Gate 50 · Values
There are 64 gates, one for each hexagram of the I Ching, mapped onto the zodiac. Here's the keynote for Gate 50 · Values and where it sits in the bodygraph.
Gate 50 lives in the Spleen centre and, together with gate 27, forms the channel of preservation: caring meets the values that make it reliable. The tradition reads this theme as a keeper's instinct: sensing which rules the wellbeing of a circle rests on, family, team or community, and guarding them. In the personality it shows as conscious responsibility for your people and attention to the fairness of the order; in the design it is a bodily unease whenever something in the usual way of things cuts against what matters. The system adds a nuance: rules serve life rather than the other way round, and a keeper does well to review now and then what they are guarding out of habit. Which of the rules you uphold still protect your people, and which have simply outlived their usefulness?
How it sits in the bodygraph
- Center
- Spleen
- Channels
- 27-50 · Preservation
Gates in this center
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What does Gate 50 · Values do?
How do I know if I have this gate?
For self-reflection and entertainment — not a prediction of fate and not professional advice.