USA, India, Hong Kong reach Resistance

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 September 1  2014 

Wall Street will be closed on Monday, but the shortened week to follow is likely to be volatile.

There was no Eye of Ra last weekend and for many markets last week was a narrow-range, do-nothing show.

It was a week I indicated in the August 18 edition that markets had to crash through ... or face the prospect of a crash.

They didn't crash through.

And that now leaves them vulnerable. It was a week I'd indicated was likely to be important because of the Mars conjunction with Saturn being squared simultaneously by Venus.

It was the Old God of War meeting the Old God of Borders ... and the Queen of Material Values having a hissy fit over their interaction.

Reportedly, Russian artillery crossed into Ukraine. As I said in the August 18 edition: "Mars, in Scorpio clothing, is heading for a conjunction with Saturn. This won't be pretty. Think ... Cesare Borgia and the "charm" of a King Cobra off for a little chat with the King of Naples. Soon to be the dead, former King."

And I suspect this could all get double-plus unpretty very fast. Mars in Scorpio is not the brash, upfront Arien version of the Old God; it's the fight-to-the-death version ... secretive, silent, and extremely toxic. Mars now enters the last third of Scorpio ... the nasty bit with the deadly stinger in the tail.

You know the one from the old tale ... the bit that made it foolish for the frog to play at being the ferryman.

We also discussed in the last edition the Sun opposition to Neptune, which happened last Friday. And that alone is a danger sign.

And here's why. We've discussed in the past why astrological aspects between planets sometimes impact upon markets exactly as "expected" and at other times don't work at all.

I've explained that price must meet the planet crossing point precisely in time and space.

Well, with the SP500 it did exactly that on Friday.

The chart on the left shows a declining, dotted green line crossing below a dotted grey horizontal. That's the falling Sun line opposing Neptune.

So, when Wall Street opens on Tuesday, the big boys' computers are going to have to force a gap above $2004 ... or the index will be in danger of starting a dive.

And it's now not the only major world index hitting its head against major overhead planetary price resistance.

In the next few charts, we'll look at both the near-term and long-range planet prices for Pollyanna, the 500 ... and at the Hang Seng and Nifty.

The chart below shows only the primary planet lines for Pollyanna. We've discussed in the past the importance of this Node range, now priced at 1960 and about 2000.

Having lifted from earlier in the year on rising primary lines, the index is now facing downward pressure from falling primary lines, with the green Sun line having been very important to the uptrend and now, potentially, another correction downwards.

The potential danger is even more obvious when we examine the long-range monthly chart below. These Node price zones have a long history of changing the trend, or at least stalling it significantly.

India's Nifty has now hit major planetary resistance.

And Hong Kong has made it back to a zone it has been struggling to regain for the past three years ... and faces another major hurdle not far north of that one, if it makes it through.

The Australian stock market went nowhere last week. Below is the ASX200 Weekly Planets chart I'm sure you're all now thoroughly familiar with.

Its daily chart is not dissimilar to Pollyanna's ... price is already dropping under the influence of a falling primary Sun line.

The one potential bright spot in the AWP chart above is that the Big Bird oscillator wasn't at all unhappy with the new price high. That's not the case with the same oscillator on monthly charts, but it's just enough to make me think the ASX has enough internal impetus below the surface to make another breakout attempt ... if not immediately, then after the next correction downwards.

Gold. Same-old, same-old. The central banks continue their games in the paper markets; the Chinese keeping buying every single gram of the physical stuff they can get their hands on; the Lows from earlier in the year continue to hold and my personal leaning remains that gold prices are now within the early uplegs of a new Bull run.

Safe trading - RA

 (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2014

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2014, 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 2014  

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Crash through or crash ... Mars/Saturn

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 August 18,  2014 

 Well, the snugglepuss session with Venus and Jupiter making kissy-smoochy in Leo is almost over.

Now the wicked warrior is heading for a confrontation with the old guy who eats children ... and Venus will throw a hissy fit with both of them.

As expected, stock markets had a nice lull in the developing storm last week as the Prince and the Showgirl headed into their leonine love-in and the general tendency for a price rise into the aspect held firm.

Now we need to think about whether such grand passion can last. Mars, in Scorpio clothing, is heading for a conjunction with Saturn. This won't be pretty. Think ... Cesare Borgia and the "charm" of a King Cobra off for a little chat with the King of Naples. Soon to be the dead, former King.

Venus will make a tense square aspect with both of them ... and the Sun leaves sunny Leo for picky Virgo, where he'll oppose Neptune.

Now, these key aspects pack enough power to turn the markets again. They're not happening this coming week, but the following one.

Last weekend, I published a chart showing the general tendency for stock prices to rise into the annual Venus-Jupiter conjunctions. Now let's take a look at the historical track record of Venus square Saturn, Mars conjunct Saturn and Sun opposed Neptune, marked below with blue, red and green bars respectively.

The other reasonably significant astrological event is that Mercury moves into Virgo this weekend. It's indicative of a mental shift, a change in thinking from grandiose speculation and bold statements to a much more measured outlook and demands for real, hard, actual evidence.

As in ... You can say you bombed a secret Russian convoy, but now it's time to show-and-tell, not just bluff, bluster and try to bravado your way through. And that's not just a matter for little Mercury. The Sun opposed Neptune may well see a "big lie" exposed for all to see.

Still, enough with all of that. Time for some techie stuff. And since it has served us none too shabbily for the past few weeks, let's return to the Dow Jones Industrials daily. I've gone back to the really basic. As expected, the Dow had a better week and managed to climb back above the orange horizontal.

But! The bounce was not enough to get the Dow back inside its longer-term rally channel. So far, it's only a retest of the rising channel's bottom line.

And ditto at a daily level for Pollyanna, the SP500.

Okay, now let's return to some specific planetary price levels. I said last weekend: "I'd have thought she (Pollyanna) should be able to climb above Mars in the coming week, and if she does, we need to watch how she handles the $1958 Node price line." If you recall, the falling Mars line was priced at 1940 for last week. Polly regained it and on Friday attempted to break through the 1958 level. And failed.

Let's hop across the Pond and consider the state of the FTSE. I've shown you the long-range planetary price chart for the German DAX a few times recently.

London made a retest of the 6526ish planetary price level during the August spike down and has bounced again.

What worries me about the bounce, though, is its weakness. I've marked the general area of this very long sideways shuffle with a couple of thin black horizontals, which also cover the previous Bull peaks.

But the Big Bird oscillator is getting very unhappy.

Okay, the ASX200, which enjoyed a stronger love-in bounceback than most other markets. As with the Dow and Pollyanna hitting either planetary price lines or technical trendline levels, the index now has to crash through ... or face the prospect of at least a mini-crash developing.

And gold. Spikes to the topside, spikes to the downside. A shiv into the Bears one day, a skewer into the Bulls the next. Personally, I remain long-range bullish and short-range totally relaxed. And bored by the games.

Safe trading - RA

 (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2014

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2014, 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 2014  

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Venus & Jupiter ... the Lion's love-in

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 August 11,  2014 

 
 A few weeks ago, in "Storm warnings in space", I indicated the astrological weather patterns were making a dramatic change and could generate a superstorm.

There's a good chance we'll see a lull in the storm over the next week, with Venus changing signs to Leo on Tuesday and heading for her annual conjunction with Jupiter.

In the symbolism of the Old Gods, these two are the "benefics". It's the Prince and the Showgirl heading for a kissy-smoochy love-in ... in the, uhm, theatrical sign of Leo.

Leo loves to be adored. Venus is adorable. Ask her. And Jupie ... well, he's head honcho. So, just plug Katy Perry's "Roar" into your iPod and wait out the paw-nography.

That conjunction takes place on Monday week, August 18. I suppose that amount of bliss will take a little while to come down, but it shouldn't be too long.

Because the Monday after that one, the 24th, Mars will conjunct Saturn and Venus will move to square both of them. And remember, this is not diplomatic Libran Mars ... it's fight-to-the-death Scorpio Mars.

So, let's start this weekend by looking at the past track record of the key aspects ... Venus conjunct Jupiter and Mars conjunct Saturn. In the chart below, the annual Venus-Jupiter love-ins are the blue bars; the two-yearly Mars-Saturn conjunctions are the red bars.

At least Pollyanna, the SP500, tends to rise consistently into the Venus-Jupiter aspect ... even, take note, during the Bear market from 2007 to 2009. The Mars-Saturn conjunctions aren't quite as reliable in providing strong evidence of price reversals.

I said last weekend that we should see some relief from the pressure last week. It worked for Wall Street and some other markets, but as we see increasingly now, it was far from universal.

Still, as a general indication, I'd expect Venus-Jupiter to provide a lull in this overall storm and will be interested to see just what sort of bounceback rally the Leo love-in can generate.

Before we go to Spooky Stuff planetary price charts, I thought we might return to the simple technical charts. Mercury changes signs to Virgo this coming week, so turning the "mind" to the techie side of things is really quite appropriate.

We'll start with the Dow Jones Industrials again ... and my apologies that this is now getting a little "busy". Okay, this was the one which issued the warning shot a couple of weeks ago with a break of the blue uptrend line. The January drop chomped up $1247 and last weekend the current decline had eaten $714.

I also said last weekend that the depth of the Big Bird oscillator's dive indicated the price drop had further to go. By Thursday's low, the DJI decline had reached $817.

We also took a look at the Dow's weekly chart, marked with a three-line blue uptrend channel and three orange horizontal Support and/or Resistance levels. So ... this is what happened. We got both the further price drop and the expected relief from the pressure, with the Dow still trying to stay on top of the top level of horizontal support in its weekly charts.

It will be very interesting to see if the usually positive price performance going into the Venus-Jupiter conjunctions can get the DJI back inside its uptrend channel. And that probably also now applies to the Pollyanna index. What's interesting about these two is the relative weakness of the Dow.

Note that in the earlier chart, it declined below the 382 Fibonacci Rx level, while the SP500 turned above that marker and recovered to the 236 FiboRx level on Friday.

I'll come back to Polly's planets in a moment, but there is another technical chart we need to have a look at first. I've chatted with you about the dive in the DAX and its dramatic retreat from its Pluto price high.

The German index might be double-bottoming at the level of the March Low, marked with the short, orange horizontal below. But. More to this story.

Have a look at Big Bird. Price might be same-same as March, but our long-range Canary has fallen off his perch and is gasping horribly for non-toxic air. It's a clear warning sign that the "storm" I talked about a few weeks ago hasn't blown over the horizon just yet.

Okay, enough with the techie twaddle ... let's get back to The Vacuous Troll's planetary prices. You know ... the serious stuff. Okay, last week I had the declining Mars price line at $1944 and Pollyanna's high for the week was $1942.92.

I'd have thought she should be able to climb above Mars in the coming week, and if she does, we need to watch how she handles the $1958 Node price line.

Now to my home market, the ASX. We do now have some fairly severe damage. The index has badly lost the Saturn price line, which was at 5530 for last week. It now becomes Resistance. Again.

The weekly Big Bird oscillator has also dived into unhappy mode. That sprint northwards to the 5629 Neptune level is now beginning to look more like a false break rather than a dinky-di breakout.

Safe trading - RA

 (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2014

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2014, 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 2014  

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Jupiter in Leo ... sector rotation to grow

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 30,  2014 

 Volatility is likely to return to stock markets in the coming month as Jupiter stops playing "mother" and orders a set of the emperor's new clothes.

The head honcho of the Old Gods is exalted in Cancer, a placement which also tends to favour the United States.

In mid-July, the FatBoy enters Leo, which might give Barack Obama a break, but tends to be not so good for Wall Street.

The winged-heel guy, Mercury, goes Direct again early this week. The Sun opposes Pluto on America's Independence Day and squares Uranus the following week.

Venus and Mars change signs ... Venus into Cancer and Mars out of polite, diplomatic Libra into fight-to-the-death Scorpio.

In Forecast 2014, I advised traders to look for the potential for a tradeable low around the 12th,13th,14th of June.

It worked ... but only for Wall Street. Other markets are starting to diverge markedly ... even Germany's DAX.

Jupiter's sign shift will have a major impact on the popularity of some stock sectors. It's one of the best indicators of stock rotation, where money starts flowing out of one sector and into others.

For those of you who have Forecast 2014, it could be worth another look at the recommendations for March and a check of the long-range technical status of stocks within the mentioned sectors.

One of the sectors which should benefit over the next year is gold mining - and we'll take a look at some gold charts shortly.

Let's look first, though, at the SP500 ... the Pollyanna index. We've been expecting at least a stall to develop at these price levels ... because the index is running into major, long-range planetary price resistance.

We looked at this chart recently and I indicated that past contact with long-range Node lines tended to provoke a strong reaction downwards.

The Node lines are at 1952 and 2005, with a couple of major Mars lines covering the intervening space. After making a low near 1926 on June 12th, Polly rose to 1968 last Tuesday, hitting the first of those Mars lines.

I indicated recently the DAX, the other gloriously optimistic Western index, was also hitting a major planetary stopper - at 10,016. The DAX managed two separate days above that price level, but has now dropped to 9815.

The ASX 200 is still dithering, unable to decide if it wants to hit the upside or downside of its Weekly Planets range.

Meanwhile, gold has embarked on another breakout attempt, though it, too, is dithering between two sets of planetary prices.

My personal "bias" leans towards more upside for gold ... and not just because of Jupiter moving to Leo and the normal seasonal factors.

For a start, on the weekly version of the Sun/Pluto gold chart, ALL rallies start at either the Sun or Pluto and DO NOT END until after making contact with higher Sun or Pluto price levels.

I'm not sure anyone can predict, with absolute certainty, what is happening with gold; there are too many big money players from central banks to the Chinese Government, with vested interests.

However, there is at least a slim chance that the gold Bear is finished and is in the early stages of a new, long-running Bullish leg. In any case, there is a chart we can use to track that possibility.

IF a new Bull is now underway, there should be nothing more than only temporary stalling at the Fibonacci extensions marked on the chart below. Reaching decisively above $1450 would increase the odds the Bear is dead.

Safe trading - RA
 (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2014

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2014, 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 2014



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Warning signs of an intermediate drop

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 August 27, 2012

Oscillators on weekly charts are starting to diverge clearly from the price action as the Fed-spooned Wall Street indices knock their head against overhead resistance. 

So far, monthly charts are not giving the same clear warning signs, which would point to a major collapse.

But the fact it's happening on weekly charts indicates there is an increased risk of at least an intermediate-term decline developing.

We will go through a relatively simple exercise this weekend, reviewing Weekly Planets charts for the major indices and check the condition of the planetary downdraft warning in the FTSE I mentioned last weekend.

In terms of The Spooky Stuff, we have another planetary sign change, following the Sun's shift from gambling Leo to analytical and critical Virgo. It's more significant because it involves the action planet, Mars, moving out of Libra and into its own second sign, Scorpio.

Mars in Libra is a diplomat - a velvet glove without the iron fist inside. Mars in Scorpio is ruthless, relentless and totally unforgiving. The change is likely to have a strong impact in a number of mundane areas.

I doubt anyone thinks the language between the Obama and Romney camps has been all that diplomatic, but what is to come will make it seem so. Then there's Bundesbank versus ECB and Israel/Iran.

With Mars gone from Libra, we will see more "scorched earth" aggression taking centre stage.

We began last weekend with a FTSE Daily chart, showing the potential for a planetary downdraft to develop.

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I went into some detail last weekend about the probable impact on the FTSE - and, by extension, other indices - and rather than go through it all again, you can check the Archives if you need a refresher.

The FTSE's Weekly Planets chart is below, showing target prices if the downturn continues.

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The fast MACD is starting to fade. However, there is a much clearer level of negative divergence showing in the long-range Canary on the SP500.

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I updated this chart a couple of weekends ago, when I added a third black horizontal technical barrier. Predictably, Pollyanna was turned down from that level last week ... and it happened with negative divergence in the oscillator, something we'd discussed was likely to occur.

It is a significant divergence and raises the odds of bringing on a decline measured in weeks, rather than days. The 500's Weekly Planets targets are listed in the chart below.

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Last weekend, I used WP charts for the German DAX and Indian Nifty. Of the DAX, I said: "... it would appear as though the index is trying to reach Uranus targets, the orange lines which provided both Support and Resistance as the index was topping in early 2011. The price levels associated with those lines are 7117 and 7279."

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Close ... but no cigar. The DAX made it only to 7105 before dropping away. Still, it did "try" to reach the Uranus target. As y'can tell, those orange Uranus lines have a bit of history with weekly price moves on this index.

I had thought the Nifty might be aiming for a Pluto barrier at 5473 before its rally faded. Again, we had an effort to get there ... but the rise stalled at the 5448 Saturn level instead.

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If you're trading either of those indices (and I know some of you are), you might want to copy and paste those charts for quick reference in the weeks ahead.

The ASX200 Weekly Planets chart is below.

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I often make the point, especially for newbies and small traders who need to keep their costs under control, that Fibonacci Rx and Xt levels, are a perfectly adequate alternative to planetary levels - and we can use the 200 as an example.

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Okay. Let's recap. Our preferred oscillators are starting to sing off-key. We have an energy pattern shift with both the Sun and Mars changing signs. We've spent the past few weekends expecting a challenge to earlier Highs, especially with Wall Street, because the technical conditions were over-riding the expectations of further declines caused by the Bradley Model dates and my interpretations of The Spooky Stuff.

Now, we're beginning to see the technical conditions also starting to shift.

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, 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 article, 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 - 2011-2012

The New Moon in Libra

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New Moon forecasts show the general trends and financial outlook for the month; here is what Kaye Shinker has to say for the month ahead:

The New Moon in Libra, October 7, 2010 at 2:44 pm EDT Washington, D.C.

The Libra New Moon appears in the 9th House (refer to chart)

This is a Super New Moon putting a great deal of pressure on those sectors of the markets that provide education, publish books, and provide long distance transportation for the travel industry.

Saturn appears in the 8th House
Discussions proliferate on insurance and taxes. There are plenty of proposals of ways to improve insurance and maintain reasonable premiums. Taxes are the main topic of conversation with a plethora of suggestions as to ways to make them lower.


Mercury appears in the 8th House
Government will join the discussions of ways to return the excessive cash on the balance sheets of USA based corporations. The death tax may be settled and discussions will continue on other taxes. Voters are listening to eighth house issues death, taxes, accounting, and insurance. All others are not important. This position of Mercury indicates a change in political leadership in the legislature. Electors will favor the non incumbent.

Venus appears in the 10th House
The chart of the Equinox continues here putting an emphasis on the feminine leaders in corporate USA. Female leaders will find the environment very favorable for increasing the profitability of their organizations.

Mars appears in the 10th House
Mars here indicates increased covert military activity. Male corporate leaders will be aggressive as they promote their industry. Mars is at home in Scorpio, therefore we will tend to chose investments that are aggressive and likely to earn a nice return.

Pluto appears in the 12th House
Scandals and crimes will bring down the leaders of prominent institutions as well as businesses. Police and other investigators will gain recognition for arresting criminals both white and blue color. Whistle blowers will explain the corruption they see to concerned citizens as well as reporters. Corruption in charities, hospitals and prisons will be exposed.

Neptune appears in the 1st House
The public is confused by a lot of the rhetoric. They feel like everyone in charge of government and industry has lied to them. They will vote with the ballot and the pocket book. They are unhappy and ready turn everything upside down.


Jupiter appears in the 2nd House
It has the power to increase the value of stock, bonds and commodities. Folks are earning extra cash in interesting places. The job market will improve as employers are finding they need to fill more orders than they anticipated.


Uranus appears in the 2nd House
Strange happenings are in the market place. Investors and traders will sense that there is a something dishonest happening but they are not able to identify exactly what it is. Entrepreneurs are finding very unique ways to capitalize on the internet by adding subscription services. Web site owners are impressed and sign on to the new ideas.

Kaye Shinker

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