The Sixth System

The 64 Archetypes

Sixty-four patterns of human experience, each grounded in an I Ching hexagram and anchored in your bodygraph as a Human Design gate. Every archetype has a constrained form and a mature form. Your chart activates a specific subset of them; recognizing which ones are live and which version is running is the sixth system of a CosmicSelf reading.

Archetype 1G Center
The Creative
Self-Expression
Archetype 2G Center
The Receptive
The Direction of the Self
Archetype 3Sacral
Difficulty at the Beginning
Ordering / Innovation
Archetype 4Ajna
Youthful Folly
Formulation / Answers
Archetype 5Sacral
Waiting
Fixed Rhythms
Archetype 6Solar Plexus
Conflict
Friction / Intimacy
Archetype 7G Center
The Army
The Role of the Self in Interaction
Archetype 8Throat
Holding Together
Contribution
Archetype 9Sacral
The Taming Power of the Small
Focus
Archetype 10G Center
Treading
Behavior of the Self
Archetype 11Ajna
Peace
Ideas
Archetype 12Throat
Standstill
Caution / Stillness
Archetype 13G Center
The Fellowship of Man
The Listener
Archetype 14Sacral
Possession in Great Measure
Power Skills / Keeper of Keys
Archetype 15G Center
Modesty
Extremes / Humility
Archetype 16Throat
Enthusiasm
Skills / Selectivity
Archetype 17Ajna
Following
Opinions
Archetype 18Spleen
Work on the Decayed
Correction
Archetype 19Root
Approach
Wanting / Sensitivity
Archetype 20Throat
Contemplation
The Now
Archetype 21Heart
Biting Through
Control
Archetype 22Solar Plexus
Grace
Openness
Archetype 23Throat
Splitting Apart
Assimilation / Transmission
Archetype 24Ajna
The Return
Rationalization / The Returning
Archetype 25G Center
Innocence
Spirit of the Self
Archetype 26Heart
The Taming Power of the Great
The Egoist
Archetype 27Sacral
Nourishment
Caring
Archetype 28Spleen
Preponderance of the Great
The Game Player
Archetype 29Sacral
The Abysmal
Perseverance / Saying Yes
Archetype 30Solar Plexus
The Clinging Fire
Feelings / Recognition of Feelings
Archetype 31Throat
Influence
Leading / Democratic Leadership
Archetype 32Spleen
Duration
Continuity
Archetype 33Throat
Retreat
Privacy / Retelling
Archetype 34Sacral
The Power of the Great
Power
Archetype 35Throat
Progress
Change
Archetype 36Solar Plexus
The Darkening of the Light
Crisis
Archetype 37Solar Plexus
The Family
Friendship
Archetype 38Root
Opposition
The Fighter
Archetype 39Root
Obstruction
Provocation
Archetype 40Heart
Deliverance
Aloneness / Deliverance
Archetype 41Root
Decrease
Contraction / Fantasy
Archetype 42Sacral
Increase
Growth / Completion
Archetype 43Ajna
Breakthrough
Insight
Archetype 44Spleen
Coming to Meet
Alertness / Patterns
Archetype 45Throat
Gathering Together
The Gatherer / King or Queen
Archetype 46G Center
Pushing Upward
Determination / Love of the Body
Archetype 47Ajna
Oppression
Realization
Archetype 48Spleen
The Well
Depth
Archetype 49Solar Plexus
Revolution
Principles / Rejection
Archetype 50Spleen
The Cauldron
Values
Archetype 51Heart
The Arousing (Shock)
Shock / Initiative
Archetype 52Root
Keeping Still (Mountain)
Stillness / Inaction
Archetype 53Root
Development
Beginnings
Archetype 54Root
The Marrying Maiden
Ambition / Drive
Archetype 55Solar Plexus
Abundance
Spirit / Abundance
Archetype 56Throat
The Wanderer
Stimulation
Archetype 57Spleen
The Gentle (Wind)
Intuitive Clarity
Archetype 58Root
The Joyous
Aliveness / Vitality
Archetype 59Sacral
Dispersion
Sexuality / Intimacy
Archetype 60Root
Limitation
Acceptance / Limitation
Archetype 61Head
Inner Truth
Mystery / Inner Truth
Archetype 62Throat
Preponderance of the Small
Detail / Expression of Detail
Archetype 63Head
After Completion
Doubt / Suspicion
Archetype 64Head
Before Completion
Confusion / Diverse Possibilities

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