Great Change of our collective consciousness and the way we live together. In my understanding Pluto is a major catalyst for this process.

The frequency levels of Gene Key 60 are Limitation, Realism, and Justice. This is divine justice, or the Tao in its flow. On its journey into matter, the Tao encounters limitations. Seen from the essence, everything is as it should be. Even if it seems fairly inert, matter finally flows with change. Understanding this opens you to the Gift of Realism. You can kind of look under the hood of what we call reality. You stop fighting with what you previously saw as limitations because you see that they are just the possibility that happens to actual right now.

Gate 60 is also involved with the question whether our human laws and structures reflect the divine order, which by nature expresses as a flow. That means that our human-created structures need to be adapted from time to time in order to remain relevant.

Car Mechanic

Consciousness cannot be stopped, even if those forces that want to hold on to old structures would start a nuclear war, or subject the world to a technologically controlled, ever-tightening set of restrictions. And, as far as I can see, the new generations are aligned to the new consciousness. The old ways no longer make sense to them. If you are young, take heart, trust in what you feel deep inside and go on living and sharing it. You have the future on your side.

Planet and a sun

Earth and Pluto

From July 19 to 24, Earth joins Pluto in Gate 60 and moves each day through one of its six Lines. It’s like a quick overview of the energies that Pluto will provoke the next years. The Lines also describe our responses to the perception of being limited. For instance, the first Line is about accepting restraints gracefully, whereas the third Line tends to deny any limits and goes ahead anyway. And then pays the price. It’s its way to  learn the value of timely self-restraint versus self-indulgence.

If you have these Gates or Lines in your Chart, take a good look. These are good opportunities for learning, and making your life easier as a positive side-effect. If you want some support, book a session with me. Now for a special, friendly summer price.

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Uranus

Since April, Uranus stations in Gate 2, Receptivity, and will stay there for the remainder of this year. From July 25 to Aug 2, Mars traverses the same Gate. Neither of these planets is really at ease with being receptive.

Give-Way-road-sign

They want to act or speak instantly, rather than wait and yield to some Higher Self. Until July 30, the desire to move and express is reinforced by positions of Sun, Mercury and Venus. If you can, insert a pause before moving outwards. Take a deep breath, become aware of your surroundings and inner climate. Right action arises out of it.

Did you feel kind of mental the last months?

That’s understandable. The Moon Nodes have been in Channel 23-43, which (sometimes obsessively) aims to bring insights from the mind into words and concepts. On the last day of the month the Nodes move into Gates 2 and 1, highlighting the potential of the individual to be a conduit for pure creativity.

Peace on the horizon?

From July 31st into August, Earth in Gate 19 activates the Channel of Sensitivity with Saturn in Gate 49, 5th Line. Opposing parties may find the opportunity to sacrifice (which is the Siddhi of Gene Key 19) some of their fixed standpoints to come together to find common ground.

We all share the same DNA, with minor variations. It makes me sad that we still seem to need wars to resolve our differences.

Living well with Less

Living well with Less

Unlimited Supply

Perhaps good to remember that the supply of mindfulness, or consciousness, is unlimited. And this stuff satisfies in the moment you apply it. This is not against exploring the outer world, which is part of living on this beautiful, interesting planet. It’s about how you go about it: trying to fill up an inner void, or engaging with each situation as it unfolds, without insisting on a fixed outcome.

The Summer Special

The current situation made me wonder: how I could offer more for less. So that my work remains accessible for many people. Here’s my solution. I call it the Summer Special. Look at it here

Who is Kamala Harris, what is her relationship with Joe Biden and how do they measure up to Donald Trump

Shantamo · August 18, 2020 ·

This article focuses on the upcoming presidential elections in the USA. I remember my first presentation at school was about the American electoral system, I must have been 11 years old at the time. If you have an interest in what happens in this country, which I feel still provides a blueprint for the world, and you like Human Design, then you’re in for a treat. Feel free to jump to the conclusion as well.

Logo of the Biden-Harris presidential campaign

Since Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate, it has become clear who are the players in the race for the White House in 2020.

I will use the perspective of Human Design to look at the following questions:

  • Who are the two Democratic candidates?
  • What kind of relationship do they have?
  • How do they differ from the incumbent, Donald Trump?

Kamala Harris in Human Design

Kamala Harris
Picture from Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Kamala Harris is born in the incarnation theme of the Laws, which makes her want to give new structures to values that she perceives as essential for society. With the changes that life brings, also the laws, which ideally aim to establish fairness in the way we deal with each other, need to be updated. With her Sun in gate 50, line 2, she brings determination to this endeavor. She can stand up for her values in the face of opposition, if that is needed.

Within herself, Kamala Harris may appreciate the transformative quality that belongs to this incarnation theme, although it comes with a touch of melancholy – everything keeps on changing! Her Saturn in gate 30 helps her to understand that embracing setbacks can enrich her life. Once she settles in her inner resolve, the resulting clarity can shine light on confusion that she meets in the world around her. Some people will understand that positions can and need to change over time – and Kamala Harris has an inborn ability to talk her way out of trouble – while others will see her as inconsistent. The latter view can be reinforced by a tendency in her personality to distract herself with viewpoints and people that may be stimulating, but do not nourish her immediate core values.

With her split definition and undefined Self, Ego, Emotions and Spleen centers she can lose track of her purpose and express ideas that are out of tune with it. This will weaken her impact. It is rooted in a childhood doubt whether intimate relationships can really work, which leads to a dent in her sense of self-worth. It is as if the bright shine of the full moon (Kamala Harris was born on a full moon, giving her something mysterious and magnetic) is then temporarily eclipsed. Pluto will create situations that strongly invite her to transform these outdated doubts and start again with a clean emotional slate. When she is in a state of trust, feeling emotionally supported by life (which can manifest through people around her) her words have the power to transform people.

Joe Biden

Joe Biden speaks
Picture from Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Joe Biden, meanwhile, has the incarnation theme of Transference. He wants to make a contribution that enables and inspires others to obtain the good things in life, predominantly on the material plane. To do that, he needs to feel financially secure himself first. When he stays clear about his own material interests people will see him as dignified. He could, however, create confusion when he loses sight of the boundaries in material matters because he wants to be nice to someone.

Mars in gate 44 makes him an excellent networker, the 6th line there indicates there are periods he wishes to retreat from the world. With the unconscious moon in gate 61, line 1, he is intuitively attuned to the psychic dimension, something he may be experiencing in his religious life (Joe Biden is a practicing Catholic).

With six defined gates in an undefined Throat center he can express himself in many different ways, giving the other side the feeling that he speaks their language. It may also facilitate his famous predisposition for gaffes. There could be a deeper reason for those too: when he senses the current situation is unsatisfactory for him but does not want to acknowledge it, he can escape the realization by stirring up some external commotion.

The connection between his Sacral and his Self center lets him be in the right place at the right time. This happens as a result of an internal preparedness and a willingness for new, good things to happen. Fortune smiles on Joe Biden when he is aligned with his purpose. This alignment comes as a consequence of embracing his feelings, whatever they are, and then letting go of any expectations that underpin them. That is not always easy. You could say that Joe Biden’s  good luck is well-earned.

Working together

For the cooperation between the two candidates we make a Human Design composite Chart. We can do this for any kind of relationship. Here we regard Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as business partners who commit to a common project. What becomes instantly clear when you look at the composite Chart is that the split definitions of each of them are now connected. On their own, they are both Generators with a mental projector part, meaning that their life energy and their thinking processes are not necessarily in unison. Now, all six central centers of the Human Design Chart, from the bottom to the top, are hooked up. This enables them to broadcast a coherent message, rooted in reality and inspired by a shared vision. With 10 of the 11 gates in the Throat center activated, they have many different ways to communicate, so that they can reach diverse audiences.

Biden Harris composite Chart

The way their Charts go together suggests friendship and mutual understanding, good for colleagues in a work environment. In a romantic setting, this composite would indicate each partner has chosen to do a lot of inner work to make the relationship viable.

In short, we can say that their strength lies in issuing a heart-felt appeal to the personal responsibility of each person in their audience. They will want to awaken a sense of higher values, that can direct people towards making the choices that are right for them.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump speaks

Trump is a formidable opponent, a highly intuitive man. He knows from experience that trusting his hunches can bring him success. He uses an emotionally tinged type of logic, and has an unconventional way to gather resources on the material plane. One of his main challenges is to bring consciousness to his needs and wants in the realm of intimacy. He can end up in a place of deep loneliness otherwise.

His Chart is a mixture of strong emotions, willpower and an ability to convince people in a way that goes under the radar of logic, with a kind of stealth argumentation style. Without sufficient self-awareness, this is an explosive concoction that in other times may have been associated with practicing black magic.

Conclusion

Trump’s Ego center and his Emotional center are defined, they are always active in his life. Even in the combined Chart of Biden and Harris both these centers remain undefined. It means that Trump can directly appeal to people’s guts in a way that they cannot. What they do have together is a defined Self center, which gives them what I would call a ‘moral compass’, an innate sense of values and direction. By walking their talk, while avoiding intellectual excursions, they can remind people that true values anchor us on our path and that each of us has a responsibility to find these values for ourselves and then implement them in our life.

This seems to me to be more in tune with the general quality of these times, as they show in the transiting planets. However, they will need to fend off Trump’s emotional and intuitive attacks without getting too much embroiled in them. From a look at their Charts, Kamala Harris has the wherewithal to counter Trump’s sub-rational aggressions, especially when she is supported by Joe Biden’s convivial sense of direction.

Biden and Pence
Joe Biden greets incoming vice-president Mike Pence, Nov 2016

In case you wonder why I do not mention Mike Pence, it is because I do not know his birth time. He most probably has a 6/2 personality profile. That gives him overview and a natural leverage over others. 6/2s can choose to remain in the background and exert leadership from there. I think he has more influence on Trump’s policies than we realize.

With these elections, two different worlds are meeting in what could be a pivotal moment for the United States, and possibly for the world. I, for one, look on with great interest.

The fixed personality Profile

Shantamo Kamstra · September 12, 2017 ·

Here we look at the Chart of a Fixed Personality Profile, a rare happening in the world of Human Design. Profiles describe the way we see ourselves and the world around us, which determines how we relate to the world.

There are twelve Personality Profiles. Most of them are primarily self-oriented, while for a minority the other comes first. Fixed Profile people are in the middle between these two.

While in Astrology the sun moves through twelve signs, in Human Design it goes through the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, an ancient Chinese wisdom system. Each Hexagram represents an area of life; in a Human Design Chart you will find it as a Gate. These are the small numbers, from one to 64, in the squares and triangles in your Chart. You can see them in the Chart image below.

Example of the correspondence between Zodiac sign and Gates
Example of the correspondence between Zodiac signs and Gates. Sagittarius matches the Human Design Gates between 10 and 14.

Fixed Profiles are the first in a new Hexagram; in them the essence of that particular life experience shines through. I will not tire you here with the mathematical reason why they are so rare; however, I will say that their unique position gives their personality unique characteristics. To know these is good both for them and for the people sharing their life.

Punya Kaufeler, editor of the Oshonews website, was willing to let her Chart be an example. Here it is:

Human Design Chart of Punya Kaufeler
Punya Kaufeler’s Chart

The Fixed Profile is indicated by the superscript on the first line of the two columns: 4/1.
Punya’s incarnation theme is that of the Driver. She needs to find her own personal truth in life and, relying on that inner knowing, points the way to others. The knowing is purely individual, she cannot back it up with scientific data or other collective knowledge. Moreover, she is being driven as well: by a need to make some kind of change in the world.

So I see two hinge points in this Chart: the urge to find one’s own truth and then the challenge to share it. Being a Projector, finding the right environment to share her insights is essential. With a receptive audience, she can express her innate wisdom and receive the recognition that she as a Projector needs. The many activations in Punya’s Throat and the position of Mercury in the Channel of the Thinker give her various avenues of expression.

Her voice is one of leadership ‘I point the way; it is up to you if you want to follow’. It is not Punya’s job to make others follow her lead, in fact, that may well turn out to be a tiring business for her. It is helpful to stay in contact with the ‘small still voice’ of the Self, her Authority in Human Design, to make sure that her leadership remains in tune with her inner truth. When she gets out of touch with her Authority, some moodiness or dogmatism may color her voice. Punya has the Line of ‘the Artist Alone’, meaning it is helpful to retreat and feel herself part of the creative flow of the universe. It is possible that she receives guidance (which she will tend to conceal) and also that she creates some work of art in these times of retreat.

Fixed Profiles have both a strength and a fragility. Their strength is they are ‘hard-coded’ to their destiny, their Incarnation Theme. Deep inside they know what they are here for and how to do it. Also, they will share this determined knowing with a sweet heartfulness. In the face of strong opposition or misunderstanding they can be ‘broken’. They start doubting themselves and can retreat from the world, withholding their gifts.

Human Design is often a turning point for these people. It brings a new understanding of who they are and a recognition of their uniqueness. Of course, Human Design can be a turning point for everyone. Because all our designs are as unique as we are ourselves.

Nelson Mandela

Shantamo Kamstra · May 7, 2015 ·

Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, a village not in the Human Design software but close enough to Durban to give a reliable Chart. So I’ve used Durban as his birthplace.

Of the five Types in Human Design, Nelson Mandela is a Projector, a Type with the potential to direct the energies of the ones around him, provided he is invited to do so and feels that his qualities are recognized. Projectors have the ability – and the need – to stand back from the general goings-on, sense where the collective energy needs to move and then offer their guidance and, in the case of Nelson Mandela, also inspiration.

Nelson Mandela
Image: Vera Kratochvil
Nelson Mandela's Human Design Chart
Nelson Mandela’s Human Design Chart

He has the Channel of Logical Leadership (7-31), with the Sun, which represents 70% of our energy, in Gate 62, giving him the capacity to look far ahead and envision and communicate in a logical way the steps needed to reach a future that will be bright for all. When he steps into leadership, the strong placement of Jupiter and unconscious Pluto in the Gate of Humanity (15) encourage him to do so with humility and in service of his highest ideals.

The question of integrity in leadership – and in a deeper sense: what being a leader really means – must have accompanied him throughout his life. With his 5/1 Profile, others will have expected him to lead, whereas in his interior life he may have harbored doubts if he was the right person to implement the new values he sensed coming from his being. His purpose in life, described by his incarnation theme of Obscuration, is to bring in new values in a way that is only later recognized by the general public. Inner reflection could give him confidence, clarity and realignment with his own inspiration. He needed these to take on the role of the leader and hold up the banner of inspiration. It is quite possible that he had a secret way to access his guiding Spirit.

In the first half of his life, until 1961, I would say that Nelson Mandela was learning to find his inner resources; that which he could rely on in the face of changing circumstances. Once he found them, they were like a rock-solid foundation, enabling him to be the role model of integrity and unification that he was.

When he was elected president in 1994, Saturn had a chance to test him: Will you use your power primarily for your own benefit? Or can you apply the Mana you now have to empower and teach others by giving them the highest example, and then retreat from your position when the time is right? I think history makes it clear that Nelson Mandela passed that test gloriously.

Live footage from a 1980s concert against Apartheid

Vladimir Putin’s Human Design Chart

Shantamo Kamstra · April 15, 2014 ·

“If I do something, I try to see it through to its completion, or at least try to ensure that it brings the maximum result.” – Vladimir Putin

Russia’s takeover of the Crimea peninsula has been in the headlines these days. It sparked my interest in the man responsible for the move, President Vladimir Putin. In the western media he is portrayed as a man who clings to power, holds back progress and represses the Russian people. He seems to reign like a 19th century czar and to act on the world’s political stage in an old-fashioned, imperialist way. Domestically, he has taken control of the media, creating a personality cult around him and silencing his opponents.There may well be a collective mechanism at play here that follows an ancient and convenient mental-emotional pattern: ‘when he is bad, it automatically follows that we are good’. Our own values are confirmed without the need to question them.

Human Design looks more at a person ‘from the inside out’ – so what do we see?

Putin speaks at a press conference

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born Oct 7, 1952 at 9:30 AM. The birth time is not 100% confirmed; running different times of birth through the software, combined with observation of his life, give this Chart a good probability of describing the actual Putin.
So if have your (or a loved one’s) birth day but not the exact hour, it is usually still possible to make a relevant Human Design Chart and Reading. When this is your situation, please contact me.

Putin's Human Design Chart
Vladimir Putin’s Human Design Chart

Vladimir Putin has an interpersonal Profile, meaning that ,the other’ comes first, and after that his personal life. The people around him notice this and expect leadership from him. In their youth it is vital for an interpersonal Profile to receive guidance or tutorship, so that their ‘personal’ side can find a foundation in life. In Putin’s case, a teacher saw his potential and gave him extra attention.

Putin as a child
Picture: Kremlin.ru / CC BY

“It became clear that street smarts were not enough, so I began doing sports. But even that was not enough for maintaining my status, so to speak, for very long. I realized that I also needed to study well.”

These words show one of the fundamental character traits Putin has: the need for outside confirmation. How he is being seen is all-important to him. Finding access to their inner life, and even more sharing it, is probably the biggest challenge for his type of Profile. Without this access, however, there remains a nagging doubt: who am I really? And closely connected with that: Can I really be loved? Facing this doubt and expressing it opens the possibility to receive others’ love and love oneself too.

So we see a natural and capable leader with a strong tendency to focus on outside recognition. His sensitive inner side may not be known to many, if anyone at all.
In this respect it is interesting to look at Putin’s connection with animals.

Putin swims with dolphins

He has Gate 49, one of the trans-species Gates in Human Design, doubly activated. This Gate has to do with breeding. Animals feel it and will naturally gravitate to him. Of course, Putin uses this to manipulate his public image. I see also another dimension: there is a genuine liking between Putin and the animals. It gives him a chance to show that he can love and is being loved.
Sacrificing animals (giving up what you value for a higher purpose) belongs to Gate 49 as well, and Putin has his Earth in Gate 21, the Hunter. Pictures of him walking around bare-chested with a gun and displaying his prizes abound on the internet.

Mr. Putin is guided by intuition, the kind that animals have: the natural instinct to know how best to survive. He is able to adapt to changing situations while holding in view a long-term vision. He appears to be driven by a half-conscious urge to solve his country’s problems. In secret he may ask himself questions like: ‘What does it mean to serve with integrity as a leader?’ and ‘Are my intentions welcomed by the outside world?’. I suspect a genuine desire to serve his country and make it safe and great once again. When his initiatives are not being welcomed he may revert to an angry kind of cynicism and for a while lose his intuitive ability of appropriately responding to the actual situation. The temptation is to be seen as a man of integrity rather than be one, which would almost certainly put his political survival at risk. So his wish to serve as a leader shows in coming up with great ideas for the welfare of his people (and the corresponding photo-ops), rather than actually risking change. Still, he was called to power in a time of transition and guides Russia through this period since many years. Quite an achievement, whatever you may think of his way of doing it. His recent annexation of the Crimea is a move based on intuition and supported by clever calculation, which outsmarted the Western leaders. In my view, the latter are not ready to admit how embarrassed they really are.

Vladimir Putin has an inner need to retreat and find peace in nature, away from life’s preoccupations. Staying true to his strategy, he brings this aspect of him also into the public domain. I wonder if he can give himself what he is really looking for. The thought of spending time in a quiet, natural environment, perhaps in a religious context, may sometimes occur to him. I wish for him that he once allows himself to honor this aspect of his being.

Putin watches a sunset with a friend
Image by skeeze

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