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Kip Winsett’s blog explores Human Design through a grounded, analytical lens that goes far beyond surface-level spirituality. Drawing on 25+ years of professional experience, Kip writes about decision-making, conditioning, relationships, work, consciousness, and the mechanics of how people actually function. This blog is for readers who want more than inspiration. It’s for people looking for clarity, deeper understanding, and practical insight into themselves and the systems shaping their lives.
“One thing the Human Design System does rather well is to offer a few places to stand to look at yourself in a somewhat objective fashion. This is not an easy thing to do. For example,
Swimming beneath the surface of the ocean, my view of what constitutes the ocean is somewhat limited. Surfing the waves, my view is much different. Standing on the shore my view of the ocean is again different, as it is if I stand on a hill high above. If I row around in a glass-bottomed boat, I see yet other aspects. And, of course, a microscope offers a significantly different view.
To some extent, my own personal appreciation of Human Design is due to this built-in range of potential views of the ocean that constitutes myself and others. It offers multiple layers of complexity and dynamics for pursuing self-observation or observation of others. And maybe even compassionate understanding of others.”
Thoughts on the Defined, Undefined & Open Centers
A major tenet of the Human Design System is that the undefined and open centers play critical roles in our behavioral processes. While the defined channels, centers, and gates are in constant operation because they are hardwired, the behaviors in the open and...
The Defined Mind: Brain vs Mind Decoded
FIRST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BRAIN AND MIND ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS (BEFORE WE DELVE INTO THE DEFINED MIND). The Brain The brain is a physical organ. Of the many theories I have read about the mind, I prefer the one that describes the mind as a map...
Bridges of Being: The Integration Channels in Human Design
When you examine the six Rave circuits, you will notice that four channels are “missing”. They don’t appear in any of the circuits. These are the integration channels. Most of the channels are created by 2 gates that are directly opposite each other in different...
Bonding & Belonging: The Tribal Circuit Part 2
Committed For Life and Absolute Obedience This is Part 2 of Tribal Circuitry. Be sure to read Circuitry of Kinship: The Tribal Circuit Part 1! We are each born as separate entities, utterly dependent on our very existence upon others. Over time we each realize that...
Circuitry of Kinship: The Tribal Circuit Part 1
Let’s start with what Ra calls the “Tribal Group”, as this is essentially the foundation upon which human life depends. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that this circuit group is “primitive” – it’s not. Nor is it unsophisticated or simple. In Human Design, all 3 of...
Navigating the Human Design Chart: Roads and Tunnels
The Human Design chart is a map with roads and tunnels. "Roads and tunnels" is the phrase that refers to the definitions in our Human Design chart that appear colored in black or red when the chart is calculated. The calculations appear on the bodygraph in these two...
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This question is presented by their aura to everyone who comes into it. “What is your story?” they, the Sphinx, ask of their world. They are the timeless riddles that people ponder.
Understanding the Riddle of the Sphinx
Without them doing anything, people are drawn to look at them, to wonder about them, and to therefore wonder about themselves. To ask themselves, where am I going? When the Sphinx feels secure in their knowledge, they can answer those people.
The Sphinx offers guidance to others based on logic – secure patterns for the future – and their own experience. This doesn’t mean the Sphinx has to take charge of them; they are naturally designed to point the way and offer encouragement.
Simply by being, the Sphinx offers others the possibility of transformation from the old to the new. To those who merit it, the Sphinx is willing to offer guidance, to explain their direction and why they aim for it. As long as they stay true to their type and authority, then the Sphinx’s direction will always be right for them and their world.
