Yod's of Measurements


    From time to time I see posting on Astrology blogs about Yods. And recently someone
    told me there was a Yod in her Astrology natal chart (she was really excited), so I took
    a look and surprise, no such creature. So to clarify the term, I’d like to briefly define
    and say a bit about Yods. A Yod is composed of three planets, a sextile connecting
    two of the planets, and a third planet connecting those two, at a 150 degree angle
    (quincunx). I prefer to think of the configuration as a double quincunx. Anyway
    between the three one can draw the shape of a Capital “Y”, the end of each arm
    being the point a planet will be located at.


















Chart without Planets, Aspects, or other Astrological glyphs

    From an Astrologers perspective is that what make it unique is the pointing arm, or
    key point, it can suggest a major change in one’s life (for the better or not so better!).
    It reminds me a bit of the idea in Palmistry that broken lines suggest new paths or
    major disruptions. But it does not seem to specifically name that time, except when a
    transit passes or is in conjunction with the key point. Yet loads of transits can pass
    the same point in the course of ones life. So how to sort through or separate all those
    transits to determine the time for the “big change”? The answer to this puzzle is to
    look at other measurements suggesting key times. Then narrowing down a limited
    number of significant dates look for transits on or around those dates. If a date or two
    really pops out as “wow” with interesting transits near the key point, look at those
    transit events and see if they relate to the house and sign the key point is located in.
    This bit of sleuthing can narrow down the “big time” date in a manageable fashion. Of
    course if you end up with an event that is let’s say sixty years away in a twenty-
    something’s Astrology chart,
    do you think she/he is really going to care?
Astrology by Joseph


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