Human Design · Solar Plexus center

Gate 55: Spirit

Mood as the weather of the spirit.

When it overshoots

Melancholy nursed as depth.

At its best

Spirit that does not need a reason.

Carried and open

In a chart that carries it

Carried in the chart, emotional abundance or emptiness runs strong, and neither is permanent.

In a chart where it is open

Where it is open, the moods around you may sweep you along; anchor in whatever is steady.

When it is in the sky

Mood is the weather of the spirit here. Highs and lows pass, and something steadier stays.

The six lines

1. Line 1, The InvestigatorSpirit needs grounding, so notice the moods without being ruled by any one of them.
2. Line 2, The HermitEmotional abundance spills over freely, and the people nearby are lifted along with it.
3. Line 3, The MartyrRiding a mood too hard teaches balance, often on the far side of a crash.
4. Line 4, The OpportunistSpirit is kept alive among people who let each other’s moods rise and fall without taking either as a verdict.
5. Line 5, The HereticConstant joy is nobody’s duty; an honest mood, whatever its colour, is enough.
6. Line 6, The Role ModelThrough every high and every low, something steadier underneath kept going.

Channels through this gate

• Emoting · 39-55Moodiness. Provocation and abundance. Spirit that cannot be argued into place. With Gate 39, Provocation.

The same figure in the Book of Changes

Gate 55 is hexagram 55, Abundance, read by an older tradition.