Financial Astrology - August 10, 2015

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise we are entering the 5th week of a new Primary cycle  ¹ cycle that started on July 7th.  This cycle is aka, the nominal 18 week with a range of 15 to 21 weeks.

The next time band for a nominal 18 week (Primary) cycle trough is noted on the first chart and is from Oct 19 through Dec 1st 2015. There are a number of longer term cycles that may hit their troughs about the same time, actually closer to year end or early in 2016.

First we should be looking for the crest of the first nominal 6 week cycle of the Primary cycle. The nominal 18 week cycle often breaks down into 3 nominal 6 week cycles. They would have a range of 5-7 weeks. As we are 5 weeks along in the 18 week cycle, we should start looking for a crest for the 6 week cycle. But this doesn't look like a 6 week cycle about to hit it's crest. In fact if this is the first 6 week cycle of the nominal 18 week cycle the crest was July 20th at 2128.28. This would be only 2 weeks from the start of the nominal 18 week cycle. This is very left translated where the top of a cycle occurs before the mid-point of the cycle. It is very bearish.

This is so bearish that we may need to reconsider the July 7th date as the low for the nominal 18 week cycle. We are leaving it there for now, just a note it may need to be changed. 

If this turns out to be a left translated cycle with the crest in the first 2 weeks of of a new nominal 18 week cycle it could be signalling the beginning of a bear market. Stay tuned.

This first cycle of the nominal 18 week cycle could be a 1/2 Primary cycle  ¹   , the 2nd most common type, then the cycle would be approx. 9 weeks long with a range of 8-10 weeks. This would give more time for the SP500 to put in a crest above the July 20th date. The concept behind the 6 week and 1/2 Primary cycles were from the work of Ray Merriman and Walter Bressert.

There are a number of planets changing signs over the next week, Mercury into Virgo, Mars into Leo and Jupiter into Virgo. Planets changing signs often results in a change in trend for the major market indices. The short term trend is currently down.

With the Astrological transits dead ahead it looks difficult for the markets to make it back up to the July 20th high. Of course with the FED injections anything is possible. 

There is one aspect in the coming week which may affect the USA directly. Subs have the date.

The fact I'm looking for a slow forming top for the whole 6 year move means we may start seeing more left translated cycles or at least cresting in the middle of the cycle rather than being right translated. Also we may have already seen the top on May 20th at 2134.71 for the SP500.

From last weeks blog post:

"The Astrological aspects seem to be pointing to a move down. If it does not move up this would be  bearish as we could be looking at a very left translated cycle."

And down we went, finishing near the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the move down from June 22nd to July 7th.

You may have heard of the Hebrew Shemitah date which is coming up in September. There appears to be a number of groups possibly trying to exploit this time period. I'll look into it this coming week and include it on next weeks blog. I bring this up now because it is based on the well known 7 year cycle which I have mentioned numerous times. It is also based on 7, 7 year cycles or 49 years. Having gone back there were pullbacks near the Shemitah date but I need to do some more work, so...I'll leave it for next week. Following is a chart with the 7 year cycle.

With or without this Hebrew, Shemitah date, September is shaping up to be problematic for the markets with a number of Astrological aspects and planets changing direction.

On the following daily chart of the SP500 the light blue lines are Fibonacci retracements from June 22nd to July 7th. Note today's move got stopped at the 38.2 % Fib retracement near 2077.

On the following chart which is the average longitude of the planets Mars through Pluto

(blue lines) converted to price. Price has fallen away from the think blue price line and touched one of the thinner blue price lines at 2066.11. We have been getting support from this line so watch this closely next week. A break through this average price line would be another bearish indicator. I suspect a bounce early in the week.

On the chart the red dots are previous OPEX dates. (Option expiry, 3rd Friday of each month). The market has been pulling back after these dates. I read this somewhere but forgotten the source. The next OPEX date is August 21st.

The coming aspects could also indicate earthquake activity or severe weather. Anytime Uranus and Saturn or Pluto are emphasized I'll be looking for potential earthquake activity. Violent events continue. What a world.

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

COMPQX      July 20, 2015

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 2110. Price has broken through this line on 3 occasions recently. This hasn't happened for some time. This would be another bearish indicator if price cannot get above this long term, 45 degree line.

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). I'm watching this weekly chart to see if the 21 sma crosses below the 34 week moving average.

In summary Early in the week there are no harsh Astrological aspects. Monday we may see a short period of negativity but we may then get a bounce early on. Later in the week there is a significant negative aspect which may affect the USA directly. Subscribers have the date. If the SP500 does not move up this would be very bearish as we could be looking at a very left translated cycle.

In addition to the monthly report, subscribers also receive forecast turn dates for the SP500 and Gold. The following chart show the dates, so far, in the 2nd half of 2015 for the SP500 index. The red arrows show where the forecast dates occurred. This is an hourly chart.

On Aug 3rd Jupiter made a waning trine to Saturn. There's a lot to say about this aspect. Here's one point. Every pass of the waning square between Jupiter and Saturn that has been a 3 pass has resulted in a longer term cycle unfolding between the first and last passages. This will be a 3 pass. The dates are Aug 3, 2015, March 23, 2016 and June 26, 2016. We should be looking for a longer term cycle to occur between the Aug 3, 2015 and June 26, 2016. Subscribers have the longer term cycles. Subscribers also have information on the upcoming "Mutation Conjunction" in Air, which should be an exciting period of time. The last time this happened was the year 1226.

See the following weekly chart of the DJIA. The red squares are the Jupiter Saturn waning square, 3 pass. The green squares are the Saturn Neptune square. They overlap and could be pointing to a period of dramatic change.

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 21st week of the nominal 18 week during this coming week.  

It should be noted Gold has followed an 18-19 week cycle fairly closely for 2 years although there were some inversions (a high where a low was expected). We should be getting close to a trough.  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.

Watch the period around the Sun waxing trine Uranus on Aug 13 +- 4 tds. for a turn in precious metals. This could be late this week near the New Moon on Aug 14th or early the following week. This is also near the mid-point of the Venus retrograde period another period where PM's tend to reverse. There is also a very powerful Astrological aspect which will be hitting the Sun in the USA natal chart, reserved for subscribers.

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 and there are a number of Astrological aspects which have a history of changes in trend for Gold. Watch for a reversal in trend within 4 td's of the dates mentioned above. A number of technical indicators are pointing to a potential change in trend.

The following daily Gold chart shows the heliocentric Venus (green) and Jupiter (blue) price lines. Gold has been moving sideways over last week.. The Miners (Gold Mining companies) often lead Gold higher. Some indicators like "TSI" are improving for The Miners. On the following chart Gold needs to break above the Jupiter price line near 1096-1097 for an early sign of a trend change.

On July 19, 2015 approximately 2.7 billion dollars of Gold was dumped on the market at 9:30 pm on a Sunday evening. This was at a time when the market was the least liquid. Whoever was selling was guaranteed to get the lowest price. This had the effect reducing Gold prices by $50.00 per ounce or approx. 4.2%. I bring this up as an example of market manipulation that is occurring. There are many other examples.

Crude

This coming week of Aug 10th we should be entering the 21st week of a Primary cycle which started Mar 18, 2015.

I'm watching the dates around any Neptune or Jupiter aspects and there is a big one in September. Crude also tends to have a change in trend, either a crest or a trough when geocentric Mars is in Leo. Mars entered Leo on August 8th and will be there until Sept 24th. Watch for a change in trend during this period.

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

As seen on the following chart crude dropped away from the Neptune price line (green) and now continues with lower lows.

The lines are 45 degrees apart. 45 degrees is (360 / 8) = 45 or also known as the 8th harmonic.

We are getting late in the nominal 18 week cycle in crude. Watch price closely as it approaches any of the price lines.

Another chart we have not shown for awhile is the weekly crude chart with the 16 week (red) and 24 week (blue) cycles. Where they meet the cycle line is green and is typically found at crests but sometimes inverts to a trough. The next green line is early November. 2015 close to a Neptune direct signature.

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