Tips on keeping your children shock-proof, safe, confident & thriving

There are just those people in the world who seem to experience all the wild and crazy things.

You know them — the folks who regularly find themselves smack-dab in the middle of shocking situations like:

Car crashes.

Earthquakes and tornadoes.

Winning a trip to meet their favorite celebrity.

Finding out they were switched at birth.

Discovering their spouse is actually a hit-man.

Finding $100 on the side of the road…

You name it.

Their lives are a patchwork of initiating experiences.

Nobody really knows why.

However, Human Design has one very useful, practical and supportive explanation:

In cosmic terms, there’s a high probability that these folks have Gate 51, the Gate of Shock, defined in their chart.

Not all of them, of course.

But if you’re one of these people to whom shocking things tend to frequently happen, I’m betting there’s a good chance you’ll see that 51 lit up on your chart, as indicated in the example bodygraph below.

(By the way, this chart belongs to none other than Senator Cory Booker. Comedians Richard Pryor and George Carlin also had Gate 51 activated in their charts. Rihanna has it, too. And Tiger Woods. So if you or someone you love has Gate 51 defined, too, you’re in good company!)

Check your kiddo’s chart to see whether they have lit 51 up in their energy blueprint:

If they do, start planning now for what could turn into a rather… interesting life to unfold ahead.

Below I offer some tips for parents on how to keep you and your kids relatively stable, even if you have Gate 51 defined. But first, it’ll help to explore this frequency of shock more deeply.

Catapulted to Greater Understanding

Gate 51 is the fuel of motivation to expand toward a new, more loving, direction in life.

It’s here to light a fire under those who have this frequency activated in their bodies.

And it does this to jettison a person to a higher plane of being;

to get them closer to the Divine,

and to help them find a new, more aligned, path to lovingkindness, acceptance, and tolerance for others.

Through a lifelong series of sudden eruptions of both the glorious and heart-wrenching kind — in their relationships, their work life, or their communities — people with Gate 51 are forced to develop resiliency, empathy and deeper compassion every step of the way.

We’ve all been through sudden shocks that rocked our world, of course. We wouldn’t be human without them.

But for those with Gate 51, catapulting experiences are par for the course.

They may not even see themselves as having a particularly interesting life.

That’s because we all tend to assume everyone’s just the same as one another:

bobbing along, doing what we all do, approaching life with similar perspectives, just tryin’ to get by, perhaps wearing different clothes or speaking with different accents, and maybe experiencing the occasional curious situation, but essentially, we humans assume we’re all basically alike.

Which is hilariously false!

When a person’s world gets rocked over and over, as it does for people with 51, they have no choice but to learn how to tread lightly,

let go of attachments,

surrender to the outcome,

stand at the ready so they can pivot on a moment’s notice,

embrace the present,

give thanks for whatever’s available right now,

trust the process,

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have faith in a higher power,

land nimbly,

accept the circumstances,

be willing to dust themselves off, pick up any broken pieces, and move on,

and, above all, learn from their experiences —

or not.

That “or not” is always the risk, with any of our energies.

See, each of us has the ability to reach toward, practice using and ultimately attain the highest potential of any Gate, Center or Channel that’s active in our bodies.

But we also have the ability to never learn about our powers, never learn how to exercise our various energies, let them go dormant, use them as weapons, or even hide them away in the closet, let them gather dust, and pretend they ever existed.

So, with Gate 51, a person can entirely miss all that expansive possibility,

and fail to learn that they’re being tossed into so much turmoil for a good reason.

They can let life’s wild experiences get them down.

They can choose to feel like a victim, lose hope, and become Negative Nellies.

They can choose not to use their initiating experiences to elevate their consciousness,

or chose not to understand the hardships of others.

They can refuse to show lovingkindness and choose intolerance and resentment instead.

They can attach themselves to a specific outcome, and then get crushed when things don’t turn out as planned.

They can try to keep heading in the same direction, meeting resistance at every turn.

And they can fail to reflect on any lessons learned,

never bothering to share the wisdom they may have gathered along the way.

What a shame that would be.

And let us not forget that Gate 51 also predisposes a person to being one who routinely says and does shocking things, too.

In other words, these people aren’t always purely receiving shocks. They’re dishing them out, too.

Cory Booker made that historic, 25-hour speech.

Richard Pryor and George Carlin, both, before their deaths, famously shocked audiences with their jokes, leaving people reeling, gob-smacked and speechless.

Rihanna wouldn’t be Rihanna if she weren’t out there shocking the airwaves with her incredible music and her shocking brand.

Tiger Woods wouldn’t have blown us all away with his golf skills — or shocked us with that whole DUI arrest — if he weren’t leaning into his 51.

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So it’s worth knowing this ahead of time, before you go washing your child’s mouth out with soap for speaking brashly,

or grounding them ‘til they’re 25 for wearing a shockingly revealing outfit.

When lighting a fire under others, people with Gate 51 give all of us the opportunity to expand into a higher level of consciousness, ourselves.

Before punishing your child, then, take a breather and consider how their behavior could be presenting you with the chance to elevate your awareness. Perhaps it’s a moment to practice tolerance rather than judgment.

Don’t overlook the fact that each and every one of us get to experience what living a life with Gate 51 feels like: we’ll feel its effects anytime a celestial body is transiting this frequency.

Such as now — the Sun is making its way through Gate 51 currently. We’re on Day 3 of 6 through this transit as I write this.

In case you missed this week’s Family Forecast, check that out here.

Perhaps you’ve noticed some shocking events unfolding in the news, as of late?

Just take a look at the stock market…

Consider this week your chance to build empathy for those who have to walk through their everyday life with 51 ready to erupt at anytime.

But most especially, if you’re raising a child who has Gate 51 activated in them at all times, I urge you to take this week to expand your understanding of, and maximize your tolerance level for your kiddo,

as they grow up in this crazy world, potentially shocking you and being shocked, themselves, routinely.

The next time they go through some disruptive, challenging or life-altering experience, help them reflect on the lessons it might be offering.

Teach them to look for the good.

Ask them what positive thing might come out of this tumultuous situation.

Ask them what they know now, after the dust has settled, that they didn’t know before it happened.

Ask them how this new knowledge or insight makes them wiser than they were prior.

Ask them if and how they might be able to help other kids someday if they, too, would be faced with the same challenge.

See if your child can re-tell you the steps of what happened throughout this experience, in roughly accurate sequential order.

Mirror back to them the good choices they made along the way: pause to repeat anything they said that showed quick-thinking, adaptability, resilience, courage, or growth mindset throughout the unfolding of that process.

Ask them if there’s anything they would do differently next time.

Ask for their advice (e.g., “What do you think I could do the next time life hands me a sudden upset?”)

Find out if the outcome of this situation meaningfully changes their circumstances; work together to talk through what things might look like moving forward so they an feel a little more prepared for the next leg of their journey, and so that they understand where they’re headed now.

Pat them on the back or offer a big, tight hug. Tell them how proud you are of them and how you admire the way they handled this volatile situation.

And remind them that while it’s tough being a human, we are all in this together, that you’ll always be there for them, and that others have had to overcome really big challenges too.

Oh, and tell your kiddo who else shares this trait with them (Sen. Booker, Rihanna, etc.…). At least mention that some really inspiring leaders have this gift, too, so you know just how special it makes them.

If you would like a summary report outlining all 28 of your child’s defined Gates (or your own), you can grab that instantly by visiting this page.

Thanks so much for reading!

~Janeen