Which Human Design Type am I? The five Types side by side

The five Types in brief

Human Design has five Types. They differ in how your energy works and in the Strategy that suits you.

• Generator (around 37 per cent): defined Sacral, waits to respond, the signal is frustration.
• Manifesting Generator (around 33 per cent): Sacral with a route to the Throat, responds and informs, the signals are frustration and anger.
• Projector (around 20 per cent): no Sacral, waits for an invitation, the signal is bitterness.
• Manifestor (around 9 per cent): motor connected to the Throat without a Sacral, informs and initiates, the signal is anger.
• Reflector (around 1 per cent): no defined Centres at all, waits through a lunar cycle, the signal is disappointment.

Questions to point you in the right direction

These questions do not replace a calculation, but they give you an initial impression. Pay particular attention to your energy pattern over the years, rather than how you feel this week.

• Do you have energy that needs an outlet almost every day, and do you sleep badly if you have not done enough? That points to a defined Sacral.
• Do you often find yourself doing several things at once and skipping steps? That points towards Manifesting Generator.
• Are you genuinely spent by mid-afternoon, and do you struggle with feeling unseen? That points towards Projector.
• Do you mainly want to be left alone, and do requests to discuss things irritate you? That points towards Manifestor.
• Do you change almost completely with your company and location, and does no single description quite fit? That may point to Reflector.

Why recognition alone is not enough

Almost everyone recognises themselves in several Types, because we have all been conditioned for years to work like a Generator. Projectors learn to keep working hard, Manifestors learn to consult others, Reflectors learn to act consistently.

That is why the chart is decisive. The calculation looks at the positions of the planets at the moment of your birth and objectively determines which Centres are defined.

What you need for a calculation

You need three pieces of information: your date of birth, exact birth time and birthplace. The time matters, because a difference of a few minutes can produce a different Gate, a different Centre and therefore a different Type.

If you do not know your birth time, you can request it from the municipality where you were born. Without a time, a reliable calculation is not possible.

What to do with your Type

Your Type gives you your Strategy: the way the right things are meant to come to you. The Not-Self theme, frustration, anger, bitterness or disappointment, is your daily gauge of whether you are following that Strategy.

Next comes your Authority: how you make decisions within that Strategy. Together, Type and Authority form the core of the practical side of Human Design. Everything else adds depth.