Human Design
Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation
Key facts
- Cross angle
- Juxtaposition
- Profile
- 4/1
Personality SunGate 39: The Provocateur (Root Center)
Personality EarthGate 38: Fighter (Root Center)
Design SunGate 51: Shock (Heart Center)
Design EarthGate 57: Intuitive Clarity (Spleen Center)
Same gatesLeft Angle Cross of Individualism, Gate 38 at the Personality Sun; Juxtaposition Cross of Opposition, Gate 38 at the Personality Sun; Left Angle Cross of Individualism, Gate 39 at the Personality Sun
A frank remark made at the right moment, then held without wavering. On the Design side, a shock revives the will after a failure; a quick instinct says when not to insist.
One pressure for two gestures
The 39 and the 38 draw on the same pressure, that of the Root: the first spends it by provoking, the second by holding on. On the Design side, the 51 sits in the Heart and the 57 in the Spleen Center. No pair forms a channel within the cross. The 4/1 profile makes this version a Juxtaposition, the angle of fixed fate.
The lifter’s stiff arms
Yseult runs a small dance company. Her dancers have been with her for ten years, all of them brought in on the recommendation of someone close; she never picks anyone on the strength of a single audition.
In rehearsal, she laughingly imitates the stiff arms of a dancer who does not dare lift his partner. He laughs too, then finally lifts her. For four seasons now, she has been touring village halls with a show that programmers snubbed at its premiere, reworking one scene each winter.
Frankness and perseverance
A group gains a person who dares to say what is not working and then stays on the subject once it has been opened.
The 39 shakes things up with a joke or an objection; the 38, at the Earth, keeps the matter in hand despite refusals.
The 51 turns a failure into a starting point, and the 57 holds the person back from a move that would not be healthy in the moment.
The same group thus finds in them both the drive that moves things forward and the perseverance that goes with it.
Frankness among old friends
In a small circle, the frankness of the 39 weighs more heavily than elsewhere. A remark that would have made a room full of strangers laugh hurts a dancer you have known for ten years, and the bond absorbs what the situation did not call for.
The tenacious 38 can also hold on to a lost cause: a show performed again out of habit, when nothing in it changes from one season to the next anymore.
The 51 bounces back after a failure, provided the next challenge has been chosen. Piling up applications and new productions so as not to dwell on a refusal exhausts a company as much as its director.
For you, for others
For you
Keep your frank remarks for the moments when they help. When a refusal stings you, choose the next challenge with your authority rather than in the heat of the moment.
For others
When a friend with this cross asks you a hard question, see it as a sign of trust, then answer on substance. Let her contradict you too; her challenges are not aimed at your place.
Frequently asked questions about the Juxtaposition Cross of Provocation
Is a blunt remark aimed at the person who receives it?
Gate 39 aims for a reaction, not a wound. A useful remark points to something in the situation; a remark that points to nothing was only relieving the pressure.
What does the wave of the Channel of Emoting, the 39-55, change?
It exists only with Gate 55, Spirit, in the chart. After a remark, the mood then follows its own movement; judging one’s words at the low point of this wave skews the assessment, and a decision made at that moment is better left to wait.
Is taking up a challenge against the advice of the 57 a matter of courage?
It is putting yourself at risk. The 51 seeks out the ordeal; the 57 signals that a place is not safe at that moment. A challenge taken up against that signal has nothing chosen about it anymore.
Does a person with this cross take offense when you turn down their challenge?
Not necessarily. For the 51, a shock gives new impetus, whether it was sought out or endured; what wears the person down is a challenge taken up without the agreement of the chart’s authority. A challenge offered remains an offer, and turning it down leaves the other person free to find one elsewhere.
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