Last time, we explored the Life Themes with the Sun in Gateway 34, known as the Gateway of “Power”. Now the Sun has moved into Gate 9, the Gateway of “Applied Details”. And Gateway 9 is in the Sacral Center, which is also the sex Center, the Center of life force energy. So, it’s very creative underneath everything. And it also marks a very powerful point in time where there’s a lot of mutation, a lot of things start changing in our world.

 

 

So, with that in mind, let’s have a look at the Human Design Life Themes associated with Gateway 9:

 

The Personal Life Theme: Planning

The Conscious Sun is now in Gate 9, and the Earth is in Gate 16, which opens up the Personal Life Theme of “Planning”. So, Gate 9 is the Gateway of “Applied Details” and it’s concerned with establishing the particulars of a given situation, project, or anything it gets involved with. Which means that a lot of times it’s just in a state of waiting until all the details are in place before things can proceed.

Gateway 16 is in the Throat Center, where we give voice to things. It’s the Gateway of “Selectivity” as well as the Gateway of “Enthusiasm”. It’s always looking to sort out what’s worth the effort and what’s not. What do we want to put our energy into, and what do we leave alone?

  

• Gate 9 – Applied Details – An inherent attentiveness to everything, whether it brings satisfaction or not.

 

• Gate 16 – Selectivity – The ability to evaluate and identify endeavors that have relevance and promise.

 

• Gate 40 – Deliverance – Using willpower to differentiate between struggle and liberation, you attain what holds value for you.

 

• Gate 37 – Family – Clear interrelationships are necessary for the stability and wellbeing of everyone.

 

Now, on the Unconscious side, we have the Sun in Gate 40, and the Earth in Gate 37 which make up a Channel, the Channel of Community. And where Gates 9 and 16 are both in the Logic Circuitry, Gates 40 and 37 are in the Tribal Circuitry, which is deeply involved with community, family, the tribe. So, the difficulty with this particular Life Theme is that, on the face of things, logic and community have very little to do with each other.

This requires people with this Life Theme to walk a delicate line between doing things on their own behalf with an eye on future outcomes, and doing things with an eye for the community. They often find themselves looking for the perfect solution for everybody, only to realize that no matter what, somebody’s going to be left out. So, if you have this Life Theme, it’s important to understand that you’re not going to please everybody. The key is to make plans that are clear for you. If you’re really clear on it, you can proceed whether anybody else likes it or not.

Notable people with this Life Theme: Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Maria Callas

 

The Fixed Life Theme: Focus

The Sun moves on into the fourth line of Gate 9, which brings us into the Fixed Life Theme of “Focus”. So again, we have the Sun it the Gateway of Applied Details, which looks into things with a keen eye for the minutiae. And we have the Earth in Gate 16 with the fourth line, which is always weighing things up, trying to determine if they’re worthwhile or not.

 

• Gate 9 – Applied Details – An inherent attentiveness to everything, whether it brings satisfaction or not.

 

• Gate 16 – Selectivity – The ability to evaluate and identify endeavors that have relevance and promise.

 

• Gate 64 – Diverse Possibilities – In expansion there is no absolute correctness and yet there is always a pressure to find balance.

 

• Gate 63 – Doubts – Critical Perception; Constantly refreshing your view in a world where there is always change.

 

Now, the Unconscious Sun has moved into Gate 64 and the Unconscious Earth into Gate 63. Both of these Gates are in the Crown Center. But, while Gate 64 is saying that there’s always more to consider, Gate 63 is concerned with making sure that we are up to snuff with what we already have. So, people with this Life Theme can have this intense focus on weighing up every conceivable side of every situation. They’re not so concerned about the tribe. They don’t care about so much about the community. They are focused, to the point of being blinkered, on what it is that needs to take place, and doggedly committed to figuring out how to bring all the component parts of together.

Notable people with this Life Theme: Bette Midler, Gianni Versace

 

The Interpersonal Life Theme: Identification

The Sun then moves into the fifth and sixth lines of Gate 9, which open up the Interpersonal Life Theme of “Identification”. And the fifth and sixth lines have the ability to be guides. They bring wisdom, leadership qualities, and an ability to oversee everything. Similarly, Gate 16 with the fifth line has the potential to be quite critical. It can look at something and recognize immediately whether or not it has the potential to go anywhere, and how to make this known without everyone being upset.

So, people with this Life Theme are able to see the details quite clearly. They can identify how things need to be assembled in order to bring them into harmonious reality. But it’s important that they also identify very clearly what it is they want to propose before getting other people involved.

On the Unconscious side we still have Gateway 64, which always has more things to consider, and Gateway 63 which is looking to see that we’ve got things right so far. So, there’s a balancing act of identifying the exact details and structure of how and when things can move forward. It’s a powerful thing to be able to find a niche that other people can’t see, or to identify a certain way to engage in the world that might be beneficial to people. But as always, the key is to be really clear before offering it into other people’s lives.

Notable people with this Life Theme: Britney Spears, Aaron Rodgers, Ozzy Osbourne

 

That’s the essence of the Life Themes associated with the 9th Gateway. If you want to learn more about Life Themes, you’ll find them all in the Book of Destinies, part of the Human Design Trilogy which is available in all good bookstores and audiobook platforms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to find out more about Gate 9, we encourage you to dive into our blog series on the Book of Lines.

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