Up to this point, we've talked about the five types, the role each type has been assigned. And the strategy that of each type follows makes maneuvering through everyday life a lot easier. So now I want to talk about what happens when you don't follow your type and strategy. You're going to meet lots and lots of resistance and I promise you, it's not going to be fun. So once again, not playing the role and following this strategy for your type means you're going to meet with resistance. In human design, we have a term that we use that describes when you're not following your type and strategy.
We call that the not self. So when you're not following type playing the role and following strategy, we say you are being you're not self Now the not self is not fun. The not self feels like this. Yeah, we're feel like this. The knot cell looks like this like you just want to pull your own hair out you're so frustrated. And the not self also looks a lot like this just banging your head against the wall and getting nowhere and getting there fast.
So trust me when I say being your not self is not fun. I'd like to introduce you to another term we use in Human Design is called the not self emotional theme. So each type when they're not following their type, playing the assigned role and following their strategy will experience a different emotional theme. And that's their cue that they're being they're not cell. So let's talk about the not self emotional theme for the manifester and not self. The emotional theme for the manifester is anger.
The manifester will feel Anger and also people who are involved with whatever the manifester is doing without informing, will also experience anger. So this anger, emotion will be a two way street, the manifester will feel anger and the people being affected by what the manifester is doing will also experience anger. Let's talk about the not self emotional feeling for the generator, the generator who is out there trying to make things happen, rather than waiting to respond is going to experience frustration, intense frustration from trying to force an outcome or make things happen rather than waiting to respond. So they're not self the emotional theme for the generator once again is frustration. Now I'd like to talk about the not self the emotional theme for the manifesting generator, manifesting generators like myself, remember on the day the manifesting generator were born, we had a boat Go buy one get one free.
That means we had a two step to our strategy and that also means we have to not selfie emotional themes that we will experience. The first not selfie emotional thing for the manifesting generator is frustration. We will become extremely frustrated by trying to force an outcome or make things happen. The second not Southey emotional theme that the manifesting generator will experience is anger. And this comes because we're not following the second part of our strategy which is inform others before we take any action. So once again, to not self emotional themes for the manifesting generator, frustration and anger and sometimes you will experience this simultaneously.
And trust me when I tell you this, it's not pretty. Now it's time to talk about the not self emotional thing for the projector. Wait No, the projector is here to guide and direct the energy of others but projectors must wait to be asked or invited before they do so. So when the projector is not waiting to be asked or invited and offering unsolicited advice, or inviting themselves into situations, the projector will experience bitterness. Now this will happen, the projector will become bitter because they feel like they're not being heard or not being valued or not being appreciated, but others will also become bitter at the projector because they're going to say, Who asked you? I don't recall asking for your advice.
So once again, the not self emotional theme for the projector who's not waiting to be asked or invited is bitterness. Now let's talk about the not self the emotional theme for the reflectors. Remember reflectors are the minority when it comes to human design. Only Approximately 1% and they have a very challenging strategy to follow. They must wait one complete lunar cycle 28 days prior to making any major life decisions. So the not selfie emotional theme for the reflector is disappointment.
This comes because they're not waiting those 28 days, they're being rushed and pushed through life and they're not given the opportunity to experience those 28 days to reach clarity prior to making a major life decision. Once again, the not self the emotional theme that will be experienced by the reflector is disappointment. So let's do a quick review of the north south emotional themes that will be experienced by each of the types when they're not playing their role and following this strategy. The not self the emotional theme for the manifester is anger and that anger is a two way street that manifester becomes angry and others become angry. At the manifester as well, the not self the emotional theme for the generator is frustration. They just want to pull their own hair out they're so frustrated by trying to make things happen rather than wait to respond.
They're not self emotional theme for the manifesting generator is to fold. Remember the Bogo, they're going to experience frustration and or anger and sometimes simultaneously, not self emotional thing for projectors is bitterness, the projector becomes bitter because they feel like they're not being acknowledged or recognized or valued, and others become bitter towards the projector, especially when the projector is offering on solicited advice without being asked or invited to do so. And the not self emotional thing for the reflector who's not waiting the 28 days the complete lunar cycle before making a major life decision is disappointment.