Gate 19: Wanting

Gate 19, Wanting, sits in the Root centre. Sensitivity to needs.

Sensitivity to needs. You attune to what's required in the moment for yourself and others.

Located in the Root center.

Channels

  • Gate 19

The six lines

Line 1: Investigator

You investigate needs deeply, building a thorough understanding of what's truly required before acting on your sensitivity to what's lacking.

Line 2: Hermit

You have a natural sensitivity to the needs of others, intuitively knowing what's wanted before anyone speaks it aloud.

Line 3: Martyr

You discover the nature of true need through experience, learning through trial and error what is essential versus what is merely desired.

Line 4: Opportunist

You attune to the needs of your community, using your social sensitivity to ensure your network's requirements are met.

Line 5: Heretic

You are projected upon as someone who can identify and address universal human needs, called to offer practical sensitivity to what's lacking.

Line 6: Role Model

You develop profound wisdom about human needs after years of personal sensitivity and experience, eventually modeling how to honor wanting without desperation.