Human Design Gate 18 - Judgement and Re-alignment

In the spiritual community, it is often seen that people will tell others not to judge or be judgmental. "Do not judge or you will be judged". But telling others not to judge is still a judgement, isn't it?

Having judgement is not good or bad but passing judgement can be detrimental to our psyche. Most of the time, we judge ourselves knowingly or unknowingly.

The wonderful part of learning Human Design is that no one's design or profile is good or bad. We simply learn to accept the way we are and learn to accept others' as they are.

In Human Design Gate 18, it is a gate of Judgement or Re-alignment. So there is a purpose for having judgement but it is not what we think it is. The purpose of judgement is not to criticize or attack another person. The main purpose of judgement is to make corrections or changes to re-align back to Joyfulness (Gate 58) which is the opposite gate. It is to create more joy instead of being "right".

When we are judging others, we are actually judging ourselves. What we find it unacceptable/ dislike outside is something we find unacceptable/ dislike within ourselves.

You can try asking yourself this question.

What is the quality or trait of a person or system that you dislike the most?

We don't really recognize our own blind spots but it's so easy to see it in others. What is interesting is that other people will mirror our reflection back to us by showing us our own shadows.

The shadow of Gate 18 can either manifest as someone who feels inferior or superior. The tendency for someone who feels inferior is because they judge themselves a lot. For someone who feels superior, it is because they make comparisons. It is not wrong to make improvements to perfect ourselves especially to release the layers that are not-self. But most of the time, we pass judgements from a place of the negative ego instead of coming from the heart. The way that others perceive our judgements will be different. Passing judgements from the negative ego will create reactions from other people. The lower vibration of criticism can be felt no matter what intentions that might be.

The Gift frequency of Gate 18 is Integrity. When we hold ourselves in Integrity, instead of passing judgements, we can orientate ourselves by looking at the root cause of the problems and offering solutions to correct the problem without being personal.

I have Gate 18 in Pluto placement. So the purpose of Gate 18 in my chart is more about changing and correcting for the purpose of transformation and regeneration for the collective to bring them back into alignment. I may have a different way to interpret Human Design Charts from other readers because I focus on looking at the bigger picture by combining with astrology in a more holistic manner.

If you have Gate 18 in other planetary placements, the way that this energy manifests will differ. For example, if you have Gate 18 in your Conscious/ Personality Sun or Unconscious/ Design Sun, it will be more focused on correcting or changing your outer personality that you present to the world.

I know quite a number of people with Gate 18 and whenever they speak, it is easy to spot if they are operating from the shadow or gift. In fact, when you learn Human Design, you can spot the shadow and gift of the gates when you observe and interact with the people around you. It is going to help you to have more acceptance and less resistance in social interactions, workplace and life in general.

The main focus of Gate 18 is to correct our vibrations so that we can bring ourselves back into alignment of our mind, body, soul in order to be the Perfect Being that we already are.