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Human Design assigns Throat expression and manifestation. It does not assess voice, thyroid health, or communication skill.
- When defined
- Defined Throat is traditionally described as a consistent mode of expression.
- When undefined
- Undefined Throat is traditionally discussed as openness around expression and attention, not inability to communicate.
- When completely open
- Completely open records no Throat activations and no completed channel; the source supplies no separate reading.
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Word origin · etymology
Descriptive anatomical metaphor.
Throat is an inherited English body-part word. It names the diagram's expression center by its bodily location.
Merriam-Webster: throat ↗Ra Uru Hu: The Rave BodyGraph, Centers and Streams ↗
How we know · epistemology
Symbolic center and graph role
The teaching associates this center with expression, and its connections help classify type. A motor path is a property of the diagram; it does not directly measure communication skill or a person's capacity to make things happen.
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