There is a New Moon in Aquarius on December 14th at 02:51 Universal Time which also coincides with Valentines Day.
However, there is another side to the Valentines Day coin. Pluto and Jupiter are Sextile and Quincunx a Retrograde Mars - thus forming a Yod or 'Finger of Fate'. Adding to the Yod configuration is Mercury opposing Mars and therefore on the reaction point of the aspect. What on earth does all this mean I hear you ask?
Well, in practice this might be like one person wanting to eat Chinese for dinner, the other wanting Indian. The prospect of being out of step with each other might get highlighted and communication difficulties could then ensue. The New Moon, whilst being a seed point, is also a time where we are literally 'in the dark'. The key to this New Moon and to Valentines Day is going to be in recognising the other person's individuality - any attempts to mould, coerce or manipulate the events will inevitably backfire. What is required is adjustment - if we can shift position to accommodate the values of our partner then the promise of this New Moon (mentioned earlier) will come alive.
Venus in Pisces is a sign of being in love with love - during Valentines it would be appropriate to question that notion - am I really here? What is it I love? We should perhaps also lower our expectations. If we can do that, then a nice time will be had by all.
Picture copyright Cecile Graat
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Another take on the "Yod?"
In my column on this Valentine New Moon, (http://ncgrsandiego.org/blog/)I note:
In this chart we see two such apparent Yod patterns. (Mars in Leo Sextile [60°] Saturn in Libra, both Inconjunct [150°] to Venus/Jupiter in Pisces.) The second pseudo-yod is between Pluto in Capricorn, which is approximately 60° from Venus in Pisces, while Pluto and Venus are both Inconjunct [150°] to Mars. Look carefully at the chart above and you may be able to discern the two patterns.
The problem is that in neither of these two patterns is the “heavier” or slower moving plant the one that occupies the “point.” One of my early teachers, the irascible Al Morrison, was very insistent that for the energy of a yod to work the energy of the two planets at the “base” positions must flow toward the point planet.
According to Morrison, the Quincunx (150°) energy naturally flows from the faster to the slower planet. Therefore, the Yod, which is made up of two Quincunxes must follow the same rule. In doing so, the “true” yod provides quick, decisive and uncompromising thought.
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Morrison was apoplectic about what he considered
"...hastily written books by half-educated people...talking about Yods..." As his example of what he called a "true Yod" he cited the chart of Ayatollah Khoumeni.
Johnny Mirehiel
For the most part Johnny, I tend to agree with you (and Morrison). The distinction between Yod, Pseudo-Yod,Double Quincunx etc. was rather a moot point I felt within the context of the post and getting the point across to the readership. This was why I only mentioned 1 of them (the more powerful one). Sometimes it isn't what you say, it's the way that you say it.
Thanks for tour reply, Tony. The main point of my comment is to try to promote the idea of the true Yod. Because of the nature of the true Yod, fewer of them appear than the "pseudo-yods." It doesn't help, IMHO, to suggest to clients that they have one of these "Finger of God" signatures when indeed they don't. The
"Khoumeni" type Yod is what we should be looking for in the charts of clients so that we might help them learn to trust the impulse to act on that quick, decisive and uncompromising energy. But only if it's there.
Once again, thanks for the opportunity to discuss this issue.
Johnny
Thanks Johnny, you make some valid points. The term Finger of Fate/God is rather an unfortunate one giving rise to connotations that don't exist I think (admittedly I have used it myself and perhaps should consider that in future). Astrological study literature I've seen does seem to sway the other way though - that a Yod is simply a Sextile and 2 Quincunx's whichever planets are at the apex. Now, perhaps this is because at that stage it would get too complicated to go into faster/slower, applying/separating opposition and the signatures. Supplementary reading material doesn't shed further light either - Bil Tierneys Dynamics of Aspect Analysis gives reference to Morrisons ideas but does then still interpret something different.
My own view, is that a Yod is a Yod whichever is on the apex and the issue arises from the general mystique surrounding it.
We're all entitled to ooooour opinions, Tony. I know that Morrison could be mighty cantankerous. What I told him back in the late 70's that I thought that Chiron was nothing but another piece of space junk, he sneered at me, told me I was stupid, and walked away. Turns out he was right and I was wrong, in that instance at least. ;) I since learned that i had to put everything to the test of time.As far as I'm concerned, I now think he was right about Chiron and about the Yods too. I have found that yods (lower case) do no prodouce the driven effect that the Yods (upper case) do. But another thing he said that I find holds true is that you, the astrologer, shouldn't take anyone's word for anything. Declaim only on what you can show evidence for.
So again, to each his own.
Blessings on you,
Johnny
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