Variable Combinations in Human Design
Four arrows, each pointing Left or Right, make sixteen Variable combinations. Each one is written as a code — Personality first, then Design, top arrow before bottom — and each describes a whole configuration of brain, environment, view, and mind. To read a code, see how to read a Variable code.
| PLL | PLR | PRL | PRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLL | PLL/DLL | PLR/DLL | PRL/DLL | PRR/DLL |
| DLR | PLL/DLR | PLR/DLR | PRL/DLR | PRR/DLR |
| DRL | PLL/DRL | PLR/DRL | PRL/DRL | PRR/DRL |
| DRR | PLL/DRR | PLR/DRR | PRL/DRR | PRR/DRR |
The grid has a shape. The diagonal from the all-Left corner, PLL/DLL, to the all-Right corner, PRR/DRR, traces the direction of evolution, and the two blocks it runs through — upper left and lower right — are where most people are born; among Projector charts, each of their combinations is carried by about 1.6%, against about 1.05% for the others. The upper right and lower left blocks are far less populated, and the lower left sits outside the main evolutionary flow. At the center lies the intersection — PLR/DLR, PLR/DRL, PRL/DLR, and PRL/DRL — where Left and Right meet most directly, and where correct nourishment matters most.
Every combination is one Dependent quadrant joined to one Independent quadrant, and its two Node arrows give its story line. No combination is better than another. Each one, operating correctly, brings its own awareness to the whole — and each one, from the all-Left to the all-Right, depends on Strategy and Authority to come alive.
PLL/DLL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLL/DLL is the all-Left Variable: an Active brain, an Observed environment, a Focused view, and a Strategic mind.
PLL/DLR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLL/DLR has a Left brain, a Left mind, and a Left view, set in a Right, Observer environment.
PLL/DRL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLL/DRL has a Passive brain beneath a Left life and a Left mind — an Observed environment, a Focused view, and a Strategic mind.
PLL/DRR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLL/DRR is a Right/Right Design under a Left/Left Personality: a passive brain and an Observer environment, with a Focused view and a Strategic mind.
PLR/DLL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLR/DLL has a Left brain, a Left environment, and a Left mind, with a Right, Peripheral view.
PLR/DLR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLR/DLR has a Left brain and a Left mind dropped into a Right life — an Observer environment and a Peripheral view.
PLR/DRL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLR/DRL has a Passive brain and a Strategic mind, an Observed environment and a Peripheral view.
PLR/DRR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PLR/DRR has a Passive brain, an Observer environment, and a Peripheral view beneath a Strategic mind.
PRL/DLL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRL/DLL has an Active brain, an Observed environment, and a Focused view beneath a Receptive mind.
PRL/DLR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRL/DLR has an Active brain, an Observer environment, a Focused view, and a Receptive mind.
PRL/DRL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRL/DRL has a Passive brain and a Receptive mind dropped into a Left life — an Observed environment and a Focused view.
PRL/DRR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRL/DRR is an all-Right body with a Right mind — a Passive brain, an Observer environment, and a Receptive mind — with only the view Focused.
PRR/DLL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRR/DLL has a Left Design — an Active brain and an Observed environment — under an entirely Right Personality, a Peripheral view and a Receptive mind.
PRR/DLR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRR/DLR has an Active brain in an otherwise entirely Right Variable — an Observer environment, a Peripheral view, and a Receptive mind.
PRR/DRL in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRR/DRL is three parts Right — a Passive brain, a Peripheral view, and a Receptive mind — with only the environment Left.
PRR/DRR in Human Design — Variable Combination
PRR/DRR is the all-Right Variable: a Passive brain, an Observer environment, a Peripheral view, and a Receptive mind.