Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Left Angle Cross of Obscuration” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Precision
You like facts and details, and you can name them exactly.
You prefer figures and concrete things to vague theories.
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 3 · Sacral centerSorting chaos
In a messy beginning, you slowly find a new way to put things in order.
You feel pushed to invent truly new ways of living, thinking or making things.
Gate 50 · Spleen centerSafeguard
You make sure shared rules truly protect everyone, especially the most vulnerable.
You look after the wellbeing of your clan, family or community, in calm times and in crises.
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 | 62/61 | 3/50 | July 13 to July 18 | Civilization | 0.51% |
| 2 | 61/62 | 50/3 | January 11 to January 16 | Mutation | 0.50% |
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 Civilization: the teaching links this quarter with form (building and organizing shared life). Covers the Sun in gate 62.
Quarter of Mutation: the teaching links this quarter with transformation (changing what already exists). Covers the Sun in gate 61.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 1.0% of births, about 1 person in 99. Rank 34 of 112 named crosses.
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: Precision (gate 62), Why (gate 61), Sorting chaos (gate 3), Safeguard (gate 50), plus a control column, Earned rest (gate 40), 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 62 or 61 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
- Juxtaposition Cross of Detail juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition Cross of Thinking juxtaposition
- Right Angle Cross of Maya right angle
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of Obscuration?
Gates 62, 61, 3 and 50. Their places shift with the variant: 62/61 | 3/50 for variant 1, 61/62 | 50/3 for variant 2.
Is the Left Angle Cross of Obscuration rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 1.0% of births, about 1 person in 99. It ranks 34 of 112 by frequency.
Which celebrities have the Left Angle Cross of Obscuration?
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).