Human Design: Profile of the 2/4

In our introduction to the basis of profile, we saw that the second line is the main floor of the house with its windows at street level. The second line personality brings transparency. It permits the other to look in and to see. Mystically, this is the line of being called. This is a profile of the missionary: the personality's potential to be called coupled with the unconscious need to externalize brings. This is possibility and need to be called out to interact transpersonally with the world and externalize that call.

Since the second line is transparent, others will look in and see what in fact the second line does not see itself. Whenever the second line is present as a theme in the personality or unconscious, education is absolutely essential. It is the need for education that when the second line does get called out it does not collapse and become a paper tiger.

This is not a first line theme that will naturally seek out education to be empowered. This is not interested in being introspective. The second line doesn't care about those things. The second line personality is busy about its own business. It doesn't really enjoy being disturbed. Being called to something puts an onus on it, a responsibility on it, that it must learn something. It has to leave its protected shelter where it can go about its own business. That would mean it has to enter into a world that it is not fully equipped to meet.

It is important to keep in mind that in the modern world education is equivalent to strength as ignorance is equivalent to weakness. And the second line profile has no natural inclination to investigate. It would simply like to be left alone to deal with life existentially. This is the hermit personality; doing their own thing until called, waiting for an opportunity that it does not know it is waiting for, because it cannot see its own potential.

It is a lower trigram line. It is always a surprise that someone can look in their window and see something in them that they cannot see themselves. It can also be disturbing and a distraction. It is the other's recognition of them, "you would be great at this or that, etc.", that launches the hermit on its path.

The success of the 2/4 profile's life will be determined by the call of others. The trick is to accept the call that is correct via their strategy. Combine that with an acceptance of study and it can bring advantages.

Remember that entering correctly into any situation, whether that is relationship or career, is going to be dependent on the mechanics of the Type. The 2/4 generator is going to have to wait to respond. The 2/4 Manifestor is going to have to inform before it acts.

The second line theme, and in this case the second line personality, is essentially democratic. Not only democratic, but at the unconscious level, through the fourth line, it is willing to abdicate. It is willing to wait for the opportunity. It is willing to be led by others. It doesn't really want to get involved. The unconscious after all, has passed on the established foundation. It is the second line personality that is content to let the majority rule. Being essentially existential, it is not easily motivated. It may simply not vote at all to save itself the cost of involvement and abdicate to the majority. Remember the theme is to be called.

With a fourth line transpersonal unconscious, there is going to be considerable social interaction. Being called to friendship. The second line personality is fundamentally shy. It is calling out for boldness in the other and this is its strategy of finding friendship. The second line, unlike the first line personality, does not pursue. It's a hermit, not aware of the quality within itself that can attract the other, waiting for someone to look into their cave and say "you're for me".

It's an irony that being called for the 2/4 can often lead to bigotry, prejudice and fatigue. Since they are designed to be called, they are called often and in so many ways throughout the life. They can become over-whelmed and exhausted. They are, from the unconscious level, seeking out harmony. But the second line personality finds its greatest harmony in just simply being left alone.

The line themes in profiling also bring us genetic strategies, strategies for intimacy. The 2/4 must wait for the interest of the other. It is the need of the other to unburden themselves that can lead to the fulfillment of intimacy. To be the confidant or not. Friendship as a necessary pre-requisite before sexual intimacy can result.

All fourth line themes are designed to seek out friendship in order to eventually establish sexual intimacy. And for those of you that carry fourth line themes, either in the personality or in the design, it is so important to avoid the frustration of trying to be a first line being. Out there to pursue and to explore.

The second line is inherently shy. It is inherently shy as a strategy. It is lower trigram. It is not equipped to recognize that the other can really be there. It has to wait for them to call. Its unconscious is rooted in friendship and it is friendship that begins the possibility of intimacy.

Carrying a fourth line theme, remember that every time that you become friends with somebody that it is fundamentally a genetic strategy for intimacy. Through friendship, the intimacy is ultimately possible.

The basis of the second line personality is to be called. The result is a security strategy of being either the nourisher or the depleter. In its existential life, going about its own business, being un-called, the 2/4 depletes resources. Once called, it has the opportunity to become a nourisher, to be able to nourish itself and to be able to nourish others. In the beginning of being called, it will be forced to deplete the resources of others, in order to be able to establish its own strength.

It is the basis of our human consciousness to articulate through language. Words carry prejudicial values and those values are related to the culture and time. Please keep in mind that the universe and all it contains is dualistic in nature. Mind and body conform to this reality and as such humans live in a binary maia that is fundamentally moralistic.

It is too easy to bring moral opinions to terms like nourish and deplete. Mechanics is amoral. Positive and negative are simply different perspectives. Michelangelo, the depleter of resources of his nourishing benefactor.

Advance and withdrawal is the key to the hermit. It is the key to the second line theme. Withdrawal and not being called can result in an existential life of perfect order. It is not that this profile must accept the calls that it receives in its lifetime. Some second line personalities never receive the call and yet they live out their existence in relative harmony, without comparison, without someone looking in their window and calling attention to themselves and their life. They can be at peace in their process.

Their underlying intuition is to focus on what is relatively pure. What is corrupt or what is incorruptible. This guides the 2/4 in assessing the value or quality of any call. It will not leave the sanctity of its cave without absolute certainty that the call is its destiny. With this profile, avoiding struggle is a major theme. The 2/4 just wants to be allowed to get on with its life with as little interference as possible.

It will hear out the other and its stories. The fourth line unconscious demands that it become a confident but it does not want to be told what it should or should not do. The 2/4 will expend enormous energy in just maintaining the status quo. Why rock the boat when it only brings the unknown, struggle and problems?

The second line personality is determined in its awareness. Not being introspective, it accepts without question what has already been established. It is for this reason that the 2/4 is a profile of a potential actualizing force. If or when they receive and resonate to the call, they are transformed. Sinners turning into saints. Alcoholics into tea drinkers.

In the principle of hexagram structure, the first, third and fifth lines are yin or feminine in nature. The second, fourth and sixth lines are yang. The 2/4 profile is the first yang profile. It is common to be called, but rare to have answered. The second line personality, once it accepts a call, is forced to accept a new foundation and through its fourth line unconscious to externalize it.

When others look into their cave, and witness their transformation, it can have deep and lasting impact. There is an old mystical joke. A mystical joke that best suits the 2/4 profile. "Stupid before enlightenment and stupid after". The 2/4 will not ponder on their satori, will not ponder on their transformation. They will go back intuitively to their existential life hoping at last, to be left alone.

From the Jovian Archive

Venus Transits

Venus Square Mercury exact at 11:03
Venus 12˚ Sagittarius 4H square Mercury 12˚ Virgo 1H
Activity period from 18 January 2011 to 20 January 2011

This influence is normally quite easy, indicating a day of light and pleasant thoughts and social interaction. I will avoid serious topics of conversation or any that might produce conflicts. This is not a good day to negotiate any difficult or contentious matters, because I am more concerned with keeping peace than with making a favorable arrangement. Real problems that I might sweep under the carpet now can emerge and cause trouble later.

In relationships I will look for interesting activities that are mentally and intellectually stimulating rather than physically or emotionally exciting. I want to be amused and entertained today, either by or with my partner. This is a good transit for going to an art exhibit, a show or a concert to engage your mind with something beautiful, pleasant and mentally stimulating.

Since other difficult influences coincide with this one, it can indicate disputes and arguments with loved ones. This is not a normal effect of this transit by itself. Be aware that I lack mental discipline during this transit, if I am engaged in any activity that requires it.

Venus in the 4th House

This is usually a peaceful time, when I will enjoy quiet hours at home, either alone or entertaining guests and feeling at ease. Barring a contrary indication from another transit, this is usually a time when I can feel neither self-assertive and outgoing, nor shy and withdrawn. I feel amiable in a quiet way and are fond of having congenial people around me.

Relations with my parents are good under this transit. In general, this is a good time to experience the closeness and warmth of family living.

Redecorating is often undertaken under this influence. I want my home to be elegant and light while Venus is transiting the 4th house. Fortunately, I am usually quite sensitive and in tune with my inner feelings, so that my home decorating efforts should be satisfactory. Try to avoid the usual Venusian tendency to do things lavishly or expensively, and keep practical considerations in mind. (I think this refers to the fact that this transit began during Christmas and it was the first Christmas in my entire adult life I've EVER decorated)

About the only real problem that you might encounter with this transit is that the 4th house influences the digestive tract. Unless I am careful I may overindulge in food and drink with no regard for my digestion or my weight.

Venus is about to move into my 5th House, just about any day now, so I'll just go ahead and put the influence of that transit here.

Venus in the 5th House

More than any other position of Venus, this transit signifies an appropriate time for fun, entertainment, having a good time. The 5th house is the house of amusement and creative self-expression, as well as love affairs and children. Activities pertaining to any of these are favored strongly during this transit. My self-discipline may be at an all-time low during this period, but everyone needs a break from time to time, so enjoy yourself. Just make sure not to overdo it.

I can relate well with children now, and this is a good time for games and fun. It is not conducive to serious work or discussion with them, however, because you may not want to be serious, yourself.

Creative activities are also favored; in fact, I need to express myself through some creative activity. Try to find the medium most appropriate. If I am not especially creative, enjoy the creative works of others at concerts, museums or wherever good art is to be found.

Love relationships in general are favored during this transit. I will get along smoothly with loved ones without feeling that I'm surrendering my identity. Venus in the 5th house has the happy faculty of making it possible for others to enjoy me being exactly myself. There is no need to pretend to be what I am not.

Examination of 3 Transits: Planets In Transit

Mars Opposition Jupiter
Mars 1˚ Aquarius 6H opposing Jupiter 2˚ Leo Leo 12H
(The transiting planet is first, the natal planet come second)

Activity period from 17 January 2011 to 19 January 2011

This can be one of the so-called ''lucky'' transits, or it can be a time fraught with conflict and foolish actions.

This time represents the culmination of my efforts to expand the domain of my activities. And I am, I want to expand my repertoire in my profession. There is more and more that I want to do, and I may resent anything that narrows my freedom and limits my scope of action. Right now, this is my own personal inhibitions concerning money. The challenge of this influence is to be conscious enough of myself and of what I am doing so that I can plan intelligently and work effectively with enlightened self-interest as opposed to pure selfishness.

Try not to come on too strong, try to stay conscious of my actions. The negative side of this transit, since it concerns Mars, is becoming domineering. I may come on to others as more than an ordinary human being, which will tempt them to test my strength.

Foolishly overestimating my own abilities may cause you to bite off more than I can chew in a number of areas...physically, by strain; or in business, by overextending resources...etc.

Self-awareness changes the picture. As long as I stay within my own limitations - that is, my inherent limitations as a human being and the limitations of my situation or circumstances - I should be extremely successful. The sense of timing of my actions may leave others amazed and sure that I am lucky. But really I have succeeded because I have a complete understanding of the situation.

Mercury Trine Saturn
Mercury 5˚ Capricorn trine Saturn 6˚ Virgo

Activity period is beginning of December 2010 to Jan. 19th exact 12:34 am

This is a day for serious thinking and important concerns. I feel I must deal with practical matters and keep my mind at work. I am not inclined to play around, not because of being sad or emotional, only serious. The mind works well under this influence, and I will be able to keep at a task until I have solved all its problems. I am also able to concentrate on mental work that requires great attention to detail. My eye is sharp for the little pieces that make up the whole. As a result, the work I do today will be done very carefully and thoroughly. I won't have to go over it again and check for mistakes, because my initial approach is methodical and painstaking.

This is a good time to organize myself and my environment. My critical faulty is sharp and I can see very quickly what must be done to make an organization work. This influence is very good with details, not so much with the overall. Also, my approach is cautious and conservative.

I am not likely to be into the abstract at the moment...and I'm a psychic. I will want to know what practical purpose everything serves, and if it isn't useful, I will turn my attention to something else. Just be careful that I don't miss an important idea as a result.

I may be reserved with people, not because I am afraid or unwilling to communicate, but because I don't feel like saying very much unless it is important. I may prefer to be alone with my thoughts. However, this is a great time to seek out an older person for counsel or advice, who has more experience than myself in some area. This is the kind of discussion I will feel comfortable in today.

Sun Square Mars, exact at 13:26
Sun 27˚ Capricorn square Mars 28˚ Libra

Activity period 17th-19th

This is a day to be very conscious of myself and my motivations, and I already have been. (I had a discussion this morning about WHY I want to be increasing my abilities with the Tarot and clairvoyance...is it just for personal gain? And my surrounding guilt with money...but I have no guilt with sex, so I need to apply that to having money.) It's likely to have ego conflicts with others today, especially if I allow my actions to be dictated by subconsciously motivated energies. As with all squares, this transit tests the validity of a position that I took or a statement that I made, either literally or figuratively, about 6 months ago. Circumstances as well as other people will be looking for chinks in my armor, flaws in my preparation, errors to challenge me with. If I consciously know what I'm doing, I will be better prepared to handle that challenge as well as my experience of your own energies.

My energy level will be high today, maybe too high. Watch for signs of irritable impatience with others whenever things do no go exactly as I planned. Be assertive only when the situation calls for it, not whenever I feel like it. Also watch out for baseless conflicts with others, which I may not necessarily instigate myself. The effects of any transit may be projected, that is, they may seem to originate with someone else. In this case I may not feel at all belligerent, but nevertheless I am attracting it in others.

Because the Sun indicates persons or structures that are centers of energy, power and authority, I should be particularly careful of conflicts with authorities. Voice my complaints if they are legitimate, but expect a certain amount of hostile reaction to them. Also be carefully that the tone of any complaint doesn't aggravate this hostility. What I can expect is a function of the energies I put out.

On the physical level, try to find an outlet for my vigorous energies. Do something that requires a lot of hard work and gives my aggressions a satisfactory outlet. Frustrated personal energies can lead to illness or accidents if the energy turns inward. In fact, if I feel no aggressive energies at all under this transit, I ought to be concerned, because I have probably sublimated the energy and may experience it through illness or accident. Or I may project it, attracting angry and difficult people. If used consciously and intentionally, this energy is positive and I can accomplish considerable work and establish myself in any position I want.

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4 Card Simple Answer Spread

My brother, Samuel, asks: ''I want to know whether I should study hermetic magic in the very near future?''

I'm going to use my favorite spread at the moment, the 4 Card Simple Answer spread.

1. What is Happening: Knight of Pentacles Rx

2. Answer to Question: Page of Pentacles

3. Guidance or Advice: Ace of Pentacles

4. What Will Happen: 2 of Wands

What is happening right now is the image of yourself as the Knight of Pentacles Rx. Typically this is a young man who is quiet and meditative, who works with unfailing determination towards the goals he sets for himself. He is reversed, suggesting what you already know, that you are at a standstill, you don't know what the goal is you really want to work toward. What you want is to turn this Knight upright and you are on that path. The Knight of Pentacles is more imaginative than the King of Pentacles, though he has the same quiet strength and gentleness. His quality of contemplation often yields fruit in surprising ways, generating a deep and broad-sweeping understanding about the inner workings of life.

At the moment, his is reversed, suggesting stubbornness...and inverted type of a great quality that is Persistence. This is easily remedied, obviously, which is why you wanted to ask your question, to be released from your standstill, to find out if it will pay off to spend your time studying a new esoteric tradition. Judging by how many pentacles cards showed up, I see it definitely will.

You are represented here as one who produces unusual yet practical solutions which resolve otherwise intractable problems. You believe that all things yield to a determined will and well-directed activity. The image here is of a man who achieves his ambitions and creates a world he is comfortable living in; he has an interesting way of doing this-he takes every task a stage at a time. Keeping the end aim in mind, he diligently attends to the task in hand, completing it satisfactorily and then moving on smoothly to the next logical stage.

This method of working has numerous advantages - there’s the satisfaction of completing something - even though you might still be aware that this particular piece of work is just one step in the journey.

Another plus is that work unfolds in a productive stream - each process deriving from the last. This often allows you to pick up on any detail you may have overlooked or missed. Also, there is a consistent sense of progress - a feeling that you are drawing closer to your goals. Every single achievement is composed of many small acts which add together to create the whole.

The Knight of Pentacles is a fertile and abundant card - it signifies the planting of seeds which will grow into great big trees. The tree would not exist without the seed which was planted in the very first place.

The answer to your question comes in the form of the Page of Pentacles, in keeping with this suit of practicality, there are logistics to be planned. The when and where of studying, things like that. Here, the image corresponds to a young person who enjoys studying and is a persevering scholar. We see here a person on the threshold of greater things to come in the pursuit of knowledge. Note that in the card he is standing on books.

This card touches upon the most important issues about being in love with life - it's creation, it's experience, it's (is the apostrophe to indicate Life's possession right?)excitement and promise of fulfillment. When we are able to enjoy each passing minute of our lives, we put ourselves in touch with the mighty and empowering forces of love which flow through the Cosmos at all times. We become more deeply aware of the creative force of the goddess, and more in touch with our own inner vitality and life force.

Your Guidance/Advice comes in the image of the Ace of Pentacles and this is great! There is a new beginning happening for you if you go ahead and start studying along these lines. And the beginning is in the form of studying something that will be applicable to your life, something practical and solid. This image indicates success, and shows the sort of project that seems to continuously keep on growing, with each level of attainment producing-almost of itself-the next step in the journey.

On a more spiritual level, this card relates to the Earth, and to the appreciation of Nature. It might mark a period where we draw closer to environmental issues, or where we engage in a period of study, contemplation and alignment with Earth forces.

One thing that we often miss, when considering spiritual development, is the way that each development grows out of the last. Anyone who has been involved in the search for spiritual truth will already have experienced the weirdly coincidental manner in which spiritual opportunities and teachers present themselves at the relevant stage in our growth.

There's a saying - 'The right teacher only appears when the student is ready'. It is as though we grow spiritually from the inside, the same way that trees do. And in so doing, maybe we develop inner rings - just like a tree's trunk. The outer ring, just under the bark could not exist without all of the others it encircles.

The topic that we are exploring today has grown from all of the earlier topics we have looked into. Our experience is formed in layers, each of which is inter-dependent with the earlier ones. The Ace of Pentacles relates very closely with this method of human development - it shows us the way we grow. And warns us against trying to skip any of the stages.

This is a remarkably optimistic card, which usually heralds an exciting period of progress, whether spiritually or materially. We can expect expansion, new beginnings and often also, an input of funds. There is a less obvious perspective on this card, too, which has to do with its inner truths. Pentacles are not only about money, physical life and materiality. They are also about the cycles of life, of the planet, and of ourselves. The Ace begins a journey during which we can come to understand these things more clearly, thereby attuning ourselves more thoroughly with our Universe.

What will happen comes in the form of the 2 of Wands. This is a card I actually went into yesterday, so it's nice to see it again since I have so much clarity on it now. If you look into the card you see a man with the world in his hand. A small globe, a representation of what his eyes are looking at around him...I usually see this image having to do with the internet, because it too is a small item we have around that connects us to the rest of the world around us...mostly this card shows that you will achieve your plans if you follow up with studying hermetic magic in the near future. There is an important contract, letter, or transaction indicated.

Here's an excerpt from Angel Paths you might find useful:

The Two of Wands is an important card when we consider our personal freedom of choice, for it relates to the way in which we live in accordance with our own Will, and the consequent results of this.

The card indicates that we are in charge of the way that our lives are unfolding, and that this happens in the fashion we had anticipated. It does not rule out the occasional nice surprise, nor obstacle, but it does promise us that we are in a state of mind which allows us to fulfill our needs and chase our destiny.

There's harmony and contentment when we manage to achieve this position in life. Events take place in an ordered and positive fashion. Things unfold around us the way that we want them to. Everything goes according to plan.

In fact, this is probably a natural state for a healthy human being. The fact that we have to struggle so hard to achieve it, and then maintain it, is more a comment on the type of life we lead, than anything else.

When we can bring ourselves in harmony with the forces of our Universe, achieving our dreams becomes far more possible than at any other time. We attain harmony when we are centered and at ease with ourselves.

Careful planning is always important when this card comes up - again there is a need to order our future so that we know where we're headed. And it's also important to reconcile any uncertainty or confusion generated within us. Both of these actions will ensure that nothing interferes with the flow of our own Will out into the Universe.

8 Cups, 2 Cups, 2 Wands Rx

1. 8 of Cups

2. 2 of Cups

3. 2 of Wands Rx

What I have learned to associate with the 8 of Cups is the turning away from social situations in order to focus inward and upward toward a more spiritual life. I would like now to bring in the Crowley interpretation: this is the card called the Lord of Indolence and has the association of energy being stagnant with little renewal. This is a warning to attend to whatever is blocking the energy, get channels moving again.

One area to look into is the sort of relationship in which one partner gives too much and receives little payoff. It's worth doing an appraisal of your relationships when this card comes up, just to see if anything is dangerously one sided. We deserve to receive from others exactly what we are prepared to give to ourselves...so, if we give ourselves little attention, why would anyone else give it to us? It's time to look inward and upward, retreat from a social circle in this manner and take time to give attention, love, and respect to the self.

The 2 of Cups brings up an image, for me, of a great friendship that turns into a deep romantic partnership, harmony, reconciliation, and love that is reciprocated. Delving further into research with the Thoth deck and at Angel Paths, this card is the Lord of Love. The image here is reflective and receptive to love and passion, and while it shows having a partner, it does point out that love comes from within. When I love myself, and hold my inner nature in high regard, and see myself in this light, others cannot help but respond to my personal sense of value.

When I work to love myself, I can release so many areas of self-doubt and uncertainty that I will become infused with a new energy--new energy I can lavish on others. The 2 of Cups is about engaging in a caring fashion with my own needs first...and reassurance that existing relationships are as meaningful as they are strong and can develop into what we need them to be.

All this is very very important to me today...I woke up in a somewhat negative mood...thinking about all the ways marriage can suffocate...I'm not allowed to go out anymore, I can't drink, everything has to be on his schedule...so negative in fact, I had to immediately had to go and look at my horoscope because I knew some transit was going on and I needed to look a the bigger picture and figure out what I cycle is going on. First, I have a Mars square Mars transit--aggressive and energetic. Second, Venus is squaring Saturn, with has to do with feelings of being unloved...or not loved enough. I realized that this has little to do with the external influences of being married or not, because even if I wasn't, I'd still likely feel the way I did this morning, and be blaming it on whatever my circumstances were. The cards I've pulled for today's reading have been very reassuring and given me a strategy with which to deal with my emotional landscape today.

The 2 of Wands Rx, typically has to do with having to go back to the drawing board in a project. This is the Lord of Dominion and concerns my personal freedom of choice, and living in accordance of my Will. Yeah, ''Will'' was so important in Crowley circles...and I think the fact that it is reversed shows how much I have to bend within my relationship. And by the word ''Dominion'' in the title of this card, the meaning is 'rulership'. And the ''Will'' Crowley refers to goes along the lines of... Every moment we are asserting our Will, at all moments, it creates a piece of our upcoming reality. Every thought we think, our Will operates to bring that thought into existence. So, be warned about unhappiness generating more unhappiness. This card says to pay attention to our thoughts, by asking us to take responsibility for the future we are making for ourselves, make a plan. Yes, I need to go back to the drawing board on that today.

8 of Cups Affirmation: My energy is the energy of the Universe. My power is my own.
2 of Cups Affirmation: Love flows into my life in an endless stream.
2 of Wands Affirmation: My Will flows effortlessly in perfect acts of creation.