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Have you been waiting for the right tool to come along that will give you the answers you’ve been searching for? Here it is! Welcome to The No “BS” Human Design Podcast, where we dive deep into the lessons of the Human Design system: A system that reveals your energetic blueprint, showing you where and how to access your body’s consciousness and how to live as your true self. It’s time to let go of the societal standards and expectations of being and let yourself find abundance through being uniquely YOU. Listen in for lessons in Human Design, finding your purpose, manifestation and spiritual practices, using these tools within business, and so much more! We connect with other experts in the Human Design and spiritual realm in a refreshingly honest way to help you find your way along your spiritual path and live this life with intention. So if you’re tired of not knowing the right next step or what you’re meant to be doing, this is the place for you! Adriana Keefe is The Human Design Priestess and founder of The Magnetic Rebellion, a sanctuary for spiritual rebels and soul seekers. She guides women to unlock their authentic power through ancient wisdom and modern intuition. As a 4/6 Manifesting Generator, she transforms lives through her Top 2.5% podcast, The No BS Human Design Podcast, speaking, in-person events, and intuitive mentorship, all while embracing life as a mom of three who can quote every "New Girl" episode. Discover more at AdrianaKeefe.com

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August 13, 2026Episode 2671 hr 7 min

Learning to Listen to Your Gut: A Real Client Chart Reading with Me

Send us Fan Mail✨ Grab Adriana's free Human Design 101 guide here!Today I’m re-airing one of our most downloaded episodes that answers a question I get all the time — what do we do inside a chart reading?? What can we dive into?If you’ve never had a Human Design chart reading before — or even if you had one elsewhere in the past — you’ll hear my way of connecting with you, your specific design, and your situation. It’s very intuitive and spirit-guided, while still letting you and your questions lead the way.In this episode, you’ll hear a full chart reading I did for one of my clients, a 1/3 Emotional Generator, back in 2023.She wanted to learn how she could transition from being a career coach to a life coach and find the confidence she was missing to take that next step, but in the reading, we uncovered a lot more (as always happens in a reading with me!).We dive into:getting out of the shadow of feeling she’ll never know enough or stand out as a 1 profile linethe “red flag” feeling of frustration for Generator types and what she can do about itwhether or not she’s doing the “right” work for her designhow to harness her sensitivity as a superpower and support others in a healthy waythe part of her design that completely validated what her intuition and Akashic records had told herGet your chart at adrianakeefe.com for free right now if you don’t already have it handy, and follow along — you might have some of the same themes in your own chart!LINKSSign up for a 1:1 chart reading with me here.Last chance: I’m hosting an intimate end-of-summer gathering at my home! We’ll be sharing a day of ritual, magic, Human Design, and connection on Sunday, August 23 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT. Only a few spots are still open, and tiered pricing is available — sign up here!The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

August 6, 2026Episode 26653 min

Sex Magic, Womb Wisdom & the Spiritual Technology of the Female Body: A Spiritual Kinks Crossover

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual abuse.Today I’m doing something a little different and sharing an episode of Spiritual Kinks, my other podcast that I co-host with Lynnsey Robinson.You might remember her from our episode on past lives back in January, and now you’re getting a deeper dose of what happens when Lynnsey and I have one of our regular unfiltered talks.What starts as a conversation about sex spirals into manifestation, Human Design, feminine energy, trauma healing, birth stories, romance novels, hyper-independence, orgasms, and the very real possibility that women are walking spiritual portalsIn this episode, Lynnsey and I are getting into:the concept of "as above, so below" and the soul contract that put us here to do what we dothe connection between creativity, sex, and desire (sex as creative energy)the power of a woman's body and how we timed the birth of our kids through power of intentionfinding harmony and resonance in the masculine and feminine energies within us and within our marriagessex magic and the potency of orgasmic manifestationIf you take one thing away from our conversation here, remember: if you're not feeling connected to desire and sensuality, then you probably also aren't feeling super creative or in the flow with what you do or who you are.So get curious — get kinky! — about what turns you on, whether that's specifically sexual or generally excitingBecause that's why we're here, friends. To feel pleasure.The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

July 30, 2026Episode 26532 min

Your Venus Gates: The Values and Principles in Your Relationships

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Welcome, beautiful friends, to the second in our series on the planetary placements in our Human Design charts.Today we’re welcoming the gifts and lessons of Venus, so if you don’t have your chart on hand for this one, go get yours at adrianakeefe.com for free right now.We often think of Venus in terms of love and romantic relationships, but its sexiness goes deeper than that when it comes to Human Design. It reveals the values and principles that shape how you relate to yourself and others — and how you receive lessons of self-worth and self-love.In this episode, I’m breaking down the details of the Venus placements, including:how your personality Venus shows what you admire in others and what attracts youhow your design Venus can sometimes be more powerful because it feeds your hidden relationship patternswhy the wounds and gifts of Venus offer some of the most transformative growth opportunities in your chartthe current Venus transits through Virgo and Libra and how they’re helping us raise our relationship standards and be more aware of what we deservea deep dive into a few different gates to give real-life examples of how Venus can show up for youRemember, you'll always feel the energy of any of the gates I mention in this episode if you have them elsewhere in your chart or if we’re transiting one of these gates in the collective.So listen for where these themes keep showing up in your life — they’re probably hitting you somewhere!If you want to explore more aspects of your chart and your life in this way, it’s what we do inside The Magnetic Rebellion. And in our next workshop on August 5, we are going deeper into our Venus placements! Join us and use code PODCAST for 20 percent off.I’m hosting an intimate end-of-summer gathering at my home! We’ll be sharing a day of ritual, magic, Human Design, and connection on Sunday, August 23 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT. Only 8 spots are open and tiered pricing is available — sign up here!The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

July 23, 2026Episode 26459 min

Defined vs. Undefined Root Center with Kaitlyn Kessler

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Today we’re finally wrapping up our series on the Centers in Human Design with my friend Kaitlyn Kessler, a 6/2 Emotional Projector and Pisces sun / Virgo moon / Aries rising.Kaitlyn has spent the past decade building multiple businesses over the past decade and now helps other entrepreneurs focus on growing their income in a way and building a life that feels rich, not just a bank account that feels rich.Kaitlyn has six gates activated in her undefined root center, which means she's not totally open. But she's still undefined, so she and I feel the pressure from our roots in our own ways, as you’ll hear!As a quick recap, the root center is a pressure, motor, AND awareness center that is not about stress itself — it’s an internal ignition system that sparks the pressure to evolve, to start and finish what you're here to do. It’s not here to make you anxious, butIn this episode, we’re decoding those pressure / stress signals and talking about:what pressure feels like in Kaitlyn's body and how its urgency shifts when she’s by herself vs. around other peoplehow the pressure of the root relates to the feeling of scarcitylearning to trust the root’s healthy activating pressure of being motivated to get something donehow Kaitlyn has deconditioned to not feel pressured by deadlines when the internal momentum to produce isn't thereunderstanding the root center's pulsing energy, and when it's in go mode and when it's in rest modePlus, Kaitlyn shares a quick exercise to figure out when you’re feeling someone else's pressure and not your own, and we debunk my theory that all "late people" have open root centers!Grab your chart to check your root center and its gates, and press play!Join me for an intimate end-of-summer gathering at my home! We’ll be sharing a day of ritual, magic, Human Design, and connection on Sunday, August 23 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT. Only 8 spots are open and tiered pricing is available — sign up here!Connect with Kaitlyn:IG: @kaitlynskesslerWebsite: kaitlynkessler.comThe Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

July 16, 2026Episode 26337 min

Your Sun Gate: The Gift You Came Here to Share

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Welcome, friends, to the first episode of a new series here on the podcast! I’m decoding each of the planetary placements in your chart one at a time, so you can start to better understand all the beautiful parts of you.Definitely pull up your chart on hand for this one — you can get yours at adrianakeefe.com for free right now — because we're starting with the Sun gate!You might have heard that your Sun gate is your purpose, and while that's not entirely wrong, it's not the full picture, either. And that’s what I’m unpacking today.I’m looking at all aspects of the Sun Gate, including:the difference between your Personality Sun and your Design Sun gates, and how they express consciously and through natural embodimentwhy your Personality Sun has such a major influence on you, and why it appears in so many life lessonsexploring a few different gates to give real-life examples of the gift and shadow in each, including my Personality Sun of Gate 8Even if you don't have any gates I mention as your Personality Sun, you'll feel their energy if you have them elsewhere in your chart or if we’re transiting one of these gates in the collective.So listen for where these themes keep showing up in your life — they’re probably hitting you somewhere!And don’t forget:If you want to explore more aspects of your chart and your life in this way, it’s what we do inside The Magnetic Rebellion. In our next workshop on July 22, we are digging into our Chiron placement, since that’s activating all of us right now! Join us and use code PODCAST for 20 percent off.Join me for an intimate end-of-summer gathering at my home! We’ll be sharing a day of ritual, magic, Human Design, and connection on Sunday, August 23 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT. Only 8 spots are open and tiered pricing is available — sign up here!The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

July 9, 2026Episode 26256 min

How Human Design Centers Connect to Our Hormones (And More!) with Hope Pedraza

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!You know I love the intersection of science and energetics, so today’s guest is SO MUCH FUN for me! In this episode, I’m digging into how energy relates to our body’s healing with Hope Pedraza: functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, Human Design guide, clinical hypnotherapist, 3/5 Sacral Manifesting Generator, and Pisces sun / Cancer moon / Leo rising.Hope uses Human Design and energy healing in her practices to treat the body at the functional level, which is… I mean, preach to the choir here. And she has a lot to say about how our masculine, productivity-focused society is fucking with us on a hormonal level, but that’s just one piece of it. We’re talking about:how her discovery of Human Design was the "missing link" to get to the cause of so many physical issuesHope’s journey from resentment to embracing the experimental nature of her 3 line profile — and learning that so-called failure is sometimes just timinghow our undefined centers are a source of information as to what the physical body is doing, especially with hormonal changes and perimenopausethe root center's urgent pressure and its relationship to our adrenals and BURNOUTtaking a more feminine approach of looking at our body and asking what the body is telling us instead of immediately trying to "fix" something or expecting linear outcomesGrab your chart because we talk about centers A LOT in this conversation, so you'll want to know which of yours are defined or undefined.Join me for an intimate end-of-summer gathering at my home for ritual, magic, laughter, and connection on Sunday, August 23 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT. Tiered pricing is available — sign up here!Connect with Hope:Hijacked: Hope’s workshop on the undefined centers and conditioningIG: @thehopepedrazaWebsite and Podcast: hopefulandwholesome.comThe Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

July 2, 2026Episode 26137 min

What Is Chiron? and Why It’s Making Us Feel Chaotic Right Now

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Boo, I’ve been saying this all year, but 2026 has been one for the books with planetary and astrological transits shaking things up. There are some major shifts happening in the collective right now, and the latest is with Chiron, the astrological body as the wounded healer.Chiron has recently moved into Taurus and into Gate 3 in Human Design, and this isn’t a quick Mercury retrograde-style move. Chiron spends about seven or eight years in each sign, so this means we experience a DEEEEEEP restructuring of how we relate to our wounds — and, ultimately, how we turn them into gifts and wisdom.This is a lot to take in, so in this episode, I'm talking about:what exactly Chiron is, and its mythological backstoryhow Chiron in Aries has been asking us to examine our identity over the past few years, and why its move into Taurus shines a light on how we’re understanding and embodying our true valueChiron’s move into Gate 3 and our collective surrender to the chaos of new beginnings and evolutionthe difference between Chiron and your core wound (your design or unconscious Mars placement)real-life examples of Chiron in my own astrological charts and in Human Design gates so you can see how its wound and gift shows up differently in all of usThis is important: If you want to find Chiron on your chart (and you do!), not every chart software shows the Chiron placement. You can get your free chart from adrianakeefe.com and it will give you your Chiron gates — Chiron is the key symbol at the bottom of the vertical glyph columns.And if you want to dig into your personal Chiron gates and really reflect on the gifts within, join us in a Magnetic Rebellion community workshop, Chiron: From Wound to Wisdom, on July 22 at 12:00 pm EDT.Get 20% with code PODCAST — sign up here.The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

June 25, 2026Episode 26033 min

Why Everyone Is Obsessed With Jamie Fraser: The Off-the-Charts Magnetism in Sam Heughan’s Human Design

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Why are some actors’ roles just crazy magnetic?Like emotionally intoxicating to the point where people are out here forming full-blown bonds with a fictional Scottish man from the 1700s? 😂In today’s episode, I’m diving into the Human Design chart of Sam Heughan, aka Jamie Fraser from Outlander, to unpack the energetic reasons why millions of people feel weirdly emotionally attached to this man.This chart is a perfect example of why it’s SO POWERFUL to look at celebrity charts, because we get living examples of how certain energies express themselves in Human Design.So we can understand abstract things like emotional authority or gate energy in real life — and recognize that energy when we see it in ourselves or in other people we know.Sam is a 3/5 Emotional Manifesting Generator (and a Taurus sun / Scorpio moon like yours truly!) and his chart is SEXYYYY in the best Human Design way. It doesn’t just create attraction — it creates emotional imprinting.We explore:why emotional authority makes his performances feel emotionally REAL instead of just performed for the camerahis ability to be a magnetic shapeshifter and chameleon in his roles via his undefined G centerthe seductive charisma of Gate 22 (the Gate of Grace) and the intimacy and sexual chemistry of the 59-6 Channel of Matingthe sweep-you-off-your-feet, fantasy man projection of his 5 profile linewhy he’s probably really good at deeply, intellectually stimulating spiritual conversations (is it getting hot in here?)So if you’ve ever watched Outlander and wondered, “Why do I suddenly want to run barefoot through the Scottish Highlands with this man in a kilt?” …this episode is for you.Watch on YouTube to follow along with Sam’s chart reading!The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

June 18, 2026Episode 25927 min

Why You Suddenly Care So Much About Being Seen (Hint: It’s Leo Energy)

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!We’re not even in Leo season yet, but its big expression energy is being felt all over the place right now.Maybe you've noticed you’re feeling like you're not truly being seen or recognized by others, or that you might be playing too small or safe, or that you want to speak more, post more, express yourself more — there's a very specific energetic reason this is happening.We’re moving into a completely different frequency than we were last year — now we're creating and building in a 1 year, instead of shedding in the 9 numerological year of 2025.And that’s what I’m highlighting in today’s episode:why last year's energy of stripping away, recalibrating, and getting comfortable with our own authentic identity prepared us for this yearhow Venus and Jupiter entering Leo and transiting through throat center gates are giving us new desires on using our voices — despite the fear of rejectionwhy this is a very heart-centered energy that's telling us to go after our delulu dreams and ambitionsand why this current Leo energy is an initiation for us to allow us to be seen for who we are, no matter what other people say or feelAND I'm giving you a challenge for this week at the end of the episode, so I want to hear how it went for you! Shoot me a message via email or DM on Instagram because I live for my community to tell me what's coming through.The Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!

June 11, 2026Episode 25859 min

The Weathervane Witches Tell You Why You Don't Need to Spend $3000 on Nervous System Regulation

Send us Fan Mail✨ New to Human Design? Download your free "Start Here" guide!Welcome back to another episode of Weathervane Witches! In case you’re tuning in for the first time, this is the latest in a series of conversations with my local support system of incredibly intuitive women:Jessica Bridge, ERYT500 Kundalini and Vinyasa Yoga TeacherRachael Phelan, Ancestral Healer and Psychic MediumNicole Pope, Transformational Spirit Communicator and Evidential MediumThis time, we’re expanding on my recent experiences in the loop of constant nervous system regulation and how I’ve been focusing on feeling fully alive again instead of freaking BORED and numb.Trust that we have a lot to say on this topic! (Especially Jessica and her years of mind-body training.)And in our conversation, we're getting into:looking at nervous system regulation from both scientific and energetical standpoints, and how these two views go hand in handwhy nervous system activation is necessary and regulation doesn't just mean calming downmaking the connections between our stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn) and our Human Design charts, our ancestral programming, and the chakrasactively working through moments of dysregulation and uncomfortable responses, and being present in our body during those timesThis group always has a ton of wisdom and insight to share no matter what we’re talking about or experiencing, so I know there will be something in this episode to reflect back to you. Listen in!LINKSJoin my new instagram broadcast channel, The Activation, for regular updates on transits and how the astrological changes are affecting you!Co-Create is back for a Summer Solstice session on June 16 at 8:00 pm! This is is the final free Co-Create for everyone — after this, they will strictly be for Magnetic Rebellion members, so come join us!Chart readings are open for the summer and I'm now booking into July! Check out the calendar and get on the schedule here.Connect with the Weathervane Witches:Rachael:Website: thegoodwitchofthenortheast.comInstagram: @thegoodwitchofthenortheastJessica:Website: jtbwellness.comInstagram: @beamyourheartNicole:Website: mediumnicole.comInstagram: @mediumnicoleaThe Magnetic Rebellion is my supportive, soul-seeking community that lets you explore the path of transformation aligned specifically to YOU. Join The Magnetic Rebellion!Work with me 1:1 in my Sacred Design private mentorship: Book a call here.Visit AdrianaKeefe.com to download your free Human Design bodygraph, book a chart reading, and more!Check out my YouTube channel for bonus chart readings and episodes!Connect with me on Instagram @adrikeefeI'm DYINGGG to get to know you better so I'd love for you to hang around: Subscribe, share, and review this episode!