3/6 Emotional Projector
Hello, my Googling friend đ Is it safe to assume youâre trying to work out what these strange Human Design terms mean?
I get it. I was in your shoes about ten years ago when I first got my HD chart and wondered what it was all about. In this post, Iâm going to walk you through them one at a time.
Iâll use everyday language so that you can start to incorporate the wisdom of Human Design into your own life. After all, thatâs the entire point of this system - using it to make your life work better.
If that sounds good, then letâs do this!
First: Let's look at the numbers (aka your Profile)
3/6 Emotional Projector
On your Human Design chart, there is a number that is usually displayed in such a way that it looks like a fraction. (Itâs not a fraction but it does appear that way!)
This is known as your Profile and it can tell you incredibly useful things about your inbuilt character.
Your Profile has two numbers and they both reveal something about how you relate to other people and life in general. There are no better or worse Profiles there is simply your natural tendency for how youâre designed to do this life.
If your Human Design chart shows that youâre the same Profile as listed in the title of this post then this means the following...
The 3/6 Profile, also known as the "Martyr/Role Model" goes through three very distinct life stages and the sooner you know this, the better you can navigate each one.
From birth until your Saturn Return (around age 29) you are really in the thick of life. During this time you are designed to have an incredible amount of experiences. Some of them will be good, some of them will be challenging. All of them are there to teach you something valuable you can use to help others in the future.
In the second stage, from 29 (ish) until your Kiron Return (around age 50) you withdraw from the chaos of life a little bit. This is your time to reflect on all the experiences youâve had, to heal, integrate the lessons and gain a wider perspective.
During this stage, itâs essential that you recognise that none of these were âmistakesâ or âfailuresâ (despite what others, or even your own mind, might have to say on the matter). Rather, you simply worked out a lot of things that donât work on your way to working out what does work.
In the third and final stage, at age 50 (ish) it is time to step back into the world again and lead by example as the role model you were born to become. This is when you get to share with other people the many, many important lessons you learned while navigating the âschool of hard knocksâ.
Your personal experience from your early years combined with the reflection and integration during your 30s and 40s (if done well) will allow you to see how your life experiences apply to just about everyone else.
This is how your hardships become valuable lessons for everyone who looks up to you. In this final stage, you are the example of whatâs possible when we courageously experience and process all that life brings us.
If you want to ensure that you become that wise, authentic role model that you were born to be then during your early adult years (if youâre reading this before age 29) try to make peace with the tumultuousness of this time period and know that the intensity of it will end.
If youâre in your 30s or 40s, prioritise healing any pain you might still have associated with so-called âmistakesâ or âfailuresâ so that you can see the valuable lessons those experiences brought you. Keep healing and integrating until they no longer sting, until you no longer feel shame, and you can really truly feel at peace with everything youâve been through.
If you already feel good about âfailing forward fastâ and âlearning by doingâ regardless of the mess it might create, then thereâs nothing for you to do but keep doing you!
And if your life as a 3/6 ever feels too hard, dive into my suggestions above because theyâll help you make sense of the mess and ultimately make you better at teaching, leading, guiding, mentoring and/or inspiring others when the time comes. Because, after all, thatâs what all the mess is for đ
Second: Let's look at the first term (aka your Inner Authority)
3/6 Emotional Projector
Knowing how to make powerful and aligned decisions in your life is arguably one of the most important things Human Design can show you.
When I didnât know how to make decisions according to my energetic design my life was a total shambles. Once I learned about Human Design and understood my Inner Authority things began to change and have only got better and better over time.
The term Inner Authority points to the fact that you are your own best authority in your life.
You know whatâs best for you if only you know where to pay attention when trying to make decisions. This is the power of understanding your Inner Authority. If your HD chart or report tells you that your Inner Authority is the one listed below (and in the title of this blog post) then I'll walk you through the meaning of that now.
Emotional Inner Authority does not mean youâre designed to make decisions based on your emotions or that youâre necessarily an overly emotional person. It means that you need to reach emotional clarity or neutrality before you know if the thing is a âyesâ or a ânoâ for you.
Forget trying to make on-the-spot decisions; youâll end up regretting it later.
Try sleeping on it or at the very least, wait a full day or two. Youâll know itâs time to choose when the correct decision is obvious.
Third: Let's look at the last term (aka your Type)
3/6 Emotional Projector
The last part of this series of words we use to describe you in Human Design is your Type. Broadly speaking there are five Types.
(Although some HD teachers prefer to teach four Types many of us have found that splitting the population into five broad groups is more helpful. If youâve seen this difference between teachers, or you do in the future, please know whether it's four or five, itâs not worth losing sleep over.
Type is an imperfect way of splitting 8 billion people into different groups. While the exact right way to split us into different segments might be imperfect it's still incredibly helpful, hence why most HD teachers on the planet teach about the concept of Type. So, let's get back to the blog post as we re-focus on whatâs truly helpful.)
Your Human Design Type refers to how your aura (or energy field, itâs the same thing) behaves or interacts with other people. Some people are here to start conversations, others are here to respond, and one group of people are here to do a bit of both. Some are here to take other people in deeply so they can understand them really well, while others are here to be a mirror for the people they meet.
No one Type is better than any other; they are all just a little or a lot different from the others and are all here to do different things in this life.
A Projector is here to do life entirely different to most people. If your Human Design chart says this is your Type then you naturally, without any effort see and feel and sense things that others miss.
Youâre here to guide other people with the things that you know. Itâs an incredibly deep and powerful gift but for you to know which people you are here to guide in this life you need a sign.
That sign will be some kind of invitation. The people youâre here to help with your insights and intuition and ideas will make it known to you that they really want your help. Not just anyoneâs help but yours specifically.
Note: For you to stay healthy (or become healthy again) youâll need to find a way to guide others that honours the immense value you bring to the table. Ideally, youâll only guide those who truly value you and your ideal work will be one where you are paid very well for far less effort than a ânormalâ job demands.
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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 đ
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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.
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