Juxtaposition Cross of Mutation

People with the Cross of Mutation (juxtaposition) follow a fixed path (4/1 profile) and keep bringing in the new, in rules, customs and ways of living. Gate 3 carries the energy of change and of ordering chaos, gate 50 responsibility for a group's values and laws, and the unconscious gates 41 and 31 the imagination that starts new experience and a natural influence. Change is how they establish themselves as leaders, though others may see them as troublemakers. The gift is the courage to renew outdated norms; the trap is changing things for the sake of change without checking whether it really serves people.

Juxtaposition crosses occur only with the 4/1 profile. It is a fixed path, between personal and transpersonal destiny, without turning either way. These people hold one clear theme steadily whatever the circumstances; their strength is constancy, not flexibility.

The Quarter of Initiation is purpose fulfilled through the mind. It spans the gates from 13 to 24 and is linked to the drive to make sense of the world, remember experience and pass it on as stories, ideas and knowledge. People born in this quarter often look for meaning through thinking and learning, and their path involves a personal initiation: learning not to confuse thoughts with the way decisions are actually made.