All the letters
י

Yod

When it is flowing

You get things done with your hands and your care. Small, exact acts of usefulness are your gift, and the quiet work you do holds a surprising amount together. There is real craft in how you help, and people come to rely on the simple fact that you will actually do the thing.

When it is strained

The doing curdles into fretting. You can lose the whole in the details, polishing one corner while the rest of the room waits, or drive yourself hard over work that was already good enough. The wish to be useful sours into a nagging sense that nothing you do is ever quite finished.

The details

Letter
יYod
Category
Simple
Letter picture
The Hand · divine action
Planet / element
Virgo ♍
Card
Hermit (IX)
Path
Chesed ↔ Tiphareth

This system, and the Golden Dawn

Sefer Yetzirah (this system)

Virgo ♍ · Hermit (IX)

Golden Dawn

Virgo ♍ ✓ · Hermit (IX)

The two systems agree on this letter.

Across the three spheres

UniverseYearSoul
Virgo ♍In preparationIn preparation

The Year and Soul columns are being rebuilt from Hayman §§39, 41, 52 and will fill in as that reading is verified.

Sources: Peter Hayman, Sefer Yesira (Mohr Siebeck, 2004). Aryeh Kaplan; Saadia Gaon commentary.