R4VEN said:
..the Mars-Jupiter inconjunct....appears to confer a tendency to attract attack/projection from other men - generally men who assume some sort of authority, as in being older men, or men who have some kind of `clout'....a feature of this inconjunction appears to be lessons in relation to `Who is/has the Authority?' Having this inconjunction as part of his yod, my younger son recognises the games older men play in assuming they are The Authority, and much of his yod-work appears to be in bursting the bubble which is man-made `authority'. Much of his `work' with his peers is in leading them to recognise this. His disdain for men of his father's generation is palpable, and in no way appreciated by them!!
Maybe this is true of any Mars/Jupiter contact rather than just the inconjunction........I've had the same kind of problems with "authorities"/those in charge throughout my life, and have Mars 6 degrees from conjunction with Jupiter and 5 degrees from opposition to Uranus (the latter two being 1 degree from opposition).......And this time, it took the whole forum Management Team to "hammer in" the point that my attitude to authority had to change in order to get those in authority to listen to what I wanted to say...........So, maybe your son's inconjunction requires him to learn to view these authorities through jupiter rather than mars?
There are many and varied theories concerning yods. Some of them say that ASC & MC cannot be part of yods, but I disagree with that.
One of EJ's opinions with which I agree is that if it feels like a yod, then it probably is. Some of us have very high levels of sensitivity, and the yods affect us in different ways.
Yes, I too disagree with Al H. Morrison (and Bil Tierney stays neutral).....I quoted him only to raise the question of "what is it that makes a Yod different from two quincunxes linked by a sextile".....Because (for me) the whole appears to be greater than the sum of the parts with this configuration.
AM said:
Has any author explained why the apex planet must be the fastest-moving planet? By extension, why can the Moon never occupy one of the two points at the base or Pluto occupy the apex of a "true" yod configuration? Is the astrologers' logic that a yod configuration is shaped like a steep pyramid, and as such, the "heavy" planets must occupy the bottom position if the pyramid is to stand? If so, what would be the astrological implications of having such an "umbalanced" double-quincunx, with one or more "light" planets occupying the base and/or a "heavy" planet occupying the apex.
As explained above, I hold the same view as R4VEN and yourself AM.....But, I shall attempt to play Devil's Advocate in relation to your questions here.
[Firstly, the theory is that the apex planet is the slowest rather than fastest moving planet in the group......So, any Yod with Pluto at the apex must be a true Yod and those with Moon at the apex can never be......However, I am aware that you actually know this and, in any event, it has no bearing on the validity of your questions.....So, this comment is made for the information of "readers" rather than yourself.]
In relation to the logic though, my guess is it's based on the "phase relationship" view that the slower planet is always in the process of changing the faster planet
......and the view that the apex planet is the focus of a Yod, making it (arguably) more important than the two sextiling planets.....From there, it's easy to see how an astrologer might conclude (rightly or wrongly) that the apex planet should be the slowest mover (main agent of change) in a Yod configuration........(However, I've never seen any explanation of the thinking behind the theory either.....although Bil Tierney does point out that a slower moving planet at the apex would
always produce the "true" upper/lower quincunx relationship with the sextiling planets that defines a Yod, whereas other planet combinations
sometimes don't......For example, the moon at the apex reverses the quincunx relationship.)
With regard to the Yod being shaped like a steep pyramid, I see it more like two people (who would get on well if they made an effort to communicate face-to-face) standing in close proximity and each giving instructions to a remotely located third person (apex planet) by cell phone......Works ok if the two sextiling planets are making the effort to communicate with each other, but "when the left-hand doesn't know what the right-hand is doing" it can be very problematic.......Which suggests that those with Yods need to focus on the sextiling planets because (if they are in tune) the apex planet will get clear instructions about the mission.
Finally, if we take "heavy"/"light" planets to mean the most/least "influential" in the Yod.......I see the slower planets at the base rather than the top (because my view is that the sextiling planets are doing the influencing and the apex planet is responding to their instructions/influence)......But, perhaps others would argue that the heavier planets are more likely to be "on a mission" than the lighter planets?
Don't we all have a spiritual mission, whether our natal charts contain yods, "focused quincunxes," or neither.
Yes......but some (like me) have a spiritual mission confined solely to self-understanding and other Souls have set themselves a task/mission requiring them to "impact upon the world/make a difference to their society".....So, I was wondering if those with focused quincunxes/yods/"true" yods might be here for personal development only/to make a difference to their local society/to impact upon the world.
[My guess is that only those with fully activated yods will make lasting changes to anything outside of themselves.....and very few people are likely to make the considerable conscious effort needed to achieve full activation........But, Einstein managed it (Mercury/Saturn sextile Mars, with slowest moving planet Uranus at the apex).
Edit/Additional note : Perhaps all are merely "back-to-back quincunxes linked by a sextile" unless/until we succeed in understanding/activating them........when they become Yods because the mission is finally clear to us.
EJ
