After the May 20th Solar Eclipse

SP500

The May 20^th eclipse does not appear to have had any great effect at this point. The markets did move on Monday May 21^st but little else. The effect of eclipses can hang around for many months. Two immediate dates are May 24 when Mercury transits over the eclipse point and June 12/13 when Jupiter does the same.

In the meantime it appears the stock market is taking off after a slide for most of May to this point.

The SP500 is either starting a ½ Primary cycle (8-11 week) if this is the 11 week cycle or the first major cycle trough (5-7 week) if this is the 6 week cycle. It all depends when the last primary cycle bottomed March 6 or April 10. April 10 looks stronger but I don’t know at this time.

Regardless these are fairly short term cycles but the short term trend should be up for a couple of weeks. Watch for reversals around June 4 and mid-June.

There were rumours today of QE 3 but we best stick to cycles and not rumours. It appears this forecasting task is difficult enough.

This reversal occurred very close to the 78.6% retracement from the May 2, 2011 high to the Oct 4, 2011 low.

Gold and Silver

Gold and Silver appear to have made primary cycle lows on May 16 although today’s action was almost non existent. If the QE 3 or equivalent rumours persist the precious metals should move up quickly. Looking more intermediate term the PM’s have a lot of work ahead of them if they are going to turn around a rather negative outlook. They simply must start making higher highs and higher lows if this cycle is going to last.

Crude

Crude is in the 16^th week of it’s primary cycle. A low is due at anytime.

Coming up we have the Sun square Neptune on May 23. In addition there is heliocentric Venus opposing Jupiter on the same day. Both these signatures have a history of turns. I'm going to assume we have just seen the turns which they represent. Nevertheless watch May 23 closely.

Another signature Venus quintile Uranus on May 30 has been a signature for down turns over the past two years.

June has many astrological signatures. It's start with a Lunar eclipse which is also a perigee Moon. On the same date Neptune turns retrograde and the next day, June 5th Venus occults the Sun, a rare event.

I also have a 70 td cycle in Silver on June 1st. June 1 is also fib 1.618 of the move down from April 25, 2011 to Sept 26, 2011.

Other astros and cycles for June will be covered in a future post.

Facebook and the May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse

A quote from Charles Jayne re: eclipses.

" A good rule to observe is to initiate no vital action or decision within one week or ten days before an eclipse...things that are started shortly before an eclipse have a way of being stillborn, not working out in the manner intended or expected".

The point of the eclipse will be translated by Mercury on May 24 and then Jupiter on on June 12,13.

Venus Retrograde and Solar Eclipse

Another interesting week in the markets coming up. We have Venus turning retrograde on May 15 and an annular solar eclipse on May 20. At the least this should lead to a very volatile week. What..another one!!

Venus, among other things, rules money. During the retrograde period it is not unusual for countries to change monetary policy. This can be global banks or institutions like the Federal Reserve. As such currency,  precious metal and interest rate fluctuations often occur during the Venus retrograde period.

The Venus retrograde date (+- 3 tds) appears to have more affect on the market when the general market is approaching a crest. That is not the case at the present time.

That said it should be pointed out planets in high declination have been said to be more powerful than usual. Venus is currently Out-Of-Bounds. This means Venus is currently greater than the Sun’s maximum declination of 23.27 degrees.

But what is declination? Much Astrology is dedicated to the study of celestial longitude. That is all planets are interpreted as if they were on the same plane going around the Sun. Thus Mars in 15 degrees in Leo or Jupiter squared Saturn are referring to the planets in longitude, that being on the same plane.

But the planets are not on the same plane. Declination is the measurement of a planets location north or south of the celestial equator, which is the Earth’s equator extended out into space. That said, Venus should be in a more powerful position than usual and thus the retrograde motion may be more powerful than is the norm.

The Venus retrograde date often has an effect on precious metals. Since Gold and Silver are currently in their 20^th week of the primary cycle watch the May 15 date closely for a reversal in PM’s. If there is not a reversal the next significant date for PM’s is May 23 where we have the geocentric Sun square Neptune and the heliocentric Venus opposition Jupiter. Bear in mind the start of a new primary cycle should be bullish but if we have put in a long term cycle high around September 2011 this may end up being a short move up in a longer down trend.

The effect of the recent eclipses was shown in the last post. It is shown again below. Again the red circles are Solar eclipses and the blue circles are Lunar eclipses. The next Lunar eclipse is June 4th and is a perigee Moon as well.

The path of the May 20 annular eclipse was shown a number of posts ago. It is again shown below. Although eclipses can have an effect anywhere in the world, it is often most intense along the central path. They have been linked to earthquakes and other natural disasters as well as important world events.

Summary
Looking for the broader markets to make a low before early June. Potential dates are;
May 15 Venus retrograde
May 21 Day after the Solar eclipse
May 23 Sun squared Neptune
June 4 Lunar eclipse
The markets could make a double bottom during this time frame.

Gold and Silver are 20 weeks along their primary cycle and are due for a bottom. Potential dates are;
May 15 Venus retrograde
May 23 Sun squared Neptune and heliocentric Venus opposition Jupiter

Crude continues to look weak.

PS
Another site reminded me  of the 1987 crash. Following is a daily chart of the SP500 for 1987 with Solar (red) and Lunar (blue) eclipses noted.

The upcoming eclipses are;
Solar May 20. 2012
Lunar June 4, 20121

Many eclipses pass with no significant event or market action. On the other hand, many coincide with significant market moves. It's time to be very careful.