The 12 Human Design profiles

Your profile is two numbers. The first comes from the line of your Sun at birth, the second from the line of your Sun about 88 days earlier. Together they describe how you learn and the role other people tend to give you. There are 12 in all.

Profile 1/3 · 14.5%

The Digger Who Tests Everything

You want to understand things deeply, then check them yourself by bumping into reality.

Profile 1/4 · 2.4%

The Specialist Friends Recommend

You go deep on a subject and share it with your circle, who trust what you know.

Profile 2/4 · 14.9%

The Quiet Talent With a Good Crowd

You've got natural gifts you don't always notice, and it's the people close to you who draw them out.

Profile 2/5 · 2.3%

The Natural Who Gets Called On

People see you as the one who can sort the problem out, when mostly you'd like to be left in peace.

Profile 3/5 · 14.1%

The Experimenter Everyone Calls

You test everything for real, so people assume you've got practical answers for them.

Profile 3/6 · 2.1%

From Messy Tries to Steady Ground

Early years full of experiments, then a stepping back that makes you someone people can lean on.

Profile 4/6 · 14.5%

The Friend With the Long View

Relationships come first for you, and over time you become the person whose opinion people seek out.

Profile 4/1 · 2.2%

The Steady Keel

You follow your own line without much drifting, and people often end up arranging themselves around you.

Profile 5/1 · 14.0%

The Well-Prepared Fixer

People count on you to find a solution, and you deliver because you've done your research.

Profile 5/2 · 2.4%

The Reluctant Problem-Solver

You've got a real gift for fixing problems, but you'd rather stay in your corner until the timing's right.

Profile 6/2 · 14.2%

The Late-Blooming Example

You take time to experiment, then watch from a distance, before becoming someone people look up to.

Profile 6/3 · 2.4%

The Observer Who's Tried It All

You mix a wise head's distance with a taste for experiments that aren't always sensible.

The 6 lines

Each number in a profile is a line. Here is what each one brings.

Line 1

Groundwork

You need to understand the basics inside out before you feel safe moving forward.

Line 2

Knack

Your talents feel obvious to you, and you like being left alone until someone comes looking for you.

Line 3

Trial

You learn by trying, messing up and trying again, and your mistakes slowly turn into know-how.

Line 4

Circle

Your best chances come through people you already know, and friendships matter a lot to you.

Line 5

Go-to

People see you as the one who'll fix it, for better and for worse.

Line 6

Hindsight

Life tends to come in three stages: you experiment, you step back, then others start looking to your example.

Frequently asked questions

What are the 12 Human Design profiles?

The 12 profiles are 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6, 4/6, 4/1, 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3. The first number comes from your Sun at birth, the second from where the Sun was about 88 days before. Each one has its own page.

What is the rarest Human Design profile?

Across the 20,000 charts our engine calculated, the rarest is the 3/6 at 2.1%, almost tied with the 4/1 at 2.2%. Six profiles sit at around 14% each and the other six at around 2%. The full numbers are on our frequencies page.

What does the angle of the incarnation cross mean?

Your cross is made of 4 gates: the Sun and Earth at your birth, and the Sun and Earth about 88 days earlier. It is read as a broad life theme. The angle depends on your profile. Seven profiles give a right angle (a path that mostly follows your own track), four give a left angle (a path shaped by the people you meet), and the 4/1 gives a juxtaposition (a path that rarely changes course).