Design crystal

The Design crystal is the body's inherited layer, calculated for the moment the Sun stood exactly 88 degrees of arc earlier on its path, and drawn in red on the chart. That is close to eighty-eight days before birth, but it is measured in the Sun's arc, not in days. It is unconscious: it runs whether or not you notice it, and other people usually see it in you before you do. This is the genetic and physical side of the design, as distinct from the Personality crystal, which is the part you experience as yourself.