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Left Angle Cross of Wishes

The Left Angle Cross of Wishes sits on Gates 3, 50, 41 and 31. It is a cross of wishing for a better future and leading change in how things operate. A wish is not yet a plan.

Left Angle Cross of Wishes: at a glance
CrossLeft Angle Cross of Wishes
Cross typeLeft Angle
Gates3, 50, 41, 31
Profiles5/1, 5/2, 6/2, 6/3

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It is a cross of wishing for a better future and leading change in how things operate.

It is a cross of wishing for a better future and leading change in how things operate.

A wish is not yet a plan.

Lived consciously, you name the wish and lead toward it, though some will always want things to stay the same.

Lived unconsciously, you stay in the hoping.

It turns on turning the wish into leadership.

It sits on Gates 3, 50, 41 and 31

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 3, Ordering: Chaos to Innovation

Response and the capacity to organize chaos into natural order

Lived consciously: The ability to sense what needs to happen next and respond appropriately. Energy flows toward organizing chaos into functional systems. Response is instinctive and creates harmony.

Lived unconsciously: Forcing order from fear of chaos. Overorganizing, controlling responses. Energy becomes rigid and creates resistance instead of flow.

As Gene Key 3, the Shadow of Chaos: When things change, you become confused and overwhelmed, and your system reaches for order. You make lists, hold on to the old routine, or freeze while everything around you rearranges itself. Or you dive into the mess and add to it. The people near you feel your alarm before you say a word.

The Gift of Innovation: The way through is to stay in the not-knowing longer than feels comfortable. Try the odd idea, the one that looks wrong. Something new tends to appear just after the point where you wanted to stop. That is Innovation: letting confusion do its work instead of shutting it down.

Gate 50, Values: Corruption to Equilibrium

Values and the deep principles that nourish

Lived consciously: Living according to deeply held values that nourish. Values become the foundation. The person lives integrity.

Lived unconsciously: Values that are hollow or adopted from others. Acting against one's principles. Values become compromised.

As Gene Key 50, the Shadow of Corruption: You become the wall that holds everything up: everyone’s problems, the family admin, the team’s loose ends. You take it on before anyone asks, then resent them for letting you. Or you bend a value to keep the peace and feel uneasy about it afterwards. Either way the balance tips, and you are the one who falls.

The Gift of Equilibrium: The way through is to hold your own centre first and let that be enough. Carry your share, hand back the rest, and keep your values even when it costs some peace. That’s Equilibrium: the people around you stay steady because you did, not because you held them all up.

Gate 41, Decrease: Fantasy to Anticipation

Contraction and the capacity to pull back and consolidate

Lived consciously: The ability to recognize when to pull back and consolidate. Contraction becomes a creative force. The person knows the wisdom of less.

Lived unconsciously: Feeling diminished by contraction. Resisting pullback. Energy becomes stagnant.

As Gene Key 41, the Shadow of Fantasy: You live half in the next version: the home you will have, the person you will become, the project that will finally be the one. Dreaming feels like doing, so the actual first step keeps being postponed. The people close to you hear about the plan often. They rarely see it.

The Gift of Anticipation: The way through is to keep dreaming, then put your feet on it. One small, real step the moment the sense that something is beginning arrives. That’s Anticipation: sensing what is coming and meeting it with your body, not only your imagination.

Gate 31, Influence: Arrogance to Leadership

Leadership and the capacity to inspire others toward vision

Lived consciously: Natural leadership that inspires others to follow vision. The person leads through authentic presence. Others naturally align with the vision.

Lived unconsciously: Trying to lead without authentic presence. Demanding followers rather than inspiring them. Leadership becomes controlling.

As Gene Key 31, the Shadow of Arrogance: You can see what the group needs, and you are often right, so you say it. Then you push it. People begin to feel lectured, nod along and quietly do their own thing. That stings, so you push harder. Your voice carries, even when nobody asked for it.

The Gift of Leadership: The way through is to listen first, longer than feels comfortable, and speak for what people actually need rather than what you would prefer. Wait to be asked, then say it plainly. That’s Leadership: a voice people trust because it has been listening.

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 Wishes?

The Left Angle Cross of Wishes sits on Gates 3, 50, 41 and 31. It is a cross of wishing for a better future and leading change in how things operate.

Which gates make up the Left Angle Cross of Wishes?

Gates 3, 50, 41 and 31.

Its four gates

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