Influences of Alignment or Derailment ~ 19-20 January 2016 Transits

I didn’t write yesterday because I was thinking about Glen Frey’s death from complications associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I wrote instead about how my own RA has impacted my life. So, today I looked back at yesterday’s influences and thought it might be a great time to show how planetary transits move from one influence to another by comparing yesterday with today. Besides, it gave me the opportunity to include a table..which I love. I love anything that organizes information in one place. I’ve created some other tables over in the Witch Section of the blog for spellcasting and rune references. I downloaded a plug-in called Table Press that really works great.

Transits for 19 and 20 January 2016

Planet	19 Jan	20 Jan
Sun	60.3	60.4
Earth	56.3	56.4
Moon	20.4	45.1
Mercury	54.3	54.2
Venus	11.3	11.4
Active Channels	Brainwave (57/20) Transitoriness (35/36) Charisma (20/34) Curiosity (56/11)	Transitoriness (35/36) Curiosity (56/11)

 

As we can see from the table, the same planets are actively transiting on both days, with only the Moon changing its active Gate. Other than that, the Sun, Earth, and Venus move from intrapersonal influences to those of a transpersonal nature, while the Moon, along with changing Gates, does the opposite, moving to more intrapersonal energy.

The Sun, at Gate 60 – acceptance – prefers careful, deliberate change to take place. On Tuesday, Line 3 – conservatism – brought the energy to maintain self-interest in spite of any limitations felt; whereas, on Monday, we see a movement to Line 4 – resourcefulness – bringing a more transpersonal effect to my energy where I can now maximize my self-interest or potential, transcending limitations felt.

Moving on to the Earth transiting at Gate 56 – the storyteller. Tuesday’s influence of Line 3 brings energy of alienation. This is an energy of derailment as pressure is felt from within to push view that others might not be ready or willing to hear. Today, however, the Line moves to 4 – expediency, allowing me to use even superficiality to protect myself if necessary. Which of course I won’t take advantage of because it’s dishonest. That kind of energy is actually painful for me to experience, so I have a tough time being anything other than completely real. And not everyone appreciates the honest expression of an empath.

The Moon transits change daily to different Gates, and on Tuesday, Gate 20 – metamorphosis was active at transpersonal Line 4 – application. Karen Curry tells us that:

Gate 20 has the potential to meet with empowerment, the self, intuition, power, and life force in a mutative way. It is an individual voice that can mutate and empower, or stagnate and disempower. (Remember, not all individual voices can be adaptive.)

When Gate 20 exhibits its highest potential, it is the expression of integrity— doing the right thing even if it isn’t what others are doing. This can mean wearing green face paint in the forest when others are wearing bright pink or any other kind of “right” action that may be going against the flow.

Because Gate 20 is the expression of integration, it has within it inherent wisdom. In traditional I Ching, the twentieth hexagram is the wise king standing on a hill, watching the wind to see which direction it will settle on before he takes action. As part of integration, Gate 20 takes time to express its wisdom. It watches and waits to express its higher knowledge, insight, and awareness. It metamorphoses awareness and recognition into action.¹

Gate 20 is a powerful gate for me because it doesn’t appear in my natal bodygram, and when it appears, it creates channels with Gates active in my chart. 20 is part of a multi-gate channel that includes Gates 10, 57 and 34. The Channel of Power (57/34) is active in my natal chart and on Tuesday, with the activation of Gate 20, there is a fuller expression of that energy. With the Channels of the Brainwave (57/20) and Charisma (20/34) active, we can see how the energy is strengthened between the Throat, Spleen and Sacral Centers. The only Gate not active is Gate 10.

The Channel of Charisma is comprised by Gate 20 – metamorphosis and Gate 34 – power and is part of the Integration Circuit. 

This is the most powerful channel in the Human Design system, which brings sustainable, generated energy to the Throat. This channel is the archetype of the Manifesting Generator, as it is the only channel that directly connects the Sacral Center to the Throat. Power and charisma are contained within this channel, but because it is connected to the Sacral, true power in this channel is expressed in response. That means that even though these people are very, very powerful in a sustainable way, they cannot truly live out their powerful destiny unless they respond. If they are initiating with power and charisma, they will get into big trouble and no one will follow them. If someone with this channel is not living his or her power and charisma, they can become very, very frustrated. Inside, they know how powerful they are, but they can’t move that energy unless they respond.²

The Channel of the Brainwave (57/20) continues the metamorphosis brought by the Channel of Charisma and influences the intuition felt at Gate 57.

This channel is pure intuition to the Throat Center. Its awareness is penetrating, splenic, and in the now. When people with this energy speak, they speak from their intuition and a sense of what is to come in the future.

Normally, Individual energy does not care. It is an energy that is involved with the self and the experience of the self. But in the Knowing Circuit we see a different possibility for this energy. In the stream of energy from the Root to the Spleen to the Throat, the 57/ 20 is forced to intuitively unify the right people with the right skills to create an expression of what is truly valuable in manifested form.³

It’s easy to see how the transforming energy of Gate 20 can create all sorts of possibilities when connected to the other Gates. And it only lasted a day. Today, the Moon has transited to Gate 45 – gathering together, Line 1 – canvassing. That’s an odd word, canvassing. I interpret it to mean that energies of generosity are favorable to gather others together in harmony.

Moving on to Mercury’s transits, Tuesday’s Mercurial influence was felt at Gate 54 – drive, and Line 3 – covert action, influencing my ability to covertly work around obstacles. Today’s transiting Mercury at Line 2 – restraint – remains in its intrapersonal range with supportive energies of restraint while still accomplishing what I need to do. In other words, transcend the chaos of others.

Lastly, Venus transited on Tuesday at Gate 11 – ideas, Line 3 – the realist.  This is the energy of realistic knowing that whatever is happening may be transitory in nature. The line changes today to a transpersonal 4, allowing me to freely express my ideas in a manner fostering harmony and peace.

The remaining active Channels continue to include Transitoriness (35/26) and Curiosity (56/11). So it seems like the alienation that might have derailed me yesterday has moved into something more positive, so that’s a good thing. Sometimes I have a bunch of planets transiting, but typically it’s the Moon that has the most significant influence on my day. Her influences are dramatic and at times challenging, but She always has something to teach.  And I’ve always been a willing student.

We’ll continue the discussion about Centers tomorrow focusing on the Heart/Will Center. Mine is open, the only one I have open besides the Root Center. I wonder how many other empaths have those two Centers undefined or open. I’ll bet it contributes to the feeling of not being fully in the body, particularly with the Root Center open. Anyway, we’ll look at that tomorrow.

~Blessings!

 

References

1. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (pp. 151-152). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.
2. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (pp. 230-231). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (pp. 243-244). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.