I remember when I first found out I was a 5/1. I spent so much of my life making decisions trying to “live up to” the potential that everybody was constantly projecting onto me (which is a big 5th line theme!).

When I started to understand that actually, what problems I say yes to solving as a 5/1 is really important because while I’m here to provide practical solutions to the collective, I’m also here to be really discerning about which problems I say yes to.

I’m not a saviour.

I don’t have to fix every single problem, especially when my line 1 body doesn't feel like it has the necessary depth of understanding to be able to solve it.

Being a 5/1 has probably been one of the biggest challenges of my deconditioning process.

On the one hand, I felt a really big exhale once I learned about being a 5/1 and had more of an understanding of the “projection field” and how important it was to take myself out of that.

On the other hand, it really caused me to hide. I was suddenly so aware of the projections and “savour complex” that it felt easier to do nothing.

Like Aristotle says, if you want to avoid criticism then:

…say nothing, be nothing, do nothing

It’s taken me over 5 years to navigate this profile, to actively decondition, and to feel confident to be seen as the problem solver that I am.

It has also been one of the most transformative elements of my Human Design experiment.

Being able to understand my energetic makeup and the impact I am here to have, through my profile, has given me direction, purpose and confidence.

Everything from how I perceive the world, how I want to interact with my community and in my relationships, to the things I prioritise in my life and business. It is always reflected in my profile.

In fact, even the way that I present the information that I do in my blogs really comes from my 5th line leadership and solutions-focused personality and from the foundations and research I’ve built as a line 1 body.

What are the Human Design Profiles?

What do Taylor Swift and the Human Design Profile have in common?

They are all about that KARMA.

Your profile in Human Design can tell you so much about yourself.

The karma you’re here to correct in this lifetime, if you’re here to support others in their karmic correction, the life lesson and life themes you’ll experience and how you carry out your life work and what’s ultimately going to stand in your way.

But what exactly is the profile in Human Design?

The profiles consist of two numbers, between 1-6 and are expressed as a fraction. We also call these line numbers and they have their own tagline too.

Line 1 - Investigator
Line 2 - Hermit
Line 3 - Martyr
Line 4 - Opportunist
Line 5 - Heretic
Line 6 - The Role Model

So my profile is a 5/1, but yours might be 3/6, 2/4, 6/2 or 1/3.

There are 12 potential profile combinations and what determines your profile is the position of the Sun and Earth at the time of your birth (also called Personality) and 90 days before your birth (known as your Design).

You’ll see your Personality planets on the right-hand side of your body graph (in green), while your Design planets are on the left side (in red).

Here’s my chart. You can see that my personality Sun is in gate 15.5 which means the first line in my profile is a 5 and my design Sun is in gate 17.1 which means the second line in my profile is a line 1.

Ergo, ***5/1***.

Generate your chart below to discover your Human Design Profile.

Your Personality line (first number) is who you think you are and what you identify your personality as being whereas your Design (second number) represents your physical body or ‘vehicle’.

Understanding how to bridge the two is a really important part of the deconditioning process because while honouring what our personality and what other people see in us matters, so too does giving our body and vehicle what it needs to take us in the right direction and into growth and expansion.

Your profile is a beautiful look into who you are and what you came here to do in this lifetime.

It helps us answer questions like:

Who am I?
What do I need in order to thrive?
What impact am I here to have?

How does your profile impact you in business?

Human Design is effectively a self-discovery system that can help us to better understand our unique role and purpose in our lives (and of course, our business), including the inherent gifts and strengths we possess.

Similarly, it also gives us an awareness and understanding of what “shadow” qualities or conditioning we might be more likely to experience which can hold us back in business.

Human Design is not a business blueprint system. It’s a self-discovery system that is designed to help you become the Authority in your own life. There is no “Human Design for business” without it first applying in your everyday life and decision-making first.

The work that I do as a business strategist and coach who uses Human Design is instead about identifying the strengths of my clients and using this to support them with a strategy that is going to be the most efficient, profitable and healthy for their personality and their body.

Not everyone is designed to build solid foundations of knowledge and research before taking action, just like not everyone is here to prioritise their friendships and relationships.

My work is about identifying the highest growth pathway for my clients and their Human Design blueprint can give me solid insight into that.

Profile is no exception.

Being aware of your profile can help you to see where you might be being held back from uncapping your financial flow and business results, and also where to apply your mind and attention for more easeful success.

Let’s explore.

The Profile House Analogy

I found it really useful to understand the house analogy for the profiles.

1st line (Investigator): slab of the first floor
2nd line (Hermit): first floor
3rd line (Martyr): stairs between the first and second floors
4th line (Opportunist): slab of the second floor
5th line (Heretic): the second floor
6th line (Role Model): the roof

Today, I want to start by introducing you to the first line profile - The Investigator.

Line 1: The Investigator

***Keywords:*** ***investigator, introspection, foundations, security, study, depth, research, looking inward, self-focused***

The 1st line is the slab of the first floor and as we know, we can’t have a sturdy house without a sturdy slab.

They are here to have an introspective experience and to figure out where there are “cracks” in the foundation that must be fixed and better understood so it can be improved and made solid.

The 1st line wants to understand things deeply and so for this reason, they can have a really introspective process and can become self-involved in that research and understanding.

They need the space to be able to explore their curiosities and to satisfy their quest for depth. When (and if) the time is right, they are here to be an Authority on whatever topic they feel they have the necessary depth and understanding of.

The challenge with this profile, though, is that it can end up being a roadblock to growth if we’re constantly adding to our knowledge bank but not taking any action.

My reflection to clients with a 1 in their profile (especially when it's their personality line - i.e. it’s listed first) is, “Do you not have enough information and knowledge or are you caught up in the unhealthy expression of this line and continuously telling yourself that you don’t know enough?”

Security and a strong foundation are going to be important for line 1’s. They’re going to feel more confident in growth and expansion when they have things like:

A solid offer with clear and tangible messaging
A clear pathway that they want to take potential clients on when they enter their world
A website and solid “landing infrastructure”
Depth in their knowledge and understanding before taking action (“leaps of faith” aren’t usually energetically correct for the line 1)
Qualifications and certifications that support their work

For all line 1’s (whether it’s in your personality or design), I’d recommend being on a marketing platform that allows you to go deep on topics.

This might look like a YouTube channel, Podcast or blog.

I’ve had many clients start to move to Substack upon realising that they’re spending all of this time creating content for Instagram but the depth of their knowledge isn’t being noticed or received because there’s a limitation to what can be received on a platform like Instagram.

Understanding which marketing platform is correct for your business (and your Design) has been such a hot topic with my clients that I decided to write a blog about it: “Instagram, Youtube, Podcast… Oh My! Discover which marketing platform is right for your online service business”.

Let’s look more specifically at the placement of your 1st line energy.

If your 1st line is in your Personality side (i.e. it comes first and you’re a 1/3 or a 1/4)

You have a 1st line personality which means you’re likely seen as someone (and notice this about yourself) who likes to research different topics and satisfy your curiosities. Having a strong foundation of knowledge is really important for you.

1/3 Profile

As a 1/3 profile, you’re here to research and understand things deeply but to learn through the trial and error of your 3rd line.

This can be a challenging profile because on the one hand, you want to understand things but you’re also here to make mistakes and make decisions through your experience.

Being aware of this can help you avoid spending too much time in the “foundations” when you should instead be out experimenting and experiencing.

Business application: your process is likely going to be a little non-linear. For example, for my 1/3 clients, we will go through our messaging process but then before we completely perfect it, I’ll invite them to start creating some content so we can “try on” the frequency of what we’ve been building the foundation on. Then, we will go back and further refine their messaging.

1/4 Profile

As a 1/4 profile, you're also here to research and understand things deeply, but then you’re designed to share that knowledge with your community.

In order to nourish that 1st line, it’s important you are prioritising your community and building strong relationships with people around you so that you can actually externalise the information you’re gathering and learning.

You’re here to externalise the information you’ve learned, not test what you’ve learned through experimentation.

Business application: it’s important you don’t get so caught up in building foundations and researching that you forget to network and connect with your community. It’s important for you to be networking alongside the research you’re doing. This might be in Facebook groups or in local networking and leadership groups. Your opportunities come from your network and so it is important you’re prioritising this!

So for a 1/4, they might be spending more time at networking events and connecting with new people (maybe they have time set out in their calendar that is specifically for building relationships) whereas for a 1/3, they need time to test things out.

A 1/3 might do the work on their website, for example, but then instead of perfecting the final touches, they start creating content and experimenting with a few things so they can feel into the frequency of different messaging and then perfect their website once that’s happened.

Remember that things cannot become clear to you without action. When you’re not taking action, you’re seeing everything the same way. When you start to move, new perspectives and energies start to appear.

If your 1st line is in your Design Side (i.e. you’re a 4/1 or a 5/1)

Now we’ve flipped to talking about the 1st line from a vehicle perspective (your 1st line is listed second), and it is your body that is seeking the solid foundation.

Because this is on the design side, it’s unconscious.

This means you may not even be aware that your body is seeking this and the moment you start to explore this, it can completely explode your business results because all of a sudden, your body feels secure enough to expand.

It’s important to explore what foundations and practices help your body to feel secure. Is it having a full day a week where you don’t leave the house? Is it breathwork? Is it having open communication with the people around you and letting them know your plans so that you feel like you’re not the only one doing things?

4/1 Profile

If you’re a 4/1, your personality is designed to be influential within your community and it is your foundations that you are externalising.

Your vehicle wants to go deep because it craves feeling secure in its knowledge and understanding. Because the 4 and the 1 are both fixed lines (i.e. the slab of the first floor and then the slab of the second floor), you’re here to be influential in your community rather than being influenced yourself.

The challenge for this profile is being able to balance the need for connection as a 4th line, with the need for introspection as a 1st line body.

Business application: because the 4th line is your personality line, I’d recommend being an active participant in your community, whatever that means to you. This might be in Facebook groups or local networking and leadership groups. Your opportunities come from your network and so it is important you’re prioritising this!

5/1 Profile

If you’re a 5/1, rather than externalizing your foundations to your network, we’re moving out of the immediate network and into the collective at large.

Your personality is here to influence beyond the network and you do this through feeling confident in your knowledge.

Again, there is a balance between universalising and being the messenger of practical solutions as a 5th line, with the need for solitude and introspection as a 1st line.

It’s really important for the 5/1 to feel confident in their knowledge before stepping into the projection field because otherwise, they find themselves trying to solve everything and not meeting expectations (which affects their reputation) because they’re trying to be everything to everyone (instead of providing practical solutions on whatever their line 1 body feels confident in).

Business application: You’re here to impact the masses and in order to do that, you need to ensure you are not diluting your focus and you are creating strategies where your content and solutions can be discovered while you are removed from the projection field (i.e. an SEO-focused strategy like a blog or a YouTube strategy). It can also be helpful to prioritise mentorship that helps you feel comfortable being visible and how to handle projections.

If you have a 1st line in your profile I challenge you to consider where you can create space for more depth. Whether that's in the marketing platforms you use or in how you are currently engaging with your clients.

Can you work with your clients for longer periods of time or are their strategic ways that you can create a more deep and meaningful collaboration?

Profile line and Energy Type

Your profile may seem insignificant compared to your Energy Type, however, it really adds a layer of depth in understanding how YOU operate as a Generator or Manifestor, or MG… and so on.

For example, if you’re a sacral being (a Generator or a Manifesting Generator) and you’re following your Strategy to wait for a response, then your response will organically align you with the opportunities and clients who help you to fully step into the role and highest expression of your profile.

Similarly, If you're a Projector, when you’re waiting for the invitation and waiting for not just any old invitation, but a correct invitation where you feel really recognised, then those invitations will organically align you with the opportunities and people where you can provide wisdom and expertise that is aligned to your Profile.

If you’re a Manifestor, when you are informing and initiating for a true self urge and you’re letting this urge move through your Authority (either emotional, splenic or ego), then the birth of whatever that creation is will align with your Profile.

If you’re a Reflector, when you are giving yourself space to be in healthy environments and you’re waiting and giving yourself space for decision-making, then the objective insights you provide to your community will naturally align with the highest expression of your Profile.

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FAQ

What's interesting about the line's in Human Design is that we have a little bit of each 6 qualities. That being said, the numbers in your profile are the most dominant and influential. If you resonate with what was shared then you'll likely have dominant 1st line energy elsewhere OR you could be a Projector with a thirst for information OR have other attributes in your Design that make you love going deep!
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