Gate 61 Human Design: Gate of Mystery, Marketing & Branding Insights
This Gate series synthesizes the wisdom of Human Design and the Gene Keys to support you in leveraging your energetic frequency in creating authentic and aligned marketing. It’s designed to help you grow your engagement and inspire your ideal clients. The gates are particularly relevant in your marketing when:
You have the Gate we are exploring in either your Personality Sun placement (this is your personal brand DNA) or in your Personality Mercury placement (how you’re designed to communicate).
When the Gate is stationed in the Human Design Transit chart in either the Sun or Mercury positions - both will create a background frequency of this energy that gives you insight into the types of messaging your ideal clients will respond to.
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Gate 61: Cosmic Content Code:
Creative Mystic
As I write this post, Gate 61 is stationed in the Sun position in the transits (which happens around mid January). For deeper insights, visit my YouTube Channel for the “Cosmic Content Code” Gate 61 episode here:
In Human Design, Gate 61 is the gate of ‘Mystery’ and is called ‘Inner Truth’ in i-Ching. This gate is located in the Head center and is part of the Design of a Thinker (61-24 channel). It carries the ‘mental pressure’ to know WHY we exist, which is an ever-present mystery for all of us. People with 61 try to solve this mystery by contemplating the wider principles and inner workings of the cosmos and seeking the unknown (occult).
The gift of the 61st Gate/Gene Key is “inspiration” - the divine ‘moments of sudden enlightenment’ (Satori). When expressed in divine timing, these aha-moments can transform the way we perceive how reality works. With 61 in your chart, you are able to use this inspiration creatively for both personal and collective transformation.
In my Cosmic Content Codes, I call Gate 61, “Creative Mystic”, a spiritual, curious and creative energy. This unrelenting energy is your inner fascination for the WHY. You see the world through the eyes of awe and wonder. And revel in moments of divine connection through synchronicities. Your mystical nature allows you to attune to greater earthly and cosmic realities. Also, you have a special connection and appreciation for nature and Mother Earth.
You consider ‘awe and wonder’ to be your superpowers in life and are naturally capable of inspiring others around to find gratitude. Curiosity is your stronghold. You believe spiritual curiosity is what propels you forward on the path of personal development. That is why, you believe in subjective “inner truths” and discovering a personal understanding of a higher power rather than relying on what you’ve been programmed to believe since birth.
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The Gift and the shadow of gate 61
The shadow of Gate 61, “psychosis”, is the shadow of all humanity with its use of mind/thought as the sole authority. As Richard Rudd says it:
Psychosis is in fact the ordinary state of the mass consciousness of humanity in the world today.
It is the pressure of mentally figuring out why we exist. This pressure can lead to self-absorption, or getting lost in one’s thoughts to lose touch with reality. As if succumbing to the constant buzz or static in your mind. It can also manifest as the pressure to constantly seek out the unknowable/the hidden, without conscious awareness of why you’re seeking it. So if you’re experiencing this shadow, ask yourself:
What do I need to know that is useful right now?
What do I want to know at this moment, that isn’t useful?
The journey from shadow to gift moves from the exhaustion of pressure to KNOW (in isolation) to the awareness that divine inspiration and creative expression is the salvation from mind.
The Gift of Inspiration is spiritual because it serves to loosen the hold of your mental constructs, opening and expanding your capacity for love. - Richard Rudd
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GATE 61 BRAND
If you have Gate 61 in your Personality Sun (or Mercury), you are a brand with a quest for the deeper meaning of life and you bring unique insights and thought leadership through your work. By prioritizing research, introspection and deep thinking, you provide innovative solutions for the challenges at hand.
Your brand story is an inspirational tale of challenging superficial assumptions and pursuing transformation through depth of thought, spiritual practicality, creativity and innovation. Your story and values inspire others to be introspective and connect with nature and the divine.
It’s important to use your passion and marketing genius to develop a unique positioning of your services/offers highlighting the importance of connecting with a higher power for the expansion that they seek. Helping people become more aligned with their life’s mission and meaning.
Include all that in your services which you know people might consider woo-woo. That’s your brand essence. That’s the magnet that draws people toward you. Own it and bring forth the wondrous magic of the spiritual into the business.
✔️ This ☝️ and more tailored marketing insights in your custom Human Design for Marketing reading report including your type, profile, incarnation cross, channels and gates (Sun & Mercury) will help build your unique Marketing magnetism.
HOW THE BACKGROUND FREQUENCY OF GATE 61 IMPACTS THE POTENTIAL FOR YOUR MARKETING RESONANCE
No matter the niche you’re in, as a coach, healer, network, or digital marketer, your clients/customers are looking for help. They especially need help when they’re dissatisfied with analysis-paralysis or making decisions solely from the mind and getting stuck in result.
When the Sun (or Mercury) is in Gate 61, share stories of why/how creativity and spirituality is synonymous to personal and business evolution. Share relevant, resonant content on:
what do you believe in as a brand?
how does faith play a role in your business and life?
celebrating natural wonders and gratitude for mother nature
Synchronicities, angel numbers and communication with the divine
sliding doors moments in your life and letting go of control
your spiritual practices and the benefits of being faithful
showing your curious side; what you are fascinated by
If this is your “birth sign” (gate) let us know how you resonate with the energy of this gate in the comments. How would you tap into the background transit frequency to turn up the volume on your messaging?
What stands out to you and what do you relate to the most?
Do go ahead, share your thoughts and ask questions in the comment box below.
Here for your Marketing success,
Yvette