How my defined gate 42 shows up in my workouts and life
A lightbulb moment during a cycling session
I have recently committed to up my fitness. I noticed the other week, as I climbed four flights of stairs, that I was almost out of breath half way through the climb. I knew at that moment I needed to up my cardio fitness.
Our living situation is currently not ideal for my favourite HIIT routines so I've resorted to more strength and weight workouts. But we do have an indoor cycle that I could utilise so, really, I was just being lazy.
So I've picked up my indoor cycling game. I'd never put the two and two together before but this morning, as I was doing my thing of counting the rounds that I do, I realised that I was committed to hitting a certain figure before moving onto a higher difficulty. It hit me there and then that this is my conscious Sacral Moon gate in action. This for me is my gate 42. Moon represents our drive and the force that moves us.
Gate 42 is the Gate of Growth. It is the gate of completing things that we’ve started. It is about seeing things through. It’s about our staying power with something that we’ve committed ourselves to. It is also cyclical which means we need to rely on our Strategy and Authority to know whether a cycle is worth committing to. Plus, the previous cycle needs to be brought to its close.
Since I'd committed in response, I was determined to follow through. It was hard work but I could feel when my Sacral energy kicked in, this energy of determination and perseverance to see this cycle through, pun intended.
It gave me a deeper understanding of how this energy truly works through and within me. How for me it is that inner drive to see things through to their completion. Once I've committed from my Sacral response, I will show up and finish the task. It doesn't mean that there won't be frustration on the way but as long as the commitment was a whole body yes, frustration acts as a messenger to reconnect with that initial response and the intention behind the action.
Another example I can think of would be from my day job and a massive project that I am currently part of. I’d say the project itself is pretty monotonous but because I entered it out of response, I am most definitely determined to see it through. And I feel that commitment and determination within me every time I get to work on it. And seeing the progress that’s made week after week keeps me going.
On the other side, I have plenty of examples where I initiated something only to quit on it awhile later. The other side of gate 42 is gate 53 in our Root center. Mine is not defined which means I am not really designed to begin things, but rather I am desinged to come onboard when the thing is already moving. So I’ve learned to listen to my Sacral and only truly ever commit to things that I know I can see through, things that come to me and that I know I’ve responded to. But that has come through a lot of trial and error and experimentation. And leaning into trusting in the openness and receptiveness of life.
And that’s really the magic of Human Design - when we get to see it play out within us and our lives.
Do you have a gate 42 activated in your BodyGraph? How have you noticed its energetics show up in your life?
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Oh wow! So fascinating! I have been deeply processing the 42 in my Gene Keys lately, it's my Core/Vocation and such a huge aspect of my life that I am working with right now.