It’s important to have a deep knowledge of gates and channels if you’re going to draw specific conclusions from this information. Partnership charts are an advanced aspect of Human Design. Attraction channels can also be challenging - often the energy that we are so attracted to (since we feel we are missing it and want to complete our channel) can also feel annoying or “other” to us. When two gates are coming together, it means that each person is carrying a completely different “side of the story.” If we can honor what each person is bringing and harness the third energy that it creates, these can be beautiful experiences. Attraction channels create an intense magnetism between two people, particularly at first. Attraction channels are literally like a spark that occurs when the two people come together. Together, these two gates activate the third energy of the channel. The person or aspect may remain slightly “invisible” to us since we share so many of the same energies.Īttraction channels occur when one person has one gate (half the channel) and the other person has the other gate. When we share friendship channels with another person, that person (or that aspect of a person) may not feel very interesting or attractive to us energetically. Friendship channels place people on the same page, with the same strengths and weaknesses. Friendship channels lend comfort and stability but lack the dynamism and growth potential of other types of channels. The important thing is that we acknowledge that we have very different energy and strengths and that it’s beautiful to be able to observe and learn from each other.įriendship channels occur when both people have the same defined channel. Sometimes we collaborate and sometimes we divide and conquer. The way we work with this is that we do teach each other many things but we also don’t ever expect the other to become an expert. For instance, my partner and I have a lot of dominance channels. In a relationship, I see dominance channels as a great way to acknowledge one person’s built-in strengths. It’s healthy for the person with the dominance channel to be the leader in those aspects, guiding the undefined person and lending them their energy. Dominance channels are a great opportunity for two people to learn from each other and about the other because that energy is consistently there. When the two auras are together, the person with the dominance channel will naturally condition the other person by lending their defined energy. Awareness and compassion are key when dealing with compromise channels!ĭominance channels occur when one person has an entire channel and the other person is undefined in that channel. With a compromise channel, there is an aspect of “agree to disagree.” You can both be understanding, give each other space, and not expect the other person to be just like you in that aspect.
The person with the channel will naturally try to pull the person with one gate into their energy, and the person with the gate will need to understand that they operate differently and that “giving in” to the energy of the entire channel will never feel quite right. One person will always have the entire channel, which is a very different energy from having only one gate. These are called compromise channels because there is a natural push and pull. There are four types of connection channels: Compromise ChannelsĬompromise channels occur when one person has an entire channel, and the other person has only one gate. Below, it lists the connection channels - compromise, dominance, friendship, and attraction (or electromagnetic). Together, we have all nine centers defined. You can also see our separate charts off to the side. As you can see, his channels are shown in orange and mine are in blue.