Financial Astrology - July 13, 2015

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise we are entering the 23rd week of the Primary  ¹ cycle which started on Feb. 2nd 2015.  This cycle is aka, the nominal 18 week with a range of 15 to 21 weeks so we are just outside the normal range.

A Primary / nominal 18 week cycle that extend beyond the normal range are often distorted due to another, longer term cycle. In this case we could be seeing a shortened 50 week cycle or even the 4 year cycle in this time frame.

It is also possible we saw the trough for the nominal 18 week cycle on June 9th. This was brought up by one of our readers and it is worthy of consideration. June 9th would have met are usual sign posts, price under the 15 and 45 day sma. The 15 day was not below the 45 day sma, but very close. The fact we made a high almost immediately could indicate a severely Left translated Primary cycle in which we are looking at approx. 18 weeks down. A move above June 22nd value would negate that negative outlook but that needs to happen and I'm looking for the broad indices to be going down from here. We'll watch this closely.

For now I'm going with the 23rd week of a longer than normal Primary cycle and watch it closely. I suspect that a longer term cycle is preparing to hit it's trough.

July 14-16 look like extreme violence. Bear in mind what we are saying is that this period, with the Astrological aspects, is more prone to extreme violence than normal.

July has many negative aspects, particularly the week starting July 13 and then late in the month. The Uranus / Pluto square that we have followed for a number of years is still in orb. The last exact hit was in March of this year but it's effects will be felt into 2019. This month the Sun then Mars and Mercury will translate the Uranus / Pluto square. This should be negative for the markets (debt) and world affairs in general.

The Sun then Mars and Mercury will form a powerful T-square with Uranus and Pluto. We should see volatility, surprise moves and possibly other news of world events. This period of unexpected moves and news should stretch into the first half of August. There should be more news than Greece this month.

This weekend we have the Sun in waxing square to Uranus. This is the square which always occurs approximately 14 days before Uranus turns retrograde. On August 13th the Sun will be in waxing trine to Uranus. This trine always occurs approx. 18 days after the Uranus retrograde date. Thus we have a window around the Uranus retrograde which is 14 days before to 18 days after, a period where Uranus is highlighted. Uranus in Aries should bring out conflict surrounding individuals choice and freedom. People want independence while Pluto in Capricorn and the establishment want to control the people. They want the status quo. Aries actions with Uranus can be fiery and impulsive but may not think things through. Watch out for military actions broken alliances and treaty's. Uranus also rules technology. It is no coincidence the New York stock exchange had technical computer problems last week, as did Untied Airlines.

This has been a confusing time for many people. They feel something big is about to happen, but don't know what. I don't know what but I'm looking for something out of the ordinary by the end of October. It could be over the next few weeks.

Violence is nothing new but of particular note this coming week are Mars and Pluto and possibly extreme violence.

The obvious is the Mars and Mercury opposition to Pluto on July 15th.

The not so obvious is the Mars cycle chart.  That's the chart that is drawn up when a planet crosses 0 degrees declination from South to North used in mundane Astrology.

On that chart Mars squares Uranus and opposes Pluto while Mars opposes Pluto in the Tropical Zodiac. This appears to be a period of time when violence gets extreme. This could include social unrest, plane crashes, police shootings (racial violence?), violent crime and possibly multiple terrorist attacks. Earthquakes and volcanic activity are also possible as is violent weather. Not pleasant and right in front of us.

In the middle of this we have Venus waning square Saturn, often found near Primary cycle troughs. Venus is money and Saturn is discipline, and debt. You may recall Saturn  is still in mutual reception with Pluto. Saturn is in Scorpio (ruled by Pluto) and Pluto is in Capricorn (ruled by Saturn). Mutual reception makes both planets stronger.

The end of the month in particular has Venus and Uranus turning retrograde then in early August, Saturn turns direct very close to a very important aspect. This is potentially a momentous period of change for the next month. I'm looking specifically at precious metals and perhaps changes in currency or bonds and major events on the world stage. Volatility will be seen in many markets.

At this point, following are the highs in the US indexes.

DJIA               May 19, 2015

DJTI               Nov 28, 2014

SP500             May 20, 2015

NYSE             May 21, 2015

RUT               Jun 23, 2015

I was looking at 2080, 2066 or 2050 as potential targets for this Primary cycle trough for the SP500. We did dip below the 2044 area, again giving some credence to the nominal 18 week completing.

Following is a chart of the European Union Maastricht Treaty

The inner wheel is the placement of the planets when the treaty came into being. The outer wheel is the planets as at July 15th.

Video

http://youtu.be/75Y1IoTWMQ8

Another chart we have not looked at for awhile is the following daily chart of the SP500 with a fan indicator. The dark blue fan line is 45 degrees. The starting point is the low at March 6, 2009. The blue 45 degree line is currently at 2080. Watch for any significant break at this level. It has been good support / resistance for some time.

Another long term chart showing weakness is the following weekly chart of the SP500 with a 21 week (red) and 34 week (blue) weekly averages again showing weakness. Price has not spent much time below these moving averages during the massive move up. The 3 red squares are the Saturn / Uranus sesquisquare (135 degrees).

There are other transits pointing to a potential stronger move down, reserved for subscribers.

I'm also back to looking for geophysical upsets, earthquakes and volcanic activity particularly mid-July and early August.

In summary I continue to look at the markets in July to be volatile but down. We may be putting in a longer term cycle low. There are stressful and potentially violent aspects this coming week and the potential for surprise moves this week and in late July / early August.

Remember: War is when the government tells you who the enemy is. Revolution is when you figure it out for yourself.

Also remember:

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards"
-- Lewis Carroll, The White Queen, Through the Looking-Glass

Gold

Gold put in a  Primary cycle   ¹ trough on March 17th. This was 1 td after the Uranus / Pluto square. This puts us entering the 17th week of the nominal 18 week during this coming week.  We should be getting close to a trough over the next few weeks. Subscribers have dates. Besides the 18 week cycle there are a number of longer term cycles due and potent aspects which have a history of turns in precious metals.

Gold put in a high on Monday May 18th, the same day as Mercury turned retrograde and then headed down and it is still headed down. Gold had a Hammer Doji on Friday, a sign of bullish reversal. We sometimes see a number of hammers before the reversal takes place. The aspects I mentioned at the end of the month are potentially momentous for precious metals and possibly currencies.

The Nov 17, 2014 low near 1130 was challenged on March 17th around 1142. I'm looking for the current move down to find support in that range, 1130-1142. A reversal in Gold could occur at any time.

We are monitoring another cycle for Gold which will hit in the summer but reserved for subscribers. That cycle and others  with the placement of Jupiter in the summer may be pointing to a strong reversal in Gold.

As noted last week, Mercury retrograde has a strong history of changes in trend for Gold close to the retrograde date. In this case it was to the day. The direct date also has a history of changes in Gold price (June 11th).

The Gold chart is fulfilling all our requirements for a nominal 18 week cycle low, that is price is below the 15 and 45 day sma's and the 15 day is less than the 45 day.

The following daily Gold chart shows the heliocentric Venus (green) and Jupiter (blue) price lines. Gold was heading down and may have found support at the Venus price line. Watch price action early in the week. The next date where the Venus and Jupiter price lines cross is July 23rd, a sesquisquare.

Crude

This coming week of July 13 we should be entering the 17th week of a Primary cycle which started Mar 18, 2015.

I'm watching the dates around any Neptune or Jupiter aspects. July 1st had Venus conjunct Jupiter and the Sun trine Neptune, a big down day. There are other Astrological signatures with a history of moves in crude. Dates are reserved for subscribers.

Crude put in a "W" bottom, marked PB (Primary bottom) and DB ( double bottom).

Crude has broken below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the move down from

June 12, 2014 to March 17, 2015. Both the 15 and 45 day sma's are rolling over and price is below both. It appears to be preparing for a nominal 18 week low. Bear in mind it is difficult trading crude here. The first week in August may turn out to be eventful for crude. Any news out of Saudi Arabia or other big producers or potential disruption would change crude prices quickly.

As seen on the following chart crude finally dropped away from the Neptune price line (green) and now sits on the Neptune price line at 51.95, 2 levels below where we were a little over 2 weeks ago. They are 45 degrees apart. 45 degrees is (360 / 8) = 45 or also known as the 8th harmonic.

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