From Sunday, January 6 through Thursday, January 10, 2019, the Sun is in Gate 54, DRIVE; also known as AMBITION. In I-Ching, this hexagram is called THE MARRYING MAIDEN.

People with AMBITION defined have a very potent part of the EGO Circuit in Human Design. This is the energy for doing whatever it takes to get ahead. This energy also has within it the aspiration to ascend to a singular vision. The MARRYING MAIDEN is known for MARRYING up.

To be perfectly honest I have a somewhat tenuous grasp on this energy. This kind of AMBITION and DRIVE is simply not in my design. There is a deep reluctance to disappoint myself (oh hey open ego center) and more importantly an outright refusal to be disappointed by others (oh hey line 4). In the past I have preferred to limit my expectations and find myself pleasantly surprised by life. It has actually worked pretty well for me. I think I intuitively knew that my journey has always been to respond to opportunities that present themselves to me. So AMBITIOUSLY planning my future felt fruitless.

Of course I now know that allowing myself to think about what I want (gulp) will actually magnetize the opportunity to me.    

Therefore I plan to take time in the next five days to actually think about, dare I say visualize what I want to accomplish during 2019. Hoo boy, just the word visualize is putting me off. That isn't in my chart either. Maybe I'll listen to music that inspires AMBITION within me and represents what I want. This should be fun.  

But how magical is it that we have access to DRIVE and AMBITION right at the beginning of the new year? As my teacher Karen Curry Parker is fond of saying (and I'm paraphrasing of course), we all have everything in the chart, both through our connections with other people and through the transits.

So I’m curious to know what does DRIVE and AMBITION mean to you? Is DRIVE good? Is AMBITION bad? Why? Do you admire AMBITION in others? Do you admire AMBITION in yourself? Why not? Is it OK to be AMBITIOUS for you and yours?     

What if you allowed yourself to really meditate on naked AMBITION for you and your family during the next 5 days? What would you discover? Better yet, what would you energetically draw to yourself if given the opportunity? 

Try allowing yourself to create an AMBITIOUS vision for 2019. Then sit back and see what opportunities present themselves to you and yours in the coming year (unless you're a Manifestor. If you're a Manifestor, just go do it).