Animated View of Venus retrograde

http://shadowandsubstance.com/this is a great animation of the night sky for all of you that live under urban light pollution. I found this at one of my favorite web sites http://spaceweather.com
I follow the sunspot count to predict economic trends. Solar maximums usually signal the end of a growth in industrial production and we are at a very prolonged minimum. In other words the cycles are not making sense. I'm suggesting that there must be an underground economy about to appear in a fashion similar to the personal computer industry.
Looking around the solar system some odd events have occured recently. The large red spot on Jupiter ate some newly formed white spots and then became smaller. Usually astrology gives Jupiter credit for weight gain among earthlings. Could it be that when Jupiter eats, he loses weight? Recently Ice caps reformed on Mars. With higher power telescopes available scientests will probably find other anomolies.