Mercury Direct

YEAH!! HOORAH!! YIPEE!! RIGHT ON!!

Mercury is direct today.  Great news for all folks whose lively hood is dependent on their communications skills. Excellent news for shoppers and purchasing agents. 

About 80% of the time the Dow finishes the three weeks Mercury is retrograde within a few percentage points of where it started.  September 8, 2009 the Dow was about 9500 and today it appears it will finish at 9760 or 2% higher.  Kind of a fun statistic that did not apply during the September 2008 Mercury retrograde. However 80% is about the highest astrological correlation to the markets that we have.  

Thank goodness the next Mercury retrograde is after the Holidays December 26, 2009-January 15, 2010.  However, Mars retrograde starts December 20 so if your gift is any vehicle with wheels for your friends and family try to purchase it before the Mars station December 20th.

Details concerning the Do's and Don'ts of Mercury and Mars retrogrades as well as their effect on the markets are available in Lessons 1, 2, and 3 in The Textbook for Financial Astrology Book 1 

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So, okay...for those who do like to play the market, and have the cash - Just a reminder about the markets - When Venus changes directions there is a reversal in the market momentum 80% of the time, just as there was (if you look at the charts)when Venus turned Rx.

We are at the end of the Rx period, with Venus stationing direct today.

I am expecting a brief decline, followed by a rally up ever mindful that we are still within a Bear Market multi-month rally that started when Venus stationed Rx.

When Mercury changes directions there will be volatility at both of the stations, May 7, stationing retrograde - May 30 stationing direct.

Given the long term outlook of the planets for 2009, one could use any rally to take profits and acquire cash...still not trusting any rally and keeping close watch and/or use stop losses.

For more in depth information about the astrological outlook for the stock market read Randall Ashbourne's The World At Large, January 2009 where he states:

"World stock markets remain trapped within a Bear market which currently seems unlikely to finish or find a final “bottom” before 2010 at the earliest."

He gives us key dates to watch that likely will coincide with key reversals in stock markets in the next few months - June 6 & 26, July 8 to 15