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The sixty four gates

Human Design Gate 22: Openness

Gate 22 opens or closes to people depending on mood, and in the open state it has real grace. It is social charm with a weather system attached.

Written byMilena Chernomorets

gracecharmmoodThe Solar plexus centreChannel 12 and 22, Openness
The bodygraph with gate 22 marked in the Solar plexus centre, and the channels it can complete drawn as dashes12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364
The dashed lines are the channels this gate can complete. Each one also needs the gate at its far end.

How gate 22 shows up in a life

When you are open, strangers soften and difficult people behave. When you are not, forcing yourself to be charming leaves you hollow for two days. The skill is admitting which one is true today. Say no to the party you have nothing to give, and arrive at the next one with the thing people actually come for.

Read here as a language of symbols. Medical, legal and financial questions belong with a professional.

A round token on paper carrying a hexagram of six horizontal strokes, some whole and some broken in the middle

Around it on the wheel

The gates either side of this one.

Your own chart

Is this gate one of your twenty six activations?

A gate only belongs to you if one of the thirteen planets on either side of your chart landed in it. The calculator lists all twenty six, with the line each one fell in.

Build my Human Design chartHow Human Design worksAll 64 gates

64
gates around the wheel, each one a hexagram of the I Ching
26
of them are lit in any one chart, thirteen from each side
9
centres, and a gate belongs to exactly one of them
36
channels, each closed only when both of its gates are lit