Human Design · Sacral center

Gate 14: Power Skills

Resources following direction.

When it overshoots

Accumulation with no direction.

At its best

Means put behind a purpose.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

Held, the knack for gathering means behind a purpose is amplified, provided the purpose is real.

In a chart where it is open

Without it in the chart, resources tend to flow through partners or employers; steering them wisely is still within reach.

When it is in the sky

Resources follow direction here: money, time and energy move toward whatever has a clear aim.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorResources follow a clear aim, so the first work is deciding what the means are actually for.
2. Line 2, The HermitMeans tend to gather around a well directed effort without much chasing, and help is offered before it is asked for.
3. Line 3, The MartyrHow to direct resources is learned by misdirecting some of them, and the loss teaches a sense of proportion.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistThe right partner multiplies what is available, and brings more to the work than money ever could.
5. Line 5, The HereticPeople may see you as a source and ask accordingly; a practical arrangement serves them better than generosity alone.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelIn the long accounting, wealth is counted by what it made possible rather than by what stayed in the drawer.

Channels through this gate

• The Beat · 2-14Keeper of the keys. Direction meeting resources. Where the self is pointed, fuel appears. With Gate 2, Direction of the Self.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 14 is hexagram 14, Great Possession, read by an older tradition.