human design
about
a spiritual/self-knowledge tool that draws from the i-ching, astrology, the kabbalah, vedic philosophy and modern physics.
why it might be relevant, before showing a few examples
although i'm unsure about the value of the tool (since it goes into very wild territories), in terms of its design, human design provides a level of granularity of self-understanding/management that we don't often find in modern culture. this level of analysis can be very useful in the context of life management/self-management.
even deep quantified self setups don't have such broadness and depth of measuring/working with layers of inspiration, ideas, communication, love, direction, motivation, emotions, instinct, desires and pressure - breaking down each of them into "understandable"/"measurable" units and practical directions that can orient one's thoughts/actions.
interesting examples are: energy type, authority center, life strategy, manifestation process.
plus, the actual illustrations are cool.
similar to the chakras or ashtanga in yoga, or buddhist paramitas / noble eightfold path, or (to my preference) metamodern takes integrating these spiritual traditions with evidence from psychology, cognitive science and other fields, such as integral theory's AQAL and hanzi freinacht's stage, code, state and depth model, these provide a way of seeing/relating to the complexity of being that can be very valuable guides on the path of self-unfoldment.
a few chart examples:
