Right Angle Cross of Planning in Human Design

Its 4 gates

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

Gate 37 · Solar plexus center

Hearth

Warmth between close people means a lot, and you tend the small deals that keep it going.

Your sense of family stretches to a tribe you choose: friends, coworkers, community.

Gate 40 · Heart center

Earned rest

You work hard for your people, then need some time alone to catch your breath.

Reliable, you hold up your end of a deal and count on others doing likewise.

Gate 9 · Sacral center

Fine focus

You can lock onto one precise point and not let go until it is sorted.

You notice what others let slip by, and you need every piece before you move on.

Gate 16 · Throat center

Practice

You like repeating something until you are really good at it, and your enthusiasm is contagious.

You can tell which projects are worth the effort and which lead nowhere.

Its 4 variants

The same name covers 4 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	37/40 \| 9/16	February 24 to March 1	Initiation	1.0%
2	16/9 \| 37/40	May 27 to June 1	Civilization	0.77%
3	40/37 \| 16/9	August 29 to September 3	Duality	0.99%
4	9/16 \| 40/37	November 28 to December 3	Mutation	1.1%

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: right angle

The angle comes from the profile alone: here, profiles 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/6 and 4/6. The teaching describes a theme that plays out mostly along your own track: you live it for yourself first, and others cross it along the way. In our sample, 64.7% 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 37.

Quarter of Civilization: the teaching links this quarter with form (building and organizing shared life). Covers the Sun in gate 16.

Quarter of Duality: the teaching links this quarter with bonding (relating to another and passing things on). Covers the Sun in gate 40.

Quarter of Mutation: the teaching links this quarter with transformation (changing what already exists). Covers the Sun in gate 9.

How common it is

Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 3.8% of births, about 1 person in 26. Rank 14 of 112 named crosses.

Celebrities with this cross

Michael Jackson 1/3 · 40/37 | 16/9

The 2-week test

Try this

For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Hearth (gate 37), Earned rest (gate 40), Fine focus (gate 9), Practice (gate 16), plus a control column, Seeing it through (gate 42), 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 37, 16, 40 or 9 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:

Frequently asked questions

Which gates make up the Right Angle Cross of Planning?

Gates 37, 40, 9 and 16. Their places shift with the variant: 37/40 | 9/16 for variant 1, 16/9 | 37/40 for variant 2, 40/37 | 16/9 for variant 3, 9/16 | 40/37 for variant 4.

Is the Right Angle Cross of Planning rare?

Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 3.8% of births, about 1 person in 26. It ranks 14 of 112 by frequency.

Which celebrities have the Right Angle Cross of Planning?

By our calculation: Michael Jackson.

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).