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Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2
The Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2 sits on Gates 48, 21, 53 and 54. It is a cross of depth in any field, to make a process, product or system better and more joyful. It depends on others; depth is not contributed alone.
| Cross | Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2 |
|---|---|
| Cross type | Left Angle |
| Gates | 48, 21, 53, 54 |
| Profiles | 5/1, 5/2, 6/2, 6/3 |
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It is a cross of depth in any field, to make a process, product or system better and more joyful.
It is a cross of depth in any field, to make a process, product or system better and more joyful.
It depends on others; depth is not contributed alone.
Lived consciously, you relax into the flow and wait for the encounter where your depth can shine.
Lived unconsciously, you grow fed up waiting for the connection.
It turns on patience.
It sits on Gates 48, 21, 53 and 54
An incarnation cross is named from four gates: your Personality Sun and Earth and your Design Sun and Earth. Each one adds part of the purpose.
Gate 48, The Well: Inadequacy to Resourcefulness
Depth and the gift of accessing deep wisdom resources
Lived consciously: Access to deep wells of wisdom and knowledge. The person is a resource for others. Depth becomes a shared treasure.
Lived unconsciously: Staying in surface levels. Avoiding the depths. Wisdom feels inaccessible.
As Gene Key 48, the Shadow of Inadequacy: So you build. You study, you stock up, you plan for the plan. It works, up to a point. You can have the savings, the credentials and the backup for the backup, and the unease still does not leave. The people around you meet the version of you that is always getting ready.
The Gift of Resourcefulness: The way through is to let the fear be there, feel it all the way through without rushing to fix it, and find that you are still standing. It was never a planning problem. That’s Resourcefulness: trusting that whatever comes, you can meet it.
Gate 21, The Hunter/Huntress: Control to Authority
Control and the power to eliminate obstacles through determination
Lived consciously: The ability to cut through obstacles with clear decision and action. Control becomes focused power. The person removes what doesn't belong.
Lived unconsciously: Forceful control that dominates. Cutting too deeply, eliminating what was needed. Power becomes aggressive and destructive.
As Gene Key 21, the Shadow of Control: You keep a hand on everything: the plans, the money, the way the household runs. Letting someone else do it means watching them do it differently, so you step in. It feels like responsibility. To the people around you it feels like supervision, and you end up tired, doing it all yourself.
The Gift of Authority: The way through is to run your own life fully and let other people run theirs. Do the thing first, do it well, and let them watch instead of telling them how. That’s Authority: the kind people follow because you went first, not because you held on.
Gate 53, Development: Immaturity to Expansion
Gradual progress and the gift of steady building
Lived consciously: The ability to build gradually and steadily. Progress becomes inevitable. The person lives patience with results.
Lived unconsciously: Impatience with gradual process. Wanting everything quickly. Development becomes forced.
As Gene Key 53, the Shadow of Immaturity: You love a beginning: the new idea, the fresh notebook, the first rush. Then the middle arrives, grows dull, and you move to the next beginning. Behind you is a trail of half-started things, and the people who joined them have stopped asking how it is going.
The Gift of Expansion: The way through is to choose the beginning that is genuinely alive and stay through the unexciting middle. Let it grow at its own pace, stage by stage, and complete the cycle before you start the next. That’s Expansion: growth that compounds because you stayed with it.
Gate 54, The Marrying Maiden: Greed to Aspiration
Aspiration and the impulse toward something greater
Lived consciously: The ability to aspire toward something greater. Aspiration becomes motivating force. The person moves toward the best.
Lived unconsciously: Aspiration that's unfounded or grandiose. Reaching for what's not authentic. Aspiration becomes fantasy.
As Gene Key 54, the Shadow of Greed: You reach the promotion, the number, the win, and enjoy it briefly. Then you are looking at the next step. People close to you begin to feel like part of the plan: useful, or in the way. The hunger does not ease, because no achievement was ever going to tell you that you had arrived.
The Gift of Aspiration: The way through is to keep the drive and change what it is for. Aim it at something larger than your own standing, bring people with you, and value the climb itself. That’s Aspiration: ambition that lifts others instead of using them.
It is a Left Angle cross
Left Angle crosses carry a transpersonal destiny: the purpose plays out through the people you meet.
Questions people ask
What is the Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2?
The Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2 sits on Gates 48, 21, 53 and 54. It is a cross of depth in any field, to make a process, product or system better and more joyful.
Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of Endeavour 2?
Gates 48, 21, 53 and 54.