Right! Its a Parlor trick. I had all the blanks and Michaelson's Palcidus tables in 1969.
This absolutely bowled me over, Samantha. By your many previous comments on this and another forum regarding techniques I always 'imagined' you to be around the late 20's early 30's, putting into practise that which/how you had been previously taught and considered the only way.
I do think that any astrologer is encouraged, and maybe even hypnotised in thought by the teachers and reading materials with which they are associated. I know I am. Yet I don't take it all as 'written in stone' and am always looking for and am ready to hear new ideas. Whether I accept and take them as gospel is something else.
greybeard: I have discovered errors in the database of ..an... astrology program(s) and the errors were corrected
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Same here. I'm a WWII babe born in U.K.Double Summer time. My chart erected through hand made calculations and written book(s). One of those taking lessons with me came up with a different birth time and chart. We discovered and she pointed out to the Dutch software programmer that DST was not calculated. He refused to believe or accept that he had failed to verify wartime DST in his calculation programme. He was proven wrong.
His reply? There wouldn't be many doing charts for wartime U.K. He didn't alter the programme!!!
JUPITERASC
https://www.skyscript.co.uk/aspects2.html
YOD
Also known as the Finger of Fate
or the Finger of God
Yod is the name given to
two planets in opposition
connected to two other planets
one by semi-sextiles
and the other by quincunxes.
I didn't know and have never read of this. Is it a technique particular to the Traditional concepts?
I remember Wilson once describing 'the boomerang' planet. Would this be the same/similar effect?
Never heard the inference by Samantha either, that the slowest planet has to be at the apex.
I've never queried that the YOD figure - finger of God(Fate) - was the 2 planets in sextile each in a quincunx/inconjunct to the 3rd (apex) planet.
My husband has what would be considered as 3 YODS in his chart.
1) Uranus sextile Pluto within 2 degrees orb each quincunx Mercury.
2) Mars (conjunct Uranus within 4 degrees) sextile Pluto each quincunx Mercury,
3)Mercury sextile Venus within 2 degrees each inconjunct Uranus.
There is no planet in opposition to apex planet and to sextile.
According to methods mentioned, these aspects are not considered to be called a Yod. Yet I would vouch for their independent validity.
Admittedly, Moon opposes only Mercury, and Venus squares Pluto, yet I don't think that these account for his extreme irrational flare up of temper when Mars-Uranus-Pluto combat controlled Mercury in Capricorn.
And I've long said that he should be thankful that I study astrology or the Venus-Mercury to Uranus would have seen a divorce years ago.