Understanding Your Profile

Your Profile

In Human Design, there are twelve possible Profiles. A brief description of these is
given in the table below. Your Profile gives a general description of your direction in life.

Your Profile is identified by a pair of numbers like "1/3" or "6/2". These numbers come
from lines in the hexagrams of the gates defined by your conscious and unconscious
Suns. This requires a little explanation. In Cathy's mandala, we noticed that her
conscious Sun (represented by a black circle) is in Gate 10, while her unconscious Sun
represented by a red circle) is in Gate 46. (To display Cathy's mandala in a pop-up
window, click here.)

Each of the sixty-four gates is sub-divided into six parts (pie wedges), one for each line
of its hexagram. The location of each planet is precisely identified by a gate and line.
For instance, Cathy's conscious Sun is in Gate 10 Line 4. Her unconscious Sun is in
Gate 46 Line 6. You can't tell this just by looking at the chart, but the information is part
of your complete Human Design Analysis.

Your Profile is identified by the lines of your conscious and unconscious Suns.
Therefore, Cathy's Profile is 4/6, one of the Role Model Profiles.

Your Profile provides a variation on your Type. It doesn't affect your Strategy, but it
provides another view of the blueprint of your Design.

Summary of the Profiles

Right Angle - Personal Destiny

These people are introspective and love to learn. They

learn by trial and error and by making mistakes. They
Investigating are pessimistic until their foundation is secure. They
1/3
Martyr make their foundation secure by intense study, and they
have the core strength to rip down what no longer works
for society.

These people love to research and study and are

always being approached by their friends to share what
Investigating they have learned. Surprisingly, they hold strong points
1/4
Opportunist of view. They need a well-rounded education as a child
to have a broad perspective or they will be too narrow-
minded.
 These people are very private. You may not know their
real mission in life. These are "naturals" in some area
Hermit that interests them and must be "called out" of their
2/4
Opportunist seclusion by their friends and community. This is the
profile of the missionary, because when called to an
interest they pursue it with zeal.

These people are very practical, and their reputation is

essential for them to maintain their place in society.
They are naturally brilliant in some area and they prefer
Hermit
2/5 seclusion. Because people have false expectations of
Heretic
them, they are reluctant to engage. However, on rare
occasions, if they have a practical solution, they can
"call themselves" out of seclusion.
These people are the great experimenters in life. They
are problem solvers with a scientific inclination. They
Martyr will bump into everything that doesn't work in society
3/5
Heretic and will find practical solutions for it. Often others get
tired of hearing from them about everything that doesn't
work. This can lead to social isolation.
These people have some of the deepest wisdom about
the trial and error process of life. As they mature, they
Martyr become living examples of how to handle the challenges
3/6
Role Model of life. They have an underlying optimism and
innocence that allows them to endure life's trials and
tribulations.
These people are the witnesses of their social
environment. They are the great networkers in their
immediate community and circle of family and friends.
Opportunistic
4/6 They are seen as friendly and sociable by others.
Role Model
Through observation, they develop good interpersonal
skills. Ultimately they must mature into role models of
what they have observed that works.

Juxtaposition - Fixed Fate

These people are excellent teachers. It is not in their

Opportunistic nature to change who they are or what they stand for.
4/1
Investigator They have a very specific and fixed purpose in life, and
it belongs to no one to change that.

Left Angle - Transpersonal Karma

5/1 Heretical These people are often our leaders, generals and
Investigator gurus. They are natural leaders. Their personal nature
 is very private, but in times of need they are good at
finding solutions for organizations, governments and
society as a whole. Others have the expectation that
these people have the answers, and if they don't deliver
a practical solution, their reputation is ruined.
These people are natural geniuses in some particular
thing and have leadership potential, but they often don't
Heretical see it in themselves. Because of the great expectations
5/2
Hermit others place on them, they retreat into a private world.
They often feel oppressed by these overblown
expectations of society.
These people are here to be living examples of what
they have learned in the three phases of their lives. In
the first phase, they experience great challenges and
Role Model trials. In the second phase, they withdraw and become
6/2
Hermit objective observers of how to deal with those
challenges. In the third phase of their lives, they walk in
the world as natural, living examples what they have
learned.
These people are eternal optimists no matter what
challenges life brings to them. Although they also have
three phases to their lives of challenge, observation and
Role Model example; the challenges never end for them. This adds
6/3
Martyr an eternal element of chaos to their lives, and they are
always learning from their experiences. A good sense of
humor and the ability to laugh at themselves will make
life easier.