The five at a glance
The percentages are the figures usually quoted, and they're approximate.
- Generator, about 37%. Steady, renewable energy for work they love, set off by responding to what turns up.
- Manifesting Generator, about 33%. The same energy, moving faster and across more at once.
- Projector, about 20%. Sees people and how things work with unusual clarity, and is here to guide when asked.
- Manifestor, about 9%. Starts things and sets them moving, in bursts, telling people as they go.
- Reflector, about 1%. Takes in everything around them, and shows a group how it's really doing.
How you know you're on track
Each type has a feeling that tends to come when life fits, and one that tends to show when it doesn't. Generators and Manifesting Generators feel satisfied, or frustrated. Projectors feel recognized and successful, or bitter. Manifestors feel at peace, or angry. Reflectors feel surprised and delighted, or disappointed.
Finding yours
Your type needs your birth date, time and place, because it depends on exactly where the planets were. The time can change it.
The detail, if you want it
Two things decide your type: whether your Sacral center is defined, and whether a motor center (the Sacral, Root, Heart or Solar Plexus) connects to your Throat through a channel.
- Sacral defined, no motor connected to the Throat: Generator.
- Sacral defined, a motor connected to the Throat: Manifesting Generator.
- Sacral open, a motor connected to the Throat: Manifestor.
- Sacral open, no motor connected to the Throat, at least one center defined: Projector.
- No centers defined at all: Reflector.
The way of moving through life that fits each type is called its strategy, the good feeling its signature and the bad one its not-self theme.
Written with AI and reviewed by a person at Stellar Ally AB. Published November 3, 2026.
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