Type · 0.9% of charts, about 1 person in 111

The Reflector type in Human Design

You soak up the mood of people and places like a sponge, and you mirror back whatever is going on around you.

0.9% of people

What several sources agree on
  • Your mood often works like a thermometer: when you feel off for no reason, the group around you may be what's off.
  • You sample each person's vibe without merging into it: you feel it for a while, then let it go.
  • The people close to you help most by giving you time rather than rushing you to decide.
  • With the right people around, you keep a real capacity for wonder and stay open to surprises.

The rarest type, roughly one person in a hundred. Nothing in your chart is fixed, so you feel other people very strongly. One day you're chatty and full of drive, the next you're completely mellow, depending on who you've been around.

Your surroundings matter more for you than for anyone else. A good place and good people lift you fast, and a bad setting drags you down just as fast. For big decisions, you gain a lot from taking about a month and talking it over with different people.

When it flows

You feel light and curious about life, and you can tell at a glance whether a group is doing well.

When it gets stuck

Life feels flat and a little let-down for no clear reason, as if you were living other people's lives for them.

Try this week

For one week, jot down each evening where you were, who you were with, and your mood out of 10. After seven days, look at which places and people suit you.

Your golden rule: wait a lunar cycle

For an important decision, you give yourself a little over 29 days, one full lap of the Moon, to see the question from every side.

Example

You're offered a job in another city. Instead of answering within the week, you ask for a month. You talk it over with different people, spend a weekend there, and by week four the answer is obvious.

How to spot it on a chart

No center is defined, because none of the 36 channels is complete. To see what that means, read about the 9 centers and the channels.

Possible authorities

A Reflector can have only one authority, depending on which centers are defined in the chart:

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