5/1 Emotional Generator
Did you land on this post because you were Googling some weird terms we use in Human Design? I thought so!
In that case, you’re in good hands. Below I’ll run you through what the numbers and letters in the title here actually mean in the real world so you can feel more confident using Human Design to support your life.
Shall we begin?
First: Let's look at the numbers (aka your Profile)
5/1 Emotional Generator
On your Human Design chart, there is a number that is usually displayed in such a way that it looks like a fraction. (It’s 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 you’re designed to do this life.
If your Human Design chart shows that you’re the same Profile as listed in the title of this post then this means the following...
As a 5/1 Profile, you have one part of you that is naturally attracting the attention of others and is here to be of service as an impactful visionary leader (that’s your “5”). And you have one totally different part of you that is not at all interested in people but rather wants to dig deep, deep, deep into information (that’s your “1”).
There’s no design fault here. This is exactly the combination you need to do what you came here to do. And they actually work beautifully together when you know how they function.
See your 1st Line part, known as the “Investigator” is driven to research and understand a particular subject area until you know more about that subject than most people on the planet. This part of you is determined to feel strong and secure and confident.
You instinctively know you’ll feel that way when you’ve gathered enough information that you can create a solid foundation out of what you’ve learned and keep building on it over your lifetime.
When you feel like you know enough then your 5th Line part will willingly share what you’ve learned with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it.
In Traditional Human Design, this teaching part of you was called the “Heretic” because of your inbuilt rebellious nature. This part of you refuses to accept the status quo and won’t teach stuff that isn’t genuinely helpful. Instead, your ideas can be heretical, innovative and visionary. You’re designed to see things others cannot see because the 5th Line gets to draw on the wisdom of other lifetimes.
But there are some important practices you need in your toolkit as a 5th Line Heretic in order to serve the collective well without doing your own head in! In short:
1. Communicate clearly what you can and cannot offer,
2. Follow your HD Strategy & Inner Authority - it’s important that you say ‘no’ when you need to and ‘yes’ when you want to,
3. Be sure to provide a practical solution to the problem you’ve been called in to solve,
4. Leave when you’re done - don’t hang around, and
5. Give yourself plenty of time alone to recuperate from the projections and expectations of others.
You can have a powerful impact on the lives of total strangers with this Profile. But like a movie star or a famous musician, you’ll get attention from anyone and everyone from the moment you leave your home until you retreat inside your safe haven again. That’s part of the gig in this life. Learn how to show up and do what needs to be done and leave again as soon as it’s time.
Second: Let's look at the first term (aka your Inner Authority)
5/1 Emotional 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.
Emotional Inner Authority does not mean you’re designed to make decisions based on your emotions or that you’re necessarily an overly emotional person. It means that you need to reach emotional clarity or neutrality before you know if the thing is a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ for you.
Forget trying to make on-the-spot decisions; you’ll end up regretting it later.
Try sleeping on it or at the very least, wait a full day or two. You’ll know it’s time to choose when the correct decision is obvious.
Third: Let's look at the last term (aka your Type)
5/1 Emotional 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!”
5/1 Emotional 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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