For instance, in the example chart here, both the 18 and 58 appear in unconscious and conscious, so the channel is half and half.

The gates that are striped or half and half show places where we have that gate placement appear in both the conscious and unconscious side. Then, this pattern repeats until I finish what I had started. However, after reflecting on various events in my life, I realized that every time I have tried to quit something I’ve committed to instead of seeing it through, I ended up thrust into the same situation in a different way. When I found out I had this channel, it didn’t immediately ring true for me-after all, it is not part of my conscious personality. Having channel 53–42 means I operate in cycles, and I always feel driven to finish what I start-if I don’t finish a project or try to jump ship halfway through learning a lesson, I end up right back where I started. However, for me that channel is completely unconscious.

They represent what is going on in our unconscious and also what we received as part of our genetic inheritance.įor example, I have channel 53–42 defined between my Root Center and Sacral Center. The unconscious red gates are themes that are part of our design…they manifest whether we understand it or not, and are aspects of what drives our “vehicle.” They are, in essence, the parts of ourselves to which our mind has to surrender. We also tend to be more aware of them and able to observe them in ourselves. We may feel have influence over these aspects of ourselves. The conscious black gates represent themes that we are conscious of and are recognizable to us as part of our personality. If a number appears as one of your activations, that gate will be defined. The gates themselves are mapped according to those planetary activations listed to the right and left. If you combine those two charts, you have the “Quantum” chart, or the chart that we typically know as the Human Design chart. The Personality chart shows only the conscious gates, and the Design chart shows only the unconscious gates. If you were to separate them, they do actually constitute two separate charts. Your personality is who you think you are (your mind), whereas your Design is how you’re moving through the world (your body a.k.a. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSONALITY AND DESIGN?

Human design chart symbols explained