5/1 Mental Projector

Hello, my Googling friend 🙂 Is it safe to assume you’re 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, I’m going to walk you through them one at a time.

I’ll use everyday language so that you can start to incorporate the wisdom of Human Design into your own life. After all, that’s the entire point of this system - using it to make your life work better.

If that sounds good, then let’s do this!

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.

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.

Mental is a misleading name for your Inner Authority when you have no context for why it’s called that. So, let me explain the most important thing you need to know at the beginning of your HD journey.

If you’re in this tiny group of people, I know this about you: You are mentally very switched on. You can think and think and think all day long. But I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that your clever mind is rubbish at making decisions!

Instead, try this: Find a kind, listening ear (spouse, friend, sibling, therapist, pet dog… whoever will listen without interrupting or giving you advice) and get all the thoughts about the potential opportunity out of your head.

That’s how you’ll reach a clear decision.