Reflector: the rarest type and the lunar cycle

The type is read from defined centers and channels. A Reflector is the one case with no defined centers at all: all nine are open and no channel is complete. So a Reflector has no Sacral, no link between a motor and the Throat, and no constant source of its own in any center.

The rule is strict and checked on the chart without interpretation: a single defined center and the type is different. The system says such a person is like a mirror, sensitively reflecting the people, the mood and the place around them. This is an image from a self-knowledge system, not a scientific theory.

For big decisions the system suggests not hurrying and living with the question for about 28 days. Over a month the Moon passes through all the gates of the chart, and in the logic of the system a Reflector builds a settled sense in that time, instead of a momentary response to the surroundings.

In daily life this can be plain. Write down how you feel about the decision on different days and see what repeats. Talk the question over with someone you trust and notice how your words changed. Change your setting: in one place your opinion is often coloured by the people nearby. Urgent small things are not measured this way: the period is for a move, a job change, a serious relationship or a big purchase.

If a Reflector lives among people and in places that do not suit them, the system describes a typical sign: disappointment. It is the feeling that what you expected has not happened and your surroundings do not respond. This is not science, but as a reason to look around the observation is useful.

A practical question: which of my feelings are mine, and which did I pick up from the company nearby? If disappointment has become a constant background, check where you spend most of your time and give yourself a couple of weeks in a different setting.

The strength, as the system describes it, is the ability to see how healthy an environment is: a Reflector notices changes in a group before others and senses where a team is heading. Flexibility lets them understand very different people.

The challenges come from the same sensitivity. Other people's moods and opinions are easily taken for your own, and in a noisy or heavy company your state drops quickly. Another challenge: people are not used to a Reflector not answering at once, and pressure for a quick reply is common. A calm statement that you need time usually works better than any excuse.

In relationships the system suggests a Reflector chooses people next to whom their state stays even, and speaks honestly about what feels like their own and what feels like a reflection. It helps a partner to know about the lunar period for big decisions, so a pause is not taken for a refusal.

At work the environment matters more than the title: the team, the room, the city. Roles that value reading the state of a group fit: consulting, project assessment, mediation, mentoring. The system gives no guarantee of income and none should be assumed: it describes tendencies. Money depends on the market, skills and circumstances, and big financial decisions are also better stretched over time.

By our calculation on 2000 random birth dates from 1950-2005, 1.1 percent of people come out as Reflectors: about 22 people out of 2000 (2000 times 0.011). For comparison: Generators are 36.9 percent, Manifesting Generators 32.8, Projectors 22.4, Manifestors 7. This is not official statistics but our own calculation using the rules described.

The authority of every Reflector in our sample is lunar, 100 percent, and the chart definition is always none (also 100 percent), because all centers are open. By the rules this type has no other options.