Discover what a 6/2 Human Design profile means for your aura type, and how it influences your relationships and the way you live your life.
Overview of the Role Model Hermit 6/2 Profile in Human Design
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Next to your aura type, the profile lines in Human Design offer great insight into your personality.
If your incarnation cross describes what specific role you are here for, your profile indicates how you should interact with the world in order to achieve your purpose.
Quick recap about the profile lines…
The 12 profiles are each made up of two of the six profile lines, which correspond to the six lines of the hexagram. They comprise of:
- 1st Line – The first line is the line of the Investigator
- 2nd Line – The second line is the line of the Hermit
- 3rd Line – The third line is the line of the Martyr
- 4th Line – The fourth line is the line of the Opportunist
- 5th Line – The fifth line is the line of the Heretic
- 6th Line – The sixth line is the line of the Role Model
All human beings have their own profile number which can be found by looking at the unique design of their body graph.
Your conscious profile calculation (the first number in your profile) is derived from the position of your personality sun / earth (conscious personality), and your unconscious design calculation (the second number in your profile) is based on the position of your design sun / earth.
Profiles including the 6th line are interesting, in that they have three distinct phases of life:
- Phase one – Starts at birth an continues to around 30 years of age
- Phase two – Starts at around 30 and continues until around 50 years of age
- Phase three Starts at around 50+ and lasts until the end of life
Each of these qualities provides the Role Model Hermit with a quiet confidence.
What’s especially fascinating is that during the first of these three distinct stages, the sixth line is largely hidden, with the conscious line manifesting much more closely to the third line.
The third line is all about seeking novel life experiences in order to learn through a lot of trial and error, and it’s this attitude which allows the sixth line to develop through the following stages.
Line two of a 6/2 is where much of peace of mind stems from: this second line is blessed with natural gifts and insists upon time alone. Each of these qualities provides the Role Model Hermit with a quiet confidence, and time to reflect and recharge.
When we talk about profile types, the following three important things should be borne in mind:
- When looking at each individual profile line, the first one is tied to consciousness, and the second to unconsciousness.
- They provide potentials for your life, not guarantees.
- They ultimately manifest in a different way depending on your aura type, and they should therefore be read in conjunction, as a unique way to navigate the world.
Now let’s take a closer look at each line, and the 6/2 profile in context of your energy type.
The 6th Profile Line – Role Model
As I touched upon above, there are three different phases in life for the sixth line. Fairly consistent themes throughout the life of a 6/2, however, are curiosity and reflection.
Curiosity is what drives the first phase, with reflection being what guides each of the phases forwards.
Here’s more about what you can expect from each phase:
Phase One: Birth to Saturn Return (~ Age 30)
Role Model Hermits are consciously compelled to lead others.
The initial phase for a Role Model Hermit is all about experimentation. Here’s where that curiosity is really demonstrated: 6/2’s have a thirst for discovery and knowledge, and they seek to satisfy this desire with gusto!
The most difficult aspect of the 6th line is this first stage when many mistakes will be made, as is usually case at this time of life. But for the 6/2, the process is gratifying – and extremely valuable.
Role Model Hermit’s have a sixth line personality, meaning that they are determined leaders, consciously compelled to guide others.
Phase one is an extroverted time, centred around experiences.
And while this first phase more closely reflects the third line of exploration as mentioned above, it serves its purpose beautifully, setting the 6/2 up for the next phases…
Phase Two: Saturn Return (~ Age 30) to Chiron Return (~ Age 50)
According to the Human Design system, this is a transformative phase during which the 6/2 evolves from the third Martyr line to the line of the Role Model personality.
Ra Uru Hu described this second phase using a house analogy of being ‘on the roof’. The idea behind this is based around a metaphor of the hexagram being a house, with this phase being the time during which the sixth line will manifest itself, by taking up position on the roof of the house, to observe and reflect.
If phase one was an extroverted time centred around personal experiences, the roof phase moves the 6/2 in the right direction for growth; it’s more introverted and focused on learning from those experiences, in anticipation of the third phase…
Phase Three: After Chiron Return (~ Age 50+)
The final phase of the 6/2 is where everything falls into place for the Role Model Hermit:
They are ready to come down from the roof to the strong foundation of the ground, and embody their sixth line: the Role Model.
Phase three sees the line of the Role Model finally come into its own.
The challenging experiences of phase one, coupled with the intense reflection and awareness of phase two come together as intuitive, deep wisdom.
Of course, it’s well understood that the source of true wisdom stems from lived experience. It cannot be taught by others, but rather it’s gained through personal hardship and lessons learned, which is borne out by the phases of the Role Model Hermit.
Phase three sees the line of the Role Model finally come into its own, with its projection field having great influence and impact on others, as they are awed by the 6/2’s shrewd insight and understanding.
The third phase of a 6/2 manifests as a sage and reliable authority, which others are drawn to and naturally lean into. There is no need to promote their innate gifts, because as they live their authentic life, it radiates from them and attracts the attention of everyone they communicate with.
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False Self in the 6/2 Role Model Hermit Profile
When a human being fails to live in alignment with their strategy and inner authority, and becomes vulnerable to the effects of conditioning, they will experience the false self theme.
The not-self theme is expressed as a combination of third and sixth line conditioning.
The sixth line is in your conscious sun for the 6/2, meaning the not-self theme is associated with the Role Model line. (Because the second line is in your unconscious sun, it cannot be influenced in any way and is not vulnerable to the false theme.)
Since there are elements of the third line also at play for the 6/2, the not-self theme is expressed as a combination of third and sixth line conditioning, manifesting as pessimism and a desire for stability at all costs.
This is not correct for the 6/2, for whom the process of the first phase is to experience mistakes specifically in order to later learn and grow from them. While clinging to the status quo in order to avoid change may feel comfortable in the short-term, it defies their ultimate purpose.
The 2nd Profile Line – Hermit
The second line theme centres first around a desire for alone time, and secondly the natural talents which set a 6/2 apart from others.
Now, the talents of the Role Model Hermit are displayed at their brightest.
According to the philosophy of Human Design, in the first phase of a 6/2’s life there’s a push-pull mechanism between the two profile lines, and experiencing conflicting feelings is inevitable.
While the sixth line (manifesting as 3rd line energy in the first phase), is driven to explore and investigate, as a projected line, the Hermit side instead desires time out, away from the world.
Being around others who recognise and admire their strengths helps the Role Model Hermit also acknowledge them.
During the second period of the sixth line is when the natural gifts associated with the Hermit have their chance to sparkle. This is the stage of maturity, and with the internal battle between introvert and extrovert dissipating, the talents of the Role Model Hermit are displayed at their brightest.
This organic process is in itself valuable to development through the phases…
With the second line functioning on an unconscious level, 6/2’s may have a hard time recognising their own gifts. They come so effortlessly, that they may not appear to the 6/2 to be gifts at all, instead simply perceived as 2nd line Hermit traits.
But, during the second stage as others begin to notice the flair and aptitude of the 6/2, so they will call them out from their self-imposed retreat. Being around others who recognise and admire their strengths helps the Role Model Hermit begin to acknowledge them, too.
Over time, a pattern of behaviour may develop, where the 6/2 withdraws to spend time reflecting, and they will subsequently be called out to rejoin the world.
Profiles vary dependent on Human Design types.
The Role of Aura Type in Profile 6/2
What does a 6/2 mean in Human Design? To answer this question, we must look at a Human Design chart holistically.
Profiles vary dependent on Human Design types with each having a different perspective, and while the qualities of both lines outlined above are fundamentally correct, they’re expressed differently through each particular aura.
While an important component of Human Design, profiles should be read alongside energy types to achieve greater insight.
With that in mind, let’s take a deep dive into how the main types can influence the way the Role Model Hermit manifests…
6/2 Manifestor Profile in Human Design
A common theme for the 6/2 Manifestor is causing concern among those close to them, as they live out their inherent need for exploration, investigation, and discovery.
6/2’s needs to learn from personal experience.
Manifestors are unique in that they’re the only type for whom it is correct to initiate. Yet with the conscious 6 Role Model line, they often put themselves up for experiences or situations which are not in their best interest.
Of course, there’s no telling a Manifestor, and a 6/2 needs to learn from personal experience.
For this type and profile combination, living according to their strategy is essential to avoid resistance and unnecessary headaches: they must inform the people around them of their intentions before proceeding.
Either way, the 2nd Hermit line is bound to have the 6/2 Manifestor reflecting on their mistakes at some point – a great reminder to pay better attention to their strategy and authority!
6/2 Generator Profile in Human Design
Pure Generator’s have a special strategy: wait to respond.
This is based on one of three possible internal responses, depending on their specific definition and authority. Generators may have a defined Sacral center (related to fertility), Solar Plexus (related to the nervous system), or Spleen (related to lymphatic system).
The second line of the Hermit should help a Generator to uncover where their gifts and talents lie.
For Pure Generators, the 6 line can feel overwhelming and it’s all too easy to sign up for all of the things. It’s important to tune into their internal voice and be steered by that inner guide in order to avoid experiencing the not-self theme as a result of incorrect energy usage.
Alongside their internal response, the second line of the Hermit should help a Generator to uncover where their gifts and talents lie, further guiding them towards correct decisions.
6/2 Manifesting Generator Profile in Human Design
MG’s have a defined Sacral Center (like a Pure Generator) and a defined Throat center (like a Pure Manifestor). As such, they’re a hybrid of the two, and their qualities and traits are also a combination of these two energy types.
The false self theme may be experienced as a result of too much haste.
Manifesting Generators have the drive of a 6 line and a Manifestor, coupled with the abundant energy and internal compass of a Generator. With these qualities and the natural gifts of the 4 line, this combination is primed to be successful in life.
For an MG, the false self theme may be experienced as a result of too much haste, arising from the extreme enthusiasm – compulsion even – to always be doing more!
But, all action should be considered action – not literally with the mind, but based upon the MG’s internal authority and strategy: to inform and respond.
6/2 Projector Profile in Human Design
This is an interesting combination of aura type and profile; while it can lead to much frustration early in life, later on in the second and third phases there can be enormous satisfaction.
Though it leads to intense despondency for the young 6/2 Projector, it’s a blessing in disguise.
Projectors are a non-energy type, which means they’re unable to initiate: their strategy is to wait for an invitation. This feels very much at odds with the 6 line in their profile, and its third line manifestation in the birth to Saturn Return phase (when Saturn returns to where it was when you were born).
Yet, though it leads to intense despondency for young 6/2 Projector profiles who must always see the more energetic Manifestors, Generators, and MG’s come out on top – it’s a blessing in disguise.
This dynamic perfectly sets up the subsequent phases of the 6 line for the Projector: experiencing bitter disappointments early on leads the Projector to embrace their fourth line and quietly establish and develop their innate talents.
During the later stages of life, the Projector focuses on and becomes an authority in their chosen field/s.
The young and defeated Projector has no trouble living their strategy (waiting for an invitation), since they have long since given up attempting to initiate.
As time goes by, during the later stages of life, the Projector focuses on and becomes a regal authority figure in their chosen field/s. This process is totally organic, and eventually, others begin to recognise the Projector’s expertise.
6/2 Reflector Profile in Human Design
Reflectors are unique beings with no defined energy centers, trying on the traits and personas of others they admire.
A Reflector’s sampling energy helps them to discover and identify their true self.
As a Reflector, the 6 line is expressed as a feeling of inadequacy in the younger years of your life, in the first phase. As you frequently change your identity, imitating those you surround yourselves with, you find you never quite ‘fit’.
But, over time, a Reflector’s sampling energy helps them to discover and identify their authentic self. This, alongside their experiences with a wide variety of different characters, sees a Reflector evolve and grow.
As they enter phase two of their sixth line, the second line harmonises with the Saturn Return to Chiron Return period (when Chiron, a small celestial body orbiting the sun, returns to where it was when you were born), and Reflectors come into their own.
This marks the ideal opportunity for Reflectors to tap into their natural gift for reading others, as well as the desire to be alone, which enables them to gain deeper clarity and understanding about their own true nature.
Careers for Profile 6/2 in Human Design
The professional trajectory of a 6/2 is interesting specifically because of the development of their unique perspectives over time.
After leaving education, Role Model Hermits may find that they bounce around in different industries and career paths, until they find something that plays to their natural strengths.
Often it’s in phase two of their Human Design journey that 6/2’s discover their vocation.
From the their first job until around 30, the ideal profession for a Role Model Hermit will be one which calls for varied roles. Later on it will be the one that allows them to work autonomously, with a great focus on their natural talents and qualities.
6/2 Human Design Compatibility
If you’re a 6/2 Role Model Hermit, there are certain profiles you’re known to be effortlessly compatible with, and this extends beyond a romantic relationship with a soul mate, to all areas of life, including friendships and business relationships too.
Bear in mind that this is simply a guide to known easy relationships, and doesn’t indicate that other relationships can’t also work!
Ideal matches: 6/2s and 3/5.
Also compatible with: 2/4, 4/6, and 6/3.
Less compatible with: 1/3, 1/4, 2/5, 3/6, 4/1, 5/1, and 5/2.
Famous 6/2 Human Design Profiles
Celebrity 6/2 profiles include:
- Barack Obama
- Matthew McConaughey
- Emily Brontë
- Charles Dickens
- Marilyn Monroe
- Pamela Anderson
- Jimi Hendrix
- Bruce Lee
- Elton John
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Edwina Currie
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What Does the Science Say?
There is no empirical evidence to support the philosophy of Human Design.
However, the system comprises many fascinating theories – some with a solid foundation in the context of psychology. So it’s not surprising that’s there is sometimes an overlap of features between Human Design and accredited research.
There are two Myers-Briggs personality types which appear to share similarities with the 6/2 Role Model Hermit.
At the bottom of each of the articles on this site, I endeavour to deconstruct the specific component discussed in the post, and uncover those common elements.
In terms of each Human Design profile, I thought it would be interesting to see whether an overlap with any Myers-Briggs personality types exists. Bear in mind there are 12 different profiles in Human Design and 16 identified by the Myers-Briggs personality test1.
In the case of 6/2 Role Model Hermits, there are two Myers-Briggs personality types which appear to share similarities:
ISTP – The Crafter
The ISTP is highly independent and thrives on novel experiences which provide firsthand learning.
INTP – The Thinker
The INTP is introverted and known for having a rich inner world, perfect for reflection and developing self-awareness.
While neither of these profiles embodies the 6/2, you could perhaps say that the Crafter mirrors the Role Model energy, and the Thinker mirrors the Hermit.
What are your Human Design and Myers-Briggs profiles, and do you feel either / both are an accurate reflection of your personality?
Sources
- Free personality test, 16 Personalities
Thank you for the very interesting article. I was suprised to see the part about mbti. I’m a 6/2 manifesting generator and I’m actually an INTP! So I was pleasantly surprised by the part mentioning INTP.
I loved the mention about MBTI at the end! I found myself wondering if there was a way to adapt the human design method with a scientific element to form a more accurate personality assessment so it caught me by surprise to scroll down and see you make that connection. My MBTI results have been mostly INFJ with some INFP results and one INTP result . I feel like both the INFJ (which I believe I am) and the 6/2 resonate with me. I also am in my mid 20s so, first phase, according to this which I think is an interesting factor to consider as well.
Hey Jesse!
Thanks so much for commenting and really pleased it resonated with you. I find the whole concept of HD fascinating, but I’m also passionate about the science of psychology, so I love finding those crossovers! Have to admit that I’ve recently discovered there are some holes in MBTI too (check out my MBTI post for more on this). Nonetheless, I love looking into where different modalities overlap and what we can learn from them independently and where they cross over.
Personally, I take the stance of taking the bits that resonate, and leaving the rest.
I’m also a 6/2 profile (projector) and an INFJ (which really resonates with me as well)!
“The young and defeated Projector has no trouble living their strategy (waiting for an invitation), since they have long since given up attempting to initiate.”
I laughed at this with a deadpan laughter because if this isnt the truth most especially the last part of this sentence. Most of the advice i ever got in life was too initiate and it NEVER worked for me. Not in my career not in relationships. I just entered my second phase and I’m just like well, that’s that. Over it
Same, girl, same 😩
Just wanted to let you know I am a 6/2 Generator and my MB is INFP-T (Mediator)
Hi Lara, i am the same design and MB. Wanna chat sometimes? Maybe through tumblr chat?
Hey guys,
thanks for these insights! I’m a 6/2 Projector and MBTI ENFJ, 28 years old and currently struggling to find a career to settle in. Wondering what you think about that. I studied business informatics and worked as a SAP Consultant, then did some Recruitment Consulting and now I’ve been a freelance Copy- & Ghostwriter for a couple of years but on the lookout for something more future-proof…
Hi, if youre a profile 6/2 Generator and your MB is INFP, drop me an email/reply if youre interested in making new friends, im 40, Middle europe atm, thanks
39 yr old MG sacral 6/2 with external markets as my environment. Every time I take the MBTI test I am the campaigner, ENFP. I honestly didn’t realize I appreciate alone time until Covid came around. I come out of my shell around people. I also recently added up all my lines and have a majority of line 4 in my gifts (9 total). Line 2 was second and line 6 was third, a couple 3s, two 5 lines and only one 1st lines. I think maybe this is why mine is extroverted(E) instead of introverted. I do need to decompress when I find myself around a lot of people or pick up a lot of additionally energy from others. I need to move a lot or exercise to get it out of my husband finds me VERY hyper later that day. 🙂