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🔡 Hebrew letter 🗣️ The 'y' sound 🔯 Astrology triangle
yod

yod

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A triangle of three planets in astrology that often shows tension or fate
  • noun
  • /jɒd/
  • Jargon
: yod
  • The idea of a Yod is that two or more planets in sextile (60 degrees away from each other) point via an inconjunct (150 degrees away) to a third planet.

Examples

  • The theme of Mars and Venus continues today as they form a Yod, "Finger of God," to Jupiter in Gemini.

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  • The two planets that are in harmony (Venus/Mars) are pulled out of their unified field into the tip of the Yod (which is Jupiter in this case).

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  • In astrology, a yod is a significant aspect pattern that can indicate a struggle between personal desires and destiny.

  • When analyzing her birth chart, the astrologer noted a yod that suggested a powerful influence from Jupiter.

  • Astrologers often interpret a yod as a mark of fate that can challenge an individual's path in life.

Surface Forms

yod singular
yods plural

Etymology

Yod in astrology comes from the Hebrew letter yod, a name linked to the word 'hand' or 'finger'. Astrologers say this triangle looks like a finger pointing at one planet, so a yod is seen as a tense or fated pattern.