Weekly Planets: Asian indices

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning April 1, 2013
As I promised last weekend, this edition updates the intermediate-range Weekly Planets price targets for a number of Asian stock markets.

A couple of them - Malaysia and Indonesia - are way up there with the Wall Street indices.

Most world markets, however, have diverged significantly in a way not too dissimilar to what happened during the 1999-2000 Bubble top.

We'll have a look at a very long-range log chart for Miss Pollyanna, the SP500, in a moment. But, before we do, we'll have a little chat about the USA's horoscope for 2013.

And, I should also point out ... in terms of lies, damned lies and statistics ... that April is, on average, Pollyanna's strongest-performing month of the year; stronger even than the Santa Claus rally month of December.

But, let's talk first about America's 2013 birthday. Regardless of the exact time or date used to create the USA's birth chart as an independent nation, one thing is absolutely certain ... it has a Sun-Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the sign of Cancer.

Jupiter is still in Gemini, but is now tracking towards Cancer. Jupiter is "exalted" in Cancer. That is, the FatBoy is even grander, bigger and more benign than usual.

The Sun-Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the USA's natal chart explains a lot - both positive and negative about American traits and sociological history. And it also helps to explain why the country currently tends to believe it's immune from SinoEuropean contagion and is back in its "rightful" place as the leader of the world.

Hubris. In ancient Greek lore, it was basically the only real sin. Pity the modern Greeks and their Cypriot cousins forgot the old rules.

Below is a long-range log chart for Pollyanna, displaying a virtually perfect harmony with the trend line lessons and channels outlined in The Technical Section of The Idiot & The Moon.

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I've mentioned before that the period from 1999 until now shows a distinct similarity with what happened during the 1960s, the period marked with a yellow oval.

During that period, Wall Street had three Bull runs and three Bear crashes. The Bull peaks were successively higher and the Bear bottoms progressively lower. The current period is not an exact replica, but at an eyeball glance, it does look to be remarkably similar.

And that is a LOT of negative divergence building-up in the long-range oscillator.

The point is ... with Jupiter heading towards a conjunction with the USA's extraordinarily benign natal configuration, we can't totally rule out new highs in Pollyanna, and possibly a lot higher than we've believed likely. But ... when Polly exits stage left and Chicken Little grabs the spotlight again, the downside could cut very deep.

More about that in coming weeks. Let's take a look at some of the Asian indices, starting with the Shanghai Composite.

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A couple of editions ago, we had a chat about gaps. Shanghai created a couple of big ones on its weekly charts as it bounced strongly out of its last Low. The first of the gaps was filled with a strong decline 6 weeks ago and last week's downturn has gone very close to filling the one at 2233.

The state of the oscillator suggests there is no cause for panic or overt pessimism; it's the strongest it has been since early 2011 and its most recent peak displayed clear positive divergence.

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Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is above. It is currently trying to hold the primary Saturn line around 22,000, after failing to reach the Neptune line at 24,000.

Singapore's Straits Times Index, below, is in a stronger position, still apparently striving to reach its Neptune target.

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The Singapore bounceback began within a Uranus/Pluto cluster of price lines and it may be trying to get to a similar planetary zone, now priced close to 3500 at its lower range.

Indonesia ...

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Jakarta is making all-time highs, though it's doing it with negative divergence just starting to show in the oscillator. That doesn't rule out new highs in the near future, but the wave structure is beginning to look complete, leaving the index ripe for a correction.

And Malaysia is looking similar ...

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Just at an eyeball glance, Kuala Lumpur has a tendency to make primary moves between Node price lines (orange), with weekly stops at Saturn prices. You can see why there has been a lot of stalling in the current price range; that's a first harmonic Node line the index is trying to breakout above ... from a bounce which began at a false break of the 1st harmonic line currently priced about 1300.

In other words, it has completed its full Node-to-Node price run and now needs to breakout or breakdown. And the price targets for both scenarios are listed.

Mumbai is next ...

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Okay, so that brings most of my Asian readers up-to-date. The price targets on the Weekly Planets charts from last weekend will not have changed very much. You can always copy the image and draw-in your own price bar for the week if you need a visual guide of how your favorite index is doing.

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...It is NEVER too late in the year to have this monthly information!

WP: USA, TSX, FTSE, DAX & ASX

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning March 25, 2013

This weekend I'll update the Weekly Planets charts for a range of Western stock indices ... and do the same for Asian markets next weekend.

We have a highly critical week ahead going into the Easter break, with the Sun, Venus and Mars all making aspects to the Uranus-Pluto square.

We've discussed the implications of the Uranus-Pluto square at length over the past year or two.

Basically, it pits the forces of rebellion and radical change against the entrenched status quo protected by ruling elites. Pluto is big money and big power, big debt and big taxes; Uranus is the voice of "the people", though with the old weirdo in Arien mode these days, the voice is a little like Mao's dictum: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Squares are always an "action" aspect in astrological symbolism ... and even more inclined that way when the action signs, the Cardinal signs, are involved.

We've been seeing the signs everywhere since the aspect began; from the Arab Spring rebellions to the changes in China, from political angst virtually everywhere to banking crises almost everywhere.

And with Mars, now in its primary home sign Aries, being joined by the Sun and Venus, it adds a potentially explosive charge to the mix in the coming week.

So, we will take a look this weekend at some intermediate-range Weekly Planets charts for a range of Western indices. I'm not sure anyone can predict reliably what the Plutocrats have in mind for the Wall Street markets.

While the Dow has been making new highs and the SP500 keeps trying to, other markets ... and even the NDX ... display uncertainty.

Our first chart this weekend shows important planetary barriers which have a long-term impact on Pollyanna's prices.

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Miss Polly has huge price gaps all over the place and you might want to consult last weekend's edition in the Archives if you missed it.

The media always promotes these surges as "investors piling back into the market". It's nonsense. "Investors" aren't sitting at their computers at 4.30am forcing a huge gap in opening prices. No, no ... that job falls to the computers run by the big banks.

Basically, the big banks which own the US Federal Reserve; and that would be the Fed that's printing $85 billion a month to deposit with its owners, while the political system struggles to make an annual cut of $85 billion to spending programs.

However, let's not concern ourselves with a political polemic. For the past couple of weeks, the SP500 has been stalled around a Jupiter-Neptune level ... and there are two primary (ie: strong) planetary lines not far overhead. The orange Node line is at 1572 and the cyan Saturn is at 1579. I would expect either of these to provoke a fierce reaction downwards if they're hit before there's a deeper correction.

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The Nasdaq 100 remains below its peak from October last year - despite the optimisim of the DJI and Pollyanna. Both the signal line and histogram peaks in the fast MACD continue to send warning signals as the NDX continues to be stalled by an overhead Saturn.

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Canada has been stalled for even longer than the Nasdaq - and, again, it's a combined Saturn/Uranus zone that's blocking a breakout.

And ditto with the DAX ...

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London's FTSE is below. Note the difference in the state of the MACD. While the DAX is showing the same warning signals as the NDX, we're not seeing that build-up yet in the FTSE.

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And the ASX 200 is below ...

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I've mentioned in the past couple of weeks the negative divergence being displayed by the Canary on this index and regular readers will know this is a Neptunian index, so the false break and drop from the 5139 line isn't really an unexpected surprise.

And nor should be the price level which stopped the drop ...

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It serves as a good example of applying, in real time, the technical lessons about gaps, Fib Rx and Fib Xt levels I went through last weekend.

I finished last weekend with these words: "You might not get a nice gold star from the teacher. Learn the lesson well, though, and you just might get a few gold bars - real ones ... that you earned for yourself!"

There are know-it-alls out there who'll happily bore you witless with their opinion that there is no such thing as "a Holy Grail" when it comes to making stock market profits. In fact, there are probably at least 100 of them. There isn't one that will guarantee you the exact top and precise bottom of every rally and decline.

But, I stand by what I said last weekend ... learn a few simple lessons really well and you'll learn how to make money.

Next weekend ... an update on Asia.

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...

The Spring Equinox, March 20, 2013

The Spring Equinox occurs Wednesday, March 20 at 7:01:55 am EDT, Washington D.C.

The entrance of the Sun into one of the four cardinal signs - Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn - are the most important solar ingress charts of the year as they form the background for which various other astrological events of the season take place. The beginning of the astrological year is when the Sun enters the zodiac sign of Aries.

The chart rulers and the Sun's placement in a solar ingress chart basically govern the energy of the chart, and the ingress charts furnish, what H.S. Green calls, "a framework or skeleton outline of the year." They have a heavy influence, but do not override the impact of eclipses and major outer planet transits.

In the chart above, the 2013 Aries ingress for Washington D.C., the Sun is well placed in the first house in Aries; Neptune, co-ruler with Jupiter of the Pisces rising chart, is well placed in the 12th house in Pisces, and Jupiter's energy in Gemini is happy in the 3rd house, but Saturn and Pluto add a bit of complicated energy.

The Uranus square Pluto aspect, the most influential outer planetary aspect of the year, though not exact on the Equinox, is set off by the Moon in Cancer squaring Uranus, which then moves on to square Pluto hours later at 2:01pm. (The Uranus square Pluto aspect remains an important influence up through 2015. Review the Fall Equinox article for more information on this aspect)

So, what we have for the beginning of the astrological year in the U.S. is a spring season greatly influenced by the planets Neptune and Jupiter, the rulers of Pisces, who have taken on the courageousness of an Aries.

The tension of the Uranus square Pluto is translated by the Moon in Cancer, and will be translated through various transits throughout this season; but Neptune and Jupiter's rulership of the Equinox chart will work fearlessly to keep the consequences brought on by the challenging aspect of Uranus square Pluto at bay during difficult transits. The most difficult challenge will come when Uranus squares Pluto EXACT on May 20, 2013.

Neptune energy bridges the corporeal and spiritual in the collective conscience. It works to dissolve boundaries between reality and what yet can be perceived or be revealed. It seeks to escape. Deeply connected to the unconscious, Neptune's captivating influence is dreamy, ethereal, and stimulates imagination, sensitivity and creativity.

When unafflicted, Neptune's nature is passive, but compassionate, having concern for all humanity – spiritual and mystical movements increase, charities benefit and democratic goodwill spreads. Serious concern comes when this same energy is challenged - resulting in chaos and instability.

Neptune is considered a representive for democratic political movements, and when challenged, Neptune's energy can cause collapse, uprisings, discontent, disillusionment and deception.

Jupiter, the ancient ruler, brings boundless idealism into the Pisces realm, adds a bit of luck, and watches over like a guardian angel. Without boundaries, Jupiter's faith and optimism is capable of pushing beyond imaginable limits - seeking, and exploring the unimaginable. When unafflicted, democratic ideas triumph, devotional study of religion increases, and peace and goodwill develops between nations. However when challenged, great confusion can occur and disturb peace and order.

With all that in mind, let us look at the chart as the framework in which the transiting planetary aspects of the season act.
Click For Chart Analysis with discussion of Astrological Events by Marlene Pfeifle,CAP

A lesson in gaps, FibRx and FibXt

The Real Spooky Stuff

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning March 18, 2013
Hello, boys and girls ... this weekend we're going back to school, putting aside most of The Spooky Stuff to revisit some lessons about the techie stuff.

Oh, don't groan! We all know you peek inside the fortune teller's tent for a weekly planetary fix ... but you're becoming too addicted to the mystical and mysterious.

It's time for a dose of the real world, though we will have a brief look at some of the astrological transits coming up.

Last weekend, I showed you the normal behaviour of the Wall Street markets during Mercury Retrograde phases, which occur for about 3 weeks 3 times a year.

This one did not follow the usual pattern and, instead, most markets rallied throughout the period after a quick dive right at the start.

It is possible that markets will now change direction, along with Mercury. The DJIA has broken above its 2007 peaks and the SP500 is very close to doing so - but the Nasdaq stalled out many weeks ago.

This coming week, the Sun and Venus move out of Pisces into Aries and we enter the 1Q-FM lunar phase. The sign change puts the Sun and Venus into a coming conjunction with Uranus and a square to Pluto - and these two have a more reliable track record of forcing a mood shift than does Mars conjunct Uranus.

Last weekend, I published a chart showing the history of Mars conjuncting Uranus and squaring Pluto and warned you off listening to anyone who started raving on about "the Mars-Uranus crash cycle".

The Sun and Venus each conjunct Uranus once a year ... and the impact is, usually, more reliable as a potential trend turner than Mars.

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In the chart above, Sun-Uranus conjunctions are the red bars; Venus-Uranus conjunctions are the blue bars ... and there are 7 of them, not counting the one coming this week.

Which is interesting, because 4 of them are right at tops, or very close to, and 2 of them are at, or very close to, bottoms. Have a look; there are 5 or 6 trend changes out of a possible 7 instances. Not a tendency to be ignored lightly.

Now let's have a quick look at Miss Pollyanna's Merc Rx performance ...

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Ignore, for the moment, the boxed prices. I used this chart last weekend to show the spurt-and-reverse tendency which is normal during the Merc Rx phases. The current phase started out that way ... for just one day. It does create the danger that the Merc Rx rally will be undone as the planet goes Direct again, especially with the money-and-values planet, Venus, moving out of the comfortable territory of Pisces.

If you remember the Greek mythology, Saturn cut Uranus's dangly bits off and threw them into the ocean - causing a bit of froth and bubble until Venus popped forth, where Neptune created a special chariot for her to be drawn safely back to shore. So, Venus and Neppy are good buddies and Venus tends to be at her best while travelling through Pisces.

But, look ... enough of les Spookies for this week. What I want you to look at are the price gaps. Firstly, look at the last 3 bars. There was a gap open on Thursday which jumped above Wednesday's close. On Friday, that gap was filled. There are three other downside gaps which remain. There may even be four. I can't remember exactly when I started keeping a manual chart of the index to overcome the NYSE's lies about the real Open price on any given day.

Now, why is it important to know where the gaps are?

Let's look at the Nasdaq 100 ... which, does NOT tell dirty little lies about its real Open price.

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Now, when clear gaps open up in a price chart, regardless of whether it's an index or an individual stock, they are ALWAYS filled and often retested, at some point in the future.

I've put a black horizontal to mark a gap which opened to the downside on the NDX when it went into dive mode last September and marked the relevant gap with an X. We can see the stalling action over the past couple of weeks has been filling and retesting that gap.

There is a lower black horizontal and X on the chart ... and we can see how it was closed and tested a few weeks later. Now, these are not, of course, the only gaps on the NDX chart - and many have yet to be filled.

I go through this exercise because it is a valuable lesson in the techie side of things.

We'll turn our attention now to that dead Italian guy ... and the maths lessons he picked up from Arab scholars, who got it from Alexander's Greeks, who undoubtedly picked it up from Indian gurus in those brief periods Alex's boys weren't being trampled by war elephants.

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Okay, so having looked at where we are with the FibXT levels, let's review the Fibonacci Retracement tool. On the left, we again see the Bear bottom and the top of the first rally leg. There's a lot of stalling at the 236 Rx and the correction finally stops at the 382 level.

So, we would expect - once the entire Bull run is finished - that there will be a minimum FibRx down to the then 236 or 382 level. IF the current rally leg is finished and in need of an intermediate correction, there is a chance the downside is as low as about 1350. To get a more refined handle on the depth of any correction, I'd be more inclined to adopt the safer option of drawing the Fib Rx levels from the bottom in 2011, rather than using the 2009 Bear Low.

So that, boys and girls, concludes the lesson in gaps, Fib Rx and FibXt. It is, I hope you will agree, every bit as interesting and a whole lot more reliable than ... oh, Mercury Rx, for example!

As I keep saying - astrological expectations do NOT over-ride technical conditions. Everyone who wants to trade safely, reliably and profitably needs to give more weight to learning a few tech-head skills than the mystical stuff I often waffle on about!

But ... *ahem* ...

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Why, yes ... it IS my Weekly Planets chart for the NDX. Last week the Saturn was still at 2812 - again the Nasdaq 100's High for the week. One is not so much a zombie that one can live on tech-head brains alone, y'know!

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And Auntie, my home index, the ASX200. Negative divergence still building in the oscillator, too.

Okay, that's it for the week! Don't wander off whining that I haven't put up Weekly Planets charts for the rest of the indices. Time for you to do your own damn homework and go play with price gaps, Fibonacci numbers, and Canaries singing sweetly or croaking hoarsely.

You might not get a nice gold star from the teacher. Learn the lesson well, though, and you just might get a few gold bars - real ones ... that you earned for yourself!


Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...

Astrological Investing New Moon forecast for the New Moon in Pisces, March 11, 2013

Astrological Investing New Moon forecasts show general trends and financial outlook for the month. The New Moon in Pisces, March 11, 2013  - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE. 
The New Moon in Pisces, March 11, 2013 - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE. (Click for larger image)

Where are we now and where are we going?  On Friday, March 1 - Day of Sequestration, when the automatic budget cuts were to kick in as a result of the inaction of the White House and Congress, there was additional bad news of a weaker-than-expected economic report from China and Great Britain.  Negating all that however, news of the U.S. factory sector expanding more than expected and the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index scoring its highest level since November, brought the market up. What started off seemingly bad, at the close the DJIA was up 35 points to 14,090, the S&P 500 gained 4 points at 1,518, and the Nasdaq rose 10 points to 3,170.

I write this newsletter in the 3rd quarter of the Moon phase, and as of  today,  U.S. stocks closed higher after early session losses because " strength in defensive sectors shored up weak industrials and energy on China growth fears". (quoted from MarketWatch )

Bad News? What Bad News!  Sequester?  Weak economic reports from Europe and Asia?  A China Bubble?  Hmph!  Bad news seems to have little impact on the stock market.  As long as Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke stays the course, Bad News Bears might stir, but Ben Bernanke's Bulls keep driving the market.

NOTE - The markets have followed the course set by the Sagittarius rising chart of the Winter Solstice. (Read the article, Just Anther Winter Solstice - 2012)  It will be interesting to see the March Equinox Chart, as it will set the tone for the following three months. (I will send an announcement when my Equinox article will be available online.)

An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Pisces Chart


The New Moon (Sun/ Moon) Mercury Rx, Venus, and Mars bring matters of the eighth house to the forefront. All are located in the Eighth house which has dominion over the public income, estates, pension funds, stockholder's of companies, interest rates, insurance, banking, credit, the National debt, the IRS ...and organized crime! Now how can organized crime have anything to do with how well the market is doing - hmmm... please make a note that Pluto, a natural ruler of the eighth house is found in the fifth house of this chart.)

Venus in the eighth is all about MONEY - Other People's Money. You get the picture...

Mercury is retrograde - During Mercury Rx, astrologers are known to repeat, and REpeat these words, "do things that begin with RE" - and this stellium of planets in the eighth house suggests we will RE-visit tax REform, and increase tax REvenues.

Mercury in Pisces RX square Jupiter blurs communication - whatever you read and hear is so ambiguous it is difficult to understand exactly what is what. Ask yourself, "Is that what I REALLY heard? - What games are being played?"

The Sun in Pisces rules the rising sign of Leo in this chart.  Problems have the potential to be resolved in a very creative and dramatic way this month.

Mars in Pisces is in the last degree and will move into Aries. Those who have Randall Ashbourne's latest eBook, FORECAST 2013, be sure to REread his work on Mars in Cardinal signs.

Mars' impulse is To Act - Pisces is represented by two fishes swimming in opposite directions. We've seen the market go two directions while Mars has been in Pisces. But Mars moves into Aries the next day, on the 12th, and then it's "Katie Bar the Door!" for the Arien Martian.  According to Randall's research, "there is a strong tendency for markets to top out when Mars is in Aries."

Click to read this article in full on the astrologicalinvesting.com web site. 
On the web site, read what houses Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are transiting and the interpretation of the planets in the houses.

Also, the Moon Phases section and get the "Head's Up" - upcoming astrological events list.

Moon Phases
FORECAST 2013 has an index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices showing variations in the performance which can help traders time Entry and Exit levels for greatly enhanced profitability - the analysis also identifies those of the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

Read Randall Ashbourne's 2011 article, The Moods of the Moon - Trading the Mood Swings of the Monthly Lunar Cycle

Trines,
Marley

Wall Street, Europe, India - and Mars

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning March 11, 2013

Three things for the week ahead - the fishy New Moon, Mars entering Aries, and the final week of the current Mercury Retrograde period.

Those of you who have bought Forecast 2013 may wish to consult the chapter on market performance as Mars travels through Cardinal signs ... and, in particular, what has tended to happen with Mars in its primary home sign.

And it would also be worth consulting the Moon chapter, starting on Page 17, to see exactly how your favorite index performed during the lunar phases for the first few months of last year.

Since I published a variety of Asian markets charts last weekend, I thought I'd swap back to Europe and India in this edition.

Last weekend, I highlighted a couple of exact hits in the Asian indices on my Weekly Planets charts targets. I'll show you a couple of other exact hits in the NDX and ASX during the rallies over the past week.

This week kicks off with the statistical high period of a New Moon and with Mars changing signs into Aries, which launches a new Martian cycle through the zodiac over the next couple of years.

And we will be in the final week of the current 3-week Mercury Retrograde phase.

It's Mercury we'll start with this weekend. As the phase was coming up, I indicated that what tends to be normal is that markets will start a trend at the Rx date which changes course halfway through ... and by the time of the Mercury Direct date a few weeks later, prices are often back within 1% of where they were on the Rx date.

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You can see this tendency at work on the chart above where I've marked the Mercury Rx period late last year with black vertical lines; the Rx date starts a downward plunge ... which does a complete turnaround halfway between the two black lines ... to finish the phase with price back within the range of the bar at play on the Rx date.

Now, as I said, this is the "normal" behaviour of at least the Wall Street markets. It doesn't work every single time ... but we need to be aware of the possibility for markets to reverse course in the coming week; particularly since we enter the statistically negative phase between New Moon and Full Moon.

The other major astro event of the coming week is Mars moving out of Pisces into Aries, which means it will soon conjunct Uranus and square Pluto. We're almost certain to see more armed rebellions making headlines in the next few weeks.

If you happen, though, to come across any strident astrologers screeching about "the Mars-Uranus crash cycle", please consult last year's Archives.

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On the chart above, previous conjunctions between Mars and Uranus are marked with the thick red bars; the squares to Pluto are marked by the heavy blue bars.

Some of them occur sort-of, more-or-less, near highs ... and some of them don't do diddly. Conclusion - there is no reliable prediction that can be made about what will happen just because Mars is making Uranus/Pluto aspects.

Now, onto the Nasdaq 100 ...

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I indicated last weekend that I really had no idea whether Pollyanna and the NDX were going to breakout northwards, or break down. About the SP500, I said: "Overcoming that overhead Uranus/Pluto hurdle opens targets in the range from about 1548 to 1572."

Pollyanna's high for the week was at 1552.48, inside the lower end of the stated range. And I published the NDX Weekly Planets chart, showing the upside targets if it managed to finally breakout above the Uranus line now priced at 2773. The high for the NDX came in at 2812.73 - basically an exact hit on the 2812 target which has been marked on the Weekly Planets chart for the index for ages.

The ASX 200 put in a similar performance.

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The 5132 target has been marked on Auntie's charts for weeks - and she obliged last week, making a small overshoot to 5135.7 before backing off.

Obviously, in both cases, if the rally mode ignores the Merc Rx tendency, the next obvious targets are marked.

Now, since it has been a while since I updated the European charts ...

England:

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The FTSE finally broke through the 6412 level and came to a halt at a weekly Saturn line.

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Germany:

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The DAX cracked the Neptune ceiling - and like London, was stopped by Saturn. I would think, given the consolidation in the index within a Neptune/Uranus zone last year, that it probably wants to reach the overhead Uranians in the range from 8028 to 8169.

France:

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India:

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There is no need to explain these. I've given examples last weekend and this edition of just how precise these targets are. Those of you who have Forecast 2013 should also consult that section which details the exact long-range targets for the key American, European and Asian indices for this year.

Have a look, even if you're not Australian, at the ASX chart on Page 43, and compare where the index was in early January and where it closed this past week. Shocking, eh?!

And the DAX ... and the FTSE ... and the CAC ... and Pollyanna ... and the NDX. You'd have to be pretty pleased, surely, that those targets alone were worth the $20 price tag! And now that you KNOW they work, don't ignore the portents for the rest of the year!

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...

March 2013 Astrological Calendar - Transits for NY NY, The NYSE

Astrology calendar showing the day and times of planetary aspects for the NYSE, for the month of March, 2013.

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They are perfect for viewing on an iPad orother electronic reader - and they can be printed.  Included are dates of Moon Phases, Planets Stationing (changing directions) and Eclipses, as well as a schedule of open hours and days for each market. 
Click here to purchase

There are three separate 13-month calendars - January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014 - with transit to transit aspects for the NYSE, FTSE, and ASX.

These can be purchased individually for $7.00,or all three for $14.00 -That is a buy two, get one free price!

March 2013 Astrological Calendar - Transits for London, England, The FTSE

Astrological Calendar showing the day and times of planetary aspects for the FTSE, for the month of March, 2013.

Click to view larger image

 Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They are perfect for viewing on an iPad orother electronic reader - and they can be printed.  Included are dates of Moon Phases, Planets Stationing (changing directions) and Eclipses, as well as a schedule of open hours and days for each market. 
Click here to purchase

There are three separate 13-month calendars - January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014 - with transit to transit aspects for the NYSE, FTSE, and ASX.

These can be purchased individually for $7.00,or all three for $14.00 -That is a buy two, get one free price!

March 2013 Astrological Calendar - Transits for Sydney, Australia, The ASX

Astrology calendar showing the day and times of planetary aspects for the ASX, for the month of March 2013

Click to view larger image

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They are perfect for viewing on an iPad orother electronic reader - and they can be printed.  Included are dates of Moon Phases, Planets Stationing (changing directions) and Eclipses, as well as a schedule of open hours and days for each market. 
Click here to purchase

There are three separate 13-month calendars - January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014 - with transit to transit aspects for the NYSE, FTSE, and ASX.

These can be purchased individually for $7.00,or all three for $14.00 -That is a buy two, get one free price!

Taking a look at Asian markets

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning March 4, 2013

On Wall Street, Miss Polly is bumping her head again; and in Washington they're talking budget blues again ... for the umpteenth time when Mercury is Retrograde.

It's fairly well accepted that during the Reagan presidency, Nancy kept her favorite astrologer handy to help with not just the timing of decisions, but the direction of decisions.

 Just maybe that's part of the reason Ron and Nancy enjoyed a lot more support at the end of Reagan's time in office than was evident at the start.

For the past few Obama years, however, it seems that every major decision is put off until Mercury is Retrograde; outcomes are difficult to negotiate; and almost invariably nothing real gets done and the can de jour just gets kicked down the road.

We're back on the same old treadmill. It's all too, too depressing for me to make any predictions this weekend.

We're approaching the midpoint of the Merc Rx period and this week goes into the 3Q-NM lunar phase. In terms of the SP 500 last year, only four of these phases were negative.

They tended to be slightly less positive than the FM-3Q phase, which is now ending. This weekend, we'll take a quick look at Pollyanna and the Nasdaq 100 and then take a closer look at the Asian markets because I want to demonstrate something about the Weekly Planets charts.

Almost boringly, we'll use the same 500 and NDX charts I've used over the past couple of weekends.

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Polly is back at the breakout-or-breakdown barriers of the planetary lines which capped the 2000 and 2007 Bull markets. To be frank, I have no idea at all which way this is going to go.

Overcoming that overhead Uranus/Pluto hurdle opens targets in the range from about 1548 to 1572. If things go the other way, my best guestimate for the downside would be the grey Neptune at 1466.

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The NDX, above, continues to be stalled by the Uranus barrier now at 2770 ... and continues to make what might, or might not, be the right shoulder of a head & shoulders formation. If it plays out, it's again Neptune I'd expect to stop the drop - at a price around 2440.

Anyway, I really don't know and I want to look at the Asian markets instead, because I want to show you something about my Weekly Planets charts.

The last time we looked at the Straits Times Index, Singapore, I think was in late January and if you check the Archives, you'll see the upside target was listed as 3319.

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Well, the high for the STI came in a 3319.19 - and the index has been in correction mode since it was hit. In other words, the hit was quite precise.

That Neptune line, which also capped the 2010 peaks, is currently priced a tad higher at 3332 and I've also updated the two most likely downside targets.

It's also been several weeks since I published Shanghai charts.

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The last time I published this one, the Neptune line was priced at 2407. There was a slight overshoot when Shanghai topped at 2434.48 and then went into correction.

Given the positive divergence which appeared in the oscillator as Shanghai made its final low, and because of the strong rise in that oscillator since then, I'd think the index is far more likely to breakout and the next upside targets are in the range from 2600 to 2800.

If you're a regular reader, you probably already "get" the value of these Weekly Planet charts in helping determine Entry and Exit levels for some very profitable trades. If you're one of the recent arrivals, these two serve as a good example of how it works - and you might want to trawl through the Archives to find your favorite index if it's not in this weekend's edition.

Hong Kong ...

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The Hang Seng is one of those which didn't reach the target on the last attempt and the fast MACD has rolled over. Still, there was no really major negative divergence at the high and the index is trying to hold an interim Saturn line as Support.

Indonesia ...

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Jakarta has been on a roll, one of the strongest indices in the region. I haven't created planetary charts for the index yet ... and I'm not sure the number of Indonesian readers warrants it. If the information really is of strong interest to you, drop me a line and I might work it out for future editions.

Just technically in the meantime ... this romp outside the upper boundaries of the Bi-BBs can't be sustained for long, despite approval from the fast MACD. Breaking the BBs normally means a sideways move, or downside correction, is not very far away.

Malaysia ...

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And there's a good current example of precisely how that works in the Kuala Lumpur index. Just cast your eyes back to look at what happened with the price on previous occasions when the top layer of BBs was broken.

Australia ...

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We'll finish, as usual, with the ASX200. The 4985 Saturn level held up as Support for the second week running. A rather mild case of negative divergence is developing in the oscillator, but it's not so bad yet that it sets alarm bells ringing. So far, I see nothing to change my mind that another strong rally is coming before we need to be really cautious about Auntie, even if the index corrects further before launching that rally.

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...