I’m sharing here some observations about the Gate of Re-Alignment or Correction – Gate 18 in the Human Design chart.
Since I started my Human Design experiment in 2022, I’ve noticed so much about the energy of this gate and I feel it only right to share those observations – especially since it’s part of my incarnation cross.
It’s also expressed 4 times throughout my Human Design chart. This is my chart pictured here.
Once I understood this, and what the energy of this gate really feels like, I began to notice many experiences which had been coloured by it.
Exploring Gate 18 – if you’re not familiar with it, it comes off the spleen centre at the bottom right of the bodygraph.
In Traditional Human Design it’s known as the Gate of Correction.
In Quantum Human Design™ it’s known as the Gate of Re-Alignment.
The thing about re-aligning patterns is, it can bring a whole lot of joy if the corrections are shared in the right way. But if those corrections are not invited, or welcomed? Well…
So what’s my story with this gate?
I’ve been a born fault-finder, all my life. I can spot typo’s or spelling mistakes even when driving round a roundabout! I can’t unsee those things. It brought me, over time, to feel a need to have everything perfect. I suppose it made me feel good. Maybe that was a good thing but it might not always have been welcomed by other people!
Since I learned that this energy is strong as part of who I am, I have learned to ‘be’ with it, let some of the stuff go, and know that not ALL things ALWAYS need to be ‘righted’.
I used to fight so hard against this, trying ‘not’ to do it, but once highlighted in my reading from Karen Curry Parker (my mentor – I won this session with her late last year, maybe that’s a blog post in itself!) that it’s an intrinsic part of ME, I made peace with the gifts it brings.
In my first marriage, my then-husband had a complex about being corrected and this taught me a lot. Although, I would have to say I wasn’t always kind about it, which unfortunately was the nature of our relationship. But it definitely became a theme. What’s been really interesting is that since I met my soulmate in 2017, I have been way more forgiving. He’s not the best at spelling (but absolutely wouldn’t mind me saying that) and this has honestly taught me that this is not what’s important – not at all!
Over the past year, I’ve also experienced a lot of signs from an early age which taught me that to correct things is what you’re ‘supposed’ to do. These days it makes me feel kind of icky to think that.
Being right is not what matters.
I’ve experienced many moments of clarity around seeing this being infused into my belief system, however I now understand it isn’t really my way at all. Yes, I do have this energy – it’s in my unconscious earth (it grounds me), it’s in my unconscious moon (it drives me), and it’s in both my conscious AND unconscious Pluto, which is all about expansion and generational challenges. So to experience this as a huge life theme where I get to change the story feels really quite profound.
The realignment of patterns is an energy that’s supposed to bring joy – not have you being right all the time! (and in whose eyes are you right anyway?)
So how can you share an insight about something that needs tweaking, re-aligning, changing or just plain correcting? Try this – ‘I have noticed something that might help show this off in a different way, would you like to hear my thoughts?’ or maybe ‘If I was tempted to change this, there’s one thing I’d do differently, care to hear it?’. In this way, the energy of re-alignment is much better served, and you also know the recipient in this example will value your insights. It takes some practice but feels so different.
During my signature programme YOU Evolved, we get to explore some of these themes for you in your chart – so if you’d like to find out more about what those themes are and how they’re playing out for you, then let me know. I’d love to chat some more about it.
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