Understanding Your Circuitry: Solar Plexus

Let’s continue our journey together through all nine energy centers, focusing today on the motor center known as the “emotional” Solar Plexus.

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THE SOLAR PLEXUS: an awareness and motor center that serves as an emotional processing center and governs the kidneys, pancreas, and bladder.

If you have this center DEFINED, you will have the larger triangle on the right side of the body graph colored in brown. If it is undefined, it will be white; if it is completely OPEN you will also have no colored in gates or channels coming off of it. 

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Characteristics of the DEFINED SOLAR PLEXUS:

• You have a set emotional wave; a consistent way of processing emotional energy
  
• You are less likely to pick up on the emotional energy of those around or to directly feel what others are feeling, emotionally
  
• It is best for you to be able to wait to make decisions until you reach a neutral point in your emotional wave ​
  

The specific way in which emotional energy moves through, whether defined or undefined, will depend on the channels and gates defined in your body graph: 

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CHANNELS OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS:

• Recognition, 41-30: 
  • An intense (emotional) energy to get something into motion and self expression. After you’ve experienced deeply, you may feel to share your experience with others not necessarily verbally, but through an art form.
• Synthesis, 19-49:
  • Strong focus on belonging and a drive to provide for the basic needs of the tribe (those closest to you). There is a strong desire to be wanted and needed, which when not checked can contribute to codependency. Wait to be invited into this position before giving.
• Emoting, 39-55: 
  • Creates a moodiness and perhaps even melancholy with a focus on relationships, love, and passion. It may feel like swinging from being very certain to very unsure and back again. Channel these moods into fuel for creative expression. 
• Intimacy, 59-6:
  • This energy is the fundamental drive to reproduce. You may feel most grounded and supported through intimacy. There is a desire to move through emotional conflict and back into deep harmonious connection. Beyond reproduction, this energy can contribute to causes that seek to bring harmony amongst cultures, religions, etc. 
• Community, 37-40:
  • Creating community comes naturally to you. This is the energy of honoring and respecting one another and working together as equals toward a common outcome that benefits all involved. 
• Openness, 22-12: 
  • This is a very individual channel; a willingness to be totally yourself, even if that means you don’t easily fit into social circles. There is a willingness to stand out, to be seen and heard, so that we can all learn and grow. You are naturally influential and are meant to use your voice to be so. Your voice can impact people on an emotional level in order to make progressive change.
• Transitoriness, 36-35: 
  • You have an awareness of the impermanence of life and it drives you to seek out new experiences. As it is connected to the throat center, there is also a willingness to bring voice to your emotional experiences and learnings. Just know that with a defined emotional solar plexus, it is important for you to resist the restlessness to act until you are emotionally neutral to decide if this new venture is aligned for you.  ​

GATES OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS: 

• Friction, 6: this brings the energy of hesitating to jumping into relationships on a deep level right away. You have an ability to drop deeply rather quickly with others, but there is a desire to wait and see if this is something that is worthwhile, something that will last. This gate also brings a sense of loyalty to loved ones and a willingness to stand up for them/protect them.
• Principles, 49: this brings a clear cut energy of believing what is right and working to create/maintain that. It may occur on an intimate relationship level, where there is a set of agreed upon values that applies to both partners. It can also exist on a more collective level where one is value-driven to provide for all people/the planet as a whole. It can have an all/nothing feel to it, and will flow more smoothly when decisions are made from an emotionally neutral space. 
• Spirit, 55: this is a willingness to trust in and surrender to the idea that life is always happening “FOR ME” and never against me. There is a willingness to relax into life and not need to push and force things to happen. It brings the revolutionary concept that abundance is available, right here, right now, just as you are. 
• Desire, 30: this is the energy of a desire to share an idea, but waiting for the right timing to do so. Without waiting for the right timing, it can come off too strongly and push people away. With the right timing, it can provide the passion and drive to move forward and embrace new experiences. 
• Friendship, 37: this gate is all about the actions that lead to peace and harmony and build up a community/tribe. It is a willingness to work for the betterment of all involved. Specifically, it brings the energy of creating contracts (even handshake agreements) that bring about peace. Clear communication is key for this to be possible. Without this it may feel like you have no tribe/don’t belong. 
• Openness, 22: this is the gate of the actor/actress. You have the ability to bring grace and charm to the table and can be emotionally influential as a result. In its lower expression, it can be a source of manipulation or speaking out of turn that ultimately pushes people away. Recognized and valued, it is an awareness that true beauty shines from within and sometimes your spotlight shines most brightly just sitting and listening.  
• Crisis, 36: similar to gate 30, there is a longing, a desire for new experience. Without awareness, there can be a tendency to jump from thing to thing just to be in the energy of new experience. This can create a lot of chaos and destruction. With awareness, it can bring a powerful passion to the project and the energy needed to master it and make it a success. ​

Characteristics of the UNDEFINED SOLAR PLEXUS:

• You pick up on and AMPLIFY the emotional energy of those around you (and feel it internally as if it were your own)
  
• You are an “empath” in the truest sense that you FEEL what others are feeling, emotionally 
  
• When you are on your own/by yourself, you tend to be emotionally neutral and calm
  
• You may feel an overwhelming tendency to run away or empty out after being around emotionally intense situations 
  
• You are here to experience the full range of human emotions and to become wise about emotional energy
  

As you can see, there is A LOT of information from any one energy center, and even any one gate in the bodygraph! Let the information sink in slowly, and always come back to following your strategy and authority when it feels overwhelming! 

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I hope you found this information helpful and empowering! 

Love to you,
​Jadi

Resources:

1. Curry, K. (2013). Understanding human design: The new science of astrology: discover who you really are. 
   
2. https://humandesign.tools/hd-channels
   
3. Zoe, J. (2019). Human design reader training: level 1 & 2. (notes). ​