THE 64 GATES - A CHEAT SHEET
WHAT ARE THE GATES?
Each number mapped on the chart is called a Gate. The 64 Gates draw from the teachings of the I-Ching - an ancient Eastern text offering insight into the various energetics that make up our human experience in the world. With this, each Gate carries a specific energy.
by Fiona Bicknell, June 2024.
THE GATES OF YOUR CHART
When looking at your chart, take note of the Gates that you have ‘defined’ - those that are highlighted with a colored line extending from them. The defined Gates of your chart offer insight into the strong, reliable energies available to you and the gifts they each offer.
Below is a brief overview of the energy and gifts of each of the 64 Gates. Refer to your chart to determine which are defined for you!
GATE 1 / THE GATE OF SELF EXPRESSION
You are here to share your creativity in your own unique way.
Key notes: self-expression, uniqueness, creativity independent of will, releasing expectation
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GATE 2 / THE GATE OF THE DIRECTION OF THE SELF
You are here to use your gift of receptiveness to creatively guide us.
Key notes: innovation, direction, guiding via energetic awareness
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GATE 3 / THE GATE OF ORDERING
You are here to support the natural process of order out of chaos.
Key notes: difficulty in the beginning, surrender, mutation, always seeking the new, innovation
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GATE 4 / THE GATE OF FORMULIZATION
You are here to offer your spontaneous theories to answer the world’s questions.
Key notes: mental pressure needing outlet, explanation, understanding, mental processing
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GATE 5 / THE GATE OF FIXED RHYTHMS
You are here to attune us to natural rhythms to master patience and trust.
Key notes: tempo, the cyclical nature of being, natural cycles, patience, trust in time
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GATE 6 / THE GATE OF FRICTION
You are here to explore and learn the management of emotion in intimacy.
Key notes: discrimination (positive and negative), openness, emotional retraction, bonding
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GATE 7 / THE GATE OF THE ROLE OF THE SELF
You are here to lead us in the right direction when invited to do so.
Key notes: leadership, guidance, direction, influence, sensing where to go
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GATE 8 / THE GATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
You are here to promote that which is worth our attention.
Key notes: style, promotion, inspiration, seeking the new
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GATE 9 / THE GATE OF FOCUS
You are here to offer the focus and determination required to build.
Key notes: commitment, discipline, planning, detail, direction
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GATE 10 / THE GATE OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SELF
You are here to teach us all of the journey to self love and living in total integrity.
Key notes: Self-love, authenticity, self-awareness.
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GATE 11/ THE GATE OF IDEAS
You are here to share your endless supply of ideas with the world.
Key notes: sharing, attunement, fantasy, external stimulation of the mind
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GATE 12 / THE GATE OF CAUTION
You are here to articulate emotional expression for greater understanding.
Key notes: emotional impact, vibration, tone, the drama of life
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GATE 13 / THE GATE OF THE LISTENER
You are here to use your natural ability to listen and gather deep understanding.
Key notes: hearing what others do not, understanding universal ideals, cooperation
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GATE 14 / THE GATE OF POWER SKILLS
You are here to put your passion to work through sustained and innovative labor.
Key notes: labor of love, creativity, innovation, a drive to do and create
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GATE 15 / THE GATE OF EXTREMES
You are here to charismatically lead a life that changes as external circumstances do.
Key notes: going with the flow, adaptability, versatility, diversity of living, fluidity
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GATE 16 / THE GATE OF SKILLS
You are here to master various talents and share them with the world.
Key notes: scientific and artistic skills, repetition, experimentation, enthusiasm, transcendence
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GATE 17 / THE GATE OF OPINIONS
You are here to put language around concepts that can better our collective.
Key notes: naming, mental patterns, logic, organization, visually oriented
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GATE 18 / THE GATE OF CORRECTION
You are here to point out where and how we can improve.
Key notes: challenging others to meet potential, conditioning of criticism to overcome
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GATE 19 / THE GATE OF NEED
You are here use connection to define and share the needs of our human existence.
Key notes: connection, touch, the group needs, flirtation, emotional understanding
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GATE 20 / THE GATE OF THE NOW
You are here to teach of the power of presence through your ability to hold yourself in the now.
Keynotes: contemplation, presence, acting on the now, awareness
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GATE 21 / THE GATE OF THE HUNTER / THE HUNTRESS
You are here to master the balance required to control and manage in the material realm.
Key notes: independence, authority, management, autonomy, via response (exc. manifestors)
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GATE 22 / THE GATE OF OPENNESS
You are here to offer us grace through emotional expression.
Keynotes: grace, love, attentiveness, care, nurturing
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GATE 23 / THE GATE OF ASSIMILATION
You are here to speak innovative thinking into our collective.
Key notes: timing, unique delivery, being invited to share, outside perspective
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GATE 24 / THE GATE OF RATIONALIZING
You are here to use your process-driven mind to create useful rationale.
Key notes: logic, clarity, seeking mystery, answers found in silence
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GATE 25 / THE GATE OF THE SPIRIT OF THE SELF
You are here to teach us of the power of universal love and understanding of the other.
Key notes: innocence, love for all, innocence being tested, selflessness
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GATE 26 / THE GATE OF THE EGOIST
You are here to use your natural gift of selling for the betterment of humanity.
Key notes: the salesperson, maximum reward for minimum output, have the ‘right’ words
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GATE 27 / THE GATE OF CARING
You are here to nurture your tribe.
Key notes: nourishment, support, creating safety
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GATE 28 / THE GATE OF THE GAME PLAYER
You are here to go all in and take the risks required for individual and collective betterment.
Key notes: spontaneity, searching for meaning, totality, aliveness, seeking purpose
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GATE 29 / THE GATE OF SAYING YES
You are here to jump in with both feet, saying ‘yes’ in the face of the unknown.
Key notes: releasing expectation, operating through response, over-commitment
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GATE 30 / THE GATE OF FEELINGS
You are here to learn from your desires and experience them free from any expectation.
Key notes: yearning, longing leading to seeking emotional experiences to feel more
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GATE 31 / THE GATE OF LEADING
You are here to influence others to define their own path to their goals.
Key notes: influence, timing, invited leadership, future-thinking
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GATE 32 / THE GATE OF CONTINUITY
You are here to determine and preserve that which carries value to be continued.
Key notes: conservation, reverence, restraint, lineage, connection to natural laws and cycles
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GATE 33 / THE GATE OF PRIVACY
Your are here to honor your need for singular reflection allowing you to share your stories.
Key note: writing, teaching, offering us the shared human lessons in all experience
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GATE 34 / THE GATE OF MIGHT
You are here to act through self-empowerment and lead in your own way.
Key notes: independence, responds to external stimuli, uniqueness, vitality
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GATE 35 / THE GATE OF CHANGE
You are here to follow your hunger for new experiences to sample all of life and learning.
Key notes: adventure, seeking the unknown, requires interaction
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GATE 36 / THE GATE OF CRISIS
You are here to experience the spectrum of the human emotions to create growth.
Key notes: emotional turmoil, powerful feeling sense, turbulence, constant change
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GATE 37 / THE GATE OF FRIENDSHIP
You are here to hold the family (community) together.
Key notes: loyalty, recognition (both offering and a need for), nurturing, equal exchange
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GATE 38 / THE GATE OF THE FIGHTER
You are here to show us what is worth fighting for.
Key notes: the warrior, pressure, thriving against the odds, independence, seeks clear purpose
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GATE 39 / THE GATE OF THE PROVOCATEUR
You are here to ignite change in others through provocation.
Key notes: igniting spirit, tension, individualism, stirring emotions in others, stubbornness
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GATE 40 / THE GATE OF ALONENESS
You are here to provide and deliver for your family (chosen) through a balance of work and rest.
Key notes: hard work, community, exploration of giving to others, willpower, alone time
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GATE 41 / THE GATE OF CONTRACTION
You are here to follow internal pressure for new emotional experiences to develop potential.
Key notes: restlessness for emotional connection and experiences, fantasy
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GATE 42 / THE GATE OF GROWTH
You are here to provide us the stamina to see things to completion.
Key notes: detachment, follow-through, knowing when something is complete
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GATE 43 / THE GATE OF INSIGHT
You are here to offer us new perspectives with creativity and uniqueness.
Keynotes: breakthrough, aha moments, focused insights based on self interests
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GATE 44 / THE GATE OF ALERTNESS
You are here to point out the potential you instinctively recognize in others.
Key notes: identifying talent, intuition, a ‘nose’ for people
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GATE 45 / THE GATE OF THE GATHERER
You are here to oversee the creation of foundations for material security.
Key notes: leadership, community, material wealth, delegating, tradition and law
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GATE 46 / THE GATE OF DETERMINATION
You are here to master serendipity.
Key notes: trust in time, right place right time, all of life is perfection, sensuality, body response
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GATE 47 / THE GATE OF REALIZING
You are here to allow your questioning mind to forever seek the purpose of life.
Key notes: personal reflection, inspiration, metal pressure, inspiration from confusion
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GATE 48 / THE GATE OF DEPTH
You are here to utilize your intuitive wisdom to offer solutions.
Key notes: requires initiation, naturalness, witnessed by others
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GATE 49 / THE GATE OF REJECTION
You are here to examine your principles and their impact on your relationships.
Key notes: polarity of sensitivity and insensitivity, revolution, desire to be obeyed
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GATE 50 / THE GATE OF VALUES
You are here to honor your responsibility to your tribe through upholding values.
Key notes: discernment, needs of the tribe, creating safety and long-term survival
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GATE 51 / THE GATE OF SHOCK
You are here to arouse our attention through courage.
Key notes: unpredictability, capability, excitement, empowerment, showing the bigger picture
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GATE 52 / THE GATE OF STILLNESS
You are here to offer service through your ability to stay put and focus.
Key note: pressure for concentration, serenity, single-focus
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GATE 53 / THE GATE OF BEGINNINGS
You are here to utilize your internal pressure to create something new.
Key note: pressure to start, follow through not the focus, development, working in cycles
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GATE 54 / THE GATE OF AMBITION
You are here to drive material success.
Key notes: ambition, wealth, pressure to achieve, business-minded
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GATE 55 / THE GATE OF SPIRIT
You are here to romanticize life and remind us of the need for freedom of spirit.
Key notes: emotional highs and lows, peace, seeking ecstasy, attuned to tone, chemistry
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GATE 56 / THE GATE OF STIMULATION
You are here to stimulate our ideas into action.
Key notes: the storyteller, personal experience as proof, continuity, short-term activity
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GATE 57 / THE GATE OF INTUITION
You are here to intuitively guide us toward wellbeing.
Key notes: attunement, vibration, clairaudience, truth-telling
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GATE 58 / THE GATE OF VITALITY
You are here to endlessly seek that which makes us vital.
Key notes: pressure to be of service, enthusiasm, zest for life, challenging conditioning
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GATE 59 / THE GATE OF SEXUALITY
You are here to explore and experience the human drive toward sexuality and creativity.
Key notes: intimacy, attraction, masculine vs. feminine, fertility, reproduction
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GATE 60 / THE GATE OF ACCEPTANCE
You are here to support us in creating change for the long term.
Key notes: mutation, pressure to innovate, acceptance, limitations of change
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GATE 61 / THE GATE OF MYSTERY
You are here to go beyond the mind to uncover what is unknown.
Key notes: a pressure to know, a pressure to rationalize, inspiration, the questioning mind
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GATE 62 / THE GATE OF DETAIL
You are here to precisely deliver facts and truths through your attention to detail.
Key notes: structure, organization, timing, receptiveness to sharing, the needle in the haystack
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GATE 63 / THE GATE OF DOUBT
You are here to use your skepticism to help us investigate the questions of the world.
Key notes: curiosity, skepticism, inquiry, endless questioning
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GATE 64 / THE GATE OF CONFUSION
You are here to use past experience and reflection to make sense of the human experience.
Key notes: pressure to resolve the past, image and memory driven, seeking understanding
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