Word origin · etymology
Old English word used as a chart metaphor.
A gate is an opening or entrance. Human Design applies the entrance metaphor to a numbered position on the BodyGraph.
Merriam-Webster: gate ↗Jovian Archive: The Mandala and the BodyGraph ↗
How we know · epistemology
Symbolic angular partition
A planetary longitude selects a gate under a fixed sector map. The gate number and placement are checkable, while linking its hexagram theme to a person's behavior is an interpretive association supplied by Human Design.
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