The Heart of You: The SQ and the Pathway of Love
The 5th Sphere in the Gene Keys' Venus Sequence
“Your SQ is a delicate balance between IQ and EQ, of your passion and your reason, of shadow and light, of intimacy and aloneness, of loss and love.”
-Richard Rudd
The summer I turned two, while on a family summer vacation, I was run over by car. I happened to be running across the hotel parking lot just as a white Range Rover was backing out. Luckily my dad was close enough that he could sprint to the back of the truck to bang on the rear window and they stopped before any major injuries.
At three years old, I managed to slip out of my parents’ apartment unnoticed, ride the elevator down, walk out of my building, and onto the busy streets of Valencia. By sheer luck, my aunt’s sister-in-law and her boyfriend happened to be nearby and found me walking, holding the local grocer’s hand (!). They grabbed me and took me home before God knows what would have happened.
I do remember bits of the car incident. But I don’t remember running away. My parents and other relatives have filled in the details.
And this is the crux of the SQ - it does not sit in conscious memory. Representative of the imprinting of our first 7 years, it lives in the cellular memory of the body. So you must approach it with curiosity, playfulness, and intuitiveness.
The SQ is the first part in the unwinding of our Core Wound and the apex of the triangle of becoming.
**This is part 7 of an 8-Part Exploration into the Venus Sequence**
This post assumes you already have your hologenetic profile and know how to find your sphere of SQ. If you need help, message me!
For part 1 go here. (Introduction to the Venus Sequence)
For part 2 go here. (On Contemplation)
For part 3 go here (Sphere of Purpose)
For part 4 go here (Sphere of Attraction)
For part 5 go here (Sphere of IQ)
For part 6 go here (Sphere of EQ)
For part 8 go here (Sphere of Core Wound)
To read the basics of the Gene Keys, go here.
For the Activation Series, check out my post on Impeccability, here.
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🧬 What is the SQ and the Pathway of Love?
The ultimate goal of the Venus sequence—and the Gene Keys work as a whole—is to be a journey back to wholeness by integrating the unconscious patterns that keep us stuck, so that we become free from the triggers.
This is precisely why the path between EQ and SQ (spiritual quotient) is called the pathway of love: it's where we reclaim the lost parts of ourselves, and we can only that through and with Love, with a capital L.
The path of breakthrough in the activation sequence (between the sphere of Evolution and the sphere of Radiance) also passes through the SQ. As we break through the defense mechanisms in our EQ we are able to burst open into the heart of who we really are and let love flood through us.
The SQ is also known as the zero point—the origin.
Looking at the hologenetic profile, you can see why:
the SQ sits at the very center, where the x-axis (representing the evolution and radiance of your activation sequence) intersects with the y-axis (encompassing your life's work, pearl, attraction sphere, and purpose).
The Sphere of the SQ, or the Spiritual Quotient, is your pre-natal Venus placement. If you’re familiar with human design, it is the left side of the chart. the unconscious side. The soul imprinting side. You don’t have to know what that means to contemplate the SQ, so don’t worry if you don’t get that.
Because SQ represents the direct physical imprinting from our first seven years of life we don't necessarily have conscious access to the memories. By definition, this conditioning operates below our awareness.
For this very reason, in order to contemplate the SQ we must return to the body with softness, setting aside the mind's conceptualizations and go beyond intellectual analysis. We tend to use mental activity and distractions to avoid entering the wound, but true healing requires a different approach.
The SQ is where the soul, the psyche, and the soma meet.
It’s less about insight and intellect and more about feeling. The flavor the SQ takes on has to do with the specific gene key that you have here. But remember that the SQ is the wound before the words.
🧡 Contemplating the SQ: A Gentle Practice
There is always a representative Gene Key for each of the spheres. This is a general archetype and it doesn’t matter if you have it in your profile or not. The representative archetype of the sphere of the SQ is Gene Key 46 - seriousness - delight - ecstasy. And it belongs to the codon ring of matter. Richard Rudd says that “ecstasy is the highest expression of a fully functioning SQ.” But ecstasy doesn’t mean happiness all the time. Ecstasy is both joy and sadness. It’s doubt and hope. It’s intimacy and aloneness. It’s mortality and eternity.
The SQ connects us to our vitality. It is the place where our inner child feels truly at home and able to express itself fully. It represents what we need to feel safe and grounded. Even at the hour of our death.
It will not do to blame parents, caregivers, or rely too much on “what happened” to you. Now that you’re following this path of awakening, that you found this teaching, on some level you have begun to own your process of awakening. You know now that it your responsibility to parent your inner child and make her/him whole again, through the contemplation of the SQ sphere, your work with the Gene Keys, or whatever other methods you are exploring.
We are the ones responsible for healing and nurturing our inner child.
And the line in your SQ reveals exactly what that inner child needs most for this healing to occur.
🔒 The Line of Your SQ: What Your Inner Child Needs Most
Your SQ line number tells you the nutrient your inner child lacked—and may still long for.
Here is another way to think about it:
If you’re a line 1, like me, you’d need to give your inner child rhythm and routine in order for her to feel that sense of certainty.
Or, if you’re a line 2 , give yourself boundaries, allow yourself to flow with the gift of your SQ in order to get the sense of freedom your inner child needs and craves.
I’m not really sure what I was running to in the parking lot of that hotel, or what I was looking for when I walked out of my parents’ apartment, but, as a Line 1 SQ, I have a pretty good idea it had something to do with certainty.
Working with the SQ is profoundly transformative
The SQ is also the doorway to your core wound—which is intimately connected to the message you're here to bring to the world through your vocation (we talk about that in part 8). The SQ also ties directly to your Pearl: the quantum essence of how success shows up for you, which manifests through your life's work and authentic role in the world.
When you do this deep work with the SQ, you unlock everything that may have been holding you back from embodying your true self. You become free to show up liberated from old wounds, able to fulfill your soul's deepest promise.
The SQ is where soul, body, and spirit converge—you can see this clearly in its central placement on the chart. When this energy is blocked, when it cannot flow freely, profound disruptions ripple through every aspect of your being.
To access this sacred space, tune into your body through yoga, somatic work, and breathwork. The information you seek lives literally in your cells, not in your mind. Pay attention to aches, pains, and discomfort—they are messengers. Relax into paradox, for this territory cannot be conquered through intellect alone.
Unlike our previous explorations, this sphere demands the utmost sensitivity. Invite your inner child to sit beside you as you contemplate these depths.
The SQ holds more than just physical healing. It contains the sweetness, beauty, and innocence of who you truly are. Remember it is also the mythical you. The journey into your SQ is your very personal hero’s journey.
There is a myth waiting for you inside the SQ, a song being sung by your specific line.
What melody does your soul long to express?