Cross of Obligation

Full breakdown

Gates: 20 the Now, 29 Saying Yes, 30 Recognition of Feelings, 34 Power. Gate numbers: 29/20, 30/34.

This Juxtaposition carries enormous, unanchored energy. With 20-34 in the unconscious and 29 and 30 (the 'unquenchable fire') in the 4th line — Burnout — we get the Cross of Obligation. Someone should study just how many times these people say 'yes' across a lifetime; it would set some kind of world record. Fixed on obligation, they're fixed on saying yes until it burns them out completely — no easy weight to carry.

Sitting between Right and Left Angle, Juxtaposition is a bridge — neither one thing nor the other, and that in-between position is its burden. It carries a genetic transition from one to the other, passing information along. Their very fixedness becomes a source of inspiration and influence for others, since very few people are, by incarnation, built to take on obligation the way they are — they can be a powerful example whenever commitment is genuinely needed. They're willing to serve until the very end; the Catholic Church has canonized more than a few of them.