MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2026

REVIEW- by Raymond Merriman

 Japan spent a record 11.7349 trillion yen, or about $73.69 billion, on currency intervention between April 28 and May 27, the Ministry of Finance said, confirming its first direct market intervention since 2024. The government’s action when the yen reached around 160 against the dollar has strengthened the view among traders that officials want to defend that level.

— Megumi Fujikawa, “Japan Confirms Yen Intervention Over Past Month, Spending Record Sum,” wsj.com, May 29, 2026.

The Uranus-in-Gemini period is now in full bloom. And no one knows where it is headed through 2032, though many will speculate as if they know. One thing that seems likely, however, is that events and changes will happen suddenly and frequently – and then they will be transformed again. Excitement is in. Stability is not, at least not until Saturn calms things down a little when it transits through Taurus starting in Spring 2028 for about 2.5 years. But Uranus will still be in Gemini, so the ping pong match between excitement addiction and the desire for stability will just be an exercise in attempting to prevent emotional whiplash. It can be done, and rewards can be great, but it will require the flexibility to adjust to multiple levels of new human skills and knowledge combined with personal discipline.

Also consistent with Uranus in Gemini is that several financial markets are making new all-time highs. We saw this even last summer when Uranus peeked into Gemini for a few months before returning to clean up some unfinished business in Taurus. Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, and stocks (and other markets) soared last summer. Another hallmark of Uranus in Gemini will be sudden reversals, even crashes, as witnessed by Bitcoin from October to November when it quickly dropped 50% of its value. I expect to see more of that in other markets between now and Spring 2028. However, you can never really “expect” anything definite or consistent with Uranus in Gemini. It is a great deal of original and never-before-seen stuff, like driverless—even flying—automobiles. Who would have thought this five years ago? (I am quite certain I will hear from many who claim they made this prediction – that’s also part of Uranus-in-Gemini’s continuous claim to genius fame that we will hear more and more about in the coming years).

Financial markets are now experiencing their first hit of the Sun conjunct Uranus in Gemini as of May 22. With an orb of one week, we have seen new all-time highs registered in the stock markets of the U.S., the Netherlands, and Japan. The German DAX came close on May 25. Yet other global indices did just the opposite and fell sharply last week, as witnessed in China, Hong Kong, and Brazil.

Bitcoin also took a tumble, falling to the 72,000 area, for the first time since April 14. Ethereum followed suit, falling to its lowest level since March 30. T-Notes dropped to 108/18 on May 19, which fits our special report issued on February 3, 2026, calling for a 30- and 15-month cycle low in May 2026, +/- 1 month. Gold and Silver may have also put in half-primary cycle lows in last week’s three-star geocosmic critical reversal date (CRD) zone. On top of that, Silver held its major cycle low of April 29, while June Gold fell to a new low of 4365 (August to 4395), right in the price target range given by Wyatt and me in both the weekly and monthly MMA Cycles reports for this CRD. By the next day, Friday, Gold was trading above 4625. MMA Daily Options Report subscribers are also benefiting from that setup strategy given early Thursday. Yet, this is all a prelude for the powerful Uranus/Pluto trine being activated by Jupiter in July 2026.

SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS

 Technology has made it cheaper and easier for weaker powers to resist stronger ones. Think of the swarms of Ukrainian drones that obliterate Russian invaders every time they try to advance. Or the low-cost Iranian munitions that have closed the Strait of Hormuz, hobbled the global economy, and humiliated an American president…. these and other developments have changed the calculus of war. Attacking another country was always a gamble. As technology gets smarter, the odds for aggressors have got worse: wars of choice are more likely to end in ignominious failure.

— Robert Guest, “The New Shape of War,” The Economist, May 28, 2026.

The Personal Savings Rate in the US has moved down to 2.6%, the lowest level since April 2008. Average over the last 30 years is 5.7%. Persistent inflation is taking its toll.

— Charlie Bilello, @charliebilello, on X, May 29, 2026.

The first round of geocosmic fireworks with Uranus in Gemini culminated in our May 22-26 three-star geocosmic critical reversal date (CRD) containing the Sun/Uranus conjunction and then the squares of Mars/Pluto and Venus/Saturn. Any reversals that took place then are apt to continue now for a few weeks, and maybe right into the grand Jupiter convergence of July 18-25 when the solar system’s largest planet (Jupiter) makes a series of consecutive aspects involving the Uranus/Pluto trine.

This cosmic parade begins with the first of five passages of the Uranus/Pluto trine on July 17. Four more of these harbingers of “creative destruction” will follow well into 2028. That is, new innovations will lead to the termination of previous norms and customs (and displacement of jobs) as we now enter the “Post-Aries Vortex” era, 2026-2032, as outlined in the Forecast 2026 Book and webinars.

But back to the near future: on July 20-21, Jupiter will sextile Uranus, trine Neptune, and oppose Pluto. This will be the most important geocosmic configuration of 2026. As discussed before, this has the potential for a booming stock market (“irrational exuberance”) followed by a sudden and swift debt crisis, all within four months, and usually within two months of this planetary convergence. We are in that sweet and sour time band now, and the tech stocks are indeed exhibiting the skyrocketing phase of “irrational exuberance.” One has to be prepared for aftershocks to follow with Jupiter in opposition to Pluto, which could even take until Venus turns retrograde in Scorpio to manifest fully (October 3-November 14).

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS

 There’s nothin’ you can know that isn’t known
Nothin’ you can see that isn’t shown
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
It’s easy

All you need is love

—The Beatles, “All You Need is Love,” from the album Magical Mystery Tour, (1967).

 The first Sun/Uranus conjunction in Gemini since June 27, 1950, unfolded on May 22, 2026. This was notable for us because it happened during the MMA Investment and Trading Retreat of May 20-25, 2026, in beautiful Lake Bled, Slovenia. Now you might think: why would MMA plan its annual retreat under a Sun/Uranus conjunction in Gemini? Wouldn’t that suggest unexpected and possibly disruptive surprises? It could, but the surprises were most pleasant as last-minute signups boosted the overall attendance to a record 66 persons. Our previous high attendance mark was 40. And instead of disruptions, it was an incredibly educational and internationally/socially bonding experience, perhaps because Venus and Mars were in sextile to one another, too.

The information and trading strategies imparted by the analysts and keynote speakers were entirely original and eye-opening, in alignment with the nature of Sun/Uranus in Gemini. But the information shared outside of the classroom was equally exciting, and will result in several relationships that will last for many years. It dawned on me that we have a very unique MMA community developing, consisting of independent and professional traders across the globe who are also involved in many creative business endeavors, enjoy all kinds of music (especially rock and roll, blues, and house music), are very stylish, and not afraid to try adventurous activities to expand their minds and consciousness. I suppose when your focus on market timing factors involves the application of geocosmic and cyclical principles, it is not so surprising that MMA would attract such a very good-looking, brilliant, warm, friendly, and unconventional international crowd. The experience was amazing!

The funny thing is, even after four days, no one seemed tired, which may be a tribute to the way activities were scheduled with plenty of breaks to enjoy the splendid natural beauty of Lake Bled, Slovenia. And don’t forget, the middle letters of Slovenia spell “love.” The pristine quality of the environment and the eclectic personalities of all those who attended blended together to create a very magical experience that defies any sort of explanation in any language other than—excitement, well-being, and love.

Thank you, Lake Bled, Slovenia, and all those who made this experience so wonderful during the first Sun/Uranus conjunction in Gemini since 1950! Looking forward to next year’s MMA Investment Retreat, tentatively scheduled for May 12-17, 2027. Start planning. It’s going to be great as well. After all, Jupiter will be in Leo – and Venus will trine Mars then, too. Another “Magical Mystery Tour” in the making.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 NOTE 1: THE ANNUAL MMA MID-YEAR MARKET WEBINAR WITH MMA MARKET ANALYSTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20, AT 1:00 PM EDT!!! In the comfort of your own home or office, you can tune in to MMA’s annual Mid-Year Financial Markets Update Webinar. This year’s webinar will be in a slightly different format than previous years. It will be hosted by Raymond Merriman, who will introduce each market and then conduct an interactive interview with the MMA analyst covering that market, discussing its outlook for the second half of 2026. The analysts and markets to be covered this year will include Bitcoin (Merriman), NASDAQ (Wiebke Held), S&P 500 and T-Notes (Gianni Di Poce), Euro (Ulric Aspegrén), Silver and Crude Oil (Pouyan Zolfagharnia), and Gold and Soybeans or Wheat (Wyatt Fellows). This webinar/workshop will last approximately three to four hours, with two five-minute breaks. The cost is $66 (a super bargain for a workshop covering these markets), which includes access to the live presentation via Zoom, the presentation slides, and the video recording of the live event that will be available within 24 hours after the presentation. This is MMA’s annual mid-year financial markets update webinar. If you are unable to attend live, the video recording will be available the following day. To register, click here.

NOTE 2: THE THIRD EDITION OF THE NEW MMA MONTHLY CRYPTO REPORT WILL BE ISSUED THIS WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3!!! Each report features a cyclical and macro overview by Gianni Di Poce on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and one additional cryptocurrency selected based on current market interest, beginning with Cardano. Pouyan Zolfagharnia then provides a geocosmic overview and explains how it ties into the cycles. Together, they share strategies for both position and shorter-term trading in cryptocurrencies. CLICK HERE to subscribe to this new report.

CLICK HERE FOR A RECORDING OF THE FREE CRYPTO WEBINAR, HELD ON APRIL 8. Are you new to the crypto world? Do you wonder how to trade cryptocurrencies via wallets, futures, or ETFs? These and other topics are covered in this special instructional webinar on the new MMA Monthly Crypto Report. This FREE WEBINAR explains how to use the new Monthly Crypto Report for maximum value. Ray Merriman hosted this webinar, joined by Gianni Di Poce, Pouyan Zolfagharnia, and MMA President Wyatt Fellows.

 NOTE 3: THE MMA 2026 TRADING AND INVESTMENT RETREAT WAS AMAZING! The best yet! Recordings are now available. Catch the excitement of this amazing event while it’s hot!

This special four-day retreat started off with Ray Merriman’s introduction to the “Post–Aries Vortex Era” that officially began with the geocosmic setup of February 20, 2026, and the political event of April 7, 2026, that gave peace a chance.

This retreat included special presentations and interactive discussions on current and future world conditions through 2030 that are likely to affect financial markets. These were led by world-class mundane astrologers Claude Weiss (Switzerland), Christeen Skinner (UK), Christof Niederwieser (Germany), Pouyan Zolfagharnia (UK), and Raymond Merriman (USA). Joining them to discuss MMA timing methods and short-term trading strategies were MMTA Director Wiebke Held (Germany) and MMA analysts Wyatt Fellows (USA), Ulric Aspegrén (Switzerland), Gianni Di Poce (USA), and MMA Trading Coach Rita Perea (USA).

The retreat covered the unique, research-based MMA methods for identifying primary, half-primary, major, and trading cycles. It also covered the setup and steps required for applying MMA’s solar/lunar reversal dates for very short-term aggressive trades in Bitcoin, stock indices, and precious metals.

To order the recordings of this special event, please click here.

 NOTE 4: A SIX-WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE ON ESOTERIC ECONOMICS BY GIANNI DI POCE WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, JULY 12. Stay tuned for details and registration information. This course will be based on Gianni’s new book of the same name, which has just sold out its first printing. A second printing will be ready in time for this course.

NOTE 5: Speaking of new books and printing… Ray Merriman has just completed the writing of Jupiter and Saturn Transits: Mastering the Cycles of Life. This 400+ page book covers all the major transits of Jupiter to one’s natal planets and angles, including interpretations of the opening and closing sextiles, squares, and trines. The Saturn section also includes the opening and closing semi-square and sesquiquadrate transits to all natal planets and angles, plus the “Business Cycle” of Saturn as it transits up the chart from the IC to the MC, and then back down again from the MC to the IC. It also ranks each transiting aspect between –3 and +3 in terms of trading and investment potential, which alone is worth the price of the book. Transits are the most important forecasting tools in any professional astrologer’s skill set, and the book explains the techniques used to apply transits in one’s consulting practice. This book shows how transits are used in forecasting events and periods of conflict and opportunity that shape one’s destiny and, hence, identity. Stay tuned for a special pre-publication offer for the first edition of this new book by Ray Merriman, due out in August, which promises to become a classic reference source of personal guidance for both professionals and students of astrology for many years to come.

 NOTE 6: WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED A NEW UPGRADE FOR THE FAR FOR THE GALACTIC TRADER SOFTWARE PROGRAM!!! We can now conduct solar/lunar weighted value studies for any market by isolating or omitting any planet that is retrograde! For instance, we can now compare solar/lunar values for any market when Mercury (or Venus, Mars, or any other planet) is retrograde or direct, or both. This is important because we have noticed that when Mercury is retrograde, the lunar values for Bitcoin perform differently in many cases than when Mercury is direct. If you don’t own the FAR for the Galactic Trader program, which is key to conducting MMA research studies and identifying turning points in any financial market, and you wish to know more about it, please click here. The cost is $1895 (end-of-day version) and includes Jeanne Long’s Galactic Trader software, featuring extensive W. D. Gann trading tools that she created.

 NOTE 7: THE JUPITER REPORT: YOUR MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY! The Jupiter Report is written by Raymond Merriman. It is a 30- to 40-page report that all traders (and even non-traders) will find highly valuable. It identifies the times during the year when Jupiter transits are highlighted in your natal chart and explains the meaning of Jupiter’s transits to your natal planets and angles over a 14-month period (including one month before your order date and one month after the year ends). As an added bonus, each transit is ranked on a scale from –3 to +3 in terms of favorability for trading. Traders may find this especially valuable! Would you like to know if you are under a +3 transit and therefore most likely to experience trading success? Or a –3 transit, with a stronger-than-usual potential for misjudgments that can be costly? The price for a personal 14-month Jupiter Report based on your birth data is $69.

Coming soon! The Saturn Report: Mastering Your Life Cycles. Due out in late summer.

 NOTE 8: THE MMA SOLAR-LUNAR APP OFFERS REVERSAL SIGNALS FOR THE DJIA, NASDAQ, GOLD, AND SILVER. It is an ideal tool to have in your back pocket if you are a short-term swing trader looking for high-probability dates that identify isolated lows and highs in these markets. Please note that this should not be used as a standalone system. It works best as an adjunct tool when cycle lows or highs are due, when a market is in a technically overbought or oversold condition, or when it is exhibiting intermarket bullish or bearish divergence relative to a related market. The app is currently available only on Apple devices (iPhone and iPad). To learn more about the MMA app, click here. To order, go to the Apple App Store and search for Merriman Solar-Lunar Reversals.

 EVENTS

 JUNE 20, 2026: MMA’S ANNUAL MID-YEAR MARKETS UPDATE WEBINAR. Save the date! Note that the date has been moved up one day to Saturday, June 20, at 1 PM EDT.

 JULY 12, 2026: “Esoteric Economics” course begins with Gianni Di Poce. Stay tuned for details.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026: A UAC PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY BY RAYMOND MERRIMAN, 1:00–5:00 PM. This workshop will take place at the United Astrology Congress (UAC), the largest astrological conference in the world, which is held every four to eight years. More than 150 world-class astrologers will be presenting, and over 1500 attendees will be present. The conference will be held at the Marriott Downtown Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel. In addition to the workshop, Ray will present another lecture during the six-day event on mundane astrology, titled “What Is Happening in the World from an Astrological Viewpoint,” on September 5. For more information, visit www.uacastrology.com.

Disclaimer and statement of purpose:

 The purpose of this column is not to forecast 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 of educating the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they occur. In this regard, this report will often cite what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week and discuss those movements 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, month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures may affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from the perspective of a cycle analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and 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 to the psychological climate we are in from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand the psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) news events and their potential effect on financial markets.

 No guarantee as to the accuracy of this report is being made here. Any decisions in financial markets are solely the responsibility of the reader, and neither the author nor the publishers of this column assume any responsibility whatsoever for anyone’s trading or investment decisions. Readers of this report should understand that commodity futures and options trading are considered high risk.