Channels in Human Design: How your gifts come alive
The channels in human design were something I neglected until pretty far on in my journey. To be fair, it took me ages to unpick the Manifestor / Ego / 1/4 combination of my birth chart. It’s one reason why I encourage people not to rush on that first part of the journey. There’s no point just learning about your energy. You need to APPLY your energy. The second part of that takes time. And a lot of self reflection and mastery. Hence, the channels in Human Design came to me much later than others.
But by the time I got to understanding the channels in Human Design, they were richer than I could have ever dreamed of.
I have two channels in my chart. The 21-45, ‘money channel.’ And the 24-61 awareness or ‘cosmic perspective’ channel. By the time I got to these channels, because I was already actually implementing and embodying my design, they slotted in beautifully. BUT they did give me some extra nuance to work with, which was especially helpful for the 21-45 channel…
There are three main ‘categories’ or channel in Human Design
Inidividual channels - These bring development and change. Largely, these channels require INVITATION before they land. So whether you’re a Manifestor, Generator, Projector… these gifts will only be received by invitation. So stop wasting your time forcing the outcome. Embody them, live them, but leave out the forcing. A classic example with my 24-61 channel was oversharing. Telling all who wanted to listen about my cosmic insights. Not everyone wanted to hear them, and it felt so bruising when they just didn’t get, or hear, what I was saying. At that point, I began to pivot my business. It’s probably the reason you’re here now. Instead of sharing widely on social media and getting disheartened when people didn’t ‘get it,’ I targetted SEO instead. If people were searching for what I was saying, it was going to land an awful lot better… an example of embodying, rather than forcing…
Tribal channels - These explore and anchor the ideas from the individual channels and work really well in response. They’re about ‘feeding a need’ so it means these gifts land when there’s already some form of openess to them. It’s not about an invitation, but it might be about timing, or pressure, for example, that bring these gifts alive. My 21-45 channel sits in this group, and I tend to find, because I’m a Manifestor, that if I launch a product too early, it’s not that the product or resource is wrong, it’s just ill timed. If I wait a few months, or years, it creates its money or income at that point. I’m sometimes just a bit too ahead of the curve with that Manifestor energy going full force, so I use the ‘lull time’ as my rest period in my cycle. And I go again when the timing is more aligned. Years ago I’d have been throwing all the toys out of the pram, assuming that, despite my urge, that it was all wrong, and binned the lot. Now, I see something not landing how I expect it to as an opportunity to slow down, put some plans in place, and then relaunch later. The work is not wasted, it’s just the wrong season.
Collective channels - These channels bring the movements to the collective. Thing get bigger on these channels, so to speak. They leave space for inflation, rather than just necessity. The collective channels are much more widespread and open for experimentation. For example, the 7-31 channel, the Alpha, sits in this belt, which is a channel which encourages authentic and natural leadership. These collective channels come much more alive when we’ve processed our conditioning. The need to force, for example, becomes more about stepping into your power, your authenticity, embodying power, than actual forcing. Do you see the difference? A collective channel asks you to step into authenticity before it will align. The key with collective channels is that channel will come with a push, an urge, a reaction, or a collective movement. It requires present living to be able to detect that. So… how aware of your energy are you on a daily basis? And how can you get more behind those surges that you sense need to be actioned?
I’ve loosely categorised the channels for you below, but if you want to go into more details, book a reading and we’ll work together specifically on how we can bring those channels to life a little bit more with this nuance…
Individual Channels
Come into full power when they are invited, rather than forced upon, or in the right environment, for example. Not everyone will ‘get’ these channels.
57-34 - power
57-10 - perfected form
34-20 - charisma
10-20 - awakening
34 - 10 - exploration
51 - 25 - initiation
61- 24 - awareness
43 - 23 - structuring
38 - 28 - struggle
57 - 20 - brainwave
60 - 3 - mutation
14 - 2 - the beat
1 - 8 - inspiration
39 - 55 - emoting
22 - 12 - openess
Tribal Channels
Come into full expression when they are used based on need and necessity. Not everyone will ‘get’ these channels, but they will need them as a form of survival.
27 - 50 - preservation
59 - 6 - reproduction
54 - 32 - transformation
44 - 26 - surrender
19 - 49 - love and marriage
37 - 40 - the bargain
21 - 45 - the money line
Collective Channels
Come into full expression when they are embodied from a place of authenticity. These channels bring about collective movements or expand their gift to the collective in some way.
63 - 4 - logic
17 - 62 - acceptance
16 - 48 - talent
18 - 58 - judgement
52 - 9 - focus
5 - 15 - rhythm
7 - 31 - alpha
64 - 47 - abstraction
11 - 56 - curiosity
41 - 30 - fantasy and desire
36 - 35 - transitoriness
53 - 42 - maturation
29 - 46 - discovery
13 - 33 - prodigal
The next layer to add on top of this is whether they’re Projected, Generated or Manifested channels… something to ponder or delve into deeper with a reading.
Becky x
Pst, I’m always posting little nuggets of human design and astrology on my Instagram. Head over and get involved.
