Cross of Values | Incarnation Cross

In short

When this cross shows up in the light

You know how to soften a rigid rule when you can see it will only make someone's situation worse.

When this cross shows up in the shadow

You may find it hard to accept a rule exactly as written when it doesn't fit the specific person in front of you.

Full breakdown

Gates: 3 Ordering, 31 Leading, 41 Contraction, 50 Values. Gate numbers: 50.4/31.1, 3.4/41.1.

Moving into the transpersonal upper trigram brings us to the Cross of Values, with the Sun in Gate 50 — Corruptibility. Because this is the Cross of Values, we see the gentlest possible version of rule-making here: 'Wait — does it really have to be this strict? They only took a loaf of bread — do we really have to cut off their hand?'

With the tribe's values themselves potentially compromised — the 4th line of Gate 50 — a person can soften, reduce, or reinterpret a rule by thinking about the people it affects and the consequences of enforcing it exactly as written.

In short

Full breakdown

Gates of this cross