Monday, February 21, 2011
Human Design: I-Ching Rave Deep Six
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Human Design: Mapping The Monopole
Magnetic Monopole
Personality Crystal:
The Witness - Who you think you are.
Design Crystal:
The Vehicle - What you say, think, do.
Magnetic Monopole:
The Attractor - Your Uniqueness.
Roads and tunnels is the phrase that Human Design uses to refer to the definitions in our charts that appear colored in black or red when the chart is calculated. The calculations appear on the bodygraph in these two colors to indicate what gates were activated at the time of our birth (the black) and what gates were activated 88 degrees of the sun's arc, almost three months, prior to our birth time (the red).
This person will always have things "pop" out of their totally unconscious throat that surprises them.
We can think of the bodygraph as a road map and consider the throat center as the nexus or town square of the map. From there you can travel in any direction – up or down through the different pathways. The throat center is central to a bodygraph because it is through the throat that all of our behaviors (centers, channels, gates, and lines) are manifested or expressed. In this sense all roads lead to Rome. But there are also tunnels.
Whatever you see in black in your chart refers to personality and it is what you have access to – this is who you think you are. Access in the sense that the behavior can be obvious to you, seen by you. Think of the black in your chart as a surface road. Sitting on the side of a hill, you can watch everything happening on that road and (here's the key) because you can see it you think that is who you are.
Whatever is colored in red in your chart refers to design, to the unconscious, and is more like a tunnel than a road. Sitting on the side of a hill, you can't see what is going on in the tunnels. In fact you can't even see that there is a tunnel, nor whether or not anything is inside it, or if anything is moving, nor in what direction it might be moving. But (another key) what's going on in the tunnels is also you.
One of the real advantages of the Human Design bodygraph is that when you look a chart, you get to see it all. You see what is on the surface and what you therefore have access to (the roads). And you can also see what you don't have access to – your unconscious or that which is unrecognizable in you (the tunnels).
Now you must understand that the behaviors, be they conscious or unconscious, are going to somehow find a way to express or manifest themselves. It's in the nature of the energy that it flows and wants to be expressed in words or actions. The behaviors don't care whether or not you have access to them – they just want to express themselves.
This can be referred to in Human Design as having something just pop out of the tunnel, and then have it go back under again. It's not uncommon for people to hear something like "Boy you are really argumentative or stubborn or judgmental," etc. and we don't see that in ourselves at all because it is a tunnel, i.e. a Design definition.
The bodygraph offers us the chance to see things about ourselves that others might see quite easily but to which we have been unable to relate. In fact, it is often difficult for us to perceive these unconscious qualities within ourselves at all. However, when we examine them in the light our own chart, it becomes possible to recognize times in our past when we have displayed these behaviors.
For example, someone who had the channel of leadership unconsciously might be the one who sends everyone out of the building to safety when there was a fire. But this person would not describe themselves as a leader, and would be surprised if told that they were.
Before human design, access to our unconscious aspects was a matter for Freudians to reach through dream analysis and for Jungian psychologists to posit existed in a collective realm. Now it is possible to comprehend what others see in us that we don't because it is unconscious.
There is now a possibility of understanding where that behavior that popped out of a tunnel came from, as well as the fact that it is a consistently defined part of you. You can begin to have a more complete idea of who you are. Not for the purpose of changing it, but for the purpose of living it, accepting it and enjoying it.
Personality Crystal:
The Witness - Who you think you are.
Design Crystal:
The Vehicle - What you say, think, do.
Magnetic Monopole:
The Attractor - Your Uniqueness.
Roads and tunnels is the phrase that Human Design uses to refer to the definitions in our charts that appear colored in black or red when the chart is calculated. The calculations appear on the bodygraph in these two colors to indicate what gates were activated at the time of our birth (the black) and what gates were activated 88 degrees of the sun's arc, almost three months, prior to our birth time (the red).
We can think of the bodygraph as a road map and consider the throat center as the nexus or town square of the map. From there you can travel in any direction – up or down through the different pathways. The throat center is central to a bodygraph because it is through the throat that all of our behaviors (centers, channels, gates, and lines) are manifested or expressed. In this sense all roads lead to Rome. But there are also tunnels.
Whatever you see in black in your chart refers to personality and it is what you have access to – this is who you think you are. Access in the sense that the behavior can be obvious to you, seen by you. Think of the black in your chart as a surface road. Sitting on the side of a hill, you can watch everything happening on that road and (here's the key) because you can see it you think that is who you are.
Whatever is colored in red in your chart refers to design, to the unconscious, and is more like a tunnel than a road. Sitting on the side of a hill, you can't see what is going on in the tunnels. In fact you can't even see that there is a tunnel, nor whether or not anything is inside it, or if anything is moving, nor in what direction it might be moving. But (another key) what's going on in the tunnels is also you.
One of the real advantages of the Human Design bodygraph is that when you look a chart, you get to see it all. You see what is on the surface and what you therefore have access to (the roads). And you can also see what you don't have access to – your unconscious or that which is unrecognizable in you (the tunnels).
Now you must understand that the behaviors, be they conscious or unconscious, are going to somehow find a way to express or manifest themselves. It's in the nature of the energy that it flows and wants to be expressed in words or actions. The behaviors don't care whether or not you have access to them – they just want to express themselves.
This can be referred to in Human Design as having something just pop out of the tunnel, and then have it go back under again. It's not uncommon for people to hear something like "Boy you are really argumentative or stubborn or judgmental," etc. and we don't see that in ourselves at all because it is a tunnel, i.e. a Design definition.
For example, someone who had the channel of leadership unconsciously might be the one who sends everyone out of the building to safety when there was a fire. But this person would not describe themselves as a leader, and would be surprised if told that they were.
Before human design, access to our unconscious aspects was a matter for Freudians to reach through dream analysis and for Jungian psychologists to posit existed in a collective realm. Now it is possible to comprehend what others see in us that we don't because it is unconscious.
There is now a possibility of understanding where that behavior that popped out of a tunnel came from, as well as the fact that it is a consistently defined part of you. You can begin to have a more complete idea of who you are. Not for the purpose of changing it, but for the purpose of living it, accepting it and enjoying it.
Human Design: The 9 Centers
HEAD CENTER
Biological correlation: pineal gland
Type of Center: Pressure
Function: Mental Inspiration, creates a pressure on the Ajna to think
Defined: inspiration comes in a fixed way; mental pressure to resolve one's own questions, is here to be mentally inspiring to other people.
Open: Inspiration comes from external conditioning, if correct can be free of mental pressure, are able to see those who are inspiring and who are confusing.
Not Self Strategy of open head: They feel responsible for getting rid of the mental pressure that they take in from others, usually by trying to find answers to questions that are not important.
AJNA CENTER
Biological correlation: Anterior/Posterior Pituitary Glands
Type of Center: Awareness
Function: To categorize, analyze, and investigate life
Defined: Has a fixed way of thinking, enjoys research
Open: No consistent way of thinking, always feels uncertain in thought and compensates by being overly fixed, takes in info like a sponge.
Not Self Strategy of open Ajna : Trying to convince others and themselves that you are certain and intellectually consistent
THROAT CENTER
Biological correlation: thyroid, parathyroid
Type of Center: Gearbox
Function: manifestation and communication with words or action in order to metamorphose and transform.
Defined: fixed style of speaking and/or acting.
Open: under pressure to manifest and communicate, transformation (metamorphosis) does not happen consistently but in spurts, action and expression is conditioned by surroundings; good at seeing who speaks the truth.
Not Self Strategy of open throat: trying to attract attention with words or actions, being a manifestor.
G-CENTER (Self/Liver)
Biological correlation: Liver, Blood
Type of Center: The compass
Function: Love, Direction, and Identity
Defined: Fixed love, direction and identity
Open: Inconsistent love, direction and identity.
Not Self Strategy of open G: Tries to control or fix love, direction and identity instead of letting their strategy guide them through it.
Heart Center (Ego)
Biological correlation: Stomach, heart, gall bladder, thymus gland
Type of Center: Motor
Function: Ego and willpower, the material world, self esteem/worth
Defined: Consistent access to willpower, natural sense of self esteem/worth, fixed way of dealing with the material plane with deals, bargains and promises.
Open: Suffers due to not having consistent willpower- self esteem/worth decreases, finds it difficult to ask the appropriate price for its achievements, is unable to keep promises, has to learn to survive on the material plane, loves to spend money.
The rule of the undefined Ego is, "don't make any promises "
Not Self Strategy of open ego : Are you still trying to prove something to yourself and to others?
Splenic Center
Biological correlation: Lymphatic system, spleen, B-Cells
Type of Center: Awareness
Function: Body consciousness, intuition, instinct, taste, survival, fears about survival that keep us healthy.
Defined: Fixed way of body consciousness to stay healthy, can be spontaneous, can trust gut feeling, gives sense of well-being ("feel-good") to others, fixed way of processing fear, leads to a sense of security. Best treated with allopathic medicine (conventional western medicine).
Open: Open to unspecific fears that can result in not feeling good, can become addicted to the "feel good" that others may bring; the fear is never theirs - it comes from outside. Spontaneity can kill them, must pay attention to health, must give the immune system a chance to learn, can be a wonderful diagnosis tool because it picks up on disease patterns of others, as long as it learns not to hold on to them (makes a great doctor but a terrible nurse). Best treated with alternative (non chemical) medicine.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Spleen : Ignore their instincts in the moment, let their mind or other people's emotions overwhelm their instincts.
Not Self Strategy of Open Spleen : Are you still holding on to things that are not good for you? Can become dependent on relationships or habits to get the feel good splenic connection.
SOLAR-PLEXUS CENTER
Biological correlation: Kidney, prostate, pancreas, complex neuron network of the solar plexus, nervous system, lungs.
Type of Center: Motor, Awareness
Function: Seeing our fears through nervousness, experiencing the gamut of emotions: moods, desires, sensitivity.
Defined: No truth in the now, spontaneity can kill you, clarity comes over time, waiting out the wave is always the inner authority, the emotional wave is part of your life you can never get rid of it. Depth and perspective as qualities of emotional wisdom.
Open: Avoids conflict, 'don't rock the boat', tries to lead a 'secret life', takes in lots of emotions until it bursts, empathic, avoids all emotional decisions, emotions always are conditioned by its surroundings, doesn't identify with the emotions, can be a loose cannon, lies to itself about its secret life, seeks the high end of the wave and avoids the low.
Defined Not Self Strategy: Ignore their instincts in the moment, let their mind or other people's emotions overwhelm their instincts.
Undefined Not Self Strategy: Are you still doing whatever it takes to avoid truth and confrontation?
SACRAL CENTER
Biological correlation: Ovaries, testes.
Type of Center: Motor
Function: Vitality, sexuality, fertility, persistence.
Defined: Can respond with the Sacral voice, consistent access to vitality, reliable access to energy and sexual identity, pure creative potential waiting to put into action through response, life is about finding healthy ways to work of sacral energy, needs to learn to be patient.
Open: Does not need to build anything. Does not fall under the pressure to be as productive as others and simply enjoys life. Works more as a specialist for short periods of time, usually guiding others in how to work.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Sacral : Doesn't wait to respond but indicates and depletes their energy and gets stuck.
Not Self Strategy of Open Sacral : Easily enslaved to overdoing things, never knows when enough is enough, no fixed sexual identity, about experiencing life and "lifestyle;" not about work, cannot sustain a consistent workload, exhausted by other people's energy, gets carried away (sex, sleep, food, work, anything).
ROOT CENTER
Biological correlation: Adrenaline gland
Type of Center: Motor (?), Pressure
Function: Pressure, drive, stress, kundalini
Defined: Is here to have a consistent internal way of processing pressure. Is not here to let others pressure them into anything.
Open: Can allow themselves to be conditioned by other people's pressure but need to be very careful that they follow their strategy to get the correct pressure.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Root : Is hard on others who can't deal with stress, puts others under unnecessary stress.
Not Self Strategy of Open Root : Lets stress rule their life, either by being addicted to the adrenaline rush or by constantly shying away from it and working hard to get rid of it (usually in a state of stress!).
This is something a previous boyfriend posted to his blog on myspace in 2006, and I am not sure who it is originally by. Sorry for not being able to give credit. It *might* be by Chetan Parkyn?
Biological correlation: pineal gland
Type of Center: Pressure
Function: Mental Inspiration, creates a pressure on the Ajna to think
Defined: inspiration comes in a fixed way; mental pressure to resolve one's own questions, is here to be mentally inspiring to other people.
Open: Inspiration comes from external conditioning, if correct can be free of mental pressure, are able to see those who are inspiring and who are confusing.
Not Self Strategy of open head: They feel responsible for getting rid of the mental pressure that they take in from others, usually by trying to find answers to questions that are not important.
AJNA CENTER
Biological correlation: Anterior/Posterior Pituitary Glands
Type of Center: Awareness
Function: To categorize, analyze, and investigate life
Defined: Has a fixed way of thinking, enjoys research
Open: No consistent way of thinking, always feels uncertain in thought and compensates by being overly fixed, takes in info like a sponge.
Not Self Strategy of open Ajna : Trying to convince others and themselves that you are certain and intellectually consistent
THROAT CENTER
Biological correlation: thyroid, parathyroid
Type of Center: Gearbox
Function: manifestation and communication with words or action in order to metamorphose and transform.
Defined: fixed style of speaking and/or acting.
Open: under pressure to manifest and communicate, transformation (metamorphosis) does not happen consistently but in spurts, action and expression is conditioned by surroundings; good at seeing who speaks the truth.
Not Self Strategy of open throat: trying to attract attention with words or actions, being a manifestor.
G-CENTER (Self/Liver)
Biological correlation: Liver, Blood
Type of Center: The compass
Function: Love, Direction, and Identity
Defined: Fixed love, direction and identity
Open: Inconsistent love, direction and identity.
Not Self Strategy of open G: Tries to control or fix love, direction and identity instead of letting their strategy guide them through it.
Heart Center (Ego)
Biological correlation: Stomach, heart, gall bladder, thymus gland
Type of Center: Motor
Function: Ego and willpower, the material world, self esteem/worth
Defined: Consistent access to willpower, natural sense of self esteem/worth, fixed way of dealing with the material plane with deals, bargains and promises.
Open: Suffers due to not having consistent willpower- self esteem/worth decreases, finds it difficult to ask the appropriate price for its achievements, is unable to keep promises, has to learn to survive on the material plane, loves to spend money.
The rule of the undefined Ego is, "don't make any promises "
Not Self Strategy of open ego : Are you still trying to prove something to yourself and to others?
Splenic Center
Biological correlation: Lymphatic system, spleen, B-Cells
Type of Center: Awareness
Function: Body consciousness, intuition, instinct, taste, survival, fears about survival that keep us healthy.
Defined: Fixed way of body consciousness to stay healthy, can be spontaneous, can trust gut feeling, gives sense of well-being ("feel-good") to others, fixed way of processing fear, leads to a sense of security. Best treated with allopathic medicine (conventional western medicine).
Open: Open to unspecific fears that can result in not feeling good, can become addicted to the "feel good" that others may bring; the fear is never theirs - it comes from outside. Spontaneity can kill them, must pay attention to health, must give the immune system a chance to learn, can be a wonderful diagnosis tool because it picks up on disease patterns of others, as long as it learns not to hold on to them (makes a great doctor but a terrible nurse). Best treated with alternative (non chemical) medicine.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Spleen : Ignore their instincts in the moment, let their mind or other people's emotions overwhelm their instincts.
Not Self Strategy of Open Spleen : Are you still holding on to things that are not good for you? Can become dependent on relationships or habits to get the feel good splenic connection.
SOLAR-PLEXUS CENTER
Biological correlation: Kidney, prostate, pancreas, complex neuron network of the solar plexus, nervous system, lungs.
Type of Center: Motor, Awareness
Function: Seeing our fears through nervousness, experiencing the gamut of emotions: moods, desires, sensitivity.
Defined: No truth in the now, spontaneity can kill you, clarity comes over time, waiting out the wave is always the inner authority, the emotional wave is part of your life you can never get rid of it. Depth and perspective as qualities of emotional wisdom.
Open: Avoids conflict, 'don't rock the boat', tries to lead a 'secret life', takes in lots of emotions until it bursts, empathic, avoids all emotional decisions, emotions always are conditioned by its surroundings, doesn't identify with the emotions, can be a loose cannon, lies to itself about its secret life, seeks the high end of the wave and avoids the low.
Defined Not Self Strategy: Ignore their instincts in the moment, let their mind or other people's emotions overwhelm their instincts.
Undefined Not Self Strategy: Are you still doing whatever it takes to avoid truth and confrontation?
SACRAL CENTER
Biological correlation: Ovaries, testes.
Type of Center: Motor
Function: Vitality, sexuality, fertility, persistence.
Defined: Can respond with the Sacral voice, consistent access to vitality, reliable access to energy and sexual identity, pure creative potential waiting to put into action through response, life is about finding healthy ways to work of sacral energy, needs to learn to be patient.
Open: Does not need to build anything. Does not fall under the pressure to be as productive as others and simply enjoys life. Works more as a specialist for short periods of time, usually guiding others in how to work.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Sacral : Doesn't wait to respond but indicates and depletes their energy and gets stuck.
Not Self Strategy of Open Sacral : Easily enslaved to overdoing things, never knows when enough is enough, no fixed sexual identity, about experiencing life and "lifestyle;" not about work, cannot sustain a consistent workload, exhausted by other people's energy, gets carried away (sex, sleep, food, work, anything).
ROOT CENTER
Biological correlation: Adrenaline gland
Type of Center: Motor (?), Pressure
Function: Pressure, drive, stress, kundalini
Defined: Is here to have a consistent internal way of processing pressure. Is not here to let others pressure them into anything.
Open: Can allow themselves to be conditioned by other people's pressure but need to be very careful that they follow their strategy to get the correct pressure.
Not Self Strategy of Defined Root : Is hard on others who can't deal with stress, puts others under unnecessary stress.
Not Self Strategy of Open Root : Lets stress rule their life, either by being addicted to the adrenaline rush or by constantly shying away from it and working hard to get rid of it (usually in a state of stress!).
This is something a previous boyfriend posted to his blog on myspace in 2006, and I am not sure who it is originally by. Sorry for not being able to give credit. It *might* be by Chetan Parkyn?
Human Design: Angle Introduction
The profiles are broken into three parts: Right Angle, Juxtaposition and Left Angle. What angle a profile is in depends on the arrangement of the gates in the wheel. If they are at right angles to each other (all 16 hexagrams apart) they would be called a right angle profile, if they are not then they are either juxtaposition or left angle.
We have 3 geometries:
Right Angle - personal destiny
Juxtaposition - fixed fate
Left Angle - transpersonal karma
Most people are going to live out either their personal destiny or their transpersonal karma. And there are those with the fixed fate. It's important to see that we have specific geometries, which means limitations. For example if you are raising a child with a right angle and you expect them to be deeply socially involved you're in trouble. They've got their own personal destiny!
As you go around the wheel of the Mandala, for each hexagram you have 12 crosses that are involved and every cross has a name. In any given hexagram you have 3 different cross names. For example, the 26-45-22-47 cross given above is the right angle cross of rulership, which has various themes in it. It has different line profiles involved. The end of that is the 4/6. It stops with the voyeur.
Then you get to the juxtaposition; here you have only the 4/1. This is the juxtaposition cross of Possession. It has a different name and is a very different structure because the hexagram structure has changed. And finally you get to the left angle, with 5/1, 5/2, 6/2, 6/3: Confrontation.
Each hexagram is broken up into these three different aspects, there is going to be 7 right angle variations, 1 juxtaposition and 4 left angle variations. That is the common structure throughout all the hexagrams. If you have the 45.3 and the design 5th line, you will have the right angle cross of rulership, but it's the foundation cross of adaptation. It has its own sub theme, and the sub theme is the profile itself.
Below we will go into the differences.
Right Angle - 1/3 1/4 2/4 2/5 3/5 3/6 4/6
When we go from the 1st line to the 4th line (only part of the 4th line), this is a right angle cross which is about personal destiny. To the left is an example with the personality sun in the 45th gate.
The design sun is in the 22th gate. This is a right angle cross because if you count the spaces between the hexagrams going around, they are a right angle. In other words, there is always going to be 16 hexagrams between each.
Remember that we are talking about purpose in life, so we are talking about our movement in space, which is conditioned by three different geometries.
In this century we have confused a lot of this terminology: karma, destiny, fate, all of this language that has been popularized. But in Human Design these geometries are very specific.
If you have a right angle cross – which tends to be the majority in society – you have what is called "personal destiny" and you're not carrying any karma. Now, if somebody comes and says to you: "You're gonna pay for this!" you can tell them, "No, I am not carrying any karma, thank you very much!" – because it's true!
The right angle cross is self-involved.They have their own geometry and it isn't people around them who alter that movement in their life. They have their personal destiny and they are going to get to their personal destiny regardless of who is around them.
When you are dealing with the lower trigram, they have very poor transpersonal skills, they're not equipped to deal successfully with the other because they are absorbed in themselves.
1st Line - The 1st line is introspection and says: I don't wanna see anybody, I am studying. Don't bother me, I'm doing my research. Leave me alone, I am busy with my own thing.
2nd Line - The 2nd line says: I don't know why you're coming to me, I like to be left alone. The moment you come, I have to do something, I have to learn something, I have to figure something out. Leave me alone!
3rd Line - The 3rd line says: Jesus, I didn't mean to bump into you! – because that's what happens to 3rd lines: They just bang into things. None of them are really equipped to deal socially with the other. They have personal destiny! They are into their thing.
Now it doesn't mean they can't love, and they can't live life like everyone else, but it's not about whom they meet that's going to get them to the point where they will fulfill their personal destiny. – So a tremendous part of the population is just involved in their own thing.
4/6 Side note: Even though the lower trigram stops at the 3/6 and the upper trigram begins with the 4/6, the 4/6 is still a right angle. The 4/6 t is one of the most unusual profiles. It is the only profile that is purely transpersonal – both the 4th and 6th lines are in the upper trigram – so it gives you the illusion that this is a deeply transpersonal cross: it is not!
They are in their personal destiny. They are the great voyeurs because they are there in the environment but they are actually keeping to their own process.
Juxtaposition - 4/1
Then we come to juxtaposition. Both the Left Angle and Juxtaposition have a hexagram placement on the wheel that is NOT at right angles.
There is a shift of one hexagram so that now the Personality and Design Sun/Earth distances are not longer 16 hexagrams apart but are 15 and 17 hexagram distances. The image on the left shows an example of a juxtaposition and left angle cross.
The 4/1 profile is the point in which that shifting through the 88° actually changes the hexagram instead of the line.
This is the beginning of the left angle. 4/1s are rare; it's only the last 13% of the personality sun in the 4th line.
The 4/1s are the only people that have fixed fate. When the 4/1 drives into a tree, you know it's fixed fate because that's their way and nothing gets in the way of these beings. They are a 4 and a 1; they are the 2 foundations that are there in the structure of the hexagram, so they are very fixed. So fixed that they barely can bend at all and that they are very easily broken. They have their track in life.
4th line : The fourth line is the bottom part of the upper trigram and thus their harmony is with the 1st line. The 4th line is concerned with influencing their network with the foundation. They aren't interested in the foundation but more in how to use it to effect others.
Left Angle - 5/1 5/2 6/2 6/3
The left angle are purely transpersonal. The 5th and 6th lines are the most transpersonal in quality. They are always getting ready both to go out into the world and to observe the world as a whole. They are the ones that carry karma. And the only way to unload this stuff is to meet the old forces that they got the karma from in the first place. It's only through the transpersonal that we can universalize and connect with the other.
5th line : The 5th line is like the 2nd line but a lot more transpersonal. They aren't exactly hermits because they recognize the value of others, but there is a touch of suspicion there - "What do they want from me?"
6th line : Even though the 6th line is in the hexagram, they are removed from it. Their perspective allows them to see that there is more than the energies of that hexagram. This perspective lends to aloofness.
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As we have seen, the fourth line is the foundation of the upper trigram. It is the foundation of what becomes a transpersonal experience. The ability to be able to interact with others. The transpersonal quality is a direct result of recognizing that fulfillment lies through the other. The upper trigram, like the upper octave in music, harmonizes with its counterparts below. The fourth line being the foundation of the upper trigram is in harmony with the first line, the introspection, the foundation of the lower trigram.
The fourth line, as a result, linked with the first line at the unconscious level, is inherently unstable and extremely rigid. It is so fixed that it can break. The 4/1 as a profile is neither this nor that. It is not truly lower trigram in the sense that it is only self involved, and it is not truly transpersonal. Its quality is to be deeply fixed. The 4/1 is not statistically abundant as a segment of the population. Most people are not here to be as fixed as the 4/1 profiles.
If we can look at the first three lines as having to do with personal destiny, and the fifth and sixth lines as having to do with transpersonal karma, our interaction and fulfillment through the other, then the 4/1 as a profile has a fixed fate. It is not personal nor transpersonal. Out of all the profiles, it is the one the most suits the image of a train fixed by the tracks that it sits on.
Its work in this life is to transmit the true essence of the hexagram, through its ability, through its fourth line personality of being able to interact with others. In a way, one can look at the lower trigram as research and development and the upper trigram as human resources and marketing. It is the 4/1 profile, that brings this fixed basis upon which human resources and marketing can be developed. This is the first profile harmony that we meet, meaning the 1 and 4 are in harmony.
We have already seen the first line personality with a fourth line unconscious in the 1/4. Through the 1/4 profile we had an authoritarian personality with an opportunistic abdicator design. In that profile the authority could be challenged by the majority, leading to abdication and an opportunity for further development. In that way the foundation becomes malleable and open to growth.
The 4/1 profile may be a mirror in harmony, but in manifestation it is very different. The fourth line personality may waiver, but in the blood underneath is the authoritarian unmoved. The abdication is transformed into social techniques. You can tell the 4/1 profile anything you like, and given enough social pressure they will bend to the flow, but within themselves and once left alone, they will return to their fixed perspective since that is really what their body, or vehicle, is about. The 4/1 profile is unique in their fixedness. It is neither this nor that and carries as a result a singular geometry of fixed fate.
All things are moving in space. The nature of how the individual movement is choreographed into the dance of the totality, operates through three distinct geometries. Destiny, fate and karma. These common terms have been corrupted in their meanings. We have seen that destiny is a geometry of personal involvement, inward oriented. Karma is a transpersonal geometry, a geometry determined with and by the other. Both destiny and karma have many variations.
It is only through the 4/1 profile that we see the manifestation of a single variation of fate. In the 4/1 is the harmony of the two foundations of the lower and upper trigram. This is the opportunistic personality waiting for a chance to look inward, always checking the foundation, always ready in its ability to be able to commune with others, to be able to establish that foundation for them in their life.
Because it is so fixed it is the only profile that truly can be broken. Remember the train analogy: if you bend a 4/1 too much they will derail. And in being broken, like Humpty Dumpty, they aren't able to put all the pieces back together again. The secret to the psychic survival of the 4/1 profile is the benefits derived from proper relationships.
The only way in which one can have correct relationships in one's life is if one enters into those relationships correctly. One can only enter into those relationships correctly by honoring the mechanics of Type. It can appear that the 4/1 profile is a difficult role in this life, yet in fact they have a tremendous gift for being able to fill their lives with all kinds of people to whom they directly beneficial to those people by the strength of their fixedness.
So often we are deeply impressed by the conviction that the 4/1 expresses. When the 4/1 has always taken their opportunity to look inwards to make sure that the foundation is correct, if they enter into relationships, according to their Type they will be able to externalize the knowledge that they carry. This is fulfillment for them.
The 4/1 personality is ready to accept that perhaps someone or something is right. They must do something about it only to discover the single pointed direction of their lives that cannot and will not bend. This is an archetype of purposeful friendliness. There is a deep unconscious empathy for the other, but fatigue is also there in actual relationship.
The 4/1 is always under pressure to conform to the other but they cannot. This is a role of aloneness, holding fast to ones way despite the conditioning forces. The most powerful conditioning forces is invariably one's lover. The bonding strategy of the 4/1 profile is to be the confidante or not, it is the key note of friendship as the pre-requisite to intimacy. It will depend on their type whether they will be the pursuer or the pursued, but the very fixedness of the 4/1 may preclude successful bonding.
This is a profile that gets around. The better to find its opportunities. This is the profile of the journey outward into the world and its glamour from the covetous dependency of shielded youth to the self-provider and potential benefactor of others. Eyes looking forward, witnessing the world without its makeup on. This is a world of harsh reality. Friendships become necessary armour and the basis of an education. The school of hard knocks.
At the unconscious level, this profile is acutely aware of strength and weakness in themselves and others. It is the foundation of their security and purpose. They can smell weakness and as an opportunist can take full advantage of it.
At the heart of the 4/1 profile's consciousness is the recognition of the inherent corruptibility of all things. In practice, they learn to fight their way through, no matter what it takes. They learn quite a few tricks along the way. It is the power of their fixed fate. Ready to bend, but never giving up. With this profile the world is explored and discovered.
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We have 3 geometries:
Right Angle - personal destiny
Juxtaposition - fixed fate
Left Angle - transpersonal karma
Most people are going to live out either their personal destiny or their transpersonal karma. And there are those with the fixed fate. It's important to see that we have specific geometries, which means limitations. For example if you are raising a child with a right angle and you expect them to be deeply socially involved you're in trouble. They've got their own personal destiny!
As you go around the wheel of the Mandala, for each hexagram you have 12 crosses that are involved and every cross has a name. In any given hexagram you have 3 different cross names. For example, the 26-45-22-47 cross given above is the right angle cross of rulership, which has various themes in it. It has different line profiles involved. The end of that is the 4/6. It stops with the voyeur.
Then you get to the juxtaposition; here you have only the 4/1. This is the juxtaposition cross of Possession. It has a different name and is a very different structure because the hexagram structure has changed. And finally you get to the left angle, with 5/1, 5/2, 6/2, 6/3: Confrontation.
Each hexagram is broken up into these three different aspects, there is going to be 7 right angle variations, 1 juxtaposition and 4 left angle variations. That is the common structure throughout all the hexagrams. If you have the 45.3 and the design 5th line, you will have the right angle cross of rulership, but it's the foundation cross of adaptation. It has its own sub theme, and the sub theme is the profile itself.
Below we will go into the differences.
Right Angle - 1/3 1/4 2/4 2/5 3/5 3/6 4/6
When we go from the 1st line to the 4th line (only part of the 4th line), this is a right angle cross which is about personal destiny. To the left is an example with the personality sun in the 45th gate.
The design sun is in the 22th gate. This is a right angle cross because if you count the spaces between the hexagrams going around, they are a right angle. In other words, there is always going to be 16 hexagrams between each.
Remember that we are talking about purpose in life, so we are talking about our movement in space, which is conditioned by three different geometries.
In this century we have confused a lot of this terminology: karma, destiny, fate, all of this language that has been popularized. But in Human Design these geometries are very specific.
If you have a right angle cross – which tends to be the majority in society – you have what is called "personal destiny" and you're not carrying any karma. Now, if somebody comes and says to you: "You're gonna pay for this!" you can tell them, "No, I am not carrying any karma, thank you very much!" – because it's true!
The right angle cross is self-involved.They have their own geometry and it isn't people around them who alter that movement in their life. They have their personal destiny and they are going to get to their personal destiny regardless of who is around them.
When you are dealing with the lower trigram, they have very poor transpersonal skills, they're not equipped to deal successfully with the other because they are absorbed in themselves.
1st Line - The 1st line is introspection and says: I don't wanna see anybody, I am studying. Don't bother me, I'm doing my research. Leave me alone, I am busy with my own thing.
2nd Line - The 2nd line says: I don't know why you're coming to me, I like to be left alone. The moment you come, I have to do something, I have to learn something, I have to figure something out. Leave me alone!
3rd Line - The 3rd line says: Jesus, I didn't mean to bump into you! – because that's what happens to 3rd lines: They just bang into things. None of them are really equipped to deal socially with the other. They have personal destiny! They are into their thing.
Now it doesn't mean they can't love, and they can't live life like everyone else, but it's not about whom they meet that's going to get them to the point where they will fulfill their personal destiny. – So a tremendous part of the population is just involved in their own thing.
4/6 Side note: Even though the lower trigram stops at the 3/6 and the upper trigram begins with the 4/6, the 4/6 is still a right angle. The 4/6 t is one of the most unusual profiles. It is the only profile that is purely transpersonal – both the 4th and 6th lines are in the upper trigram – so it gives you the illusion that this is a deeply transpersonal cross: it is not!
They are in their personal destiny. They are the great voyeurs because they are there in the environment but they are actually keeping to their own process.
Juxtaposition - 4/1
Then we come to juxtaposition. Both the Left Angle and Juxtaposition have a hexagram placement on the wheel that is NOT at right angles.
There is a shift of one hexagram so that now the Personality and Design Sun/Earth distances are not longer 16 hexagrams apart but are 15 and 17 hexagram distances. The image on the left shows an example of a juxtaposition and left angle cross.
The 4/1 profile is the point in which that shifting through the 88° actually changes the hexagram instead of the line.
This is the beginning of the left angle. 4/1s are rare; it's only the last 13% of the personality sun in the 4th line.
The 4/1s are the only people that have fixed fate. When the 4/1 drives into a tree, you know it's fixed fate because that's their way and nothing gets in the way of these beings. They are a 4 and a 1; they are the 2 foundations that are there in the structure of the hexagram, so they are very fixed. So fixed that they barely can bend at all and that they are very easily broken. They have their track in life.
4th line : The fourth line is the bottom part of the upper trigram and thus their harmony is with the 1st line. The 4th line is concerned with influencing their network with the foundation. They aren't interested in the foundation but more in how to use it to effect others.
Left Angle - 5/1 5/2 6/2 6/3
The left angle are purely transpersonal. The 5th and 6th lines are the most transpersonal in quality. They are always getting ready both to go out into the world and to observe the world as a whole. They are the ones that carry karma. And the only way to unload this stuff is to meet the old forces that they got the karma from in the first place. It's only through the transpersonal that we can universalize and connect with the other.
5th line : The 5th line is like the 2nd line but a lot more transpersonal. They aren't exactly hermits because they recognize the value of others, but there is a touch of suspicion there - "What do they want from me?"
6th line : Even though the 6th line is in the hexagram, they are removed from it. Their perspective allows them to see that there is more than the energies of that hexagram. This perspective lends to aloofness.
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As we have seen, the fourth line is the foundation of the upper trigram. It is the foundation of what becomes a transpersonal experience. The ability to be able to interact with others. The transpersonal quality is a direct result of recognizing that fulfillment lies through the other. The upper trigram, like the upper octave in music, harmonizes with its counterparts below. The fourth line being the foundation of the upper trigram is in harmony with the first line, the introspection, the foundation of the lower trigram.
The fourth line, as a result, linked with the first line at the unconscious level, is inherently unstable and extremely rigid. It is so fixed that it can break. The 4/1 as a profile is neither this nor that. It is not truly lower trigram in the sense that it is only self involved, and it is not truly transpersonal. Its quality is to be deeply fixed. The 4/1 is not statistically abundant as a segment of the population. Most people are not here to be as fixed as the 4/1 profiles.
If we can look at the first three lines as having to do with personal destiny, and the fifth and sixth lines as having to do with transpersonal karma, our interaction and fulfillment through the other, then the 4/1 as a profile has a fixed fate. It is not personal nor transpersonal. Out of all the profiles, it is the one the most suits the image of a train fixed by the tracks that it sits on.
Its work in this life is to transmit the true essence of the hexagram, through its ability, through its fourth line personality of being able to interact with others. In a way, one can look at the lower trigram as research and development and the upper trigram as human resources and marketing. It is the 4/1 profile, that brings this fixed basis upon which human resources and marketing can be developed. This is the first profile harmony that we meet, meaning the 1 and 4 are in harmony.
We have already seen the first line personality with a fourth line unconscious in the 1/4. Through the 1/4 profile we had an authoritarian personality with an opportunistic abdicator design. In that profile the authority could be challenged by the majority, leading to abdication and an opportunity for further development. In that way the foundation becomes malleable and open to growth.
The 4/1 profile may be a mirror in harmony, but in manifestation it is very different. The fourth line personality may waiver, but in the blood underneath is the authoritarian unmoved. The abdication is transformed into social techniques. You can tell the 4/1 profile anything you like, and given enough social pressure they will bend to the flow, but within themselves and once left alone, they will return to their fixed perspective since that is really what their body, or vehicle, is about. The 4/1 profile is unique in their fixedness. It is neither this nor that and carries as a result a singular geometry of fixed fate.
All things are moving in space. The nature of how the individual movement is choreographed into the dance of the totality, operates through three distinct geometries. Destiny, fate and karma. These common terms have been corrupted in their meanings. We have seen that destiny is a geometry of personal involvement, inward oriented. Karma is a transpersonal geometry, a geometry determined with and by the other. Both destiny and karma have many variations.
It is only through the 4/1 profile that we see the manifestation of a single variation of fate. In the 4/1 is the harmony of the two foundations of the lower and upper trigram. This is the opportunistic personality waiting for a chance to look inward, always checking the foundation, always ready in its ability to be able to commune with others, to be able to establish that foundation for them in their life.
Because it is so fixed it is the only profile that truly can be broken. Remember the train analogy: if you bend a 4/1 too much they will derail. And in being broken, like Humpty Dumpty, they aren't able to put all the pieces back together again. The secret to the psychic survival of the 4/1 profile is the benefits derived from proper relationships.
The only way in which one can have correct relationships in one's life is if one enters into those relationships correctly. One can only enter into those relationships correctly by honoring the mechanics of Type. It can appear that the 4/1 profile is a difficult role in this life, yet in fact they have a tremendous gift for being able to fill their lives with all kinds of people to whom they directly beneficial to those people by the strength of their fixedness.
So often we are deeply impressed by the conviction that the 4/1 expresses. When the 4/1 has always taken their opportunity to look inwards to make sure that the foundation is correct, if they enter into relationships, according to their Type they will be able to externalize the knowledge that they carry. This is fulfillment for them.
The 4/1 personality is ready to accept that perhaps someone or something is right. They must do something about it only to discover the single pointed direction of their lives that cannot and will not bend. This is an archetype of purposeful friendliness. There is a deep unconscious empathy for the other, but fatigue is also there in actual relationship.
The 4/1 is always under pressure to conform to the other but they cannot. This is a role of aloneness, holding fast to ones way despite the conditioning forces. The most powerful conditioning forces is invariably one's lover. The bonding strategy of the 4/1 profile is to be the confidante or not, it is the key note of friendship as the pre-requisite to intimacy. It will depend on their type whether they will be the pursuer or the pursued, but the very fixedness of the 4/1 may preclude successful bonding.
This is a profile that gets around. The better to find its opportunities. This is the profile of the journey outward into the world and its glamour from the covetous dependency of shielded youth to the self-provider and potential benefactor of others. Eyes looking forward, witnessing the world without its makeup on. This is a world of harsh reality. Friendships become necessary armour and the basis of an education. The school of hard knocks.
At the unconscious level, this profile is acutely aware of strength and weakness in themselves and others. It is the foundation of their security and purpose. They can smell weakness and as an opportunist can take full advantage of it.
At the heart of the 4/1 profile's consciousness is the recognition of the inherent corruptibility of all things. In practice, they learn to fight their way through, no matter what it takes. They learn quite a few tricks along the way. It is the power of their fixed fate. Ready to bend, but never giving up. With this profile the world is explored and discovered.
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Human Design: Circuit Anatomy & Channel Identification
The Collective Circuit comprises the Understanding and Sensing Circuits.
* The Collective Circuit theme is Sharing.
* The Understanding Circuit is about sharing the logical process.
* The Sensing Circuit is about sharing the abstract process.
Understanding Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Understanding Circuit is one half of the Collective Circuit Group. It is the circuit of the experimental way, it runs through the spleen, and is looking towards the future. Within it are logic, patterns, corrections, solutions, experimentation, doubts, opinions, facts, detail, rhythms, the power to focus and collective leadership. The format energy for the Understanding circuit is the 9/52, the channel of focus and concentration.
4/63 - Logic, a design of Mental Ease mixed with Doubts
5/15 - Rhythm, a design of being In the Flow
7/31 - Alpha, a design of Leadership for 'good' or 'bad'
9/52 - Concentration, a design of Determination
16/48 - Wavelength, a design of Talent
17/62 - Acceptance, a design of an Organizational being
18/58 - Judgement, a design of Insatiability
Sensing Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Sensing Circuit is one half of the Collective Circuit Group. It is the circuit of the experiential way, it runs through the emotional center, and it is rooted in the past - it is about all the collective experiences that have occured and what we can learn from them. The format energy for the sensing circuit is in the 42/53, and is cyclical, or made up of beginnings, middles and ends.
11/56 - Curiosity, a design of a Seeker
13/33 - Prodigal, a design of a Witness
29/46 - Discovery, a design of Succeeding where other fail (or vice versa)
30/41 - Recognition, a design of Focused Energy (feelings)
35/36 - Transitoriness, a design of a 'Jack of all Trades'
42/53 - Mutation, a design of Balanced Development (cyclic)
47/64 - Abstraction, a design of Mental Activity mixed with Clarity
The Individual Circuit comprises the Knowing and Centering Circuits.
* The Individual Circuit theme is about Empowerment.
* The Knowing Circuit is about empowering by being an individual example of uniqueness.
* The Centering Circuit is about empowering others to love themselves and follow their own unique path.
Knowing Circuit Channels & Keynotes: A major and the most complex circuit, the Knowing Circuit is mutative and potentially empowering. Uncertainty is its theme and melancholy its companion and potential muse.
1/8 - Inspiration, a design of a Creative Role Model
2/14 - The Beat, a design of being a Keeper of the Keys
3/60 - Mutation, a design of energy which Initiates and Fluctuates
12/22 - Openness, a design of a Social being
20/57 - Brainwave, a design of Penetrating Awareness
23/43 - Structuring, a design of an Individual (from Freak to Genius)
24/61 - Awareness, a design of a Thinker
28/38 - Struggle, a design of Stubbornness
39/55 - Emoting, a design of Moodiness
Centering Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Centering Circuit is a minor Individual Circuit with two channels. Its theme is the empowerment of personal will.
10/34 - Exploration, a design of Following ones Convictions
25/51 - Initiation, a design of Needing to be First
Tribal circuitry has two circuits; Ego and Defense.
The tribe is all about community and family. It is about having children, caring for the trabe, making, distributing and spending money. The theme is to be busy.
Ego Circuitry Channels and Keynotes: A major force in the establishment of Human civilization, the Tribal Ego Circuit brings communal support. The circuit is the only one whose streams flow to the Heart Center and not the Throat. A circuit of communal is rooted in instinct and need.
19/49 - Synthesis, a design of Sensitivity
21/45 - Money Line, a design of a Materialist
26/44 - Surrender, a design of Transmitter
32/54 - Transformation, a design of Being Driven
37/40 - Community, a design of a Part seeking a Whole
Defense Circuitry Channels and Keynotes:The Defense Circuit is a minor Tribal Circuit with two channels. It is the embodiment of the genetic imperatives to support reproduction and nurturing.
6/59 - Mating, a design focused on Reproduction
27/50 - Preservation, a design of Custodianship
* The Collective Circuit theme is Sharing.
* The Understanding Circuit is about sharing the logical process.
* The Sensing Circuit is about sharing the abstract process.
Understanding Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Understanding Circuit is one half of the Collective Circuit Group. It is the circuit of the experimental way, it runs through the spleen, and is looking towards the future. Within it are logic, patterns, corrections, solutions, experimentation, doubts, opinions, facts, detail, rhythms, the power to focus and collective leadership. The format energy for the Understanding circuit is the 9/52, the channel of focus and concentration.
4/63 - Logic, a design of Mental Ease mixed with Doubts
5/15 - Rhythm, a design of being In the Flow
7/31 - Alpha, a design of Leadership for 'good' or 'bad'
9/52 - Concentration, a design of Determination
16/48 - Wavelength, a design of Talent
17/62 - Acceptance, a design of an Organizational being
18/58 - Judgement, a design of Insatiability
Sensing Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Sensing Circuit is one half of the Collective Circuit Group. It is the circuit of the experiential way, it runs through the emotional center, and it is rooted in the past - it is about all the collective experiences that have occured and what we can learn from them. The format energy for the sensing circuit is in the 42/53, and is cyclical, or made up of beginnings, middles and ends.
11/56 - Curiosity, a design of a Seeker
13/33 - Prodigal, a design of a Witness
29/46 - Discovery, a design of Succeeding where other fail (or vice versa)
30/41 - Recognition, a design of Focused Energy (feelings)
35/36 - Transitoriness, a design of a 'Jack of all Trades'
42/53 - Mutation, a design of Balanced Development (cyclic)
47/64 - Abstraction, a design of Mental Activity mixed with Clarity
The Individual Circuit comprises the Knowing and Centering Circuits.
* The Individual Circuit theme is about Empowerment.
* The Knowing Circuit is about empowering by being an individual example of uniqueness.
* The Centering Circuit is about empowering others to love themselves and follow their own unique path.
Knowing Circuit Channels & Keynotes: A major and the most complex circuit, the Knowing Circuit is mutative and potentially empowering. Uncertainty is its theme and melancholy its companion and potential muse.
1/8 - Inspiration, a design of a Creative Role Model
2/14 - The Beat, a design of being a Keeper of the Keys
3/60 - Mutation, a design of energy which Initiates and Fluctuates
12/22 - Openness, a design of a Social being
20/57 - Brainwave, a design of Penetrating Awareness
23/43 - Structuring, a design of an Individual (from Freak to Genius)
24/61 - Awareness, a design of a Thinker
28/38 - Struggle, a design of Stubbornness
39/55 - Emoting, a design of Moodiness
Centering Circuit Channels & Keynotes: The Centering Circuit is a minor Individual Circuit with two channels. Its theme is the empowerment of personal will.
10/34 - Exploration, a design of Following ones Convictions
25/51 - Initiation, a design of Needing to be First
Tribal circuitry has two circuits; Ego and Defense.
The tribe is all about community and family. It is about having children, caring for the trabe, making, distributing and spending money. The theme is to be busy.
Ego Circuitry Channels and Keynotes: A major force in the establishment of Human civilization, the Tribal Ego Circuit brings communal support. The circuit is the only one whose streams flow to the Heart Center and not the Throat. A circuit of communal is rooted in instinct and need.
19/49 - Synthesis, a design of Sensitivity
21/45 - Money Line, a design of a Materialist
26/44 - Surrender, a design of Transmitter
32/54 - Transformation, a design of Being Driven
37/40 - Community, a design of a Part seeking a Whole
Defense Circuitry Channels and Keynotes:The Defense Circuit is a minor Tribal Circuit with two channels. It is the embodiment of the genetic imperatives to support reproduction and nurturing.
6/59 - Mating, a design focused on Reproduction
27/50 - Preservation, a design of Custodianship
Astrological Star Wars
The Sun - Ruler of Leo: The sign that the sun is in indicates: 1) what kinds of experiences help to strengthen and clarify your self-image, and 2) what unconscious biases shape your view of the world.
The house that the sun occupies is where you want to shine and where you can find and expand your personal power.
The Moon - Ruler of Cancer: The sign that the moon is in indicates: 1)what kind of experiences are most essential to your happiness; 2) what unconscious emotional needs motivate your behavior; and 3) how moodiness and irrationality are expressed.
The house that the moon occupies is where you are most subject to emotional ups and downs.
Mercury - Ruler of Gemini & Virgo: The sign that Mercury is in indicates what your intellectual and communicative strengths and weaknesses are.
The house that Mercury occupies is where you communicate best.
Venus - Ruler of Libra & Taurus: The sign that Venus is in indicates: 1) what you need in a partner; 2) what you can bring to a relationship; and 3) how you can calm down.
The house that Venus occupies signifies what you really enjoy.
Mars - Ruler of Aries & Scorpio: The sign that Mars is in indicates: 1) what battles you must face; 2) how you can sharpen your will; and 3) how you express aggressiveness.
The house that Mars occupies is where you expend the greatest energy and where you must be more assertive to avoid pointless conflict and strife.
Jupiter - Ruler of Sagittarius & Pisces: The sign that Jupiter is in indicates what kind of experiences will help you feel more faith in yourself and in life.
The house that Jupiter occupies is where you often have good fortune and like to spend leisure time. It is also where you may be taking too much for granted.
Saturn - Ruler of Capricorn & Aquarius: The house that Saturn occupies is: 1)where you must learn to act alone; 2) where a lack of self-discipline will lead most quickly to sorrow; 3) where you feel least secure and tend to overcompensate; and 4) where your ability to dream and have faith will be most severely tested.
The expression of these seven planets in relation to each other formed the foundation of astrology. The active mechanism of their expression, that is the energy that affects change, is the equivalent of what Lucas termed "The Force". Hence he wanted the main characters in the original film to personify the seven planets of the zodiac with their interactions with each other acting as the driving force behind the story.
Luke: The sun rules will power and ego. It is the core of your potential and uniqueness as an individual; who you are and what you are about. It represents the main direction and focus you want your life to take, and your determination to accomplish what you set out to do. It is your personal honesty and integrity, and the ability to command respect and authority, to impress and influence others.Think of Luke's conversation with Owen Lars.
R2-D2: The moon rules desire as opposed to ego, need as opposed to expediency or reason. It describes how you feel about yourself, how you handle relationships, and how you emotionally respond to situations and experiences. It describes the flow of your daily functions; physical, emotional, and mental. The moon is your emotional or experiential memory. Note that the two planets that represent memory and recall are the only two characters present in all 6 films with R2's memory being completely in tact. Think about R2's determination to find Ben Kenobi.
C3PO: Mercury indicates mental outlook, intellectual endeavors, the way you think and communicate. It represents ideas, methods, and information. It rules your hands and thus your manual dexterity and mechanical skills. Mercury also describes transportation; that is, how you get where you're going physically and mentally. Do you speed with all possible haste or amble along taking a few detours here and there?
Just think about the first 20 minutes of the movie. Beginning through R2 and 3PO splitting up on Tatooine.
Leia: Venus rules your social attitudes and behavior, and your aesthetic tastes and inclinations. It is female relationships and social interactions at every level. Venus indicates your values. It describes romance, marriage and other partnerships, capacity for humor, and the pursuit of pleasure. Leia on the Death Star.
Han: Mars rules physical energy and efforts. It describes the strength and direction of the physical force that drives your ego, fires your emotions, and encourages your mental endeavors and communicative skills. It describes male relationships and associations, risk-taking inclinations, and the physical challenges you are likely to encounter....yeah everyone gets this one.
Obi-Won: Jupiter rules your potential for growth and expansion on many levels; physical, intellectual, spiritual, cultural, and the accumulation of material assets, power, and status. It describes your optimism and aspirations. It represents your father and his position in society. obviously Obi's relationship with Luke.
Vader: Saturn rules responsibilities, restrictions and limitations you are apt to encounter, and the lessons you must learn in life. It does not deny or diminish imagination, inspiration, spirituality, and good fortune but it does demand that these things be given structure and meaning. thus the reason Luke must come to know the force.
The house that the sun occupies is where you want to shine and where you can find and expand your personal power.
The Moon - Ruler of Cancer: The sign that the moon is in indicates: 1)what kind of experiences are most essential to your happiness; 2) what unconscious emotional needs motivate your behavior; and 3) how moodiness and irrationality are expressed.
The house that the moon occupies is where you are most subject to emotional ups and downs.
Mercury - Ruler of Gemini & Virgo: The sign that Mercury is in indicates what your intellectual and communicative strengths and weaknesses are.
The house that Mercury occupies is where you communicate best.
Venus - Ruler of Libra & Taurus: The sign that Venus is in indicates: 1) what you need in a partner; 2) what you can bring to a relationship; and 3) how you can calm down.
The house that Venus occupies signifies what you really enjoy.
Mars - Ruler of Aries & Scorpio: The sign that Mars is in indicates: 1) what battles you must face; 2) how you can sharpen your will; and 3) how you express aggressiveness.
The house that Mars occupies is where you expend the greatest energy and where you must be more assertive to avoid pointless conflict and strife.
Jupiter - Ruler of Sagittarius & Pisces: The sign that Jupiter is in indicates what kind of experiences will help you feel more faith in yourself and in life.
The house that Jupiter occupies is where you often have good fortune and like to spend leisure time. It is also where you may be taking too much for granted.
Saturn - Ruler of Capricorn & Aquarius: The house that Saturn occupies is: 1)where you must learn to act alone; 2) where a lack of self-discipline will lead most quickly to sorrow; 3) where you feel least secure and tend to overcompensate; and 4) where your ability to dream and have faith will be most severely tested.
The expression of these seven planets in relation to each other formed the foundation of astrology. The active mechanism of their expression, that is the energy that affects change, is the equivalent of what Lucas termed "The Force". Hence he wanted the main characters in the original film to personify the seven planets of the zodiac with their interactions with each other acting as the driving force behind the story.
Luke: The sun rules will power and ego. It is the core of your potential and uniqueness as an individual; who you are and what you are about. It represents the main direction and focus you want your life to take, and your determination to accomplish what you set out to do. It is your personal honesty and integrity, and the ability to command respect and authority, to impress and influence others.Think of Luke's conversation with Owen Lars.
R2-D2: The moon rules desire as opposed to ego, need as opposed to expediency or reason. It describes how you feel about yourself, how you handle relationships, and how you emotionally respond to situations and experiences. It describes the flow of your daily functions; physical, emotional, and mental. The moon is your emotional or experiential memory. Note that the two planets that represent memory and recall are the only two characters present in all 6 films with R2's memory being completely in tact. Think about R2's determination to find Ben Kenobi.
C3PO: Mercury indicates mental outlook, intellectual endeavors, the way you think and communicate. It represents ideas, methods, and information. It rules your hands and thus your manual dexterity and mechanical skills. Mercury also describes transportation; that is, how you get where you're going physically and mentally. Do you speed with all possible haste or amble along taking a few detours here and there?
Just think about the first 20 minutes of the movie. Beginning through R2 and 3PO splitting up on Tatooine.
Leia: Venus rules your social attitudes and behavior, and your aesthetic tastes and inclinations. It is female relationships and social interactions at every level. Venus indicates your values. It describes romance, marriage and other partnerships, capacity for humor, and the pursuit of pleasure. Leia on the Death Star.
Han: Mars rules physical energy and efforts. It describes the strength and direction of the physical force that drives your ego, fires your emotions, and encourages your mental endeavors and communicative skills. It describes male relationships and associations, risk-taking inclinations, and the physical challenges you are likely to encounter....yeah everyone gets this one.
Obi-Won: Jupiter rules your potential for growth and expansion on many levels; physical, intellectual, spiritual, cultural, and the accumulation of material assets, power, and status. It describes your optimism and aspirations. It represents your father and his position in society. obviously Obi's relationship with Luke.
Vader: Saturn rules responsibilities, restrictions and limitations you are apt to encounter, and the lessons you must learn in life. It does not deny or diminish imagination, inspiration, spirituality, and good fortune but it does demand that these things be given structure and meaning. thus the reason Luke must come to know the force.
The Chakra Pitch
Pitching the Chakras
If you ever wanted to understand anything about pitching in baseball, like what the different types of pitches are, who throws what, and how those pitches can be thrown (as I divulge my own pitching grips) then read on!! Otherwise, if you want to see what kind of insanity I've put through the Chakra model just to shake your head at my maddening genius, that's cool too.
First Chakra = The Four-Seam Fastball:
The fundamental pitch thrown by all pitchers and non-pitchers alike. Not only is this your basic "grip it and rip it" fastball, it's also the grip position players are taught to throw the ball with. This pitch has the highest maximum velocity of any pitch and generally features the least amount of movement as it reaches the hitter. The top flamethrowers pitch at velocities higher than the batspeed of almost every hitter. The four seamer is thrown as either a tailing fastball or a riding fastball at speeds of 90 mph or better. Once you get above 90 mph, the rapid symmetrical backspin of the riding fastball's evenly spaced seams produces an optical illusion that the ball is rising as it approaches the hitter. The tailing four seam is thrown equally as hard and slightly off-center so that just before it crosses the plate it suddenly moves an inch or so to pitcher's throwing arm side of the plate (RH moves right, LH moves left)
Justin Verlander
Billy Wagner
From the right side we have the Detroit Tigers' starter Justin Verlander and from the left side, the New York Mets veteran closer Billy Wagner. Verlander is a young guy who is just coming into his own as a starter but this 6'5" behemoth throws hard all game. Consistently clocked at 97-98 mph, his fastball was clocked at 99 mph during the 8th inning of one of his starts this year. As a closer, Wagner's job is to come in to the game in the 8th or 9th inning while his team maintains a slight lead (3 or less) and completely shut the other team down. He's done so, some 300 plus times in his career, by launching fastballs with his 5'11" frame that can reach 100 mph and still have movement . OUCH.
Second Chakra = The Two-Seam Fastball:
Of course, not all pitchers can throw the ball that hard. They, therefore, replace the velocity with late movement. The two seam fastbal uses a nearly identical grip to the four seam but on another part of the ball where it is held just off center. The result is asymmetrical rotation on a tilted axis where gravity and air pressure ultimately force the ball to veer, or suddenly drop, as it crosses the plate. A sharp two seamer causes hitters to pound the ball into the ground for an easy out or ground-ball double play. For a select few who throw that sharp two seamer especially hard, the resuts are even better.
Derek Lowe *Retired*
Kevin Brown
Brandon Webb
Two guys who happen to throw that hard-hard two seamer are the Los Angeles Dodgers' openning day starter Derek Lowe and the Arizona Diamondbacks' staff ace Brandon Webb. Both are capable of throwing their sharp-breaking 2 seamers in the low 90's where hitter's can struggle just to make contact. Even worse, the contact that is made is rarely solid and sometimes so poor that the pitches "saw off" or shatter the bats. Toothpick?* Retired pitcher Kevin Brown deserves his own catergory when discussing the 2-seam or sinking fastball since he is the power sinker master prototype. At his peak his hard-bighting bat shattering power sinker gave him a groundball -outs to fly-ball outs ratio of better than 4-1 (it's hard to hit homeruns on the ground) while still allowing him to strike out more than 200 hitters!
Third Chakra = The Cut-Fastball / Sinker
The sinker and the cut-fastball (or cutter) are the middle ground between the true fastball and the breakingball (a pitch that suddenly "breaks" or changes directions as it approaches the hitter). The sinker is an pitch that expands upon 2 - seamer by exaggerating the off-center finger placement, which further imbalances the pitch in flight and increases air pressure on one side of the ball. Therefore, not only does the slightly slower sinker take a nose dive, it also breaks horizontally to the same side of the plate as the pitcher's throwing arm. The cut-fastball, on the other hand, has movement somwhere between a slider and a fastball. Thrown off center with a four-seam type grip or a 2 seam style grip. Thrown with less velocity but greater movement than the other fastballs, it not only dips down under bats but also breaks to the side of the plate that is the pitcher's glove side.
Andy Pettite
Roy Halladay
New York Yankees left-handed pitcher Andy Pettite is tied for most career post season wins largely because he excels at inducing the groundball out from hitters. Using sinker and change-up to attack the outside corner against right-handers, and his knuckle busting cutter inside, he sets hitters up for a filthy curve and watches as time and time again they pound it into the ground. The Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is a power pitcher protege' of Roger Clemens and a master of the sinker and cut fastball. Instead of relying on his 95 mph four-seam, Halladay forces the hitter to guess between his 92 mph cutter and 90 mph sinker while trying to layoff his wicked knuckle-curve. As a result, the Cy Young winner gets mostly groundballs, infield pop-flies and broken bats.
Mariano Rivera
It would be wrong to mention the cut-fastball without mentioning the soon to be undisputed greatest all-time closer; the Yankees Mariano Rivera. Why? Rivera throws the same pitch ninety percent of the time - his signature 94-96 mph late breaking cut fastball. The greatest reliever in post season history generally relies on only one pitch.
Fourth Chakra = The Change-Up
This is where we depart from the fastball, which occupies three chakras in it's various forms because it is the primary weapon in disrupting a hitter's timing. The change of pace, or change up, is the great immitator, the fastball's bestfriend, and the nightmare in the back of every hitter's head. It is a pitch designed to resemble the fastball in everyway except that it travels about 12-15 mph slower so the hitter swings at the fastball only to find the pitch has yet to reach home plate. To accomplish this, only the way the ball is gripped is changed to create more friction and less rotation. Everything else is the same; throwing motion, arm speed, and release point.
Pedro Martinez
Johan Santana
There is no question as to who throws the most dominant change-up from either the left-side or the right. The Mets Pedro Martinez has the best winning percentage of any pitcher with 200 decisions or more and is the only player under 6 feet tall to strike out 300 batters in a season twice. His primary strike-out pitch continues to be one nasty circle-change which has near breaking-ball like movement to his pitching hand side. The American League leader in both Earned Run Average (ERA = runs allowed per nine innings) and strikeouts over the past 2 1/2 years is Minnesota Twins Cy Young winning lefty Johan Santana. Santana has been baseball's most dominant pitcher while primarily relying on only 2 pitches - his precision point fastball and his unhittable circle change-up.
Fifth Chakra = The Splitter
The pitch originally touted as a "super change-up" is a variant of the forkball and is not truly a fastball. Thus, it's title is a misnomer. A hybrid of the fastball that drops like a breaking ball is classified as a change-up but travels faster. In fact, those who throw it hardest throw it 7-9 mph slower than their fastball which it looks identical too as it approaches the hitter. Then, just a couple feet from the plate, the proverbial bottom falls out and the pitch dives down. As it looks virtually identical to the 2 seam fastball, most hitters cannot distinguish one from the other and are forced to guess on any given pitch as to which one is being thrown.
Roger Clemens
Curt Schilling
The winner of an unprecidented 7 Cy Young Awards, Houston Astros icon Roger Clemens is second all-time in career strike-outs and the definitive master of the split-fingered fastball. A steadfast proponent of the splitter Clemens has identified it as the pitch that revived his career and allowed him to prosper with such longevity. Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has won the World Series MVP as a National League player and an American Leaguer player. The ultimate iron-horse warrior, Schilling battles relentlessly with his fastball setting up hitter after hitter for his signature go-to pitch - the split fingered fastball.
Sixth Chakra = The Slider
The slider, or side-ways curve, is a breaking ball historically refered to as the great equalizer. A breaking ball is an offspeed pitch that has a sudden change of direction, or "break" as it moves through the hitting zone. First seen in the 1930's the slider gained popularity in the 50's when pitchers, desperate to end a decade of dominance by the hitters, sought out a new weapon. Perfected by the 1960's the slider is thrown just as hard as the fastball and generally travels only 5-7 mph slower making it very deceptive to the hitter. In terms of the pitcher's arsenal, it became the pitch that allowed pitchers to regain the advantage over hitters.
Randy Johnson
Brad Lidge
Diamondbacks left-hander Randy Johnson is the most prolific strike-out pitcher in baseball history. No pitcher with half as many strike-outs averages as many as his career average of 11-plus per 9 innings. Amazingly he has done so primarily through the use of two pitches; his upper 90's fastball and his signature slider. Johnson's leathal weapon is concealed by his low angle of delivery which produces a side-ways slicing snap action slider that often can't be touched. Right-handed Brad Lidge is the Houston Astros 'lights out' closer who's slider is like a ghost. Thrown in combination with a 97+ mph fastball, his slider comes in a mere 8 mph slower on the same plane as the fastball and then breaks practically straight down-almost like a splitter. Now you see it; now you don't. As a result, what was meant to be a baseball swing by the hitter turns into an ugly golf swing as they try in vain to adjust.
Seventh Chakra = The Curveball
Many people, including myself and most pitchers, consider pitching to be an art form. If this is true, then, without a doubt, the curveball is its master stroke. The devastating power and elegant form that is the curveball in its purest form is truly something to behold. As a breaking ball it moves almost entirely on a vertical axis and is capable of moving from the top of the strike zone to the bottom as it moves through the hitting zone it is literally the opposite of a fastball in rotation and velocity. Intended to build friction and resistance as it heads towards the hitter it is thrown at least 15 mph slower than the fastball making it highly disruptive to a hitter's timing. Also the mechanics of hitting any pitch dictate that the bat be swung on a primarily horizontal plane. This makes the vertically moving curveball very difficult to hit because the hitter must time the break of the ball and guess location of the pitch all at once.
Barry Zito
Josh Beckett
There is no question who has the best left-handed curve in baseball since it is largely considered the best curveball in all of baseball today and among the all-time greats. The Giants' Barry Zito is the man who wields this magnificent weapon. This Cy Young winner's slow bender travels 15mph slower than his fastball and has been known to begin above the strikezone and end at the knees for a strike. When armed with his best curveball, he could tell the hitter it was coming and they'd still swing straight threw it hitting nothing but air. Boston Red Sox hard throwing right-hander Josh Beckett continues an outstanding tradition of big flamethrowing Texans with blazing hot fastballs and knee bending curves that includes Nolan Ryan and Kerry Wood. Beckett can snap off his late-breaking dive bombing curve in the upper 70's. Dropping nearly straight down just before it crosses the plate, Beckett's over-hand curve is a devastating complement to his 96 mph fastball. Armed with his wicked curve and a bat-shattering fastball, Beckett twice defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series to help lead his Florida Marlins to their second world championship. In doing so, he became World Series MVP at age 22.
by The Lucid Drive
If you ever wanted to understand anything about pitching in baseball, like what the different types of pitches are, who throws what, and how those pitches can be thrown (as I divulge my own pitching grips) then read on!! Otherwise, if you want to see what kind of insanity I've put through the Chakra model just to shake your head at my maddening genius, that's cool too.
First Chakra = The Four-Seam Fastball:
The fundamental pitch thrown by all pitchers and non-pitchers alike. Not only is this your basic "grip it and rip it" fastball, it's also the grip position players are taught to throw the ball with. This pitch has the highest maximum velocity of any pitch and generally features the least amount of movement as it reaches the hitter. The top flamethrowers pitch at velocities higher than the batspeed of almost every hitter. The four seamer is thrown as either a tailing fastball or a riding fastball at speeds of 90 mph or better. Once you get above 90 mph, the rapid symmetrical backspin of the riding fastball's evenly spaced seams produces an optical illusion that the ball is rising as it approaches the hitter. The tailing four seam is thrown equally as hard and slightly off-center so that just before it crosses the plate it suddenly moves an inch or so to pitcher's throwing arm side of the plate (RH moves right, LH moves left)
Justin Verlander
Billy Wagner
From the right side we have the Detroit Tigers' starter Justin Verlander and from the left side, the New York Mets veteran closer Billy Wagner. Verlander is a young guy who is just coming into his own as a starter but this 6'5" behemoth throws hard all game. Consistently clocked at 97-98 mph, his fastball was clocked at 99 mph during the 8th inning of one of his starts this year. As a closer, Wagner's job is to come in to the game in the 8th or 9th inning while his team maintains a slight lead (3 or less) and completely shut the other team down. He's done so, some 300 plus times in his career, by launching fastballs with his 5'11" frame that can reach 100 mph and still have movement . OUCH.
Second Chakra = The Two-Seam Fastball:
Of course, not all pitchers can throw the ball that hard. They, therefore, replace the velocity with late movement. The two seam fastbal uses a nearly identical grip to the four seam but on another part of the ball where it is held just off center. The result is asymmetrical rotation on a tilted axis where gravity and air pressure ultimately force the ball to veer, or suddenly drop, as it crosses the plate. A sharp two seamer causes hitters to pound the ball into the ground for an easy out or ground-ball double play. For a select few who throw that sharp two seamer especially hard, the resuts are even better.
Derek Lowe *Retired*
Kevin Brown
Brandon Webb
Two guys who happen to throw that hard-hard two seamer are the Los Angeles Dodgers' openning day starter Derek Lowe and the Arizona Diamondbacks' staff ace Brandon Webb. Both are capable of throwing their sharp-breaking 2 seamers in the low 90's where hitter's can struggle just to make contact. Even worse, the contact that is made is rarely solid and sometimes so poor that the pitches "saw off" or shatter the bats. Toothpick?* Retired pitcher Kevin Brown deserves his own catergory when discussing the 2-seam or sinking fastball since he is the power sinker master prototype. At his peak his hard-bighting bat shattering power sinker gave him a groundball -outs to fly-ball outs ratio of better than 4-1 (it's hard to hit homeruns on the ground) while still allowing him to strike out more than 200 hitters!
Third Chakra = The Cut-Fastball / Sinker
The sinker and the cut-fastball (or cutter) are the middle ground between the true fastball and the breakingball (a pitch that suddenly "breaks" or changes directions as it approaches the hitter). The sinker is an pitch that expands upon 2 - seamer by exaggerating the off-center finger placement, which further imbalances the pitch in flight and increases air pressure on one side of the ball. Therefore, not only does the slightly slower sinker take a nose dive, it also breaks horizontally to the same side of the plate as the pitcher's throwing arm. The cut-fastball, on the other hand, has movement somwhere between a slider and a fastball. Thrown off center with a four-seam type grip or a 2 seam style grip. Thrown with less velocity but greater movement than the other fastballs, it not only dips down under bats but also breaks to the side of the plate that is the pitcher's glove side.
Andy Pettite
Roy Halladay
New York Yankees left-handed pitcher Andy Pettite is tied for most career post season wins largely because he excels at inducing the groundball out from hitters. Using sinker and change-up to attack the outside corner against right-handers, and his knuckle busting cutter inside, he sets hitters up for a filthy curve and watches as time and time again they pound it into the ground. The Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is a power pitcher protege' of Roger Clemens and a master of the sinker and cut fastball. Instead of relying on his 95 mph four-seam, Halladay forces the hitter to guess between his 92 mph cutter and 90 mph sinker while trying to layoff his wicked knuckle-curve. As a result, the Cy Young winner gets mostly groundballs, infield pop-flies and broken bats.
Mariano Rivera
It would be wrong to mention the cut-fastball without mentioning the soon to be undisputed greatest all-time closer; the Yankees Mariano Rivera. Why? Rivera throws the same pitch ninety percent of the time - his signature 94-96 mph late breaking cut fastball. The greatest reliever in post season history generally relies on only one pitch.
Fourth Chakra = The Change-Up
This is where we depart from the fastball, which occupies three chakras in it's various forms because it is the primary weapon in disrupting a hitter's timing. The change of pace, or change up, is the great immitator, the fastball's bestfriend, and the nightmare in the back of every hitter's head. It is a pitch designed to resemble the fastball in everyway except that it travels about 12-15 mph slower so the hitter swings at the fastball only to find the pitch has yet to reach home plate. To accomplish this, only the way the ball is gripped is changed to create more friction and less rotation. Everything else is the same; throwing motion, arm speed, and release point.
Pedro Martinez
Johan Santana
There is no question as to who throws the most dominant change-up from either the left-side or the right. The Mets Pedro Martinez has the best winning percentage of any pitcher with 200 decisions or more and is the only player under 6 feet tall to strike out 300 batters in a season twice. His primary strike-out pitch continues to be one nasty circle-change which has near breaking-ball like movement to his pitching hand side. The American League leader in both Earned Run Average (ERA = runs allowed per nine innings) and strikeouts over the past 2 1/2 years is Minnesota Twins Cy Young winning lefty Johan Santana. Santana has been baseball's most dominant pitcher while primarily relying on only 2 pitches - his precision point fastball and his unhittable circle change-up.
Fifth Chakra = The Splitter
The pitch originally touted as a "super change-up" is a variant of the forkball and is not truly a fastball. Thus, it's title is a misnomer. A hybrid of the fastball that drops like a breaking ball is classified as a change-up but travels faster. In fact, those who throw it hardest throw it 7-9 mph slower than their fastball which it looks identical too as it approaches the hitter. Then, just a couple feet from the plate, the proverbial bottom falls out and the pitch dives down. As it looks virtually identical to the 2 seam fastball, most hitters cannot distinguish one from the other and are forced to guess on any given pitch as to which one is being thrown.
Roger Clemens
Curt Schilling
The winner of an unprecidented 7 Cy Young Awards, Houston Astros icon Roger Clemens is second all-time in career strike-outs and the definitive master of the split-fingered fastball. A steadfast proponent of the splitter Clemens has identified it as the pitch that revived his career and allowed him to prosper with such longevity. Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has won the World Series MVP as a National League player and an American Leaguer player. The ultimate iron-horse warrior, Schilling battles relentlessly with his fastball setting up hitter after hitter for his signature go-to pitch - the split fingered fastball.
Sixth Chakra = The Slider
The slider, or side-ways curve, is a breaking ball historically refered to as the great equalizer. A breaking ball is an offspeed pitch that has a sudden change of direction, or "break" as it moves through the hitting zone. First seen in the 1930's the slider gained popularity in the 50's when pitchers, desperate to end a decade of dominance by the hitters, sought out a new weapon. Perfected by the 1960's the slider is thrown just as hard as the fastball and generally travels only 5-7 mph slower making it very deceptive to the hitter. In terms of the pitcher's arsenal, it became the pitch that allowed pitchers to regain the advantage over hitters.
Randy Johnson
Brad Lidge
Diamondbacks left-hander Randy Johnson is the most prolific strike-out pitcher in baseball history. No pitcher with half as many strike-outs averages as many as his career average of 11-plus per 9 innings. Amazingly he has done so primarily through the use of two pitches; his upper 90's fastball and his signature slider. Johnson's leathal weapon is concealed by his low angle of delivery which produces a side-ways slicing snap action slider that often can't be touched. Right-handed Brad Lidge is the Houston Astros 'lights out' closer who's slider is like a ghost. Thrown in combination with a 97+ mph fastball, his slider comes in a mere 8 mph slower on the same plane as the fastball and then breaks practically straight down-almost like a splitter. Now you see it; now you don't. As a result, what was meant to be a baseball swing by the hitter turns into an ugly golf swing as they try in vain to adjust.
Seventh Chakra = The Curveball
Many people, including myself and most pitchers, consider pitching to be an art form. If this is true, then, without a doubt, the curveball is its master stroke. The devastating power and elegant form that is the curveball in its purest form is truly something to behold. As a breaking ball it moves almost entirely on a vertical axis and is capable of moving from the top of the strike zone to the bottom as it moves through the hitting zone it is literally the opposite of a fastball in rotation and velocity. Intended to build friction and resistance as it heads towards the hitter it is thrown at least 15 mph slower than the fastball making it highly disruptive to a hitter's timing. Also the mechanics of hitting any pitch dictate that the bat be swung on a primarily horizontal plane. This makes the vertically moving curveball very difficult to hit because the hitter must time the break of the ball and guess location of the pitch all at once.
Barry Zito
Josh Beckett
There is no question who has the best left-handed curve in baseball since it is largely considered the best curveball in all of baseball today and among the all-time greats. The Giants' Barry Zito is the man who wields this magnificent weapon. This Cy Young winner's slow bender travels 15mph slower than his fastball and has been known to begin above the strikezone and end at the knees for a strike. When armed with his best curveball, he could tell the hitter it was coming and they'd still swing straight threw it hitting nothing but air. Boston Red Sox hard throwing right-hander Josh Beckett continues an outstanding tradition of big flamethrowing Texans with blazing hot fastballs and knee bending curves that includes Nolan Ryan and Kerry Wood. Beckett can snap off his late-breaking dive bombing curve in the upper 70's. Dropping nearly straight down just before it crosses the plate, Beckett's over-hand curve is a devastating complement to his 96 mph fastball. Armed with his wicked curve and a bat-shattering fastball, Beckett twice defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series to help lead his Florida Marlins to their second world championship. In doing so, he became World Series MVP at age 22.
by The Lucid Drive
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