Merriman Market Analyst

Let’s look at the Euro currency and Crude Oil. Both made all-time highs on April 22, which was exactly on the critical reversal date (midpoint) of the April 20-24 cluster of geocosmic signatures as outlined in this column, and discussed at length in our subscription reports. Markets rallying into that date were expected to top out, and many did. They were then expected to decline into the Saturn station of May 2, and many did. The reason the decline has been so sharp in the case of the Euro currency and Crude Oil is because both are in the later stages of their longer-term cycles. In the case of the Euro, a 26-month cycle trough is due, ideally by the end of May. It is very late in that cycle. In the case of Crude Oil, an 18-month cycle low is due May-September 2008. It is thus late in that cycle too. The Euro topped out just above 1.6000 exactly on April 22. On Friday, May 2, it was at its lowest level in two months, testing 1.5400. Crude Oil also topped out on April 22 at 119.90. By Thursday, May 1, it was down to 110.30, right before the Saturn signature. Gold and Silver also came tumbling down sharply into last Thursday, May 1.

Standing like a huge monolith rising out of the earth in the middle of nowhere, and casting a very long shadow over all the other signatures within the forthcoming “Cardinal Climax,” stands Pluto in Capricorn. This is the initial signature that starts the complex and fascinating cosmic pattern of the “Cardinal Climax,” and it is the last to leave. The principles of these two astrological symbols – Pluto and Capricorn – are intertwined very closely with all the other signatures and patterns in effect between 2008 and 2015, and even into 2020 when Saturn and Pluto return to their 32-37 year conjunction.

The United States of America is in the midst of powerful conflicts that are likely to define the legacy of President George W. Bush during his last two years in office. These conflicts are reflected in the progressions and transits to the horoscopes of both the nation and Mr. Bush. So too are the hopes for a resolution to these conflicts, and new paths that could benefit not only the American public, but the world community as well.

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