The Tribal circuit family: support

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Keynote
Support
Channels_ego
21-45, 26-44, 37-40, 19-49, 32-54
Sub_circuits
Tribal Ego, Tribal Defence
Channel_count
7
Centres_touched
Throat, Heart, Spleen, Solar Plexus, Sacral, Root
Channels_defence
27-50, 59-6
Oriented_towards
the immediate group: family, close community, people already known
Centres_not_touched
Head, Ajna, G

The Tribal circuit group carries the keynote of support. Its work is keeping a specific group of people alive and provided for: fed, housed, bonded, defended, and held to agreements that actually hold. It is the smallest of the three families, seven of the thirty-six channels, split between the Ego circuit (21-45, 26-44, 37-40, 19-49, 32-54) and the Defence circuit (27-50, 59-6).

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Provenance: researched and cross-checked 22 August 2026 against Jovian Archive and humdes.com Sources: https://jovianarchive.com/pages/human-design-dictionary; https://jovianarchive.com/pages/what-is-circuitry-in-human-design; https://www.humdes.com/en/kb/circuitry/ Noted at time of writing: Jovian Archive's dictionary lists the group as "Tribal (Tribal and Defense)" while its circuitry page names the two halves Ego and Defense. Both refer to the same two sub-circuits; the entry uses Ego and Defence, which matches the existing library naming. Not yet reviewed by a certified practitioner.