Juxtaposition Cross

Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition

38/39 | 57/51

Four currents feed this cross. The first is the energy of the fighter, a pressure that keeps asking what makes a life worth living and backs you to meet adversity head on. If you are honest, a good struggle suits you. The second is provocation, the push you give people that tests whether their spirit is a genuine match for yours. The third is a fine intuitive clarity in the present moment, a quiet knowing that reads what is safe and true right now, speaks once, softly, and does not repeat itself. The fourth is shock, the courage to jolt people out of their comfort and the resilience to be jolted yourself.

Atlas Plate38/39 | 57/51
Human Design BodyGraph with the four gates of the Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition highlighted: 38, 39, 57 and 51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
Human Design BodyGraph with the four gates of the Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition highlighted: 38, 39, 57 and 51
Angle
Juxtaposition
Gates
38/39 | 57/51
Personality Sun
Gate 38
Personality Earth
Gate 39
Design Sun
Gate 57
Design Earth
Gate 51

New to incarnation crosses? Read What Is an Incarnation Cross for how the four gates are calculated, what the three angles mean and how a cross is lived.

With its Personality Sun in Gate 38, this cross sits under Vishnu, the third Face of the Godhead, in the Quarter of Mutation. Read The Sixteen Godheads for what that means.

Put those together and you get someone with real adrenaline in them who opposes and provokes almost by instinct. When you push, people are forced to substantiate what they said, to explain the claim they made and the position they are holding. That is your service, whether or not it feels comfortable to either of you. This is a fixed geometry. There is a narrowness and an intensity in it: you are set on this theme, neither swept along by the crowd nor turned in on yourself. What steadies it is that intuition, which knows before your mind does which fight is actually yours.

This unfolds over a lifetime rather than a season. A cross is a direction, not a job description, and it shows you its meaning slowly, one experience at a time. The way to live it well is to choose your battles, because the wrong fight costs you energy you never get back, and to let your mood settle before you provoke, because what you draw out of people depends on what you are carrying when you push. Follow your Strategy and your Authority, decide correctly, and the shock you deliver becomes an opening rather than a wound.

Questions People Ask

What are the four gates of the Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition?

Personality Sun in Gate 38, Personality Earth in Gate 39, Design Sun in Gate 57 and Design Earth in Gate 51, written 38/39 | 57/51.

Which profiles have a Juxtaposition cross?

Juxtaposition crosses belong to the 4/1 profile. The angle follows from your profile.

Which Face of the Godhead is the Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition under?

With its Personality Sun in Gate 38, it sits under Vishnu, the third Face of the Godhead, in the Quarter of Mutation.

How do I find my incarnation cross?

Generate your free chart at humandesign.so/chart from your birth date, time and place. It names your cross and shows its four gates, taken from the Sun and Earth at birth and about three months before.

Connected in the BodyGraph

The Four Gates of This Incarnation Cross

Created by Peter Low, Human Design Practitioner. Part of the Human Design atlas.