Story Lines in Human Design
A story line is the pairing of the two Node arrows: the Design Environment and the Personality Perspective, the Independent Variable read as a life. Where the Sun/Earth arrows describe the mechanism of brain and mind, the Nodes fit that mechanism into a life in the world. The story line is what a person is dropped into — the environment they belong in, the view they see it with, and what they do there.
It is written Design first. Left/Left means an Observed environment and a Focused view; Right/Right means an Observer environment and a Peripheral view.
| Story line | Environment (Design Nodes) | Perspective (Personality Nodes) | Keynote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left/Left | Observed | Focused | What you do defines you |
| Left/Right | Observed | Peripheral | What you do should not distract you |
| Right/Left | Observer | Focused | A shared receptivity across four families |
| Right/Right | Observer | Peripheral | What you do does not define you |
The story line has a time in life. A nine-centered life falls into three parts. From birth to the Saturn return, around 30, what matters is being raised correctly for one's Type and eating according to one's regimen. From the Saturn return to the Kiron return, roughly 30 to 50, comes the story line: the movement between environment and perspective in which a person establishes who they are and how they see. After that comes the flowering, when the foundation laid in those twenty years becomes the ground for a unique awareness.
It is in the story line that a person plants their Incarnation Cross — the point at which the cross begins to define who they are and the profile is lived in its pure form. And it begins, like everything in the Variable, with Strategy and Authority, which brings the body into its environment and lets the view become correct by itself.
The Left/Left Story Line in Human Design
The Left/Left story line pairs an Observed environment with a Focused view — the ultimate strategic story line, deeply focused, in which what you do defines you.
The Left/Right Story Line in Human Design
The Left/Right story line pairs an Observed environment with a Peripheral view — a busy body with an open view, for whom what you do should never distract you from what you see.
The Right/Left Story Line in Human Design
The Right/Left story line pairs an Observer environment with a Focused view — a still, receptive body that sees with a sharp eye, and a fractal bond with everyone who shares it.
The Right/Right Story Line in Human Design
The Right/Right story line pairs an Observer environment with a Peripheral view — a story line connected to the future, in which what you do does not define you.