"[2] This means that all three points must be within a three-degree range of one another, such as 3°-5°-6°, or 10°-7°-8°; a trio of planets with placements such as 3°-21°-15° or 10°-27°-2° is considered too “wide” to have any real connection, thus there is no aspect formed.
It shares neither polarity - Yin/assertive or yang/receptive, astrological element - fire, water, air, or earth, or modality - cardinal, fixed, or mutable.
[citation needed] The Yod takes its name from the tenth letter of the Hebrew Language,[3] and has been called the "finger of god"[4] or "arrow of fate".
The lack of commonality of Mars with the two sextile planets (Virgo and Scorpio in this example) illustrates how the Yod triggers an irritating situation, yet one that pulls the individual to discover completely new pathways in one's life.
The few astrologers who have studied it regard it as an extremely creatively charged aspect good for artistic skill, especially as quintiles and biquintiles are frequently linked with Neptune.