Danger Alert - This is Dark!
Let’s Talk Primal: Gate 50 and the Shadows of Sex from the Dream Rave
Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
Because they don’t have the guts... unlike me! sigh
Let’s be real - nature doesn’t sugarcoat sex. The animal kingdom gives us some savage lessons about how primal sex can be, especially when it’s purely about survival. "Most" animals mate for one reason: reproduction. It’s instinctual, it’s raw, and it’s definitely not about romance. There’s no emotional attachment, no afterglow, no “let’s cuddle.” In some cases, one partner doesn’t even make it out alive. We’re talking about sex that’s not just primal, but sometimes downright deadly.
In nature, sex is a biological transaction—cold, harsh, and often transactional in a way that would make even the boldest among us blush. Cannibalism after sex? That’s just part of the deal in many species. Mating isn’t about love or connection—it’s about power, survival, and passing on genes at any cost.
Now, let’s bring that primal energy back to Gate 50 in Human Design, the so-called Gate of Sex. In its shadow, this gate carries the same raw, animalistic energy. Sex becomes a tool for survival, stripped of emotional connection, intimacy, or love. It’s the dark side of sex—about control, power, and instinct, rather than connection. When this energy bleeds into the waking world - (made worse by combinations of other gates within the Dream / Waking chart - and don't forget - The Codon Rings) - through misalignment, it warps relationships, creating dynamics of manipulation, domination, and even abuse. Its sex reduced to a primal urge, a weapon rather than a means of intimacy. The shame and guilt associated with this often drive people deep into the shadows cultivating a life of lies.
In the Dream Rave, this shadow of Gate 50 is where our most primitive instincts are fully unleashed. It has the potential in its lower frequency to program people through the Gate, Line, & Codon Ring, right out of their Values found in waking Gate 50. It’s a place where sex becomes entangled with dominance, control, and, at its darkest, aggression. That primal energy—rooted in survival—manifests in possessiveness, jealousy, or even sexual aggression when it’s out of alignment. This isn’t sex that brings connection or love—it’s pure, raw instinct, straight from the animal brain.
And here’s the kicker—what we resist, persists. Ignoring these primal urges doesn’t make them disappear. When Gate 50 is in transit, it digs up all those dark urges we’d rather pretend aren’t there. But if we don’t face them? They can creep into our waking lives, bringing chaos into our relationships. We can’t bypass the muck of human sexuality, especially when the shadows of our animalistic past are still lurking beneath the surface.
This isn’t just Gate 50 acting alone. The lines within this gate carry their own flavors of darkness: Secrets, Possession, Turmoil, Fantasy, and Vision. Each of these lines pulls us into deeper layers of the shadow, making us confront what we’d rather not admit. Secrets hold the key to control. Possession twists love into ownership. Fantasy detaches us from reality. And Vision? Well, sometimes it’s clouded by the raw, primal urges we haven’t yet faced. Weak points, splits, Chiron, trauma, add on the layers.
The mammalian design reminds us that not all sex is filled with emotion or tenderness. Sometimes, it’s purely driven by instinct, by power dynamics, by survival. When Gate 50 in shadow shows up in the waking world, it exposes the darker sides of sexuality—where lust overrides love, and where primal urges overpower empathy. It’s sex at its most primal, devoid of human connection. And unless we confront it, that darkness will continue to seep into our waking lives, unchecked and festering.
If we don’t face the shadow of Gate 50, we risk letting our most primal urges run the show. It’s easy to talk about light and connection, but we can’t pretend the darker side of sexuality doesn’t exist. Infidelity, Abuse, Narcissism, R*ape, and the electromagnetics to be both the Hunter and the Hunted live here. The underbelly of human nature begins here - but in the animal kingdom its survival of the fittest, not cruel, just what is - but add in human nature, and all the gunk, it morphs into something sinister. Just look around, if you dare. . . And if we don’t acknowledge it, we risk being controlled by it, because what we resist, persists.
Sex, in its purest form, can be both creative and destructive. Gate 50 (along with its counterparts) in shadow reminds us that when we let that primal urge dominate without the balance of emotion or humanity, it can take us down some very dark paths. So, let’s not shy away from this conversation—because ignoring the shadows only gives them more power.
Go through the list of faces - some of the most influential people of our world and who fell from grace and who have recurring patterns through the Dream Rave - Russell Brand gives me hope, as he faced his shadow and brought it into the open. Is there still a shadow lurking that is hidden, I don't know, but for now I have Hope.