Financial Astrology - April 27, 2014

A message from a great American. The message would apply to both sides.

"Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
-- Mark Twain

Mars is still in orb for this Grand Square although I must admit I was expecting something more dramatic last week for the markets. The Ukraine situation didn't disappoint nor did the increase in significant earthquake activity; however, market moves were not really significant. I'll add "so far".

As mentioned in the last post there are more upcoming trouble spots, first with the Solar eclipse which is negative and in a money sign in Taurus, this week. Then Venus will be  translating the Grand Square in mid-May, Venus rules money and resources amongst other things. Subs have the dates.

After these planets separate, there is still a T-square. Mars has been retrograde (moving backwards as seen from earth) it turns direct in May and forms a T-square with Uranus and Pluto in June. The last T-square had Uranus as the focal planet. This T-Square has powerful Pluto in Capricorn as the focal planet signifying changes that can't be undone. Pluto in Capricorn is all about power and money or said another way about the powerful and moneyed. Changes to the powerful can involve gaining more power but could equally mean a removal or end of power. Leaders beware. Pluto in Capricorn can manifest as disclosure of some type of cover-up as Pluto is all about deep, dark secrets. It moves so slowly it can be some time before the secret comes out.

This week is the 12th week of the Primary cycle in the SP500. I'm expecting some volatility with the FED working behind the scenes to prop the markets up. We should see initial support around 1850-1856. If this area is broken on strong volume a trip to the 1833 area is quite possible. I'm looking for a spike low and then up. This week should be very volatile particularly the Nasdaq.

The following chart shows prices falling away from the 50% Fan line which has acted as resistance since mid - 2011. The Fan started on March 6, 2009, the bottom of the 2008-2009 slide.

The Pluto price line (blue line at the top of the chart) has continued to offer resistance.

I guess I would question who is buying at this point.

Based on Bloomberg's Smart Money Flow indicator

Gold

Gold is in either the 17th week or 1st week of the Primary cycle. If it is the 1st week, and I believe it is, it should be generally bullish for 4-7 weeks. Of course we have a potential conflict going on. This must be taken into consideration.

Gold often goes down after the Pluto retrograde (April 14) and then a short term up move into the Sun trine Pluto (May 3).

Crude

Crude is in the 16th week of it's Primary cycle and appears headed down to a trough.

Keep in mind that war rumors continue which can quickly effect commodities and crude in particular. Also keep in mind we are in the historical seasonal strength period as inventories are built for the summer driving period.

That said I'm looking for a trough around May 14 (Jupiter trine Chiron) or around May 24 (Jupiter trine Saturn). Those dates would be the potential Primary cycle trough dates. Look for support around 100 then 98.20.

Natural Gas also appears to be headed down. This would be the weaker time of the year for NatGas.

US$

We are also coming up to a 18 month cycle low in the US$ around mid-May 2014 as seen on the following weekly chart.. This could be a few weeks either side.

Financial Astrology - April 17, 2014

We are approaching the key date outlined in the 2014 forecast dates subscription. This time frame was first mentioned in a June 2013 post and many posts since.

The post will be short this week as we will be researching the major forecast dates for the SP500 for the 2nd half of 2014 on the week-end and we are awaiting dramatic world events. We'll be adding PayPal and VISA on the blog in May.

From the March 20th Post

Summary

"This could be a signature for war or rumors of war, either further activity in the Ukraine or another area of the world. If this is a market or financial system event it may be a decision made by financial powers that won't be disclosed immediately. In this time frame the G20 nations will meet (I believe April 11-14). Could a radical change to the world's financial system be on the agenda? Will we know all the decisions that are made? As noted above this could involve a major bankruptcy. Nation's can go bankrupt. This could also be a signature for a change in the world's reserve currency although I've been thinking this is a 2015 event. This should be watched closely.

I'll mention nuclear event but won't dwell on it.

Whatever happens over the next few weeks many people should feel the tension building up into it. This means there may be more than usual violent events that are sudden. This could also be a geopolitical event and with Uranus and Pluto it could be a geophysical event (earthquake, volcano). If it is something that will change the general belief system of the people, this may be the beginning of something more profound that could affect us for many years."

Please excuse the repetition but the Grand Square is a once in a lifetime event. If interested in previous posts on the subject, use the search blog function and search for "Grand Square" or "April" It is now becoming exact. Following are the dates of the exact aspect next week. Events may occur which have an effect some time into the future. These are all geocentric aspects.

Timeline

April 20          Jupiter squares Uranus   Jupiter opposes Pluto

April 21          Uranus squares Pluto

April 22          Mars squares Jupiter

April 23          Mars opposes Uranus  Mars squares Pluto

Again events could occur at any time and could stretch into the Solar eclipse or a couple of aspects in May. The energies of Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto have been building for some time and they are about to be joined by explosive Mars.

April 29          Solar eclipse

It has been mention this is a Cardinal Grand Square, that is the planets are all in Cardinal signs. The Cardinal signs mark the change of seasons so expect changes to occur from the Cardinal Grand Square. Cardinal signs are also the forceful, action oriented signs. Expect the results of the square to manifest as concrete events and expect the unexpected with Uranus involved.

Certainly events in the Ukraine fit with this Grand Square but as we just said, expect the unexpected.

Briefly this Grand Square is about change, geopolitical events, war and possibly increased geophysical events. Following are the types of energies that could be expressed through this Grand Square.

If there is a monetary event it will probably be to do with debt or taxes, remembering money is debt so the status of a currency could be an issue. US$ or some other currency?

Uncovering lies and falsehoods. This could be financial but also something like Fukushima or any hidden truth may be uncovered.

It is also about violence, riots and uprisings and certainly the Ukraine situation fits the bill but there are a number of boiling pots in the world. Aspects would suit some type of terrorist activity. The energies of this square are going to hit the USA and Putin in particular and could affect United Nations, Iran, Israel, China, Venezuela, Canada, Cuba, Burma, Somalia and perhaps not surprisingly the union of England and Scotland.

Other events that would fit are war, cyber war, nuclear incident, earthquakes and terrorism. Watch for the power of truth and justice but also self righteousness, judgmental behavior.

It is interesting to note the Grand Square will hit the Nasdaq Stock Exchange when transiting Mars hits the Nasdaq's natal Uranus. It is most exact on April 23rd but could hit at any day next week.

Watch the news from many sources over the next week as the main stream news organizations don't always report everything that's going on (to say the least). That means in any country. I've found twitter a good alternative for breaking news but you need it verified from a number of sources.

Following is a map of the April 29 Solar eclipse path.. As mentioned in a previous blog the Solar eclipse in 2014 are in the money signs. This eclipse is quite negative. The eclipse has some similarities with a chart when drawn up for the time the Malaysian flight MH370 took off on March 8, 2014. Will the period around April 29 produce more information about the lost plane?