Cross of Rationalization

Full breakdown

Gates: 13 the Listener, 24 Rationalizing, 44 Alertness, 7 the Role of the Self. Gate numbers: 24.4/13.1, 44.4/7.1.

Here Gates 19 and 33 drop out of Juxtaposition, replaced by the gates of the Sphinx, since we're now crossing the bridge between the end of one quarter and the start of the next. This is a major shift — the same 13 and 7 gates we saw earlier, but reversed: now Gate 13 carries the unconscious Sun rather than the conscious one. These are formidable intellectual forces, some of the brightest people you'll meet on the planet — but, as is typical of Juxtaposition, extremely rigid. Their gift is a constant attempt to translate their knowledge into both collective aspects, Gates 7 and 13 — in other words, to rationally explain, or to know, past and future, trying to make sense of the sequence of things.