Gate 16 – Enthusiasm
Perfection through repetition is your child's superpower.
This energy grants your child the potential for mastery. When they discover something that truly excites them, they commit fully and practice relentlessly until they’ve perfected it. Their talents grow ever more polished and refined.
Thanks to their dedication, your child can develop genuine expertise. They spring out of bed each morning full of energy and dive into their projects with unbridled enthusiasm. Their passion is so contagious that it inspires other children to explore their own talents.
Financial support plays an important role. When your child reaches a new level, they deserve to be rewarded for their achievements, for example with new soccer cleats after a series of successful games. Encourage your child to nurture their natural enthusiasm.
Circuit
Collective Circuit
Hexagram
Center
Throat (Expression)
Center
Throat (Expression)
The Throat is the center of expression and manifestation. Through it, we bring our thoughts, feelings, and actions into the world. This center enables communication and creative expression through words or deeds.
Circuit
Collective Circuit
“I share my perception or logic with everyone.”
Polarity
If your child carries a lot of collective energy, it includes two poles: logic and perception. These energies are meant to share what your child observes with others. It’s not just for them, but for the collective. That means your child is meant to express their truth to the world, creating strong social energy. In the end, it’s the majority that decides what is relevant and true for everyone.
How do we all survive?
If your child has collective energy, it carries a strong sense of “WE.” It’s about the survival and progress of all humans. Processes that move society forward are initiated here to help transform the collective.
Visualization
If your child has many gates activated in the collective circuit, they typically have excellent visual perception. For example, they might be able to vividly imagine things in their mind or learn quickly through visual input.
Gates with collective energy:
Gate 3, Gate 4, Gate 5, Gate 6, Gate 9, Gate 11, Gate 12, Gate 16, Gate 17, Gate 22, Gate 23, Gate 24, Gate 29, Gate 30, Gate 35, Gate 36, Gate 41, Gate 42, Gate 47, Gate 49, Gate 52, Gate 53, Gate 55, Gate 56, Gate 60, Gate 61, Gate 62, Gate 63 and Gate 64.
What are Gates in Human Design?
Imagine your child is a beautiful old castle. In this castle, there are 64 different doors. These are the Gates in Human Design. Each door leads to a different room with unique qualities, talents and characteristics.
Some doors are wide open in your child. These are the activated Gates. Through these open doors, energy flows constantly. They show where your child is especially strong, what they naturally do well and how they inspire others.
Other doors are closed or just slightly ajar. This does not mean your child does not have these traits. It simply means they are not expressed automatically. These rooms are entered only when certain people come into their life or special situations arise.
The magic lies in this: no child has the same doors open. While one child shines through the Gate of creativity, another glows through the Gate of leadership or intuition. That is why every child is so uniquely wonderful.
As a parent, the Gates help you understand why your child sometimes reacts so differently than expected and why that is perfectly right and important.
