Human Design · Solar Plexus center

Gate 30: Feelings

Desire that starts everything.

When it overshoots

Wanting more than living.

At its best

Feeling used as fuel.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

Held, longing runs intense; letting it drive action rather than consume the hours is the gift.

In a chart where it is open

Where it is open, another person’s yearning is contagious; enjoy the heat of it without chasing it.

When it is in the sky

Desire burns brightly, the wish for an experience not yet had. Wanting is fuel rather than a destination.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorDesire needs to be known before it is acted on, so begin by noticing exactly what is wanted.
2. Line 2, The HermitLonging burns visibly here, and others are moved by its heat without a word of explanation.
3. Line 3, The MartyrChasing a desire teaches its nature, and some wants burn out the moment they are met.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistA longing spoken aloud to the right friend tends to turn into a trip, a project, or a plan with two names on it.
5. Line 5, The HereticPeople may project their own wanting onto you; staying with what is genuinely yours keeps it clear.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelIn the long view, desire was only the fuel; the experiences it bought were the point.

Channels through this gate

• Recognition · 30-41Focused energy. Fantasy with feeling attached. Desire that starts the whole cycle. With Gate 41, Contraction.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 30 is hexagram 30, The Clinging, read by an older tradition.