The Five Types

Human Design sorts every chart into one of five types (Manifestor, Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector and Reflector), determined by which of the nine centres are defined and how they connect. Each type is given a characteristic "strategy" for making decisions and engaging with life: the Generator to respond, the Projector to wait for invitation, the Manifestor to inform, the Reflector to wait a lunar cycle.

The type is the entry point of a Human Design reading, held to describe a person's basic energetic role, how they are "designed" to operate, and the rest of the chart refines it.