Inner authority
Authority (inner authority) is how you are designed to make decisions — especially when the mind wants to decide early. Nine-centered beings carry two authorities in teaching: inner authority of the body for the life, and outer authority of mind for unique awareness — but in the conditioned “not-self,” the mind often speaks for both.
A mind absorbed in survival withholds truth to control the future. Strategy aligns geometry; authority is the inner compass once something is in front of you.
AstroRust humandesign.chart field
Operation calculate returns inner authority in the field named strategy (JSON enum Strategy — not your type’s outer strategy):
strategy value |
Teaching name | Basis |
|---|---|---|
Emotional |
Emotional | Defined Solar Plexus |
Sacral |
Sacral | Defined Sacral, no emotional authority |
Spleen |
Splenic | Defined Spleen, no Sacral/Solar Plexus authority |
Heart |
Ego / Heart | Defined Heart connected to Throat |
InnerAuthority |
Self-projected (or mis-mapped heart) | Defined G, or heart without throat link |
Outer |
Mental / Environmental or Lunar | No inner authority below; Reflectors use lunar process with Outer |
Also returned: hd_type, profile, split_definition, incarnation_cross, active_gates, active_channels.
Authority is not your type’s type-strategy; strategy brings the opportunity, authority decides.
Hierarchy (one authority per chart)
The system assigns the highest authority present:
- Emotional — defined Solar Plexus
- Sacral — defined Sacral, open Solar Plexus
- Splenic — defined Spleen, no Sacral/Solar Plexus authority
- Ego / Heart — defined Heart (Ego), when above not present
- Self-projected — defined G center, Throat connected to G →
InnerAuthority - Mental / Environmental — Head/Ajna defined, no inner authority below →
Outer - Lunar — reflector only —
Outerin API; wait full lunar cycle in practice
All authority types
| Authority | Basis | Decision process |
|---|---|---|
| Emotional | center-solar-plexus defined | Wait through the emotional wave; no truth in the now |
| Sacral | center-sacral defined, no emotional authority | Gut yes/no in the moment — generator / manifesting-generator |
| Splenic | center-spleen defined | Instant intuitive hit; often speaks once |
| Ego / Heart | center-heart defined | What you will commit will to; honest desire |
| Self-projected | center-g defined | Hear your truth when you speak aloud |
| Mental / Environmental | Open inner authority centers | Clarity via environment + trusted dialogue |
| Lunar | reflector only | ~28-day cycle; sample and reflect |
Emotional authority (~50%)
Most common. Decisions need time for feelings to move from hope to clarity. Snap choices on a peak or valley usually regret.
Sacral authority
Body response now — not pros/cons lists. Yes/no questions work best.
Splenic authority
Subtle, in-the-moment knowing about health/safety/correctness. Mind replay rarely helps.
Ego authority
Rare. Commit only to what the heart genuinely wants to sustain.
Self-projected authority
Clarity emerges while talking — listen to what you hear yourself say.
Mental / Environmental authority
No fixed inner signal. Correct environment and sounding-board conversations matter; avoid solo pressure to decide.
Lunar authority
Exclusive to reflector. Major choices after a full lunar cycle; see type-strategy.
Related: types, type-strategy, centers, overview.
Sources
Inner vs outer authority, not-self mind, and decision experiment paraphrased from the IHDS introduction (intro_hd.md, Ra Uru Hu, 2004–2010). Field naming follows humandesign.chart in AstroRust.