Financial Astrology - May 30, 2016

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise Feb 11 was the Primary cycle trough.  ¹ that started on Aug 24th. Feb 11th was a slightly lower low than Jan 20th low. Jan 20th was the low for a number of other indices. Feb 11th starts a new nominal 18 week cycle in the SP500 and we are entering the 16th week. The nominal 6 week, there are often 3, 6 week cycles in the nominal 18 week cycle. The range is 5 to 7 weeks. The second nominal 6 week cycle may have seen it's top on April 20. This may be the top to the current nominal 18 week cycle as well.

As I write this post the US markets are closed. We will have 2 sessions in China before the US markets open again on Tuesday May 31st..

Notice that price is above the 15 day sma and 45 day sma's, but the 15 day sma is lower than the 45 sma. Since this is the 16th week we are in the range for a nominal 18 week cycle low. We could have had it slightly early on May 19th but I'm looking for the 18 week cycle low mid to late June.

From last weeks blog:

"The brown squares on the following chart are the geocentric 24th harmonic for the Sun / Saturn. Note the history on the following chart and the recent low on May 19th. They should be signaling at least a short term change in trend. Next hit June 3rd."

The red square on the same date is the Sun squaring Jupiter often a powerful market mover.

In addition we have the Sun waxing square Neptune on June 1, often a signature for a strong change in trend.

On the next chart I've had June 13th as an estimated date for the nominal 18 week cycle low for many weeks. Just look at this as the centre of a time window from the 15th week to the 23rd week for the Primary / nominal 18 week cycle low. The red vertical cycle line is the 60 cd (calendar day) cycle on May 30, which has been at highs recently.

We are about to enter one of the most interesting and possibly difficult for the whole month of June. As I'm limited in time we'll concentrate on the first week in this blog post.

Last weeks post included references to:

May 21 is a Full Moon in mutable signs and the Moon is conjunct Mars in Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a mutable fire signs and is known to be impulsive and aggressive. This is the type of signature we would expect around such things as the downing of Egyptian airliner.

Also on May 21st the South Node of the Moon will be on the position of the March 8th, 2016 Solar Eclipse. This eclipse looked very intense particularly around Java and Indonesia area and / or it could be a confrontation between China and the US.

Also, geocentric Saturn will be on the heliocentric nodes of Uranus. This is a very slow moving aspect with only 3 instances in the last century and now this one on May 21. The problem with these longer term aspects is there is little data to confirm what effect it may have and need a wide orb.

Last week was also Fibonacci  377 weeks from the May 6, 2009 lows. This may need a broad a range. The previous instance have been close to lows.

The above Astrological events are not meant for a specific day. Give the effect of these events over a number of weeks either side. I repeat from previous posts Uranus rules technology including airplanes.

So the weekend of May 21 was packed with powerful Astro events but not much occurred. The above could still cause problems, particularly the first couple of weeks in June.

Next week starts another group of powerful Astrological aspects and events. Over the next two weeks the planets are going to form a grand square  and a grand trine.

The grand square is created by the Sun then Venus translating the Jupiter / Neptune opposition which is already in a T-Square with Saturn. Remember the Jupiter / Neptune opposition is the aspect I've been pointing to about lies, deceit, and illusion. Saturn is the planet of reality, sorrow and disappointments. Saturn is also the planet of Karmic justice. Saturn is at the apex of the T-Square so the energy of all three planets is expressed through Saturn. They are going to hit like this:

June 1 Sun waxing square Neptune               Neptune is strong. It is in Pisces, the sign it                                                                           rules.

June 3 Sun opposition Saturn

June 4 Sun waning square Jupiter                  Jupiter is in Virgo, the sign of it's detriment,                                                                          where it operates with the least power.

So the Sun is aspecting the T-Square and in doing so creates a grand square. Will this expose lies and falsehoods or create more? I think this may expose lies / deceit and potentially create an event.

During the Sun's translation, Venus translates the same opposition. Amongst other things Venus rules money, government policies and diplomacy.

June 3 Venus square Neptune

June 4 Venus square Jupiter

With the Sun and Venus performing the above translation they are close and indeed they are in a conjunction the following week.

June 6 Sun conjunct Venus.

Like Mercury, Venus can have an inferior or superior conjunction. This is the superior conjunction with Venus on the other side of the Sun. On June 6th while the Sun is conjunct Venus, Venus will be at 0 degrees of latitude an unusual event.

Sometimes it's best to take interpretation literally. In this case Venus is blocked out, it's on the other side of the Sun. Hidden matters dealing with money may be the theme.

This date has some history for Israel. 49 years ago. June 6, 1967 was the start of the 6 day war.

There are other aspects but this should suffice to cover most of the activity.

Speaking of history on June 4th will have transiting Saturn on the "USA Sagittarius Rising" chart Saturn will be on the Ascendant. Saturn is still the apex of a T-square with Jupiter and Neptune. lies and deceit. Saturn is also the planet of karmic justice. The New Moon of June 4th will be on the Saturn position of Sept 11th. Interesting that Sept 11, 2001 is back in the news again.

Also interesting that transiting Pluto, the planet of hidden power and influence through wealth has just entered the 2nd house using the USA Sagittarius rising chart. There could be an explosive event in front of us do to the release of secret information.

So we have potentially two interesting events for Israel and the USA on the weekend of June 4-6 could be very interesting. Watch this closely.

I suspect a major period or falsehoods and potentially some found out over the next month and I mean through June. The FED suggestion that there will be a rate increase may fall under the lies, deceit umbrella.

As mentioned there is also a grand trine forming between Mercury, Jupiter (North Node) and Pluto. Interestingly these are in Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable signs.

Jupiter parallel Uranus may see exaggeration, big sudden surprises and / or sudden reversals of statements or policies. We also have the ongoing Jupiter / Neptune opposition. As noted before this is a longer term period often associated with lies, deceit and delusion.

And from a couple of weeks ago on Market Watch on May 2, Steve Goldstein

“Key U.S. economic information may have been leaked ahead of its release, judging from the price moves in key equity and bond futures contracts, according to a study released Monday. The European Central Bank published a working paper arguing that seven out of 21 market moving announcements show evidence of “substantial informed trading” before the official release time. The authors looked at price movements 30 minutes before that data’s release and studied the movements in futures on the S&P 500 index and 10-year Treasury note. They did this on 21 indicators from January 2008 to March 2014…”

This type of behavior is exactly what we would expect from Jupiter opposing Neptune and emphasized when we have a T-square with Saturn, which we have right now.

The other major long term aspect, Saturn waning square to Neptune (part of the T-square) carries on for a number of months with the last exact hit on Sept 10th but it will be in effect months afterwards.

What other lies and deceit are being perpetrated? With Neptune active by transit it may take some time for the truth to appear. As someone said, "There's is never only one cockroach."

With the longer term market cycles we use the Astrological aspects and Astrological events to determine a more exact time. Note: I have taken off the brief description of the Uranus / Pluto waning square. Longer term geocentric Astrological cycles that are coming up include:

On the following weekly chart of the DJIA, the red squares are Jupiter square Saturn and the green squares are Saturn square Neptune.

The last Jupiter / Saturn square was May 26. The next Saturn / Neptune square is

June 17. I'm looking for a low near the latter time frame.

Jupiter waning square Saturn

- in the middle of a 3 pass, 2 exact hits to come this year

"The business cycle and direct effect on European history. Major changes will be occurring in Europe as result of the refuge migration. There is a major sign change coming up when Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct in 2020. More on this 240 year conjunction in a future post."

           

Saturn square Neptune

-in the middle of a 3 pass, 2 exact hits to come this year

Saturn is about social order, structure and regulations. Neptune can be politically unrealistic and a desire to avoid confrontation. It can be devious, underhanded and use subversive tactics.

"This aspect is often present near times when there is a change in trend for interest rates or inflation. It can also be a period of epidemics, pandemics suffering, depression and money valuation problems. This could be a change in the world's reserve currency or issues around it. A large increase in precious metals is also possible as it is a money valuation issue. This 36 year aspect has been associated with political changes, reforms and development of socialism. One wonders in regards to epidemics and sickness, would this be natural illnesses or man-made." If you feel depressed or not at ease this aspect may be the cause. One of these planets may be hitting a planet in your horoscope.

The next 2 charts are daily charts of the SP500, and the Russell 2000. The horizontal blue lines are the average longitude of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto on both charts This average is converted to price and displayed on the charts. Notice how well they have acted as support and resistance. The SP500 seems to be moving up to the 2104 area.

The next chart is the Russell 2000. This index is subject to far less manipulation than the SP500. Notice how well it respects the Astrological average price lines. It's too bad we have to bring up manipulation but the reality is, it happens. Here, the blue lines again are the average longitude of the planets Jupiter through Pluto converted to price. The Russell put in a low on May 19th and touched the planetary average line.

Other longer term cycles that we have been following may have found their trough on Jan 20 or Feb 11. This would include the 4 year and 6.5 year cycles. To confirm these cycles I'm waiting for the cycle low I'm expecting in June 2016. If Jan 20 and Feb 11 are the lows this would help explain the sharp move up starting in February. Assuming the 2009 low was an 18 year cycle low, we may be looking at a 9 year cycle low late 2017 - 2018.

Neither Jan 20 nor Feb 11 were very deep lows. They were either shallow or a deeper low is in front of us. This is very important. For the SP500 I'm looking for the mid to late June low as being the first Primary cycle low of the 4 year cycle. The range for this low is from May 30 to July 4th. Bear in mind there is a possibility the 4 year is in front of us. I'm looking for a bounce now and then down to the nominal 18 week trough.

Gold

I'm now looking at March 28th as the start of a new nominal 18 week cycle   ¹ trough.

This puts us entering either the 10th week of the Primary cycle.

From last week:

"I was looking  for a pullback, so far pretty weak. As mentioned above, we are still in a time period with confusing Astros."

Following is a daily chart for Gold. The orange vertical lines are a 14 cd (calendar day) cycle which has been at highs and lows. The next date is June 2nd.

In effect Gold has been moving down during the month of May starting around the time of the Sun trine Jupiter on May 3rd or May 9th when Jupiter turned retrograde.

The date I'm most interested in for Gold is when geocentric Mars re-enters Scorpio on May 27th. Give this a wide orb. Mars was in Scorpio for most of the Gold rise from late 2015. Bear in mind it is now moving backwards since it is in it's retrograde period.

Price is now below the 15 sma and 45 sma.  Gold's move down seemed to speed up near Mercury turning Direct. This also had the Sun opposing Mars.

On the following daily Gold charts there are the Venus (green), Jupiter (blue) and Uranus (purple) price lines. These are the longitude of the planet converted to price. Note that Gold price broke below the Venus line and now appears in free fall. Remember the May 27th date above and monitor the price lines on the chart.

Next Venus price line 1192

Next Jupiter price line 1199

Next Venus price line 1192

The longer Gold hangs around this area the greater the chance of a move down. The US$ index has been moving up the last two weeks, which does not help a rise in Gold.

Crude

Feb 11 had another lower low and is now marked a Primary cycle trough which has us starting the 16h week of the nominal 18 week cycle.

Crude has made a strong move up from the Feb 11 lows although increased consumption and decreased production don't appear to be playing a role.

As noted above the planets ruling crude, Jupiter and Neptune are in multiple aspect the next two weeks with Jupiter being in a grand square and grand trine.

As seen on the following chart, crude has been going sideways for the past 2 weeks. It sits on the planetary average (Jupiter through Pluto) longitude converted to price (blue line)

Being in the 16th week, I suspect we are approaching the crest for this crude cycle. Watch June 1 where the Sun squares Neptune and the next few days where both Jupiter and Neptune are involved in multiple aspects as laid out above.

We have 1 more exact hit of the Jupiter / Pluto trine, that is June 26th. The previous dates were Oct 9, 2015 and March 16, 2016. I suspect this will be after a Primary cycle low.

The next daily chart of crude has the Jupiter (blue) and Neptune (grey) Price Lines. These are the two planets that rule crude. Price is sitting between the Jupiter and Neptune price lines.

The red squares are the 24th harmonic between the Sun and Neptune. Amongst other things this harmonic is for a "change in trend". Looking back they do appear at short term changes in trend.

Watch June 1st which also has the Sun in waxing square to Neptune.