The Circuits of Human Design

The 36 channels organize into three top-level circuit groups— Individual, Collective, and Tribal — each with its own super-keynote. The circuits inside them shape how the energy in your design flows and what it's here to do in the world.

Individual Circuits

Empowerment — mutation, knowing, individuality

Knowing Circuit

Keynote: Empowerment

Individual mutation. The drive to know what no one else knows yet.

9 channels

Centering Circuit

Keynote: Empowerment

Individual conviction grounded in the body.

2 channels

Integration Channel

Keynote: Self-Empowerment

Survival of the individuated being.

6 channels

Collective Circuits

Sharing — patterns, stories, the species moving forward

Logic (Understanding) Circuit

Keynote: Sharing

Pattern recognition. Looking forward to make the future safe.

7 channels

Sensing (Abstract) Circuit

Keynote: Sharing

Reflecting on the past to make sense of experience.

7 channels

Tribal Circuits

Support — material survival, care, agreements

Ego Circuit

Keynote: Support

Material survival of the tribe through willpower and resources.

5 channels

Defense Circuit

Keynote: Support

Caring for the tribe so the tribe survives.

3 channels

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