Human Design Gate 9 – The Gate of Focus – The Taming Power of the Small – Human Design Gate Strengths

Let’s dive into gate 9 in human design the gate of focus. This gate is the ability to focus and concentrate for long periods of time or not as long as it knows what to focus on. At its highest expression, the energy of this gate is someone who can sit and concentrate for long periods of time. One of two gates that are here to tame – gate 9 is the taming of the logic and understanding of details. Logic and understanding in and of itself is intangible. This is the necessary energy to manifest logic into the material world. So that it can be organized properly and we can gain some perspective for the future. This logic comes out of a response to a need for logic. This has the potential to fulfill (and make sense of / understand) through detailed attention to the pertinent aspect.

At its highest expression, this is the energy of knowing exactly what to concentrate on and when. This gate operates in response to a need to make sense of something logical. This gate is relentless in its ability to know what to focus on and when at its highest expression. It smoothly moves from details to the big picture and back again, letting go of the mundane and concentrating on the meaningful details.

The Depths of Gate 9 in Human Design

Since this is a format energy, it will impact the rest of the chart’s energy. This means that when one of the six gates of format energy is activated in a chart, the rest of the chart will be influenced by this energy. In this case, for someone with gate 9, the rest of the energy in their chart will have the themes of focus/concentration (or not).

 

Questions for Gate 9 The Gate of focus in Human Design Gate Strengths – The Taming Power of the Small

  • Am I too focused on the details?
  • Am I too focused on the big picture?
  • Am I not focused at all?
  • Is my focus in response to deepening my understanding?
  • Is my focus in response to making sense/understanding something?
  • How can I set my environment up for success in concentrating?

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