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Comments for the Week Beginning May 27, 2008

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 Most stock markets around the world started the week with positive gains. But by the end of the week, those gains turned to sharp loses. In the USA, for example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 13,136 on Monday, May 19, its highest level since the first week of the year. That was right on our May 16-19 critical reversal date. But then the market turned, just as Financial Astrology market timing techniques suggested. By Friday, the DJIA had fallen 12,460, a decline of 676 points from high to low in just 4 days.

 On the other hand, other markets soared. Crude Oil, for instance, continued making record highs last week above $130.00/barrel. As mentioned before, a slew of Jupiter and Neptune signatures end May 21-26. Jupiter and Neptune rule crude oil. Could this be the end of the blow-off? Could be, although technically I can still make a case for $144.00 +/- 8.00/barrel.

 In other markets, Silver and Gold, as well as many foreign currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. Dollar, soared last week. But now comes another reversal period early this week.

Short-Term Geocosmics

 There are at least three important geocosmic events unfolding in the next couple of weeks that will potentially impact financial markets around the world.

 The first is a “translation” time band of the Sun and Venus in square aspect to the approaching five-passage opposition of Saturn-Uranus. On May 22 and 26 respectively, the Sun and then Venus commence a waning square to Saturn after just entering Gemini a couple of days before. They will then proceed to form a waxing square to Uranus on June 12 and 13 respectively. Thus during the entire period of May 22-June 13, the Sun and Venus will “translate” the approaching Saturn-Uranus opposition in a midpoint formation that may act like a T-square. To those who do not understand astrology, a T-Square is considered a major aspect formation of tension, and a time when things do not flow easily. With Uranus involved, conventional solutions simply aren’t working as expected. But to try something new is likely to attract much opposition from conservative forces who only know how to do things as they have done them in the past. Anything else is just “too risky” for them. And so the “blame game” ensues, whereby one side says the radical forces are acting too impulsively and the other side says the conservative forces are acting too slowly. This criticism could be directed to the Federal Reserve Board, but the White House is not immune from criticism either. This signature can also correlate with bizarre weather and natural events, like tornadoes and earthquakes.

 Compounding this frustration is the fact that both Mercury and Neptune turn retrograde on Monday, May 26. Accuracy and facts are in short supply, in favor of misleading or even intentionally deceiving projections of information. Mercury is the planet of communication. Neptune is the planet of aesthetics on the one hand, but with Mercury, trickery and misdirection on the other. Many false rumors or accusations could be intended to harm the reputation of someone in the public eye. In terms of Financial Astrology, Neptune also pertains to oil, and the run away blow-off in oil and gasoline prices may not be accurately explained in the news media. In terms of weather, Neptune can also correlate with floods.

 But also on Monday, May 26, Venus forms a square to Saturn. Remember our previous Financial Astrology discussion on what happens to markets under hard Saturn aspects. Any market that is declining into this signature is a candidate to end that decline and begin a rally.

 So our challenge as Financial Astrologers is cut out for us now. On the one hand, stock markets around the world are declining into the Venus-Saturn square, and the Mercury-Neptune turning retrograde events of May 26. One would expect this decline to end and a new rally to commence. Indeed that may happen. But at the same time, we are in a Sun-Venus “translation” period to the approaching Saturn-Uranus opposition, May 22-June 13. This can be a very difficult time to predict anything, and markets may vacillate back and forth in rather sharp price swings. With Mercury retrograde during much of this period (with Neptune), the trading climate may become very confusing. Our rule is to anticipate investor sentiment switching back and forth between bullish and bearish every 1-4 days. It might be a good time to be a day trader and just take small and very quick profits. But whatever you do, don’t depend upon a trend or investor sentiment to remain stable during the next three weeks.

Longer-Term Thoughts

 It was most interesting to be the moderator of the panel on “The U.S.A. Presidential Election” at the United Astrological Conference (UAC) last week. We had 7 expert Mundane Astrologers describe their methods of forecasting an election, and then give their call on who would win based upon these methods. All 7 picked Barack Obama to be the next president. But nearly all of them were not entirely confident in that forecast. With Saturn making its first passage in opposition to Uranus on Election Day, the majority believed that more surprises were yet in store before the election, or even before the Inauguration Day in January 2009.

 Like my colleagues, I too believe this Saturn-Uranus opposition portends major changes and major surprises. It’s not over yet. But unlike them, I am more inclined to think that John McCain has the upper hand, based on the way that I interpret the forthcoming astrological signatures. On Election Day, the Moon will be in Capricorn, conjunct Jupiter, and I think that favors the more conservative candidate. It was also the same placement as the New Hampshire primary, which was won by Hillary Clinton and John McCain. At the time, I thought the eventual winner of the U.S. election would be one of the winners in that primary. Furthermore, I recount the studies of Michael O’Reilly in his excellent book titled “Political Astrology.” One of his studies demonstrated the fact that 12 of the 42 elected U.S. Presidents had Mars in Leo. Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain have this placement, which is one reason why Ms. Clinton cannot be entirely ruled out yet. Barack Obama has Mars in Virgo, which has occurred in the chart of five past presidents, which is about average. George W. Bush has this placement, and this may account for the fact that Barack Obama is having trouble trying to define the candidacy of John McCain as a third term for George W. Bush. From a purely astrological perspective Obama himself may be more akin to George W. Bush on how he handles military matters.

 But even though I lean towards McCain as the winner of the 2008 USA Presidential Election at this point, I am not at all certain he will be the next President of the USA. Yes, my concerns are about his health. The campaign is taking place with Saturn transiting through Virgo, and McCain is a Virgo. I can think of very few things that are as physically demanding as a Presidential campaign. I cannot think of any professional astrologer who would suggest that Saturn passing through one’s sun sign is a time of renewed physical invigoration. Rather it is a time of potentially greater exhaustion, when one is usually advised to slow down and rest more often, lest one risks a physical breakdown. The Sun rules one’s heart and Saturn tends to coincide with worry or overworked conditions. Saturn as a transit pertains to aches and pains. This condition (Saturn in Virgo) will be present into October 2009. Of course, it can also be a time of increased responsibilities in one’s profession, and being elected to the office if USA President would certainly fulfill that part of the description. Nevertheless, I think the choice of this year’s Vice-Presidential running mates will be more important than usual.

 

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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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