MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 9, 2026

REVIEW by Raymond Merriman

 The US added 165,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists’ expectations, as the labor market showed strength despite the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hikes. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% amid a slight increase in labor force participation.

—Claire Boston, “‘A Blowout’:The US Added 165,000 Jobs in October, Blowing Past Expectations,” Yahoo Finance, November 6, 2026.

 But the big story last week was the U.S. election in which the Democrats swamped the Republicans, gaining control of both the Senate and the House. The other big story last week was the effect of the election on the stock markets of the world, as many celebrated with huge rallies into early November 5, only to see those rallies turn into even bigger declines into early Friday, November 6.

The Tricksters of the cosmos, Venus and Mercury retrograde, were in full bloom last week. The carnage in financial markets was every bit as dramatic as it was the last time the dynamic duo of Mercury and Venus were retrograde together, which was during the week of “Liberation Day” in early April 2025. Once again, investors were “liberated” from their profitable stock portfolios, this time as voters ratcheted up their displeasure with the decision-making miscalculations of the current U.S. administration on Election Day, November 3—which just happened to also be the midpoint of the Mercury retrograde cycle. With its typical whipsaw-like behavior, the stock market was at first sharply down during election night, then reversed sharply higher into November 4, only to be followed by one of the worst down days in over a year on Thursday, November 5.

In the U.S., the NASDAQ stood out as it fell below the low that started its primary cycle on July 30, which was one of the three important reversal zones given in our 2026 webinars. The others were in February–March, which so far represents the low of the year and the bottom of the current 50-week cycle. And the third is happening now, in October–November. It is not safe to ignore these geocosmic factors that have stood the test of time over the past 200 years, as demonstrated by our published research studies!

In Asia and the Pacific Rim, the market activity was very erratic and strange. India’s Nifty Index rose to its highest levels since February on Friday, November 6. The Hang Seng of Hong Kong and the ASX of Australia also had a great week. However, China’s Shanghai Composite dropped to a low of 3,580 last week, near its 52-week low. The Japanese Nikkei index also fell hard, down to 56,745, its lowest price in nearly six months and well off its all-time high made on June 22 at 72,831.

Europe was crazy as well. The German DAX and the Swiss Market Index (SMI) made new all-time highs on Thursday, November 5. The London FTSE made a double-top to its all-time high. But on Friday, all were down hard, and even the Netherlands AEX, which didn’t make a new all-time high last week, fell to its lowest level in four weeks. This was not an abnormal market week. It was a week of the Tricksters gone wild.

In other markets, Silver fell to 48.62 on November 3, the midpoint of Mercury retrograde, and its lowest price since November 2025. Gold, however, held its recent low made the prior week on October 30 at 3879, for a case of intermarket bullish divergence during a time band when long-term cycle lows are due. A week after its low, Gold was up about $175 to a high of 4155 on November 5. Bitcoin dropped to 74,869, its lowest mark since August 21, but Ethereum held above its low of the prior week. Crude Oil was stunning, dropping from a high of $105 on October 30 to a low of $86.65 on Thursday, November 5.

SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS

 Israel, Trump, Bibi, and Bin Salman all have their Mars at 26 Leo. So now not only Mars but the Lunar South Node and Jupiter will be conjunct at 26 Leo. A “hot” 14–25 November ahead… Mars is at 26 Leo every 2 years, but to be conjunct Jupiter, only every 13 years, and to the SN only every 18 years.

—Gaby Mittelman, www.youtube.com/@GabyMittelman and isarfinancial@googlegroups.com, November 3, 2026. Also relates to a study done in the book “The Mars Hypothesis” as reported by Trudy Carol.

That’s just the start of what’s underway. The blizzard of consecutively powerful geocosmic signatures accelerates next week, on November 13, when both Mercury and Venus turn direct. The havoc really began when Venus turned retrograde in Scorpio, its detriment, on October 3, very close to the time when the NASDAQ and S&P made their all-time highs. The DJIA topped out two months earlier in August, in a pattern that is eerily similar to the last time Venus turned retrograde in Scorpio, which was on October 5, 2018. The DJIA made an all-time high at the October 2018 turn, then dropped nearly 20% to its Christmas low of that year. The NASDAQ made its all-time high in August 2018, then dropped 21% into late December of that year. Interestingly enough, that was not only the last time Venus made its retrograde motion in Scorpio (an eight-year recurrent event), but it was also during another midterm election defeat for President Trump’s Republican base.

This current geocosmic blizzard doesn’t end until January 28, 2027. This is a very long streak with no more than six calendar days between any two geocosmic signatures!

There is also a tight grouping of geocosmic factors taking place, described by Trudy Carol and Gaby Mittelman in the quote above. This is a rare conjunction between Mars, Jupiter, and the Lunar South Node taking place November 14–25. I would adjust this range slightly to November 10–19, given transits to the NYSE chart discussed below. Mars and Jupiter are conjunct on November 16. They alone are often present when the stock markets of the world experience huge price moves. In this case, it might be even more exaggerated because 1) the Lunar South Node is conjoined by Jupiter and Mars on November 11 and 14, respectively, 2) the transit of Mars in late Leo is opposing the eclipse point of February 17, 2026 on November 21–25 (Mars activating an eclipse point is a strong trigger for market volatility), and 3) Mars also forms a fixed T-square with the Sun–Mercury conjunction square Pluto in the NYSE chart, also known as the “Buttonwood chart,” November 10–19. There are plenty of cases where the U.S. stock market has fallen hard into this aspect.

Circling back to Venus in Libra, that is also a time when Silver often makes an important low. On November 3, right in the middle of Mercury retrograde and with Venus retrograde in Libra, Silver fell to 48.62, its lowest mark since November 2025. With the Moon’s North Node in Aquarius from  August 18, 2026–March 7, 2028, and its association with long-term cycle lows in both Silver and stocks, we need to be alert for these lows to happen at any time in this period.

These are matters that will be discussed at length in the Forecast 2027 book, due out by December 15.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND OPINION

 The events of last week’s election support the view expressed in these columns and last year’s Forecast Book and webinars that the Aries Vortex is ending, and we are now entering the post-Aries Vortex era. The key factor of the Aries Vortex was the Saturn–Neptune conjunction of February 20, which was also the midpoint of the Uranus–Pluto trine, which formed the funnel with its apex at 0° Aries.

The conjunction of Saturn–Neptune acts like an eclipse, where the faster-moving planet (Saturn) would be dominant as it blocked out the view (light) of the slower-moving Neptune. As such, Saturn (authoritarianism and control) would receive all the benefits of the Uranus–Pluto trine (reform, innovation, destruction), and Neptune’s qualities (peace, art, music, hope) would be muted. But after February 20, 2026, Saturn would slowly begin to separate from Neptune, leaving the latter as the sole occupant of the Uranus–Pluto trine midpoint into early 2028. Saturn would still be within orb of Neptune for a few months, perhaps until early 2027, when it finally separates by more than 8° and begins the post-Aries Vortex era.

We are seeing signs of the pendulum swinging to the other side with week’s election. Movement will be more and more towards the themes of Neptune and away from Saturn, although Saturn will still remain in the sign of Aries until early 2028.

The Aries Vortex, and its exact center on February 20, 2026, was described as the bottommost point of a divisive period that began with the “New Aira” of the winter solstice of December 2020. That “New Aira” beginning was a peak of hope, but it quickly gave way to disillusionment, propaganda, and a series of miscalculations and poor judgments by world leaders that led to wars, inflation, and a widening of divisions between people based on ideological and various discriminatory biases, fostering an atmosphere of “us versus them.” The Aries Vortex peaked on February 20, 2026, intensifying the polarization; one week later, on February 28, the Iran War was launched. However, the bottoming process can remain in force from mid-2025 and possibly last until March 2027.

We saw signs of Neptune’s influence beginning to appear in early April 2026 when the United States president threatened to annihilate Iran and destroy its civilization if it didn’t surrender the evening of April 7, 2026. This was a threat that fit the theme of Saturn at the midpoint of Uranus and Pluto (threat of destruction). He had been threatening such devastation since the beginning of the war in late February. But Saturn was already separating 4° from Neptune by April 7. Ninety minutes before the annihilation was to begin, President Trump backed off and called for peace talks, a clear sign that Neptune was coming to the forefront. The changing of the guard, from Saturn to Neptune, was underway. A change is happening, but it is not necessarily visible to everyone just yet, other than those who are celebrating victory last week.

And now, with last week’s election, it is even clearer that the public is rejecting iron-clad authoritarian behaviors related to Saturn in Aries and the start of a new movement towards a Neptunian reality, which will have its own issues to deal with involving entitlements, appeasement, socialist tendencies, and lack of accountability or responsibility for one’s own actions. It’s a different type of manipulation and control, but one that is not geared so much towards war. At its best, it is a movement towards unity and the understanding that we are one race, one people, and we do not benefit by fighting against one another. Saturn is boundaries. Neptune has no boundaries. Both have issues with trust, with Saturn being a bit paranoid and moved by fear, whereas Neptune is a bit naïve and moved by faith and hope without verification, and can be easily disillusioned and taken advantage of.

In the spirit of Neptune, let’s hope the pendulum does not go all the way to the opposite extreme again, and instead finds its “safe zone,” which is always in the middle ground. This is the real lesson of the “New Aira” that began with the Jupiter–Saturn cycle in 0° Aquarius on the winter solstice of 2020. Success and well-being come with the middle path and not extremism, the latter of which only leads to division and polarization. With Neptune, there is hope, which beats Saturn, which in this case pertains to doubt and fear. But in the end, Neptune needs Saturn in order to manifest its hopes and dreams into reality. Otherwise, it’s just ethereal and not real: a boat out to sea with no anchor, a time of temporary peace without an agreement or a treaty with conditions that can last. Here, we have an opportunity. Let’s hope our new leaders who are arising will read the room right this time and listen (Neptune) rather than dictate (Saturn). After all, Pluto is in Aquarius (sign of the world) for the next two decades, which means “Power TO the people,” not OVER the people.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 NOTE 1: THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF THE MMA MONTHLY CYCLES REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK, NOVEMBER 9–10. This issue will be timely because it will cover the importance of both Mercury and Venus turning direct on November 13, a highly charged geocosmic period for reversals in many markets. Historically, financial markets have not fared well during this double retrograde period. This time has been no different. Each issue of the MMA Cycles Report includes our outlook for the U.S. stock market (DJIA and S&P), Gold, Silver, Copper, Treasuries, the Euro currency, Crude Oil, and Soybeans. The MMA Monthly Cycles Report also provides MMA’s original geocosmic CRDs and solar/lunar reversal dates for the next several weeks, as well as trading strategies for both position and short-term traders. If you would like to try a one-month subscription, you can sign up for the November issue for only $35—or save by ordering a three-report or twelve-report subscription.

 NOTE 2: THE “ANNUAL MMA FORECAST 2027 BOOK” IS ON SCHEDULE FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 15!

The book will be approximately 240 pages, measure 8.5″ × 11″, and have a glossy paperback cover. After 50 years in print, it has set the standard for all astrological almanacs written today. The cost is $55.00 for the eBook edition, $66.00 for a print copy (plus postage), or $86.00 for both (the bundle). The eBook typically becomes available one to two weeks before the print edition reaches readers, especially those who live overseas. However, many readers prefer the print edition, so ordering both through the Forecast 2027 Bundle makes sense. You will receive the Forecast 2027 eBook on December 15, and your print copy will be mailed as soon as it comes off the printing press and goes to the mailing house around that date.

There is a change in the markets covered this year. The book will offer our forecast for the British Pound in place of the U.S. Dollar. There will also be special sections on Chiron entering Taurus, Jupiter entering Virgo, and the Lunar North Node in Aquarius, plus Ray’s views on the post-Aries Vortex era, which begins now and continues through 2032 and includes Neptune at the midpoint of the Uranus–Pluto trine, as well as next year’s start of Saturn’s Balsamic Phase to Uranus.

MMA’s annual Forecast book by Raymond Merriman has served students of cycles and markets since 1976. It provides a cyclical outlook on collective world psychology, the economy, geopolitical developments, socio-cultural trends, potential weather events and natural disasters—as well as financial market projections for the U.S. stock market (DJIA and NASDAQ), U.S. Treasury market, interest rates, Gold and Silver, currencies (the Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, and Japanese Yen), Bitcoin, Crude Oil, and Grain markets. For a more personal overview of the Forecast 2027 book, see the recent video featuring Ray and Pouyan in an interview with Alie Schneider on MMA’s YouTube channel by clicking here. To pre-order the Forecast 2027 book now, click here.

Now you can also view the recent video with Ray, Wyatt, and Pouyan, in which they discuss the accuracy of the Forecast 2026 book and share some of their outlooks for the 2027 book. To view this new video on “Forecasts versus Reality,” click here.

NOTE 3: 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 the app 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 bullish or bearish intermarket 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, due in early 2027, INCLUDING USERS OF ANDROID PHONES! To learn more about the MMA app, click here. To download it to your iPhone, go to the Apple App Store and search for Merriman Solar/Lunar Reversals.

NOTE 4: ANNOUNCING A VERY AFFORDABLE WAY TO BEGIN LEARNING MMA’S MARKET TIMING TECHNIQUES!!! The recently conducted 3½-hour workshop, “MMA Market Timing Methodology Applied to the U.S. Stock Market,” is now available as a video recording and includes a copy of the PowerPoint slides. Learn about short-, intermediate-, and long-term cycles in the U.S. and British stock markets going back to the late 1600s and their geocosmic correlations. This workshop also projects these cycles into late 2026 and beyond. It is a great way to learn the basic principles of the finest market-timing methods available today. The cost is $145. To order this newly released product, click here.

NOTE 5: RAY MERRIMAN’S NEW BOOK, JUPITER AND SATURN TRANSITS: MASTERING THE CYCLES OF LIFE, IS NOW AVAILABLE, AND IT WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT HOLIDAY GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE ASTROLOGER FRIEND! This 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 interpretations of the opening and closing semi-square and sesquiquadrate transits to all natal planets and angles, plus the “Business Cycle” of transiting Saturn through the natal chart. Each transiting aspect is also ranked on a scale of –3 to +3 in terms of its trading and investment potential, which alone is worth the price of the book. The book is 420 pages, measures 6″ × 9″, has a glossy cover, and costs $39.99.

“Jupiter and Saturn Transits: Mastering the Cycles of Life” is a fabulous, comprehensive guidebook rich with humanistic wisdom for astrologers. This book is amazing—exceptional in every way!! 

 Articulating the Saturn and Jupiter transits to natal planets and angles, Ray places special emphasis on delineating the waxing and waning aspects. His house-by-house interpretation of the powerful astrological energies and influences brilliantly combines useful tips and insightful keywords.

 Ray also shares his valuable expertise in financial astrology by including the Financial Ranking for trading with the transits, which makes this book very special!

 We are blessed to receive Ray Merriman’s accumulated knowledge in this welcome work. His wisdom is golden and shines through every page.

 —Kathy Rose, renowned full-time consulting astrologer and curator of Rose Astrology, with over 40 years of professional practice.

To see other rave reviews by several leading professional astrologers, click here. To learn more about this new book, tune in to Ray’s recent podcast interview with Adam Sommer (click here) or his YouTube video interview with Thomas Miller (click here).

 NOTE 6: 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.

NOTE 7: The MMA Weekly YouTube show, “Geocosmic Week in Review and Look Ahead,” with Gianni Di Poce, is conducted on Wednesday evenings! Each 5- to 20-minute FREE episode reviews the previous week’s market activity and the geocosmic signatures that will be in effect for the coming week and beyond.

NOTE 8: MMA’S FREE WEEKLY COLUMN PODCAST IS AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY, APPLE, and AMAZON! Now you can listen to a podcast of this weekly column by Thomas Miller on Saturdays! Thomas has an excellent voice and brings the weekly column to life in a personable and, at times, humorous fashion. Just follow Merriman Market Analyst on Spotify or Apple to listen to all our episodes. A new podcast episode will be released every weekend. This is a FREE service and is available to everyone. Check out our podcasts on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon Music. It makes for great listening!

EVENTS

 JANUARY 10, 2027: THE NEXT “SPECIAL MMA OPTIONS WEBINAR” WITH DEREK PANAIA AND WYATT FELLOWS, HOSTED BY RAYMOND MERRIMAN, WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, AT 12:00 PM EST. Save the date! Details will come out in December.

MAY 12–17, 2027: THE MMA INVESTMENT RETREAT IN LAKE BLED, SLOVENIA. Save the date and plan to attend! Yes, we are going back to beautiful Lake Bled one more time. If you have never seen this wonder of the world, this might be your last chance to experience it through an MMA retreat. Future MMA Investment Retreats are expected to alternate, beginning the following year, between the United States and Europe. More details and registration steps will be forthcoming shortly, but plan to register early as our room allotment has sold out in each of the past two years.

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.