Yod
Yod explains two quincunxes and a sextile under a declared narrow-orb policy. ☿–♀ is 60° and both base planets are 150° from Pluto; all three required edges.
Overview
A Yod requires two quincunxes converging on an apex while the two base factors form a sextile, so its validity inherits the chosen quincunx policy. The page separates calculation from interpretation and keeps this worked result conditional: ☿–♀ is 60° and both base planets are 150° from Pluto; all three required edges pass. Verification follows this declared method: Check apex-to-base separations near 150° and the base near 60°, then disclose narrow orbs and whether points or angles are allowed.
At a glance
- Topic
- Yod
- Method family
- Yod · aspects and configurations
- Case inputs
- ☿ 10°♈, ♀ 10°♊, ♇ 10°♍; sextile cap 3°, quincunx cap 2°
- Measured finding
- ☿–♀ is 60° and both base planets are 150° from Pluto; all three required edges pass
- School frame
- Yod · multi-factor pattern test
- OpenFate tools
- Yod · birth chart + astrology reading
Definition and exact scope
a Yod requires two quincunxes converging on an apex while the two base factors form a sextile, so its validity inherits the chosen quincunx policy
Calculation or decision rule
check apex-to-base separations near 150° and the base near 60°, then disclose narrow orbs and whether points or angles are allowed
Worked case and illustrative near miss
☿ 10°♈, ♀ 10°♊, ♇ 10°♍; sextile cap 3°, quincunx cap 2°. ☿–♀ is 60° and both base planets are 150° from Pluto; all three required edges pass.
Illustrative near miss: A narrow-looking triangle with one 146° side fails the declared 2° quincunx cap.
School and variant boundary
A pattern exists only when every required geometric edge passes the same published inclusion rule.
Product, safety, and verification boundary
OpenFate can connect Yod to the natal chart and reading flow where supported; the connection supplies evidence, not a guaranteed life result. Verification retains failed measurements and uncertainty, then revises interpretation rather than the receipt. Yod cannot diagnose a person, remove consent, or guarantee an event.
Sources and editorial basis
- Skyscript: An Introduction to Aspects and Chart ShapingSection “Aspect Patterns”; examples and diagrams for multi-planet configurations.Nicholas Campion’s public overview of major and minor aspects, orbs, and multi-planet chart patterns; its interpretations remain school-bound claims.
- Faculty of Astrological Studies: Foundation CourseModule 2, “Aspects and aspect patterns”; multi-planet patterns within whole-chart interpretation.A public practitioner curriculum that explicitly scopes polarities, elements, modes, aspects, patterns, and synthesis; it documents a teaching tradition, not scientific validation.