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      The Crown

       Inspiration

      Sitting at the top of the head is the triangle of the Crown. Kings and queens have always worn crowns to denote an attunement to a higher way of thinking. It is no surprise, therefore, that in Human Design terms, the Crown is the centre of inspiration, and the triangle’s peak could well be interpreted as the antennae’s receptor for the body, receiving inspiration from above. This is the centre from which truth, doubt and possibilities can emerge.

      The Crown is unique because it is linked to only one other centre, the Mind, where it downloads inspiration to be mentally processed. It is one of two ‘pressure centres’ and its applied pressure is to find meaning in life. Whenever you feel a strain to get your head around something, you’re feeling the pressure of the Crown. Or, put another way, the urgency of a problem searching for an answer.

      Anatomically, this centre relates to the pineal gland, a little – known gland about the size of a pea which sits in the middle of the brain. It relates to melatonin levels, suggesting we are either ‘awake’ or ‘asleep’ in life, either inspired or not.

      If your Crown is defined

      Rattle, rattle, rattle goes your head, pondering all sorts of ideas, truths, doubts and possibilities. I suspect you catch yourself saying, ‘I don’t know where the inspiration comes from – it just does!’

      When the Crown is defined, it follows that the Mind will be also. The Crown can only be defined through its link to the Mind, meaning you’re someone who is always thinking, reviewing and searching for exciting insights and fresh realizations. You can be of high intellect but need to understand that intellect and intelligence are not one and the same, because you must learn how to use that intellect. That’s why the CIA should be called the Central Intellect Agency, because until its agents actually think outside the box and process the facts, figures, data and tips, it cannot become intelligence.

      If you have the Crown defined, you’ll intrigue others with your mentally active way. That’s because you induce deep thought with your take on the world. This can mean you’re either received as scintillating company or regarded as dull as ditchwater, dependent on how you put yourself across.

      The Crown is one place where the sense of spirit can be found within you, whispering, wanting to be heard. It is the nature of the Crown to handle lofty concepts and this can, sometimes, lead to great stress about how to make these concepts practical or communicate them to others in a coherent manner. There is a deep – seated need to understand and explain everything, which, if unchecked, has the potential to send even you round the bend. I always say it can be mentally exhausting to have the Crown defined, and yet highly rewarding when inspiration leads to satisfaction.

      If your Crown is undefined

      You are open to all sorts of inspirations that seem to pop into your head at odd times. Wherever you go, you find inspiration in all sorts of different company and situations, because you’re open to the conditioning of other designs. This is why you love to immerse yourself in inspiring environments such as art galleries and movie theatres and connect with artistic people. You yearn to be inspired in this way.

      This can, however, leave your head spinning with a kaleidoscope of thoughts and inspirations triggered by other people. The risk here is that you’ll be so influenced by other people’s thoughts, issues and puzzles that you’ll act on them. People can end up carrying someone else’s flag their whole life and living in someone else’s shadow. Ask yourself this question: ‘Why do I spend so much time thinking about the dilemmas or ideas of others?’

      Refuse to get caught up in the highbrow conceptualizing flooding your Crown from outside designs and allow your centre to act as a receiving dish to the thoughts of others. This is how you turn a conditioning influence into the impassive wisdom that will give you the objectivity to untangle others’ convoluted thought streams and convey them with clarity. An example would be a student understanding a professor’s complex take on a subject and writing it out in a more simple way.

      Remain wary about committing to flash – in – the – pan inspirations which can be a waste of energy. Use this openness to remain wise.