Reflector Life 101: Being a Reflector in Human Design

The Basics

Reflectors are about 1% of the population making them the least common of all of aura types. So, yes, you’re special but you’re not so special that there’s no one else here on Earth who gets it. You’re not alone in this! 1% of the human population is still about 80 million people. So we are out here now with more and more opportunities to connect and share experiences and increase knowledge of the reflector experience. Ra Uru Hu, the man who founded Human Design in 1987, said once that “there’s just not enough reflector knowledge on the planet yet.” I love that that’s changing so much, so rapidly.

Each type in Human design has a different relationship to energy. The reflector’s relationship to energy is to mirror, or to reflect. Your aura is like a mirror to the transits, to the environment, and to the other. So if you’re with someone, you will likely be experienced as a mirror. In a room full of people you are like a barometer for what’s going on in that room. If you’re at a party and you want to know how it’s going, check in with the reflector! The reflector samples, calibrates, measures, mirrors.

The way that you engage with energy is to sample all of the energies of a given environment and reflect it back to the others in that environment. If a reflector is sick, anxious, depressed or having other recurring issues, it’s often a sign that there are some unresolved issues in the community.