2/5 Sacral Generator
I’m guessing you’ve just got your Human Design chart and are Googling things to figure out what the heck it means. Am I right?
If so, you’re in the right place. In this short post, I’m going to break down what this series of numbers and strange words mean using everyday language so you can get your Human Design journey off to a great start. Sound good?
Great! Let’s do this 😊
First: Let's look at the numbers (aka your Profile)
2/5 Sacral Generator
The number on your Human Design chart that looks like a fraction is what we call your Profile. If you think of your life as a movie then your Profile is like the character that you play. It tells us some important things about your innate personality.
It shows us how you naturally interact with other people and with life. At least, it shows us one layer of info about these things as other parts of your Human Design chart have more layers that also affect your personality.
Your Profile is made up of two numbers between 1-6 with (strangely) only 12 possible Profiles globally. The Profile we’re looking at in this post is the one in the blog post title. If that’s your Profile then let's look at that now!
A naturally reclusive, determined rule breaker, the 2/5 Profile is an interesting one to live with if this is your energetic design. Firstly, not many people have this Profile, so if you feel wildly misunderstood please know that this is a common experience for 2/5‘s.
As with all Profiles, there are two different characters trying to work together to help you live out your potential in this life. For you, the “2” or the “Hermit” (as it was called in traditional Human Design) sees you being very, very, very happy hanging out alone in a quiet sanctuary that you’ve created for yourself.
Naturally childlike, innately playful and inquisitive this aspect of your personality has no idea just how much of a genius it is. (Even as you read this, you’ll probably find yourself thinking: “Really? Me, a genius? Are you sure…?”)
Your 5th Line self (the “5” in your Profile), which was traditionally called the “Heretic” is the other character that lives within you, and this part is a powerful problem solver who can reach a great many people. Here you are designed to be out in the world being an impactful, change-making leader, but only when there is a genuinely practical solution you can offer in a moment of crisis.
If you’re to live out your potential in this life you’ll need to become very skilled at dancing between the needs of these two parts: Get out of sight, step into the limelight. Get out of sight, step into the limelight. And on, and on for the rest of your life ☺️
Second: Let's look at the first term (aka your Inner Authority)
2/5 Sacral Generator
The term Inner Authority acknowledges that you have your own innate authority within you. That is, you are designed to be the expert on your own life. It tells us how you’re designed to make your best (that is, most correct and aligned) decisions in your life.
While there are a few factors that influence how each individual person is designed to make decisions, one of the most important ones is the info contained in your Inner Authority.
The one or two words right after the Profile numbers (as shown in this blog post title) is the Inner Authority. If this is yours then let me explain what that means, in a simple way, right now.
A simple translation of Sacral Inner Authority is “trust your gut”.
When an opportunity presents itself, notice right away how it feels in your gut.
Does it feel warm and expansive? Do you find yourself saying any version of ‘yes’ or nodding your head?
Or do you feel like shrinking away from the person or the opportunity as your body cries out (internally or externally) “noooooooo”?
Either way, you have your decision.
Third: Let's look at the last term (aka your Type)
2/5 Sacral Generator
The third and final part of that shorthand label we use for your Human Design is what we call “Type”. Type refers to how your aura (or energy field) relates to others and the world around you.
It can show you a huge amount about how to make any and all relationships work better and is often the first thing people will ask you if they know anything about Human Design.
There are five Types in Human Design (though many teachers choose to split the world’s population into four Types instead of five. At this point in my Human Design journey, having heard endless arguments from both sides of the fence, I’ve come to the conclusion that neither is perfect and I simply choose to focus on what’s useful).
Each Type group is here to do something a bit (or a lot!) different from the other Types. And that’s perfect because we can’t all do the same thing. After all, how boring would that be?!
If you are a Generator, then you are here to find and do work you love. What are you going to pour your energy into? Is it building something, or raising children, or running a company, or something entirely different?
There is something you are here to do that you’ll love doing soooo much you would do it for free. If that’s not your reality right now, your number one job is to find that thing.
Ask yourself: What’s the one thing that just the thought of doing it lights you up so much that you can’t believe people get paid to do it. That’s your thing to do in this life, or at least, at this point in your life.
Note: You’ll find this thing by responding to opportunities as they come to you. Forget about taking your ideas and trying to make them happen. That will only lead to more frustration.
Instead, know that life will bring you your ideal “work” and you’ll know it’s right for you because your whole body will go “yes, yes, yes! That’s my thing!”
2/5 Sacral Generator 🗹
And that's it! In one short blog post, you've now had a basic introduction to your Profile, Inner Authority and Type, and I even snuck in some info about your Human Design Strategy 😉
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Every word in this post was written by Caroline Southwell.
While AI is useful for many things it's still not very good at explaining the depth and nuance of Human Design. Instead, human beings who have been learning about and experimenting with the Human Design system for 10+ years are much better teachers of this content.
To learn more about your very human teacher, check out this page here.
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