Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Juxtaposition Cross of Retreat” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Stepping back
Before talking about what you went through, you need some time away to digest it.
After your pause, you come back to share what you understood, often as stories that carry a lesson.
Gate 19 · Root centerAntenna
You pick up fast on what the people close to you need, and you need to feel connected too.
You want to shrink what divides people and bring them together.
Gate 2 · G centerInner bearing
You often sense where to head, without always being able to explain how you know.
That inner knowing deserves your trust, even when you cannot back it up.
Gate 1 · G centerFingerprint
An urge to create in your own way drives you, with a touch nobody else would add.
Your creativity can come out through writing, speech, art, or simply the way you dress and live.
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 | 33/19 | 2/1 | July 31 to August 5 | 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 33.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 19 births out of 50,000, or 0.04%. Rank 78 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
The 2-week test
For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Stepping back (gate 33), Antenna (gate 19), Inner bearing (gate 2), Fingerprint (gate 1), plus a control column, Right distance (gate 6), 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 33 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Juxtaposition Cross of Retreat?
Gates 33, 19, 2 and 1. In the order birth Sun/Earth, then design Sun/Earth: 33/19 | 2/1.
Is the Juxtaposition Cross of Retreat rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 19 births out of 50,000, or 0.04%. It ranks 78 of 112 by frequency (tied with 9 others).
Which celebrities have the Juxtaposition Cross of Retreat?
By our calculation: Tom Brady.
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).