Gate 37 seeks connection, harmony, and emotional support in their relationships, and holds the energy for powerful, close bonds particularly within their family unit and circle of friends.
Gate 37 Overview
The energy of Gate 37 is one of deep loyalty and a desire to pour into the people they care about most: family and friends.
With this gate defined, these individuals look to create meaningful bonds and connections with others, are profoundly loyal, and crave a sense of harmony and peace in their relationships.
There are often perceived to be the “glue” in their relationships and within their communities or organizations.
Individuals with this gate defined tend to be highly equipped in conflict resolution as they carry with them an energy to harmonize and stabilize the emotional energy through a sense of equality and peace.
Gate 37 is the energy of the highly empathetic and compassionate leader. They seek to understand and to resolve unnecessary strife and discord.
Those with this gate define often struggle with balance and boundaries, often over-giving to support the emotional needs of others. This can be an extremely vulnerable energy if not managed well.
With Gate 37 defined, you embark upon a personal development journey marked by deeply meaningful connections, emotional awareness and growth, and the pursuit of harmony and peace.
Your development is deeply intertwined with your relationships and bonds with others and your ability to navigate emotional waves.
Gate 37: Definition, Energy + Keywords
Understanding the core components of the energy within this gate, along with the magnetic keywords help us to harness the magic that lies within.
- Traditional Human Design: Friendship | Family
- Gene Keys: Weakness (shadow) | Equality (gift) | Tenderness (siddhi)
- Quantum Human Design: Peace
- I Ching: Family (Chia Jen)â—âcare for people in household; adopt a nourishing attitude; special insight comes from woman of the house
- Image (I Ching): Fire/Wind (fire creates warmth, shared by the wind)
- Archetypal Name: The Peaceful Unifier
- Location: Solar Plexus (Channel 37–40: Channel of Community)
- Astrological Sign: Pisces
- Keywords: unity, peace, creates deep bonds, loyal, belonging, family, friendship, holding people together, equality, emotional resources
- Alignment Cue: loving
- Out-of-Alignment Cue: over-giving
Location of Gate 37 in your Human Design Chart
Gate 37 can be found in the Solar Plexus, the center for emotion and creativity. And, the energy of this gate will be felt intensely.
These emotions are felt through interactions and relationships with others.
The energy of this gate often leads individuals to deeply invest emotional energy into others, particularly family members and close friends.
This gate is part of Channel 37–40, the Channel of Community, connecting the Solar Plexus to the Ego.
This channel embodies the spirit of connection, support, and emotional investment in relationships within your community.
Individuals with this channel defined seek to form close relationships, build supportive communities, and foster greater cooperation, harmony, and collaboration among group members.
They tend to have strong sense of others’ needs and can be highly intuitive.
Their ability to empathize and connect emotionally often serves as a bridge between individuals, addressing conflict head on, creating a foundation for mutual understanding and unity. They tend to be excellent facilitators.
That being said, boundaries are extremely critical for the wellbeing of those with this gate (or channel) defined.
It can be easy to get sucked into codependent cycles of nurturing others at the expense of managing your own emotional needs and desires.
This energy is connected to values, security, and can struggle with change, especially in their relationships. Letting go of relationships that no longer serve can pose create a tremendous amount of resistance.
As you learn to become more aware of your own emotional wave, and discern your needs from those you care about, you gain the tools to navigate this resistance, extending harmony and peace to yourself.
Shadow & Gift Expressions of Gate 37
Individuals with Gate 37 defined risk martyring themselves to those they love, where they find themselves over-giving and over-pouring into others.
When this happens, you find yourself sacrificing everything, including your own emotional wellbeing in order to maintain a semblance of harmony and peace within your relationships or community.
The shadow side of the energy then leads you to projecting your emotions onto others, often by being extremely mean or cruel.
You also risk becoming bitter as you feel there is no reciprocity as others aren’t pouring back into you the way you pour into them.
When this happens, you isolate yourself from others, and tend to “throw in the towel” as your resources are depleted and you feel burnt out.
When you are aligned, however, you see the value of lifting everyone around you, believing that all people are worthy of respect.
You treat everyone you encounter a valuable and equal part of your family, your circle of friends, or your community.
Contemplations for Gate 37
- What rituals or practices do you have that tap into the energy of peace?
- How do you cultivate peace when the world is chaotic?
- In what ways do you create energetic boundaries within your relationships to ensure you don’t over-give and deplete yourself?
- Are you aware of how your emotional wave moves so that you can take care of emotional needs first, before pouring into others?
- Where do you need to create greater harmony and peace for yourself?
Key Takeaways
Gate 37 is here to build connections and relationships. Through those relationships, they bring an emotional frequency of harmony and peace.
They seek to create a sense of equality to their communities, and harmonize the emotional frequency and needs of others.
Individuals with this energy defined are naturals in the art of conflict resolution, as they make powerful facilitators.
Their innate way to tap into emotional intelligence and empathy is one of their superpowers. They just need to be sure they don’t get caught up in the emotional energy and demands of others, in the process.
As such, they may need to learn how to balance their desire for harmony with the need for individual expression and boundary-setting.
Thus, learning how to navigate conflict and change in a healthy way, and to stand up for their own needs and values even in the face of resistance.
Deep, meaningful bonds and connections drive their Soul Purpose, and they tend to find incredible fulfillment in building stronger communities.
The energy of Gate 37 fosters unity, harmony, equality, deep emotional connections, and peace with relationships and communities.
These individuals are deeply loyal, dedicated, and compassionate.