Human Design Gate 23 - Gene Key 23 - Assimilation

Human Design Gate 23, also known as the Gate of Assimilation, is a significant aspect of the Human Design system. Located in the Throat Centre, which governs communication and self-expression, Gate 23 represents the energy of integration, empathy, and the ability to assimilate experiences and knowledge. It plays a crucial role in how humans process information, form connections, and make decisions.

OPTIMAL EXPRESSION: The ability to be able to translate transformative insights for people that offer them a way to transform the way they think. To share what you know with awareness of right timing, and to trust your knowingness as an expression of your connection to Source.

UNBALANCED EXPRESSION: The need to be right. An anxiety or pressure to share what you know with people who aren’t ready and then to feel despair or bitterness that they don’t understand things the way that you do.

LESSON / CHALLENGE: To recognise that change and transformation are inevitable. To know what needs to happen next and to have to wait for the right timing and the right people to share your insights with. To not jump the gun and try to convince people to understand what you know. To not let yourself slip into negativity and despair when people aren’t ready.

BODYGRAPH CENTRE: Activation Centre (Throat Centre) and connects to the Ajna centre via human design Gate 43

RESILIENCY KEY: Authenticity, Vitality

The Energy Spectrum of Human Design Gate 23 and
 
my Personal Experience with Gate 23

On the "positive” end of the spectrum, Human Design Gate 23 is the energy for using your voice to communicate radical ideas and to become recognised for your ability to initiate transformation with your words alone.

My gate 23 is defined and I am known for getting to the point, simplifying complex ideas, and not wasting precious time or energy by babbling on about things that do not serve the end goal.  While I was broadcasting my radio show, the Health and Healing show, I remember (almost) always feeling in the flow. Words were coming effortlessly!!

Having committed to producing/presenting/marketing it over nine consecutive years (2010 -2019), I interviewed hundreds of guests from UK and abroad about wholeness and wholistic wellbeing (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual). Some of the transcriptions of these "Soulful Musings" were published in my award-winning book.

On the “negative” end of the spectrum, Human Design Gate 23 is the energy of holding back out of fear that you are too weird, worrying that people don’t care what you have to say because you are “too out there.” After hesitating to be totally open and transparent during the first year of broadcasting my show, I remember having this conversation with myself; this led me to trust my gut and the decision to communicate with integrity and without worrying what others may think. It was liberating!

When Gate 23 operates in the 'shadow" you get to feel unrecognised and you might even tend to talk “at” people who aren’t ready to listen instead of trusting that there are people who want to hear what you have to say.

Affirmations for Human Design Gate 23 

 Using your Human Design to create affirmations is a powerful way to activate the full potential of your chart.

Here are some affirmations for Gate 23:  

I make things simple and clear.  

I get right to the point and don’t mince words.  

My words are magic.  

Inside your HappyNEST™ By Design Map, you’ll get a full list of empowering beliefs for your type + strategy, authority, profile, and all four gates of your incarnation cross and show you how to go from affirmation to full-on embodiment. In the meantime, be sure to also check out my post on how to make Human Design affirmations work.

Journal Questions
Now it's your turn to contemplate Gate 23

How can I strengthen my connection to Source?

Do I trust what I know?
What comes up for me when I "know" something but I don't know how I know that I know? 

How do I handle myself when I know something but the people around me aren't ready to hear it yet?

I encourage you to take some time with these questions. Take them out into your world and let their answers reveal themselves to you. Intend for deeper levels of clarity about gate 23.

And, if you have gate 23 in your Human Design Incarnation Cross, be sure to check out the HappyNEST™ By Design Map where I go super deep into each gate of your cross.