Gate 18: Correction (Work on What Has Been Spoilt)

With Gate 18, you bring the born critic within you to the forefront as SOON as you are invited to critique. It's crucial that these impulses don't stem from the Mind but are strictly guided by your Strategy and Authority as well as your Instinct.

You find it incredibly fulfilling to correct and take genuine pleasure in optimizing things! Gate 18 functions as the "Therapist" Gate: It can be a solid support for people during crises and when processing their past – provided you live your Strategy and Authority.

And yes, you love perfection ;)

You have a deep inner need to confront the conditioning from your childhood and heal or correct it for your personal well-being.

In Gate 18, there is a deep-seated fear of authority. You have the courage to challenge it, as you see that authorities can make mistakes in certain areas and thereby diminish vitality.

Then you are literally "A Pain in the Ass" – a figure who instantly finds fault with every detail, constantly correcting your children and partners with sharp words. You barely recognize anything positive about them and make them feel perpetually inadequate, wrong, or on the wrong path.

You have a deep conviction that you must continuously optimize and improve yourself because your inner critic constantly whispers that you are not good enough. This attitude can quickly turn into severe self-hatred.

With Gate 18, you constantly reach for the switchboard to turn yourself and others, and advise them unsolicited on where they are wrong. In this Gate, there is a strong fixation on ideals of beauty and mistakes. If a person is completely entangled in their shadow and controlled by their own mind, their behavior can already border on a form of mental illness.