All 64 Human Design Gates

Each gate is an archetype built into the bodygraph through one of the 64 I Ching hexagrams. Each gate has 6 lines — narrower expressions of the same archetype. Pick a gate, or jump straight to a line.

Gate 1 — The Creative — Vessel of the Creative Force

1.1Creativity Doesn't Answer to Willpower 1.2Love Is Light 1.3The Energy to Sustain Creative Work 1.4Solitude as the Ground for Creativity 1.5The Energy That Draws Society 1.6Objectivity

Gate 2 — Receptivity — The Direction-Giver

2.1Intuition 2.2Genius 2.3Patience 2.4Secrecy 2.5Wise Application of Resources 2.6Fixation

Gate 3 — Difficulty at the Beginning — Order Born from Chaos

3.1Synthesis 3.2Immaturity 3.3Survival 3.4Charisma 3.5Sacrifice 3.6Surrender

Gate 4 — Youthful Folly — The Gift of an Answer

4.1Pleasure 4.2Acceptance 4.3Irresponsibility 4.4The Trickster 4.5Temptation 4.6Excess

Gate 5 — Waiting — The Miracle of Natural Rhythm

5.1Steadfastness 5.2Inner Peace and Calm 5.3Overwhelming Attraction 5.4The Hunter 5.5Joy 5.6Yielding

Gate 6 — Conflict — The Gate of Friction

6.1Retreat to Shelter 6.2The Guerrilla 6.3Vassal Loyalty 6.4Triumph 6.5Mediation 6.6Peacemaker

Gate 7 — The Army — The Point of Convergence

7.1The Despot 7.2The Democrat 7.3The Anarchist 7.4The One Who Renounces Power 7.5The General 7.6The Administrator

Gate 8 — Contribution — I Know I Can

8.1Honesty 8.2Service 8.3The Trickster 8.4Respect 8.5Dharma 8.6Community

Gate 9 — The Taming Power of the Small — Mastering Detail

9.1Precision 9.2Misery Loves Company 9.3The Last Straw 9.4Devotion 9.5Faith 9.6Gratitude

Gate 10 — Treading — The Behavior of the Self

10.1Humility 10.2Hermit 10.3Martyr 10.4Opportunist 10.5Heretic 10.6Role Model

Gate 11 — Peace — The Gate of Ideas

11.1Attunement 11.2Severity 11.3Realist 11.4Teacher 11.5Philanthropist 11.6Adaptability

Gate 12 — Standstill — Caution

12.1Monk 12.2Purification 12.3Confession 12.4Prophet 12.5Pragmatist 12.6Metamorphosis

Gate 13 — Fellowship — The Listener

13.1Empathy 13.2Blind Devotion 13.3Pessimism 13.4Fatigue 13.5Savior 13.6Optimist

Gate 14 — Possession in Great Measure — Power Through Skillful Means

14.1Money Isn't Everything 14.2Management 14.3Service 14.4Security 14.5Arrogance 14.6Humility

Gate 15 — Modesty — Behavior That Balances Extremes

15.1Obligation 15.2Influence 15.3Ostentation 15.4Wallflower 15.5Sensitivity 15.6Self-Defense

Gate 16 — Enthusiasm — The Art of Channeling Energy

16.1Delusion 16.2Cynic 16.3Independence 16.4Leader 16.5Grumbler 16.6Gullibility

Gate 17 — Following — Those Who Would Rule Must First Learn to Serve

17.1Open-Mindedness 17.2Discrimination 17.3Understanding 17.4Personnel Manager 17.5No Man Is an Island 17.6Bodhisattva

Gate 18 — Work on What Has Been Spoiled — Vigilance and the resolve to defend basic and fundamental human rights

18.1Conservatism 18.2Terminal Illness 18.3Fanatic 18.4Incompetent 18.5Therapy 18.6Buddha Nature

Gate 19 — Approach — That all things are interconnected is self-evident; it shows in how we approach people, things, and phenomena, in our closeness with them and the way we build connection

19.1Interdependence 19.2Service 19.3Devotion 19.4Team Player 19.5Sacrifice 19.6Recluse

Gate 20 — Contemplation — Recognition and awareness in the moment transform understanding into right action

20.1Superficiality 20.2Dogmatist 20.3Self-Awareness 20.4Application 20.5Realism 20.6Wisdom

Gate 21 — Biting Through — The justified and necessary application of force to overcome deliberate and persistent interference

21.1Warning 21.2The Rightness of Force 21.3Powerlessness 21.4Strategy 21.5Leader 21.6Chaos

Gate 22 — Grace — The quality of behavior best suited to handling everyday and trivial situations

22.1Second Class Ticket 22.2School of Charm 22.3The Magician 22.4Sensitivity 22.5Directness 22.6Maturity

Gate 23 — Splitting Apart — Amorality; recognition and understanding leading to an acceptance of diversity

23.1Proselytizing 23.2Self-Defense 23.3Individuality 23.4Fragmentation 23.5Assimilation 23.6Fusion / Merging / Blending

Gate 24 — Return — A natural and spontaneous process of transformation and renewal

24.1The Sin of Omission 24.2Recognition 24.3The Addict 24.4The Hermit 24.5Repentance 24.6The Gift Horse

Gate 25 — Innocence — Perfection of action through an artless and spontaneous nature

25.1Selflessness / Self-Giving 25.2The Existentialist 25.3[High] Sensitivity 25.4Survival 25.5Recovery 25.6Ignorance

Gate 26 — The Taming Power of the Great — The absolute maximization of the power of memory, through which continuity is sustained

26.1A Bird in the Hand 26.2Lessons of History 26.3Influence 26.4Censorship 26.5Adaptability 26.6Authority

Gate 27 — Nourishment — The enhancement of the quality and practical value of any activity through caring

27.1Egoism (Self-Love) 27.2Self-Sufficiency 27.3Greed 27.4Generosity 27.5The Responsible Executor 27.6Prudence

Gate 28 — The Preponderance of the Great — The transience of power and influence

28.1Preparation 28.2A Handshake with the Devil 28.3Adventurism 28.4Grip 28.5Treachery 28.6The Radiance of Glory

Gate 29 — The Abysmal — Depth upon depth. Perseverance in the face of difficulty inevitably rewarded

29.1The Conscript 29.2Assessment 29.3Determining Value 29.4Straightforwardness 29.5Overreach 29.6Confusion

Gate 30 — The Clinging Fire — Recognizing freedom as an illusion and accepting limitation as fate

30.1Composure / self-control 30.2Practicality / pragmatism 30.3Acceptance / surrender / consent / yielding 30.4Physical or mental exhaustion 30.5Irony 30.6Discipline / compulsion

Gate 31 — Influence — The law of friction, active or passive, which produces the transmission of qualities, knowledge, and information, and, as a result, influence

31.1Manifestation / expression 31.2Presumption and arrogance 31.3Selectivity 31.4Intention 31.5Self-satisfaction 31.6Application

Gate 32 — Duration — The only constant thing is change

32.1Conservation 32.2Restraint 32.3Lack of continuity 32.4Might follows right 32.5Flexibility 32.6Serenity

Gate 33 — Retreat — Active withdrawal, and the transformation of a weak position into strength

33.1Evasion 33.2Surrender / capitulation 33.3Spirit 33.4Dignity 33.5Timing 33.6Disengagement

Gate 34 — The Power of the Great — Power is only great when its expression or use serves the common good

34.1The bully 34.2Driving force 34.3Masculinity (in its extreme form) 34.4Triumph 34.5Annihilation 34.6Common sense

Gate 35 — Progress — By design, progress cannot exist in a vacuum; it depends on interaction

35.1Acceptance / submission 35.2Creative block 35.3Cooperation 35.4Hunger 35.5Altruism 35.6Making corrections

Gate 36 — Darkening of the Light — The Law of Cycles, in which a decline is a natural but temporary stage

36.1Resistance 36.2Support 36.3Transition 36.4Reconnaissance 36.5Underground 36.6Justice

Gate 37 — The Family — The manifestation, on both a macrocosmic and microcosmic level, of the organic nature of communities

37.1Mother / Father 37.2Responsibility 37.3Justice / impartiality / fairness 37.4Leading by example 37.5Love 37.6Purpose

Gate 38 — Opposition — The capacity to preserve individual integrity in resistance to destructive forces

38.1Qualification 38.2Politeness 38.3Alliance 38.4Investigation 38.5Estrangement 38.6Misunderstanding

Gate 39 — The Obstruction — The importance of obstruction for provocative analysis, evaluation, and reevaluation

39.1Disengagement / release (deliverance) 39.2Confrontation 39.3Responsibility 39.4Moderation / restraint 39.5Purposefulness 39.6Problem-solver

Gate 40 — Deliverance — The point of transition between struggle and freedom

40.1Recovery 40.2Unshakable firmness, resolve 40.3Humility 40.4Organization 40.5Firmness 40.6Beheading

Gate 41 — Decrease — Limiting resources in order to maximize the development of potential

41.1Prudence 41.2Caution 41.3Efficiency 41.4Correction 41.5Sanction 41.6Contagion

Gate 42 — Increase — Expansion of resources that maximizes the development of the full potential

42.1Diversity 42.2Identification 42.3Trial and Error 42.4The Mediator 42.5Self-Realization 42.6Nourishment

Gate 43 — Breakthrough — To preserve an achievement, a new order must be clearly established

43.1Patience 43.2Devotion 43.3Expediency 43.4The Focused Mind 43.5Progression 43.6Breakthrough

Gate 44 — Meeting — The success of any interaction rests on the absence of any preconditions

44.1Conditions 44.2Management 44.3Interference 44.4Honesty 44.5Manipulation 44.6Detachment

Gate 45 — Gathering Together — The natural, and usually beneficial, attraction of similar and equal forces

45.1Gathering Opinions 45.2Agreement 45.3Exclusion 45.4Direction 45.5Leadership 45.6Revision

Gate 46 — Pushing Upward — Luck that looks like the result of a fortunate coincidence, but actually comes from devotion and effort applied

46.1Being Discovered 46.2Prima Donna 46.3Projection 46.4Impact 46.5Setting the Pace 46.6Wholeness

Gate 47 — Oppression — A limiting and unfavorable condition resulting from inner weakness, outer force, or both

47.1Re-evaluation 47.2Ambition 47.3Self-Oppression 47.4Suppression 47.5The Sage 47.6Futility

Gate 48 — The Well — A necessary and sufficient (qualitative) foundation is the precondition for establishing the common good

48.1Insignificance 48.2Degeneration 48.3Cut Off From Communication 48.4Reorganization 48.5Action 48.6Self-Actualization

Gate 49 — Revolution — Ideally, the transformation of forms is based on higher principles, not carried out merely for the sake of power

49.1The Law of Necessity 49.2The Last Resort 49.3Popular Discontent 49.4The Platform 49.5Organization 49.6Attraction

Gate 50 — The Cauldron — The importance of historical continuity, whose traditional values serve and enrich the present and the future

50.1The Immigrant 50.2Resoluteness 50.3Adaptability 50.4Corruption 50.5Consistent Constancy 50.6Leadership

Gate 51 — Shock — The capacity to respond to disorder and shock, through recognition and adaptation

51.1Referring to the Source 51.2Retreat 51.3Adaptation 51.4Limitation 51.5Symmetry 51.6Separation

Gate 52 — Keeping Still, Mountain — Temporary inaction undertaken on one's own initiative for the sake of an accurate assessment

52.1Think Before You Speak 52.2Engaged Concern 52.3Levers of Control 52.4Self-Discipline 52.5Explanation 52.6Peacefulness

Gate 53 — Development — Development as structured forward movement, constant and continuous

53.1Accumulation 53.2Driving Force 53.3Practicality 53.4Conviction 53.5Affirmation 53.6Staging

Gate 54 — The Marrying Maiden — Interaction within its mundane social context, as well as mystical and cosmic relationships

54.1Influence 54.2Prudence 54.3Hidden Interaction 54.4Enlightenment / Obscuring 54.5Magnanimity 54.6Selectivity

Gate 55 — Abundance — Strictly speaking, abundance is a matter of spirit

55.1Cooperation 55.2Distrust 55.3Innocence 55.4Assimilation 55.5Growth 55.6Selfishness

Gate 56 — The Wanderer — Stability in and through movement; eternal continuity achieved by linking together brief actions

56.1Quality 56.2Coupling 56.3Detachment 56.4Expediency 56.5Attracting Attention 56.6Caution

Gate 57 — The Gentle — The extraordinary power of clarity

57.1Confusion 57.2Purification 57.3Sharpness 57.4Director 57.5Moving Forward 57.6Utilization

Gate 58 — The Joyous — Stimulation is the key to joy

58.1Love of Life 58.2Perversion 58.3Electricity 58.4Focusing 58.5Protection 58.6Carried Away

Gate 59 — Dispersion — The capacity to break down barriers in order to achieve union

59.1The First Move 59.2Shyness 59.3Openness 59.4Brotherhood / Sisterhood 59.5The Femme Fatale or the Casanova 59.6The One-Night Stand

Gate 60 — Limitation — Accepting limitation is the first step toward transcendence

60.1Acceptance 60.2Decisiveness 60.3Conservatism 60.4Resourcefulness 60.5Leadership 60.6Unyieldingness

Gate 61 — Inner Truth — Awareness of the fundamental universal principles

61.1Occult Knowledge 61.2Natural Magnificence 61.3Interdependence 61.4Investigation 61.5Influence 61.6Attraction / The Call

Gate 62 — Preponderance of the Small — Caution, patience, and detail create advantage out of limitation

62.1Routine 62.2The Restraining Force or Influence 62.3Discovery 62.4Asceticism 62.5Metamorphosis / Transformation 62.6Self-Discipline

Gate 63 — After Completion — In the spiral of life, every ending is a beginning

63.1Composure / Calm (Coolheadedness / Self-Control) 63.2Structuring 63.3Continuation 63.4Memory 63.5Confirmation 63.6Nostalgia

Gate 64 — Before Completion — Transition, like birth, requires decisive forces to come to pass

64.1Conditions 64.2Qualification 64.3Overstrain / Overdoing It 64.4Conviction 64.5Promise 64.6Victory