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Ajna center

Also called Ajna

Human Design’s symbolic center for conceptualization and mental processing, not a neurological assessment.

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Human Design assigns Ajna conceptualization and, with Head, Mind. It is not an intelligence assessment.

When defined
Defined Ajna is traditionally described as a stable way of processing ideas.
When undefined
Undefined Ajna is traditionally discussed as openness in organizing ideas, not lack of capacity.
When completely open
Completely open means no Ajna activations and no completed channel in Atlas; no additional metaphysical claim is made.

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Jovian Archive: Human Design Dictionary ↗

Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit loanword in a modern compound.

Ājñā means command, order, or instruction. The name is borrowed from chakra terminology into the system's chart vocabulary.

Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams lexical reference ↗Ra Uru Hu: The Rave BodyGraph, Centers and Streams ↗

How we know · epistemology

Symbolic center correspondence

This center is associated with concepts and mental processing in the teaching. Its definition is calculated from channels; it cannot establish intelligence, cognitive rigidity or the validity of a person's beliefs.

Jovian Archive: the nine centers ↗

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  1. Jovian Archive: the nine centers ↗
  2. Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams lexical reference ↗
  3. Ra Uru Hu: The Rave BodyGraph, Centers and Streams ↗
  4. Jovian Archive: Human Design Dictionary ↗