Cross of Crisis

Full breakdown

Gates: 36 Crisis, 6 Friction, 10 Behavior of the Self, 15 Extremes. Gate numbers: 36/10, 6/15.

Entering the world deeply immersed in the sexual dimension of life, the fixed aspect becomes the Cross of Crisis. Gates 11 and 12 — ideas and articulation — disappear, replaced by 10 and 15, both aspects of the Vessel of Love.

With 10.1 and 15.1 paired against the conscious Sun/Earth in 36/6, a crisis of behavior arrives. This is a genuine problem, because these people are born into a deeply dual Cross: on arrival, the personality is immersed in a need to fulfill itself through sexuality, to find the right sexual role — but without Gate 59, and searching for it. They also chase the fulfilling experience of Gate 35, without having it. Underneath, with Gates 10 and 15, sits love of humanity and the potential for self-love — but behavior is what matters most. Gate 10 looks at Gate 35's obsessiveness and asks, 'is that really me?' — and that mismatch is the central conflict, the crisis born of behavior. Given this 4/1 fixation, you'll find people studying sex itself here — brilliant at studying other people's sexual crises, yet running straight into trouble the moment it becomes personal.