Human Design

The 64 gates

Each gate is one of the sixty four hexagrams, placed in one of the nine centers.

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G center

• Gate 1: Self-ExpressionCreative individuality that has to come out in its own form.
• Gate 2: Direction of the SelfThe receptive ground that gives direction its shape.
• Gate 7: The Role of the SelfLeadership held on behalf of others.
• Gate 10: Behaviour of the SelfLoving yourself as a practice rather than an idea.
• Gate 13: The ListenerHolding other people’s stories without leaking them.
• Gate 15: ExtremesA wide human range rather than a fixed pace.
• Gate 25: The Spirit of the SelfUniversal love, tested by shock.
• Gate 46: DeterminationBeing in the right place, in the body.

Sacral center

• Gate 3: OrderingNew life pressing to be organised.
• Gate 5: Fixed RhythmsPatterns the body keeps whether or not you approve.
• Gate 9: FocusEnergy narrowed to one detail at a time.
• Gate 14: Power SkillsResources following direction.
• Gate 27: CaringResponsibility for other people’s wellbeing.
• Gate 29: Saying YesCommitment with the whole body.
• Gate 34: PowerRaw energy that wants to be busy.
• Gate 42: GrowthFinishing what was started.
• Gate 59: SexualityThe barrier that decides intimacy.

Ajna center

• Gate 4: FormulizationAnswers offered to doubt, held as hypotheses.
• Gate 11: IdeasIdeas that arrive to be told, not to be acted on.
• Gate 17: OpinionsOpinion built from a pattern.
• Gate 24: RationalizingThe same question returning until it resolves.
• Gate 43: InsightKnowing before it can be explained.
• Gate 47: RealizingConfusion working towards a realisation.

Solar Plexus center

• Gate 6: FrictionThe boundary where intimacy is negotiated.
• Gate 22: OpennessGrace that depends on mood.
• Gate 30: FeelingsDesire that starts everything.
• Gate 36: CrisisThe new experience, arriving before you are ready.
• Gate 37: FriendshipThe bargain that holds a family together.
• Gate 49: PrinciplesThe terms on which you belong.
• Gate 55: SpiritMood as the weather of the spirit.

Throat center

• Gate 8: ContributionMaking a contribution in your own style.
• Gate 12: CautionExpression that only works in the right mood.
• Gate 16: SkillsEnthusiasm poured into practice.
• Gate 20: The NowSpeech in the present tense.
• Gate 23: AssimilationInsight that needs its own words.
• Gate 31: InfluenceLeading because you were asked.
• Gate 33: PrivacyRetelling experience after it is over.
• Gate 35: ChangeAppetite for the experience not yet had.
• Gate 45: The GathererThe voice that speaks for the group’s resources.
• Gate 56: StimulationThe storyteller who keeps people listening.
• Gate 62: DetailNaming things precisely.

Spleen center

• Gate 18: CorrectionNoticing what could be better.
• Gate 28: The Game PlayerStruggle in search of what is worth it.
• Gate 32: ContinuityInstinct for what will endure.
• Gate 44: AlertnessPattern recognition about people.
• Gate 48: DepthDepth of skill, and the fear of not having enough.
• Gate 50: ValuesGuardianship of what the group holds.
• Gate 57: Intuitive ClarityThe first quiet read, right now.

Root center

• Gate 19: WantingSensitivity to what the group needs.
• Gate 38: The FighterStubbornness in service of meaning.
• Gate 39: ProvocationProvoking to find out what is really there.
• Gate 41: ContractionThe start of the cycle: fantasy under pressure.
• Gate 52: StillnessPressure held still enough to concentrate.
• Gate 53: BeginningsPressure to start the next thing.
• Gate 54: AmbitionDrive to rise, materially or otherwise.
• Gate 58: VitalityJoy that presses towards improvement.
• Gate 60: AcceptanceLimitation as the condition for change.

Heart center

• Gate 21: ControlAuthority over resources and territory.
• Gate 26: The EgoistMemory turned into persuasion.
• Gate 40: AlonenessWork, then withdrawal to recover.
• Gate 51: ShockThe shock that changes the order of things.

Head center

• Gate 61: MysteryPressure to know the unknowable.
• Gate 63: DoubtDoubt as the beginning of logic.
• Gate 64: ConfusionImages and impressions not yet resolved.