Financial Astrology May 12, 2013

We are entering a period where both long term and short term transits are pointing to a reversal down in major market indices. It is possible the high in the SP500 was May 9, the Solar eclipse. If not there are a number of key transits coming up in the next couple of weeks. Whenever there are this many potent transits the markets are usually quite volatile. Volatile means up and down, not just up.

The dates I’m looking at

May 12            Mars opposition North Node. Has a history of some big moves but many instances where nothing of note happens.

May 16            Mars transits over the point of the May 9 Solar eclipse. Can be a powerful move and in this instance down.

May 17            Looking at heliocentric transits, most transists are geocentric unless otherwise noted. May 17 has a conjunction of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, an unusual event with some history of turns.

May 20            Uranus in waxing square to Pluto. This is the long term transit mentioned many times over the past few months. Long term transits like this typically need some trigger to manifest it’s energies. (see May 23)

                        You can search this blog for descriptions of the Uranus / Pluto square.
                         In the following weekly chart of the DJIA the blue squares show the Uranus Pluto square. The May 20 square is the third occurrence out of seven exact squares out into March 2015. Also on this chart the red circles show the Jupiter / Saturn trine coming up in July 2013. More about this important aspect in a future post.

May 23            Vesta, a prominent asteroid translates the Uranus / Pluto square.

May 25            Lunar eclipse

May 26            The Sun in waxing square to Neptune. This aspect has a strong history of turns and usually troughs then up given a range of +- 6 trading days. We are obviously in no position to talk troughs in any major US market unless we get a strong pullback almost immediately. With the following, this is possible.

There is another astrological configuration occurring over the next few weeks which I have been studying and can be seen in the following daily chart of the SP500. This gives the following dates and may be quite accurate.

May 20, 21

May 23

June 10

June 14

June 20

Looking at the recent history the May 20, 21 or 23^rd should mark intermediate lows. Watch these dates closely. As May 20 also has the square between Uranus and Pluto this new Astro event may affect precious metals as well. On this chart May 20 is the next vertical red line.