Thanks so much for your insights QE. I will get back to you with a response tomorrow. This day has been very busy...
Oh take your time! Glad it was appreciated.
Of course we don't mind! The more the merrier! Thanks for joining in on the discussion.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It's interesting as you relate the yod to a spiritual nature. I've been contemplating this recently as the yod is asking for an adjustment to be made and I think the adjustment can be satisfied with insight into spirituality. Maybe this is just the way I see my yods (or one in particular [it's hard sometimes to distinguish them]).
In looking for something on a Sun apex yod I found this thought provoking write up:
http://www.panix.com/~gsk/yod2.html
Here, the author states that the energy created by the yod has to have an outlet. I think that's why you feel restless and confused at this time. You are essentially seeking an outlet to this new strange energy that has emerged. I think that's why the yod can be such a powerful structure in a chart. It does provide "the search" which can lead to profound insight and powerful accomplishment for the native.
Thanks StillOne.
To me, yes, yods are very spiritual. A quincunx is an interesting aspect in that it does require introspection. From:
http://www.drstandley.com/astrologycharts_aspects_quincunx.shtml
"A quincunx is thought to be one of the most difficult aspects [...] because it will not allow for retreat. There's no backing down [with this] aspect because you can't just think your way out of it, you have to take action on those thoughts. The quincunx [challenges] you to trust your [...] intuition. Intuition is a very big deal [...]. [It] means the "Finger of God." Couple the intuition with the "yod" and you have a blast of intuition coming through to your "I AM" presence. [...] your inner voice, [...] God speaking to you and through you."
I have heard that that the apex of the yod, I guess the point of the finger, is the most important. In this case, its the Sun. So
Flowergirl this outlet (which I got from the cool site StillOne provided) for integration, action, and intention, is focused on your Sun.
I guess then also StillOne and I are in agreement that this temporary yod is valid, and I would say its equally important to note that Saturn, which is making this Yod, is retrograding at a sensitive point for you.
The energies involved are Pisces, Leo, and Libra. The Mars Leo and the Saturn Libra are forming a sextile, which means, if anything, those energies are in harmony with each other. Pointing at your Sun they may be impelling you to do something with their new-found connection. StillOne said it could be giving you insight into your path or destiny, but it could also be also simple, and material, given that its the Sun in the first house, and both Mars and Saturn are naturally given to wanting to produce results of some kind. Saturn natally opposes your Sun and squares your MC, whereas Mars, your drive, built from the Sun's energy, is trine your MC.
To me there seems to be a profound association with how you see yourself in relationship to others, and a feeling of worthiness. I might imagine people try to take advantage of you very easily (Pisces Sun square Neptune and MC), and this frustrates you as you have quite a lot of self worth/sense of being cool (Sun trine Uranus) and Mars in Leo quincunx, but you also feel limited in how you can express this frustration/hurt/feeling ignored (the Saturn opposition), unless you express your Sun-Uranus a very certain way, and being water signs, I might imagine it by being a good friend and providing emotional support, but getting little in return, and also feeling like you have to sacrifice for all (Saturn rules 11th house) I might say its a time on focusing on getting your needs met (Mars-Leo-6th house). Saturn is supporting this, but it will take time, especially because of the Saturn retro, and it being Saturn, for you to build this sense of self worth. This is a very modern interp.
A more trad interp might be suggesting this is time to deal with people who limit their resources to you (Saturn in Libra in 8th), and to accept that you will have to do much for yourself (Mars in Leo in 6th). It is time to think about your resources and who and what you provide for, and how you provide for yourself... Jupiter is about to move over Moon-Venus-Chiron conjunction in the Second, so its definitely a time to invest and expand your own worth and material resources.
I bet the issue here is listening to that "inner voice" and not feeling guilty for either acting "selfishly," or recognizing maybe that you can only help peopel so much... that they have to help themselves. With NN in Leo involved I can't help but feel its time to get a little more "self-involved."
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