Channels 6-59: Channel of Intimacy

Emotional clarity, diplomacy

The energy to set boundaries and control who is allowed into the inner circle, into intimacy, and who is not. People created to separate sexuality from feelings and emotions. Summary of the Gates in  Rave Chart Structure: Center: Solar Plexus Circuit: Defense The Channel of Mating (6-59) Quarter (III): Duality Deity: Harmony Physiology: Mesenteric plexus (lumbar ganglia) Additional Notes: Social Gateway The energy of this Gate makes it possible to keep an emotional distance from those with whom it is not supposed to enter into a close or intimate relationship due to the need to communicate for other purposes. The 6th Gate is needed in order to learn how to control the flow of emotions and awareness from the Solar Plexus Center. They govern when a person is open or closed to intimacy. The 6th Gate needs the 59th to provide the energy to break down barriers to intimacy, arousal and reproduction. Lines — six stages of development of this energy and possible extremes in its manifestation: Line 1 Retreat. The realization that wasting one's resources against overwhelming odds is not courage but folly. Pluto exalted. The power of regeneration that can embrace retreat as a phase and not a failure. The emotional stability to accept conflict. Mercury in detriment. The inferiority complex, where retreat is experienced as personal weakness. Emotional instability in times of conflict. Line 2 The guerilla. The ability to maximize an inferior position through timely contact and withdrawal. Venus exalted. Aesthetic sensitivity and mental detail can find the weakest point. The sensitivity to find the weakest point in a conflict and to exploit it emotionally. Mars in detriment. The kamikaze, striking but moot. A lack of sensitivity that blunders into conflicts. Line 3 Allegiance. The ability to secure support and create strength out of a weak position. When connected to the harmonic Gate 59, mating that results in conception. Neptune exalted. The destruction of old forms through union; either mundane, as above, sexual union, or exalted as universalization. The depth of feelings that can enrich union and intimacy. Pluto in detriment. The rejection of allegiance as submission to established order. Sensitivity to controls which may eventually reject intimacy. Line 4 Triumph. A position on natural and unchallengeable power. Sun exalted. The charity and wisdom that must come with victory and the movement towards new horizons.. The power of emotions to dominate a relationship. Pluto in detriment. The conqueror and purger. The lack of emotional control that is destructive in relationships. Line 5 Arbitration. The faith derived from analytical diligence and emotional control that permits a higher authority to judge a conflict. Venus exalted. Harmony furthered through the avoidance of direct conflict. Sensitivity to conflict can lead to the avoidance of intimacy. The Moon in detriment. Where a party to arbitration sees itself as the best possible judge and will only accept judgement if it is the victor. Insensitivity to the concerns of others in a conflict. Line 6 The peacemaker. The discipline and integrity of a superior force to unilaterally cease conflict to permit surrender and survival of its foe. Mercury exalted. The highest form of reason is that life is sacred. The emotional power to end conflict tempered by feelings and sensitivity to others. Venus in detriment. The peacemaker whose actions are just but whose terms are unacceptable. The emotional power to end conflict but only after one's conditions have been satisfied. 6 — 59 The Channel of Intimacy A Design Focused on Procreation (Reproduction) Solar Plexus Center Everything that can be called emotions, moods and experiences is connected with the Solar Plexus Center. The cycle of emotions in a certain solar plexus always goes in waves: from delight to despair, from happiness to hopelessness.

Intimacy, transparency

The energy of seduction that moves other people towards intimacy, close and trusting relationships. People who are driven by their genes to reproduce children or fruits of creativity. Summary of the Gates in  Rave Chart Structure: Center: Sacral Circuit: Defense The Channel of Mating (6-59) Quarter (III): Duality Deity: Thoth Physiology: Sex organs (sacrum) Additional Notes: Social Gate, Creative Gate, Role Gate Manifesting as a desire for sexual intimacy, this Gate determines one of the six sexual strategies for attracting the best partner, which is expressed through the six lines of this Gate. Such people should wait for their response before jumping into a relationship. Otherwise, they risk remaining on the surface of intimacy instead of penetrating deeply into another being. This is the Gate of Fertility, which, when combined with the 6, greatly increases the likelihood of conception. Important: they are more related to sex and intimacy than to marriage. The 59th Gate needs the boundaries of the 6th in order to decide when and with whom intimacy can occur. Lines — six stages of development of this energy and possible extremes in its manifestation: Line 1 The preemptive strike. Sun exalted. The authority and vitality that in understanding purpose and direction can recognize and eliminate barriers before they become impregnable. The power of fertility to impregnate. Mercury in detriment. In this position, the ability and intelligence to recognize, but a deep indecisiveness about how and when to act. The potential of fertility limited by uncertainty. Line 2 Shyness. Self-imposed barriers. Uranus exalted. A preferred and natural separateness that protects against the inevitable instability engendered by union. The restriction of the sex drive to maintain separateness. Pluto in detriment. A calculated shyness, rooted in deep psychological barriers, that even in dynamic individuals will always restrict interaction. Infertility, rooted psychologically or biologically, that conditions the drive for separateness. Line 3 Openness. Saturn exalted, where the search for identity and security can only be achieved through the dropping of barriers, in order to define oneself through union. Where one is empowered through union and intimacy with others. Mars in detriment. Where openness is transformed into promiscuity and its attendant problems. Where the drive for empowerment, through union and intimacy, can lead to promiscuity. Line 4 Brotherhood/sisterhood Venus exalted. The dropping of barriers to union to establish a universal union. The power derived from non-sexual intimacy. Mercury in detriment. An intellectual understanding that is rarely put into action. Where the idea cannot restrain the sex drive. Line 5 The femme fatale or Casanova. Sun exalted. The power to use love to break down any barrier. Given the Sun's 'lightness' there is no negative connotation inherent in this description. The power of sexuality to attract others. Uranus in detriment. Uranus in detriment, where the negative potential of this power becomes evident. The Gigolo, the adventuress. The power of sexuality expressed as sexual power. Line 6 The one night stand. The tendency based on personality or circumstances to accept only tempo- rary unions that may be otherwise impossible or dangerous to continue. Venus exalted. The perfected relationship whether for a moment or an eternity. The power for intimacy regardless of conditions. Mercury in detriment. The basic drive to move on, that seeks impermanency as a matter of course and not in response to circumstances. The drive for sexual and intimate diversity. 6 — 59 The Channel of Intimacy A Design Focused on Procreation (Reproduction) Sacral Center The Sacral center contains the energies of sexuality, productivity, and the daily creative energy that makes everything possible on our planet. This center-motor is a source of vital energy in its purest form, which is inherent only in Generators and Manifesting Generators.