Gate 16 · Throat center

Gate 16: Practice

You like repeating something until you are really good at it, and your enthusiasm is contagious.

What several sources agree on
  • You can tell which projects are worth the effort and which lead nowhere.
  • With gate 48 your skill gains depth; without it, it can stay on the surface.
  • You like trying out in real life the solutions the mind has dreamed up.
  • Never quite happy with your level, you may keep putting off the moment to share.
  • Your critical eye works better with tact; otherwise it ends up isolating you.
Its center

Throat: Speaking and doing: what comes out of you and into the world.

Where it sits

From 5°45′ Gemini to 11°23′ Gemini in the zodiac. The Sun passes through it every year from about May 27 to June 1 (give or take a day, depending on the year). If you were born between those dates, this is the gate of your conscious Sun.

Its channel

A gate forms a channel when its partner gate is also activated in your chart.

Celebrities with gate 16

On the Sun or Earth (the positions that weigh the most):

On another planet: