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Gate 39 - Obstruction

Gate of Provocation - The Journey is Toward Spirit

The value of obstruction in provoking analysis, assessment and reevaluation. Provoking brings the spirit of emotional awareness into expression.

Gate 52 < Gate 39 > Gate 53

Left Angle Cross of Individualism | Godhead - Parvati

Quarter of Civilization, the Realm of Dubhe
Theme: Purpose fulfilled through Form Mystical Theme: Womb to Room

This Gate is part of the Channel of Emoting, A Design of Moodiness, linking the Root Center (Gate 39) to the Solar Plexus Center (Gate 55). Gate 39 is part of the Individual (Knowing) Circuit with the keynote of empowerment.

Gate 39, fueled by the Root Center, is the pressure to provoke the evolving emotional awareness of spirit into revealing itself. Emotional awareness is humanity's destiny, but it is the Individual through the 39th gate that provokes the mutative potential within the 55th gate to release the spirit consciousness of the Solar Plexus Center. We have the energy to persevere through our moods and tap into spirit awareness. Our provoking reveals whose spirit is correct for us. If we are merely a source of irritation to them, they are not right for us. People may react negatively to our provocation, but this is our unique gift, even though we may have to develop a thick skin to live with it.

Provoking is also the way we get in touch with and work out our own feelings; if we are in bad mood, we may elicit misery from others. It takes time to learn who can be successfully provoked or not, and we can only impact the Collective or the Tribe and release true mutation, when in the right spirit or mood ourselves. This is what makes mutation contagious and moves the potential for awareness through the totality. The 39th gate is one of three gates of deafness, meaning we are not designed to be easily influenced. Without the 55th gate's ability to release emotions, Root Center pressure may provoke us into excesses, like substance abuse or an eating disorder. Patience with ourselves and our emotions is required for our journey toward spirit.


Line 5 - Single-mindedness
The rare ability not to overcome but to bypass obstacles.

Exaltation: The imagination to establish new patterns that make the obstacles irrelevant. The imaginative energy to provoke through bypassing obstacles.

Detriment: Simple hardheadedness. Though less exalted, it can often result in success and gather support by its very determination. The energy to provoke through hardheadedness.


The Daily View reflects the impact the Sun (70% of the neutrino influence) is having on humanity as it moves through the Gates and Lines of the Mandala. Transits are potentials that you can witness in others and the world around you, and, if correct for you, as you follow your individual Strategy and Authority, may become a part of your experience as well.

Please refer to The Definitive Book of Human Design for more detail and information.

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