What We Can Learn About Our Emotions and How We Grieve From Our Human Design Chart

There is no doubt that Human Design gives us a unique take on understanding our emotions from what we’ve been taught. In our society, we’re taught either directly or indirectly that emotions are uncomfortable, that they are wild and unpredictable, and that we need to control them better.

Human Design steps in to show us that our emotions have fairly predictable patterns and that when we understand those patterns, we can better navigate our emotional landscape.

Before we can talk about grief emotions through the lens of Human Design, let’s first take a minute to understand the current landscape of grieving in the Western world.

Grief, we seem to believe, should be neat and tidy, move through the five steps identified by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (this is actually a common misconception that she was writing about grief for the surviving, but these steps are actually about the grief that the dying person experiences) — in order no less, and that we should be back to work in 3–5 days at most, bringing our A game.

If only!

Well, actually, scratch that. I don’t truly believe that is ideal.

Why, you might ask.