Human Design Mandala Godheads Exploration: Harmonia's Time of the Year

The following article is something experimental. I'm exploring another approach for looking at the Wheel and the Transits. Feedback from certified analysts and analysts in training is very welcome - especially if this is not what / how you see! 


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Introduction

On the 5th of August the Sun made the transition from the Quarter of Civilization into the Quarter of Duality. It crossed the threshold from the 33rd Gate of Privacy - Retreat into the 7th Gate of The Army - The Role of the Self in Interaction. Since then, the overarching Transit theme has been Bonding. 

These past 5 weeks we have been conditioned to think more deeply about our relationships. 

So far we have moved through bonding themes regarding Role clarity and commitment. Followed now by the assessment of which bonds are worthwhile; which bonds to continue maintaining or go deeper with, and which ones not to. You might have changed jobs or responsibilities, you might be weighing who your friends, partners or allies are at this time. Or you might have refused, taken a step back or quit altogether. You might have given yourself a break from bonding.

Our minds will continue to be primed for evaluating the correctness of our bonding until early November.


Orientation to Now

The Sun has just exited the 64th Gate of Confusion - Before Completion (the mental pressure to make sense of the past) and has entered into the 47th Gate of Oppression - Realization (the ability to conceptualise abstractly about past experiences and piece residual impressions together into a meaningful picture). Which we will discuss below. 

I'd like to briefly explore the basics of the Human Design Transits. And then take a step back to look at things from a bigger picture perspective. 

Rather than the usual analysis of Transits (following specific Gate activations), I'll synthesize and summarize according to what Ra poetically called the 'Faces of the Godhead', as shown below:


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There is a hidden structure in the wheel that groups hexagrams together in bundles of four. Each group of four has its own holistic value, which divides the wheel into 16 faces. 

Ra gave each face a name corresponding to influential divine figures that for him captured the essence of what each bundle is about. They represent forces in the human psyche that are ancient and could be said to have always framed human thought and activity in archetypal ways. 

This structure provides a simpler progression to track the annual cycle (16 faces vs 64 gates) once you know what each face is about. 

I won't cover all 16 Faces here - though you might like to check out Ra's Quarter by Quarter course on Jovian for that.

We'll just explore the Faces we've recently moved through in the Quarter of Duality. Instead of discussing all eight Gates (7, 4, 29, 59, 40, 64, 47 and 6) we'll talk about 2 forces: Thoth and Harmonia.

So rather than giving us a detailed look into the specifics, we take a step back to see an overarching frame in which the specifics take place. I often find it practical to zoom out in this way. 

Before diving in, there's a brief explanation of what Transits are. Then we'll explore Thoth & Harmonia and conclude. 


What are Transits?

1. Mental Conditioning / Personality Education

The first thing to understand about Transits is that they are a stream of mental conditioning received from planetary influences. This is an information feed that pushes and pulls on the mind and generates mental content. Transits lead us to think about specific life themes in particular ways, they produce scripts in the mind that can escalate into behaviour and action through reactivity. 

We are spinning and cycling through space. Wherever we are, we have a direct relationship to the cosmic bodies that surround us. The Transits in Human Design are an orientation to the planetary agents in our solar system that activate the gates in the BodyGraph. This is a function of their movement through the Rave Mandala Wheel.

Original Imprint

 

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When you look at your own chart, you can see that the activations you carry are associated with given celestial entities moving through particular gates at certain moments in time.

The Transits track the ongoing movement of the planets relative to our unique designs. As they continue to activate gates, they become a transitory influence on us. They may 'turn on' certain centers that we have undefined in our original designs, or bridge our splits, for example. 

When this happens, our minds will be 'turned on' to think about those transiting themes temporarily. In this way, the planetary aspects continue to influence how we perceive and think about life as time goes on. As such Transits may drive shadows and lead to distraction by influencing us in the undefined centers. For example, not knowing when to quit in the Sacral Center; thinking we should do more. Or overpromising and overcommitting in the Heart Center; thinking we have something to prove. This can have health consequences. 

When we are running on these scripts, we are caught in what the Human Design System qualifies as a reactive 'mental decision-making' process. We are being triggered by transitory influences and jump in a stress response to try and do something about them. When this happens, the Transits are overriding our body's wisdom and its individual authority.

Heart Center and Sacral Center defined through Transit influence.


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When we can refrain from blindly reacting to the content generated by the Transits, we can observe the information feed from a different point of view. We are not entangled with it. We can begin to discern between misinformation and information that may be relevant for us, because we can discern what our body intelligence is indicating. The intellectual content we take in either way will affect the way our Personality shapes up.

Certain themes may be relevant for us at this time while others are not. Some of the content is simply a perspective on the world or on the way things work, but not something for you to actually get preoccupied with. Some education comes in the form of being challenged in your ability to stay true to your Inner Authority and learn how to own it.

How can we tell what's what? Human Design recommends following your Strategy and Authority to find a stable anchoring in the body and a sensory connection to the environment.


2. Incarnating Imprints


It takes time for things to change."

- Richard Beaumont (Foundation Analysis, 2018)

The second thing to understand about Transits is that they are incarnating imprints. They are new generations of beings coming into the world. Just like you received a planetary imprint at birth and 88° of the Sun before. 

New Baby Born (07 Sep 2022)

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Right now, the mental information feed we are collectively experiencing reflects the Personality frequency of new born children and the Design frequency of children born 88° of the Sun from now.

Changes that we are thinking about, that we might feel compelled to act upon, are changes that these new generations will naturally manifest over the course of their lives. 

There's a beautiful sentiment that comes out of seeing this. New generations are the change that we are mentally conditioned to think about. Put in a different way we could say that we are the change our ancestors dreamed of. Not by giving ourselves over to propaganda, but innately by being who and what we are. 

This is a very empowering insight, because it connects us to the larger process of our species. It integrates us in the continuity of ancestry and descendants. It gives us a sense of lineage as homo Sapiens on planet Earth. At the same time it removes the pressure and stress of needing to change something, of needing to be different than what we already are.

Yes, no doubt the world has significant issues and there are many social movements fighting for meaningful change. The Transits reveal that we already are part of a movement of change, and that the work we do relates to the undoing of incorrect conditioning - not by changing who we fundamentally are in order to try and affect the world. We innately will resonate and conflict with established structures given the difference in our imprinting, our own mutative impulses and our own ambitions for growing.

We already are a force of change, it may just not be the change our minds think we should be due to Transit influence and the moralities of our conditioning.

Our institutions are subject to the pressure of humanity's collective reactivity to Transits from the ground up and from the top down. In this way we come to manifest these themes incorrectly at large, founded on general absence of awareness. 


Back to School


1. Thoth (7,4,29,59)

So let's talk about these two regions of the Rave Mandala Wheel that we move through every summer. 

The Quarter of Duality opens with Thoth, and you can see above the associated gates. If we string together the keynotes for these gates we get a holistic value that could read: 

"Find your Role by understanding and committing to a pattern and reproduce."

This is essentially a job description. This is the prompt to find your place somewhere in the reproductive process of the species and perform your task. Go back to class, be a good student. Make a child, be a good parent. Commit to the job and immerse yourself in the process to learn. Whatever your particular Roles might be. 

We know life can get chaotic and messy. A teacher of mine often says "If you still believe in them, you gotta make mistakes." We make mistakes to learn from the outcome. Teenage one night stands that lead to a child. Accepting a new full-time job after a recent burnout that still demands recovery. Giving premature advice to institutions as an influential public figure. And so on. It is tricky when we're inexperienced and don't yet know the actual demands of the job to gauge if we're up to the task.

There might also be the confusion of 'what are we to each other?' when there is still exploration happening in ambiguous relational space.

Once Role clarity is established, we have a framework for understanding our relationship and our responsibilities within that. It opens up the door to productivity.

A major thing I've seen managers grapple with is being responsible for managing a team of people who actually don't want to be part of the process anymore. When we say 'yes' to something and agree to participate, we go through a whole experiential cycle. Preferably with ease and readiness to grow as opposed to resistance to the decision we made.

2. Harmonia (40,64,47,6)


The gates of Harmonia when keynoted together might say something like: "Making sure the relationship and the effort are worth it," or "Delivering in a way that makes sense and takes care of conflict." 

This is where the Sun is currently shining its light. Are we in reciprocity with each other? Am I in a contract / relationship that serves or burdens me? Is there a power imbalance in the relationship? Does it make sense for us to continue? Children may be asking themselves right now if they're gonna be part of the same friend group as last year, or if they're gonna focus on other people.

Harmonia wields a selectivity to intimacy to determine which pattern gets to continue to reproduce into the future and which one does not. There is a sensitivity to emotional correctness that demands respect. 

We also see the tendency here to bring up the past when there's conflict. It can become emotionally entangled in measuring and quantifying who did what in order to determine if there is any form of indebtedness. 

This is a zone that is emotionally charged and brings a pressure to think about the past and the future relative to our bonds. Wondering whether our investment is going to eventually have been worth it or not. Binding us to our history. 

By honouring your Strategy and Authority as you move through this, you can imagine two sides sitting at a table. On one side sits the mind with its proposals for what to do, on the other side sits the Inner Authority or the body's intelligence. Recognizing and including both sides in their contrast can allow you to see which way you want to align - and whether there is even any decision to be made at all.


Conclusion

We move through these faces cyclically every year. They flavour our seasons, the themes we think about as we move through the year - they shape our holidays. If we live our lives by making mental decisions, we can see how these repeating themes recur annually to also shape our lives. 

Alokanand Díaz has a course titled 'The Program is Not Your Life'. Just because there is stress or pressure surrounding any of these themes, does not mean there is a decision to be made. The way the mind may be interpreting life now may not be true once the Transit has passed. Even certain physical phenomena that seem to point in a certain direction may pass. The Inner Authority is a specific compass in the uncertainty of all of this. 

Given the way things are changing globally, I suspect there is a lot of confusion about roles, relationships, contracts, tit for tat, indebtedness, etc. out there. These are areas that we have traditionally navigated through cultural norms and religious moral frameworks. Human Design is neither of these things. It's about finding the answer in you, which may have nothing to do with what anyone thinks. 

Finding out where the road goes step by step. Movement by movement. Wave by wave. Interaction by interaction.


I wish you well,

Hagen

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 3 Line 1 and Earth in Gate 50 Line 1

Human Design Transit - April 16th, 2022

 3 - Difficulty at the Beginning - The Gate of Ordering
The fundamental challenge of initiation is to transcend confusion and establish order.

1st line - Synthesis
Difficulties can be only overcome when all the pertinent factors have been analyzed.
⊕ ▲ The understanding that confusion is natural and must always exist before clarity can be achieved. An innate knowing that order will emerge from confusion.


☿ ▽ The reliance on intellect at the expense of intuition can lead to unnecessary frustration. The inability to know that order will emerge and the drive to find this knowing elsewhere.

50 - The Cauldron - The Gate of Values
The value of historical continuity whose traditional values serve and enrich the present and the future.

1st line - The immigrant
Humbleness of origin that benefits rather than restricts destiny.
♂ ▲ The desire to be effective and successful that builds on the most fundamental strengths while it refines its nature. The awareness that the growth and refinement of values will benefit destiny.

♀ ▽ A dissatisfaction with/or embarrassment with origins, that makes an obsession of refinement. A dissatisfaction with original values that demands refinement.



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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 42 Exaltation Line 5 and Earth in Gate 32 Line 5

Human Design Transit - April 13th, 2022

Remember to be Practical on 5th Line Days

42 - Increase - The Gate of Growth
The expansion of the resources which maximizes the development of full potential.

5th line - Self-actualization
☉Δ The fulfillment and actualization of purpose as a natural path whose reward is a healthy sense of self, rather than the power and influence that naturally follow. Growth that is self-fulfilling and naturally leads to influence.

32 - Duration - The Gate of Continuity
The only thing which endures is change.

5th line - Flexibility
Easy adaptation to circumstances.
☾ Δ The Moon exalted, where superficiality is a valuable tool that while masking the inner light permits adaptation to prevailing conditions. An instinct for adaptation in times of change.

♂ ߜ The urge to express oneself in direct and often violent rejection of conformity. The potential of the instinct to reject adaptation and conformity in times of change.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 42 Line 4 and Earth in Gate 32 Line 4

Human Design Transit - April 13th, 2022

42 - Increase - The Gate of Growth
The expansion of the resources which maximizes the development of full potential.

4th line - The middle man
☾ Δ The quintessential manifestation of the mediator. The maturity to bring growth through mediation.

♀ ߜ Where the gift to establish and maintain relationships is ill-suited in this position to act in mediation where harmony must take a back seat to pragmatism. A lack of maturity where the power to harmonize distorts mediation and limits growth.



32 - Duration - The Gate of Continuity
The only thing which endures is change.

4th line - Right is might

♃ Δ Even in times of change certain underlying principles endure. The instinct to maintain one's principles in times of change.

♄ ߜ Where Jupiter will establish right action in the larger social realm, Saturn's will lead to inner strength and endurance as long as it is not threatened from the outside. The instinct to maintain one's principles as long as one's security is not threatened.



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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 42 Line 3 and Earth in Gate 32 Line 3

Human Design Transit - April 12th, 2022

42 - Increase - The Gate of Growth
The expansion of the resources which maximizes the development of full potential.

3rd line - Trial and error
In times of increase, mistakes are a natural part of the process.
♂ Δ The energy and assertion to turn mistakes into advantages. The power to accept mistakes as part of growth.

☾ ߜ A moodiness, that in error may succumb to brooding and unnecessary caution. Mistakes give power to moodiness and caution.



32 - Duration - The Gate of Continuity
The only thing which endures is change.

3rd line - Lack of continuity

☿ Δ Indecision and persistent reevaluation, that only because of its basic intelligence manages to endure. Indecision in times of transformation.

♃ ߜ An overreliance on traditionally legitimized standards that in times of change can be totally out of step and suffer unexpected humiliation. A lack of instinct in times of transformation.



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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 42 Exaltation Line 2 and Earth in Gate 32 Line 2

Human Design Transit - April 11th, 2022

42 - Increase - The Gate of Growth
The expansion of the resources which maximizes the development of full potential.

2nd line - Identification
☉ Δ Recognition and acute capitalization of trends. Power for growth through participating in trends.

♀ ߜ An ascetically motivated withdrawal in times of progressive change. Growth which stops in reaction to trends or change.



32 - Duration - The Gate of Continuity
The only thing which endures is change.

2nd line - Restraint

♀ Δ The control of power for the benefit and enhancement of harmony. The potential for transformation that may be beneficial to others.

♃ ߜ A tendency in frustration, particularly from a position of strength, to social withdrawal rather than persistent control. The frustration with controls or being controlled.



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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 51 Exaltation Line 6 and Earth in Gate 57 Line 6

Human Design Transit - April 10th, 2022

51 - The Arousing - The Gate of Shock
The ability to respond to disorder and shock through recognition and adaptation.

6th line - Separation
☉ Δ In times of crisis when all those around are confused and in disorder, the ability not to succumb to the panic but to have the will and vitality to survive it alone. The power of the ego to meet challenges alone.



57 - The Gentle - The Gate of Intuitive Clarity
The extraordinary power of clarity.

6th line - Utilization

⛢ Δ The acceptance that clarity is a double-edged sword. There are situations where understanding cannot lead to rectification. Here, Uranus' innovative quality can generally make the best out of an otherwise difficult but rarely permanent situation. Where there is no answer, only the possibilities of the intuition can make the best out of a difficult situation.

♂ ߜ When clarity points to a problem one is unable because of circumstances to solve, a tendency to anger and frustration that provokes inevitably futile action. The possibility that when the intuition cannot solve a problem, a tendency to frustration and anger.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 51 Exaltation Line 5 and Earth in Gate 57 Line 5

Human Design Transit - April 9th, 2022

51 - The Arousing - The Gate of Shock
The ability to respond to disorder and shock through recognition and adaptation.

5th line - Symmetry
☉ Δ Perfected illumination that in grasping the nature of the shock, can transform its normal patterns into a symmetrical adaptation that rides the shock and avoids its devastation. The perfection of the warrior ego through instinctive adaptation.



57 - The Gentle - The Gate of Intuitive Clarity
The extraordinary power of clarity.

5th line - Progression

♇ Δ The natural ability to establish new forms while maintaining the powers of reevaluation and reexamination. This provides the clarity to examine the data and assess the process. The possible intuitive gift for evaluation.

☾ ߜ The tendency to keep on keeping on, that can end up as a misguided missile. When in action, the intuition may become overwhelmed and unable to assess and evaluate its progress.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 51 Line 4 and Earth in Gate 57 Line 4

Human Design Transit - April 7th, 2022

51 - The Arousing - The Gate of Shock
The ability to respond to disorder and shock through recognition and adaptation.

4th line - Limitation
⛢ Δ A pure inventiveness and sometimes genius to find some opportunity even in the midst of the most devastating shocks. The warrior ego that will find some way to answer the challenge.

☿ ߜ A reasoned make-do mentality that is ineffectual in times of severe shock. The superficial ego that lacks the resources and depth to answer challenges.



57 - The Gentle - The Gate of Intuitive Clarity
The extraordinary power of clarity.

4th line - The director

♀ Δ The mastery of relationships that through clarity can maximize productivity while the sensitivity to interrelationships will ensure harmony. The possible intuitive clarity to master relationships.

♂ ߜ A tendency given this position to be dictatorial rather than directorial. With the gift of clarity to master relationships, the possibility of being intuitively dictatorial.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 51 Exaltation Line 3 and Earth in Gate 57 Line 3

Human Design Transit - April 6th, 2022

51 - The Arousing - The Gate of Shock
The ability to respond to disorder and shock through recognition and adaptation.

3rd line - Adaptation
☉ Δ The life-sustaining awareness that thinks on its feet and thus creates opportunities. The power of spontaneity in times of challenge.



57 - The Gentle - The Gate of Intuitive Clarity
The extraordinary power of clarity.

3rd line - Acuteness

☿ Δ The perfected intelligence, where clarity eliminates doubt and ensures manifestation. The possibility of perfected intuition. No polarity.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 51 Line 1 and Earth in Gate 57 in Detriment Line 1

Human Design Transit - April 5th, 2022

51 - The Arousing - The Gate of Shock
The ability to respond to disorder and shock through recognition and adaptation.

1st line - Reference
The advantage of previous crisis experience.

♇ Δ The gift of re-examination that is the foundation of preparedness. The power of the ego conditioned by experience.

♀ ߜ A tendency to emotional withdrawal after a shock. The weakness of the ego in times of challenge.



57 - The Gentle - The Gate of Intuitive Clarity
The extraordinary power of clarity.

1st line - Confusion

☾ ߜ The Moon in detriment, where feelings are no substitute for clarity and can lead to indecision. The possibility that confusion will overpower the intuition.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.

Human Design Transit Watch: Sun in Gate 21 Line 6 and Earth in Gate 48 Line 6

Human Design Transit - April 4th, 2022

 21 - Biting Through - The Gate of the Hunter/Huntress
The justified and necessary use of power in overcoming deliberate and persistent interference.

6th line - Chaos
Where ineffective action leads to disorder.

♇ Δ The war of attrition. The continuance of legitimate action in the hope of eventually succeeding despite all odds and increasing disorder. Where the ego is out of touch, the display of will power leads to disorder.

♀ ߜ Withdrawal and reliance on inner order in a chaotic situation. Where the material direction is chaotic, the ego will withdraw and use its power to find an inner order.


48 - The Well - The Gate of Depth
The necessary and qualitative foundation that is a prerequisite to establish the common good.

6th line - Self-fulfillment
An undiminishable resource.

♀ Δ The valued center, that as it gives, it receives and thus can continue to give. A depth and potential talent that is of value to others.

☾ ߜ A tendency to superficiality, that though generous and nurturing, will lack the inspirational quality that can transform its gift into a common currency. Where the depth is limited the taste will be superficial and affect the quality of the possible talent.

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Rave I'Ching Hexagram and Line Descriptions of The Human Design System from MyBodygraph.com and the Rave I'Ching by Ra Uru Hu of JovianArchive.com.