4/6

Background: The Opportunist Role Model has the potential to be an important and influential representative of what it means to live a 9-centered life. Completing the Personal Destiny process begun by the 1/3 profile, 4/6's externalize their foundation, and model through self-awareness what it means to live uniquely as 'yourself' This is an unusual profile as both lines are transpersonal, however, its role is still one of personal destiny and remains self-absorbed in its life. The 4th line consciously develops and employs its social gifts and personal networks to enhance its realm of influence, but the unconscious 6th line rarely allows itself to become intimately involved as it must remain separate and unencumbered in order to look at what lies ahead.

At the unconscious level, the 4/6 profile lives its life in three stages, and the first 30 years can be a challenging time as the 6th line lives as a 3rd line and continually bumps into life in a very subjective way. During this time, there is an internal discomfort because the conscious 4th line wants stability and a solid foundation, while the unconscious 3rd line must go through its trial and error, experimentation and discovery process. The unconscious 3rd line learns by exploring, in a deep way, the truth of what 'this' material plane is. When the 2nd stage of life begins at age 30, the Opportunist Role Model, now on the roof, enjoys a welcome reprieve in which to take the subjective experiences and turn them into objective wisdom. With a bird's eye view, it now sees that 'this' may actually be 'that.' While up on the roof, the 4th line establishes its stability by engaging itself in securing a family, a career, and a trusted network of friends. In the final stage that starts at age 50, the 4/6 comes off the roof and re-engages in life, influencing and externalizing a new transcendent perspective that is neither this nor that. Through the simple process of living life, they model what it is to be uniquely yourself, rather than be defined by the nature of the world around you.

Personal: There is a natural internal tension between your conscious yearning for connection and quality relationships, and your unconscious desire to stand apart so you can objectively evaluate and judge what life is really about and where we are heading. You are generally the cautious voyeur standing at the edge of the group, and watching with objective transpersonal eyes that are waiting for the opportunity to contribute a new perspective and change the other's way of thinking. Built into your 4th line is the ability, with the right opportunity, to communicate your truth to the other. You are not, however, interested in being changed by others. When you feel resistance from others, you will abdicate and look for those that are receptive to what you have to share. Time spent alone is refreshing and important for you as your interactions can result in people fatigue. Living through your Strategy and Authority brings you those relationships that will ultimately allow you to influence, externalize and model who you uniquely are. You are watching for relationships you can trust so that you can truly become a living example of a leader without followers.

You have a genuine ability to develop intimate relationships, which also takes time and an investment of your energy. It is also natural for you to observe and evaluate people from a distance. Every single relationship matters as these are your friends who you will influence on a very deep level, and who will provide you over time with the opportunities you need in life to model your new perspective. You are not designed to influence strangers; you need those who are familiar with you, and they need to be correct for you in ali ways, not just because you see the potential for influence and externalization. It may be years into a relationship before an actual opportunity presents itself, and the energy invested must be simply for the relationship itself In the wrong relationships, you will be investing your energy without receiving energy back, and may abdicate the truth of who you are, meet the wrong opportunities, and experience disappointment, sadness and fatigue.

Interpersonal: To properly raise 4th line children, we need to give them time to mature from dependents to benefactors; they should not be rushed out into the world. 4th lines can be dependent for a long time, but once they come into their own they make an important shift. Recognizing how important it was to have a benefactor themselves, with their characteristic loyalty, they will in turn take care of those who took care of them. Many 4th lines will become philanthropists, benefactors to society as a whole, and create foundations that open up opportunities for others.

Relationships are everything for 4th lines; the quality of their lives is in direct proportion to the quality of their networks. 4/6's operate as a 3rd line, however, during the first stage of life, and they can be bumped into by relationships and networks that do not work. The most valuable guidance that a parent can offer during the first 30 years of a 4/6's life concerns the relationships that they enter into, as these can determine the success or failure of the flowering into a transcendent Role Model that will take place after the age of 50.

At times, 4/6's can be a fence-sitters as the 4th line wants involvement, and the 6th line simply wants to watch. We need them to come down off the fence, however, and share their astute observations with us. The Opportunist Role Model has a generous spirit that wants the best for everyone, and they are able to bring love into the world with their warm hearts and wise heads. When their trust is broken, however, their sensitive hearts can be easily wounded, and the warm heart can turn cold and even mean when it is rejected.