Virginia Woolf’s Human Design Reading

Virginia Woolf was a 4/6 splenic manifestor with an active artist channel. She was created to create and share with the world, and along the way disrupt the norm with her powerful storytelling. Her design set her up to be visionary and make an impact, as we know she did since she was one of the most renown 20th century authors and leaders in inspired feminism.

As a manifestor Virginia was here to initiate new ideas and share them with the world from her 0801 artist channel. Everything she did and was had to do with art, which is why she ventured into full-time writing as a profession and supported the arts in society.

With a defined anja– Virginia could sort through a number of concepts and ideas with clarity and structure. This shows itself well in her intellectualism and critical essays challenging societal norms. Also, her throat and g-center were connected along with single definition meaning she could do well the communicate about her life and personal experiences, which she did often through memoir. She was hyper-creative, and intensely focused in her work, and even had the capacity to write across multiple genres. Her deeply emotional gates made her work compelling to readers in that it was incredibly human and personable. No wonder so many were and continue to be impacted by her writing.

As a manifestor, Virginia was able to work super quickly. Often so fast, that people probably were impressed by how she could work with such focus and speed.

She has the channel of wavelength, which asked her to show up through repetition and mastery to develop her skills. As someone who studied writing and was a published author– she put this talent channel to good use and excelled at her skills in writing across genres in essay, novel, memoir, and poetry.

Virginia has gate five, which is the gate of rhythm and ritual, which she utilized well in her schedule that she shares in detail in her book, A Room Of One’s Own. She wrote that her day was structured by working on her fiction between 10am to 1pm and then in the afternoon she spent time on lettering and journaling. Diving even deeper into her writing routine based on her design, her variables mostly face left, meaning that she did well to work from one sacred space, with consistent schedule, and a plan to follow for her writing projects. Given what we know of her mental health struggles, the structure and predictability in her day-to-day life most likely help her feel more grounded and supported.

Lastly, with gate 14, she had the ability to work for long hours on a single creative project. She was an incredibly dedicated and focused writer.

Virginia’s design pointed to a lot of autonomy, which meant she worked well alone and on projects where she felt she had creative control. If people did tell her what to do or what to write, it probably shut her down or really through her off. Her stubborn independent spirit is what made her so unique, but if she felt shut down by others in this way then she might have felt anger internalized or projected.

She also had gate 12, which made her very much connected to her emotional waves and moody creative muse. This most likely allowed her writing to be so attractive to her readers, but also could have caused instability if the emotional waves took her too far out to sea.

As for her writing career, Virginia has a defined gate 14 of possession, meaning if she was working within her splenic (gut-response) authority and doing what she loved, then she had a capacity for wealth and power in her industry. She was raised in a very affluent family with lots of privilege to invest her time into full-time writing, but even if she hadn’t had that, I imagine with this gate, she would have prospered as a writer anyway given her dedication to her creative work.

With her gate of influence in 31, she was designed to offer leadership to the collective. We see this as she played a leading role literary society, collegiate, and women’s rights movements. She also has had gate 18, which really wants to challenge society, which she did through her feminist critique on gender roles and women’s place in society.

Lastly, She was an opportunist in line four, along with having lots of social warmth her chart, meaning people were just drawn to her. She was able to network and share ideas in society that challenged and brought change. This opportunist line would bring about a wide readership that are connected to her writing.

Unfortunately, after finishing her last novel, Between The Acts, Virginia suffered the most severe depression to date. She had hinted at an obsession with death in her diaries and suppression of self by religion, but ultimately committed suicide by filling her pockets with large stones and walking into the river.

Some writing tips based on Virginia’s design:
She could block out large chunks of writing time to focus.
She would do well to network to find her readership.
Her writing was meant to disrupt, shock, and be emotionally honest.
She needed to work alone, so no writing partnerships.
She needed more structure and planning for consistency.
She was inspired by learning and mastering her skills, so reading a lot and learning how to develop her writing voice was key.

What are your big takeaways from Virginia’s design?

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Megan Febuary is an author, trauma-informed book coach and creative mentor. Helping women write their books, heal their stories, and understand their unique human design. You can learn more about working with Megan at yourbookyear.com