The 1/4 Profile in Human Design - The Investigator Opportunist

The HD Your Biz® Show - Human Design for Business with Jamie Palmer

On this episode of HD Your Biz - Human Design for Business I am continueing with the profile series. Today I dive into the 1/4 profile in human design known as the investigator opportunist. The 1/4 profile in human design is characterized by a person who desires balance between introspection and connection with others. They are individuals who seek knowledge and introspection, but also value community and collaboration.

The 1/4 profile is comprised of two lines - the first line focuses on safety, security, and gaining knowledge, while the fourth line is about community and influence. The profile is referred to as the 1/4and is said to be positioned to impact others on a personal level, yet the 1/4 is dependant upon their network for their success. It is essential for them to spend time researching and possess a secure foundation while at the same time sharing their knowledge with their community to be successful.The individuals with a 1/4 profile are methodical and don't change quickly. It is critical that they feel accepted for who they are and also have a clear understanding of their target audience to succeed in their endeavours. Let's dive deeper into the 1/4 profile in human design.

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The one four profile in traditional human design. This is known as the investigator opportunist, or as I like to say, the researcher Mayor, your inner thirst in curiosity for knowledge uniquely positions you as an expert who can impact the lives of those who are in your community. You are here to discover and share that knowledge with those around you. Honor your desire for self-discovery

[00:00:30] and research and balance it with your yearning to share that knowledge with the world around you. Cultivating a thriving community that allows you to share this knowledge with them. It's important your network determines your success in order for you to live your highest expression. A sense of security, a foundation, and a cultivated community is key. All right, so let's dive into [00:01:00] the one for researcher mayor profile. So these are people who are sort of inwardly focused. They have a process that requires them to go within, and that is just the nature of the first line.

And the reality is these are people who their profiles are sort of intention with themselves in some ways because that first line, it wants to [00:01:30] kind of herm it away, it wants to research, it wants to investigate. And then that fourth line, it wants to be with people. It needs alone time, but it also wants to be with people. This is a profile that is what we would call resonant in human design because the first line is the foundation of the lower trigram, and the fourth line is the foundation of the upper trigram. And I know that's very human designee speak, but [00:02:00] just note these two lines are here to establish a foundation. Both of them are, and they're just doing it in different ways. The first line is really the foundation of safety and security. And the fourth line is really this foundation of community. And so there are these themes here that has this connection with others influence, safety and security, [00:02:30] and really the one force here to impact people on a personal level. But the reality is that as a one four, these are people who yearn to share the knowledge that they have with other people. They yearn to influence other people, but the reality is their success is indirect correlation to their network. So the themes here we have is this moving from

Weakness, [00:03:00] not safe to safe, strong or confident in the first line. And then in the fourth line, it's like this dependent, moving from this place of dependent on other people to being a benefactor for other people. You are a confidant of mine or you are not. And so when these two come together, that first line moves through the world [00:03:30] in a way where it investigates and it researches and it wants to gain knowledge and it needs to gain that knowledge in order to feel secure and confident and an expert. And then we've got the fourth line, which is the first of the upper trigram that trans person aligns. These are people who sort of move methodically and deliberately through the world. The fourth line, really, I like to call this the mayor, [00:04:00] the fourth line mayor just wants to do its thing. It doesn't want to be in limbo.

It doesn't want a lot of disruption. It wants people to accept them for who they are. Fourth line's really like they'll often secure a new job or a new relationship or a new house or a new project before they've left the first one. And these are people who just want to be accepted as they are. They don't want to be changed, but the success of their network [00:04:30] in the success of their lives is really dependent upon their network. So when we bring these two profiles together or two lines together, these are people whose secure foundation is of the utmost important. Neither one of these lines do well when there isn't a foundation in place. These are not people who adapt to change quickly. You throw a three five out into [00:05:00] the playing field in business, they're going to be quick to adapt. Those are going to be the people that are jumping on the trends or just like, Hey, something goes wrong.

Let me pivot, let me change, let me adjust. When you have a one four here, these are not people who move quickly. I kind of think of anytime there's a four, four and a profile. It's almost like trying to turn a cruise ship or a tanker ship. They need to have lots of information. They have to have proof that [00:05:30] this is the right thing. And so the reality is when this profile comes together, these lines are in harmony with each other. But this profile is one that really has to balance their introspection, their investigative researching process in their first line with connection in their fourth [00:06:00] line, because the one four is uniquely positioned to have a big impact on the world. And they really have this desire to gain knowledge in order to share it with other people. But they aren't necessarily here to create something entirely new either.

When we were speaking of the one three, the one three is like they're moving research forward. The one four is not doing this. It's like, let me gain this knowledge so I can influence people. And that is a very important distinction to understand that when you have that [00:06:30] one four, that's what's happening here. So these are people who have to learn to balance alone time and time in introspection and time in their process, researching and acquiring knowledge. And then they also have to have time in their community because the way in which the fourth line influences is through listening and understanding the needs of their community. And so these are people who need to find that [00:07:00] balance. And the one four has to understand that it's not going to get its creativity in community, but it will find it in its alone time. So these are people who may in fact spend lots of time in solitude that can be deeply healing to them.

And as a result, when they do that, they often will bring a lot of richness to the lives of the people around them. The challenges with this profile are that they can spend [00:07:30] a great deal of time, sometimes more than necessary gaining knowledge before they share it with their network. And the reality is for them to be successful, they need to share that knowledge with their network, they need to influence their network. And the other pieces here is if they spent too much time sort of in solitude in their research mode, they won't have a network to actually influence right there. There's no one there to share the knowledge with. And so there's [00:08:00] this balance here for them where they have to really find that. The other pieces here is when you have a fourth line, these are people who just want to be accepted as they are.

They don't like resistance. They move very methodically through the world. So they make a plan and they stick with it. And so it's important for those in a one fours life or any fourth item in particular, but particularly in a one four that they're going to make [00:08:30] a plan and they're going to stick with it. And so sharing this, particularly as an entrepreneur with your team and the people in your life becomes really important, becomes really important. So when we think about the challenges here is these are people who also want to be told the truth.

These are people just want you to tell it like it is, even if it's not necessarily [00:09:00] positive. And the reality is fourth lines are very accepting of people. So one, for children as an example, they really yearn to be accepted as they are. They don't do well and can often be pretty wounded when they've had a parent that's been very critical or tried to change them or didn't accept them for who they are. And that really, I see it in adulthood, right? Because everyone that [00:09:30] I work with is an adult, but oftentimes in a one four adult, it leads to this place where they are having a hard time feeling confident, right? Because they didn't have that support that they needed as a child. And so these are people. The one four s are people who see the good in people, they accept people as they are, and they expect the same in return. And it's important to understand that these are also people who are deeply fixed. [00:10:00] These are people who have a strong belief system. They know what they believe, and it's really hard to get them to change their mind.

This can work for and against them, particularly in business. It can become a blind spot because there is a certain lack of awareness. I guess I hate that. I hate to even say that. That's not really the right word. But because of the fact that they are so fixed, they might not [00:10:30] see things from somebody else's point of view, or they might be slow to adapt, and therefore they don't evolve particularly in a business climate quick enough. But the reality is their fixedness also allows them this deep empathy towards other people because they're like, here are my beliefs, they're your beliefs. I accept you. And there's this deep empathy that also comes with that. And the reality is these are people. The one four is here to support the evolution of moving [00:11:00] the species forward, right? They are here to really establish this foundation and influence their network.

And these are people who can impact lots and lots and lots of people. They have a big influence when they are aligned to their design. So some questions that you can ask a one four profile are as follows, what are you immersing yourself in? What are you studying about? How are you [00:11:30] nurturing your network? How much research is enough? Do you have a secure foundation in place? What are you curious about? Where are you giving your power away or are in decision and limbo? And what is it going to take for you to feel ready in order to move forward? And then I would also add is your research working in harmony with your network? So that is the one four Researcher Mayor [00:12:00] profile in human design. Thank you so much for tuning in. We'll talk to you all soon.