Gate 4, Formulization, Youthful Folly

August 11 - August 16

PATIENCE IS THE KEY TO JOY.  ~Rumi

This transit’s energy brings a potential for mental pressure and a busy, busy mind that’s looking for answers or skeptical about the future. You may find yourself trying to be certain about something.

Can you let all of those questions and answers flow freely through your mind? Will you practice being at peace with the question until the timing is right and someone asks you to share what you think?

After all, understanding emerges from time and experience. And, simply being with the question can help ease your mental anxiety.

In The I’Ching, the ancient Book of Changes, this energy is known as Youthful Folly.

Experience, especially difficult experience, is a most powerful teacher.

Your experience, and the doubts you have, can be inspiration for others. You may offer your wisdom or advice if others are receptive. Ask yourself, have you been invited to share what you think?

But, trying to convince others that you’re right can be exhausting. It serves everyone if you allow people to learn their own lessons. Live and let learn.

Cultivate a state of mind that allows you to stand at the threshold of awareness without judgment. It can bring the joy of discovery that ensures your success.

Sometimes life keeps you in a state of not knowing precisely to keep you growing. So often, your hardships lead you back to innocence and wonder.

Confusion precedes enlightenment.

Your journey through life is a process of discovery. The idea of a destination can be a trap; and the fear of failure can prevent you from realizing your highest potential.

Love Yourself,
Ruth Brennan
www.embraceflux.com

Marketing & Creative Director at the IHDS
Ruth Brennan is a Certified Professional Analyst, Living Your Design Guide, Certified BG5 Consultant and Teacher at the IHDS.

She and Lynda Bunnell co-authored "A New Kind of Awakening," A Newcomer's Guide to Human Design.

About Ruth Brennan

Ruth Brennan is a Certified Professional Analyst, Living Your Design Guide, Certified BG5 Consultant and Teacher at the IHDS. She and Lynda Bunnell co-authored "A New Kind of Awakening," A Newcomer's Guide to Human Design.