How are you doing? I ask because right now we’re in this season of joy, and it’s a very important thing for us to realize. It’s a foundational aspect of life. If we’re going to do something, if we’re going to engage in our life in some way or other, there needs to be a sense of joy about it. Otherwise, what’s the point? Why bother? So how do we recognize our own joy? Your Human Design Chart has some insight.

Last week, we explored Hexagram 10, which indicates how we behave when faced with challenges. How we accept challenges so we can find our own way through them. Now, we shift gears into the 58th Gateway, where we learn to embrace joy. And you’ll see that in this season in the world, there are so many different societies that are celebrating. The foundation of it all is joy, and it’s really worthwhile remembering to have this joy in our life. Right now, as the Sun enters Gate 58, we have the chance to see past any cause to be miserable, to overthink our life, to compare our life with whatever we imagine it could be, and instead to accept and celebrate the extraordinary experience we’ve been given, step by step, moment by moment. 

But why is joy important?

The 58th Gateway is the beginning of what’s known as the “Stream of Mastery.” And the root of mastery is in finding out what brings you joy, finding what you really love to do and committing to it, practicing it over and over again, fine tuning your way, your techniques and your attitude to achieve that mastery.

At the root of all growth and endeavor lies the vital spark of life that can be described as joyfulness. Think of a musician who masters an instrument. They can just play anything and improvise and make it sound incredible. That’s mastery. And why did they start playing? Because it brought them joy. And the same can be applied to building, designing, cooking, writing, mathematics, all kinds of different things. It all starts with that vital spark of joy.

So, let’s go through Gate 58 in the Human Design Chart, line by line:

First Line: Harmonizing

The first line is always foundational in any hexagram. Here the first line is called, “Harmonizing: Aligning your life with your spontaneous, cheerful nature.”

Gate 58 gives us a choice, a very foundational choice, when we wake up in the morning or when some big change comes into our life. And the choice is, “Am I gonna have fun? Am I gonna be joyous? Am I gonna engage? Am I really gonna be involved? Am I gonna bring that vital spark with me, or am I just gonna be miserable?”

By living in freedom from doubts and concerns, you bring joy to yourself and others. In accessing your inner harmony, you promote joy for one and all. And what is that inner harmony? It’s that sense that you’re here in this life, that you belong here, you are engaged with who you are and what you’re doing. And this inner connection, this joy, is contagious. Others pick up on it.

Your changeable moods cycle through joy and sorrow quite naturally. Sometimes we’re full of joy, sometimes we really feel the sadness. It’s important to see that these two things are not necessarily contradictory. They’re different expressions of energy. It’s part of the rich texture of this life experience. We’re not here to be just one way all the time. We are here to play. And that includes the whole spectrum of feeling and expression.

Second Line: Looking Onwards

The second line always has a natural approach to things, and here it’s called “Looking Onwards: Attunement to your inner joy attracts enjoyable activities.” Here we are simply observing, watching, witnessing.

If all is well within, watch what happens on the outside. Your inner calm creates external joy. What is on the outside is on the inside, and what is on the inside is on the outside. That is the natural way of the second line, just being part of all this, being within it all.

One thing to look out for here is that you easily find activities that can lack apparently lasting values. It is an essential thing that everything that we engage with has a lasting value. But going back to the idea of mastery, if we’re seeking to master something, there has to be a dedication to it in some way or other. So just be watchful about getting pulled off track, about seeking out thrills as a means to escape.

Third Line: Exciting

The third line is always in this experimental stage in life, always pushing the envelope, trying new things. Here, the third line is called “Exciting: The draw of worldly enjoyments requires great inner selectivity.” In this world where there are so many distractions on offer, so many potential fun things to try out, the third line has to be really selective.

What is it that really draws your attention? Of course, you go back to your Human Design Chart, where you’re reminded to trust your Type and Authority to see what really has meaning for you. It’s important to remember that happiness really is an inside job. It is something that happens within us. We might say that something or someone makes us happy, but that happiness is experienced within ourselves. So, this internal joy is a very important thing to recognize.

You have a tendency to restlessly chase after worldly delights, going from one exciting thing to the next. But, while there’s something wonderful about trying all these different things that are on offer for you, in the end it’s important to recognize whether this is all coming from an inner joy, or if it’s just that the outside distraction is so intense that it’s hard to avoid.

Fourth Line: Being Spontaneous

The fourth line is called “Being spontaneous: Quick recognition of joyful stimulations.” You have an ability to tune in right away and know if something is vibrating with you on a level that gives you a sensation of joy.

You find strictly beneficial incentives or indulge everything and become drained of energy. Again, there are so many things on offer, what is it that really calls to you? The joy is potentially there, but joy is an internal thing. We all have to work that out for ourselves.

The danger here is that you may get lost deciding which stimulations to select and end up making choices that exhausts you. So, this fourth line here is saying there’s a great potential to go overboard on things if you’re not careful. Be spontaneous, absolutely, but with care, with that quick recognition of what it is that really brings you joy in a way that becomes contagious.

Fifth Line: Being Discreet

The fifth line is called “Being discreet: Being clear in all your inner needs and wants.” The fifth line always has this ability to look outwards and see what it is that other people might be seeking in this life. You know how to facilitate joy for them, how to bring about this spark into other people’s lives.

Fifth lines have that great capacity to guide and lead people in many different ways. But while you have the ability to facilitate joy in everybody’s life, the bottom line is to figure out whether you are working on everybody else’s behalf, or if you’re coming from a place that’s clear within you. You are not here to live anyone’s life but your own.

You’re either clear in your associations or tend to trust everyone and end up being misled. All of us can get that sense of what it’s like to be misled. You put all your energy into something only to find out it was not in tune with what was really needed. This will lead you to feel burned out and taken advantage of. But in the end, it was you that subscribed to it in the first place. This is the inner reality check for the fifth line: be very clear before providing for everybody else or trying to rescue everybody else.

Sixth Line: Attracting

The sixth line here is called “Attracting: Drawing to yourself all manner of stimulations.” Sixth lines are always in a place of being able to oversee or administer for other people, to sort out other people’s issues, problems, and difficulties for them. And here the difficulty for you is the potential for getting caught up in other people’s whims.  

The thrill of excitement can be so strong that you can get lost in it and become wildly active. All of us from time to time go racing around, wondering where on earth we are going next. Where life is calling us next.

If you link your inner world to outer stimulations, you do not lose track of your own joy. And you’ll know if you’ve got the sixth line here that it’s an amazing thing to be able to sit back from life and sense that joy, knowing that you’re in an environment where things are just playing out and you’ve come to that inner acceptance.

So, the bottom line while the Sun’s going through Gate 58 is this: let’s indulge in this joy, but let’s carry it further in our lives as well. When you’re getting out of bed in the morning and there’s a big day ahead of you, stop and tune in for a moment: “Where am I coming from? Am I dreading the day? If I am, how can I change that attitude? Where’s that joy in me? Where’s that vital spark?” And if you can find that joy and start your day with it, that joy can swell and expand into the world and life around you.

So, there we are, that’s the 58th Gateway in the Human Design Chart. We’ll check in again soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to learn more and discover how your own Human Design Chart informs and shapes your life, get your Free Human Design Report today.