To your own self be true.
We're transiting Gate 49 from Feb 7 – Feb 12
LIFE IS A BALANCE OF HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO. ~ Rumi
You may not always know what you want until you discover what you don’t want.
This solar transit can bring the full spectrum of sensitivity from being very sensitive to being very insensitive. And, it’s an emotional energy that operates in a wave … up and down then up and down again.
Last week’s transit was about what you need to learn to develop your own unique direction and identity in life moving forward. This gate reminds you to have courage to radically change when needed and renew the way you bring yourself to the world.
Could it be a time to change the rules; add the unexpected; or perhaps dare to be unconventional?
Are others standing by your side and supporting you – or not? And, do they share your principles – or not?
Maybe it’s time for a change, or not.
These are questions that may arise during this transit. Depending on your mood, you may feel a need to reject others (or things) that you don’t feel are supporting you.
And, depending on your individual design – your nature – this might cause you to make hasty decisions about relationships.
During this sensitive – and potentially emotional time – be mindful to communicate clearly (and often) so that you can maintain clarity in your relationships.
The grounding forces of the Earth may bring a deepening anxiety to have answers to all your doubts.
Remember to follow your deep inner authority during this time of sensitivity, revolution, and potential need to have answers to all your doubts.
Being clear on what you need from others, and communicating those needs, might lessen the need for sudden or grandiose changes (revolution) in your life.
If you’re able to meet the needs of others, when correct for you, may avoid their need to ‘revolt.’
Life always brings a need to balance your needs with the needs of others, so be true to who you are. You’ll discover that ‘this’ is the person you were meant to be.
THIS ABOVE ALL; TO YOUR OWN SELF BE TRUE ~ Shakespeare
Love Yourself,
Ruth Brennan
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What are Solar Transits?
In Human Design, Solar Transits reflect the impact the Sun is having on humanity as it moves through the Gates and Lines of the Mandala (64 Gates and 384 Lines). Transits are potentials that you may see in others and the world around you, and, may become a part of your experience as well.
Not everyone experiences these energies … and if we do, we experience them filtered through our own unique Human Design.
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I am a Human Design teacher, guide, and survivor whose path to purpose was forged through profound transformation. In 2012, a Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis shattered the life I knew—and became the unexpected beginning of a deeper awakening. What followed was a journey through illness, the unraveling of a long marriage, and the quiet rebuilding of a self I had never fully met. Human Design found me in the midst of that unraveling—during a time of deep searching, blackouts of identity, and a hunger to remember who I really was. What began as a personal tool for survival and self-reclamation soon became a lifelong path. Human Design gave me language for what I had always felt but couldn’t explain. It helped me understand my energy, my wounds, my gifts—and how to live in alignment with my true nature.
Today, I teach Human Design not as a system of labels or rules, but as a living, breathing map back to the Self. My work is rooted in lived experience—because I know what it’s like to lose your way, and what it takes to come home to yourself. I specialize in guiding others through times of transition, awakening, and reinvention—helping them understand the unique blueprint they were born with, so they can navigate life with clarity, self-trust, and deep compassion. My gift lies in transmuting adversity into wisdom—and walking with others as they remember who they truly are.
Ruth Brennan is an IHDS Certified Professional Analyst, Certified BG5 Career & Business Consultant and Certified Teacher of Human Design. She currently lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwestern area of the U.S.
