Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Juxtaposition Cross of Contribution” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Standing out
You like adding your own touch to a shared project and helping creative work, yours or someone else's, get seen.
With gate 1 you form a pair: one creates, the other carries the work out to people.
Gate 14 · Sacral centerReserves
Time, drive, practical means: you often have what it takes to fuel your projects and other people's.
Your effort needs a heading, often given by gate 2; without one, you spin your wheels.
Gate 55 · Solar plexus centerFull or empty
Your moods swing between full and empty, and they color everything you live.
Abundance plays out inside first, in your state of mind more than in what you own.
Gate 59 · Sacral centerBreaking the ice
You know how to melt reserve and build closeness with people.
This pull toward closeness can go as far as bringing something to life together, a child or a shared project.
Where the gates sit
A single variant: juxtaposition only comes with the 4/1 profile, and each Sun gate has its own cross.
| Variant | Gates | Birth Sun | Quarter | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/14 | 55/59 | May 15 to May 20 | Civilization | 0.04% |
First two numbers: Sun and Earth at your birth. Last two: Sun and Earth about 88 days earlier, the part of the chart called the “design”. Birth Sun dates are for a typical year, give or take a day.
The angle: juxtaposition
The angle comes from the profile alone: here, the 4/1 profile only. The teaching describes a fixed theme that rarely swerves: it stays much the same from one period of life to the next. In our sample, 2.2% of charts have a cross with this angle. The 3 angles explained.
The quarter
Quarter of Civilization: the teaching links this quarter with form (building and organizing shared life). Covers the Sun in gate 8.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 21 births out of 50,000, or 0.04%. Rank 65 of 112 named crosses. Juxtaposition crosses are all very rare: the 4/1 profile covers only about 2% of charts, spread over 64 crosses. With so few cases, this figure stays approximate.
Celebrities with this cross
None of the 80 people in our collection has it.
The 2-week test
For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Standing out (gate 8), Reserves (gate 14), Full or empty (gate 55), Breaking the ice (gate 59), plus a control column, Poking (gate 39), which is not part of this cross. Each evening, reread the line for each gate above and tick the ones that described a real moment of your day, with a word on what happened. After 2 weeks, count the ticks. According to the teaching, the gate of your birth Sun should come out on top. If the 4 cross columns do not clearly beat the control column, give this name little weight.
Same Sun gates, other angles
Someone born with the Sun in gate 8 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Juxtaposition Cross of Contribution?
Gates 8, 14, 55 and 59. In the order birth Sun/Earth, then design Sun/Earth: 8/14 | 55/59.
Is the Juxtaposition Cross of Contribution rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 21 births out of 50,000, or 0.04%. It ranks 65 of 112 by frequency.
Which celebrities have the Juxtaposition Cross of Contribution?
None of the 80 people in our collection has it.
Does this cross tell me my life purpose?
Human Design often presents the cross as a life purpose. We read it as the theme the teaching links to these 4 gates: a hypothesis to watch in your own life, with the test on this page. No study backs that link (details here).