Gate 22 – the Gate of Grace in Human Design
Right now, the Sun is activating Gate 22 – the gate of Grace. This gate is located in the emotional centre aka solar plexus, the furthest centre on the right if you look up your Human Design chart. If it’s coloured in, it’s called defined (always activated). If it’s not, it’s undefined.
Regardless, everyone will experience this energy this week when the Sun transits Gate 22 for 6-ish days (until 12 March here in Australia).
You can see the solar plexus / emotional centre furthest to the right, and gate 22 within it.
This gate is part of the 12/22 channel of Feelings (traditionally known as Openness). My husband has this channel, although it’s fully unconscious. It’s also in his unconscious (Design) Mars so is a key theme for him. My son has it as well, and I always say, if he’s not in the mood for something, there’s no point in forcing him to do it, because then we’ll all just suffer haha. #teenlife
I don’t have either gate defined (shaded). But as I mentioned, during a transit I experience this energy and can focus on the wisdom I’ve gained in relation to this gate.
You might be noticing highs and lows of emotion. It’s important to tap into the right timing when you’re sharing about your emotions. When is it time to speak and when is it time to listen? When you honour the timing, you can be charming and others will listen. This might mean not doing that Insta live because you’re likely to get too heated and go on a rant. Or taking your time and then sharing a pre-recorded video or a blog post.
If you’re:
- Trying to ‘control’ your emotions aka repressing, avoiding or suppressing them, you’ll be having a tough time (regardless of this Sun transit). There are no right or wrong, good or bad emotions, although we’re definitely conditioned to believe otherwise. In the words of the personal development industry, you’ve gotta ‘feel it to heal it’ and pushing it down is not feeling it.
- Great at giving other people compassion and kindness, but not yourself, what would it take to give yourself grace? So often when I work with female founders, they’re hugely judgemental of themselves and are always expecting way more of themselves than they would of a team member, peer, client or family member.
- Feeling guilty for not socialising when you’re really not in the mood, give yourself grace. Allow yourself to have some time alone and disconnect from the world for a while
Having this awareness will help you to create boundaries to support you:
- How can I give myself more grace right now? This might tie in with a need for self-respect, self-love or feeling worthy.
- The boundary with yourself might be: I deserve to give myself at least as much grace as I give others. When I take care of my own needs, everyone else benefits too.
- If you’re struggling with this, ask yourself: Why do I feel unworthy or undeserving of giving myself grace? What would I tell someone else in my situation?
- If you’re not feeling sociable, honour your desire to stay home.
- The boundary could be: I give myself permission to not be social when I’m not in the mood, knowing it won’t serve anyone. (Please note that this is different from feeling anxious about a networking event so avoid going to it. In that situation, you’re not honouring the emotions, you’re avoiding them).
- If you’re finding this challenging, ask yourself: What part of me is telling me I need to put others before myself? How can I give that part of myself grace and compassion and still give myself what I need?
- If you notice yourself feeling the highs and lows of emotion, consider whether you can channel this into a creative outlet: creating content, mapping out a new offer, batching some reels or writing a blog post.
- If you’re in a low, it might feel good to consider how else you could connect with those emotions: dancing, singing, painting, drawing, taking a walk in nature and seeing what ideas percolate, or some other creative pursuit. What would feel good?
- The boundary could be: I allow myself time to connect with my emotions and release the need to be productive. Or I let go of judging my emotions and consider how to express them instead.
I hope this gives you some ideas for the energy of Gate 22 and grace. Giving yourself grace is never a bad idea, and I’m a firm believer that the better you get at doing that, the better you’ll serve your clients and team, ultimately.
If you’d like to dig deeper into your own Human Design for Business or Career session, you can book here
