Gate 4 (Gene Key 4) is the gate of wanting answers; explore its position in the human design chart, the 63-4 channel, and the Ajna Center; harness Gate 4’s inquisitiveness;

Introduction to Human Design Gate 4 and Gene Key 4

Human Design Gate 4 is all about having (or wanting to have) answers.
People with Gate 4 defined will always have a lot of questions and a great pressure to find an answer,
any answer, to relieve the pressure that comes with not knowing.

Anxiety can accompany this because as soon as one question is answered, another surfaces.
There’s no end to the questions!!!

As projected energy, one of the problems people with this gate defined often run into is that they share answers without being asked the question. If, however, they wait until they’re asked, they are often able to provide answers without sounding like a know it all.

Location of Gate 4 in your Human Design Chart

Gate 4 is located in the Ajna center of the bodygraph or human design chart.

The 63-4 Channel and Gate 4’s Human Design Circuitry

Think of Human Design Circuitry as the circuit board that lies beneath the rest of your design. Circuitry is the thing that all other aspects are placed upon. It lays the foundation and the energies here never change.  

There are 3 main circuits in Human Design: Individual, Collective, and Tribal. 

Gate 4 is part of the understanding circuit 63-4 in Human Design.
This channel is logical. It’s housed in a skeptical mind that is driven by questioning everything. There is a tendency to be future focused with this channel defined, always trying to find patterns and inconsistencies, which creates – or can create – anxieties.

If this channel is defined for you, it’s really important to remember that it is projected energy. Your life will be smoother if you wait to be invited to share your insights rather than word vomiting on everyone who crosses your path.

Tapping into Gate 4’s Energy

How does Gate 4 show up in your chart, and how can you tap into that all knowing energy? Start by taking a look at your own chart to see if Gate 4 is defined (the line is colored in)  or undefined (the line is blank). Next, look at the Ajna Center to see if it is defined (colored in) or undefined (blank).

Here are the possibilities:

Defined Gate 4 in a Defined Ajna Center

If Gate 4 is defined for you in a defined centre you have access to this energy always. It’s part of who you are. You’re here to question, to find answers. The answers that you find are for others though. You’re not likely to solve anything about your own life. 

Defined Gate 4 in an Undefined Ajna Center

If Gate 4 is defined for you in an undefined centre it is considered dormant. It will be activated when you are with someone who has Gate 63 defined OR when a planetary transit defines Gate 63. The themes of hanging gates in undefined centres often play out in relationships.

Ask yourself, am I waiting to be invited to share what I know?
Am I worried about things that may never happen?
Can I come into my body, even for 5 minutes, to come back to myself?

Accessing Energy with an Undefined Gate 4

If Gate 4 is undefined for you, fear not! 
You’ll have access to the energy of this gate when you are with others who have it defined and/or through planetary transits. You can borrow this energy by being in the aura of someone who has it defined.

Unveiling The Shadow of Gate 4

The shadow of Gate 4, according to Gene Keys, is intolerance.

Other words for intolerance are narrowness, reactivity, dogmatism.
The shadow of Gate 4 is twofold, in my view.
First, it’s an intolerance of people who don’t share your need to have all of the answers.
Second, it’s an intolerance for yourself when you don’t have the answers.

Some things are better left unknown. This will drive you batshit crazy if this gate is defined for you!

Make peace with the fact that you feel more comfortable when you have more information.  Allow yourself to be completely logical. Let the self-judgment (and the judgment of others) go.

This is who you are.
You are never going to take things at face value.
As long as you’re standing in the gift of understanding and sharing when invited, you’re good.

A personal exercise for Gate 4 awareness

Make a list of all of the ways that your logical mind has served you.

Make a list of all of the times you have stopped yourself from doing something because you didn’t have the answers.

Which list is longer?

Remember that the gift of Gate 4 is to have the answers for OTHERS. 
Where can you let go of anxiousness over having answers to your own ‘problems’ and just be?

Embrace the Human Design Gate 4 Mantra:

I naturally question everything for the greater good of all.

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Human Design is all about the nuances. Each reader/specialist/guide has his or her own way of interpreting the messages encoded in the Human Design chart. I’ve learned from many teachers:
Karen Curry Parker, Ra Uru Hu, Richard Rudd, and Phoebe Kuhn, to name a few.
These articles are my own contemplations of the Human Design System.