The Definitions Series from ra uru hu
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Where the Two Become One. Where Form Finds the Other.
Right before you say yes to something, your body often knows something your mind hasn’t caught up to. It could be a person, a job, or a commitment you can’t fully see the shape of yet. No logic is involved and no list of pros and cons, just a pull or a resistance that arrives faster than thought.
That instant is the whole Quarter of Duality compressed into a single breath.
This is the part of the wheel that stops pretending you’re a self-contained thing. The first half of the Mandala is about becoming someone: figuring out your mind, building your form, learning what you’re even made of. This quarter doesn’t care how well you know yourself in isolation.
It only asks one question: can you bond? Can you cross the gap toward another person and stay there long enough for something real to grow?
It’s called “Measure for Measure,” and the name is meant mechanically. Every gate here is running some version of an instinctive calculation. Gate 44 is memory scanning a new face for patterns from the past, checking who’s safe before you’ve consciously decided anything.
Gate 7 is the quiet part of you organizing the room, sensing what direction things need to move in. Gate 59 breaks down the wall between you and another person, the pull that makes closeness possible in the first place. Gate 29 is what keeps you at the table after the initial spark fades, when discovery turns into the slower work of really knowing someone.
None of this is romantic in the movie sense. It’s older than that, the same wiring that has kept humans alive by making sure they don’t survive alone.
The spleen doesn’t wait for permission or proof. It knows, in the body, right now, whether this connection is safe to lean into.
Underneath all of it sits one simple fact: you were never built to figure life out by yourself in a room. The most private, personal parts of who you are still only finish forming in contact with someone else. Your independence stays intact, and this is the design working as intended.
Next time you feel that instant pull toward or away from someone, before your mind has built a single argument for it, try trusting that first. What is your body already measuring, before you’ve said a word?
Learning Incarnation Crosses
Foundation Crosses & Learning
Gate 7 is the role behind the throne.
It sits in the G Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of the Role of the Self, and this is the Sphinx gate that faces forward. “This is the place where the future of humanity comes to a point.”
Its harmonic gate is 31 in the Throat. Together they form the 31-7, the Channel of the Alpha, for good or bad, the design of leadership. Understanding circuit, the logic half of the Collective, projected.
The role is genetic, and there are six of them, Authoritarian, Democrat, Anarchist, Abdicator, General and Administrator. Projected means elected, so the alpha is selected by the others. In this Quarter Ra applies all of that straight to the bond. “You’re more likely to find your soul mate inside than you’re ever going to find it outside.”
Right Angle Cross of the Sphinx 3 — Gates 7/13 | 2/1
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The research is practical, what leading and following do to a bond, and each of the seven profiles gets a different result. “There are leaders and there are followers.” Ra says that no matter where you look in any bond, it isn’t fair or equal, and that believing otherwise is one of our illusions.
Juxtaposition Cross of Interaction — Gates 7/13 | 23/43
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The direction drops out here, because the 1-2 is gone and the 43/23 sits underneath. “It all becomes mental.” The 4/1 explains to everyone else what a relationship really is, and Ra says they’re amazing at influencing couples.
Left Angle Cross of Masks 2 — Gates 7/13 | 23/43
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The Left Angle has to sell what the Right Angle found, and it sells it through masks. “we will wear whatever mask it takes as long as we have a benefit out of the relationship.” Ra’s word for the logic behind it is work.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the role, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
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Gate 4 is an answer to a doubt about a pattern, and in this Quarter the pattern is another person.
It sits in the Ajna Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Formulization, “The energy to beguile and succeed despite ignorance. Freedom from retribution.”
Its harmonic gate is 63 in the Head. Together they form the 63-4, the Channel of Logic, a Design of Mental Ease mixed with Doubt. Understanding circuit, the logic stream of the collective, projected.
An answer here is a formula, and Ra says that doesn’t make it correct. What the gate wants is a formula that makes it acceptable to spend your life with somebody you can never be one with. “partnership can never logically be answered.” So in this Quarter logic gets fuzzy and turns into a belief system.
Right Angle Cross of Explanation 3 — Gates 4/49 | 23/43
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The six lines of the 4 are six formulas for living with another person, Pleasure, Acceptance, Irresponsibility, the Liar, Seduction and Excess. Ra’s example of the job is the magazine rack. “how not to lose your lover, ten ways of how not to lose your lover.” Then the formula gets tested on a partner.
Juxtaposition Cross of Formulization — Gates 4/49 | 8/14
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The mind gates go, and the 8 and the 14 arrive. What gets fixed here is the role a man and a woman accept within a culture. “it’s all a role, it’s all a lie, but after all, it makes everybody comfortable to live the same lie.”
Left Angle Cross of Revolution 2 — Gates 4/49 | 8/14
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 5th line of the 4 is Seduction, and the heresy is that a relationship can work only if you truly understand the other human being. “That’s the truth that the 5 brings, that’s the revolution.” The 49 sitting opposite is the gate of marriage and divorce.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the formula, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 29 says yes.
It sits in the Sacral, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Saying Yes, “The deep within the deep. Persistence despite difficulties has its inevitable rewards.”
Its harmonic gate is 46 in the G. Together they form the 46-29, the Channel of Discovery, a Design of Succeeding where Others Fail. Sensing circuit, abstract, collective, generated, one of the three tantric channels.
The yes is indiscriminate, and it’s fuel to persevere whatever the circumstances. “The trick is to say yes to what is correct.” In this Quarter the abstract believes in duality instead of solving it, so the gate is a commitment to find oneness as a hope. The one trap of the channel is to stop in the middle of anything.
Right Angle Cross of Contagion 3 — Gates 29/30 | 8/14
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The 1st line is The Draftee. The abstract has no way to fix a relationship, so it lives through it. “the only way relationship goes through any transformation is through crisis”. Contagion is the word to take literally, and Ra includes himself, a 2/4 on this cross in his Kironian phase.
Juxtaposition Cross of Commitment — Gates 29/30 | 20/34
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 20/34 brings definition, busy, busy, busy, and the fate is fixed on making commitments. “Their whole life will be about making commitments.” This is a salesperson for commitment, and Ra warns about how one human being can treat another here.
Left Angle Cross of Industry 2 — Gates 29/30 | 20/34
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 5th line is Overreach, and industry means what it says, the relationship and beauty industries among them. “You have to create fantasy.” The heresy puts fantasy above fact, and Ra includes himself, selling the fantasy of awakeness.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with commitment, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
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Gate 59 is the mechanism that breaks the barrier.
It sits in the Sacral Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Sexuality, “The ability to break down barriers to achieve union, to achieve reproductive and fertile union.”
Its harmonic gate is 6 in the Solar Plexus. Together they form the 59-6, the Channel of Mating, a Design Focused on Reproduction. Defense circuit, tribal, generated.
It’s a genetic role gate, there to fulfill the genetic imperative. “Role gates never describe the person, but only the role.” The Sacral isn’t aware. In this Quarter this is where the biology sits, and of all the Sacral gates this is the one that’s always available.
Right Angle Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix 3 — Gates 59/55 | 20/34
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The name states a condition, that they must die first in order to wake up. The busyness is the 20/34, and the 59 aims it at children more than at the partnership. “It may be the catalyst they need to die and wake up.” The cross itself doesn’t know how mutative it is.
Juxtaposition Cross of Strategy — Gates 59/55 | 16/9
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
Logic steps into a tribal gate here and brings a plan. “First we get to know them, we find out if they’re really good for us, and then we have children.” What’s fixed is the friendship, and Ra says its solidity matters more to them than anything.
Left Angle Cross of Spirit 2 — Gates 59/55 | 16/9
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 4/1 says the strategy is to be friends, and the 5/1 wants more than that. “The 5 sells sex, the 6 sells intimacy.” It’s a heresy because the tribe never talks about its sex life, and Ra says this heresy is coming to an end.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the union, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
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Gate 40 is will that runs out on purpose.
It sits in the Heart/Ego Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Aloneness, “The point of transition between struggle and liberation.”
Its harmonic gate is 37, the Gate of Friendship, in the Solar Plexus. Together they form the 40-37, the Channel of Community, a Design of a Part seeking a Whole. Ego/Tribal circuit, projected.
The Heart is a motor with no awareness, and this is the small will, the kind that can be built up by others. “No ego can stay with struggle.” In this Quarter the gate lands in the middle of our civilized sexuality. Ra says that without it we’d still have 14 hour days, because this is the gate that says I did enough work today.
Right Angle Cross of Planning 3 — Gates 40/37 | 16/9
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
“The Cross of Planning is the cross of relax.” The 16 and the 9 bring the skill and focus that make the bargain work, and the willpower puts the infrastructure there. Ra is plain about the motive, that the ego loves the massage it gets for the work.
Juxtaposition Cross of Denial — Gates 40/37 | 35/5
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
Ra’s picture is a small domestic scene, settling with your partner just outside of town. What gets denied is the community and its unpaid labor. “The bargain has to be based on habit and expectation.” Trying to escape the community trap they build the suburb, and it fills up behind them.
Left Angle Cross of Migration 2 — Gates 40/37 | 35/5
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Migration is what happens when the bargain fails. “I can’t stand these people anymore, I can’t live with these people anymore, come with me.” The method comes from the 5th line, the rejection of negative relationships, and the 5/1 is the one who calls others to the next valley.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the bargain, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 64 supplies pressure, and nothing here resolves it.
It sits in the Head Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Confusion, and the word is no insult. “It simply means that the pressure is a busy mind with a great deal of data (most of which is superfluous) that requires filtering before the pressure can be relieved.”
Its harmonic gate is 47 in the Ajna. Together they form the 64-47, the Channel of Abstraction, a Design of Mental Activity mixed with Clarity. Sensing circuit, the collective abstract, projected.
What it carries is the past, and it arrives in sequences, never the complete footage. It isn’t up to this gate to make sense of them. In this Quarter Ra says these people fall in love with something nobody else sees. “Their purpose is only fulfilled through trying to find, because this is the Quarter of Duality, trying to find the right consciousness.”
Right Angle Cross of Consciousness 3 — Gates 64/63 | 35/5
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The intake is mechanical, and Ra calls them almost nostrils. “they realize from their 3 underneath that nobody knows anything about anything.” He says there’s an intellectual arrogance on this cross you don’t meet on any other, and that most of it is legitimate.
Juxtaposition Cross of Confusion — Gates 64/63 | 45/26
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The mental partners go, and the tribe arrives through the 26 and the 45. What it puts out is a simplified educational program for the tribe. “And all that breeds is more confusion.” Ra adds that there’s no 21 on this cross, so no heart behind the program.
Left Angle Cross of Dominion 2 — Gates 64/63 | 45/26
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 5th line is Promise, and the promise is educational, that the mind can find a solution and hand it to the people. “The 5/1 seduces you to that.” Under duality the demand shifts from shared consciousness to shared values.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the pressure, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 47 is the editor, and what it edits is the past.
It sits in the Ajna Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Realizing, and he says why the hexagram is called Oppression. “It is oppression because one of the most difficult things for human beings to do is to make sense out of what it is to be human.”
Its harmonic gate is 64 in the Head. Together they form the 64-47, the Channel of Abstraction, a Design of Mental Activity mixed with Clarity. Sensing circuit, Collective, projected.
The Ajna isn’t a motor and this gate doesn’t act. It works on stored visual memory that arrives in pieces, and it relieves its anxiety only by concretizing in material. In Ra’s words, “the 47 looks immediately into its pocket.” He calls this Quarter the one where there’s no resolution.
Right Angle Cross of Rulership 3 — Gates 47/22 | 45/26
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Ra counts four gates, the 45 a natural ruler, the 26 a propagandist and enforcer, the 22 listening and the 47 making sense. “Rulership is about money.” In a bond that lands as who’s the boss, and he says it isn’t gender related.
Juxtaposition Cross of Oppression — Gates 47/22 | 12/11
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The king and his soldier are gone, and the 11 and the 12 arrive, ideas and articulation. The work is opening people up. The fixation is one realization, that “oppression is the movie but not the truth.”
Left Angle Cross of Informing 2 — Gates 47/22 | 12/11
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Same four gates as the Juxtaposition, with the 12-22 defined, which is where the name comes from. The 5/1 gets the line called The Saint. “if you want to get rid of oppression then you simply have to accept that oppression exists.” Ra says that as long as you accept it, it doesn’t matter.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the realization, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 6 is the decision point of bonding.
It sits in the Solar Plexus Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Friction, “The fundamental design component of progress. The law that growth cannot exist without friction.”
Its harmonic gate is 59 in the Sacral. Together they form the 59-6, the Channel of Mating, a design focused on reproduction. Defense circuit, tribal, generated.
This gate is the controller of the Solar Plexus system, and its biology is pH, the boundary of the body. In this Quarter the 59 is simply available and the 6 decides. “the 6 is where we decide who we’re going to be stuck with.” Ra’s dilemma is that we meet through a bonding mechanism that’s unaware and only emotional.
Right Angle Cross of Eden 3 — Gates 6/36 | 12/11
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Eden is the pursuit of knowledge and multiplication, and the multiplication half lands here. “And people who come in on the Cross of Eden are always thrown out into the wilderness.” The research is finding out what a bond is made of, and Ra says the 3rd line carries the fertility.
Juxtaposition Cross of Conflict — Gates 6/36 | 15/10
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
Underneath this cross a theme of love arrives through the 10 and the 15, the love of oneself and of humanity. “Here it gets very picky.” The fixation is on holding absolute power over the conditions of the bond.
Left Angle Cross of the Plane 2 — Gates 6/36 | 15/10
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Multiplying isn’t the theme anymore, and these people take the other half of Eden, knowledge. “There is so much to learn and who are you going to learn it from?” Ra’s answer is the other, even a partner you have problems with.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the bond, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Application of Incarnation Crosses
Foundation Crosses & Application
Gate 46 is the body, and choicelessness is what it shows.
It sits in the G Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of the Determination of the Self, “Good fortune that may be perceived as the result of serendipity but derives from effort and dedication.”
Its harmonic gate is 29, the Gate of Saying Yes, in the Sacral. Together they form the 46-29, the Channel of Discovery, a design of succeeding where others fail. Sensing circuit, the abstract half of the Collective, generated.
This is the love of the body, and Ra calls the channel the most existential force in the BodyGraph. “If you look for something to come of your life, nothing will come, but if you are in your life, everything is possible.” In this Quarter it accepts duality without being interested in it, and it works on enlightening the one instead of figuring out the two.
Right Angle Cross of the Vessel of Love 3 — Gates 46/25 | 15/10
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Ra splits the four gates of the Vessel, and this one is the physical vessel, nothing else. The first line is Being Discovered. “All that’s saying is that stay alive, you never know.” He reduces it to a daily act, you get up in the morning and you go through the day.
Juxtaposition Cross of Serendipity — Gates 46/25 | 52/58
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 15 and the 10 drop out, and the 52 and the 58 come in. “The Juxtaposition Cross of Serendipity is a pressure cooker”. The pitch is that anybody can be in the right place at the right time, and Ra points out that everybody already is.
Left Angle Cross of Healing 2 — Gates 46/25 | 52/58
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Ra corrects the name first. “It’s not like somebody who carries the Cross of Healing is a healer.” What’s being healed is fear, and what brings well being is pace and integrity. The 6th line turns out to be about saying no to restrictive commitments.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with choicelessness, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 18 is the fear of authority, and what comes out of it is correction.
It sits in the Splenic Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Correction, “The vigilance and determination to uphold and defend basic and fundamental human rights.”
Its harmonic gate is 58 in the Root. Together they form the 18-58, the Channel of Judgment, a Design of Insatiability. Understanding circuit, collective logic, projected.
What it’s aware of is what’s vital, and Ra’s condition is strict, if it isn’t vital, leave it alone. Projected means the correction has to be invited. In this Quarter logic tries to make duality survivable. He warns that “perfection is always the carrot just beyond your nose”, so the goal is the perfecting.
Right Angle Cross of Service 3 — Gates 18/17 | 52/58
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
This cross has a built-in life force in the 18-58, judgment and dissatisfaction. The archetype under correction is the bond itself, starting with the parents. Ra’s 1/3 looks at the foundation, and “they are going to challenge the authority of their parents.”
Juxtaposition Cross of Correction — Gates 18/17 | 39/38
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The fuel shifts to the 38 and the 39, the pushiest polarity there is. “I’m not afraid of God. I’m afraid of the government.” Collective fear of authority sits on top of an individual this pushy, and its aim is the mayor and the president.
Left Angle Cross of Upheaval 2 — Gates 18/17 | 39/38
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
“Let’s just turn it all upside down.” The 5th line is Therapy, the strength to recognize a problem and accept it’s beyond your power to solve alone. Ra says therapy exists to ameliorate fear, and that this is one of the few places a 5/2 is at their best.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with correction, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 48 is depth without a motor.
It sits in the Splenic Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Depth, “The necessary and qualitative foundation that is a prerequisite to establish the common good.”
Its harmonic gate is 16 in the Throat, Enthusiasm, the Gate of Skills. Together they form the 48-16, the Channel of the Wave Length, a Design of Talent. Understanding circuit, Collective logic, projected.
The Spleen isn’t a motor, so nothing is generated here. “It’s just a well. And there is no bucket.” The fear is inadequacy, and in this Quarter it lands on the bond first. Ra also corrects the idea that you become deep, because depth is innate.
Right Angle Cross of Tension 3 — Gates 48/21 | 39/38
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Each of the four arms brings tension to the other, and the prime provocation here is the 48 to the 16, where are the skills. “they’re not allowed to put their tension into the other, they keep it themselves.” The not-self result is physical, and Ra says you can see how stiff they are.
Juxtaposition Cross of Depth — Gates 48/21 | 53/54
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 39/38 goes and the 53/54 arrives, so the pull is ambition. “you’re dealing with someone who always thinks that the only way to change their life is to study something new.” Ra calls this the juxtaposition cross of the midlife crisis.
Left Angle Cross of Endeavor 2 — Gates 48/21 | 53/54
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Same four gates, and the problem is that the best the 48 can do is talk. “I can turn straw into gold, but nobody will hear me.” The heresy demands that the well be opened for everyone to drink from, and Ra puts a limit on that, because the bottom of the well is salt water.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with depth, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 57 only penetrates, and nothing in it elaborates.
It sits in the Splenic Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Intuitive Insight, and he says the name is a trap. “The name the Gentle is a misnomer.”
It has three harmonic gates and three channels. 57-20, the Channel of the Brain Wave, a Design of Penetrating Awareness, projected. 57-34, the Channel of Power, a Design of an Archetype, generated. 57-10, the Channel of Perfected Form, a Design of Survival, projected. Knowing circuit and Integration.
The fear is of tomorrow, the threat that’s not there yet, and the awareness is the right ear, which hears in the now. In this Quarter its assignment is to use intuition to penetrate the mystery of duality, and individuality and bonding don’t naturally get along. “Only the 28 can bring out of the 57 true partnership.”
Right Angle Cross of Penetration 3 — Gates 57/51 | 53/54
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The job is to break the surface and stop, because depth isn’t part of the design. “They can open the door, they can’t take you through.” The seed belongs to the clarion, and the earth has to be broken first.
Juxtaposition Cross of Intuition — Gates 57/51 | 62/61
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
“it is the Cross of Intuition that forms the bridge between penetration and the clarion.” Ra’s image is agricultural, penetration breaks the earth, intuition is rain and the clarion drops the seed. The motive is mastering the relationships around them for their own survival.
Left Angle Cross of the Clarion 2 — Gates 57/51 | 62/61
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The clarion announces a mutation that already exists, and Ra says that’s his own case. “The heresy is that there may be other ways to be alone and still have people in your life.” With emotional definition this gate is overwhelmed, and only being correct brings it back.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with intuition, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 32 is conservative, and it isn’t against change.
It sits in the Spleen, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Continuity, “The only thing which endures is change.”
Its harmonic gate is 54 in the Root. Together they form the 32-54, the Channel of Transformation, a Design of being Driven. Ego circuit, tribal, projected.
The fear is failure, and the awareness is of what can or can’t be transformed. Ra’s working name for it is the personnel manager. “The 32nd gate is the greatest talent scout in Design.” In this Quarter the gate separates the personal relationship from the tribal one.
Right Angle Cross of Maya 3 — Gates 32/42 | 62/61
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Ra builds the maya from the four gates, mysteries in the 61, details in the 62, survival in the 32 and endings in the 42. “It is the basic formula of the maya.” The research produces a valuation, because this gate is here to know the price of things.
Juxtaposition Cross of Conservation — Gates 32/42 | 56/60
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 60 and the 56 arrive, and the law comes with them. “as long as we maintain our territory, as long as we maintain our language, as long as we maintain our traditions then we are able to survive any change.” Ra’s picture is a festival with a 250 year old costume.
Left Angle Cross of Limitation 2 — Gates 32/42 | 56/60
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 5th line is Flexibility, and Ra says it’s a line you have to learn. The message is blunt, “here’s a message, flexibility or death.” The 6th line is Tranquility, and you can only calmly face impermanence if you’re surrendered.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with change, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 50 is where law comes from.
It sits in the Splenic Center, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Values, “The value of historical continuity whose traditional values serve and enrich the present and the future.”
Its harmonic gate is 27 in the Sacral, Nourishment, the Gate of Caring. Together they form the 50-27, the Channel of Preservation, a Design of Custodianship. Defense circuit, Tribal, generated.
It’s the master gate of the Spleen, where all three streams start, and its fear is responsibility. In this Quarter, in Ra’s words, “the only reason that we have law is that we have a duality.” What the law protects is the young, and the mechanism underneath is the herding instinct.
Right Angle Cross of Laws 3 — Gates 50/3 | 56/60
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
“So here are the true lawgivers.” The research is a refinement across the six lines, since law starts off primitive. Ra sees it run from the 1/3 who finds the loophole to the 4/6 who sits as judge, and what they build are constructs that let us survive in groups.
Juxtaposition Cross of Values — Gates 50/3 | 31/41
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The unconscious shifts to the 41 and the 31, something new and something influential. “The law becomes values becomes wishes.” Values come through feeling, which overwhelms the Spleen, and Ra warns that emotional law can be frightening.
Left Angle Cross of Wishes 2 — Gates 50/3 | 31/41
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
Same four gates, and the wish is for a greater law for all of us. The heresy starts only when the principles a 5/1 was raised with don’t bring success. Ra names himself as the case. “I call it the Human Design System.” His universal law is that each of us is our own authority.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with the law, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
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Gate 28 is the awareness to struggle.
It sits in the Spleen, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of the Game Player, “The transitoriness of power and influence.”
Its harmonic gate is 38 in the Root. Together they form the 28-38, the Channel of Struggle, a Design of Stubbornness. Knowing circuit, projected.
The fear is that death will come before you find your purpose, and purpose isn’t something this gate can find by itself. In this Quarter it’s the outlier. “There is only one gate in this quarter that knows anything about relationship”. The bond it wants is about mutually empowering each other.
Right Angle Cross of the Unexpected 3 — Gates 28/27 | 31/41
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
Purpose arrives here unplanned. “It is not a plan.” Before it can find its purpose it has to develop its strength, and that begins with surviving on the material plane. The hidden 27 is where the caring starts.
Juxtaposition Cross of Risks — Gates 28/27 | 33/19
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 33 and the 19 change the frequency, and the fixation turns to territory. “empowerment is fine, but territory is better.” Ra says the need to establish territory is built into their bonding.
Left Angle Cross of Alignment 2 — Gates 28/27 | 33/19
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
The 5th line is Treachery, and Ra defends it. “If you don’t empower me good enough I will look for somebody better to empower me.” To align yourself is to find the forces where your purpose can be, and Ra reads this as the theme of our time.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with purpose, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.
Gate 44 is the tribe’s memory, and it uses it.
It sits in the Spleen, in the Quarter of Duality, where purpose is fulfilled through Bonding. Ra’s keynote is the Gate of Alertness, “The success of any interaction is based on the absence of any preconditions.”
Its harmonic gate is 26, the Gate of the Egoist, in the Heart. Together they form the 44-26, the Channel of Surrender, a Design of a Transmitter, the only direct link between the Spleen and the Heart. Ego/Tribal circuit, projected.
The fear is of the past, and at its core of dying out as a species. The memory is instinctive, cued by patterns in the now. It has no voice of its own, so what it knows passes through the will of the 26. This gate closes the Quarter, so it tells you what Duality concluded. “It’s not the gate of meeting. It’s Coming to Meet.”
Right Angle Cross of the Four Ways 3 — Gates 44/24 | 33/19
Personal Destiny. Profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6.
The job is staffing the tribe, and Ra calls it the personnel manager, the great nose. “People like to think that it is a manipulating gate. It’s not, it’s a recruitment gate.” Conditions arrive after the interaction, not before it.
Juxtaposition Cross of Alertness — Gates 44/24 | 7/13
Fixed Fate. One profile, the 4/1.
The 19 and the 33 go, and the role gates 7 and 13 arrive. The purpose is finding a proper role, so you can influence where will power goes. “This is about shaping will.”
Left Angle Cross of Incarnation 2 — Gates 44/24 | 7/13
Transpersonal Destiny. Profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3.
This cross sits at the seam of the Quarter. “What incarnation does is that it fuses the duality of the Quarter of Duality and fuses it towards a single direction.” Ra says this requires manipulation, and he takes the charge out of the word, whose root is the hand.
The full reading
Each of the twelve profiles on these crosses does different work with instinct, and the full reading of every one is in The Bigger Picture, Module 10.
Don’t know your Personality Sun yet? Get your free chart, then find the Gate it sits in.