Cross of Increase

Full breakdown

Gates: 14 Power Skills, 55 Spirit, 59 Sexuality, 8 Contribution. Gate numbers: 14/59, 8/55.

Here 29/30 shifts into 59/55 — the arrival of the Sleeping Phoenix. This is no longer the gathering pull of infection toward a shared direction, because there's no more obligation involved: no expectation, no promise. What remains is a need for sexual intimacy and romance, sitting apart from any design built on duty.

With Gate 59.1 in the picture — the cave-man gate — love, friendship, and intimacy can all feel like things that can be bought and sold; the same raw energy can be used to play that role and get what's wanted in the search for spirit. Given how fixed this Cross is, when money is scarce, Gate 55 feels genuinely depressed — its spirit is tightly bound to financial security.