Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Left Angle Cross of the Clarion” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Jolt
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.
Gate 61 · Head centerWhy
Big unanswered questions pull you in, and you want to know what lies behind them.
Insights land all at once, beyond your control, often when your mind goes quiet.
Gate 62 · Throat centerPrecision
You like facts and details, and you can name them exactly.
You prefer figures and concrete things to vague theories.
Its 2 variants
The same name covers 2 Sun gates. The 4 gates stay the same; only their places change. Your variant depends on the gate of your birth Sun.
| Variant | Gates | Birth Sun | Quarter | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51/57 | 61/62 | April 5 to April 10 | Initiation | 0.52% |
| 2 | 57/51 | 62/61 | October 8 to October 13 | Duality | 0.44% |
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: left angle
The angle comes from the profile alone: here, profiles 5/1, 5/2, 6/2 and 6/3. The teaching describes a theme that plays out mostly through encounters: other people are its main ground. In our sample, 33.1% of charts have a cross with this angle. The 3 angles explained.
The quarters
Quarter of Initiation: the teaching links this quarter with the mind (understanding and making sense). Covers the Sun in gate 51.
Quarter of Duality: the teaching links this quarter with bonding (relating to another and passing things on). Covers the Sun in gate 57.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 0.95% of births, about 1 person in 105. Rank 41 of 112 named crosses.
Celebrities with this cross
The 2-week test
For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Jolt (gate 51), Instinct (gate 57), Why (gate 61), Precision (gate 62), plus a control column, Presence (gate 20), 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 51 or 57 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
- Juxtaposition Cross of Intuition juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition Cross of Shock juxtaposition
- Right Angle Cross of Penetration right angle
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of the Clarion?
Gates 51, 57, 61 and 62. Their places shift with the variant: 51/57 | 61/62 for variant 1, 57/51 | 62/61 for variant 2.
Is the Left Angle Cross of the Clarion rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 0.95% of births, about 1 person in 105. It ranks 41 of 112 by frequency.
Which celebrities have the Left Angle Cross of the Clarion?
By our calculation: Ra Uru Hu.
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).