MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 9, 2025
June 6, 2025
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no free weekly column next week as we prepare for the annual MMA Mid-Year Financial Markets Update webinar on June 15. See Announcements below.
REVIEW
The 47th president has continued to behave like the proverbial bull in a China shop. This is fundamentally bad for all US financial assets, particularly Treasury bonds and the US dollar. The equity rebound in recent weeks is the direct result of Donald Trump’s seeming U-turn on his stance on China tariffs, thereby confirming that the US does not have the cards in this particular poker game. Meanwhile, the US dollar index has broken below the 100 level with remarkable ease.
— Christopher Wood, “The Financial Assets Most at Risk from Trump’s ‘Bull in a China Shop’ Strategy,” grizzleresearch@substack.com, June 3, 2025.
No member of Congress should be eligible for re-election if our country’s budget is not balanced — deficits not allowed!
— Donald Trump, July 31, 2012, as reposted by Elon Musk on X, June 5, 2025.
As we rapidly approach the June 9-27 super-charged cosmic period containing a slew of outer planet aspects, several markets are soaring to their highest levels since the tariff-driven mini-panic of early April. With part of this outer planet configuration involving Jupiter square Neptune, it is not surprising to see the investment community return to a path of “irrational exuberance” instead of “hysteria” and another mini-panic despite the emotional outburst going on in the political realm. Perhaps a more “normal” cause for the roaring stock markets has to do with many central banks continuing to lower their interest rates in an attempt to avoid a recession. However, that has not been the case (yet) in the United States, where turbulent political dramas and uncertain economic policies still weigh heavily on investor confidence about the future. It’s all a reflection of the chaotic leadership style of the U.S., with an underlying belief that Trump will yet give up his obsession with tariffs. I wouldn’t be so sure.
Nearly every global stock index we track had a positive week except Brazil’s Bovespa. Most rallied to their highest level in several weeks, with the German DAX the only one to achieve a new all-time high last week.
However, the most impressive rally was in Silver, which exploded to its highest level in 13 years, reaching a high of $36.51. Gold, on the other hand, showed promise with a rally to $3417 on Thursday, well below its all-time high of 3509 on April 22 (an MMA three-star critical reversal period) for a case of intermarket bearish divergence. This was followed by a plunge back to below 3330 on Friday. This is a troublesome sign for Gold when Silver leads the way up, for that tends to happen near the end of bullish cycles, not the beginning.
In other markets, Crude Oil rallied to its highest price in six weeks, not surprising as Jupiter heads towards its square to Neptune, as both planets rule Crude Oil. Bitcoin was down last week to a new 4-week low as it tested $100,000. It still has legs to go higher, as we will discuss in next week’s mid-year webinar.
SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS
You were still in school when you had that fool who really messed your mind
And after that, you turned your back on treating people kind
On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind
But after a while I realized you were disarranging mine
You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown
— The Rolling Stones, “19th Nervous Breakdown,” written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, © 1966 Abkco Music, Inc.
“If You Don’t Meditate, I Can’t Help You”
— New song by astrologer Robert Thibodeau of Mayflower Bookshop, posted on TikTok.com, May 28, 2025.
Here comes our “19th Nervous Breakdown.” Jupiter square Saturn and Neptune. And with the Full Moon (emotional) in Sagittarius (exaggeration) next week, combined with Jupiter (exaggeration) ingressing into Cancer (emotional), it’s a cosmic symbol of “emotional overload.” It may lead to the 20th nervous breakdown after last week’s eruption between President Trump and his political benefactor, Elon Musk. Dramatic feuds, war threats, and the potential for a Black Swan event increase even more with Mars square Uranus on June 15, an aspect that can kick anyone’s ass who isn’t on top of it all with any sense of clarity as to what is really happening and going to happen – which is just about everyone. With Neptune highlighted, clarity becomes an elusive commodity.
These signatures conjure an image of thousands of talking heads all at once with no one listening to the sounds of silence, which is where any sense of clarity is even possible now. This is a powerful cosmic arrangement to reflect upon for deep meaning and future possibilities. It is not one to be complacent about, especially if you are a leader (world or otherwise) who needs to establish trust with the majority of your constituents. If you let them down and they see you as untrustworthy, incompetent, or flat-out wrong and careless in your critical judgments, the floodgates could open wide. That’s Jupiter square Neptune. Jupiter square Saturn is the sense of loss and anxiety that follows. What do we do now? Where do we go for safety? Answer: if you don’t meditate, pause, can’t get control over your emotions, and overreact to difficult situations, no one can help you. Your next nervous breakdown is waiting.
As you look at the lineup of planets next week, you have to be impressed with the possibility of overload. It begins with the one-year ingress of Jupiter in Cancer, which offers one safe haven path: the way back home to those you love and share a special, warm, emotional bond of support with. Go there. Find refuge if this is getting to be a bit too much to handle alone.
Then comes the real bombardment of stellar activity. First is Venus, just entering its home sign of Taurus, but square to Pluto, also on June 9. This symbolizes the classic conflict between credit and debt, making money versus spending it. How do you balance these two competing forces? It’s great that the U.S. Treasury is raking in record receipts. It’s not so great that government spending is growing at a rate much greater than the receipts. That can cause a downgrade in credit (it just did).
This credit/debit balancing act can be psychological, too. If someone gives you something of value (Venus in Taurus), why do you not show gratitude (Venus and Taurus always want gratitude)? Why do you reject any favors asked in terms of a fair reciprocity? A nation gives an airplane to court your favor, and you brag about it. I give you hundreds of millions of dollars to win an election, and you assign me to the underside of your bus. Credit versus debt. Gratitude is replaced by rejection. It hurts that Jupiter (a lot) is also just entering Cancer (feelings). This dynamic goes into overdrive on June 11, when the Full Moon in Sagittarius occurs. What do you do when your beliefs and principles are violated? Do you fight like a warrior, as the Moon in Sagittarius is inclined to do, knowing that you may break some glasses for being so brutally honest? Or do you hold back and draw on the necessary wisdom (Jupiter and Sagittarius) needed to rekindle the closeness you desperately want? The phrase “Bite your nose to spite your face” comes to mind for both sides of this feud.
It’s all leading up to Mars square Uranus and Jupiter square Saturn on June 15, followed by Jupiter square Neptune on June 19, and then the Sun conjunct Jupiter and square Saturn/Neptune, June 22-24. The grievances and disillusionment don’t end as quickly as hoped. In the words of Janis Joplin, “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz. My friends all drive Porsches (airplanes); I must make amends.” With Jupiter entering Cancer (nostalgia) and square Neptune (music), it’s a conducive time to find insight into current conditions in songs from the past.
For most of us, this emotionally overloaded time is most intense through June 24. For President Trump, this is happening with his birthday right in the middle, on June 14. It’s a theme that may persist all year in his case. Does he really want to celebrate his birthday with military tanks rolling down the streets of Washington, D.C.? Is that really the message the nation needs to send out with Jupiter square Neptune (questionable judgment) and Mars square Uranus on its leader’s ascendant in Leo? Yes, it fits the symbolism of the cosmos in one way. But it may arouse hostile reactions in others that can lead to a Black Swan event in another way. Is it fear (Saturn) or trust (Neptune) the nation needs from others right now?
The markets may be overreacting with “irrational exuberance” presently. But when prices rise into a Jupiter/Neptune hard aspect, markets often become vulnerable to sudden reversals within the next few weeks, if not days. In one-third of historical cases from 1936 through the start of this century, 50-week or greater cycle crests have happened within 11 trading days of this aspect.
We will discuss this, as well as the new multi-year run up in Silver (and other markets), in our Annual Mid-Year Market Update next week, right on – you guessed it – June 15. In the meantime, please note that Wiebke Held will be sending out a special alert and update on the NASDAQ stock index this Tuesday to all subscribers of the MMA Monthly Tech Report. Please click here if you would like to subscribe to this report and receive her special alert and update.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOTE 1: SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2025, AT NOON EDT (9 AM PDT, 5 PM Greenwich), THE ANNUAL MMA MID-YEAR MARKET WEBINAR WITH MMA MARKET ANALYSTS!!! From the comfort of your own home or office, you can tune in to MMA’s annual Mid-Year Financial Markets Update Webinar, hosted by Raymond Merriman. The broadcast will feature updates for the next several months from top MMA market analysts as follows: Bitcoin (Merriman), NASDAQ (Wiebke Held), S&P and T-Notes (Gianni Di Poce), Euro (Ulric Aspegrén), Silver and Crude Oil (Pouyan Zolfagharnia), and Gold and Soybeans (Wyatt Fellows). The webinar will last approximately four hours (about 20 minutes per market, plus Q&A, with two or three five-minute breaks). The cost is $66 (an incredible value!), which includes access to the live presentation via Zoom, the presentation slides, plus the video recording of the live event 24 hours after the presentation. This is MMA’s once-a-year midterm market update. If you are unable to attend live, the video recording will be available the following day. Don’t miss this! To register, click here.
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EVENTS
JUNE 15, 2025: THE ANNUAL MMA “MID-YEAR MARKET UPDATE” will take place on Sunday, June 15 — just in time for the powerful Jupiter square Saturn/Neptune event. Save the date!
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025: MMTA4 begins!! Special rates apply through July 1. Click here for details.
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’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 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) the 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.