Happy 34-20 week!

‘Tis the season to be jolly!

And I am not talking about the holidays season. Although I always felt like the holidays began with my birthday, every year.

Every year, November has a special feeling and meaning for me. I always felt it, even before I ever read about Astrology and way before I got in touch with Human Design. As Autumn came closer, every year, I felt like the air around me was shifting, new Universes were opening and life in general took on a spinning twist. I heard people say that Autumn is depressing, that Winter is the most awful season, but something inside my soul always felt at home during these seasons. I was never depressed by the darkness and shortness of the days, I never had anything against low temperatures, and I absolutely love snow. I always felt like life actually begins during Autumn, during the death of the old, the new already starts to prepare. I see Spring season just like the second stage of life, because it actually took its first step during the darkness of the Winter, underground, germinating.

This year, before this week started, I had a flu and my body was not in its best shape. A low wave was also showing up, so the weather outside, a rainy and grey one, just confirmed my need for hibernation. My body’s 1st line demanded some rest, and, as usual, I didn’t get into an argument with that. I spent a few days in a row inside the house, doing small chores, nothing too demanding, and going along with the season. I believe, as a side note, that us humans, we forgot about the natural cycles of the year! It is not normal to expect our bodies to act and react during winter like they do during summer. But still, here we are, pushing ourselves to grow, expand, initiate, take on “new opportunities”, while other species know better that now it is a time to rest.

Getting past my side note, whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, the body asks for whatever it needs in that moment, regardless of what says in the calendar. And I was very much into that mood, of just hibernating, when I felt an instant flow of energy. It happened today, November 22nd, around 1:00PM. Instantly, my flu was gone, my mood was different, my words were clearer and my thoughts sharper. I couldn’t check it on the spot, but in the end, I had to have a look at the transits. And guess what? The Charisma channel, connecting gates 34 and 20, was activated by the transits of the planets. And not by any planets, but by the Sun and Earth. This is a channel that I have in my Human Design graph, and that makes me a Manifesting Generator. Also, my Personality Sun is in gate 34 and my Personality Earth in gate 20. I feel like the time of Manifesting Generators has come this year :), as all the children born until late night on November 27th will have this channel in their graphs, so they will be what Human Design calls Pure Manifesting Generators.

The energy of these days is intense, as it switches from Scorpio to Sagittarius, but not the entire month of Sagittarius will feel like this. This combination of Sun and Earth in these 2 gates lasts only in the first week, only for approximately 6 days. As soon as we entered this period, I started feeling very dynamic, determined, detached but also, present with a lot of energy. It’s like after a period of investigating and working in the “background”, now things can be put in motion, life can shift and get a new direction. This energy also feels joyful, and it can’t be sad when the Sacral center is clearly defined through this channel, and this center is fueled by joy. I felt so joyful, playful, cheerful, like everything around me was just adding to this good mood. Even the raindrops! Even the wind, and even the cloudy sky.

This transit happens every year, between November 22nd-23rd and 27th -28th. With the Sun being in gate 34, the gate of the Power of the Great, and the Earth in gate 20, the gate of the Now. In the end, what this Charisma Channel brings is personal power in the present moment. With the 34th gate sitting in the Sacral center, we might feel very energized, powerful and ready to take on the world, when it is approached correctly. In the not self mode, we either feel powerless or we confuse power with force, and we try to force our own ways and views on our surrounding environment and people. Gate 20, being the grounding gate in this period, is about speaking our truth in the now, whatever is helpful to make something work or evolve. Gate 20 is found in the Throat center, and by connecting to the 34th, it forms a Manifesting channel. This channel can help people a lot to open subjects that they have avoided until now, and finally get things done in that area. But it is mainly through informing the others about our next steps and decisions, how we can benefit the most from this channel, and not by pushing our ideas or ways onto the others. It is a channel or Charisma, and I might say also of “lucky and fortunate” happenings, and once it is used properly, it can help someone skip steps and advance in the desired direction faster than usual. But this power that comes with it can only be used personally, and not borrowed to others. In other words, we can now find that energy to go on with a personal project, to set up different personal boundaries, to speak our own truth. So, you see, we can’t speak someone else’s truth, nor can we act in their place. The power and energy of this channel can be sensed by people around us, and they might be tempted to ask us to use it for their own projects. It is not something feasible, unless these people’s interests match our own, so only then we can pick up on someone else’s task or project, and see it to an end. Otherwise, if we engage in other projects without being correct to our authority and strategy, we might end up burned out. The 34th likes to be busy, but still its energy is not endless, and if not used correctly it can turn into frustration and can make us act like bullies. The 20th likes to speak, and the shadow side is that it can talk too much. If the energy of gate 20 is used correctly, it helps us dive deep in the present moment, be aware of ourselves and our own needs. It can say things that are surprising even for the owner of the gate, but in the end this gate doesn’t like censorship. I believe it goes well with the directness of the Sagittarius, although some people may perceive it as “painfully direct and blunt”. When used incorrectly, this gate can make us run away from the present, fantasize about the future or spin thoughts and conversations about the past like a DJ. It can make us have a great sense of humor, or fail miserably with what we say, in case we mentally try to make an impression. This gate is not one to be overtaken by the mind, because only when it speaks from the deep truth of the 34th gate (specifically for this period, otherwise out of the truth of gates 10 and 57 to which it can also be connected), does it really make an impact. But we should not overlook the fact that the Throat center is not connected only to the act of speaking, but also with acting on a situation, starting to make steps in a certain direction. This means that if we feel fueled by the Sacral to go along with a task, and our authority also gives us the green light to take on it, it would be correct for us to do it, but otherwise we might act recklessly, using too much force, and instead of “moving the furniture” we might end up “breaking the furniture into pieces”. The 34-20 channel needs to be used properly, with right timing, in the right environment, and always according to the person’s strategy and authority, otherwise it becomes a loose cannon, with a real potential for destruction.

These days, until November 27th, a bit after midnight in Europe region, all of us can benefit from the energy of this channel. This is not a time to be shy or stay in our corners. This is a time to move forward, enjoy, have fun and be aware in the present.

Happy 34-20 week everyone!