MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 15, 2026

 REVIEW- Pouyan Zolfagharnia

PLEASE NOTE that next week there will not be a free weekly report due to preparations for the MMA Mid-Year Financial Markets webinar taking place the next day, Saturday, June 20, at 1 pm EDT. We will, however, provide a reprint of one of the chapters from the book Forecast 2026.

Notice: Juneteenth, a U.S. federal holiday, is next Friday, June 19, to honor the end of slavery. Therefore, banks and the stock market will be closed.

President Trump on Thursday insisted the U.S. was nearing a deal on peace talks with Iran, pulling back from his threats just hours earlier to launch more military strikes and seize Iran’s oil infrastructure.

—Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, and Benoit Faucon, “Trump Says Iran Deal Is Close, but Tehran Says No Decision Has Been Made,” The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2026.

With the Venus-Jupiter conjunction of the past week, this seemed to be an ideal time for peace talks to materialize with some type of agreement and relief from the conflicts and tensions of late. From a geocosmic perspective, if a deal is not reached this week, I honestly cannot see another good opportunity until the Autumn.

The week started with leaders in both countries flexing their muscles, but it took a sudden turn when the announcement came that a deal was imminent. The markets reflected this, with pretty much every asset class selling off sharply and reversing quickly on Thursday night, a few hours before the threat of more military attacks. It is starting to feel a little like the story of the boy who cried wolf, and I’m not convinced this signature will lead to any lasting peace. Yet, the union of the benefics in the sky tends to bring about respite and a reason for humanity to celebrate and feel elevated. The markets certainly reflected this with a healthy rally in nearly all asset classes.

Global equity markets appear to be closing the week in the green, following optimism that the conflict in the Middle East may be finally concluding. If a deal is signed, we should see all the markets rally to new all-time highs into the end of June. The precious metals sold off hard into the week, with Silver retesting the March 23 low, whilst Gold took out its respective low, setting up nicely for a case of intermarket bullish divergence. Even the Crypto market closed the week up, following last week’s epic sell-off, with Bitcoin dropping 29% from its May high and Ethereum dropping 39% from its April high.

If a deal is reached, this will be bearish for Crude Oil. The Brent Crude has already dipped below the April 17 low. A daily close below 86.09 turns one of our studies bearish. WTI remains above its April 17 low of 78.79 but is likely to follow Brent if a deal is signed and the Strait of Hormuz opens.

SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS

Over the coming week, Venus will trine Neptune on June 16, which should be another auspicious aspect. However, the momentum will shift quickly the next day as Venus will then form an opposition to Pluto. Venus rules over the currency markets and grains. Last week, the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years, following rising inflation driven by the Middle East conflict. However, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, is unlikely to raise the rates next week.

The Summer Solstice takes place on June 21, and this event often correlates with important shifts, too. Although it would appear the pivot took place a little early this past week, we often see precious metals form a seasonal low during this period.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND OPINION

SpaceX shares opened trading at $150, an event that gripped Wall Street and investors around the world. That was 11% above the IPO price of $135 in the largest-ever initial public offering.

 Elon Musk is officially the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX, trading under the ticker SPCX, went public. His SpaceX stake was valued at around $690 billion at the IPO price, while his Tesla stake makes up around $279 billion of his net worth.

 — Corrie Driebusch, “SpaceX Shares Open at $150, Above IPO Price of $135” The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2026.

 The biggest news of the week is SpaceX’s IPO, valuing the company at an astonishing $1.77 trillion! Looking at the first trade chart for SpaceX, I found many interesting observations and wanted to share a few with you in this week’s column.

I started by comparing the SpaceX chart (outer wheel) with the Horoscope of Modern Mankind (inner wheel). If you are not familiar with the “Horoscope of Modern Mankind,” it was presented by Claude Weiss at the MMA 2024 and 2026 Investment Retreats, and analyzed by Ray in Forecast 2025 and Forecast 2026 books [click here Forecast 2026.] This chart was originally proposed in 1992 by Eric Alan Meese in the magazine Welcome to Planet Earth, formerly published by astrologer Mark Lerner.

I wanted to share three interesting observations when comparing the company to the chart for humanity:

• The Sun, or leader of the company (Elon Musk), is conjunct the Venus in the Modern Mankind chart. Venus represents money and wealth, which is gained through Gemini (technological) activities. With this IPO, Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire.
• The chart of Modern Mankind is set at the solar eclipse preceding the Neptune-Pluto conjunction, which is elevated to the midheaven of the SpaceX chart. This company was formed with the future of humanity in mind, with the dream (Neptune) of transforming (Pluto) us into a multi-planetary species.
• The North Node in the chart of Modern Mankind represents the evolutionary direction humanity must take. SpaceX has its Moon and Mars conjunct the North Node of Modern Mankind, with the goal of putting human civilization on the Moon and Mars. Seriously.

Now, looking at the chart of Elon Musk (inner Wheel) against SpaceX (outer wheel):

• Elon’s midheaven (MC) is in Aries. This rules over his career and public persona. The ruler of the MC is Mars, which is conjunct his natal North Node in Aquarius. This was interesting as Mars represents engines and cars, whilst Aquarius represents electrification and modern technology. This combination describes both Tesla, as a company that pioneered the electric car market, and his goal (North Node) of taking humans to Mars.
• Elon Musk has Mercury on the Ascendant. This signature is indicative of a curious, sharp, highly communicative individual who excels through learning, analysis, and networking in a restless, youthful manner. This signature also explains the importance of his purchase of Twitter or X, as a platform through which he may influence and communicate his agenda.
• One of the most important signatures in Elon’s natal chart is the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction. This is the signature of a visionary, as it combines Jupiter’s expansion, optimism, and wealth-building potential with Neptune’s imaginative and intuitive potentials. At its best, this combination tends to provide exceptional faith, creativity, charisma, and the ability to inspire others. At its worst, it can manifest in overconfidence, speculation, fantasy, and poor judgment. Elon can be seen to have a bit of all these qualities.

What is important is that the Jupiter-Neptune synodic cycle appears to be embedded within Elon’s natal chart and is at play at key turning points in his life. Subscribers will be aware that I like to use synodic cycles for forecasting, and to demonstrate this technique, just look at the key turning points in Elon’s life at just the Jupiter-Neptune conjunctions and oppositions:

• 1989-1990 Opposition: Elon emigrates from South Africa to Canada in 1989 and subsequently to Queen’s University in Canada and then transferred to University of Pennsylvania.
• 1997 Conjunction: Zip2 received significant venture capital funding, transforming his first venture from a bootstrap operation into a serious venture-backed business.
• 2002-2003 Opposition: Elon sold PayPal and went on to create Tesla and SpaceX.
• 2009 Conjunction: Elon was emerging from the most perilous period of his career. Tesla had narrowly survived the 2008 financial crisis, secured a crucial U.S. Department of Energy loan in June 2009, and was ramping up the Roadster while preparing for the Model S. SpaceX was recovering from near-collapse and managed to secure crucial NASA contracts following its successful Falcon 1 launch in late 2008.
• 2022 Conjunction: Elon purchases Twitter for $44 billion.

We are now at the waxing trine phase of the synodic cycle. We can see that the seeds sown in 2002-3, and that survived the winter of 2009, are blossoming. The next opposition will take place in 2028, and it would be interesting to see what new visions Elon will announce during this period.

• The SpaceX Sun on Elon’s Venus is yet another confirmation of the financial wealth and success this company has brought him on this day.
• The Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the SpaceX chart is an auspicious signature that falls into Elon’s first house and is trine his natal Jupiter-Neptune conjunction. I have a feeling he is celebrating tonight, as he has materialized his dream and proved it to himself and others.

As you can see, there are many interesting contacts at play between the two charts, and there simply is not enough space in this column to cover them all. The most important thing I wanted to share was the idea that this company has already overcome many barriers and is sure to overcome many more.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 NOTE 1: ONE MORE WEEK!!! THE ANNUAL MMA MID-YEAR MARKET WEBINAR WITH MMA MARKET ANALYSTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20, AT 1:00 PM EDT!!! This year’s webinar will be in a different and more interactive format than previous ones. 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 NASDAQ (Wiebke Held), the DJIA (Gianni Di Poce), the Euro (Ulric Aspegrén), Bitcoin (Ray Merriman), Silver and Crude Oil (Pouyan Zolfagharnia), and Gold and T-Notes (Wyatt Fellows). This webinar/workshop will last approximately three 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 within 24 hours after the presentation. This is MMA’s annual mid-year market 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 JUNE ISSUE OF THE MMA MONTHLY TECH REPORT BY WIEBKE HELD WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK, ON JUNE 16–17. Wiebke has been nailing this market! Each report provides a clearly organized outlook with strategies not only for the NASDAQ but also for the QQQ ETF, NASDAQ futures, and specific technology stocks, including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple. It also includes CRDs (critical reversal dates) specific to the NASDAQ, based on Wiebke’s meticulous research. Focusing on the NASDAQ is crucial because of the outsized role technology will play in financial markets—especially with Pluto already in Aquarius for several years and Uranus now in Gemini for nearly seven more years. If you would like to try a one-month subscription, you can sign up for the June report for only $35—or save by ordering a three-report or twelve-report subscription.

 NOTE 3: THE MMA 2026 TRADING AND INVESTMENT RETREAT was amazing! The best yet! Recordings are now available. In addition, recordings of each day are now available separately as well!

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

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 needed for applying MMA’s solar/lunar reversal dates for very short-term aggressive trades in Bitcoin, stock indices, and precious metals.

  Individual-day recordings from the MMA 2026 Investment Retreat are also now available for purchase. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday recordings are available for $1,000 each, and Saturday’s recording is available for $750. If you are interested in purchasing individual retreat recordings, please contact customerservice@mmacycles.com to request an invoice and place your order. These recordings are well worth the investment, especially for traders!

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

 NOTE 4: A SIX-WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE ON ESOTERIC ECONOMICS: THE HIDDEN ARCHITECTURE OF WEALTH, BY GIANNI DI POCE, WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, JULY 12. This immersive, six-week online course is the complete companion to Esoteric Economics, the financial astrology textbook written by Gianni Di Poce. The course touches on conventional economics, but also reveals the deeper, often invisible currents that truly govern wealth: archetypal forces, temporal rhythms, capital flows, and the ancient principles that have shaped civilizations for millennia. The course blends rigorous historical and technical analysis with esoteric insight, practical tools, and visionary thinking. You will not simply study economics here—you will be initiated into its hidden language and learn to navigate it with clarity, confidence, and creative power. The cost for this six-week course is $300. Registration is now open! Click here to register.

NOTE 5: COMING SOON: RAY MERRIMAN’S NEW BOOK ON “JUPITER AND SATURN TRANSITS: MASTERING THE CYCLES OF LIFE.” This is NOT the book you would expect from Ray Merriman. But it is a book you will need, use, and value for the rest of your life if you study astrology, and especially if you are also a trader. 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 sextile, square, and trine aspects. 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 transiting Saturn. Each transiting aspect is ranked from –3 to +3 in terms of trading and investment potential, which alone is worth the price of the book. Stay tuned for a special pre-publication offer for the first edition of this new book by Ray Merriman.

Here are early reviews by two of the world’s leading astrologers after receiving an early draft of this book:

 Ray Merriman surprises us with a new book on transits! The book covers the delineation of planetary aspects of two of the most important traditional planets: the classical supportive and encouraging Jupiter aspects on the one hand, and the restrictive but also stabilizing Saturn aspects on the other. The descriptions of transits by an experienced and renowned astrologer are, together with his recommendations, of immense value. Going beyond the symbolic meaning of planetary combinations, Ray Merriman draws on his rich experience with planetary transits to provide the reader with practical interpretations and useful recommendations. To these, he adds advice for investors and traders in order to enable them to make the most of planetary transits. A highly recommendable and easily understandable book about transits for modern readers interested in the way astrology works in daily life.

• Claude Weiss, author, teacher, and owner of AstroData, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the most highly respected mundane astrologers in the history of astrology.

 Ray Merriman’s book reads like the work of a seasoned authority, and its final line—“A new level of mastery awaits you”—feels entirely earned. Drawing on more than fifty years of experience, Merriman demonstrates an impressive command of planetary timing. What makes this book especially valuable is not only the depth of its insight but also the clarity with which complex ideas are presented. His discussion of applying and separating aspects is particularly lucid, while his treatment of derivative houses stands out as both exemplary and distinctive. Although the book places a strong emphasis on financial astrology, its analysis extends well beyond money, offering thoughtful observations on many dimensions of human life. Traders, investors, and astrologers alike will find it highly rewarding, and even readers with extensive astrology libraries are likely to feel this volume deserves a place on their shelves.

• Christeen Skinner, D.F. Astrol.S., FRSA, Director of Cityscopes London Ltd., and one of the world’s leading financial astrologers.

The cost for this book is $39.99. However, those who order now, prior to the actual printing of the book, due in mid-August, will receive the special pre-publication price of $33.00 (plus postage for the printed edition; no postage is required for the eBook version). To order at the pre-publication price, click here.

 NOTE 6: WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A NEW UPGRADE FOR THE FAR FOR 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. This is important because we have noticed that when Mercury is retrograde, the lunar values for Bitcoin often perform differently 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 or early fall.

 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). HOWEVER, IT WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION ON THE NEW MMA WEBSITE TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING USERS OF ANDROID PHONES, AROUND JULY 4^TH! To learn more about the MMA app, click here. To order on your iPhone, 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! Saturday, June 20, at 1 PM EDT.

 JULY 12, 2026: “Esoteric Economics” course begins with Gianni Di Poce. The cost is $300 for the six-week course, running from July 12 to August 16. See above for further details. Click here to register.

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.