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Comments for the Week Beginning June 1, 2009

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 Heliocentric Mercury in Sagittarius, combined with the first passage of the 13-year Jupiter-Neptune conjunction cycle, continued to power many financial and stock markets to new multi-month highs last week. However, many stock indices around the world also continued to exhibit intermarket bearish divergence, as not all made new highs. This is important because we are now in another geocosmic critical reversal zone that will last through next week. If the bearish divergence pattern is not resolved this week, it could portend trouble for stocks throughout the world. If it is resolved, it could portend an escalation of “irrational exuberance,” propelling these markets to much higher levels over the next few weeks. After all, one of the themes of Jupiter and Neptune in conjunction is “no boundaries.” Anything and everything goes. If euphoria and hope sweep the investment community, everyone jumps on the rocket and the sky is the limit. If reality and worry start to emerge, then everyone jumps off the ship at the same time, and a panic ensues. This is not a case where the market climbs the ‘proverbial wall of worry.” Instead, it is a case where the wall becomes a launching pad with no gravity to pull things down, or a perch from which investors fall off, only to discover there is no safety net below. No boundaries. No nets. And the sky (or the abyss) is the limit. You better think or swim.

In Europe, none of the indices we track made new highs on last week’s rally. In Asia and the Pacific Rim, however, the Japanese Nikkei and Hang Seng index of Hong Kong did soar to their highest level in several months. India’s Nifty Index is not far behind and may do the same this week. Australia’s All Ordinaries index, on the other hand, fell far short of its recent high recorded on May 11. In South America, both Brazil’s Bovespa and Argentina’s Merval stock indices made new highs last week for this year. In North America, the NASDAQ Composite did too in the last minute of trading on Friday. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell well short of its May 20 high. Thus is the case for intermarket bearish divergence as we enter this current geocosmic critical reversal period.  By the way, who do you think bought all those stocks in the last 5 minutes of trading on Friday, driving the DJIA up 70+ points? And why? There may be a clue in the “Longer-Term Thoughts” section.  But with Neptune signatures (the master of disguise) in such abundance that answer may never be correctly revealed (or admitted).

 There was no divergence in crude oil and precious metals last week. Each of these commodities accelerated their torrid advance as heliocentric Mercury continued its passage through Sagittarius, typically a time when many commodities and currencies explode upwards. They did so in this instance too, but its effective time band of May 19-30 now comes to an end.

Short-Term Geocosmics

 Was the huge run up in precious metals, crude oil, and currencies against the U.S. Dollar a function of heliocentric Mercury in Sagittarius, or Jupiter conjunct Neptune? We shall see the answer to this question within the next few days.

 If the correlation to this strong surge was heliocentric Mercury in Sagittarius, then any market that has rallied sharply since May 19 may be in for rude fall in the next ten days, as this planet will now enter the more sobering sign of Capricorn until June 9. Whereas the influence of Sagittarius can be very optimistic and speculative (some might say it is the sign of “the gambler”), Capricorn can be more demanding of hard evidence to support such sudden price increases. If there are sound and fundamental reasons to justify such a move, then it can continue.

 If the astrological correlate to this rise in commodity and currency prices is more to do with the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, then it is possible that this trip into “anti-gravity prices” will continue longer. Jupiter and Neptune will be close to one another through the middle of July, for Neptune also turned stationary retrograde on Thursday, and Jupiter will do the same on June 15. In retrograde motion, they will form their second exact conjunction on July 10. Since this is a longer-term 13-year planetary cycle, there is reason to think it will have greater influence than heliocentric Mercury transiting through Sagittarius and Capricorn.

 But it is even more complicated than that. Next Friday, June 5, the transiting Sun will start its translation of a T-square to both Saturn and Uranus, lasting through June 17. This of course brings to the forefront the principles of the Saturn-Uranus opposition, which is the longer-term 45-year cycle that we associate with financial collapse and crisis, a condition that started in September 2008 and continues to worry investors even now. In fact, it is likely to worry investors well into 2010, when Jupiter and Mars will both translate the Saturn-Uranus opposition (July-August 2010).

 I wish I could say that is the extent of this complicated geocosmic situation now in effect. But there is more. Two days after Jupiter goes retrograde (June 15), the Sun will transit in a trine to both Jupiter and Neptune, thus once again bringing to the forefront the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction principles. And then on July 1 and 6 respectively, first Venus and then Mars will square the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, just a few days before their second passage on July 10. With so much Jupiter and Neptune in the picture, combined with the ongoing Saturn-Uranus opposition, perhaps financial astrologers can begin to understand why a case could be made for either a huge blow-off upwards in stock and/or commodity prices in the next few weeks, or a huge collapse. As you navigate through these unchartered waters, you must indeed learn to think or swim, float or croak. On a mundane level, these same aspects can correlate to extreme flooding conditions. On a political level, they can pertain to a great hoax, and the starting of false and sensational rumors that harm the reputation of others. It can be a time of alarmist announcements, perhaps as we see developing with North Korea this past week.

Longer-Term Thoughts

 There is a saying we have here in Michigan that goes like this: “As General Motors goes, so goes the country and its economy.” On Monday, June 1, General Motors (GM) – now affectionately (or sadly) referred to as “Government Motors” – is expected to declare bankruptcy. The U.S. government will now own 72.5% of GM (hence “Government Motors”), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) will own either 17.5% or 27.5%,  depending on whether or not GM’s bond holders will accept the government’s offer to swap their bonds for 10% stock ownership. The alternative to not accepting the offer is not very attractive for either these bondholders or current GM stockholders, who will likely be left with…. nothing. As stated before, we are in unchartered waters, both politically and in terms of traditional business models.

 In Business Astrology, transiting Pluto, Neptune, or Uranus in hard aspect to one’s natal Venus or Jupiter is a classical bankruptcy aspect. It doesn’t mean you will go bankrupt, but if you spend or invest your money unwisely, you could suffer great loss, even to the point of bankruptcy. It is a time when one needs to pursue a frugal course of action, and not take financial risks where the outcome is unknown. In the chart of the United States (July 2, 1776, or even July 4, 1776), transiting Pluto and Uranus are indeed entering into hard aspects to the natal Venus and Jupiter of the United States, 2008-2011. Let’s hope these “investments” made on our behalf (yes, Americans, we will all now be the proud owners of GM), have been well thought out, and the risks are indeed minimal. Pardon me if I have some doubts. I am a Capricorn, which cosmically entitles me to have moments of doubt. Don’t be surprised if heliocentric Mercury entering Capricorn this week reveals that other investors begin to exhibit some doubts too.

 

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Disclaimer and statement of purpose:

The purpose of this column is not to predict the future movement of various financial markets. However, that is the purpose of the MMA (Merriman Market Analyst) subscription services. This column is not a subscription service. It is a free service, except in those cases where a fee may be assessed to cover the cost of translating this column from English into a non-English language.

This weekly report is written with the intent to educate the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they are happening. In this regard, this report will oftentimes report what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week, and discuss that movement in light of the geocosmic signatures that were in effect. It will then identify the geocosmic factors that will be in effect in the next week, or even month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures will likely affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from a perspective of a cycle’s analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and even financial markets of the world.

It is possible that some forecasts will be made based on these factors. However, the primary goal is to both educate and alert the reader as to the psychological climate we are in, from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand these psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) the news events and hence financial markets of the day.

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