Astrology, Human Design, Enneagram, and Meyers-Briggs Give Us Permission to Do This

Although, I do wish we didn't wait for them

The many labels within Astrology, Human Design, Enneagram, and Meyers-Briggs give us permission to grant grace, offer kindness, and generous acceptance, but why?

How come if we know a person is an Aries, a Projector, a Nine with a One Wing, or an INFP, everything they do can be excused because it has been categorized and labeled? Why must we have that permission before making space for each other?

Someone is firey and impulsive - oh, that’s ok because you know…Aries.

Someone is forever trying to organize everyone and everything and blurting out unsolicited advice - no worries - that’s just what Projectors do.

Avoiding conflict and low-key pissed off? Yup, no stress needed, just a 9 in the house.

Introverted, sensitive, intuitive type - okey, dokey, you, INFP you.

Why do we grant grace to others for their quirks, grumpy days, or anything else they do that we don’t like, only when we have a sticky limiting label to slap on them?

Why will we not grant the same grace of being firey and impulsive to a Pisces or a Capricorn? Maybe they’re having that kind of day? Maybe they were raised that way?

Can we let it be ok for ourselves and others to have a full spectrum of emotions that have absolutely nothing to do with any form of typing system?

Don’t even get me started on the sky-is-falling routines once people see that Mercury is retrograde!

I blame a lot on planetary movements and late-stage ADHD diagnosis. It’s so easy to do and gives my ego the candy it’s hollering for.

Who me? A mess? Noooo, that’s Saturn and Chiron, something in my Nine, and my Human Design Gate Whatever-The-Fuck.

No one loves finding a rationalization for why I can’t get my shit together better than I do.

I believe all these systems have merit. Patterns in the stars and seasons are related to clusters of characteristics in people, I see those and they make sense to me.

Human Design changed my life for the better, even though its founder and origin story are both shady af and give me the heebies.

I know from experience that these systems have definitely helped me grant myself a bit more grace and compassion. I just wish I’d been able to do it just because it’s a kinder way to live.

I wish for us all that we grant grace immediately and more often (which doesn’t mean breaking boundaries or accepting excuses.)

If we’re going to assume motivations for behavior, let us do so from the perspective of our deeply flawed and messily beautiful shared humanity.

May we be loved.
May we love.

May we be blessed.
May we bless.

May we be kind, and kind, and kind again.

XO,

LMW

image credit to me and Midjourney.