Our Guides
Dennis Fried
Eike Oertel
Dennis Fried and Eike Oertel
Partners in Human Design
Dennis Fried and Eike Oertel are longtime partners and dedicated practitioners in the Human Design community, co-founding and guiding the Santa Barbara Human Design Study Group (SBHD). With deep roots in Ra Uru Hu’s teachings since the mid-2000s, they bring decades of combined experience to personalized chart interpretations, transit analyses, compatibility readings, and group facilitation. Their work emphasizes practical application—helping individuals align with their Strategy and Authority while fostering community connections through study, contemplation, and shared insights.
Dennis Fried
Manifesting Generator • Single Definition • 6/2 Profile • Left Angle Cross of Migration
Dennis embodies rhythms of change, patterns, friendship, and the balance between solitude and community. His Left Angle Cross of Migration carries a transpersonal mission: navigating life transitions, recognizing when structures or compromises no longer serve, and guiding others toward their rightful place.
Gates such as 37 (Friendship/Family), 40 (Loneliness/Will), 5 (Patterns/Rhythms), and 35 (Change/Experience) fuel his deep understanding of tribal bonds and intuitive timing.
In practice, Dennis excels at creating structured yet dynamic tools—custom ephemeris-based transit reports, decision trees, and daily/weekly alignments. As the founder driving SBHD’s online presence, he focuses on building accessible resources that support personal and collective evolution.
Eike Oertel
Generator • Sacral Authority • Triple Split Definition • 6/2 Profile • Left Angle Cross of Distraction
Eike’s design revolves around storytelling, nurturing, limitation, and the playful struggle that sparks growth. Key gates include 56 (Stimulation/Storyteller), 60 (Limitation/Acceptance), 27 (Caring/Responsibility), and 28 (Struggle/Game Player).
This equips her to captivate attention, redirect energy productively, and care for others’ development through engaging, transformative sharing. As a sensitive energy parent guide and experienced coach, she supports family dynamics, Projector-Generator relationships, and emotional navigation with warmth and insight.
How Their Incarnation Crosses Complement Each Other
Both share the 6/2 Profile, creating natural synergy in their role-model/hermit wisdom and long-term perspective. As Left Angle Crosses, their purposes are inherently transpersonal.
Dennis – Cross of Migration
Provides overarching direction: sensing when it’s time to shift communities, patterns, or environments, and helping individuals and groups find better “places” to belong. He drives the structural and transitional work of SBHD.
Eike – Cross of Distraction
Supplies the engaging, nurturing spark: using stories, care, and stimulating redirections to keep energy moving. She prevents stagnation and turns challenges into meaningful growth.
Together, they form a powerful complementary force. Dennis’s migration energy sets the course for movement and renewal, while Eike’s distraction energy enriches the path with storytelling, care, and dynamic engagement. This partnership creates a balanced container for authentic evolution, family-like support, and collective awakening in the Human Design community.
Dennis and Eike continue to expand their offerings through the SBHD study group, website resources, and personalized support, inviting others into the transformative dance of Human Design.