Juxtaposition Cross of Retreat

People with the Cross of Retreat (juxtaposition) follow a fixed path (4/1 profile) and consistently stand up for everyone's right to a space of their own. Gate 33 brings the need to withdraw and reflect on experience, gate 19 sensitivity to basic needs, and the unconscious gates 2 and 1 an aesthetic sense and creative self-expression. For them the best place in the world is their own tastefully arranged corner where they can be themselves, and they often help others create such places too. The gift is protecting personal boundaries and beauty; the trap is withdrawing for too long and shutting out the people close to them.

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 Civilization is purpose fulfilled through form. It spans the gates from 2 to 33 and is about giving ideas and energy a concrete shape: building, creating, expressing. People born in this quarter often feel a need to show themselves and leave something tangible behind, and their challenge is to create without pressure or haste.