Financial Astrology - May 1, 2017

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise I’m looking at March 27^th as the Primary cycle trough.  I’ve left the other possibilities on the chart. They were April 13^th and the 25^th week of the older cycle. April 13^th appears to be a double bottom to the March 27^th low.

This puts us entering the 5^th week of a new Primary cycle. We should therefore be looking for a pull back into the first 6 week cycle trough. The other possibility would be a ½ Primary cycle but going with the 6 week cycle for now.

We had a descending triangle (green) on the chart. As often happens price crashed through the upper line of the triangle, in effect gaping twice. Those gap areas may act as resistance although I’m expecting a move down to the 6 week trough.

It should be noted Primary cycles (18 weeks) most often start with a nominal 6 week sub-cycle.  The 2nd most common start is a 1/2 Primary or 9 week sub-cycles. The nominal range for the Primary cycle is 13 to 21 weeks. Currently the high of this cycle was on March 1st closing at 2396 in the SP500. This high was very late in the cycle. It is very right translated which by itself would be bullish.

The last 2 months have been unusual and very difficult to forecast. A turn on April 13^th was just before the Sun conjunct Uranus and Venus turning direct from retrograde.

To summarize, I’m looking for a pullback in the short term to a 6 week cycle trough. I’m expecting volatility with both ups and downs but moving forward I’m looking for a low mid-year (June / July) but probably June after reviewing the Astrological aspects.

Note the 15 (red) and 45 day (blue) sma’s. Price dropped below the 15 and 45 day sma’s and has now risen above those averages.

This coming week has fewer significant Astros than what we have seen in March and April. Nevertheless, there are some new ones and the longer term aspects we have mentioned still apply and confusing Mercury continues it’s retrograde motion until

May 3^rd.

April is filled with powerful Astrological aspects and events. Don’t discount the aspects of the larger planets. They can cover longer periods of time. For example, 2 weeks ago we had Saturn going retrograde. This can last for a number of weeks and is a period of review, taking stock, restriction, fear and correct recent mistakes. The Sun always trines Saturn approx. 11 cd’s, (calendar days) after Saturn turns retrograde. This was April 17^th.

This is a month of retrogrades. The following planets turn retrograde or direct this month; Saturn retrograde, Mercury retrograde, Venus direct and Pluto retrograde. See last week’s blog.

The following chart of the SP500 includes the original Bradley indicator (red line). There are two possible change in trend dates, which maybe the 6 week lows on May 8^th and May 12^th.

The first week in May has some unusual aspects in Cycle Charts. This will be covered in the subscriber’s letter. Cycle Charts are drawn up for a planet when it crosses 0 degrees of declination from South to North. Venus, the ruler money is prominent. This happening while the USA is considering a change in the corporate tax rate to 15%

This should be a volatile period.

I continue to watch the 24th harmonic cycle (360 / 24) cycles for short term turns. The brown squares are Sun / Saturn 15 degrees on the following daily chart.

The last hit was on April 17.

The next hits are May 2nd then May 17^th. Either could eb the 6 week low.

I have added 3 price lines to this chart.

Saturn - black

Uranus - purple

Neptune - light blue

These price lines can act as support / resistance. Also on this chart are blue vertical line which is the 24 cd (calendar day) cycle. It has been at highs and lows.

The date of March 1st is the same date as the 24 Harmonic. We went down.

Gold

We put in a low in Gold on December 15th, 2016 which was the 7.4-year cycle low in Gold

Gold most often starts a Primary cycle with a nominal 6 week sub-cycle. This Primary cycle appears to be in a classic 3 * 6 week pattern. Venus turning retrograde is a good signal for a move in Gold and Gold did move sharply lower at the Venus retrograde. Gold now appears to be rolling over into the last 6th week cycle which should take Gold to a Primary cycle low in late April or May.

Heliocentric Mercury enters Sagittarius on April 30th a signature that often signals moves in Gold.

After the Primary low is in I’m looking for precious metals to start moving up. Beyond technical’s and Astrology, countries like China are reducing the rate at which they purchase US treasuries. By May / June watch Gold increase. I am looking at precious metals being the trade of the year.

December 15, 2016 may have been the Gold low we have been looking for. This puts us in the 20th week of the Primary cycle. This looks like the third and last nominal 6 week cycle dropping into it’s low.

Gold like many markets will be affected by the Astrological aspects from late March through April. This may push Gold a little lower or add some restraint in the Spring period.

Other dates to watch for Gold moves are:

May 11, 12     +- 2 td’s

May 23-24      +- 2 td’s

They could be big range days or cycle troughs.

Gold may be affected by the Venus and Mercury shadow dates which are May 19 and May 21 respectively.

The next chart is a longer term monthly chart showing the 7.4 year cycle in Gold. They are the red vertical lines. Note that the 7.4 year cycle put in a low in late 2015. We are now in a pull back but we are very early in the 7.4 year cycle which should be bullish in the long term.

Crude

March 22^nd appears to be the Primary cycle low for crude, although not confirmed. This was in the 18^th week of the Primary cycle.

Being the sixth week we would usually be looking for a reversal up and this may still be a good move here. There are many production issues with too much crude to satisfy demand. Someone or some group have to curtail some production.

The blue horizontal lines are the average longitudes of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto converted to price. They should act as good support / resistance areas.

Giving more credence to a buy here, crude price is on the 50% retracement of the move up from Nov. 14, 2016 to Feb 21, 2017.

I'm watching all aspects to Jupiter or Neptune, the two rulers of crude. Crude can also be effected by Pluto as it rules “things from the ground”. Pluto turned retrograde on

April 20^th, in the middle of the move down.

Following is a daily chart of crude showing the price lines for the Sun (green) and Pluto (black). Note that recent move down is in the middle of the Sun price lines (green). Watch both the Sun and Pluto price lines.

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise November 4th was the Primary cycle trough. ¹ which puts us entering either the 24^th or the 2^nd week of a nominal 18-week cycle. If week 2 then, April 13 was the Primary cycle low This is not confirmed. We’ll have to wait for price action next week to determine if we are at the start of a new Primary cycle.

It should be noted Primary cycles (18 weeks) most often start with a nominal 6 week sub-cycle.  The 2nd most common start is a 1/2 Primary or 9 week sub-cycles. The nominal range for the Primary cycle is 13 to 21 weeks. Currently the high of this cycle was on March 1st closing at 2396 in the SP500. This high was very late in the cycle. It is very right translated which by itself would be bullish.

This cycle is so late I expect the cycle to expand, probably into the 22 – 23+ weeks area possibly longer. I have covered my shorts although I still have shorts in the TSX (Toronto Exchange).

The last 2 months have been unusual and very difficult to forecast. A turn on April 13^th was just before the Sun conjunct Uranus and Venus turning direct from retrograde.

To summarize, there was a tremendous move up from November 4, 2016. It went sideways starting in early December then up again near the Jupiter retrograde on February 6th. The US markets are very overvalued at this time.

I had mentioned there was large sums of money going into the US markets. In a previous post I mentioned the FED injecting 200 billion + into the markets. Today I found the ECB and BOJ have purchased 1 trillion dollars in assets since January 1 2017. One of the reasons the markets rose at this rate.

The following chart of the SP500 shows the heliocentric Bradley indicator (blue, horizontal, jagged line). It is suggesting a market turn on Monday April 24^th.

Note the 15 (red) and 45 day (blue) sma’s. The 15 day sma has crossed below the 45 day and is pointed down. Price went below the 15 and 45 day sma. This is something we watch for a Primary cycle troughs.

The look back for the 15 day sma is going to drop some higher values which by itself would mean the 15 day should move lower.

This coming week has fewer significant Astros than what we have seen in March and April. Nevertheless, there are some new ones and the longer term aspects we have mentioned still apply and confusing Mercury continues it’s retrograde motion until

May 3^rd.

April is filled with powerful Astrological aspects and events. Don’t discount the aspects of the larger planets. They can cover longer periods of time. For example, 2 weeks ago we had Saturn going retrograde. This can last for a number of weeks and is a period of review, taking stock, restriction, fear and correct recent mistakes. The Sun always trines Saturn approx. 11 cd’s, (calendar days) after Saturn turns retrograde. This was April 17^th.

This is a month of retrogrades. The following planets turn retrograde or direct this month; Saturn retrograde, Mercury retrograde, Venus direct and Pluto retrograde. See last week’s blog.

Next week, starting on Saturday:

April 23 Mars squared the North Node

Mars squared to the North Node gives the courage to follow through on any new ideas. Risk taking. Watch out for law enforcement or military. This can also represent accidents due to carelessness and mechanical breakdowns. Watch for this on the weekend and the first couple of days next week.

April 24 Mercury trine Saturn

This should add some level of patience with the events transpiring around this signature. Mercury continues in retrograde motion until early May and brings it’s own level of miscommunication. Both planets are in Fire signs, Aries and Sagittarius. Aries, looking at the US as a whole, and can represent how the nation projects itself to the world. With Saturn in Sagittarius the law, religion could be emphasized.

April 27 Mars sesquisquare Pluto

The sesquisquare aspect is 135 degrees and can represent when one makes a mountain out of a molehill. It can reveal an area of frustration or disappointment.

April 28 Venus enters Aries

Venus here is connected to national resources and finances. It may also affect the way women are represented or themes associated with women.

           

Mercury conjunct Uranus

Like Mercury trining Saturn above, retrograde Mercury will conjunct Uranus throwing our attention to air and rail transportation. There may be an accident of some significance. This could also be pointing to a period of wild weather, upheavals, lawlessness, protests and inventions / technological events.

Mercury aspecting Saturn then Uranus within a few days may trigger a sudden, unpleasant event.

The first week in May has some unusual aspects in Cycle Charts. This will be covered in the subscribers letter. Cycle Charts are drawn up for a planet when it crosses 0 degrees of declination from South to North.

Venus

The following chart shows Venus retrograde, the Inferior conjunctions of Venus and the Sun and Venus going direct on April 15^th. Read the last couple of blog post for more info on Venus retrograde.

Notice that the SP500 turned down when Venus turned retrograde (red arrow) and now may turn up near the Venus direct date (blue arrow)

Mercury

The other planet inside the Earth’s orbit is Mercury. It too has inferior and superior conjunctions. On the chart the red arrow is Mercury turning retrograde, then the Inferior conjunction of the Sun and Mercury and then the blue arrow which means returning to direct motion. Mercury can be a very confusing time. Mercury will turn direct on May 3^rd.

All the longer term Astrological aspects and events still apply. See previous blog posts.

Watch for potential geophysical events, violent weather or increased conflict. Mars is the planet of war, conflict and aggression. We had noted this last week and we got the USA bombing Syria on April 6^th the same day Mars trined Pluto. A war aspect. We also had the use of a MOAB bomb and potential crisis brewing in North Korea. From other sources, there may be an event or issue with water in the USA. This summer may see increased geophysical activity, particularly around the Solar eclipse.

As mentioned in previous weeks both Israel and Egypt (mid-East) may come to the fore this year as regards to conflict and aggression. Iran and Turkey may be included as well. This may be seen before the end of April. This is connected to the on-going Saturn / Uranus trine, a 45 year aspect which is exact again on May 19th.

Mars is active and can result in war or conflict. The US should stay out of any conflicts as they should concentrate on growing health and legal problems at home. If the US does get involved it could result in many casualties. At this point watch Syria and North Korea. Coming up, can Iran be kept off center stage?

In mid-May we have the Saturn / Uranus trine. The Saturn trine Uranus aspect is a right wing, conservative process with a history of the development of capitalism. This is an aspect to bring out new ideas, inventions, insights and reforms. This aspect also has a strong connection with the Middle East and Israel and Egypt in particular. It is a 45-year cycle. When looking at Brexit and recent political actions in the USA with the Trump presidency look no further than the Saturn / Uranus trine.

I continue to watch the 24th harmonic cycle (360 / 24) cycles for short term turns. The brown squares are Sun / Saturn 15 degrees on the following daily chart.

The last hit was on April 17.

The next hits are May 2nd then May 17^th.

I have added 3 price lines to this chart.

Saturn - black

Uranus - purple

Neptune - light blue

These price lines can act as support / resistance. Also on this chart are blue vertical line which is the 24 cd (calendar day) cycle. It has been at highs and lows.

The date of March 1st is the same date as the 24 Harmonic. We went down.

Looking forward I'm expecting difficult markets through April timeframe.

Gold

December 15 should have been the Gold low we have been looking for. This puts us in the 19th week of the nominal 18 week cycle. Since December 15th Gold has been trending up showing three crests of higher highs and higher lows. This is bullish. Gold showed a Doji on the close on March 10th. This is often a turn signal. It stalled for a couple of days and then went up. Currently April 17th  may have been the Primary cycle crests. April 17^th was the first trading day after Venus turned direct on April 15^th.

This was an Evening Star Doji and almost on the 23.6% retracement on the following Gold chart.

Price is now above the 15 and 45 day sma with the 15 day pointed up.

I had been looking for a pullback in precious metals followed by a stronger and sustained move up which could go on for a few months.

A pull back now may turn out to be a great entry point. Watch closely over the next couple of weeks. Gold would benefit if the Debt Ceiling was covered by increasing the money supply and hence, inflation may be seen.

Gold like many markets will be affected by the Astrological aspects for April.

Mercury turned retrograde on April 9^th. Gold shot up one day after the retrograde date. The Inferior Conjunction was a non event. I’m waiting for a pullback into the Primary cycle low. Once complete precious metals should be the place to be. The inferior conjunction is April 20^th and the blue arrow is Mercury turning direct on May 3^rd. We may see resistance in the 1298 area.

The next chart is a longer term monthly chart showing the 7.4 year cycle in Gold. They are the red vertical lines. Note that the 7.4 year cycle put in a low in late 2015. We are now in a pull back but we are very early in the 7.4 year cycle which should be bullish in the long term.

Crude

March 22  was the start of a new Primary cycle. This would put us in either the 5th week  of a new Primary cycle.

The pullback this week may have been the pullback I have mentioned many times. That is a pullback 2 to 3 weeks after a Primary cycle trough. The down move this week looks a little severe and may be pointing to further negative action in the crude market.

The blue horizontal lines are the average longitudes of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto converted to price. They should act as good support / resistance areas. That blue line currently above price is at 54.85 and I'm looking for this area to be strong resistance.

I'm watching all aspects to Jupiter or Neptune, the two rulers of crude. As one reader pointed out this should include both geocentric and heliocentric aspects. Crude can also be effected by Pluto as it rules “things from the ground”. Pluto turned retrograde on

April 20^th, in the middle of the move down.

Following is a daily chart of crude showing the price lines for the Sun (green) and Pluto (black). Note that recent move down is in the middle of the Sun price lines (green). Watch both the Sun and Pluto price lines.

Financial Astrology - April 17, 2017

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise November 4th was the Primary cycle trough. ¹ which puts us entering the 23rd week of a nominal 18 week cycle. November 4th was the 40 week cycle trough as well. 

It should be noted Primary cycles (18 weeks) most often start with a nominal 6 week sub-cycle.  The 2nd most common start is a 1/2 Primary or 9 week sub-cycles. The nominal range for the Primary cycle is 13 to 21 weeks. Currently the high of this cycle was on March 1st closing at 2396 in the SP500. This high is very late in the cycle. It is very right translated which by itself would be bullish.

This cycle is so late I expect the cycle to expand, probably into the 22 – 23+ weeks area possibly longer. The US markets appear negative. I’m short going into next week. We should be looking for a possible Primary cycle trough over the next few weeks though next week may be very difficult.

With the upcoming Astrological activity, I expect the markets to be volatile over the next few weeks and moving down into that trough. The last 2 months have been unusual and very difficult to forecast. Note, we could see a turn next week with Venus going direct on April 15th.

To summarize, there was a tremendous move up from November 4, 2016. It went sideways starting in early December then up again near the Jupiter retrograde on February 6th. The US markets are very overvalued at this time.

From here the markets hit the Sun conjunct Neptune transit, the Jupiter opposition Uranus and Venus retrograde. These three, hitting aspects at least stopped the move up and the index has been trending down since the March 1^st high. I have been expecting a sharper, deeper move down than we have seen so far.

Note the 15 (red) and 45 day (blue) sma’s. The 15 day sma has crossed the 45 day and is pointed down. I’m waiting to see the 45 day sma to turn down as well.

The look back for the 15 day sma is going to drop some higher values which by itself would mean the 15 day should move lower.

The look back of the 45 day sma gets us back to the early February area. Taking out the lower values out would mean, by itself, a move higher in the 45 day sma.

Having the 15 day lower than the 45 day is something we look for near a Primary cycle trough. I’m expecting more price action to the down-side

April is filled with powerful Astrological aspects and events. Don’t discount the aspects of the larger planets. They can cover longer periods of time. For example, 2 weeks ago  we had Saturn going retrograde. This can last for a number of weeks and is a period of review, taking stock, restriction, fear and correct recent mistakes. The Sun always trines Saturn approx. 11 cd’s, (calendar days) after Saturn turns retrograde. This is April 17^th.

This is a month of retrogrades. The following planets turn retrograde or direct this month; Saturn retrograde, Mercury retrograde, Venus direct and Pluto retrograde. See last weeks blog.

Next week, starting on Saturday:

April 14 Sun conjunct Uranus

The Sun and Uranus are volatile. This could be a signature for sudden reversals in the trend of the markets. Last week we covered sidereal Uranus and it’s 42 year cycle. The Sun will conjunct Uranus very close to that position in the sidereal Zodiac. For those with interest I used the Lahiri zodiac.

April 15 Venus direct.

This signature is often found at market turns. Again, Venus is money among other things.

April 17 Sun trine Saturn

As noted above this always takes place approx.. 11 days after Saturn turns retrograde. This can extend the restrictive, fearful period. In this case Mars was in waxing trine to Pluto (war planets) when  Saturn turned retrograde.

April 19 Sun enters Taurus

In this case the Sun will emphasize the “Economy”, or the truth about the economy. These events and aspects cover the world economy, which, by most measures is overvalued.

April 20 Pluto turns Retrograde

Pluto turning retrograde, surprisingly does not have a strong effect on the US economy. Pluto does rule debt however, and debt is a problem globally. Watch for issues of debt over the next few weeks. I’m watching Europe closely on this issue and in particular Greek and Italion banks but there could be many banks involved once there is a failure.
Debt was a big problem in the 2009 market, marked at a low on March 6, 2009. Today there is more debt for all levels of government, public and private pensions, company debt and personal debt.

April 21 Venus square Saturn

Due to retrograde motion this is the second Venus / Saturn square in two weeks. It has a strong association with Primary cycles but needs a wide orb. We are in the time frame for a Primary cycle trough which is now late.

April 21 Sun trine North Node

One thing I have not mentioned is a market theory developed in the 1930’s by Louise McWhirter. The basics of the theory are spelled out in her 1930’s book, Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting.

The basics are this. The trend in business volume has been found to correspond with the cycle of the North Node which has a cycle length of 18.7 years. The North Node moves backwards through the signs in relation to the other planets.

The high point of business volume is reached when the North Node transits through Leo. The low point of business volume occurs when the North Node transits through Aquarius. The last transit of the North Node through Aquarius was Dec 2007 through August 2009. The low came in at March 6, 2009.

The North Node enters Leo in early May 2017. It does not necessarily start immediately. The North Node will be in Leo for approx. 1.5 years.

April 21 Mars enters Gemini a mutable, air sign

To answer a subscriber’s request.

Mars governs the military, soldiers, military and naval men / events. War, terrorist attacks, industrial disputes, strikes and conflicts. Opposition forces. Fire and fire services. Mars rising on the eastern horizon is aggressive and warlike.

With Mars in a mutable sign (Gemini) Mars is combative but Mars is scattered and unfocused in Gemini and possibly not thinking and communicating coherently. Look for strife and war like activity.

There are others later in the month but that’s the coming week.

Venus

The following chart shows Venus retrograde, the Inferior conjunctions of Venus and the Sun and Venus going direct coming up on April 15^th. Read the last couple of blog post for more info on Venus retrograde.

The Venus Direct signature often occurs at a move in the SP500 both up and down. I’ll be looking for a move down. It is the blue arrow on the chart.

Mercury

The other planet inside the Earth’s orbit is Mercury. It too has inferior and superior conjunctions. On the chart the red arrow is Mercury turning retrograde, then the Inferior conjunction of the Sun and Mercury and then the blue arrow which means returning to direct motion. Mercury can be a very confusing time.

From last week watch Sidereal Uranus as it will have a wide orb and could affect the markets or a world event at any time.

All the longer term Astrological aspects and events still apply. See previous blog posts.

Watch for potential geophysical events, violent weather or increased conflict. Mars is the planet of war, conflict and aggression. We had noted this last week and we got the USA bombing Syria on April 6^th the same day Mars trined Pluto. A war aspect. We also had the use of a MOAB bomb and potential crisis brewing in North Korea. From other sources, there may be an event or issue with water in the USA. This summer may see increased geophysical activity, particularly around the Solar eclipse.

As mentioned in previous weeks both Israel and Egypt (mid-East) may come to the fore this year as regards to conflict and aggression. Iran and Turkey may be included as well. This may be seen before the end of April. This is connected to the on-going Saturn / Uranus trine, a 45 year aspect which is exact again on May 19th.

Mars is active and can result in war or conflict. The US should stay out of any conflicts as they should concentrate on growing health and legal problems at home. If the US does get involved it could result in many casualties. At this point watch Syria and North Korea. Coming up, can Iran be kept off center stage?

24Harmonic

I continue to watch the 24th harmonic cycle (360 / 24) cycles for short term turns. The brown squares are Sun / Saturn 15 degrees on the following daily chart.

The last hit was on March 31

The next hits are April 17th then May 2^nd.

I have added 3 price lines to this chart.

Saturn - black

Uranus - purple

Neptune - light blue

These price lines can act as support / resistance. Also on this chart are blue vertical line which is the 24 cd (calendar day) cycle. It has been at highs and lows.

The date of March 1st is the same date as the 24 Harmonic. We went down.

Looking forward I'm expecting difficult markets through April time frame.

With the bombing in Syria after the use of chemicals against women and children we should remember the problems in Syria were related to gas pipelines. Assad had refused a natural gas pipeline proposal from Qatar backed by Saudi Arabia. This pipeline would have gone through Syria and into Turkey. This could go through to Europe and therefore negatively effect Russia's near monopoly on natural gas to Europe. Instead Assad chose another option, which was a pipeline from Iran, Iraq and Syria. The overthrow of Assad would clear the way for the Qatar pipeline. The USA for their part were supporting the Syrian rebels, indirectly supporting the the Qatar alternative and siding with the US ally Saudi Arabia. Of course we have the Sunni / Shiite differences behind all this activity.

Gold

December 15 should have been the Gold low we have been looking for. This puts us in the 18th week of the nominal 18 week cycle. Since December 15th Gold has been trending up showing three crests of higher highs and higher lows. This is bullish. Gold showed a Doji on the close on March 10th. This is often a turn signal. It stalled for a couple of days and then went up, currently at 1288.50.

Price is now above the 15 and 45 day sma with the 15 day curling up. Gold appears to be

Starting a new Primary cycle, NOT confirmed. It possibly had a very short Primary which ended on March 10^th. For now, I’ll leave this at week 18 of an older Gold Primary cycle.

I had been looking for a pullback in precious metals followed by a stronger and sustained move up which could go on for a few months.

A pull back now may turn out to be a great entry point. Watch closely over the next couple of weeks.

Gold would benefit if the Debt Ceiling was covered by increasing the money supply and hence, inflation may be seen.

Gold like many markets will be affected by the Astrological aspects for April.

Following is a daily Gold chart with the arrows identifying retrograde and direct dates and the Inferior and Superior Sun / Venus conjunctions. We had the Venus Retrograde date on March 4th then March 25 for the Inferior conjunction and April 15 has Venus  turning direct again. Any of these 3 dates could be a turn in Gold. I was looking for a move down near the Venus retrograde date of March 4th +- 3 tds which we got. We may see a move down near the Venus Direct date, April 15. Bear in mind there is also a Mercury retrograde period coming up this month. Gold often moves based on Mercury retrograde / direct dates.

And Mercury turns retrograde on April 9^th. This may indicate a turn in Gold. I’m looking for Gold to pullback into a Primary cycle trough. Once complete precious metals should be the place to be. The inferior conjunction is April 20^th and the blue arrow is Mercury turning direct on May 3^rd. We may see resistance in the 1298 area.

The next chart is a longer term monthly chart showing the 7.4 year cycle in Gold. They are the red vertical lines. Note that the 7.4 year cycle put in a low in late 2015. We are now in a pull back but we are very early in the 7.4 year cycle which should be bullish in the long term.

Crude

March 22  was the start of a new Primary cycle. This would put us in either the 4th week or the 22nd week of the Primary cycle.

Price is now above the 15 day sma and the 45 day sma.and the 15 day sma is rising just below the 45 day sma. This is what we like to see near the start of a Primary cycle.

The blue horizontal lines are the average longitudes of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto converted to price. They should act as good support / resistance areas. That blue line currently above price is at 53.18 and I'm looking for this area to be strong resistance.

I'm watching all aspects to Jupiter or Neptune, the two rulers of crude. As one reader pointed out this should include both geocentric and heliocentric aspects.

Following is a daily chart of crude showing the price lines for the Sun (green) and Pluto (black). Note that move up stopped at the Pluto price line and closed just above the Sun (green) price line.

"What everyone is looking for, is what is looking."
-- St. Francis of Assisi

A Note on the FED

The FED is not the solution to the countries financial problems.

They are the problem. Look at the FED created bubbles on the following chart and who was in charge.

Financial Astrology - April 10, 2017

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SP500

For the SP500, cycle-wise November 4th was the Primary cycle trough. ¹ which puts us entering the 22nd week of a nominal 18 week cycle. November 4th was the 40 week cycle trough as well. 

It should be noted Primary cycles (18 weeks) most often start with a nominal 6 week sub-cycle.  The 2nd most common start is a 1/2 Primary or 9 week sub-cycles. The nominal range for the Primary cycle is 13 to 21 weeks. Currently the high of this cycle was on March 1st closing at 2396 in the SP500. This high is very late in the cycle. It is very right translated which by itself would be bullish.

This cycle is so late I expect the cycle to expand, probably into the 22 – 23 week area.

We are do to have a Primary cycle trough.

With the upcoming Astrological activity, I expect the markets to be volatile over the next few weeks and moving down into that trough. The last 2 months have been unusual and very difficult to forecast.

To summarize, there was a tremendous move up from November 4, 2016. It went sideways starting in early December then up again near the Jupiter retrograde on February 6th. The US markets are very overvalued at this time.

From here the markets hit the Sun conjunct Neptune transit, the Jupiter opposition Uranus and Venus retrograde. These three, hitting aspects at least stopped the move up and the index has been trending down since the March 1^st high. I have been expecting a sharper, deeper move down than we have seen so far.

Note the 15 (red) and 45 day (blue) sma’s are touching. The look back for the 15 day sma is going to drop some higher values which by itself would mean the 15 day should move lower.

A look back of the 45 day sma gets us back to the early February area. Taking out the lower values out would mean, by itself, a move higher in the 45 day sma.

Having the 15 day lower than the 45 day is something we look for near a Primary cycle trough.

I’m expecting more price action to the down-side

April is filled with powerful Astrological aspects and events. Don’t discount the aspects of the larger planets. They can cover longer periods of time. For example, last week we had Saturn going retrograde. This can last for a number of weeks and is a period of review, taking stock, restriction, fear and correct recent mistakes.

This is a month of retrogrades. The following planets turn retrograde or direct this month; Saturn retrograde, Mercury retrograde, Venus direct and Pluto retrograde.

Next week, starting on Saturday:

April 8            Venus waxing square Saturn.

Saturn is retrograde and Venus is slowing, preparing for it’s move to direct motion. Saturn retrograde is review, correct mistakes, fear and depressing news. This has a history of occurring close to Primary cycles. Due to the current position of the SP500 I would say it should be near a Primary cycle trough. Venus square Saturn could stand for restriction of money or restriction on something? Deflation?

This aspect is emphasized as it appears twice due to retrograde motion. Once on April 8 then later in the month.

April 9            Mercury Retrograde

Mercury rules buying, selling, communications, short trips and trading. All these areas can get confusing during the retrograde period. This may be close to a Primary cycle move. If possible don’t sign agreements or make long term decisions during the Mercury retrograde period. “The Trickster”

April 11 Pluto square the Full Moon (Moon in Libra, Sun in Aries.

Pluto is control and tearing down to build anew. It is also debt and we should watch issues around debt during this period. This may also be a short period of fear or the start of a more prolonged period. Pluto is also threats to security attacks or planning for attacks.

April 14 Sun conjunct Uranus

The Sun and Uranus are volatile. This could be a signature for sudden reversals in the trend of the markets. Last week we covered sidereal Uranus and it’s 42 year cycle. The Sun will conjunct Uranus very close to that position in the sidereal Zodiac. For those with interest I used the Lahiri zodiac.

April 15 Venus direct.

This signature is often found at market truns. Again, Venus is money among other things.

There are others later in the month but that’s the coming week.

Venus

The following chart shows Venus retrograde, the Inferior conjunctions of Venus and the Sun and Venus going direct coming up on April 15^th. Read the last couple of blog post for more info on Venus retrograde.

The Venus Direct signature often occurs at a move in the SP500 both up and down. I’ll be looking for a move down. It is the blue arrow on the chart.

Mercury

The other planet inside the Earth’s orbit is Mercury. It too has inferior and superior conjunctions. On the chart the red arrow is Mercury turning retrograde, then the Inferior conjunction of the Sun and Mercury and then the blue arrow which means returning to direct motion. Mercury can be a very confusing time.

From last week.

Sidereal Uranus

Of possible importance, there is also a Vedic (Indian Astrology) aspect which is sidereal Uranus crossing into Aries. This could be powerful. The following is a monthly chart. Uranus takes approx.. 84 years for one trip around the Sun. The following chart shows the last 2 times Uranus passed over a cardinal point. We are looking at the last light blue dot. Give this +- 3 weeks.

All the longer term Astrological aspects and events still apply. See previous blog posts.

Watch for potential geophysical events, violent weather or increased conflict. Mars is the planet of war, conflict and aggression. We had noted this last week and we got the USA bombing Syria on April 6^th the same day Mars trined Pluto. A war aspect. From other sources, there may be an event or issue with water in the USA. This summer may see increased geophysical activity, particularly around the Solar eclipse.

As mentioned in previous weeks both Israel and Egypt (mid-East) may come to the fore this year as regards to conflict and aggression. Iran and Turkey may be included as well. This may be seen before the end of April. This is connected to the on-going Saturn / Uranus trine, a 45 year aspect which is exact again on May 19th.

Mars is active and can result in war or conflict. The US should stay out of any conflicts as they should concentrate on growing health and legal problems at home. If the US does get involved it could result in many casualties. At this point watch Syria.

I continue to watch the 24th harmonic cycle (360 / 24) cycles. The brown squares are Sun / Saturn 15 degrees on the following daily chart.

The last hit was on March 31

The next hits are April 17th then May 2^nd.

I have added 3 price lines to this chart.

Saturn - black

Uranus - purple

Neptune - light blue

These price lines can act as support / resistance. Also on this chart are blue vertical line which is the 24 cd (calendar day) cycle. It has been at highs and lows.

The date of March 1st is the same date as the 24 Harmonic. We went down.

Looking forward I'm expecting difficult markets in the late March through April timeframe.

Gold

December 15 was the Gold low. This puts us in the 17th week of the nominal 18 week cycle. Since December 15th Gold has been trending up showing two crests of higher highs and higher lows until February 27th where we had a nominal 6 week cycle crest and headed down. Gold showed a Doji on the close on March 10th. This is often a turn signal. It stalled for a couple of days and then went up.

Price is now above the 15 and 45 day sma with the 15 day curling up. Gold appears to be moving sideways but may be effected by the two Venus squared Saturn aspects, restriction. I’m looking for a pullback in the precious metals for a Primary cycle low and then I’ll be looking for more Gold purchases. This may turn out to be a great entry point. Watch closely over the next couple of weeks.

Gold would benefit if the Debt Ceiling was covered by increasing the money supply and hence, inflation may be seen.

Gold like many markets will be affected by the Astrological aspects from March 24th through April 21st.

Following is a daily Gold chart with the arrows identifying retrograde and direct dates and the Inferior and Superior Sun / Venus conjunctions. We had the Venus Retrograde date on March 4th then March 25 for the Inferior conjunction and April 15 has Venus  turning direct again. Any of these 3 dates could be a turn in Gold. I was looking for a move down near the Venus retrograde date of March 4th +- 3 tds which we got. We may see a move down now into the Venus Direct date, April 15. Bear in mind there is also a Mercury retrograde period coming up this month. Gold often moves based on Mercury retrograde / direct dates.

And Mercury turns retrograde on April 9^th. This may indicate a turn in Gold. I’m looking for Gold to pullback into a Primary cycle trough. Once complete precious metals should be the place to be. The blue arrow is Mercury turning direct on May 3^rd.

The next chart is a longer term monthly chart showing the 7.4 year cycle in Gold. They are the red vertical lines. Note that the 7.4 year cycle put in a low in late 2015. We are now in a pull back but we are very early in the 7.4 year cycle which should be bullish in the long term.

Crude

November 14 was the start of the Primary cycle. This would put us in either the 3^rd week or the 21^st week of the Primary cycle.

It looks like crude has put in another Primary cycle trough on March 22nd

but not confirmed. If this is a new Primary cycle, and I think it is, watch for a

pullback 2-3 weeks after the trough or right about now. This often occurs and provides an entry point near the beginning of a Primary cycle.

Price is now above the 15 day sma and the 45 day sma.

The blue horizontal lines are the average longitudes of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto converted to price. They should act as good support / resistance areas. That blue line currently above price is at 50.33 and I'm looking for this area to be strong resistance.

I'm watching all aspects to Jupiter or Neptune, the two rulers of crude. As one reader pointed out this should include both geocentric and heliocentric aspects.

Following is a daily chart of crude showing the price lines for the Sun (green) and Pluto (black). Note that move up stopped at the Pluto price line and closed on the Sun (green) price line.