We Tried It: Inside a Human Design Reading with Ms. Anna Lee
BY EMMA GEARY - MAY 23, 2024
What is a Human Design Reading, you ask? I didn’t know either, but I was curious. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Ms. Anna Lee to have my own Human Design Reading, and it’s changed the way I approach my work, my writing, and my creativity as a whole.
Meet Ms. Anna Lee
Ms. Anna Lee is the definition of a multi-hyphenate creative. For over twenty years, Anna has been a producer, designer, artist, medium, beekeeper, and creativity coach, and is a visiting professor in the fashion design program at North Dakota State University.
“Working with the younger generation through teaching has been such a rewarding part of my career,” she shared, “It is so special to be a part of their creative growth at such an early stage.”
Throughout it all, Anna’s passion has always been to help artists of all genres expand their creative endeavors to truly flourish and thrive in the way that works best for them.
About Human Design
The Human Design System is a set of layered ancient modalities to create a cohesive blend of information. Human Design was created by Ra Uru Hu in 1987, and synthesizes both ancient and modern sciences, from Astrology, the I-Ching, the Kabbalah, the Chakra System, and Quantum Physics. Each of these parts tells you something about your unique essence, or in other words, your authentic self, and who you are at the deepest level. Most importantly, it's an incredible tool for self-discovery, spiritual growth and so much more.
“What I love about Human Design is that it gives us the ability to say, ‘This is me and I don’t have to apologize for it. I’m supposed to take up space in this way.’ There are things we’ve seen as outside of the norm that are really what make us such valuable resources to others in our lives. And the same goes for how we benefit from others.”
Leaning into what makes you unique can feel foreign and uncomfortable, but the first step is recognizing what these differences truly are. “When we align to how we’re inherently wired,” Anna says, “We don’t worry about being anything else. We can find greater ease in our lives and say yes to the things that are truly best for us.”
Human Design also reminds us that the things we do innately aren’t innate for everyone, so we need to take a moment to honor these elements of ourselves.
“There is a notion that our bodygraph charts are electromagnetic with other people’s charts, so your defined center may create a connection with someone who has a different defined center.”
So, having “good vibes” with others is a thing! We bring out different elements in each other, and it’s a good reminder of how much collaboration is hardwired in our lives as humans.
Each reading includes information about your birth chart, aura, energetic blueprint, and soul mission, which is essentially what awakens naturally when you live in alignment with your true self.
My Reading
While I was curious about Human Design, I had no idea what I was walking into. From the moment I hopped on a Zoom call with Anna, I was instantly at ease. She has such a warm, approachable way of explaining each concept that made me feel both empowered and excited about my results.
Before we began, Anna encouraged me to take the reading as an experiment and play around with it until I find a rhythm that works for me. By challenging myself to pause and think, “I’m more inclined to do it this way, what if I tried that?”
“It’s astoudning how such a small shift can bring a completely different creative flow to your work,” Anna says.
Born on May 21st, I’m a Gemini through and through, often chatting around the room, jumping from one idea to the next. I’m also in my Saturn Return, which means that pretty much every part of my life is up for review as I move into the next stage of life. I couldn’t help but smile and laugh to myself at how true this feels.
My aura type is a “Manifesting Generator,” which means that I’m the type that can appear to be “all over the place,” but am actually uniquely capable of getting more done than most people, and they can sustain this pace over a long period of time. These are the types that often feel they move at the speed of light, and this means their creative process is intense and fast-moving.
While my energy sometimes feels like lightning in a bottle, the advice Anna provided for my Manifesting Generator self was to wait. I’ve always sprung into action quickly, sometimes not fully considering all of my options or the best step, but simply moving. Anna advised me to take a moment to let the right opportunity come to me, pause, and act only when it feels right instead of simply just acting. I’ve returned to this thought often, especially in my writing. I tend to get excited about something and want to send it out into the world right away, following the feeling of urgency instead of connecting to what I want, love, and value.
What I appreciated most about my time with Ms. Anna Lee was not only how seen I felt, but how often she reminded me to lean into what makes me different and leverage that power to create something only I can do. Sometimes, giving permission to ourselves and others is the best gift we can give.
I left with a 45-page personalized booklet explaining my results, which I’ve returned to often since our meeting. Having this resource allowed me to be fully present during our conversation and absorb the information, using the booklet as a reflection tool when I want to use it as a reference.
Digging Deeper
Even if you’re simply curious about what your human design reading would entail, I encourage you to give it a try. I’d especially encourage creative types to consider a reading as a tool to leverage their passion to bring their creative dreams to life in a way only YOU can.
Want to dip your toes into the world of human design without doing a full reading? Anna will host a workshop at LAB on June 12th called Fostering Our Creative Collaborations Through The Wisdom of Honeybees and Human Design. The evening will focus on deepening your understanding of self, how you and your ideas fit into the big picture, and how to create a dynamic collaborative environment for your next creative endeavor. This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about Human Design in a more casual group setting. Plus, Anna is gifting each attendee a small jar of raw honey from her very own apiary.
If regular collaboration is more your jam, she’s got something for you, too. This June, Ms. Anna Lee is launching the Mother Trees Collective, a bi-weekly gathering honoring the wisdom and inspiration in moon cycles and nature systems, personal development through evolutionary Human Design. Anna will facilitate conversations around the intuitive guidance we provide both ourselves and each other as we collectively do our part to build a new world when the current one falls apart.
Thank you to Ms. Anna Lee for taking the time to know me on such a deep level, and for sharing her knowledge with our LAB audience. To learn more about Anna and her services, click here!
Emma Geary
Emma is the one writing it all down. She's been with LAB since 2021 and is finishing her MFA in Creative Writing in her spare time. Her favorite color right now is cobalt blue.
