In this week’s episode of Real Human Design Stories, I sit down with someone whose presence stopped me in my tracks when we reconnected in Austin—Shebala, Queen of Lions. What began as a casual conversation turned into a full-body, soul-level experience that I knew had to be shared.
Shebala is a 3/5 Sacral Manifesting Generator living out the Right Angle Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix—and if you want to know what that actually looks like in real life, this episode will show you.
Key Themes Discussed
From shedding old identities to literally dying and coming back with a new name, Shebala shares what it means to walk a path of radical transformation. She talks about:
Trusting your sacral when your life doesn’t make sense
Death and rebirth cycles—literal and metaphorical
What happens when you walk as a medicine woman
Channeling ancestral wisdom and living in communion with your chart
How Human Design helped her integrate a complete identity shift
The power (and challenge) of embodying the Sleeping Phoenix
Navigating family, faith, and freedom on a nonlinear path
Aspects Discussed of Shebala’s Human Design
We talked deeply about her Incarnation Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix and how she experienced it not as a concept, but as a series of physical, emotional, and energetic deaths and rebirths. Shebala also shares what it was like to discover her design and experiment with it—starting with skepticism and ending with profound self-trust.
Her chart includes:
Defined Sacral + Manifesting Generator energy
Integration Circuit themes with 34/20, 10, and 57
Money Line (21/45)—tribal leadership and empowered resource flow
Channel of Structuring (43/23)—and how that projected energy shifted how she shares her voice
A fascinating exploration of living through multiple charts during spiritual transformation
Personal Reflections
Shebala’s story hit me hard—in the best way. Watching someone embrace the truth of who they are, especially when it disrupts everything they once knew, is exactly the kind of embodiment I want to amplify.
Her courage, her candor, her laugh… it’s contagious. But what stayed with me the most was her clarity: she doesn’t just live her design. She lets it speak through her.
If you’re a Sleeping Phoenix or walking through your own initiatory season right now, this one will land deep.
Stay Connected
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I co-host Transit Talk with Jess Tilly about every six days. These real-time updates dive into the current Human Design transits and how to work with them with more intention and self-trust. You can find past recordings on my YouTube channel and shared inside the Intuitive Human Design Facebook group.
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Connect with Shebala
📱 @shebalaqueenoflions on Instagram
Conclusion
The path of the Sleeping Phoenix is not a metaphor in Shebala’s life—it’s an ongoing initiation. And as she rises, she reminds the rest of us what’s possible when we stop trying to make sense of our becoming, and instead choose to embody it.
If you’re in the midst of your own unraveling… let this be a signal. You’re not lost. You’re rising.
Here’s Shebala’s chart
