Googling parts of your Human Design chart? I got ya! Let me explain what this strange series of numbers and words in the title mean so you can get on with being your awesome self. Yeah?
First: Let's look at the numbers (aka your Profile)
4/6 Sacral Manifesting Generator
There are two important numbers that are usually shown in the text section of your Human Design chart next to the word Profile. In HD circles it's quite common to introduce yourself to others by telling them what these two numbers are as it helps people understand who you are and how you operate.
There are 12 possible Profiles and they're all made up of two different numbers between 1 and 6. Once you understand what they mean you'll realise it tells you a lot about the character you've been playing in this incarnation.
So, without further ado let me talk you through what the Profile below tells us about you.
With a 4/6 Profile, your experience of life is going to look very different depending on the age you are now. Known in Traditional Human Design as the "Opportunist/Role Model" one part of you is a friendly social butterfly and the other part is… well, on something of a wild ride ;)
The “4” (aka the “4th Line”) is pretty stable. It likes stability and it likes people. This is the part of you that’s friendly, outgoing, a natural networker. You make a good friend and are always trying to build a solid web of relationships made up of good people.
You want lots of friends and kind acquaintances. You want people to have your back and you expect the same in return. The more robust your network the better for you and everyone who knows you as your opportunities for growth and success come through this network.
But this is only one part of you. Your “6” (or “6th Line” self) is quite a different character. This part of you is forever changing, mutating and adapting on its way to becoming the role model you were born to be.
For the first 29 years (or so) of your life, you’re going through a deeply experimental phase. You’re designed to ‘try all the things’ many of which won’t work out the way you hoped. You’ll make lots of so-called “mistakes” and probably collect a bunch of bumps, bruises and perhaps some breaks along the way. This is the time when you learn a lot by doing a lot.
If you’re reading this and you’re still under the age of 30, know that everything you’re learning you’ll have a chance to use later to help the people you know. Hold on, it gets better.
Around age 29, you go through your first Saturn Return. This marks a shifting point for you where you step back from the messy, intensity of life and you begin to reflect on the things you’ve been through. Over the next couple of decades, you slowly heal and integrate these experiences, ideally making peace with any shame you might feel about perceived “failures”, especially relationship failures.
The better you can heal, integrate and see a more objective perspective on the things you’ve experienced, the better a role model you’ll become when your Kiron Return happens at around age 50.
And while your Opportunistic 4th Line self has still been tending to relationships and connecting this person to that person, and sharing what it knows with the people in its network after 50 is when you really get to shine.
This is when you will influence your network the most. This is when you can share all that knowledge you’ve collected through the multitude of experiences you’ve had and the wisdom gleaned from them.
This is when you get to be an example, a role model, an inspiring illustration of what it can look like to truly be yourself.
Second: Let's look at the first term (aka your Inner Authority)
4/6 Sacral Manifesting Generator
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 didn’t 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 what’s 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.
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)
4/6 Sacral Manifesting 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?!
You know you’re a Manifesting Generator if you’ve had people tell you to sit still, or stop talking so much, or just focus on one thing and hearing these things has driven you absolutely nuts!!!
Please know you’re not here to be a quiet little creature in the corner of a room. You’re here to shine, my love, shine!
You’re here to do many things, big things, all the things. And ideally, only the things that you love, love, love that feel like fun, fun, fun!
Sound good?
Great! Because doing so is not only good for you, it’s good for the rest of us too. When you are doing the things that feel like so much fun for you, your powerful expansive energy lights us up too!
The fastest way to create this powerful, playful life?
Stop trying to make things happen and start responding to what life brings you.
4/6 Sacral Manifesting 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.
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Caroline Southwell supports conscious individuals to create lives and businesses they love using Human Design and Trauma-Informed Tapping. Learn more about her here.