Human Design Collective Circuit – Sharing With the World

In this blog post, we’re going to be going through the Collective Circuit Group, one of three circuit groups that make up your human design chart. The Individual and Tribal Circuit groups are the other 2. Each circuit group has a theme. The theme of the Collective Circuit Group is Sharing. So, any gates and channels you have in your chart that are defined within the Collective Circuit Group will carry the high level theme of Sharing. If you have a lot of gates and channels defined in the Collective Circuit Group, then sharing with the collective will be a big part of your journey.

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So, let’s dive in. First, at a high level, think of the circuitry in your human design chart just like the electrical wiring of a building or car. You have electrical wiring in the form of your nervous system and energetic channels. These channels bring energy to your various organs so they have the life force they need to function.

And there’s a unique way energy is designed to move through your system in a consistent way that you can count on. Think of it as you being a unique year, make, and model of a car – except they only made one of you. And so your buttons, switches, wiring, etc. is all unique to you.

And your Human Design chart is the instruction manual to understand how your vehicle (body) is wired so you can start living in alignment with it, instead of in resistance to it.

Wherever you have defined gates and channels in the Collective Circuit Group is a consistent way you’re designed to share with the world. There are 2 circuits in the Collective Circuit Group: The Understanding Circuit and The Sensing Circuit.

The gates and channels of The Understanding Circuit are about sharing logical ideas and solutions, testing those ideas, and gathering details and facts. The gates and channels of The Sensing Circuit are about sharing in a way that evokes emotion and inspiration. You most likely have some gates/channels in both circuits. And even having a high level idea about how many gates/channels you have in each circuit and how many you have in the Collective Circuit Group in general is information that will greatly support you when combined with the wisdom of your Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile, which you can get information about in your free personalized report here.

Here is a picture of the Collective Circuit Group:

You’ll notice the gates and channels of the Collective Circuit Group are on the exterior of the chart or on the exterior of the central column. This is because these gates and channels interface with the world around you. 

They are where your energy interacts with the people around you as you’re moving through the world. So, as you are crossing paths with people and your auras are intersecting, people are going to feel the certain frequency of these collective channels and gates in your aura. And if you have a lot of them, then they’re really going to feel this element and the element of the collective circuit group, the theme of Sharing. 

If you have a lot of collective channels and gates, you may find yourself wanting to share quite a bit with others, connect with others, and have that be a bigger part of your journey.

Now, let’s dive a little deeper. As mentioned above, the Collective Circuit Group is actually broken up into two circuits: The Understanding Circuit and The Sensing Circuit. Let’s first look at the Understanding Circuit in more detail. 

The Understanding Circuit

The gates and the channels of the Understanding Circuit carry a theme of understanding things logically, questioning things, gathering data, experimenting, etc. 

You can see that the pattern of this circuit in your chart is criss-crossed. If we start at the bottom, the bottom channel 52-9 is about focus. Gate 52 is the gate of stillness. Gate 9 is the gate of focus. So if you have this channel, you bring focus to anything you do and to any group you’re a part of. You’ll have the capacity to be really still and focus on something for long periods of time. And if you have this channel, it means you’re a generator because your Sacral Center will be defined. Because of this, it’s important to always make sure you’re following your sacral response to make sure you’re putting that focus into the right areas. 

Then we have 58-18 connecting your Root Center to your Spleen Center. This is all about having the drive and motivation to shift and change what isn’t working in your communities or society around you. And the instincts to be able to know intuitively exactly what isn’t working so you know where to direct that drive. Continuing up this trajectory up your chart, you’ll see Gate 48, which holds the intuitive ability to see the solutions, while Gate 16 is the ability to master the skills to do something about it. 

I imagine you’re starting to see how the gates and channels of this Understanding Circuit work together. Now, it’s highly unlikely that any one person will have all the gates of the Understanding Circuit, which is why we’re not meant to accomplish things alone in this world. For example, if you have gates 58 and 16 and you’re living your design by following your strategy and authority, you’ll naturally attract someone with gates 18 and 48. Your two circuitries will plug into each other and work together. 

Now, if we continue up the chart, we get to Gate 62 in the Throat Center, the Gate of Details. And it’s connected to Gate 17, the Gate of Opinions in the Ajna Center. So this is about gathering the facts and details to prove that this new solution is actually the right solution and to form opinions about it that can then be grounded into reality with fact. And then 63-4 is made up of Gate 63, the Gate of Doubt and Gate 4, the Gate of Formulization so this is about formulating ideas from doubting the status quo.

If we look up the central channel, there is Channel 5-15 which has to do with rhythm and routine (Gate 5) as well as when it’s good to have a routine and when it’s good to live in the extremes (Gate 15). 7-31 is a leadership channel, carrying the essence of a leader that could very well be elected into a position of leadership. 

Now let’s look at the other side of things with The Sensing Circuit.

The Sensing Circuit

The gates and channels of the sensing circuit are all about evoking emotions, feelings, and inspiration. At the top of this circuit is The Channel of Abstraction, Channel 64-47. 

Unlike the channel of logic (63-4), this is about not figuring things out, not looking for details.  This is about letting yourself be in the confusion and seeing what solutions emerge from following your strategy and authority into the not knowing. And then 11-56 is all about storytelling, being able to take your ideas and life experiences and turn them into engaging stories that evoke the emotions of others. And that inspires others. 

Then moving down along the very right side of your chart is channel 35-36, connecting your Solar Plexus (your emotional center) to your Throat Center. So this is about directly expressing emotions. This can sometimes be an intense channel, as Gate 36 is the Gate of Crisis and is  about learning through intense emotional experiences. That doesn’t mean your life always has to be in crisis. It just means that you’re designed to learn from emotional highs and lows and to surrender to that process and through Gate 35, the Gate of Change, always looking for change.

Following that down to Channel 30-41, connecting the Solar Plexus to the Root. This is all about dreams, desires, fantasy, and emotions. It’s about  letting your dreams and desires stir emotions within you and let those emotions help to manifest some of those dreams into reality. But not all of them are yours to manifest. Some are yours to share, the keynote of the Collective Circuit Group, as they will inspire others into action, alignment, and purpose. 

And then down at the bottom of the central column, we have Channel 53-42 which then criss-crosses to Channel 29-46. These 2 channels are about making sure you’re listening to your Sacral and saying yes to the correct things as these channels hold the wisdom of cycles. And finishing what you start, bringing cycles to their natural conclusion.

Following that pathway up, we have Channel 13-33 connecting the G Center (identity and direction) to the Throat Center. And this is another leadership channel, a little bit different than 7-31 as this one is more about listening, reflecting, and taking time to pause. So this is a leader who’s really good at listening and hearing people and pausing to reflect on their experiences. So they know how to lead and they can glean the lessons from their own experiences to then bring it to their community and lead their community effectively. 

Conclusion

I think you can see the beautiful complementary nature of the understanding circuit and the sensing circuit. If you have gates and channels in both circuits, contemplate how they can work together in your life and how you can live more in alignment with the natural genius of these gates and channels. And, the commonality that holds them together is the keynote of Sharing. 

I hope this post has helped you understand your Human Design chart more deeply and to begin to understand how to utilize the wisdom of your gates and channels in concert with that of your Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile. Your gates and channels are where your deeper uniqueness lies and where the most opportunity for releasing resistance and creating ease in your life exist. 

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