February 4, 2026

Karen Carpenter

Karen Carpenter and her brother Richard together as the Carpenters clearly demonstrate the emotions of an undefined Solar Plexus. Neither of the 2 have a defined Solar Plexus the center tied directly to emotions. This is why although many of their songs were about being in love or “saying “Goodbye to Love”, they could put that out their with the same tone, intensity and a smile on their face.
It is almost as if the emotion is intellectualized in their songs. Whether they sing “Top of the World” or “Rainy days and Mondays”, while the words have emotional impact, and the instruments convey the mood, the emotions underlying their vocal expressions are almost neutral and not nearly conveying the joy or despair of the lyrics. Now contrast that with the pained expression by the band Nazareth in their sing “Love Hurts”.
The undefined Solar Plexus can empathize and experience the swings in emotions from sadness to despair and every flavor in between. This is what helped Karen and Richard write so many songs about Love and hardship but they couldn’t live and express that on stage consistently at the true level of those emotions.
Below is Karens chart and if you hover over the red circled areas you will learn more about her design and how it manifeted in her lifetime.

Ode to the Open G by Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan is a beautiful singer and song writer. In this you tube she explains how she came to write the song Angel. The song expresses the empathy and extreme sensitivity of the open G/Identity center. She talks about life on the road and despite being surrounded by loved ones she needs something more, the arms of an angel to comfort the open G.
In addition, the song takes on the struggle of the gate 28, the struggle with meaning in life. For a musician the road can be endless. Despite a rewarding career it can beg the question, “What is this all about?”
Sarah explains how she came to write the song in 3 or 4 hours, demonstrating the power of the channel of abstraction, gates 64-47. While Sarah doesn’t have the gate 64 this is an example of her amplifying that energy around her, perhaps even from the writer of the Rolling Stones article she was reading when the inspiration hit her. Yes even writing is an energetic expression that you can amplify. From this inspiration she brought the pieces of the sensations and feelings of life on the road for all musicians and assembled them into this masterful expression of a song called Angel.
In much of her work, Sarah utilizes her open throat to bring a wide variety of sounds and expressions to life. Her songs often very on topic, pitch, rhythm and beat.
All of what I described is outlined in red in her chart below.
Follow the link below the chart to listen to her explanation of the song and then her beautiful rendition of the Ode to the open G.

Listen to her sing the Angel song.

Heath Ledger

One of the most convincing acting jobs I have ever seen was by Heath Ledger in his portrayal of the Joker in Batman, The Dark Knight. An unpleasant role, yes, but also an amazing performance. By looking at Heath’s Human Design chart, you can see how his design supported the molding of his character and personna around the identity of whom he was playing. He was so consumed by the character that he told reporters he barely slept two hours a night during filming.

If you look at Heath’s design, his open G/Identity Center and open Sacral Center left him wide open to be consumed by the identity and the energy of the role. Not necessarily a good thing for the role of the Joker. As you probably are aware, he died shortly after filming of the movie finished. The final straw was probably having an undefined Spleen Center which powers the immune system. Between the amplification of energy that he couldn’t fully handle, taking perscription medicines to try and sleep and having inconsistent energy with his immune system to process the medication, his body just shut down in his sleep.</p?

If you move and hold your mouse over the red circled areas you will see more information about how Human Design ties to the characteristcs displayed by Heath.

Also check out my custom Human Design report for Heath by clicking Here.

Barack Obama

Below is President Barack Obama’s Human Design chart. Here are some brief tidbits.

Obama is a Projector and he is here to guide and lead. His incarnation cross exhibit the belief that everyone deserves to have four walls around them for shelter. These four walls should have some nice stuff and be refined. He has energy to evaluate and allocate resources.

If you move your mouse over the chart’s areas that are circled in red it will reveal further properties about his design and where they tie in on the chart.

Also check out my custom Human Design report for Barack by clicking Here.