This week on Real Human Design Stories, I had the absolute joy of sitting down with Jahje Ives—a 5/1 Emotional Manifestor with the Left Angle Cross of Education. I’d known her online for quite some time, but after finally meeting in person in Austin, I knew I needed to bring her powerful creative energy to the podcast.
Jahje is one of those people who seems to channel beauty itself. Whether through intuitive artwork, transformational coaching, or deep spiritual presence, everything she touches feels like a transmission. In this episode, we talk about navigating the natural rise and fall of creative cycles, the power of trusting the urge (especially as a Manifestor), and how Human Design helped her reframe grief and step into radical self-trust.
Key Themes Discussed
What it means to be initiated by art rather than just creating it
Navigating life after deep personal loss, and how it cracked her open to something greater
The creative and emotional landscape of Gate 12 and Channel 35/36
What it’s like to live as a Manifestor with just one channel and an open sacral
Why she closed down a successful 15-year business—because the energy was gone
How Human Design helped her release “shoulds” and honor her own unique rhythm
The sacred timing of creative urges, and how trying to force them only leads to burnout
Her upcoming project: an intuitively illustrated exploration of the 64 Gates in Human Design. Here’s a sneak peak.Â
Aspects Discussed of Jahje’s Human Design
Jahje is a 5/1 Emotional Manifestor with the Left Angle Cross of Education. She carries only one defined channel—35/36—which she lovingly calls the Leap of Faith channel. With just two defined centers and a completely open head, her chart invites her into deep emotional truth and collective storytelling, expressed through her art, coaching, and channeled presence.
We talked about the importance of honoring that emotional wave, especially when it intersects with creative work. Her insights on Gate 12 were especially powerful—how the words that come through her feel channeled, almost not her own, and how that emotional timing influences what lands and when.
She also shared how understanding her openness gave her language for something she’d always felt but never understood: that she reads people and spaces deeply and that this sensitivity is actually a gift, not a weakness.
And yes—she absolutely brings that gift into her art.
See Jahje’s Chart in Her Own Embodied Style
In true Manifestor fashion, Jahje doesn’t just study Human Design—she channels it. Below is her personal bodygraph, rendered in her own artistic style as part of her embodied chart collection.
This is just one example of how she turns insight into something you can feel—not just understand.
Personal Reflections
What struck me most about this conversation was the way Jahje embodies creative sovereignty. She doesn’t try to force ideas to fit into a calendar. She doesn’t cling to old projects just because they’re successful. She follows the energy—and when it’s gone, she lets it go. That’s not just the wisdom of a Manifestor… that’s the wisdom of someone deeply in tune with their own inner truth.
As someone who’s also learning to trust creative seasons, I found this conversation so validating. It’s a reminder that honoring our internal flow—whether we’re artists, guides, or seekers—isn’t selfish or flaky. It’s sacred.
And yes… I’m already dreaming about getting one of those bloom portraits for myself.
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This one left me inspired, cracked open, and full of creative permission. Jahje is the real deal. Her story is one of courage, trust, and blooming—again and again.
And trust me… when creativity calls? You’ll want to be listening.
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