Its 4 gates
In Ra Uru Hu’s teaching, the name “Right Angle Cross of the Sphinx” sums up how these 4 gates meet. Read them one by one: that is where the concrete content sits.
Confidant
People tell you their life stories easily, and you hold on to what they said for a long time.
You keep track of past experiences and look for the meaning in them.
Gate 7 · G centerPathfinder
Others often look your way to figure out which direction to take together.
You like bringing people together around shared interests so they move forward as one.
Gate 1 · G centerFingerprint
An urge to create in your own way drives you, with a touch nobody else would add.
Your creativity can come out through writing, speech, art, or simply the way you dress and live.
Gate 2 · G centerInner bearing
You often sense where to head, without always being able to explain how you know.
That inner knowing deserves your trust, even when you cannot back it up.
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 | 13/7 | 1/2 | February 2 to February 7 | Initiation | 0.85% |
| 2 | 2/1 | 13/7 | May 4 to May 8 | Civilization | 1.1% |
| 3 | 7/13 | 2/1 | August 6 to August 11 | Duality | 0.96% |
| 4 | 1/2 | 7/13 | November 6 to November 10 | 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 13.
Quarter of Civilization: the teaching links this quarter with form (building and organizing shared life). Covers the Sun in gate 2.
Quarter of Duality: the teaching links this quarter with bonding (relating to another and passing things on). Covers the Sun in gate 7.
Quarter of Mutation: the teaching links this quarter with transformation (changing what already exists). Covers the Sun in gate 1.
How common it is
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 4.0% of births, about 1 person in 25. Rank 10 of 112 named crosses.
Celebrities with this cross
The 2-week test
For 14 days, keep a note with 5 columns: Confidant (gate 13), Pathfinder (gate 7), Fingerprint (gate 1), Inner bearing (gate 2), plus a control column, Open heart (gate 25), 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 13, 2, 7 or 1 has one of these crosses, depending on their profile:
- Juxtaposition Cross of Interaction juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition Cross of Listening juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition Cross of Self-Expression juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition Cross of the Driver juxtaposition
- Left Angle Cross of Defiance left angle
- Left Angle Cross of Masks left angle
Frequently asked questions
Which gates make up the Right Angle Cross of the Sphinx?
Gates 13, 7, 1 and 2. Their places shift with the variant: 13/7 | 1/2 for variant 1, 2/1 | 13/7 for variant 2, 7/13 | 2/1 for variant 3, 1/2 | 7/13 for variant 4.
Is the Right Angle Cross of the Sphinx rare?
Across 50,000 random births between 1950 and 2010, calculated with our engine: 4.0% of births, about 1 person in 25. It ranks 10 of 112 by frequency.
Which celebrities have the Right Angle Cross of the Sphinx?
By our calculation: Alain Delon, Marie Curie.
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).