Generator, Your Gut Feeling Is Your Guardian Angel

Inspired by a recent epiphany my partner had, today I want to share the Sacral superpower that all Generators and Manifesting Generators have access to — but that very few are actually tapping into.

Either for fear or because of disconnection, so many people are not living out their full potential because of one simple reason: they are not allowing themselves to do what feels correct and say no to what doesn’t.

And because of that are living in frustration and anxiety, feeling dissatisfied with their life and insecure about themselves.

But you know what? The whole experience can change in a matter of weeks when you connect with your powerful built-in inner GPS, which is your Sacral.

If you are part of the most powerful types in Human Design, or if you wish to understand this type better, this is for you.

70% of the world population has a defined Sacral, which makes them either a Generator or a Manifesting Generator.

This being said, do you see the majority of people following their gut feeling and doing what feels correct for them?

Unfortunately, not. And in fact, it’s said that the Generator is the type who suffers the most from external conditioning (yes — not the Projector or the Reflector, but the Generator!)

As a Generator (and it’s the same for Manifesting Generators, by the way), people will naturally feel your abundant availability of physical energy. They’ll come searching for you and ask you to do things, and when this happens, you have two choices: listen to your Sacral response, or let your mind dictate your next step.

If you follow your mind, you’re probably going to do things that you don’t want to do, because you think you have to or because you don’t want to upset the person who asks you. And when the “yes, do it” of your mind overrides the “no, don’t do it” of your body, that’s when you’ll experience frustration, which, in the long term, turns into anxiety and a sense of being dissatisfied with life and yourself.

When, instead, you follow your Sacral response, you can always be sure to do what’s correct for you.

The Sacral Center in Human Design is the motor center where your life force generates from.

It’s literally like an engine that is set in motion by something that lights it up and generates power to keep the car moving and bring the thing — whatever that is — to completion.

Having a defined Sacral gives you a large amount of energy to do potentially anything. But does this mean that you should do anything? Absolutely not.

And that is the number one trap of a Generator:

Sacrificing their beautiful energy on the wrong things, things that don’t feel correct, that you don’t feel like you want to do, but that you do anyway because you think you have to, you think it’s your responsibility, you don’t want to disappoint someone else, etc.

The truth is, we can give ourselves so many reasons to do what we think we should do instead of going with what we feel, and they might all appear valid on paper, but the real reason you say yes to what feels like a whole-body no is a pure and simple lack of trust.

If you knew your Sacral response would never lead you astray from your purpose, and would actually keep you on the path to living your most satisfying and impactful life, would you not trust it?

Of course, you would trust it.

But the problem is that most of us have been conditioned to believe that someone else knows better than we do.

Since childhood, when we were told to clear our plates despite not being hungry, to kiss the auntie even if we barely knew that person, to “not be shy”, to get up and do the thing because “this is how it’s done,” that we’re lazy, that we’re inconclusive, that we never get it right. All the nice things.

So we internalized the idea that our instinct is unreliable, that we are untrustworthy, and that if we were to follow our gut, we would “eat junk food every day.”

That is incorrect. You would not do that.

That is the voice of your conditioning confirming what you were made to believe about yourself, and if it weren’t for the rules and structures around you, you’d be destroying yourself.

Maybe eating junk food until you feel sick is exactly what you need in order to become able to distinguish the difference between the voice of your conditioned mind and the voice of your Self. Maybe!

But I promise you: your gut response knows better. And if you only give it the chance, it will show you.

But how do you recognize its signal?

The Sacral Center is located in a very specific position in your body, which is the lower abdomen, where your gut is and where your reproductive organs are.

When you are presented with an opportunity — whether it be a request from a person or a chance that presents itself to you — your Sacral responds with a certain sensation.

Positive energy, a sense of openness in the body, and a positive feeling in your belly mean “yes, go for it.”

Negative energy, a sense of closure in your body, almost like your body is putting space between you and the opportunity, a feeling of tension or belly ache in the days that follow, means “no, do not do that”.

If you think back to an opportunity that you accepted and that turned out to be wonderful for you, you’ll see what a positive Sacral response feels like for you.

At the same time, if you think back to something you said no to and later realized that saying no was really the right thing to do, you’ll see what a no from your Sacral feels like.

The other types don’t have that consistent access to this wonderful, reliable inner compass, but you do.

The point about the Sacral response that is crucial to understand to really become able to embrace its guidance is that it speaks before the mind does, and it always knows better than the mind.

Trusting it means rethinking one of the “written in stone” rules of life: your mind doesn’t always know best. What appears to be the most logical thing to do might not be the correct thing to do for you in that moment.

The mind runs on programs. Since birth (and even before), we’ve internalized the stories and beliefs of others that have crystallized into systems of interpretation that determine how our brains perceive reality.

The mind is where our conditioning lives, the home of the Not-Self. The mind is what tells you “you can’t say no,” after your Sacral has already made its stance clear. It says, “you can’t let them down,” “you have to do it,” “you’ll regret this,” “they’ll resent you if you don’t.”

Don’t listen to that. Calm the mind and tune into your Sacral response.

Then you’ll be fine.

Then your life will begin to rearrange itself around what is correct for you.

Then you will fine-tune your connection to your instinct, which will guide you toward the satisfying and impactful life you’re meant to have.

Keeping your energy clean by saying no to what doesn’t feel correct isn’t selfish. It’s the exact opposite of selfish. It’s what aligns you with what’s really meant for you, which is how you ultimately are supposed to serve the world.

Because — and this is one fundamental assumption of the Human Design system — we’re all here to change the world for the better with our unique gifts.

And you are no exception.

Some people feel the sacral response and ignore it, and some people are so used to ignoring it that it’s as if they don’t even feel it anymore. Their average set point is “frustration,” and they don’t even realize there’s another option that their body is pointing toward.

Your Sacral is what tells you to quit the job that makes you miserable. It’s what tells you to leave the toxic relationship, to take that expensive trip overseas, to start the project you can’t stop thinking about.

But of course, if you don’t trust yourself and don’t trust your signal, you’ll make choices from fear, and instead of finding what’s correct for you on the other side of your big decision, you stay small and unhappy where you are.

You know how the saying goes: your ego will always choose a familiar hell over an unfamiliar heaven.

Your mind will always pull resistance to what your gut is telling you to do.

Building trust in your gut feeling and creating a sense of safety around trusting yourself and your instinct is crucial here. You have to ignore decades of conditioning and disempowering beliefs about yourself, and start trusting that you are guided at a level your rational mind cannot — and does not need to — comprehend.

There is a level of your being that knows what the right next step is.

That sees into the future and gives you a signal on what to do next based on the best possible outcome that aligns with who you are and what truly satisfies you.

As a Generator or Manifesting Generator, that intelligence speaks to you through your Sacral.

To trust it, it’s healing work, subconscious reprogramming, and nervous system regulation. But it doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, it isn’t. And I’ve seen it happen fast in so many people I’ve had the honor of witnessing.

The fact that you’re reading this, and the fact that a Human Design chart can confirm things you’ve always felt to be true but never dared to believe, is already rewriting your beliefs about what’s possible for you.

All you have to do to create the evidence that your nervous system needs to feel safe with this is to start experimenting with following your gut instinct more.

Start with the small choices and practice choosing to go with your gut’s response instead of going with what your rational mind suggests.

Or, do it the other way around: start noticing what happens every time you follow your mind’s voice over your gut response.

What happens when you say yes and do something, even though your sacral response had pointed you in the opposite direction? Does that thing turn out well? Do you do it with pleasure? Does it leave you satisfied? Or does it leave you wishing you said no to it?

If you pay attention, you’ll see that the things you force yourself to do are the things that turn out disastrous in some way.

Generator, you are here to change the world by putting your incredibly powerful energy in the service of what feels correct.

What feels correct is the guiding principle that ensures you’re moving in alignment with what’s meant for you. And you can’t do that unless you follow your instinct.

So trust that.

Your gut feeling is your compass.

And when you begin to trust it, you’ll see your life changing at light speed. Your trust in yourself will finally be restored, you will finally see that you’re someone worth investing in, someone valuable, someone who has so much to offer, and someone who is capable of living and loving life to the fullest.

We need you at your best!

The more you pour into your cup and choose from what you feel is correct, the more space you create for your Sacral to guide you into deeper and deeper satisfaction.

Believe me, I see it happening every single day.