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You may have seen my post about how my human design chart differs between tropical and sidereal astrology.
I’m still exploring it, and experimenting with how my “new” sidereal human design chart feels (Psst: here’s an update on my own human design experiment – December 21, 2021).
AND, I should mention (as mentioned in the previous blog post), that there are different types of sidereal astrology. There’s one that’s often referred to as “vedic sidereal astrology” and one that’s called “true sidereal astrology.”
The sidereal astrology I used to calculate my second HD chart is vedic. I used the “Lahiri ICRC” setting in Genetic Matrix.
Now, in the human design community, there is a LOT of discussion around using a different combination of sidereal astrology features. To avoid name confusion, it’s being called “cosmic human design” and Richard Mason is creating a website that we can use to calculate our HD charts this way.
MARCH 15, 2021 UPDATE: Richard’s website is officially available for you to calculate your “true sidereal” / cosmic human design chart FOR FREE (with links to donate) ➡️ Cosmic Human Design.
So, how is true sidereal or “cosmic human design” different?
Cosmic human design IS sidereal, (which uses different calculations to figure where the planets and stars actually ARE in relation to a given place/time), but it uses 13 zodiac signs (Hello, Ophiuchus), and a 31° offset. UPDATE (April 9, 2021): I’ve since learned that the offset changes every year because it accounts for precession every year. However, for simplicity’s sake, many people just reference a “31°” offset.
Many people are finding that they resonate with different parts of their tropical human design, “Genetic Matrix” sidereal (any type of sidereal chart run through the GM system), and “true sidereal”/cosmic human design charts (for those who have them already).
I’m finding the same thing. BOTH my charts feel accurate in different ways. In human design, we validate our charts through experimentation, so it’s not just about what we initially think/feel about our charts, so as mentioned above, I’m still experimenting!
I’ll be updating this article to add my cosmic human design chart (also called “true sidereal human design chart” in some places), which says my type is…wait for it…manifesting generator (from projector in both tropical and vedic sidereal) 🤯. So, wow. Gotta unpack this!
AND, if you’d like to check out your sidereal human design chart via Genetic Matrix while you wait, you can check it out here. **NOTE: You need to upgrade your account to be able to get your sidereal HD chart. You can upgrade for just one month for around $2 if that’s all you need. I’ve also found that when I run a chart, the sidereal option is greyed out and doesn’t seem to be available. I have to exit that chart, then open it back up, and then the sidereal option is available.
QUICK RECAP
True sidereal / cosmic human design charts: Available (Cosmic Human Design) – Free
Sidereal human design charts: Available (Genetic Matrix) – Pro membership required
Sidereal astrology natal charts: Available with 13 signs (Mastering the Zodiac) – Free
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Genetic Matrix launched a “true sidereal” option on April 9, 2021, however, this is NOT ACTUALLY true sidereal. All they’ve done is add a 13th house (Ophiuchus). The true sidereal option still requires you to choose from the existing non-true sidereal ayanamsas available. True sidereal should be its OWN ayanamsa. In conclusion, to calculate your actual true sidereal human design chart, the Cosmic Human Design website is the best option.
More reading on Human Design:
- Understanding Human Design by Karen Curry
- Gene Keys by Richard Rudd
- The Book of Destinies by Chetan Parkyn and Carola Eastwood
- I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way by Carol K Anthony
- The Definitive Book of Human Design by Ra Uru Hu and Lynda Bunnell
P.S. Click here to read more of my popular human design posts.
Hi Melissa,
Did you know that Cosmic Human Design has basically taken the Tropical calculations and subtracted a fixed 31 degrees from every planet position as a kind of average Ayanasmsha? True Sidereal doesn’t work like that. Ayanasmsha angels are not constant. They grow as time passes.
Hey Victoria,
It’s so cool to connect here, as well as through the Cosmic Human Design FB group! Thanks for your comment!
I’m definitely NOT an astrologer, just experimenting with what works and what doesn’t for me. From what I understand, true sidereal doesn’t take it’s calculations from tropical, but the degrees change each year based on where the planets actually are.
I know we’ve had some back and forth on this already, but I wanted to reply here too!
Thanks again for reading!
My sidereal HD Chart appears to be exactly the same as my tropical one
That can happen! Do you feel it resonates?
On the design view of my foundational chart using sidereal, it says reflector vs on the interactive view it says pure manifesting generator. The quantum view says reflector as well.
Ought I default to the one that shows up more? I see pure manifesting generator on the design and personality view, but reflector on the other one.
What would you suggest?
Thank you =)
Hey Sam, our HD charts contain two “parts” – the design side and the personality side. So when you’re looking at just the design side, it will only show you the elements from that side of things. The “quantum” view is your whole chart, and the chart we look at as “the” human design chart. The interactive chart should be the same as your quantum HD chart. It might just reflect whichever view you were just looking at, so if you were looking at the “design” aspects and then clicked interactive, it might just be the interactive version of that view.
Either way, default to the quantum view for getting to know and understand your HD chart 😊.
Hey Can you help me on this. I’ve been a wondering 🤔
I’m wondering when the next degree will come about, in how many years WILl it take to get fir 31° to 32° just for context?
Hi Phoebe, thanks for you comment! I’m going to reach out to Richard Mason (creator of Cosmic Human Design), and see if he can give you an answer. Stay tuned!
I JUST STUMBLED ON THIS, BECAUSE MY TROPICAL HD CHART SAYS I’M A 3/5 EMO PROJECTOR, WHEREAS MY SIDEREAL HD CHART SAYS I’M A 3/5 EMO MANIFESTOR AND THEN THE COSMIC HD CHART SAYS I’M A 1/3 SELF-PROJECTED PROJECTOR!!!
Each chart makes sense to me, although I feel that the way I see myself is as a manifestor (or the sidereal hd chart, overall), and the tropical chart is how I experience the external world. The cosmic chart feels like a guiding force – that this is how I naturally move/think through the world. (I realized that I had to listen to/act from what I spoke aloud a couple of years ago and it was Powerful!)
Fascinating to see which centers are defined between the three charts as well – so different!
Oooh, such a cool perspective! I sometimes feel what could be aspects of my cosmic HD chart too. Have you experimented with emo vs self-projection? What do you think so far?
Why is Richard’s chart so different than my Genetic Matrix chart, and how the heck do I know which one is accurate?
They’re calculated differently! Richard goes into more detail in this interview.
In terms of knowing which one is accurate, it comes back to YOU. Human design is an experiment, so the best way to see what fits is to try something out with an open mind and see how it feels. Try “living like” what one chart reflects, or just try certain pieces. For example, in tropical, I’m a projector, and with Richard’s cosmic chart, I’m a manifesting generator. These are two VERY different energy types, so I started there, while also acknowledging how attached I was to the “projector” identity. You can try strategy, authority, determination, environment, etc. These are all really practical things you can try out.
When you read about the aspects of the different charts, what resonates with you – and not just in a “yes, that’s me!” way. Very strong resistance is a kind of resonance too. It might signal something you know to be “true” on a deeper level, but resist acknowledging.
However, with any chart or categorization of ourselves, I always recommend listening to your SELF and your intuition first. A chart cannot define you. What do you know and feel to be true about yourself? What has worked well for you? What feels good? What do you know and believe about your energy, needs, and desires?
Hi there! Could you speak on the new Sidereal systems on Genetic matrix? I see the true sidereal-k and true sidereal-c, but those seem even more confusing on calculating a true vedic chart. Would you maintain that cosmic human design is best for translating to a sidereal/vedic calculations?
Hey Sam! I’m going to write about this more in an upcoming post, because I want to give a full answer, and I’ll need to play around with those charts a bit more to do that.
Let me know if you have any other questions you would want addressed!