🌟Human Design Gate 17 & Gate 18 Transit

Note: This blog is coming out a little later than usual. I actually went to bed the night before the transit changed with a version of this nearly finished. Yet I knew it wasn’t “complete.” When the Sun moved into Human Design Gate 17 Monday morning at 2:35 a.m.EDT, I could feel something shift. Insights started coming in—even in my dreams. By the next morning, I knew I had to rewrite everything. Yet I didn’t have clarity on why until later in the day. Mercury and the Sun came into what is known as “Kazimi,” exactly conjunct in gate 17 line 1. What happened to me just days earlier suddenly made even more sense. It became clear that my experience was the perfect embodiment of this energy. And Mercury and the sun were helping me see that the answers were all inside me.

🌟 How This Energy is Showing Up For Me

Have you ever experienced a moment that you knew was important, but didn’t fully understand the depth of until days later—when suddenly, a lightbulb goes off and you get it?
That’s exactly what happened to me with this transit. The Sun and Mercury moved into Gate 17 very early Monday morning, and with it came a wave of realization, before I even woke up. I saw the bigger story behind something that had happened the previous week. It wasn’t until the energy shifted into this gate of patterns and opinions that I could see the full power of what I hadn’t been able to name before.
This is what Human Design Gate 17 does. It shows us the pattern—the story behind the story. And when we’re willing to pause and observe, it can also help us shift what that story means.

🌱 Personal Story – When the Fall Wasn’t Just a Fall

Last Thursday, during the Gate 25 and Gate 46 transit, I was walking through my yard carrying a little oak leaf hydrangea seedling I had just potted up. I was proud of myself for rescuing it from between the pavers, planning to nurture it and eventually plant it where it could thrive.
Out of nowhere, I twisted my ankle and hit the ground hard—elbow, knee, and foot all scraped or sore. But it wasn’t the physical pain that hit me hardest. It was the emotional panic that followed.
In a split second, I was spiraling.
What if I can’t walk? What if I tore something again?
It wasn’t just a fall—it was a trigger. The emotional panic wasn’t from the fall itself—it was the story my mind began telling me about what it meant.
I got up, went inside and did some tapping and quickly realized that the panic I was feeling wasn’t really about the fall itself. It was linked to a fear of my body getting older. My older brother was in ICU at the time. I had always assumed longevity since my Mother and her mother had both lived into their nineties. But now as the youngest of nine kids with only 6 of us remaining and the health of several declining, I wasn’t so confident. Add into the mix a podcast I had listened to recently, where a doctor shared a frightening statistic: over the age of 50, more than 30% of people who break a hip die within a year. A fear of my body aging had clearly gotten under my skin—and into my mind. The tapping did its job, moved the energy and I went about my day feeling totally fine. I had a lovely afternoon with my daughter and walked comfortably with no pain at all.
Fast forward to that evening at book club, I retold the story of the fall. We talked about aging and injuries, we laughed at ourselves, I relayed my concerns about my brother—and within the hour, the pain in my foot came back in full force. It started to ache which it really hadn’t done earlier. Oh no, what if I had retorn that tendon from years ago? What if it was worse than I thought? I went home, iced it, but now it was throbbing, I could barely walk and I was spiraling.
That’s when I did more tapping and talked it out with my sister. And that’s when the aha moment came. I realized the pain had come after the retelling. My body had responded not to the fall—but to the story I had attached to it. I had reactivated the fear with my thoughts, and my body believed me.
That was the moment I truly saw how powerful the mind-body connection is. I had always believed it was there, but now I KNEW it.
Yes this was a third line day–experiential learning at its finest. But what does this have to do with this transit?

🔭 Mercury Kazimi in Gate 17.1 – Clarity Rising from Within

When Mercury and the Sun came into exact conjunction in Gate 17.1—just hours after this transit began—everything clicked into place.
Gate 17 is all about identifying patterns, organizing our thoughts, and naming what we see. But in Line 1, it starts at the foundation. It’s not about broadcasting opinions or telling everyone what’s wrong. It’s about gathering the facts and getting clear on what’s true for you.
This was the moment I realized just how much I had been doing that all along. My panic hadn’t just been a random emotional response. It was revealing a deep pattern—one that had gone unnamed until this energy helped bring it to the surface.
The Kazimi moment between Mercury and the Sun lit up a spotlight in my mind. It helped me not only see the story I was telling myself—but realize that I had the power to rewrite it.

⚙️ Mars in Gate 62 – The Channel of Acceptance Comes Online

Mars has been traveling through Gate 62, the gate of details and naming. With the Sun and Mercury in Gate 17, this completes the Channel of Acceptance—a logical channel rooted in precision, pattern recognition, and clear communication.
This is the channel where opinions become words. Where insights find expression. It’s not about making things up—it’s about organizing and labeling what we observe in the world.
And wow, have I felt that.
This whole experience has been a journey in naming the internal patterns I’ve held for decades. Fear of aging. Fear of decline. The belief that every bump in the road is the beginning of the end. The moment I named it, I could see it more clearly—and choose to hold it with love, instead of fear.
This channel invites us into discernment. What is the pattern I’m seeing—and what story am I choosing to attach to it?

💖 Venus Retrograde Conjunct Neptune in Gate 25.2 – Devotion to the Present

This Thursday, we’ll have another beautiful conjunction—Venus retrograde meeting Neptune in Gate 25.2.
This is a moment of deep spiritual invitation. Gate 25 is the gate of innocence, of universal love, of spirit. And Line 2 is called “The Existentialist.” It reminds us to stay present. To release expectations. To fall in love with the now.
With Venus here, we’re being asked to reflect on our values, our relationships, our self-worth—and how they all tie back to our ability to be present with ourselves. When we are truly in the now, we’re no longer measuring ourselves against what we “should” be. We’re just loving who we are—shining our light🪩.
Neptune adds a layer of spiritual depth, softening the edges and dissolving the ego’s need to prove. This is soulmate energy—not just with others, but with your own soul.

🌑 Solar Eclipse in Gate 17 – A Moment of Profound Reset

And finally, this Saturday, we have a potent solar eclipse at the very end of Gate 17.
Eclipses are portals. They reset the system. And this one, happening just moments before the Moon and then the Sun move into Gate 21, is asking us to surrender our attachment to what we think we know.
This eclipse is like a cosmic reminder: your mind is powerful, but it’s not always accurate. What if your opinions aren’t the whole truth? What if the pattern you’ve been seeing is only one part of a larger picture?
This is a moment to reset your mental narrative. To release outdated beliefs. To realign with your truth—not the one you’ve been conditioned to believe, but the one that lives in your body, in your heart, in your soul.

🌀 Reflection & Integration – What This Is Teaching Me

This week has shown me how fast fear can creep in when I let my mind take the lead. But it’s also reminded me how powerful my mind is and how quickly I can shift that energy when I pause, name the pattern, and reconnect with the now.
I’ve learned that the story we tell ourselves matters. And that story can change everything.
This is Radical Self-Trust in action—not a concept, but a practice. The more I lean into it, the more empowered I feel. And the more I shine my light from a place of grounded truth, not performative wisdom.

📝 Reflection Questions

🔹 What other stories have I been telling myself that need to be rewritten?

🔹 Where have I let fear shape my expectations?

🔹 What are the deeper patterns behind my current emotional reactions?

🔹 Can I name it—and release the need to control it?

🔹 What would it feel like to radically trust in my body, in this moment, just as I am?

📍 Closing: Navigating Transits with Awareness

Because this transit brought up so much for me personally—and because I took the time to really reflect and integrate it—this blog is arriving a little later than usual. Transit Talk has already happened, but it’s all in perfect timing. You can catch the replay on YouTube here.
Remember, this is what working with transits is all about—not predicting the future, but becoming more aware of the energies we’re already moving through.

The more we observe, the more we understand. The more we understand, the more we trust. And the more we trust, the more we shine.

💡 New to working with transits? Start here: Simplify in 2025: Finding Clarity Through Human Design Transits

💡 See the current transits anytime: KathyBochonko.com/transitchart

And if you’re feeling this energy too, I’d love to hear how it’s showing up for you.