Left Angle Cross of Limitation in Human Design

Its 4 gates

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

Gate 42 · Sacral center

Seeing it through

Watching a cycle reach its end appeals to you, so you can learn from what happened.

You can carry through what was started and let things ripen.

Gate 32 · Spleen center

Staying power

You can tell what will last, and you know how to change without losing what holds things together.

Your nose also picks out what truly has value.

Gate 60 · Root center

Frame

Constraints bother you less than most, and you often use them as something to push against.

Fighting your limits keeps you stuck, while acknowledging them opens a way through.

Gate 56 · Throat center

Storytelling

Telling stories and sharing ideas is a pleasure, especially when it makes listeners think.

You find your balance by moving around and lining up new experiences.

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	42/32 \| 60/56	April 11 to April 15	Initiation	0.50%
2	32/42 \| 56/60	October 14 to October 19	Duality	0.57%

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 42.

Quarter of Duality: the teaching links this quarter with bonding (relating to another and passing things on). Covers the Sun in gate 32.

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 94. Rank 30 of 112 named crosses.

Celebrities with this cross

Emma Watson 5/2 · 42/32 | 60/56

The 2-week test

Try this

For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Seeing it through (gate 42), Staying power (gate 32), Frame (gate 60), Storytelling (gate 56), plus a control column, Practice (gate 16), 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 42 or 32 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:

Frequently asked questions

Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of Limitation?

Gates 42, 32, 60 and 56. Their places shift with the variant: 42/32 | 60/56 for variant 1, 32/42 | 56/60 for variant 2.

Is the Left Angle Cross of Limitation rare?

Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 1.1% of births, about 1 person in 94. It ranks 30 of 112 by frequency.

Which celebrities have the Left Angle Cross of Limitation?

By our calculation: Emma Watson.

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).