6/2 Ego Projector

In Human Design it’s very common to refer to yourself by a series of numbers and words that help people understand something about who you are.

This phrase (as you can see in the title) has three parts:

* Your “Profile” (the numbers that talk to your character),

* Your “Inner Authority” (how you’re designed to make decisions), and

* Your “Type” (how your aura or energy field influences your day-to-day behaviour).

Together these three things tell us quite a lot about you and are a really good starting point for your journey into Human Design. In this post, I'm going to break each part down for you so you can start to make sense of this jargon and do something useful with it!

If your life felt like it got off to a bumpy start, please know that’s a common experience for those with a 6/2 Profile. You have a really important role in this life and with that mission comes a long, transformative process for you to go through.

The “6”, most often referred to as the “Role Model” is ultimately here to become a wise elder who leads by example. To support you in becoming this you experience a lot in the first 29 years or so of your life. If you’ve already made it through this stage, you’ll know that you had many trials, challenges, hardships and so many adventures you could probably make a whole TV series about your life!

Thankfully, life settles down a bit as you approach 30 and you spend the next couple of decades focused on your own process. To become that Role Model you were born to be it’s important to prioritise healing and integrating as many of those experiences, releasing the pain and allowing the lessons to rise to the surface during this time.

Now, the other part of you, the “2” also known as the “Hermit” loves this stage of your Role-Model-in-making life because it lovvvvvvves being tucked away from the well-meaning intentions of others. Your Hermit self couldn’t really care less about teaching anyone anything.

This part of you just wants to study things that fascinate it, potter in the garden or around the house, read a good book or get lost in a wonderful puzzle. Self-absorbed, deeply spiritual, curious about whatever it’s into and blissfully ignorant about topics that don’t fascinate it, the Hermit is happy being alone for extended periods of time.

Your Hermit self doesn’t realise that the reason people keep knocking on your door, trying to get you to come out and play with them is because you’re naturally gifted and they want you to share these gifts with them. But you’re clueless. You don’t realise you’re gifted, so you might decline invites because you feel too shy to share what you know.

But when you feel seen, recognised and really appreciated you may just leave your safe haven after all. At least, for a while. In the right circumstances, with people who you feel can be your playful, childlike self, you may even express a bold, magical part of you that few people see.

And somewhere around your 50th birthday, you’ll feel the pull to come back into society and into the messy human society of which you are a part, and finally be the example that people so badly need.

Rather than the conventional leader who willingly steps into the spotlight, claiming attention and glory, you are the one who will quietly lead by demonstrating what true authenticity looks like. You’ll inspire others simply by being yourself.

Everyone has a way to make decisions in their life that will lead to the best outcomes. Contrary to popular belief, we're not all designed to do this the same way.

Some people were born to make fast decisions, others to make them more slowly. Some people need to talk out the possible options and for others that will just confuse them.

No single way is better or worse than any other. They all have their place and what you were born with is exactly what you needed to live out your potential.

In Human Design, your Inner Authority is one of the biggest puzzle pieces for how you specifically can make the best decisions in this life. Keep reading to get to know your innate decision-making process better.

Ego is one of the terms in Human Design that gets a lot of pushback from newbies but it’s useful once you get how your decision-making process works. This Inner Authority tells us that you’re in the tiny group of people who are designed to make decisions based on what you want.

Let me repeat that in case it seems too obvious: You're designed to make decisions based on what you want.

See, it might seem obvious to you but it’s not the way most of us are designed to make decisions. Also, many societies view the speaking of our desires so clearly to be, well, egotistical. But the only way you know what’s right for you is if you let yourself express what you want and what you don’t want.