Human Design · Solar Plexus center

Gate 37: Friendship

The bargain that holds a family together.

When it overshoots

Loyalty used as a lever.

At its best

Agreements kept in the open.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

Natally present, the instinct to support and be supported is strong; keeping agreements in the open keeps them sweet.

In a chart where it is open

Where it is absent, other people’s expectations of loyalty may weigh more than they should; clarify what is fair.

When it is in the sky

Bonds and bargains are in focus. Families and friendships hold together through fair agreements.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorBonds rest on fair agreements, so be clear about what is being offered and what is expected.
2. Line 2, The HermitLoyalty here is steady enough that people feel held without having to ask for it.
3. Line 3, The MartyrA broken agreement teaches the worth of clear terms, sometimes painfully.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistFriendship deepens in a web of mutual support, where everyone gives and everyone receives.
5. Line 5, The HereticWhen loyalty is expected to have no limit, naming what is fair is what keeps the bond from souring.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelThe friendships still standing at the end were built on fairness at least as much as on feeling.

Channels through this gate

• Community · 37-40A part seeking a whole. Bargain and belonging. Loyalty with terms attached. With Gate 40, Aloneness.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 37 is hexagram 37, The Family, read by an older tradition.