Personal Reflections of Dirk Nellens. This space is dedicated to sharing Human Design insights on our unique way of being, navigating life's energies, and finding harmony in the cosmic dance. <br/><br/><a href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">reflectorsreflections.substack.com</a>
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Personal Reflections of Dirk Nellens. This space is dedicated to sharing Human Design insights on our unique way of being, navigating life's energies, and finding harmony in the cosmic dance. <br/><br/><a href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">reflectorsreflections.substack.com</a>
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July 21, 2026
Reflection of the week: A Shift in the Nodal Perspective
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">reflectorsreflections.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p></p><p>This weekend, the Moon’s Nodes change Gates, marking a significant shift in the Human Design mandala. With every nodal transition, the background perspective through which we collectively perceive reality changes under the current neutrino weather.</p><p>Since May 15th, we’ve been living under the nodal polarity <strong>55–59</strong>. This polarity invites us to see life through the lens of our emotional and relational experience. It brings our attention to whether we can witness our emotional information field without becoming identified with anxiety, emotional turbulence, or inner nervousness - in other words, whether we can watch the movie without becoming lost in it. At the same time, it asks us to explore intimacy: how can we experience profound connection with others without losing ourselves in the process?</p><p>This theme of <strong>not getting lost in the other</strong> is particularly important. Most of us carry childhood wounds that arose because humanity still has a very limited understanding of what I call our <strong>libidinal intelligence</strong> - the innate intelligence that governs our capacity for connection and interconnectedness. This intelligence has far more to do with relationship, attachment, and our emergence into life than with genitality or adult sexuality.</p><p>We can only fully embody this relational intelligence when our uniqueness is recognised, respected, and protected from the very beginning of life. It is precisely because we are deeply interconnected that our individuality needs such careful nurturing.</p><p>In my book, Understanding Our Energetic Architecture, I place considerable emphasis on viewing the centres of the BodyGraph through the lens of child-development. Early development is largely governed by this libidinal intelligence, as it shapes both our capacity to relate and the way a new consciousness comes to inhabit and express itself through an individual body.</p><p>This weekend, the nodal perspective shifts towards <strong>our relationship with life itself</strong>. The Gates shaping this new perspective are <strong>Gate 30</strong> and <strong>Gate 29</strong>. Together, they bring our attention to <strong>desire</strong> (Gate 30) and <strong>commitment</strong> (Gate 29), inviting us to discern what genuinely calls us and to discover ourselves through wholehearted participation in life’s experiences.</p><p>Yet one of the great challenges is distinguishing our personal, egoic desires from what <strong>Life itself is inviting us into</strong>. It takes a profound openness to approach life from a place of <strong>desirelessness</strong> - not in the sense of becoming passive, but of letting go of our preconceptions so we can perceive where Life genuinely wants to take us. Likewise, wholehearted commitment is not about being loyal to our ideas of who we think we are, but about committing ourselves to Life itself, moment by moment.</p><p>This new perspective invites us to soften our resistance to the circumstances life presents. Rather than reacting with disappointment or resentment to the dice Life throws our way, we are invited to meet each experience with curiosity, openness, and deep trust.</p><p>This nodal configuration also activates Pluto’s position in the BodyGraph, bringing forward the <strong>Channel of Recognition</strong>, a Design of Focused Energy. As Pluto’s deeply transformative influence is emotionally energized, collective shifts may begin to emerge that reveal <strong>dimensions of our shared destiny we neither anticipated nor imagined</strong> as reality is always stranger than fiction.</p><p>All in all, we are entering a period in which unexpected doors may open while others close without warning. As Forrest Gump famously said, “Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get.” The invitation is not to predict what comes next, but to meet whatever arrives with openness, commitment, and trust.</p><p></p><p>__________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>In the first section of my book, I delve deeply into the themes of child-development and their correlation to the Human Design Bodygraph. If you are interested in the stages of child-development and the libidinal forces that drive them, you’ll find yourself enriched through a lens that shows the correlations between those stages and the BodyGraphs of your children. I invite you to check it out… My book is on Amazon!</p><p><strong>The Neutrino Weather for this week is available to the Inner Circle.</strong></p><p>This week, the Neutrino Weather is brings a change in Nodal perspective and asks us to embrace the wisdom of embracing life without negative feelings. [See the Neutrino Weather full video in <a target="_blank" href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com/subscribe">the inner circle bellow</a>]</p><p>* Instant access to the full archive of previous posts</p><p>* <strong>Two live Zoom gatherings per month</strong> (bring your Bodygraph for live commentary + Q&A… next meeting will be announced next week.</p><p>For anyone subscribing to my newsletter (inner circle), I would like to inform you that you are invited to assist and bring your own Bodygraph and questions LIVE, every two weeks. </p>
July 13, 2026
Reflection of the Week: Human Design & Hermetic Principles.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">reflectorsreflections.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p></p><p>The other day I was listening to Professor Jiang on YouTube, who speaks about something he calls <strong>“Predictive History”</strong> - a fascinating way of contemplating the development of world affairs. In one of his videos, he mentioned that he adheres to Hermetic philosophical principles. That caught my attention, so I looked them up and was struck by the interesting parallels I see with Human Design.</p><p>The main Hermetic principles are:</p><p><strong>• Mentalism – The All is Mind.</strong>Reality originates from universal consciousness; everything is an expression of consciousness. Human Design Cosmology presents a remarkably similar perspective through its description of the Crystals of Consciousness, from which everything we can know emerges. In this view, all that exists is an expression of consciousness.</p><p><strong>• Correspondence – As above, so below; as below, so above.</strong>Patterns in the universe are reflected at every level, from the cosmos to the individual. Human Design, through its fractal nature, echoes this same principle. We are part of an Organizational Being, part of a larger living cosmic body, where the patterns of the whole are reflected in each of us.</p><p><strong>• Vibration – Everything moves.</strong>Everything is in constant motion; differences are differences of degree or frequency. Human Design expresses this beautifully in the statement, “Life is music.” Through the BodyGraph, we have a way of describing the unique frequency and vibration of each atomic form. Our individual BodyGraph can be seen as the musical notation of our own unique frequency.</p><p><strong>• Polarity – Everything has its opposite.</strong>Opposites are two extremes of the same thing and can be transformed into one another. Human Design is built upon polarity from the very foundation of its cosmology. At every level of existence, life is understood through complementary opposites.</p><p><strong>• Rhythm – Everything flows in cycles.</strong>Life unfolds through natural rhythms and recurring cycles of rise and fall. Human Design reflects this principle through the Global Cycles that Ra described, illustrating how larger evolutionary movements shape humanity over time.</p><p><strong>• Cause and Effect – Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause.</strong>Nothing happens by chance; every event arises from preceding causes. In Human Design, we could see this reflected in the distinction between living from conditioning and living from Strategy and Authority. Acting from conditioning tends to create resistance, while acting in alignment with one’s Strategy and Authority tends to bring greater ease and consistency. Rather than framing this as moral causality, Human Design presents it as the natural consequence of alignment versus misalignment.</p><p><strong>• Gender – Masculine and feminine principles exist in everything.</strong>Creation arises through complementary active and receptive principles. In Human Design, the coding of energy can be understood as an expression of these Yin and Yang dynamics, whose interplay gives rise to the unique harmony of every individual.</p><p>I find it beautiful to see how Human Design synthesizes ideas from many different traditions. It is equally fascinating to continue discovering principles - such as these Hermetic teachings, which originated many centuries after the time of Christ - that I can recognize within the Human Design material.</p><p></p><p>__________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>In chapter 2 on Human Design Cosmology in my book, I share my own reflections on this subject and on the beauty I see in the idea that everything we know is ultimately an expression of connection. If that resonates with you, I invite you to check it out.</p><p><strong>The Neutrino Weather for this week is available to the Inner Circle.</strong></p><p>This week, the Neutrino Weather is brings forward a tension between the need for logical details and the zest - driven by desire - for progress and kickstarting new cycles. [See the Neutrino Weather full video in <a target="_blank" href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com/subscribe">the inner circle bellow</a>]</p><p>* Instant access to the full archive of previous posts</p><p>* <strong>Two live Zoom gatherings per month</strong> (bring your Bodygraph for live commentary + Q&A… next meeting will be on Sunday July 19th at 10:00 am Madrid time)</p><p>For anyone subscribing to my newsletter (inner circle), I would like to inform you that you are invited to assist and bring your own Bodygraph and questions LIVE, every two weeks. </p>
June 28, 2026
Reflection of the Week: Uncertainty and Transformation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">reflectorsreflections.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p></p><p>This week, I would like to return to the theme of the current Nodal perspective under which we are all living in this Neutrino Weather: Gates 55 and 59, called Abundance and Dispersion, respectively.</p><p>These gates are part of the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix, which speaks of death and rebirth. They are also part of the Cross of Uncertainty, which invites us into the uncertainty that accompanies the emergence of something new.</p><p>Personally, I can feel the uncertainty, shakiness, and emotional fickleness that seem to be in the air right now. They are very present in my own process. This week, the following words caught my attention on social media:</p><p>“A caterpillar completely dissolves inside its cocoon. When a caterpillar is ready for transformation, it doesn’t just grow wings. It retreats. It builds a shell. And then something intense happens. It doesn’t just grow. It digests itself. Its entire body breaks down into a structureless, liquid mass. Inside this soup, there are tiny new cells. Scientists call them imaginal cells. The caterpillar’s immune system actually thinks these new cells are enemies. It fights them. It tries to destroy them to preserve the old state. But the imaginal cells don’t give up. They multiply. They connect, until they take over and reorganize the soup. This is not a gentle change. This is a biological battle. And maybe that is exactly what you are experiencing. You feel lost. Your old identity no longer works. But the new one hasn’t arrived. Everything feels like chaos. Like a structureless soup. You think you’re failing. But your system is just resisting the new. Your brain loves the familiar, even when it is painful. It fights change, because change feels unsafe. In psychology, we call this cognitive disorganization. The necessary phase of chaos before a system can reach a higher level of order. Which means your breakdown is not a sign of weakness. It’s the beginning of your reorganization. Transformation doesn’t ask you to hold on. It asks you to trust the process, to allow the unknown, to breathe softly in the transition. Because what feels like the end is often just biology making room for your wings.”</p><p>Somehow, these words speak deeply to me. I wanted to share them with you, not only because they resonate with the current energetic themes, but also because they reflect something of my own inner journey at this time. Perhaps they will resonate with you as well, wherever you may find yourself in your own process of uncertainty and transformation.</p><p>__________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Curious to learn more about the Channels and Gates of the Bodygraph, Section II of my book is dedicated to exploring them in depth!</p><p><strong>The Neutrino Weather for this week is available to the Inner Circle.</strong></p><p>This week, the Neutrino Weather is bringing us a review of the details of our understanding thanks to Mercury going retrograde [See the Neutrino Weather full video in <a target="_blank" href="https://reflectorsreflections.substack.com/subscribe">the inner circle bellow</a>]</p><p>* Instant access to the full archive of previous posts</p><p>* <strong>Two live Zoom gatherings per month</strong> (bring your Bodygraph for live commentary + Q&A… next meeting on Sunday July 5 at 10:00am Madrid time)</p><p>For anyone subscribing to my newsletter (inner circle), I would like to inform you that you are invited to assist and bring your own Bodygraph and questions LIVE, every two weeks. </p>
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