The Incarnation Cross: Masculine and Feminine Polarity by Human Design
In Feminine Human Design, I see the Incarnation Cross as a perfect representation of masculine and feminine polarity.
Most of us see the Sun as a masculine energy. Its mass and its fire are giving. The other planets in our solar system revolve around him, while he remains in his place, static.
The Earth, however, is Feminine. She births new life. She’s colorful, she’s complicated, and she’s moving.
In Human Design though, they’re both moving. We see things from a Geocentric perspective - ironically enough, a more Feminine perspective.
And, this is how they dance together:
The Incarnation Cross
The Incarnation Cross in Human Design is made up of four Gates on your Human Design chart. The Gates in:
Your conscious Sun 🌞 (in black)
Your conscious Earth 🌏 (also in black)
Your unconscious Sun 🌞 (in red)
And, your unconscious Earth 🌏 (also in red)
These four Gates make up your Incarnation Cross.
To use an example, my Incarnation Cross is the Right Angle Cross of the Vessel of Love and the four Gates in my cross are 15, 10, 25, and 46.
So, what does this have to do with polarity?
With polarity, there is one, single pole (ex. imagine holding a single metal pole in your hand), and on that pole there are two ends. On one end, you have the Feminine. On the other end of the pole - the opposite end - you have the Masculine.
Now, imagine placing your personality Sun Gate (ex. mine is Gate 15) on the Masculine end of the pole. And then place your personality Earth Gate (mine is Gate 10) on the Feminine end of the pole.
Then, you could take your design Sun and Earth Gates and put them at their respective ends on a different pole, in your other hand.
And then, finally, you could take one pole in each hand and then cross the two together. It might look something like this:
Focusing on just one of those poles for now, can you see how my personality Sun (Gate 15) is at the top and my personality Earth (Gate 10) is at the bottom of the pole?
This represents the polarity between the Masculine and the Feminine. The Sun and the Earth, together, and also the dance between them.
Now, this isn’t just an abstract concept but it would be easier for me to demonstrate if I was standing in front of you with actual poles. But hopefully you get the idea.
This dance between the Masculine (Sun) and the Feminine (Earth) is always happening, as the Earth rotates around the Sun and, from a Human Design perspective, the Sun transits through the 64 Gates. And because they are both moving, they are always moving in rhythm with each other, as a part of the same pole, but with the Masculine (Sun) and the Feminine (Earth) on opposite ends of the pole.
This polarity means that they work together in tandem. There can’t be one without the other, and when one steps back, the other must step forward.
Giving. Receiving.
Up. Down.
Together.
In Human Design, the Gates of your Incarnation Cross can tell you where you truly shine (Masculine, Sun) and where you need to become more grounded (Feminine, Earth), in body and mind. And, they can also show you your Purpose.
As much as people like to think that our big Purpose has to do with the work we’re supposed to be doing, the work doesn’t become meaningful and “purposeful”, and in service to the world, until we integrate this dance that we’re talking about here. You can’t have one without the other. There must be the unification of both.
So, in essence, if you want to discover your Purpose, look to your Incarnation Cross. If you want to embody your Purpose and to live it, give yourself time to become intimate with, live with, and embrace this beautiful dance between the Masculine and the Feminine within your own chart, and therefore, within yourself (and the world).
With so much Love,
Korynn xx
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