Living Out The Human Design Incarnation Cross Of Eden In A Meaningful Way

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In this month’s podcast, I’m exploring the Human Design Incarnation Cross of Eden — a Life Purpose theme that both my father and I share. You can read the show notes below or listen to the full episode to dive deeper into how this theme shows up in real life.

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June 2023 Podcast show notes

This month, we’re talking about living out your Life Purpose, specifically through the lens of the Human Design Incarnation Cross of Eden.

In Human Design, your Incarnation Cross represents the total of your top four gates, two from your design (the left-hand column on your chart) and two from your personality (the right-hand column).

These four gates combine to create a vibrational frequency that reflects your Life Purpose — the energetic focus your soul chose to express in this lifetime.

Here’s how it breaks down:

• Design Sun Gate: Top of the left-hand column (unconscious expression)
• Design Earth Gate: Second square in the left-hand column
• Personality Sun Gate: Top of the right-hand column (conscious expression)
• Personality Earth Gate: Second square in the right-hand column

You can think of it as your core frequency, similar to your Primary and Secondary Energy Centers in Akashic Records work.

Your Energy Centers express roughly half of your soul’s energy across lifetimes — eternal and unchanging, life after life. Your Incarnation Cross, however, reflects how that energy wants to express itself now, in this particular life.

Think Soul Blueprint – eternal and unique Soul Expression, Human Design – your Soul’s intentions for this lifetime.

How to Live Out Your Life Purpose or Incarnation Cross

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could receive an email from the Universe outlining our Life Purpose?

Unfortunately — or perhaps wisely — consciousness doesn’t work that way. It’s a co-creative dance between spirit and matter, awareness and action.

Think of your Life Purpose not as an instruction manual, but as a frequency, a way of being rather than a list of tasks.

You can choose to ignore it, partially live it, or even express it in its reverse polarity (which can be just as educational!).

To make this theme more tangible, I’ll share a personal example: how my father and I both lived (and learned from) the Incarnation Cross of Eden.

Only 192 Incarnation Crosses and 8 Billion People?

In Human Design, there are 192 possible Life Themes or Incarnation Crosses, which might seem like a small number for more than 8 billion people on the planet.

But remember, each Cross is expressed through:

• Your time and place of birth, which shape your Personality Gates.
• Your Design Gates, calculated 88 days before birth.
• Your unique genetic expression (no two are alike).
• Your karmic patterns, carried in your Akashic Records.
• And your soul’s larger evolutionary trajectory through many lifetimes.

So even if two people share the same Cross, the way they live it out will be unique.

My Father and I: The Incarnation Cross of Eden

Both my father and I share the Life Purpose of Eden, souls who, in essence, carry the vibration of a higher, more harmonious world. You could say we come from a place where negativity is rare, and joy is our natural state.

And then… we incarnate on Earth.

Here, we get to practice rediscovering Eden within the chaos, to bring that light into form.

My Father’s Not-So-Edenic Beginning

My dad’s childhood was far from Eden.

His father, my grandfather, fought in World War I and returned home severely injured after being gassed in the trenches. He lost a lung, most of his hair, and passed away young, leaving my grandmother widowed.

Dad’s mother had her own struggles, and he arrived late in her life, as what was then called a “menopause baby,” which carried social stigma at the time.

She had difficulty caring for him, so her sister, Aunt Nell, stepped in. She lived next door and made sure Dad had a bath and a warm meal each week (usually fish and chips).

That was his only experience of childhood Eden, small but consistent acts of care.

A Hardworking Man Trying to Create His Own Eden

My dad was determined to build a better life. He became a production engineer in aviation design and even earned his physics degree at night school by tutoring other students.

By the time he met my mum, he was established, and they built a solid life together. They cared for his mother until her passing and even bought their first home as a young couple, quite an achievement for that era.

Yet deep down, my dad knew he wasn’t living in Eden.

So, he set out to create one of his own.

Every summer, he’d take us camping and sailing near Newtown River on the Isle of Wight. He and a friend restored a £20 boat that became our family treasure. Those holidays became our family’s Eden, filled with sunshine, sea air, and connection.

For those weeks each year, he was more fully present for some of the time. To me, he seemed relaxed, joyful, and at peace.

The rest of the year, though, was a struggle.

The Shadow Side of Eden

After returning home from our holidays, Dad would sink back into dissatisfaction. His work as a production manager at a sewing thread manufacturer often left him drained, caught between management and the shop floor, trying to keep everyone happy.

I remember him sitting at the dining table, cigarette in hand, frustration in his posture. He longed to work with his hands, carving wood, creating beauty, but practicality kept him from following that dream.

He’d imagined a life of peace and craft, yet found himself in the machinery of production.

It’s a powerful illustration of the Eden Cross polarity, yearning for paradise while feeling trapped in the material world.

Living the Cross of Eden More Fully

For those of us carrying this Life Purpose, the world can feel… dense.

We remember, on some soul level, what harmony feels like, and we ache for it here. But the invitation isn’t to escape Earth; it’s to bring the light of Eden into the present moment, through our awareness, our choices, and our inner work.

This planet isn’t (yet) a place where everyone has the luxury to “just be.” But that doesn’t mean the Eden frequency can’t exist; it simply starts within.

Inner Light Work: Returning to Eden

The real key to living the Incarnation Cross of Eden is to cultivate an inner state of lightness and peace.

When we anchor that energy inside ourselves, it naturally radiates outward. We don’t need to teach or persuade — resonance does the work.

If we can find that Eden frequency, even for moments at a time, we live our purpose more fully. We become beacons — quiet reminders that paradise begins in consciousness, not circumstance.

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