Human Design: what is Incarnation Cross?
how it's not something you DO, but something you BE, when you're living in alignment
Human Design is a blend of modern science and ancient wisdom, bringing together astrology and quantum physics, chakras, the Kabbalah & and the Chinese I-Ching. It’s the ultimate profiling tool, giving us full permission to be ourselves. It offers a user manual for each of us, showing us how to be who we’re designed to be, how to work with our energy and how to make great decisions that are just right for each of us.
We can find our purpose, our ideal environment & our superpowers on this map. And we can journey through it to heal ourselves, our relationships & our work. If you’d like to find out more, download your free chart here or book a chart reading with me here
Human Design appears to a complex system, but it can be beautifully simply to integrate into your life, so I’m going to demystify it for you here in a series of posts; this one is all about your Incarnation Cross.
To find out your Incarnation Cross before you read on, click below to get your free chart from my website.
What is the Incarnation Cross in Human Design?
The Incarnation Cross has been described as the “job description of your aura” and it’s something that the world receives from you when you’re living in alignment.
So, it’s fascinating to know about and spot in yourself as you move through the world, but I always remind clients that this is something you’re here to BE not DO. In other words, you shouldn’t try to do your cross!
In short, your Cross is a combination of your 4 top gates, the gifts of your personality sun and earth combined with your design sun and earth.
You can see mine here, gates 56 and 60 on my personality side, and gates 3 and 50 on my design side. This combination is the Right Angle Cross of Laws and for me, this is about gently challenging and reimagining the rules we live by, through evolution, not revolution. I can look back and see a flavour of this throughout my life!
And why is it called a Cross?
If you’re anything like me, you’ll want a visual to see exactly why it’s a Cross!
Maybe you’re familiar with your natal or birth chart in astrology? As HD is based on astrology you can also get a version of your chart that looks like this. You’ll see on it how the planets are not in zodiac signs this time, but rather in Gates, from 1 through 64, albeit they’re not in a ‘logical’ order.
You can see on my chart that my personality sun and earth gates (56 and 60) are directly opposite each other, and my design sun and earth gates (3 and 50) are opposite each other too, 90 degrees around the mandala. Hence, a cross!
How many Crosses are there?
There are 112 Crosses, and a total of 768 variations! They can be Right Angle, Left Angle or Juxtaposition, which tells you if you have a Personal Destiny, a Transpersonal Destiny or a Fixed Fate.
What is a Cross Quarter?
Depending which quarter of the year you were born in, you’ll have a different cross quarter. February - April is quarter 1, May to July is 2, Aug to Oct is 3 and Nov to Jan is 4. Each has a different theme for the way you bring your Cross to life and fulfil your purpose.
My Cross, the Right Angle Cross of Laws 2 as my birthday is July. Quarter 2 is all about bringing things to life in the material plane. My four gates are in this order 56 - 60 - 3 - 50, leading with the 56 energy. The Cross of Laws in a different quarter will have a different order of gates and lead with a different gate energy. Quarter 1 is about mental clarity, thinking and planning. Quarter 3 is about relationships and Quarter 4 is about upgrade and transformation, bringing us back to Q1.
Where to find out more about Incarnation Crosses
You can google your Cross and read a selection of different interpretations. As you get familiar you might want to create your own interpretation.
There is a wonderful book by Brynja Magnusson which is available in the UK on Kindle (but otherwise tricky to get hold of in print) which describes each Cross and also offers a ‘dinner party question’ for each of them. I can share yours with you in an Unpack if you’d like to play with this fun element of your Cross!
And since you’re in my world, you might like to know that the question that I ask via my aura is “what rules are you ready to break? where are you being held back?” so this is the energy people get from me, and often answer this question just from meeting me. I love how perfectly it fits my work… and then I realise that I’m designed to do this work, so of course it’s perfect!
Here are some other ways to learn about human design 🌟 listen to the podcast 🌟 read the archives 🌟 treat yourself to a 1-1 Chart Unpack.
Or you are always so welcome to press reply on an email, or post a comment with questions or tell me if this resonates, I’d love to chat further about my favourite topic with you!
Sending love & courage ✨
Sarah xx
Hey I’m Sarah, human design & confidence coach. I guide women during times of change, helping them to build their foundation self-belief and giving them full permission to be exactly who they’re designed to be, living and working with ease and flow. If this sounds like you, I’m inviting you to book a 1-1 session with me here to get started on our journey together, or take a first step by downloading your free human design chart here.
More in the Human Design Resource Library:
The 64 Gates (coming soon)
Family charts (coming soon)
The 4 Arrows (coming soon)
Definition (coming soon)
