The 64 Human Design Gates
The short answer
Human Design has 64 gates, one for each I Ching hexagram, spread across nine centres. A gate is active in your chart when a planet sat in its 5°37′30″ arc of the zodiac at your birth or in your Design period.
Every Human Design gate by centre, with its keynote, its I Ching hexagram, the degrees of the zodiac it covers, and the days the Sun spends in it each year. Find yours by casting a free bodygraph, then open each active gate below.
Head centre
The centre of inspiration and mental pressure: the questions that will not leave you alone.
- Gate 61: Mystery (Inner Truth)
- Gate 63: Doubt (After Completion)
- Gate 64: Confusion (Before Completion)
Ajna centre
The centre of thinking things through: turning inspiration into concepts and opinions.
- Gate 4: Formulisation (Youthful Folly)
- Gate 11: Ideas (Peace)
- Gate 17: Opinions (Following)
- Gate 24: Rationalisation (Return)
- Gate 43: Insight (Break-through)
- Gate 47: Realisation (Oppression)
Throat centre
The centre of expression and action: speaking, doing and making things happen.
- Gate 8: Contribution (Holding Together)
- Gate 12: Caution (Standstill)
- Gate 16: Skills (Enthusiasm)
- Gate 20: The Now (Contemplation)
- Gate 23: Assimilation (Splitting Apart)
- Gate 31: Influence (Influence)
- Gate 33: Privacy (Retreat)
- Gate 35: Change (Progress)
- Gate 45: The Gatherer (Gathering Together)
- Gate 56: Stimulation (The Wanderer)
- Gate 62: Detail (Preponderance of the Small)
G / Identity centre
The centre of identity, love and direction: who you are and where you are heading.
- Gate 1: Self-Expression (The Creative)
- Gate 2: Direction of the Self (The Receptive)
- Gate 7: The Role of the Self (The Army)
- Gate 10: Behaviour of the Self (Treading)
- Gate 13: The Listener (Fellowship with Men)
- Gate 15: Extremes (Modesty)
- Gate 25: The Spirit of the Self (Innocence)
- Gate 46: The Determination of the Self (Pushing Upward)
Heart / Ego / Will centre
The centre of willpower and worth: promises, value and what you are prepared to commit to.
- Gate 21: The Hunter (Biting Through)
- Gate 26: The Egoist (The Taming Power of the Great)
- Gate 40: Aloneness (Deliverance)
- Gate 51: Shock (The Arousing)
Sacral centre
The centre of life force and work energy: the gut response that powers sustained effort.
- Gate 3: Ordering (Difficulty at the Beginning)
- Gate 5: Fixed Rhythms (Waiting)
- Gate 9: Focus (The Taming Power of the Small)
- Gate 14: Power Skills (Possession in Great Measure)
- Gate 27: Caring (The Corners of the Mouth)
- Gate 29: Perseverance (The Abysmal)
- Gate 34: Power (The Power of the Great)
- Gate 42: Growth (Increase)
- Gate 59: Sexuality (Dispersion)
Solar Plexus centre
The centre of emotion: feelings that move in waves and need time to settle.
- Gate 6: Friction (Conflict)
- Gate 22: Openness (Grace)
- Gate 30: Recognition of Feelings (The Clinging)
- Gate 36: Crisis (Darkening of the Light)
- Gate 37: Friendship (The Family)
- Gate 49: Principles (Revolution)
- Gate 55: Spirit (Abundance)
Spleen centre
The centre of instinct, health and timing: the quiet in-the-moment knowing that keeps you safe.
- Gate 18: Correction (Work on What Has Been Spoiled)
- Gate 28: The Game Player (Preponderance of the Great)
- Gate 32: Continuity (Duration)
- Gate 44: Alertness (Coming to Meet)
- Gate 48: Depth (The Well)
- Gate 50: Values (The Caldron)
- Gate 57: Intuitive Clarity (The Gentle)
Root centre
The centre of pressure and drive: the adrenal push to get things moving and finished.
- Gate 19: Wanting (Approach)
- Gate 38: The Fighter (Opposition)
- Gate 39: Provocation (Obstruction)
- Gate 41: Contraction (Decrease)
- Gate 52: Stillness (Keeping Still)
- Gate 53: Beginnings (Development)
- Gate 54: Ambition (The Marrying Maiden)
- Gate 58: Vitality (The Joyous)
- Gate 60: Acceptance (Limitation)
How these positions are worked out
Gate positions follow the standard Human Design wheel: 64 gates of 5°37′30″ each, with Gate 41 starting at 2°00′ Aquarius, the same table the site's bodygraph calculator uses. The Sun's dates are drawn from its apparent position for the year shown, so they shift by up to a day between years.