Human Design · Sacral center

Gate 42: Growth

Finishing what was started.

When it overshoots

Endings avoided indefinitely.

At its best

Completion that makes room.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

Carried in the chart, the drive to bring a cycle to its end is amplified, and ending well is the gift.

In a chart where it is open

With the gate open, the pull to finish may come from others; a shared deadline can help.

When it is in the sky

Completion is favoured. Finishing what was started makes room for whatever is next.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorCompletion starts with an honest inventory of what was actually begun, including the things quietly abandoned.
2. Line 2, The HermitBringing things to a close comes easily, and a room exhales when the loose end is finally tied.
3. Line 3, The MartyrSome endings are forced too early, and learning to let a thing complete in its own time teaches patience.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistAn ending is easier with company, and friends help a chapter close well.
5. Line 5, The HereticHanded other people’s unfinished projects, finishing your own first is the fairer order.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelEvery completed cycle cleared ground for a beginning that came after it.

Channels through this gate

• Maturation · 42-53Balanced development. Beginnings and endings. Cycles finished rather than abandoned. With Gate 53, Beginnings.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 42 is hexagram 42, Increase, read by an older tradition.