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Review and PreviewLast week was another excellent example of Financial Astrology as an exceptional market timing tool. September 11 was a three-star critical reversal date, which meant it was the midpoint of heavily populated time band of geocosmic signatures extending from August 29 through September 24. During this period, there were no more than 5 calendar days separating any two consecutive geocosmic signatures related to reversals in the U.S. stock market. There were 14 signatures in all during this period. Not only that, but September 3-12 was an important period in which the Sun “translated” the forthcoming Saturn-Uranus opposition. This phenomenon has corresponded to sharp declines and important lows all year in world stock indices. It did not fail this time either. So what happened? Stock markets around the world declined into Thursday, September 11. And then many of them suddenly reversed – about what you would expect with the Sun-Uranus opposition that dominated this midpoint period. In several cases, some indices took out their lows of the previous week, and in other instances they did not, creating multiple cases of intermarket bullish divergence throughout the world. In Europe, the AEX of Netherlands and DAX of Germany made new multi-week lows on September 11 before reversing. But the London FTSE and Swiss SMI indices held above their lows of September 5 on last week’s decline into September 11. Each closed the week with bullish technical readings. In the Asia and the Pacific Rim, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong, Japan’s Nikkei, and India’s NIFTY index all made lower lows at the end of last week. But Australia’s All Ordinaries low last Thursday was above the lows of September 5, for yet another case of regional intermarket bullish divergence. In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to 11,098 on Thursday before closing the week at 11,422. That low was higher than the 11,037 low of the prior Friday, September 5. However, the opposite happened in the NASDAQ Composite index, which took out the prior week’s low when it hit 2191 on Thursday, September 11. Again, another case of intermarket bullish divergence, and right on a geocosmic critical reversal date. Equities were not the only markets that made new lows and reversals late last week. The same happened with grain prices, precious metals, foreign currencies against the U.S. Dollar, and crude oil. All in all, it was a direct hit for Financial Astrology. It doesn’t get much more precise than that. And in the geophysical world, this full moon conjunct Uranus is indeed coinciding with a powerful hurricane (Ike), as forecasted last week. Now let’s see if these reversals hold, and the markets continue their rallies into next week. Short-Term GeocosmicsThe geocosmic signatures of the coming week are quite benign compared to what was present during the past month. There is a full moon on Monday that conjuncts Uranus, so the hurricane aspects of September 12 may spill over into early this week. Perhaps more notable will be the waning square between the Sun and Pluto on September 20. Hard aspects to Pluto will now complete a “translation” of that faster moving transit (Sun) to the forthcoming Uranus-Pluto square of 2012-2015. We already received a glimpse of what that portends last month when Mars made its “translation” to Uranus and Pluto, August 6-17. That was when Russian troops stormed into Georgia and set off a new cold war with the United States. Under this principle, the same countries may experience an escalation of tensions again this week, or else we may see new tensions between other countries arise which could threaten the stability of the world. The translation of the Sun to Uranus and Pluto is in effect September 12-20. We should pay close attention to what goes in the world in terms of threats to global stability, as another precursor to what we may anticipate in 2012-2015. Longer-Term ThoughtsThere will be no Longer-Term Thoughts this issue. I fear this part of my weekly report is becoming far too politicized, even partisan, ahead of the USA Election. At times I feel I am not able to be objective in this analysis. At other times, I fear that even when I am being objective, the reporting of how I see things “lining up” can be offensive to people who have beliefs or ideals that are contrary to these indications. In a sense, by continuing with these reports that seem to be blurred at times between being objective or partisan, I am perhaps denying people, to make choices based upon all the factors that make up the “whole story.” Instead, I may at times be taking things “out of context.” as to how they pertain to geocosmic factors, and thereby reporting only part of the picture. It strikes me as being unfair to readers, or politicizing my weekly reports in a manner that may actually not educate others about astrology, thereby defeating the primary purpose of this column. Something inside of me says to stop commenting on the election now, and just observe how it unfolds in relation to what has already be said… at least that part which was objective and not partisan, if you can tell the difference. Unfortunately, I cannot always tell the difference lately.
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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.
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