Venus: Design, Personality and Today’s Transits

 

As we know, a natal Human Design chart or bodygram consists of two sections, Design and Personality. Design energies establish the influences present approximately 88 days before our actual birth and are considered to be part of our unconscious self or personality. At birth, our Personality or conscious influences are formed.

Today I wanted to look at how one planet in my Human Design bodygram presents in Design and Personality and where it transits today. Since I’m a Libra, I’ll look at Venus as she begins her influence in the initial Design portion of my bodygram at Gate 7 Self in Interaction, Line 3 the Anarchist indicating a natural leader rising out of the democratic process. I can tell you honestly that my so-called unconscious anarchist influences aren’t so unconscious.

Design

Beginning then with Gate 7 Self in Interaction, Karen Curry has this to say about its influence:

People with either Gate 7 or Gate 31 are recognized as natural leaders. It is quite common for them to be put into leadership roles by a group. That is where they are supposed to be.¹

That’s interesting because both Mercury and Uranus are active at Gate 31 in Design. Mercury reinforces awareness of nervousness to avoid impulsivity. Uranus stresses self-leadership grown from strengths acquired internally or in “isolation”.

With Gate 7’s interaction with Line 3 the Anarchist it demonstrates my innate rejection of any institutionalized order. That type of order is typically deficient given its patriarchal origins. Witches hold the balance and resonance of Gaia. Period. The rest is largely irrelevant.

Personality

Venus moved to Gate 34 Power, Line 5 Annihilation, the “total elimination of resistance”, the precise moment of my birth. My Human Design software has an interesting description of this influence:

The power to destroy completely and once this is accomplished, the ability to transfer the power to normal purposes. The resistance to release power other than when necessary (Mars) (Jovian Archive)

It sounds similar to the rune Hagalaz, considered to be the witch rune. It too represents destruction in service to transformation. Interesting that I’m an empath and witch.

Gate 34 Power is considered to be one of the most powerful Gates in the bodygram. From Curry:

Generators with Gate 34 who push and initiate their power will not be successful in the expression of their power, and consequently will feel very frustrated.

Generators with this energy often have a hard time distinguishing between pushing and manifesting. The wiring in this part of the chart is so complex and fast that sometimes it’s hard to slow down enough to see if you’re responding. It’s good for people with this energy to practice visualizing the outcome of their choices before they leap into things.²

Gate 34 transiting at Line 5 creates the energy of annihilation, but what kind of energy is this? From the standpoint of a witch, I suggest it’s about influencing change. That’s basically what we’re doing in spellwork, influencing change on some level. So, the focus was there from birth, as was my choice to be Solitary instead of belonging to a coven. And taking the time to visualize the outcome of choices only enhances power, so it’s so important to be aware of these influences and to live one’s strategy.

Today’s transiting influence

Today, Venus transits at Gate 60 Acceptance, Line 6 Rigidity. The description given in my software suggests:

The intuitive intellect to recognize when absolute rigidity is essential but with innovative applications to lessen its severity. A fixed energy that is unusual in its capacity for restraint. (Uranus) (Jovian Archive)

Curry tells us:

Gate 60 is the energy for the old or established genetic energy. This is the place in the chart where “old” genetic energy meets up with “new” genetic information to create mutation. Gate 60 is conservative and seeks to hold on to what is known to work before it makes change. Gate 60 seeks to evolve, and people with this energy are often wanting to make change and experience personal growth that is careful and deliberate. This is not crazy change for change’s sake. This is deliberate and practical evolution that also accepts the limitations of change and makes the best of it.³

What this suggests is the awareness of when deliberate, careful response is necessary. A singular, inner focus or restraint that continues to create despite outside constraints. Yep. That’s definitely the day I’m having.

But here’s the thing. Witches focus with intention and the power generated at Gate 34 along with the anarchist at Gate 7 seem to support that process. Today’s transit energies do feel deliberate and practical and it feels like a time to let old knowledge guide my way. Let energies gather, there at the ready, for the right moment.

I miss doing these posts about Human Design. It’s such an interesting subject, but Velda the hedgehog at the Portland Zoo said Spring is coming sooner than we think and I’ve been preparing raised beds and planting seeds ever since. Living on the High Desert, I live 3000 feet above sea level. So we typically have a short growing season compared to the folks on the other side of the Cascades. Of course they have slugs, which we don’t have, and endless rain, again which we don’t. And I’ve been inside for too long. So when the bees came out of their hive, I left mine. But this is fun, and I’ll do some more if things look interesting.

Until next time..

Blessed Be

 

1. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (p. 132). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.
2. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (p. 171). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. Curry, Karen (2013-10-01). Understanding Human Design: The New Science of Astrology: Discover Who You Really Are (pp. 209-210). Hierophant Publishing. Kindle Edition.