Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Poking
Needling people a little to see what they are really made of is often your reflex.
For you, provoking has little to do with fighting, it is often a way to get attention, a bit like flirting.
Gate 38 · Root centerStanding firm
You push back against what seems unfair or false, especially when people's freedom is at stake.
Pick your fights: not every disagreement deserves a battle.
Gate 51 · Heart centerJolt
Life's shocks rattle you without knocking you down, you come out sturdier and you know how to wake others up.
A blunt word or gesture from you can jolt people's awareness and open a fresh way of seeing.
Gate 57 · Spleen centerInstinct
Your gut catches in an instant what is safe and what is not, often before your head does.
Your intuition catches what slips past logic, like a barely noticeable breeze.
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 | 39/38 | 51/57 | July 1 to July 6 | Civilization | 0.03% |
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 39.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 13 births out of 50,000, or 0.03%. Rank 95 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: Poking (gate 39), Standing firm (gate 38), Jolt (gate 51), Instinct (gate 57), plus a control column, Your word (gate 29), 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 39 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation?
Gates 39, 38, 51 and 57. In the order birth Sun/Earth, then design Sun/Earth: 39/38 | 51/57.
Is the Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 13 births out of 50,000, or 0.03%. It ranks 95 of 112 by frequency (tied with 2 others).
Which celebrities have the Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation?
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).