Stock decline, gold and 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 May 27, 2013

Planets in Gemini - Sun,Mercury, Venus, Jupiter

There's a strong chance stock markets have gone into correction mode likely to last for several weeks.

Gold may have finished its correction after producing a slightly higher low last week.

We'll explore the astrological omens and technical conditions this weekend - and I will update the Weekly Planets charts for a range of Asian indices.

We are now in Gemini mode. The Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter are all in the sign and they'll be joined by Mars at the end of this week.

Last weekend I warned the shifting of energy from stable and money-conscious Taurus into Gemini would increase volatility - and in both directions. And it took only a couple of days for the energy shift to make itself felt, with Pollyanna, the SP500, shooting to a new spike high and then fainting away in a swoon.

It's only going to get more dramatic as the red warrior drags himself from a Venusian embrace and finds himself pushed and pulled simultaneously by the Janos bi-polar energies.

Early this week, Venus conjuncts Jupiter and mid-way through June, the Sun will also meet up with the FatBoy.

I indicated last weekend, we'd take a closer look at that ... and we will in a few moments.

However, we will start this edition with a look at the ASX200 and extrapolate from that what seems now to be underway across world stock indices.

I indicated last weekend that Wall Street and the leading European indices were hitting major planetary barriers which had been set as upside targets when Forecast 2013 was published in January. Last week saw a late burst of optimism and a sudden collapse so typical of the dual Gemini energy.

Technically, it appears to be a high-level Wave 4 underway. This is the last major correction before the final rally of a Bull leg. I will use the ASX 200 Weekly Planets chart below to explain what I think is happening.

Basically, after the sudden plunge in August/October 2011, most markets launched into a strong and long-running rally phase. The first leg of that rally was quite weak in the ASX, but the overall principle remains the same.

The first major correction of the new rally lasted 5 to 8 weeks and wiped roughly 10% from prices. The next two corrections lasted for a month and were much smaller declines.

Currently, the ASX200 is down only 2 weeks - but the depth of the decline has already exceeded the previous two. In Elliott Wave analysis, there is a theory of alternation. It means that if the first similar-level correction was fast and deep, the next correction of the same level is more likely to be a longer correction which "wobbles" up and down inside a contracting triangle, but without losing the same amount of money.

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And that may be what we now have underway - a correction that could drag in terms of Time while confusing everybody about what is happening because sharp rallies suddenly fail and sudden declines turn on a dime.

I'll turn now to gold. Just before we do, though, consult the chart above for the August/October 2011 bottom. August produced a hard spike down ... the market bounced strongly ... followed by a slower decline where price traded against the spike. In the case of the ASX, the TAS function produced a marginally higher low ... whereas on the SP500 it produced a marginally lower low.

I explained in some detail last weekend how I thought this was the most likely scenario for gold - and you'll need to go into the Archives to find the gold chart with prices marked. I'll show you the detail of the spike and TAS function using the daily chart, below.

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Last weekend, I said: "For a stronger bounceback to occur, or even a complete trend change, gold needs to make either a higher low, or only a marginal new low. The higher low would come from around 1337 and a marginal new low should not go significantly below the rising, primary Sun line currently priced at 1320." 

It is possible, perhaps even probable now, that gold has found its low after hitting the 1337 price line. Caution is still needed and it is not unusual, after a TAS set-up, for the new upleg to take considerable Time to find real legs.

For those of you serious about learning some technical skills, please spend some time looking at the TAS structure on these two charts. As I indicated last weekend, it's not something which is covered in The Idiot & The Moon. However, TAS set-ups do occur regularly and once you see a large spike, learning the "normal" price behaviour which follows can provide the opportunity for very profitable trades.

Now, before we turn to the Asian indices, which I haven't published for several weeks, let's take a quick look at what has tended to happen during past instances of Venus or the Sun making their once-a-year conjunction with Jupiter.

The chart is the Pollyanna weekly; Venus conjunctions are the heavy blue bars; Sun conjunctions the red ones. Of the past 6 instances on the chart, four led to continuing, multi-week declines.

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The Venus-Jupiter conjunction takes place on Tuesday in Europe and America - just as Wall Street re-opens from the Memorial Day break.

And it's why even short-term traders need to be extra careful this time around in taking the normal Full Moon-New Moon long trade, even though this was a lunar eclipse FM. NMs are marked with red bars on the chart below, Full Moons are blue bars.

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Polly has been rising in a clear channel since the Santa Claus rally got underway late last year. A breach of the upside channel line, with negative divergence in the oscillator, puts the index under threat of a retreat to retest the lower trendline.

Okay, it's time to update some of the Asian indices - and the price targets should help guide you through the Gemini volatility likely over the next few weeks.

India's Nifty:

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Singapore:

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Hong Kong:

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Shanghai:

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Jakarta:

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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!

Gold, SP500, TSX, Europe and the ASX200

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 May 20, 2013

So far, the only real "sell in May" action we're seeing is in gold and mining stocks.

This week kicks off with another exact hit of the long-running Uranus square to Pluto and will end with another Full Moon Lunar Eclipse.

The Sun leaves stable and money-conscious Taurus and moves into Gemini. Volatility will increase - and in both directions. Mercury and Venus will also be in Gemini and will be joined by Mars at the end of the month.

It puts all the inner planets on course for a conjunction get-together with Jupiter. We'll take a close look at the potential implications of that next weekend; but the past two years have seen intermediate tops locked-in as the Sun and Venus conjuncted Jupiter.

Wall Street, England and Germany have now reached long-range targets published in Forecast 2013.

We'll spend this weekend looking at those targets and the technical state of the charts to see if "that's it", or whether the rally still has legs to run.

I'll update Australian readers on the state of the ASX200 and we'll take a look at the latest rundown in gold prices.

And it's gold we'll look at first.

While the topic is not raised in The Idiot & The Moon, I have on occasion discussed a technical condition called trading against a spike. The last significant one of these we saw was in stock indices in August-October, 2011. Gold now appears to be in a similar state.

Basically, what happens is this ... price produces a large-range spike; there is a strong bounceback from the low; and then the spike is retested. It is the nature of how the spike is tested which gives us an indication of whether a larger bounceback is coming, or whether the freefall continues.

The planetary charts for gold, and their explanation, were introduced in Forecast 2013 and, so far, gold continues to play to them with almost uncanny accuracy.

In the chart below, we see the sudden April plunge ... the strong bounceback ... and now the retest is underway.

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For a stronger bounceback to occur, or even a complete trend change, gold needs to make either a higher low, or only a marginal new low. The higher low would come from around 1337 and a marginal new low should not go significantly below the rising, primary Sun line currently priced at 1320.

The reality is that for gold to recover, stock indices probably need to drop ... and that's what we'll spend this weekend looking at.

At various times recently, I've published this chart for Pollyanna, the SP500, indicating the index may have been on a run between Uranus/Pluto planetary barriers. The target price was around 1610, though I did warn there was a higher target in the 1660s.

And ...

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It's interesting to see how Polly has dealt with these Uranus/Pluto price zones since bouncing off one late in 2012 to launch into very strong rally mode - the resistance has been overcome by forced jumps over the hurdles. The next Uranus/Pluto zone is the 1700s.

However, let's look at where the index is in relation to the long-range planetary targets I published in January, in Forecast 2013. The index is now hitting against strong resistance from a Node barrier. The next highest target is Pluto at 1719.

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We are, however, entering the statistically negative period between the 1Q and Full Moons ... and with Polly having breached the topside of the Bi-BBs. As explained in The Technical Section of the book, a breach of the upper or lower outer bands tends to cause either a sideways shuffle, or a countertrend.

Last week's price action breached the weekly upper band for only the second time in years. The previous one prompted a 9-week decline after some initial sideways shuffling. One other thing to note is that all the declines so far have travelled the full width of the bands ... so, IF one starts in the next week or two, the history suggests Chicken Little is going to want to slash 200 points from Polly.

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The other warning sign on the chart above relates to the condition of the fast MACD histogram peaks. The signal lines are fine. But the histogram peaks have been in constant decline throughout the rally from October, 2011.

Okay. The two other Western indices as brightly optimistic as Polly are the FTSE and the DAX. We'll deal first with Germany, which has had a breakout above the major price target published in the Forecast.

Ten-thousand plus seems like a fairytale target. But, that's the next major planetary barrier for the DAX.

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The planetary lines in the chart above are set at their maximum width. However, I used them because the German index has a strong track record of actually reaching them and they cannot be dismissed lightly. But we can use a Fibonacci Extension tool as a guide to potential targets within the 2000 points of "empty" space above.

Even so, the nearest higher target is several hundred more points away. AND all 3 Canaries - short, medium and long-range - are not at all unhappy.

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The FTSE's long-range planetary price chart is below and I discussed in Forecast 2013 how the 6300s would be a difficult area, given the index's history of stalling at Uranus/Pluto zones. London has had a strong breakout after the months-long stall in that zone ... and also broken above the Neptune barrier which stopped the 2007 Bull run.

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And in the chart below, the long-range Canary is singing quite happily. Note the divergence which slowly built in the indicator (the blue line in the lower oscillator panel) as price rose into the 2007 Bull peaks ... and note especially that there is absolutely no sign of divergence in its current readings.

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Paris is next and I again use the chart from Forecast 2013. The CAC40 finally managed to break free of the 3800 price zone.

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Since the CAC is not breaking out to new Bull market highs, we need to pay attention to the Fibonacci Retracement levels. There is very strong positive divergence evident in the FiboRx chart below. None of these oscillators has been this happy since the post-2009 recovery began and the higher FiboRx levels correspond with the potential planetary targets.

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Returning now to North America for a look at the Canadian market. The TSX is in a similar state to the CAC40 ... ie: well below its earlier recovery high.

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Now to my home market, Australia. Again, probably the most important thing on the chart is the state of the long-range Canary. While the short-term and medium range Birds are declining, the long-range line has hit new peaks. No negative divergence building, as it did during the push into the 2007 highs.

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Auntie's Weekly Planets chart is below. After being blocked by a Neptune level in March and April, the index is now testing support on top of the line - and the price targets, if it succeeds, are obvious.

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However, there is a warning sign flashing. The long-range Canary is holding above the +100 level, but appears to be increasingly unhappy. Remember this is a weekly chart - and the negative divergence is not present in the monthly chart.

Which suggests that any short to medium range price weakness in the index will be overcome and that higher prices are not merely possible, but are probable, over the course 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...

It is NEVER too late in the year to have this monthly information!

The Jupiter squares ... how to make money

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 May 13, 2013

This weekend I'm going to depart from the normal format to discuss Jupiter's travels through the zodiac ... and how that causes bumps and slumps in groups of stocks.

In tech-speak, we call it "sector rotation". We've all seen it in action; investors seem to fall in love with stocks in particular groupings and they fly into the sky like Icacrus ... before their popularity fades and they tumble back down to earth.

Well, we can forecast this by watching Jupiter.

I first learned this from my old friend, the late Kaye Shinker, one of the real pioneers of research into financial astrology at a practical level.

I will explain it as simply as possible. The principle behind Jupiter symbolism is to "expand" whatever it touches. The down-to-earth meaning is that Jupiter will increase either the demand for OR the supply of a particular product as he travels through the zodiac, spending about a year in each sign before moving onto the next one.

Products ruled by Jupiter's current sign position will tend to suffer a glut. VERY bad for stock prices in that area. Products covered by the signs Jupiter is squaring will tend to be in short supply AND high demand. Very GOOD for stock prices.

We'll see how this works in action by looking at some charts.

Now what Kaye discovered is that The Jupiter Effect takes place while the FatBoy travels from the middle-range of one sign to the middle-range of the next.

Jupiter is now at 19 degrees of Gemini heading onto Cancer - and that means we are now starting the early stages of what should turn out to be a massive sector rotation over the coming year.

To be frank, Jupiter in a particular sign does not necessarily produce a glut. It is one of the reasons I am so constantly nagging you that astrological expectations do NOT over-ride technical conditions.

But, let me show you. Jupiter in Gemini should have had a dramatic impact on: telecommunications, media, travel, broadcasting. I am using Incredible Charts monthly data for all the charts in this weekend's edition - and we begin with the telecoms index of the ASX.

As we can see from the chart, Jupiter in Gemini prompted a very strong rally in telecom share prices over the past year.

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Now, if we had known ahead of time that there would be some sort of big move in communications, we could have fine-tuned our stock buys for the year ahead ... looking at, say, two of the Dow's biggest companies, Verizon and AT&T.

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Now, these two Dow components did not enjoy quite the same strength as the ASX telecoms index. And it wasn't a particularly good year in terms of phone wars for some electronics companies.

But, what happened to stocks from those sectors that Jupiter was squaring? Well, from Gemini, the squares were to Pisces, which rules shipping, oil, alcohol, drugs and "dreams" and to Virgo, which has rulership of health and hygiene.

Here's Chevron ... which is now making all-time highs!

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And here's what happened with perhaps the ultimate dream/fantasy/celluoid stock, Disney ...

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And here's what happened with healthcare stocks over the past year, seen through the lens of the ASX healthcare index ...

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We get some idea from these charts exactly HOW The Jupiter Effect works. Some of the Gemini-type stocks, like the phone makers, had an awful year, while there was a glut of that Gemini trait "talk", increasing the demand for telecom service providers.

But, some of the biggest winners from the past year were from the "square" areas - Pisces and Virgo. Now, a word of warning! You'll notice that the tech signals in those stocks are starting to roll over.

And that's because from where he is now, in mid-Gemini, Jupiter's travels will cause a major shift in investor thinking.

Cancer, his next sign, and taking into account Capricorn (the sign opposite Cancer), will impact: food, restaurants, farms, hotels, restaurants, building supplies, household appliances and dwellings of all kinds.

The two signs that will be "squared" are Aries and Libra. Aries is military gear, heavy machinery, iron, steel, engineering. Libra is luxury goods, copper, jewels.

So, while it might not seem like it at the moment, it is highly likely that mines and miners and heavy industrials are about to make a big comeback.

That's the astrological expectation! But, do the technical conditions support the theory?

Well, here's the ASX materials index ...

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The index may now be starting that turn. On weekly charts, firms like BHP and Rio Tinto appear to be forming a long-term bottom. The effect may also impact on firms like Caterpillar, which had a very strong rise while Jupiter was actually in Aries.

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As well as strong miners, and heavy machinery makers like Caterpillar, we should also be trawling through our lists of engineering and building companies. The ASX engineering index chart, below, is showing signs of a potential turn northwards

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However, with the Cancer symbolism starting to come into play, we also need to watch for changes in the popularity of building supply companies - like Home Depot, for example.

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 And since Cancer specifically rules things like food we need to be aware there will be either a food glut OR food shortages.

Cancer rules consumer staples. But Libra is coming into "square" and Libra rules consumer discretionary items. Here is the ASX consumer staples index ...

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And below is the ASX consumer discretionary index ...

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Please note the vastly different status of the long-range Canary on these charts ... consumer staples are showing signs of topping-out and consumer discretionary is showing marked positive divergence.

Cancer/Capricorn also rules real estate and office accommodation. Below is the ASX property trust index ...

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And below is the chart of the ASX industrials index ...

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Okay. By now you should have some grasp of what stocks you need to start considering with caution ... and which ones have the potential to rise strongly over the course of the next year.

I stress that I have only scratched the surface here! Individual stocks having strong Jupiter transits can resist the Icarus dive for a while; and "square" stocks suffering strong Saturn aspects to their first trade chart might NOT rise as strongly as some others within the sector rotation.

Again. You MUST use a technical oscillator to help determine the direction of your trades! The purpose of this weekend's edition is to get you to start thinking about the impact of a large-scale shift in investor thinking and emphasis, now starting to get underway and which will gather momentum over the next year.

You need to remember the very first rule of trading successfully - Buy Low, Sell High! It's time to go through your portfolio stocks and look to exit those sectors starting to roll over from highs ... and start identifying those which appear to have spent some time trying to lock in a solid base from which to launch an Icarus flight.

The individual stocks will vary from market to market, but the overall principle of The Jupiter Effect knows no international boundaries.

The Jupiter squares to Aries and Libra should cause price increases for things like iron ore, steel, copper, heavy machinery and military gear, as well as luxury goods and consumer discretionary items.

It MAY cause an increase in demand for real estate and/or office accommodation, rather than a glut of supply. But, exactly which of these actually manifests will depend on local conditions.

If you're using The Idiot system properly across the three timeframes AND using one of the recommended oscillators to look for either positive or negative divergence, you should have no trouble identifying the stocks you need to be selling now ... and those showing the potential to run hard and run fast over the next 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...

It is NEVER too late in the year to have this monthly information!

Astrological Investing New Moon forecast for the New Moon in Taurus, May 9, 2013

Astrological Investing New Moon forecasts show general trends and financial outlook for the month. The New Moon in Taurus,May 9 2013  - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE.

The New Moon in Taurus, May 9, 2013 - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE. (Click for larger image)
 
Markets pushed to record highs.  The strength of last month's new Moon in Aries in the first house, together with The Promise of the Spring Equinox chart, (Read The Spring Equinox, March 20, 2013) could not be undone by ominous daily transiting aspects.  Investors largely ignored events that could have brought out the bears in full force - though we saw some volatile days - market analysts remarked how it was a "stock market rally on steroids." Well, from my perspective, that's a pretty good description of an Aries driven market.

Regarding Venus in Aries, I wrote in last month's newsletter, "You will see investors selling more risky small and mid-cap stocks and buying DOW stocks".  The Russell 2000 (small-cap index) had the biggest declines on days when markets pulled back, and compared to the S&P and the DOW, the Russell is playing catch-up.

The New Moon in Taurus is a Solar Eclipse, following a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse which happened on April 25. It will be followed by another Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on May 25.  We are in a "season of eclipses", ....Click to read this article in full on the astrologicalinvesting.com web site. 
On the web site, read about eclipses and how they will impact the market.  Also, what houses the planets are transiting and the interpretation of the planets in the houses.

A very important word to the wise: Jupiter is at 19° 22' degrees of Gemini - past the mid point of 15°. A new Jupiter cycle begins June 27, 2013, when Jupiter enters the zodiac sign of Cancer. Stocks in the new Jupiter favored sector of Cancer will begin to lead the market.

If you don't know where to find stocks governed by the zodiac sign of Cancer, let Grace Morris help you. Astro Economics Stock Market Newsletter does the research for you. "LEADERS CHANGE AS NEW CYCLE BEGINS ... The new leaders will come from the new favored sectors such as Home Building, Real Estate, Restaurants and more. A full list in next month’s issue.." Grace Morris

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When reading the newsletter on the web site, be sure to take note of the Moon Phases section and get the "Head's Up" - upcoming astrological events list.  Click to read newsletter


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

Safe Trading! Marley

May, 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 May, 2013.

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted at the beginning of each month, they are available to purchase.  They come complete as full 13-month calendars January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014.

The calendars are perfect for viewing on an iPad or other 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!

May 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 May, 2013.

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted at the beginning of each month, they are available to purchase.  They come complete as full 13-month calendars January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014.

The calendars are perfect for viewing on an iPad or other 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!

May 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 May, 2013

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted at the beginning of each month, they are available to purchase.  They come complete as full 13-month calendars January 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014.

The calendars are perfect for viewing on an iPad or other 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!

Astrological weather for May

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 May 6, 2013

Wall Street gapped up into the Open on Friday, bringing the SP500 into the planetary price zone we anticipated it was aiming for.

There is a higher, long-range planetary target at 1666 which could be the next major target.

But that requires Chicken Little to stay in the wings during what is, historically, the seasonal weakness lasting from May until September.

I indicated early last month that April is, on average, Miss Pollyanna's strongest-performing month of the year. However, there has also been a distinct tendency over the past 60 years for markets generally to start weakening in May.

It's the basis of the old saying "Sell in May". In fact, the origin is English, not Wall Street, and the full version is: Sell in May and go away; come back on St Leger's Day ... the last of England's classic horse races each year.

As always with lies, damned lies and statistics, one can adjust the data to reach almost any conclusion. However, the really simple version is that over the past 60 years, on average, stock markets made virtually no gain over the coming five months.

This weekend, we'll take a look at the technical state of the SP500 and discuss the astrological weather patterns for the month ahead.

And we will begin by having another look at a chart we've discussed a couple of times in the past few weeks - that Pollyanna was embarked on a run between two different sets of Uranus/Pluto horizontal planetary levels.

I indicated that since the SP500 make a spike bottom into a Uranus/Pluto price zone in mid-November, sparking the Santa Claus rally, that its target was probably another Uranus/Pluto zone priced around 1608.

Friday's Open gapped up into the target zone.

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Going on past performance, it would not now be unusual to see the index stall and correct. That's what happened during the past two price contacts with Uranus/Pluto price clusters within this run. Look first at the yellow oval near the bottom of the chart and follow the prices into the next higher level of yellow/purple lines.

Pollyanna stalled and then dropped back to pick up support from a light blue Saturn line to launch a new rally phase. Then the same thing happened at the next Uranus/Pluto level ... a stall, a false break above, and a drop down into Saturn again. Will it be "different this time"? Perhaps. But probably not.

Negative divergence has been building in the American indices for some time. It's obvious below in the declining MACD histogram peaks as prices have climbed up inside the top layer of the Bi-BBs ... and the MACD signal lines are showing the potential to roll over.

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However, the divergence is not yet looking even close to terminal on Pollyanna's monthly chart. Below is the chart I first started using in 2012 when I began discussing what I called "the elephant in the room" ... a distinct and obvious LACK of negative divergence on the long-range chart which I thought might have the Bulls pooping all over my Bear rug.

In short, the astrological expectation of the normal Jupiter-in-Taurus Bull market high failed ... because of the technical conditions.

I pointed out that the negative divergence in the long-range Canary obvious at the topping process in 2007, was not present in the charts during 2012 (the relevant oscillator readings are marked with yellow ovals). We had also discussed the possibility that Polly was contained within a potentially negative Ending Diagonal pattern.

In the end, she broke out of the pattern, rather than breaking down. The technical conditions were correct. The astrological expectation was wrong.

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Now, however, we are starting to see the first signs of technical weakness develop in the monthly chart. Notice that the fast Canary, the green line, has rolled over and slipped below the mid-range (red) and long-range (blue) birds ... and that the red bird has now slipped below the blue one.

This is similar to the oscillator performance as the index climbed into its 2007 top. It suggests that THE Top has not yet been recorded, but could still be some months away.

Nevertheless, we are now inside the timeframe for a multi-month lull, at best; or a final corrective decline before the final Bull high ... and the astrological weather for May suggests erratic conditions.

We are heading into a Solar Eclipse New Moon and a second Lunar Eclipse, and we get the third exact square of Uranus and Pluto. We'll take a look firstly at the Solar Eclipse, which is perhaps more likely to affect Asian area markets.

The map below shows the path of the eclipse - and it's Australia and southern Asia in the direct path.

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Next, let's look at the impact past Solar and Lunar Eclipses have had on Miss Polly's prices. The solar ones are marked with red bars and the lunar ones with green. The last 3 solar events tended to mark the low point of temporary declines within a strong rally phase. Two of the 5 before that, staked out temporary highs. So, of the past 8 solar eclipses, 5 were associated with tops or bottoms.

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Apart from the eclipses, the other major astro event for May is the third exact square between Uranus and Pluto. I've discussed the broad social ramifications of this aspect in Forecast 2012, Forecast 2013 and at length in the Eye of Ra over the past couple of years.

It appears throughout history at times of wide-reaching and radical social reform and political/economic earthquakes. It is not just a one-off "event", but a whole series of them which define an "era" of sociological and geopolitical change.

The chart below shows the first of the exact hits and we're coming up on the third in a series of 7 which lasts into 2015. Because of transits of faster-moving planets "translating" the energy, the orb of influence comes into effect a few years before the first hit and will also last for a few years beyond the last hit.

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However, putting the orb of influence aside, we can probably expect the most extreme manifestation of the symbolism to occur in the middle of the series, which is what we're now getting into.

A 7-hit series is unusual. In personal astrology, we normally only have to deal with 3-hit series of major aspects. They tend to manifest this way ... the first Direct hit tends to cause an event which makes us aware of a problem that needs to be dealt with; the second, Retrograde hit gives us the opportunity to DO something about fixing the problem.

And, as I once said to a private client, if you try to ignore it all and don't actually DO something to fix it, then on the final, Direct hit it "comes back and bites you on the arse Big Time". I ran into that client again a couple of years later and asked how things had worked out.

The answer: "It came back and bit me on the arse big time!"

So, the interpretation would be that this coming middle period of the whole saga is where things have to be done to avert disaster. All that has happened so far is that we have been made "aware" of a problem. Now, we enter the phase where real solutions must be found ... and the solutions must not be more of the same-old, same-old. The symbolism is that there must be wide-ranging and radical overhaul.

Pluto has to do the Phoenix rebirth routine. Or else the Arien Uranus goes into armed revolution mode.

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

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