Reflectors & The 28-Day Lunar Cycle
How to Move in Alignment with Your Truth
Understanding Your Strategy: Waiting Through a Lunar Cycle
Reflectors, you are deeply attuned to the moon. Unlike other Types who rely on their Sacral, Emotional, or Splenic Authority to make decisions, you move in cycles. Your truth is revealed over time, and your decisions become clear as you experience yourself through the lens of the lunar cycle.
This means that, when making big life decisions, you are designed to wait a full 28-day lunar cycle before taking action.
Why? Because over those 28 days, the moon moves through all 64 Gates of the Human Design chart, activating different aspects of your energy. These transits temporarily define parts of your chart, giving you varied perspectives and allowing you to see yourself from different angles. By the time you reach the end of the cycle, you’ve gathered a complete picture, and you can confidently move forward with clarity.
Why Waiting Through a Lunar Cycle Works
Each day, as the moon shifts Gates, you experience a different version of yourself. You may have a temporary defined Solar Plexus one day, making you feel deeply emotional. A week later, you may have a defined Ajna, giving you strong opinions and mental certainty.
Imagine making a major decision on Day 3 of your cycle—when you’re temporarily feeling confident, emotional, or certain—only to wake up two weeks later with a completely different energy. This is why time is your best friend.
By waiting a full lunar cycle, you:
✔️ Experience yourself in all phases before committing to a decision
✔️ Observe temporary influences without acting impulsively
✔️ Let clarity emerge naturally, rather than forcing an answer
At the end of the 28 days, when the moon has returned to the gate it was in when you first posed the question, you ask yourself:
Does this still feel aligned for me?
If the answer is yes, you’ve found your truth. If it’s unclear, you may need another cycle to gather more insight.
How to Use the Lunar Cycle for Decision-Making
If you’re a Reflector, working with a moon calendar can help you track how different Gates affect you, so you can understand your patterns and gain deeper self-awareness.
Here’s a step-by-step process to align with your unique decision-making flow:
1. Start with a Question
When faced with a major decision (moving, changing jobs, entering a relationship), mark the current lunar phase—whether it’s a Full Moon, New Moon, or Waxing Gibbous, and the Gate the moon is in. This marks Day 1 of your cycle.
Set the intention to observe your feelings over the next 28 days before finalizing your choice.
2. Track the Moon’s Movement
Over the next month, watch how your energy shifts as the moon moves through different Gates. Keep a simple journal (or use a moon calendar) to track:
How you feel each day
What patterns emerge
What clarity (or uncertainty) arises about your decision
3. Notice Temporary Influences
Some days, you may feel clear, confident, and decisive. Other days, you may feel confused, emotional, or hesitant.
This is normal.
These shifts are not your fixed truth—they are the temporary effects of the moon activating different Gates in your chart.
4. Wait for the Full Cycle to Complete
By the time Day 28 arrives, the moon will return to its original Gate—giving you the full picture. This is when you check in with yourself one final time.
If the decision still feels right, move forward with confidence. If you still feel uncertain, that’s your answer for now. Give yourself another cycle if needed.
Using a Moon Calendar to Stay in Sync
Because your energy fluctuates daily, a moon calendar can be a powerful tool for self-awareness.
A moon calendar helps you:
✔️ Track your energy shifts throughout the cycle
✔️ Recognize repeating patterns (when do you feel most clear, most drained, most creative?)
✔️ Plan life events around your natural rhythm
✔️ Work with, not against, your decision-making process
Reflectors are lunar beings. The more you embrace your connection to the moon, the more effortlessly you move through life.
The Power of Reflection: Talking It Out with the Right People
Reflectors, your wisdom doesn’t exist in isolation—you are a mirror, constantly engaging with and reflecting the energy around you. This means that talking through your decisions with trusted people can help you hear yourself more clearly.
But here’s the key: you’re not looking for answers from others. You’re simply listening to your own words as they come out, feeling how they land, and noticing what resonates over time.
Throughout your 28-day cycle, consider:
✔️ Talking with different types of people (friends, mentors, guides) to see how your thoughts evolve in different conversations
✔️ Journaling or voice recording your reflections so you can track your shifting insights
✔️ Engaging with your environment (nature, art, music, places that inspire you) and noticing how different spaces influence your clarity
✔️ Sitting with trusted connections—not to get advice, but to witness yourself as you express your thoughts and feel how they shift
Your clarity doesn’t come from finding "the right answer"—it comes from noticing the patterns that emerge over time.
At the end of your cycle, ask yourself:
Have I heard myself clearly? Have I felt the full range of my truth? Does this decision still align?
If the answer is yes, you have your clarity. If not, that’s okay—you are designed to move at the pace of life, not the pace of pressure.
Trust Your Timing
The world moves fast, but you are not designed to rush. Your wisdom comes from observing, reflecting, and allowing life to reveal itself to you.
By honoring your 28-day cycle, you bypass societal pressure to have instant clarity and instead move in harmony with your unique rhythm.
✨ Your truth is always unfolding. Let the moon guide you. ✨
P.s. Let me know if you want me to update the Moon Cycle Guide and make it public
Love y’all!
ALSO …(there is always more lol)—
NOTE: Even though you may feel different every day, your process is very consistent. The moon is always transiting through the same Gates, in the same order… with time, you’ll notice your unique rhythm.