Financial Astrology - August 15, 2015

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise June 27 appears to be the Primary cycle trough.  1 that puts us entering the 7th week. February 11 was the trough of the previous Primary cycle. Early in a cycle is often the most bullish part. I was looking for a possible 50 week low to coincide with the Primary trough and the move off the June 27th Primary low seems to confirm this was the 50 week trough as well.

An Alert was sent out to subscribers on August 9th basically looking for;

- a move down in the SP500

- a move down in Gold

- for Crude, a move up or flat.

Unfortunately Bernanke spoke on August 10th saying rates will not be increased for some time. This is positive and stimulated for stocks and moved the SP500 up in fact to new all time highs with some other indices.

I'm still looking for a move down in stocks but will wait until we see more negative action. There are a number of astrological aspects and events which could have a negative impact on stocks. This weekend Saturn turns Direct and Venus translates the forming Saturn / Neptune waning square. Things that have seemed bottled up and stuck should be slowly released. In the USA Sagittarius rising chart Saturn is close to the Ascendant. Saturn here, is approx 180 degrees (a half cycle for Saturn) from the 9/11 event. This year Sept 11 is one day away from the exact square between Saturn and Neptune. Venus squares explosive Pluto on Sept 11.

Amongst other things Venus is money. Venus will square Saturn on August 13th and oppose Neptune on August 14th. This may be enough to see the stock indices to move down early next week. I emphasize may as the US FED appears to be propping it up.

As we have said in previous posts.

"We may see further surprise events in either the markets, geophysical (earthquakes, volcanoes) violent weather, terrorist event or other unusual happenings.

These events may take effect in the next couple of weeks. Subscribers have the dates.

Subscribers will also be receiving a separate report dealing with the 3 eclipses that will occur over the next 5 weeks.

Things will be heating up in mid to late August and September.

We are about to enter the 7th week of the Primary cycle which means we may see a 6 week cycle pull back. There was a 2 day pullback on August 1st and 2nd but this would be very shallow for a 6 week trough.

Some points on this chart of the SP500.

- The two blue lines show a broadening top. Markets either bounce off the top line and move down or break through the rising line and then reverse down or follow the top line up.

- The bolder red line is the Geocentric Bradley indicator. Price started to rise from August 2nd. Mars entered Sagittarius on August 2nd. If this continues up, even if they are small moves then there may be a turn around August 10th. +- 2 td's. Subscribers see section 9 for definitions of the Bradley.

- At the bottom of the daily chart Momentum is flat and Stochastic's have turned down in the over bought area on the daily chart. The weekly chart shows the SP500 very overbought.

- We will be entering the 7th week of the Primary cycle. The beginning of a Primary cycle (nominal 18 week) is most often a 6 week cycle. This can have a range of 5 - 7 weeks. The second most common cycle to start a new Primary cycle is the 1/2 Primary or 9 weeks. This would have a range of 7.5 to 10.5 weeks. If this is a 1/2 Primary cycle forming the markets may have a ways to go. I'm looking for some type of more serious world event to stop this FED induced rise.  Some of the market cycles we use are from the work of Walter Bressert and Ray Merriman.

As mentioned, August 13 Venus squares Saturn as it's start of a translation of the Saturn / Neptune square. This is also on the 45 cd (calendar day) cycle (green vertical line) on the above chart. This could effect August 15th.

If there was only one word to describe the next month and a half it would be "disruptive".

There are two main aspects coming up, Mars conjunct Saturn and Saturn square Neptune. There are also a number of other transits involving other planets translating the above 2 aspects.

We are also entering the eclipse period. Coming up we have 2 lunar eclipses and 1 Solar eclipse. This should be a very dangerous period. The events could indirectly affect the financial markets. Events could include significant earthquakes, volcanic activity, war, terrorist events or violent weather. Subscribers have more exact dates over the next month and a half.

Last weekend when Mercury translated the forming Saturn / Neptune waning square we didn't see much happening. We will see if the Saturn / Neptune square is close enough for Venus to have an effect.

Mars moved "out of bounds" on  August 8th, this makes Mars more erratic and unpredictable than usual. Remember Mars just entered Sagittarius, a mutable fire sign normally aggressive and impulsive but not dominating.  There is a potential war, violence or terrorist event involving Mars later in the month.

Search the blog for definitions you don't understand. If a subscriber search section 9 of the monthly report. There are many other important events occurring in August and September. Subscribers have the dates. This may be a very difficult period.

Another chart is the daily SP500 with the Sun and Pluto price lines. Green is the Sun and black is Pluto. Notice, the SP500 has been stopped at the Pluto price line (black line) for some time and broke above the Pluto line on August 5th. Look back and note this has happened before. Also note price often follows the Sun price line up.  The SP500 dipped on August 2nd just below the Sun price line then moved up and broke through the Pluto price line with the favorable Employment Report in the US. If considering a trade this would be a short term as I'm expecting trouble which may start as early as next week.

With the dovish monetary policy one would expect the US$ to be moving down. See the following weekly chart of the US$ index. The purple squares are the Uranus Retrograde dates. Note the US$ often turns close to the Uranus Retrograde dates, both up and down. A turn here would be down in the US$.

Also note the red vertical lines on the right side of the chart. This is the 26 week cycle. This has also been close to short term changes in trend. This 26th week cycle occurs the same week as the Uranus retrograde. The US$ to move down based on Uranus retrograde and the 26 week cycle.

The US$ got a boost from the fictitious latest Employment Report.

So this week watch early in the week after Venus has translated the forming Saturn / Neptune square and after Saturn has turned direct.

I will be sending out a separate report on the eclipses to subscriber next weekend. Eclipses can effect a broad period of time.

When Saturn turns direct in August it will be headed for the last exact waning square between Saturn and Neptune. This aspect has created much of the tension, lies and deceit we have seen for the last number of months. The date of the last exact square is September 10 but these longer term transits will color history for many months afterwards and need a broad orb. This time period may expose some long term deceit and there may be an illness or worse for a current world leader.

This transit will be coloring the period of time (all year). Lies and deceit continue. Except me of course.

Saturn waning 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 personal horoscope.

Neptune can be the height of spirituality or illusion, delusion and deceit. Saturn is reality, Karmic debt, contraction, depression, sorrow and disappointment. When these planets meet look for political changes and reforms. Self sacrifice may come to the fore. This aspect seems to have a history with the British Royal Family.

One of the cycles associated with eclipses is the Metonic cycle. It is 19 years in length.

If we count back 19 years we have the time period for Princess Diana tragic death. Watch the news and see if something ties into the Royal Family. Perhaps uncovering some issue around the Family or Princess Diana's death.

Another cycle for eclipses is the Saros cycle. This is an 18 year, 11 day, 8 hour cycle. It marks the return of the Sun, Earth and Moon to approx. the same location. It takes 3 successive eclipses to return to the same area on Earth. Eclipses in a Saros cycle takes approx. 18 years so 18 * 3 = 54 years.

If we look at the Sept 1 Solar eclipse it is approx. 54 years from the Cuban Missile Crisis. There are nuclear issues with the U.S./ NATO locating nuclear tactical weapons in Europe on the Russian border. Before this is taken out of context, I am not forecasting nuclear war. This may be a time where nuclear issues come to the fore however.

On the following weekly chart of the DJIA, the red squares are Jupiter square Saturn, now past, and the green squares are Saturn square Neptune. It's between these two events that I have been looking for the Primary cycle low. We got it. After Sept 10 +- we will drop this chart.

Harmonics

I continue to watch the 24th harmonic cycle (360 / 24) cycle between the Sun and Saturn, which are the brown squares on the following daily chart. The next hits are August 17th and Sept 1. They are often at short changes in trend as seen on the August 1 date which was followed by two strong moves down.

Gold

I was looking at May 31 as the start of a new nominal 18 week cycle   ¹ trough.

This puts us entering the 11th week this coming week. We may have put in a 1/2 Primary cycle or 9 week cycle on July 25th.

Gold has followed general Mars transits in Scorpio. Starting with Mars entering Scorpio in early January 2016 Gold went up. The move ended when Mars entered Sagittarius  on March 5th. Gold then went sideways until Mars turned retrograde on April 17th.

On May 27 Mars reentered Scorpio moving backwards.

Mars turned direct on June 29th and will leave Scorpio for Sagittarius once again on August 2nd where Gold has a history of moving down or flat. There are also a couple of aspects which could point to a turn. We expect Gold to be flat to down (sideways consolidation) once we get past August 2nd but this may take a few weeks. Gold appears to be starting a down move.

Heliocentric Mercury entered Sagittarius on Aug 9th. This often marks big range days and volatility for precious metals. PM's can move either way but the history shows it is often up.

I'm looking for PM's to move down.

The red vertical lines are the 14 cd cycle (calendar date) which has been at tops and bottoms for short term trend changes. The next date is August 11th.

On the following daily Gold charts there are the Venus (green), Jupiter (blue). These are the longitude of the planet converted to price. Gold often makes a big move close to when the Venus and Jupiter price lines cross. They crossed on July 29th and Gold had a big day. Gold has now pulled back to the Jupiter price line (blue). Watch for it to break through this area Monday or Tuesday.

Crude

Feb 11 was the start of the Primary cycle. The crude cycle trough may have hit on August 2nd. This was 1 day before the Sun / Neptune 24 harmonic. (see the price line chart below). This would put the low in 1st or 25th week of an older Primary (nominal 18 week cycle).  Again, this could be the Primary cycle trough. I made some small long trades.

The blue horizontal lines are the average longitude of the planets from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The longitude is converted to price and put on the chart. It has acted as good support / resistance in the past.

Mentioned many times Jupiter and Neptune are the co-rulers of crude. Neptune is in Pisces, the sign that it rules, making it stronger. Jupiter is currently in Virgo the sign of it's detriment.

We are in that area above the next Jupiter Price Line (blue) right now.

From last week.

The red squares are the 24th harmonic between the Sun and Neptune. Amongst other things this harmonic is for a "short term change in trend". The next date is August 3rd then August 18th. August 3rd may be important for many markets. Watch closely this coming week.  August 2nd looks like the turn up for a new Primary cycle. If not a turn at least a short term correction.