Left Angle Cross of Endeavor in Human Design

Its 4 gates

In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Left Angle Cross of Endeavor” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.

Gate 21 · Heart center

In charge

Running your own patch suits you, without anyone checking each move you make.

You need a hand on practical matters: resources, territory, lifestyle and the group's decisions.

Gate 48 · Spleen center

Thirst to know

Getting to the bottom of things draws you in, with a nagging fear of never knowing enough.

You hold a deep well of solutions, which often shows only when someone comes to ask.

Gate 54 · Root center

Climbing

You want to move up and grow, and you will work hard to be recognized for it.

Wherever you start from, your urge to rise stays with you.

Gate 53 · Root center

Kickoff

An urge to start something new keeps coming back to you.

The classic trap: jumping in without thinking ahead and leaving lots of things unfinished.

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	21/48 \| 54/53	March 30 to April 4	Initiation	0.50%
2	48/21 \| 53/54	October 3 to October 7	Duality	0.62%

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 21.

Quarter of Duality: the teaching links this quarter with bonding (relating to another and passing things on). Covers the Sun in gate 48.

How common it is

Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 1.1% of births, about 1 person in 89. Rank 22 of 112 named crosses.

Celebrities with this cross

None of the 80 people in our collection has it.

The 2-week test

Try this

For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: In charge (gate 21), Thirst to know (gate 48), Climbing (gate 54), Kickoff (gate 53), plus a control column, Standing out (gate 8), 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 21 or 48 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:

Frequently asked questions

Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of Endeavor?

Gates 21, 48, 54 and 53. Their places shift with the variant: 21/48 | 54/53 for variant 1, 48/21 | 53/54 for variant 2.

Is the Left Angle Cross of Endeavor rare?

Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 1.1% of births, about 1 person in 89. It ranks 22 of 112 by frequency.

Which celebrities have the Left Angle Cross of Endeavor?

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).