Human Design entries: the books and the contents
This page keeps the books and the rules, and splits the entries into the pages that follow. The definition is not written here.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fateshow · Editorial method
Concept snapshot
Where the definition sits
On the tool page, not in this contents
What this page keeps
The books, the rules, and the links
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Type and authority
Type and authority: how the five types are decided
Type looks at whether the Sacral is defined, and whether the Throat connects to a motor. Authority comes after type, from the defined centers. Type is not a personality label.
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Centers and channels
Nine centers, channels, and gates
A center is defined when a whole channel has both gates active. A single gate, without the whole channel, leaves the center open. Channels do not replace the type rule. Type is read from these centers.
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Profile
Profile, and where a sentence stops
Profile is the personality Sun line and the design Sun line. It does not change type or authority. A sentence stops at those three lines.
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Human Design connection
Human Design connection: composite, electromagnetic, companionship
A connection chart is three set operations on two graphs. The union is the composite. The intersection is companionship. A channel that one person holds completely, while the other holds only one gate, is a one-sided fit. Nothing is weighted.
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Where the definition sits
What Human Design looks at is written on the tool page.
What it looks at is on What Human Design is. This contents does not repeat that sentence.
The pages that follow
Type and authority, the nine centers, and profile each have one page. Relationship matching stays on its own page, last in the sidebar.
Books used for the names
Type follows whether the Sacral is defined and whether the Throat reaches a motor.
A name does not turn an illustration into something that has already happened.
Rules kept on every page
The birthplace clock and the historical offset fix the instant. True solar time is not applied.
The same birth keeps the same type and authority.
Common mistakes
- Writing the definition on this contents page.
- Treating an illustration as something that has already happened.
- Merging two systems into one sentence.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the definition on this page?
No. It is on the tool page. This page is the books and the contents.
Does relationship matching sit in these pages?
Relationship matching stays on its own page and is not folded into these three.
Can the illustration be read as something that already happened?
No. It only checks the fields the engine printed.
Sources and editorial basis
- 1. Type rules
The Sacral, the Throat, and a motor channel decide the type.
- 2. fateshow rule snapshot
Supports only the fields printed in the illustration. An illustration is not something that has already happened.