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Ego center

Also called Heart center · Will center

Human Design’s symbolic will and material-resources center, counted among its four motors.

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Human Design calls this Heart or Ego and assigns willpower and material resources. Authority needs additional graph conditions.

When defined
Defined Ego is traditionally described as consistent access to willpower in this framework.
When undefined
Undefined Ego is traditionally discussed through proving and overcommitment themes, not personal worth.
When completely open
Completely open records no Ego activation plus no completed channel; no separate reading is asserted.

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Jovian Archive: Ego Manifested Authority ↗Jovian Archive: The nine centers ↗

Word origin · etymology

Latin word adopted through psychology.

Ego is Latin for I. Human Design borrows the psychological self-word for its will-related center.

Merriam-Webster: ego ↗Ra Uru Hu: The Rave BodyGraph, Centers and Streams ↗

How we know · epistemology

Symbolic motor category

The system associates this motor center with will and material resources. Its channel-derived status does not measure cardiac function, moral character, financial competence or the strength of a person's commitments.

Jovian Archive: the nine centers ↗

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  1. Jovian Archive: The nine centers ↗
  2. Merriam-Webster: ego ↗
  3. Ra Uru Hu: The Rave BodyGraph, Centers and Streams ↗
  4. Jovian Archive: Ego Manifested Authority ↗