An Unusual Yod
RV
>I have recently discovered a Yod pattern in my Natal chart and I am
>interested in knowing more about Yod's, I have read some on them but
>don't have a good detailed source. The planets involved are Venus
>Sextile Mars both Inconjunction to Jupiter (Finger planet). But even
>more unusual is the fact that my Sun is opposed to jupiter landing
>right at the midpoint between Venus and Mars. Any insight in to this
>configuration would be gratefully appreciated.
>
>My Birthday : 02-19-68 3:59pm Los Angeles (118W , 34N) -8 GMT
>
>Are there any good books covering the different house systems and
>comparing?
>
>Thank You,
>
>Damon
>
>
Damon, I can't tell you much about the yod other than it means
decisions to be made. As an example I encountered a yod by progression
several years ago. It involved my progressed Sun in the first house
with inconjuncts to natal Neptune in the 7th house (Libra) and natal
Pluto in my 6th house (Leo). With other transiting planets involved I
ended up getting divorced and changing jobs. Typical 6th house and 7th
house matters.
Ron
John W. London
>>
>> I have recently discovered a Yod pattern in my Natal chart and I am
>> interested in knowing more about Yod's, I have read some on them but
>> don't have a good detailed source. The planets involved are Venus
>> Sextile Mars both Inconjunction to Jupiter (Finger planet). But
even
>> more unusual is the fact that my Sun is opposed to jupiter landing
>> right at the midpoint between Venus and Mars. Any insight in to
this
>> configuration would be gratefully appreciated.
>>
I approach a yod fairly simply (which seems to be the best approach to
most things). You have two planets that support each other. Through
the interaction of the two, another planetary function goes through
adjustments. A turning point in your life will be experienced at the
time that the yod is activated.
Venus and Mars work as a team -- going after what you want in life; an
appreciation of your desires; stimulating personal relationships, etc.
Through this interaction, Jupiter's function -- expansion,
understanding, philosophy, etc. changes and goes through adjustments.
When this happens (usually by transit or progression), a new direction
is taken in life -- there is a turning point. The position opposite
the apex (in your case Jupiter) in your yod is a very sensitive
trigger point.
The Sun somewhat alters the dynamics of the yod. I would guess that
the changes experienced in the yod would bring you greater
self-awareness and understanding of who you are (Sun/Jupiter). It
would be experienced quite personally and could result in a change in
your sense of direction of purpose in life. You would have to look at
the houses occupied and ruled to get more information.
Perhaps it might be something like you always wanted to be the center
of attention, were too opinionated, or had a too high opinion of
yourself, were wasteful, or felt you needed to be overly generous,
etc. (Sun op. Jupiter); likely through a personal relationship
(Venus/Mars) you came to a greater understanding (Jupiter) and
awareness of this behavior (opposition) and were able to make the
necessary personality adjustments (quincunx).
You might find that a particular experience or time in your life
occurred that was crucial to making this change (yod). That would
have been when the yod was activated by a outer transit, a secondary
or solar arc progression.
Much depends on the whole chart and issues that you are dealing with
in your lifetime. There may likely be a connection (theme-wise) with
other factors in the chart which will suggest how the yod might tie in
to your life issues.
I'd probably look at the house Jupiter occupies and rules to get an
indication as to where the adjustment might have occurred. For
example, it might have been related to a partner, a business
associated, family, your education, your career, etc.
If the Jupiter/Sun axis is close to an angle, look at the solar arc
projection: count the degrees between the two. Figuring a degree for
a year, look at the changes that took place when you were that age and
what was going on in terms of Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Sun matters.
(For example, if your ASC is 10 degrees of a sign and Jupiter is a 1
degree of the same sign, it would have occurred at age 9).
If this occurred in the past, it will help give you an understanding
of the meaning of the configuration. If it hasn't progressed to an
angle, I'd look at the transits and progressions and see if it had
been activated through them.
Hope this helps!
John W. London
jlo...@conc.tdsnet.com
Mellor
>
> On Fri, 19 Jan 1996 03:21:08 GMT, dr...@earthlink.net (Damon) wrote:
>
> >I have recently discovered a Yod pattern in my Natal chart and I am
> >interested in knowing more about Yod's, I have read some on them but
> >don't have a good detailed source. The planets involved are Venus
> >Sextile Mars both Inconjunction to Jupiter (Finger planet). But even
> >more unusual is the fact that my Sun is opposed to jupiter landing
> >right at the midpoint between Venus and Mars. Any insight in to this
> >configuration would be gratefully appreciated.
> >
> >
> >Are there any good books covering the different house systems and
> >comparing?
> >
> >Thank You,
> >
> >Damon
> >
> >
> Damon, I can't tell you much about the yod other than it means
> decisions to be made. As an example I encountered a yod by progression
> several years ago. It involved my progressed Sun in the first house
> with inconjuncts to natal Neptune in the 7th house (Libra) and natal
> Pluto in my 6th house (Leo). With other transiting planets involved I
> ended up getting divorced and changing jobs. Typical 6th house and 7th
> house matters.
>
adjust. An inconjunct can have the quality of virgo - applying
inconjunct, and the quality of scorpio - the separating inconjucnt as
seen in relation to aries the starting point. The difficult part is
that virgo is often associated with humiliation adn a sense of shame,
while scorpio is often associated with resentment. Both are very
uncomfortable bedfellows for the apex planet. I used to have a romantic
notion of a special destiny associated with my yod - I now experience it
as constant need to adjust my response (moon at apex) and to transform
my instinctual reaction which contain a lot of humiliation and
resentment. Tough one! Maggie
Diane L. Zeines
(LynnStar)' wrote:
>Regarding yods--they are a quite rare aspect; I see them in less than 10%
of my
>clients. Yods are also called the "finger of fate," and there does seem
to be
>an indication of a greater purpose in the individual with a yod in the
natal
>chart. Yods by transit and progression operate very differently, although
>perhaps one discovers one's purpose under a transit or progression whereas
in
>the natal chart the purpose has already been planted. I'd be interested
to
>hear from Yod natives to see whether this bears true.
My Yod is Neptune sextile Pluto, both inconjunct Sun. My Sun is opposite
Saturn, Saturn being at the midpoint of that Neptune-Pluto sextile. Heavy,
huh? Now ask me what it means.... DUH. And, yes, I do feel that my life
is fated. What do I mean by that? I mean that whenever I try to actively
change my life, I don't seem to be able to accomplish very much. To be
blunt, it doesn't work for me that way. Lots of people tell me, do this,
do that, go here, go there. And I keep trying. I do my homework. I plan,
I plot, I explore my inner needs, I visualize, I read inspirational books,
I make phone calls, I do research, I take classes -- I try, by golly, I
really, really TRY to take responsibility for my own life and my own
direction. But I can't seem to make it work! What DOES happen is that,
when I least expect it, some minor event will occur in my life and that
sets off a pattern of change. Or I "accidentally" (haha -- there are no
accidents) find myself in a certain situation or meet a certain person
where another small thing takes place that turns into a very big thing. Am
I explaining this clearly? Any success that I've had in life was not
created by me initially. I became a singer because my friend asked me into
his band. I became a production editor because someone I hadn't seen for
years thought of ME (out of the blue it seemed) when there was a need for a
production editor where she worked. I mean, she recommended me and I
didn't even have the right qualifications for the job. But I do take the
opportunities. I usually won't pass them by, although I certainly have
passed by quite a few -- I'm not in love with every opportunity that comes
my way. But I take those opportunities and make them into something. I'm
not passive in that sense. It's just the initial "getting there" that
doesn't work for me if I'M trying too hard to get something. (I think when
I'm too emotionally attached to the outcome that I want, I don't get what I
want.) I need something outside of my own assertiveness to start the ball
rolling. Most of the really important things in my life have come about
through very strange circumstances, without me "deciding" that I was going
to pursue this or that. Sometimes a really important conversation has
actually changed my life's direction.
What can I say, I'm almost 46 years old and it finally dawned on me that my
entire life and any successes that I've had in life have come about in very
oddball ways that just happen to have a fated feeling to them. I've never
really been able to go out and make my destiny. I seem to always end up
failing or things fall apart or some outside force comes along to screw it
all up. Or I discover I don't like what I thought I wanted to do and what
I put so much energy into learning and doing.
And, yes, I've always felt that there was something greater than myself
that I had to express. Now that Saturn has crossed over my natal Sun --
opposing my natal Saturn as well -- which is the midpoint of that
Neptune-Pluto sextile -- and, ERGO, setting off the entire Yod pattern, I'm
finally seeing the light. I'm not going to say that I know "exactly" in
detail what my higher purpose is -- hell, Neptune IS one of the planets in
this Yod, so I often "don't have a clue" -- but I do think I understand
what it is I'm supposed to be doing in this life -- it's kind of a
spiritual destiny that I see for myself and I haven't yet figured out in
what context it will get expressed. I'd rather not share that right now
with anyone because it's extremely personal .... yeah, Pluto is part of
this Yod too so I'm being a bit secretive here, not because I want to
withhold anything but because I want my "purpose" in life to be only for me
to know and find. Talking about it seems to trivialize it. But I do know
that however I express my higher purpose, it will have to have personal
expression plus a "practical" application since the Sun is the Apex and
Saturn is the midpoint of the Yod.
Diane
Kevin Fry
>
>
> In article <4dp097$o...@news.fsu.edu>, gmc...@mailer.fsu.edu writes:
> >
> > I myself have Sun-180-Jup (wide), with Jup-150-Asc and Merc.
> > When Pluto transitted Asc (conjuncted it) my path toward
> > ordination was blocked by my bishop. Abruptly, my life path
> > changed, and I am a different person now. I would have preferred
> > to have become a minister. It didn't happen.
> > Glen
> >
>
> Another question on yods: does an inconjunct with the Ascendent count?
> I have my Sun in Aries inconjunct with my Moon in Virgo. My Sun is
> also inconjunct with my Ascendent in Scorpio.
>
> From what I've read, yods are only relevant with planets, but just thought
> I'd ask...
>
> --
> gene koh ge...@corp.sgi.com 415.933.4230
>
> simplicity patience compassion
The angles and other points can be included in the search for
Yods. The angles though, do not affect the planets by aspect, the
planets affect the angles. So a yod including an angle would be less
dynamic than one containing three or more planets. Bil Tierney has a
nice book title "Dynamics of Aspect Analysis" and delineats each
planet as the finger planet in turn.
Hope this helps,
Kevin
jh...@nando.net
>ge...@euphoria.corp.sgi.com (Gene Koh) wrote:
>>
>>
>> In article <4dp097$o...@news.fsu.edu>, gmc...@mailer.fsu.edu writes:
>> >
>> > I myself have Sun-180-Jup (wide), with Jup-150-Asc and Merc.
>> > When Pluto transitted Asc (conjuncted it) my path toward
>> > ordination was blocked by my bishop. Abruptly, my life path
>> > changed, and I am a different person now. I would have preferred
>> > to have become a minister. It didn't happen.
>> > Glen
>> >
>>
>> Another question on yods: does an inconjunct with the Ascendent count?
>> I have my Sun in Aries inconjunct with my Moon in Virgo. My Sun is
>> also inconjunct with my Ascendent in Scorpio.
>>
>> From what I've read, yods are only relevant with planets, but just thought
>> I'd ask...
>>
>> --
>> gene koh ge...@corp.sgi.com 415.933.4230
>>
>
>Yod-points.
>
>I hasten to add that in my case, transiting Pluto cnj ASC can
>by itself correspond to the changes I experienced. In addition,
>Progressed Moon was also cnj Asc. Thus, I now look for BOTH
>outer planet and progressed planet involvement to trigger Yods.
>
>Glen
>
>
According to Miss Dee -- The Yod -- printed by the American
Federation of Astrologers -- Quote:- "The yod may also include
the Ascendent, the Decendant, the Nider, the MC, intercepted
houses, the North and South Nodes or the Part of Fortune,
including the non-planets makes chart interpretation really
interesting. Esoterically, a yod shows a very special reason
or purpose chosen by the soul to accomplish, fulfill or complete
in this life time. which is seen if the tip (or the apex) of the
yod is conjunct either the North or the South Node. Anyone who
has a yod 'just knows' there is something he or she has to do
and behind this knowledge is a very driving force, at times
a power so blinding that anything else is of no concern"
Jim
LynnStar
jh...@nando.net
>LynnStar (lynn...@aol.com) wrote:
>: Regarding yods--they are a quite rare aspect; I see them in less than 10% >: of my clients. Yods are also called the "finger of =
fate," and there does: seem to be an indication of a greater purpose in the individual with a yod : in the natal chart. Yods by tra=
nsit and progression operate very differently, although perhaps one discovers one's purpose under a transit : or progression whereas=
in the natal chart the purpose has already been : planted. I'd be interested to hear from Yod natives to see whether this : bears =
true.
>
>I have a Yod in my chart too. Neptune in Sagittarius (9th house, conj MC) >sextile Jupiter in Aquarius (12th house, conj Asc) both =
inconjunct Saturn in >Cancer (5th house, conj South Node), opposing Moon in Capricorn (11th house, >conj North Node). The Saturn/Moo=
n opposition also forms part of a T-square >with Pluto in Libra in the 7th house.
>
>I've never felt in control of my life. I have never had any idea of where I was going or what I was doing things for, but it always=
just seemed to work out alright, it just fell into place without me thinking about it. I always assumed that that was just Neptune =
conjunct my MC. I've always just lived in my head, dreaming of travelling, and of seeing foreign cultures and lands that only now I =
seem to have the courage to plan, with transiting Uranus approaching my Aquarius Ascendant, and transiting Neptune moving close to m=
y natal Jupiter.
Anyway, if anyone has any insight into this Yod, I would be very
grateful, as I haven't a clue (almost!) :)
>
>Tamara
Judging from where you said some of your planets are located
I would say you were born Aug. 9 1973 around 7 PM on the East
Coast. This puts your Part of Fortune in the 5th house of
pleasure along with Saturn and the South Node, they are both
conjunct it and it is opposed by your Moon, your personality,
in the 11th house of hopes and wishes. Meaning you are your on
worst enemy for fulfilling your dreams. As to those dreams,
your Yod spells out those dreams -- The Yod-- The apex is your
Part of Fortune in the 5th - 3 Cancer, that is inconjunct Jupiter
in the 12th 5 Aquarius and Neptune in the 9th 4 Sagittarius, which
are in septile aspect with each other forming your --longing and
dreaming of traviling to foreign contries to fathuming out their
secrets --- Yod. The big problem, of course, is Pluto in the Seventh
forming a T-Square with the Moon and Saturn, meaning you let
other people who desire your company hold you back from fulfilling
your dreams --- Salution to your Yod. Pack up and get the,
you know what, out of that situating and get going to accounplish
your dreams. You can do it when Uranus crosses Jupiter, or
your Ascendent in a hurry if not before.
Even it I'm wrong on your birth time I'm close enough to render
my interpritation of your Yod enough to send you packing.
Best of luck!
Jim
Florence Rapp
'zee...@nyc.pipeline.com (Diane L. Zeines)' wrote:
>
>
>My Yod is Neptune sextile Pluto, both inconjunct Sun. My Sun is opposite
>Saturn, Saturn being at the midpoint of that Neptune-Pluto sextile.
Heavy,
>huh? Now ask me what it means.... DUH. And, yes, I do feel that my life
>is fated. What do I mean by that? I mean that whenever I try to actively
>change my life, I don't seem to be able to accomplish very much. To be
>blunt, it doesn't work for me that way. <snip>
What DOES happen is that,
>when I least expect it, some minor event will occur in my life and that
>sets off a pattern of change. Or I "accidentally" (haha -- there are no
>accidents) find myself in a certain situation or meet a certain person
>where another small thing takes place that turns into a very big thing.
Am
>I explaining this clearly?
Yes. And this made a light bulb go off in my head, as this is how my life
has been, with tiny, seemingly random/seemingly fated triggers for enormous
changes. I thought this was just the way life is - do non-Yod people not
experience this? I do have a Yod (Saturn widely sextile Neptune, with the
Moon opposite their midpoint), but I really have no idea what it means.
Perhaps I will learn when Pluto opposes my Moon in a few years, but I'm not
sure I want to learn that way! :-)
I am very glad that you are finding your destined path, Diane, and I wish
you great joy of it, whatever it may be.
Florence
Lucy Ogden
sextile planets and the Sun, Moon, Uranus and Jupiter are conjunct at
the apex. (They are tightly biquintile and quintile in the natal, but
the Sun has the least orb.) The signs are Aries (Pluto), Saturn (Gemini)
and Scorpio (the others). This would seem to describe a person who is
mentally aggressive and even tyrannical, or perhaps dealing with such
issues, but I don't see it in me. Possibly it describes my tendency to
consider alternatives and aspects of a given matter to the point that
clarity is lost altogether. I guess this very example is an instance of
that. But I can always use more insight, and in this case, too, any
ideas anyone has on this yod would be entertained enthusiastically.
KaleenReed
between my Neptune in Libra(12th) (which is conjunct my Mars and South
Node in Libra) and my Pluto in Leo (10th) (which is in opposition to my
Mercury and Jupiter in Aquarius), both inconjunct my Sun in Pisces (5th).
My Sun in Pisces (5th) is direct opposition to my Saturn in Virgo (11th)
and wide opposition my Moon in Virgo (11th).
At 45 years old, my life certainly has not been what I would have
expected! In certain ways, I have far exceeded my wildest dreams. The
high drama of my youth has been replaced with a calm assurance that
everything always works out fine if you wait long enough to "judge" the
outcome.
I would be grateful for any insights others may have to this particular
configuration as the points of the yod in my chart always trigger great
changes but I have never been able to separate the yod from the
oppositions/conjunctions. To me, major transits to any of these points
means Breathe Deeply and Stay Open Minded if You Want to Survive.
Regards,
Kaleen
BBCuckoo
Merc. at 1 Gemini , Venus at 29 Taurus and Pluto at 1 Leo. yod # 2...Pluto
at 1 Leo, moon at 1 Cap. and Mars are 29 Aquarius, yod # 3 is less
exact....Mars at 29 Aquarius, Pluto at 1 Leo and Neptune at 25 Virgo. Then
I have a 6 planet stellium in Taurus (and Merc. at 1 Gemini) and all
these are square Mars. The stellium is in the 7th and 8th house. I guess
you would say I have a very fated chart. I do feel that the circumstances
of my life are fated, controlled mostly by my husband. Sometimes I feel
trapped by fate even though I have a very pleansant life and lots of
chance to do what I please within certain boundaries. There are so many
aspects, it's hard to say what the triggers are, but I think that one is 1
degree of Cancer, i.e. opposition my moon at the mid of the sextile of the
1st yod.
bbcu...@aol.com.
LynnStar
<<I have at least 4 Yods I think 3 for sure and I have felt 4
diffinate urges to accomplish perticular objectives in my
life of 77 almost 78 years 2-28-1918 4.55 PM Phila., Pa.
::bit snipped here::
Like you to check my chart and comment on it,
Anyone. ---
>>
Jim, I don't see any yods in your chart. The Yod involves two planets
which sextile each other and quincunx a planet near the midpoint of the
first two. The middle planet opposes a fourth planet. Go back and check
again.
Best wishes,
Lynn
LynnStar
<<
I have a Yod in my chart too. Neptune in Sagittarius (9th house, conj MC)
sextile Jupiter in Aquarius (12th house, conj Asc) both inconjunct Saturn
in
Cancer (5th house, conj South Node), opposing Moon in Capricorn (11th
house,
conj North Node). The Saturn/Moon opposition also forms part of a T-square
with Pluto in Libra in the 7th house.
I've never felt in control of my life. I have never had any idea of where
I
was going or what I was doing things for, but it always just seemed to
work
out alright, it just fell into place without me thinking about it. I
always
assumed that that was just Neptune conjunct my MC. I've always just lived
in
my head, dreaming of travelling, and of seeing foreign cultures and lands
that
only now I seem to have the courage to plan, with transiting Uranus
approaching my Aquarius Ascendant, and transiting Neptune moving close to
my
natal Jupiter.
>>
I would think that the Pluto/Moon/Saturn configuration and resulting fear
of emotional expression probably drains some of the energy out of the Yod.
With Pluto/Moon (I have the conjunction) you need to develop a real
emotional strength and resilience, and Saturn/Moon needs to learn a love
of solitude, not an easy task. But then the beauty of Neptune sextile
Jupiter will be at your disposal in a way that's more cocreative than what
you describe above in which you sort of relax and leave the driving to the
fates.
Karen Watson
>Regarding yods--they are a quite rare aspect; I see them in less than 10%
>of my clients. Yods are also called the "finger of fate," and there does
>seem to be an indication of a greater purpose in the individual with a yod
>in the natal chart. Yods by transit and progression operate very
>differently, although perhaps one discovers one's purpose under a transit
>or progression whereas in the natal chart the purpose has already been
>planted. I'd be interested to hear from Yod natives to see whether this
>bears true.
I have a yod/s in my natal chart. Moon (Virgo 7th house) inconjunct
to Venus (Aquarius 12th house) and also to Mercury in Aries / Mars in
Pisces (both in the 2nd house). I have no problems in friendships
with men but in relationships have tended to project my need of
emotional security onto my partner. I do have this "sneaky suspicion"
that I may even set them up to fail. Its interesting to analyse in
hindsight. A shy/totallt hidden Venus, supressed anger, a quick
tongue and critical moon makes for a very interesting power play in a
Piscean with the ususal amount of defenses. My last relationship was
with another Piscean - can you imagine the fun?? I am learning fast
however and who knows what the future will bring especially with
Uranus transitting my Venus at present. Its always easier when you
can see exactly what you are doing. I have yet to discover what the
greater purpose is in my life however and would be really keen to hear
your opinion.
If you have any suggestions I'm all ears. If you think I'd make an
interesting research specimen I wouldn't be at all offended.
Karen
Mizser Krisztian
As I can't find it in my astrological books (maybe it's called different
in my language), would someone explain me what a yod exactly is?
Christo
--
Christian Mizser E-mail: kmi...@eik.bme.hu
Technical Univ. of Budapest
Budapest,Hungary
John W. London
> Hi,
> As I can't find it in my astrological books (maybe it's called different
> in my language), would someone explain me what a yod exactly is?
> Christo
A yod is a configuration of usually 3 planets. Two of them are
sextile to each other and the third is on the other side of the chart
forming a quincunx (150 deg aspect) to BOTH of them.
In some cases you will find more than 3 planets involved, where there
is a close conjunction(s) to one or more of the planets.
John W. London
jlo...@conc.tdsnet.com
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Shona
writes:
>>>
>Jim, I don't see any yods in your chart. The Yod involves two planets
>which sextile each other and quincunx a planet near the midpoint of the
>first two. The middle planet opposes a fourth planet. Go back and check
>again.
It is my understanding, that a Yod does not have an opposition as part of
its structure - only the two planets sextile each other and both quincunx
a third. When the Finger planet has an opposition, it is then referred to
as a boomerang. It is so named, because the activity of that configuration
tends to bounce back and forth between the planets in oppostion.
Ingrid S.
Joanne GREIG
Joanne
Carolyn Minsker
fairly abundant among my friends & family. My own yod consists of
Pluto, 11 deg Virgo,1st house, sextile Moon, 14 deg Cancer, 11th
house, both inconjunt Sun and Saturn, 16 deg and 14 deg Aquarius,
respectively, in the 6th house. This yod is further complicated by
Mars in opposition to the Sun/Saturn conjunction forming what's been
called a "boomerang". Comments would be welcome.
I'm also interested in any information on a configuration called a
"seer". Shaped like a star, it is quite beautiful. In my chart it
consists of a Grand Trine Moon - Neptune - Jupiter, an opposition
from Moon to Mercury, an opposition from Jupiter to Neptune, sextiles
from Moon to Pluto, Pluto to Neptune, Neptune to Mercury, & Mercury
to Jupiter and a trine from Pluto to Mercury -- so that it looks like
a star eclosed in a closed circle. My birthdata is 2-5-63, 6:25 pm
EST, 75W42 39N24. I appreciate your thoughts on either of these
subjects.
aco...@scng.com
I was born 3 days before you in Torrace Ca, 2-16-1968. I'm curious if there were some unusual events that occured to you with the 2013 Yod? I have 2 Yods in my natal chart. I can almost say that Im sure something extra-ordinary happened to you between 2011- 2019. (Especially 2013).
ashley...@gmail.com
Todd Carnes
> Hello, these post seem old. I have four YODs in my natal chart, a yod in my progressed chart which is 8 oppositions, lol
>