On the left side of the chart, the “Design” column is showing the locations of the planets at the moment 88 days before your birth. So the gates defined by these planets represent gifts and talents that you’re more likely to be consciously aware of, as they’re tied to your ego and identity. This is when your personality was born, your identity, your ego. This is the moment that, for the first time, you entered the world and started impacting the global energetic field with your own energetic field separate from your mother. The column on the right side of the chart, the “Personality” column is showing the locations of the planets at the moment of your birth. These 2 columns are representing the locations of the planets at 2 distinct moments in time. In the columns to the left and to the right of the chart, you can see gate numbers corresponding to planetary symbols. They govern ho how energy uniquely flows through your body. The defined gates and channels in your chart are the unique gifts and talents that are natural to you and that you can always rely on. So, the intention of this post is to ease you into the journey of your gates and channels so you can integrate their wisdom into what you already might know about your Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile. The way that you utilize your Strategy and Authority and operate as your Type is unique based on the consistent quantum intelligences of the gates and channels defined in your chart.

Without them, you just have a “shopping list” of your attributes, piecemeal and not connected. The gates and channels tie the story of your chart together. While we won’t be going into each individual gate and channel in this post, we will be sharing how the gates and channels are the MOST important part of your chart and how they actually define your Type, Strategy, and Authority. In it, you’ll also see which gates and channels are activated in your chart. If you don’t, I invite you to take a moment to generate your personalized Human Design Chart and Phoenix Method guide here. Perhaps you already know your Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile.

Explain planets on human design chart