Research: Human Design across 13,793 real charts
The only Human Design study with per-channel detail. Every chart was computed with a single engine (Swiss Ephemeris) so we could measure the frequency of all 36 channels and 64 gates — figures published nowhere else. Population-level type and authority splits have long been counted on samples in the millions; our contribution is depth, not size.
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Findings
We analyzed 13 691 real charts (11,195 celebrities + 2,496 users) — the only Human Design study that measures the frequency of each channel separately. Here's what we found.
📺 TV runs on Charisma
Channel 20-34 (Charisma) appears in 18.6% of TV personalities vs 12.0% baseline — the strongest signal of the whole study. TV's second channel is 29-46 Discovery (14.3% vs 9.0%).
⚽ Athletes carry Power
34-57 (Power) among athletes: 15.7% vs 12.0%. Alongside: sacral motors 2-14 The Beat, 1-8 Inspiration and 19-49 Synthesis.
💼 Business picks Struggle
Channel 28-38 (Struggle — stubborn fight for meaning) among business figures: 17.9% vs 12.4%. Second signal: 6-59 Intimacy (16.1% vs 11.7%).
⚔️ Military: Wavelength + Emoting
16-48 (The Wavelength — mastery through repetition) among military leaders: 13.0% vs 8.6%. Plus 39-55 Emoting (12.8% vs 9.0%).
🔬 Scientists & writers mature
42-53 (Maturation — finishing cycles) is over-represented in both science (12.1%) and literature (12.6%) vs 8.2% baseline. Scientists also carry 7-31 The Alpha (13.1% vs 9.3%).
🙏 Spiritual leaders are Manifestors
Among spiritual figures, Manifestors are 14.4% — 1.4× the 10.2% baseline. Mirror fact: among influencers Manifestors are just 5.9% — modern influence runs on response, not initiation.
🌍 Ra's canon holds across 13,691 charts
Type distribution across the corpus: Generators 35.3% + MG 32.1% (67.4% combined), Projectors 21.3%, Manifestors 10.2%, Reflectors 1.0% — almost exactly the canonical 70/20/9/1. Emotional authority: 51.2%.
💠 The rarest channel is Awakening
10-20 (Awakening — being yourself here and now) appears in just 3.0% of charts — humanity's rarest channel. The most common: 20-34 Charisma (14.6%). Average channels per chart: 3.4; corpus record — 9.
Methodology: frequencies compared against the corpus-wide baseline; reported signals are significant at z ≥ 3 (most at z ≥ 4, surviving Bonferroni correction across ~540 comparisons). Most celebrity birth times are unknown (noon default) — this adds noise to profiles/lines but barely affects channels and type. Correlation ≠ causation.
Methodology
All charts computed by one engine (pyswisseph) — zero computation heterogeneity. Frequencies are compared with a proportion z-test against the corpus-wide baseline; we report |z| ≥ 3, and most cited signals are |z| ≥ 4, surviving Bonferroni correction across ~540 comparisons (36 channels × 15 categories). Type × occupation: χ² = 112.7, df = 56, p = 1.1×10⁻⁵.
Limitations — read before citing
1) Birth times are unknown for 91% of celebrities; noon is the default. Type and channels are barely affected (slow planets), but the Sun's line is — so profiles are measured only on the verified-time subset (n=985). 2) Celebrities are not a random sample of humanity; they are the best available proxy, not a census. 3) Correlation is not causation: "channel X is more common among athletes" does not mean it makes an athlete.
How to cite
HD Matrix (2026). Research: Human Design across 13,793 real charts. https://hdmatrix.pro/hy/research — 13,793 charts, snapshot 2026-08-06.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 — just credit the source.
The data in the product
The same numbers appear on every channel, gate, type, center and authority page, and in the "How rare is your chart" card inside each reading.