The danger of trines

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 July 1, 2013

Wall Street takes a break this week as the USA celebrates its birth as an independent nation. Happy Birthday!

Last weekend I highlighted the bounce potential for world stock indices and the price of gold. Stock markets bounced and gold slumped.

We will take another look at gold charts in a little while. But most of this edition will concentrate on examining the past behaviour of the markets during sets of important trines.

In the middle of July, Jupiter will make a Grand Trine with Saturn and Neptune. All three planets will be 120 degrees apart in water signs - Jupiter in Cancer trined to Saturn in Scorpio trined to Neptune in Pisces.

A Grand Trine involving these three outer planets is a relatively rare event and there is a tendency among astrologers to view such an aspect with celebration and optimism.

It is a misunderstanding of the nature of a trine. The normal symbolism applied to a trine is that it represents an easy flow of energy ... that it's a good times scenario when life and progress flow smoothly and easily.

What it actually means is the removal of obstacles. And that means Up ... or Down! I've mentioned before that if you've been having a hard time of life and a big trine comes along, you suddenly get a new job, win the girl of your dreams, and buy a winning lottery ticket to boot!
But it depends entirely on the circumstances. If you've been in the courts fighting like hell to stay out of jail and a trine comes along in your personal horoscope, it can just as easily send you away for a long time! The "obstacles" you've been throwing in the court's path just get swept aside.

So the primary question here is: What are the obstacles? Are they blocking the markets from moving higher ... or stopping them from dropping like a stone?

Let's explore the symbolic nature of the planetary energy first. Jupiter is the Old God of good times, expansion and growth; Saturn relates to restrictions, duty, responsibility and getting your just desserts; Neptune fires ideals, dreams, hopes and wishes.

In simplistic terms, Jupiter gives you what you want, Saturn gives you what you deserve, and Neptune feeds your inner addictions.

Jupiter and Saturn, in our context, are also the business planets. So, most stock indices have been Bullish since the Bear bottom in 2009 and the Old God of growth has sent a lot of them higher than the 1999/2000 and 2007 peaks.

Saturn wants to keep a running check on PE ratios and whether the price levels are "deserved". And Neptune ... well, I think we'll give Neptune responsibility for the boundless printing of money from nowhere, feeding the addiction of large traders to QE4ever.

Saturn and Neptune have been in an ongoing trine for a little while now ... with Ole Misery, the restrictive god, demanding to know just how long this cheap money addiction is going to last. Saturn doesn't like cheap and easy anything. And he has a very short temper with addictive behaviour. After all, it's not good for you in the long run. And Saturn is all about what's good for you in the long run - and really doesn't give a rat's about how you feel!

Jupiter and Neptune are like a couple of almost identical twin brothers. If it feels good, do it! And then do it again ... and again. Like brothers, they'll sometimes display a bit of rivalry when it's just the two of them.

But, when "Dad" appears scowling and frowning, they'll stand side-by-side putting on a united show of bravado. And that's what we're about to face.

So, let's look at past behaviour to try to get some idea of what to expect ...

In the SP500 weekly chart below, Jupiter-Neptune trines are green bars; Jupiter-Saturn trines are blue bars; Saturn-Neptune trines are red bars.

And even at an eyeball glance, we're not talking "do-nothing" results with any of these aspects. These have a strong tendency to be market-movers ... and we have a triple whammy approaching mid-month ... with the Jupiter-Saturn trine due to be ongoing.

As it was in the lead-up to, and crash from, 2007.

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Nor is the behaviour isolated to just the past decade or so. Below is a longer-range monthly chart of the 500 ... and the Jupiter-Saturn trine was present in the lead-up to, and crash from, the 1987 peak - and also present in the early 90s recession.

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I've mentioned in the past how similar the current era seems to be to what happened with stock markets during the Bull/Bear/Bull/Bear/Bull/Bear phase which caused turmoil in the 1960s.

And, once again, we see the same three trines were strongly in play during that period.

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And there, too, during the turbulent 20s, 30s and 40s ... 

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So, not only do we have the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square to deal with, which we've discussed a number of times in the past couple of years ... we're about to go into Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune trine danger mode.

Perhaps we should all take a little time during the July 4 slowdown to examine our holdings very, very closely and have a firm plan-of-action in place to protect our capital.

Now, let's look again at gold prices ... which plunged while stocks bounced.

The danger implied by the still deeply-diving oscillator I mentioned last weekend is going to take even more time to ease. Talking with a couple of friends during the week, I used the Incredible Charts software to define a couple of technical levels likely to be important since price keeps breaking Fibonacci and planetary levels.

The levels are 1180 and 976 ... and the first of these was hit only a day or so after I sent the chart. The reality is that it's unlikely that even that is The Bottom of gold's plunge.

I've altered the oscillator to a 20 - medium-range - reading because I seriously doubt we are going to get a sustained turnaround in gold until this particular Canary records a positive divergence reading. Meaning, it will have to make a higher trough while price is making a lower one.

Until that happens ... and happens very clearly ... bouncebacks are likely to be relatively short-lived

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Prices continue to respond to the Sun-Pluto levels of the planetary chart ... and the mild positive divergence in the weekly oscillator is continuing to build. However, until we get an instance of it on the monthly chart, we probably cannot expect a long-range turnaround.

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No stock charts this week. We are entering an astrological aspect phase this month which has a history of creating turmoil. And remember it is an ongoing phase, not just a one-off event.

We don't need to get overly optimistic or unduly pessimistic. We do need to remember that Saturn is about taking responsibility, making solid, practical plans ... and doing what is good for us in the long run.

So, review your portfolio and, at the very least, make sure you have rigid loss stops in place to protect your capital. The last thing we want to do when Saturn energy is being highlighted is to let the Old God of good times and his dream-weaving twin double-up the addiction.

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!

July 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 July, 2013.

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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!

July 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 July, 2013.

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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!

July 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 July, 2013.

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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!

Bounceback potential in stocks and gold

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 June 24, 2013

World stock indices and the price of gold are hitting, or are very close to hitting, prices which have the potential to produce a bounceback.

However, the situation overall remains dangerous and complex as both technical conditions and the astrological weather deteriorate.

We have a lot to consider this weekend; most especially whether we are now in the early stages of a developing Bear market in stocks.

But we will begin by reviewing where we are in terms of the correction which started, for most indices, late in May. I indicated then that: "There's a strong chance stock markets have gone into correction mode likely to last for several weeks."

For the past few weekends, as we tracked the decline in European and Asian indices, I've also indicated: "At a glance, the correction on Wall Street still seems to be too shallow, in terms of both Price and Time, to be realistic - especially considering the rapid, steep declines in most other major indices."

And I said last weekend: "Jupiter energy takes centre stage this week, when the fires of optimism will be stoked again ... or the fear will be."

We got the fear mode, which finally produced a Wall Street decline which is much more realistic in terms of an intermediate correction.

It now may be nearing bounceback levels. I would prefer to see a low form in the SP500 in the price range from 1570 to 1540, since the decline still seems a little short of the mark.

However, some of the other world indices are starting to display positive divergence sufficient enough to produce at least a bounce.

But the astrological weather ahead in the next few weeks is full of turmoil ... and we have reached a major Bradley Model turn date. I will leave discussion of The Spooky Stuff until later in this edition.

Since it's the easiest to deal with, we'll begin with a quick look at gold. Long-range, it has hit an important Fibonacci Retracement level.

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Purely from a technical perspective, this is a normal retracement which, if it holds, keeps the long-term uptrend in a strong position. And it should hold, at least for a relatively strong bounce. The danger is that the long-range oscillator continues its deep dive.

From a planetary perspective, gold has lost the primary Pluto line at 1360 and a primary Sun line - with last week's drop taking price down to a secondary Pluto level. The potential good news is that not only has it now hit a long-range FiboRx price, but it has dipped into Pluto prices with a third instance of positive divergence in the oscillator, though it is mild divergence rather than strident.

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There is one other factor which could help to produce a bounce ... Heliocentric Mercury goes into Sagittarius this weekend for a brief visit into early July. It's a position which frequently causes a gold rally. It's not a certainty, but as we can see from the weekly gold price chart below, it does tend to have an impact.

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Now let's turn our attention to Pollyanna, the SP500. Well, Polly actually ran screaming from the stage last week for a Chicken Little revival. As usual, Wall Street was more than a day late and a lot more than a dollar short in doing what everyone else was sure of weeks ago.

There is a reason I call the SP500 Pollyanna ... or The Vacuous Troll. However, reality finally dawned that Benign Ben isn't going to drop money from helicopters in QE4ever.

The index finally dropped out of the uptrend channel which has defined the rally since it launched late last year. The drop has taken it down into a potential Full Moon low, which is a statistical tendency. The only thing that concerns me is I'd have preferred to see it hit price levels from 1570 to 1540.

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Now let's look at the index in terms of the wider rally channel in play since the bottom of the Bear crash in 2009. While it has lost the intermediate-term rally angle, it came to rest at the end of the week with a little bounce from one of the long-term channel markers.

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The bad news is that the long-range Canary, the Big Bird, has dipped below the upper red line in the oscillator panel, which is a clear warning the inner technical strength of the Bull run is starting to fade again.

Now I have been indicating since late May that I thought this was going to be an intermediate-length correction, lasting probably 5 to 8 weeks. There is a chance it is something much worse. However, there are no major warning signs on the monthly charts, so I'm still leaning towards the optimistic outcome ... which is that this is the last major correction before the final, the last, rally of this Bull run.

But ... two things. Firstly, the combined impact of Neptune going Retrograde and last week's Sun-Jupiter conjunction. They're marked on Pollyanna's long-range monthly chart below with blue bars for Sun-Jupiter conjunctions and red bars for Neptune Rx.

And they have a nasty habit of showing up at important turning points!

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And we also have the Bradley Model suggesting a major trend change. I dealt with the Bradley Model at some length in the June 3 Eye of Ra (click here), or you can access via the Archives button on my web site. (http://www.theidiotandthemoon.com/index.html)

I repeat the warning: It is the dates which are important, not the direction nor the amplititude of the swing.

The next trend change dates for this year don't occur until early September and early October.

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Okay, now let's discuss The Spooky Stuff - because the astrological weather is full of change in the next few weeks.

Jupiter changes signs into Cancer this week ... Venus goes into Leo, where she throws off the dowdy house frock, gets a new "do" and piles on the bling ... and Mercury the brat mischief maker goes Retrograde.

We have discussed Mercury Rx many, many times. And here we go again. DOUBLE-check EVERYTHING you do for the next few weeks to make sure you are actually doing what you intended to do!

Before you hit the Buy or Sell button, pause ... consciously think ... double-check that you WANT to Buy or Sell. You have a stronger than usual chance of hitting the wrong button. But ... ONLY if you're being inattentive! This is not the world out to "get" you. It's you!

Now, it is true that data feeds go awry for a couple of days around the Rx and Direct dates; it is true that emails go missing; it is true that computers do the damndest things.

And it is also true ... more often than not ... that markets will start a trend around the Rx date which reverses course halfway through the Rx phase ... and then arrive at the Direct date a few weeks later with prices pretty much within a per cent or so of where the whole silly phase started.

So, Mercury is Rx from June 26 to July 20. Just pay attention!

Jupiter's shift into Cancer should accelerate sector rotation ... that is, money will flow out of stock sectors which have been popular over the past year or so and into different sectors. I discussed this in the May 13 edition.

It also puts the planet of expansion on track to make a Grand Trine, which is the most benevolent of all astrological aspects, with Neptune in Pisces and Saturn in Scorpio. Neptune rules Pisces, so is in a good mood; Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, so he is reasonably benign; and Saturn in Scorpio is associated historically with strong stock market rallies.

The aspect becomes exact in mid-July. We will need to watch the performance of stock indices very closely then, because a Grand Trine is a very powerful aspect likely to produce an important high or low.

Okay then ... let's recap. Most of the world stock indices behaved themselves ... launching into a strong, intermediate correction in late May. The Vacuous Troll kept dancing to the old Benny and the Feds soundtrack, but also finally faced reality. Apart from Polly, most indices have already hit - and in some cases re-tested - potential bounce levels.

We have a Murky Wrecks period fast approaching, which have a tendency to start a short-term trend change which reverses course halfway through. Helio Merc is going into Sadge and Geo Venus is going into Leo, both of which have a reasonably strong tendency to be good for a gold rally ... as the metal hits a long-range Fibo Rx level, with some intermediate-term positive divergence.


So, I think we have the potential for a good bounce in both gold and stocks getting underway this week. It's probably not going to be long-lasting for either of them ... and over the longer-term, warning sirens are starting to wind-up for stock markets.

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 Summer Solstice, June 21, 2013

Summer Solstice chart for Washington D.C., 1:04 am EDT, by Marlene Pfeifle, CAP (read the article in full)

Significant Astrological Events of the Season

June 21 Summer Solstice,(Northern Hemisphere)
SUN into Cancer 1:04 am EDT

June 25 JUPITER into Cancer

June 26 MERCURY Retrograde at 23° 6' Cancer

July 01 VENUS Square SATURN, SUN Opposition PLUTO

July 08 New Moon, Venus trine Uranus, SATURN Direct 4° 49' Scorpio

July 17 GRAND TRINE between JUPITER, SATURN, and NEPTUNE; URANUS Retrograde 12° 31' Aries

July 20 GRAND TRINE between MARS, SATURN, and NEPTUNE;
MERCURY Direct at 13° 21' Cancer

July 22 FULL MOON, MARS Conjunction JUPITER, SUN into Leo,
VENUS into Virgo

July 26 VENUS Sextile SATURN, VENUS Opposition NEPTUNE

July 27 (Saturday) SUN Square SATURN, MARS Opposition PLUTO

July 31 MARS Square URANUS

August 07 JUPITER Opposition PLUTO

August 21 JUPITER Square URANUS

August 24 (Saturday) VENUS Square PLUTO

August 26 VENUS Opposition URANUS, SUN Opposition NEPTUNE

August 27 VENUS Square JUPITER, MARS into Leo

September 09 MARS Square SATURN

September 11 VENUS into Scorpio

September 18 VENUS Conjunction SATURN, VENUS Sextile PLUTO

September 20 PLUTO Direct 8 59' Capricorn

September 22 Autumnal Equinox, SUN into Libra

*In addition to significant planetary aspects above, is a Bradley Model Major Trend Change Date June 22 which occurs the day before the Full Moon in Capricorn (discussed in Randall Ashbourne's Forecast 2013). 

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

The bounce in stocks ... 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 June17, 2013

 Jupiter energy takes centre stage this week, when the fires of optimism will be stoked again ... or the fear will be.

Last weekend, we reviewed where we were within the correction and I indicated Venus was making two aspects we needed to watch closely.

I said: "So, the Friday bounce could be short-lived. We need to pay close attention to price reaction on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus opposes Pluto and squares Uranus."

That was the timing for Europe and America. The aspects were in play on Wednesday/Thursday in Asia - and most Asian indices, including Australia, produced a classic turnaround bar on Thursday and bounced strongly into the week's end.

Whether the bounce produces anything more than a blip will depend on the reaction to this week's conjunction between the Sun and Jupiter. This is a once-a-year event. Symbolically, it represents a peaking of growth energy and packs enough oomph to cause an intermediate change in trend.

It's also the week when a major Bradley Model trend turn date is due and the Sun will leave volatile Gemini for the security of Cancer. As one of the Cardinal signs, Cancer is an "action" sign ... and it is where the action is geared almost solely towards protection of all those things which make us feel secure, safe and comfortable.

We'll review the status of the correction this weekend and the Weekly Planets charts for Asian indices.

At a glance, the correction on Wall Street still seems to be too shallow, in terms of both Price and Time, to be realistic - especially considering the rapid, steep declines in most other major indices.

Yet, technically, the SP500 remains in its uptrend channel. The Venus aspects to Uranus and Pluto produced another drop to again retest the validity of the lower channel trendline. We'll be in the lunar phase between the 1Q Moon and Full Moon, which tends to be statistically negative.

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At this stage, however, Pollyanna is not only holding the rally channel in play since last November, but remains within the upper level of a long-term channel based at the 2009 Bear bottom. In other words, it's still Bullish.

The index is still rising in a sharp angle within that broader channel and the long-range Canary in the oscillator panel has not lost the upper red level which would indicate a major correction is underway.

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This has not been the case with many other stock indices, most of which entered a major correction more than a month ago. Last weekend, I indicated those indices had reached potential bounce levels. The drops continued into the Venus aspects, but the delayed bounce was exceptionally strong.

We'll use the ASX200 Weekly Planets chart I've featured a couple of times in past weeks to review the bounceback. Despite the drop into the Venus aspects, Auntie finished the week in a stronger positon than the previous week. The Big Bird has turned higher without dropping as far as the Zero line.

Experienced traders I've talked to seem wary of the bounce. Yet, the index certainly seems to have met its targets for a major correction, which is what we thought this one was shaping up to be. It overbalanced the Price drop of the similar-level correction in early 2012, but not the Time - at least not so far.

We do need to continue to be cautious and not just because of this week's Bradley data and the Sun/Jupiter conjunction. We had several weeks of sideways shuffling at the end of the last correction of this magnitude.

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However, we also need to at least weigh the prospect of what is "normal" after a drop this deep and this fast. And normal would tend to indicate a more sustained bounce to "balance" the drop.

Many of the other Asian area indices display charts very similar to that of the ASX200.

India's Nifty began its decline after failing to close above the 6175 Uranus level on its WP chart ... and with very clear divergence between the Big Bird and Price peaks when the high was made.

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Singapore failed to even reach its Uranus barrier before turning down, with a negative divergence signal in the height of the fast MACD histogram peaks.

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While Hong Kong turned south after being unable to climb above a Saturn barrier.

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The build-up in the negative divergence levels on the oscillator for Jakarta was obvious and growing strident as that index struggled to overcome a Neptune price level in the mid-5100s ... but recovered the 4745 Neptune level with last week's strong bounceback.

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While Shanghai may be in the process of finding its bounce level after recontact with a primary Saturn price line at 2150.

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Now, each weekend we go through this exercise of trawling through planetary charts while I waffle on endlessly about astrological aspects and technical conditions. And that's just here. I got involved in a lively discussion with a couple of pals at the end of the week.

Both of them are not only intelligent, experienced, regular traders, but also have some enviable technical skills. We chat online virtually every trading day, swap tips and opinions, and tell jokes. These are conversations I wouldn't want to miss and if I had to trust someone else to invest for me, I'd trust these guys to make a profit more than any professional broker I've ever met.

Late on Friday, one of them was lamenting the fact his trading account was a little deeper in red ink than the previous week and I was reminded of why I wrote The Idiot & The Moon in the first place. And it's this ... a high-level IQ and an extraordinary degree of technical competence isn't a guarantee of making regular, reliable, safe profits from trading stocks. And nor is it even vaguely uncommon for regular traders to suffer varying degrees of despondency and anguish over trading decisions that continue to fail - no matter how much time, skill and effort they put into the job.

All of that is exactly why I came up with The Idiot. The Idiot is an Ego-destroyer without peer!

The Idiot reads nothing (except price bars), watches nothing, talks about nothing.

And yet ...

Well, here's the weekly Idiot applied to Miss Pollyanna. One of us made a lot of money trading this index. And it wasn't me. Even worse is the realisation it could, and should, have been me!

I do hope you all are smarter than I am!

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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!

June 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 June, 2013.

click to view larger image

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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!

June 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 June, 2013.

click for larger image

 Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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!

June 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 June, 2013.

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

To have these calendars BEFORE they are posted 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. 
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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!

An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Gemini Chart

Astrological Investing New Moon forecasts show general trends and financial outlook for the month. The New Moon in Gemini, June 8 2013  - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE.

The New Moon in Gemini, June 8, 2013, NY, NY EDT. Here is the New Moon chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE. 

"The tension and compulsiveness found in Mercury/Pluto combinations are stronger in the hard aspects and regularly produce confrontations with others." - Karen Hamaker-Zondag

An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Gemini Chart (dates and times for NY, NY EDT)
Mercury rules the Virgo rising chart as well as the New Moon (Sun-Moon), and you need to notice the "T-Square" in the chart!  Mercury is involved in an opposition with Pluto in the 5th house ( 5th house - stock market) and Uranus in the 8th house (electronic trading and Other People's Money).

In Mundane Astrology, Mercury, concerns itself with political debates, speeches and activity in government. It will seek to learn every detail, gather every fact, whether honest or dishonest, and will analyze and discuss it all ad nauseam.  It creates a sense of "busi-ness" in the house it is located. 

In the New Moon chart for NY,NY, Mercury is in the eleventh house.
Communications and activity in Congress will impact what happens on The Street.  There is a good chance Pluto will power Mercury's energy into the obsessive, and Uranus will contribute to some highly unusual activity - troubling and angry debates will impact the market.

"Mercury represents communication, but in business language, it pertains to commerce, the act of buying and selling. When Mercury is prominent by aspect to other planets, there tends to be an increase of buying and selling (volume), according to the planets being aspected or the sign Mercury is in..."...from Ray Merriman's book,  Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing.

The New Moon in the tenth house with Mars, Jupiter, and Venus
Click to read this article in full on the astrologicalinvesting.com web site. 

Jupiter in the tenth - This is normally a fortunate position for the government, and in particular, the President.

A very important word to the wise: Jupiter is at 26° degrees of Gemini.  A new Jupiter cycle begins June 25, 2013, when Jupiter enters the zodiac sign of Cancer. Stocks in the new Jupiter favored sector of Cancer will 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. "WHAT HAPPENS IN A CYCLE CHANGE? Some events are more likely to take place before or after June 27 as the new cycle begins. The Keystone pipeline is more likely to be approved after June 27 in t he new Jupiter in Cancer cycle (6/27/13 - 7/16/14)? If an event involves the media, transportation, education, it is more likely to take place before June 26 (the American/US Airways merger has taken place) . If it involves homebuilding or the food industry it is more likely to take place after June 27. (Heinz board is voting on its acquiring by Berkshire Hathaway.)...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 (June) issue.. " Grace Morris

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.

Also, Members received the newsletter during the 4th quarter Moon and were alerted to the fact that Neptune went retrograde BEFORE the New Moon.  Be sure to read Trader's Advisory (from Raymond Merriman's The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing - Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles)

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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

Reviewing the correction ... and long-term

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 July 1, 2013

"Some lessons are very s-l-o-w-l-y learned!"

Late in May, I indicated there was a strong chance stock markets had gone into a correction mode likely to last for several weeks.

In some markets, the correction has been deep and steep; in others the decline has been shallow. Too shallow, in fact - both in terms of time and price.

But regardless of that, we may have reached bounce levels across most of the major world indices.

Last weekend we reviewed the potential for a major trend change to develop this month - if indices continue to follow the major turning points indicated in this year's Bradley Model major dates. If you haven't read it, you can review the edition by scrolling down or clicking here.
This weekend, we'll be taking a look at the status of the current correction and looking again at where we are in a long-range context.

I indicated last weekend that Pollyanna, the SP500, was giving relatively clear signals that we are now probably within the process of topping out the Bull run which got underway in 2009.

At this stage, that's still my view. But, we'll begin this weekend by looking firstly at where we are within the correction.

In late May, I warned against short-term traders taking the usual Long trades between Full Moon and New Moon. I wrote: "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."

And so it came to pass ...

Polly spiked briefly down through the lower trendline on Thursday before bouncing strongly on Friday, the last trading day before the New Moon.

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Full Moons are the heavy blue candles, New Moons the red ones. We got a clear V-turn in the oscillator, as we did at the three previous corrections within this rising channel.

But, there's a difference ... two of the price/oscillator turns arrived at Full Moon bottoms and the third one arrived with a 1Q Moon. This bounce has arrived right on New Moon timing, when markets statistically are most bouyant. It's not unusual for rallying markets to continue rising in the statistically negative period between NM and FM, but the rises do tend to muted, at least most of the time.

So, the Friday bounce could be short-lived. We need to pay close attention to price reaction on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus opposes Pluto and squares Uranus.

In the late May edition, I used a chart of the ASX200 as proxy for what I thought was happening and said: "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 had expected the Elliott Wave Theory of "alernation" to come into play - that the correction could drag out in terms of Time, without necessarily losing quite as much in Price as did the first similar-level correction within the rally out of the spike lows in August/October, 2011.

Wrong! The ASX, and some other indices, just kept diving!

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If this is a high-level Wave 4 correction, it has overshot the Wave 2 decline into June 2012 in terms of Price, but not yet of Time. And the index has breached the important Weekly Planets level at 4744.

That does set up the potential for a bounce from here, even in the face of the negative tendency of the NM-FM phase. It took a few weeks of bouncing about for the last correction of this level to get enough traction to start rising again. Whatever happens, the Weekly Planets price targets for a bounce are clearly marked and likely to be significant.

Now, let's turn our attention again to the bigger picture ... and we'll begin with a look at Pollyanna's long-range monthly. Those of you who've read The Idiot &The Moon will know that one of the techniques outlined in The Technical Section deals with how a particular stock, or index, will repeat the same angles of trend over and over again.

The chart below is simply a slight variation on that theme. I've taken the angle of the current Bull run and applied it to the two previous ones, rather than the other way around - just to see how this one is performing in comparison with the other two.

We can see fairly quickly that this Bull is more like the blow-off Tech Bubble run into 1999/2000. The 2002-2007 Bull run oscillated around this angle, rarely getting too far ahead, or too far behind the trendline.

The earlier bubble run soared away from the line and had deeper corrections to reconnect ... as has this one. The second thing to note is the thin red line connecting the 1999 and 2007 Bull peaks. And that's what Miss Polly came down to retest last week.

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The third thing on the chart to consider is the state of the long-range Canary - the Big Bird. I've inserted a black vertical into the price of the two previous Bull peaks and at the current May peak in Pollyanna. And I repeat the point I made last weekend. The Canary is not dropping off its perch.

The negative divergence build-up going into the first Bull peak developed over a long period. There was a shorter, but nevertheless clear, warning at the 2007 peaks. And, at the moment, we just don't have it for the current Bull run.

Now, let's review where we are in terms of Polly's long-range planetary price markers. I confess I had fully expected Pollyanna to go into a major swoon and exit the stage for a major Chicken Little performance as the index hit the levels between 1464 and 1519.

I'm a fool. Not an Idiot ... because The Idiot and Big Bird continually disagreed with my "astrological expectations". What can I say? The Idiot and that bloody Bird are always a lot smarter than I am!

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Yes, yes. It's enough to give one the ... uhm, irrits. The truly sad thing is that even knowing The Idiot and Big Bird are smarter than I am, I still make that fatal trading error of "thinking" ... even after having gone to the trouble of putting it all in a book so that I, and you, would just shut-up and do what our charts tell us to do, rather than trying to anticipate them. Some lessons are very s-l-o-w-l-y learned!

Ah, well. No time to wallow. Let's take a quick look at the long-range planetary charts for the FTSE and the DAX.

Germany is behaving like Pollyanna, trying desperately to hold onto the long-range breakout level.

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While London went into a deeper dive ...

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Next weekend we'll have another look at what's happening with the Asian indices.

Overall though, we can see that stock indices have declined into apparent bounce levels. Shallow, but obvious, in the case of Pollyanna and the DAX. Deeper, but still obvious, for the ASX and FTSE.

The Bradley Model suggests markets should continue their rally phase into later in June.

And personally I believe that what is "normal" is that indices are now within a topping process where we are going to get jerked around for a few months ... before the Bear comes back. This certainly appears to be a Bernanke-blown bubble. Every piece of bad economic news is greeted as good news because benign Ben will stretch out his QE4-ever program.

I think we getting a taste of it. The slightest hint that the Fed might pull back, and the addicts suffer withdrawal shakes. However, I reiterate my earlier point. "Thinking" just isn't the best tool for trading stock markets. Trendlines, an Idiot and a silly bloody Canary tend to be a lot better at it.

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.

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

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