![]() ![]() The term ‘aspect’ comes from the Latin term aspectus, which itself is from the Latin aspicere, which means “to look at”. In modern times we are accustomed to thinking of aspects simply as geometrical distances, but that is not the entire story. What do I mean by ‘not an aspect’? I mean that it doesn’t conform to the same standard that the other major aspects do, and therefore it should not be attributed an equal level of importance. I’m not really sure who first ascribed the configuration with these names, but I would like to point out that they are bogus, and here is why: The Quincunx Yods are often given all sorts of lofty sounding titles, like “the finger of god”, or “the finger of fate”. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the yod is one of the most over-hyped configurations in astrology, at least relative to its actual merit. The truth about yods is that they aren’t terribly important, or at least not as much as they are made out to be by some people. Click here to view a full-sized diagram of a yod. It involves two planets in a close sextile (60°), with a third planet ‘quincunx’ (150°) to both of the planets in sextile. A “yod” is an aspect pattern that some astrologers use. ![]()
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