Sun in Gate 61: Inner Truth (Mystery), Earth in 56: The Wanderer (Stimulation)
The Sun has just entered into Gate 61: Inner Truth (Mystery).
“The awareness of universal underlying principles”
In the head center, this is the pressure to have a unique realization about the mystery of consciousness. It inspires us to try and know the unknown through esoterics.
This is not about making sense of the past or formulating logical predictions about the future- it is about penetrating to the essence of inner truth in the now.
To navigate this pressure, it is helpful to remember the law of the knower. This is the ability to differentiate between what is knowable and valuable, what is knowable but has no value, and what is unknowable.
True awareness emerges when we embrace the unknown. Madness results from trying to know the unknowable.
Gate 61 can produce an empowering creative awareness, and/or it can drive you to get lost in rabbit holes trying to solve all the mysteries of the universe, in a manner that compromises your ability to successfully navigate the exoteric/mundane reality of your life.
And as is the case with all individual circuitry, Gate 61 operates in a pulse. You don’t know until you know!
And then we have the Earth in Gate 62: Preponderance of the Small (Details).
“Caution, patience and detail produce excellence out of limitation”
In the throat center, this is the ability to organize and share facts and details. It is a gift for understanding patterns, naming things, and describing complex concepts with precision.
While Gate 61 inspires us towards realizing that which is totally new and original, Gate 62 simply wants to organize what already exists to make it healthier and more logical. This week, you may find yourself torn between the monotony of detail work and the allure of occult knowledge.
The past two weeks since the beginning of 2025 have been characterized by a physical pressure to go up against the odds in order to feel a sense of spirit (39), purpose and aliveness (38), to pursue your ambitions (54) and begin new things (53)- this week brings mental pressure.
Especially if you are part of the 70% of the population with an undefined Head Center, you might feel particularly prone to thinking about things that don’t matter.
If you allow yourself to get swept up in the energy of the collective, you might find yourself anxiously looping on unhelpful thoughts in a futile attempt to free yourself from the discomfort of not knowing, lost in an existential void-or obsessing over unnecessary facts and details.
If you are operating correctly as yourself, you might experience this week as an enjoyable time for dwelling in the mystery, feeling tapped in to a higher knowing, collecting data and sharing perspectives.
What to do?
As always, Strategy & Authority is the key to your ability to dress appropriately for the cosmic weather, and navigate this week’s energies correctly as yourself.
That said, if your mind is causing you discomfort this week, perhaps try to:
Make or listen to music (Gate 61 is deeply acoustic)
Focus on a mantra.
Meditate by observing the nature of awareness itself. (Sam Harris’ Waking Up app is great for this; I am a big fan!)
Get out of your head by tackling a mundane, potentially boring project with lots of details that you’ve been procrastinating- such as organizing your closet!
Xo,
Bri