The official name for Human Design Gate 44 is The Gate of Alertness. But I call it The Pattern Interrupter because its primary action is to sense the habitual patterns that need to be broken to create well-being and prosperity.
About Human Design Gate 44 – Gene Key 44
Archetype Name: The Pattern Interrupter
In Action: to practice forgiveness and learn from mistakes
Keywords: seeing patterns, the past, transformation, and possibility
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Official Gate Name: Alertness
Human Design Definition: The success of any interaction is based on the absence of any preconditions.
Core Theme: Fear of the past.
Bodygraph Center: Spleen center and connects to the Will center via human design gate 26.
Tropical Sign: Scorpio
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The Energy Spectrum of Human Design Gate 44
All energy in the Human Design chart exists on a spectrum of potential.
On the “positive” end of the spectrum, Human Design Gate 44 is the energy for practicing forgiveness and and learning from mistakes.
Gate 44 has a deep and primal knowing that every moment, including memory, holds the potential for healing and transformation.
With this knowing, it can guide others to break painful patterns from the past. It uses those patterns as a way to learn, grow, and, most importantly, forgive.
On the “negative” end of the spectrum, Human Design Gate 44 is the energy of being afraid to repeat mistakes from the past and using those mistakes as a “reason” to not move forward. This internal resistance to the mistakes of the past actually prevents the ability to transform, learn, and grow.
If you don’t like the results that the “negative” side of the spectrum is creating in your life, you can raise the frequency of Gate 44 with a number of boundaries, practices, and tools.
(I cover the practices for the gates of your incarnation cross in the Human Design Map.)
But, the most important thing to raise the frequency of gate 44 is to be curious and compassionate about the mistakes you’ve made in the past and see what you can learn from them. And most importantly, don’t let fears from past mistakes stop you from moving forward.
My Personal Experience with Human Design Gate 44 (Gene Key 44)
Gate 44 is defined in my Unconscious North Node.
Before diving in, let me give you a bit of context by sharing how I interpret some of the mechanics here…
Conscious and Unconscious
The conscious side of the chart – sometimes referred to as the personality or the mind – is on the right side of the chart. Traditionally, definition on the conscious side is colored in black and reveals who we believe ourselves to be and the primary places where our consciousness is expanding.
The unconscious side of the chart – sometimes called the body or design – is on the left side of the chart. Traditionally, definition on the unconscious side is colored in red and reveals the primary “shadows” that “block” the full expansion of the gates on the conscious side.
By healing and integrating the wisdom of the unconscious side, you automatically expand your capacity for fuller expression of the gates on the conscious side of the chart.
North and South Nodes with a little Conscious Sun thrown in for good measure
The nodes are like petri dishes for observing the growth and expansion of the incarnation cross.
And because the conscious sun makes up 70% of the energy in the chart, it is the gate where you will see the most growth. Everything else in the chart is in service to that growth.
(I cover the details of your incarnation cross inside the Human Design Map.)
Before your Uranus Opposition (around age 42), your “petri dish” is the gate in your south node and after, it is the gate in your north node.
Using the mechanics of my chart as an example, here is what that looks like.
My cross: LAX of the Clarion 2 (57/51, 62/61)
My Conscious Sun: Gate 57 – The most important gate in my chart and cross.
My Conscious North Node: Gate 28 – Since my Uranus Opposition has already passed, this is my “petri dish.”
My Unconscious North Node: Gate 44 – And this is the “block” to full expansion and expression of gate 28.
The highest expression of gate 57 is intuitive clarity and the lowest expression is the discomfort that signals that intuition is being ignored.
(I’ll cover the high and low expressions of your incarnation cross inside the Human Design Map.)
And my conscious north node is gate 28, which is all about our fear of death, taking risks, and deriving purpose from the darkness of life.
So, for me, that means that taking risks and intentionally creating purpose out of the dark stuff of life (28) will grow my capacity to trust my intuition (57).
And in order to do that, I will need to heal my relationship with the past and the mistakes that I’ve made along the way (gate 44).
Back to gate 44…
And, well, that is exactly how it has played out for me.
As I have gotten older, I’ve done a lot of reflecting on my past and forgiving myself for so many of the mistakes that I’ve made. As I’ve turned the past into wisdom, creating purpose and meaning is much easier for me. It is like the “darkness” of what has been becomes fuel for
For much of my life, I made almost everything in life mean that life was meaningless and that I had no purpose.
With gate 28 in my chart four times, I am no stranger to the darkness of life and turning that into purpose has been a relentless quest. I’ve often used my past as a weapon against myself and as proof that something is wrong with me.
True to gate 24 in my unconscious south node, I have also been someone who ruminates in the past and have had paralyzing fears of repeating the same mistakes.
Now, I am seeing more clearly that mistakes really are just a part of life and that the past only has the meaning we give it. And, even more profoundly, there is actually no reason to revisit the past if it isn’t for the specific purposes of moving forward. What really matters is now and how we are using the energy that is available to us.
And in the cases where revisiting the past is helpful, it must be done with compassion (human design gate 36), forgiveness (human design gate 4), and Grace (human design gate 22).
These days, I am catching myself when I am falling into old patterns of using my past mistakes against myself. I am cultivating the mindset that everything is happening for my awakening (human design gate 51) and that right now is what matters most. I am using the healing process I teach inside the Human Design Map portal.
And, most importantly, I am remembering that I am a fallible human being and that is OK.
Now is the only moment that matters. And it is all in service to my intuitive clarity (57).
Affirmations for Human Design Gate 44
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 44:
Healing is always possible.
I help others break unhealthy patterns of the past.
I can lead a horse to water but cannot make them drink.
Inside your Human 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.
Now it’s your turn to contemplate Gate 44
When you stand in the truth that the gifts of gate 44 are always available to you (whether it’s defined in your chart or not)…
What is your relationship to the past? Do you ruminate there? Or do you use it as fuel for moving forward?
What are the biggest lessons you’ve learned from past mistakes?
Have you forgiven yourself for the mistakes of your past? Why or why not?
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 44.
And, if you have gate 44 in your Human Design Incarnation Cross, be sure to check out the Human Design Map where I go super deep into each gate of your cross.