An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Libra

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

The New Moon in Libra, October 4, 2013
Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE.

Last months Lunar cycle has come to an end as the Moon conjuncts the Sun in Libra triggering the energy of the Pluto- Uranus square. 
This aspect has heated things up politically at home (ruthless, negative campaigns and strong disagreements between the two political parties in the US) and world wide. (mob violence and political uprisings in the Middle East) And, economically, the Uranus and Pluto aspect has been push pulling the markets. Note - Though not always strongly in force by exact aspect, the energy of Pluto square Uranus has been an operative influence since 2012, and will be influential though 2015. 

An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Libra Chart

The New Moon is in the fifth house in a T-square with Pluto (eighth house) and Uranus (eleventh house) - Typically, new moons create a feeling of optimism and the markets react positively.  Research has shown that people have a greater willingness for change and acceptance at the New Moon phase. Optimism for a brighter future coming is prevalent with the new growth cycle of the Moon.  "When a new moon occurs, people, male and female, will experience a sense of calmness. Their emotions will stabilize and their willingness to accept difficulties will reach its peak. The persons will be more energetic and open-minded. Optimism will also result from this moon phase." from the article, Human Behavior with Relation to the Lunar Cycle

However, this month at the time of the New Moon, the Sun and Moon in Libra trigger the energy of a challenging Pluto- Uranus square.  Now, it may be possible that whatever has investors jittery has already been baked into the market by the time of the New Moon - just days leading up to the New Moon the Sun has squared Pluto and then went on to oppose Uranus.   So, maybe the fear has subsided? 

It's all about risk these days - especially with the New Moon in the fifth - just how much risk can you tolerate?  Read Randall Ashbourne's article The Moods of the Moon - Trading the Mood Swings of the Monthly Lunar Cycle   

Events governed by the 5th house will come to the forefront this lunar month -  This being the Sun's "natural" house, the 5th house has much to do with public figures. Here, the Sun represents all people in authority in respect to the NYSE - that would include Ben Bernanke and the President of the US.

The Moon represents where people's attention and focus falls this month - as well as the actual mood of the people.  Frankly, in Libra, people would like to be out enjoying parties and the theater, or maybe entertaining in their homes, with Jupiter now in Cancer.  The need for a bit of balance away from the stress of every life, and the need to take time out for amusement of all sorts, is their focus of attention.  Unfortunately, this is not an easy need to fulfill with a T-square to Uranus and Pluto! Those planets have little, or nothing, to do with fun and leisure.

Public speculation, investments, gambling (having to do with risk taking in the market) will be spotlighted. Since the politics of the nation affect the fears of investors, the popularity of the President is on the line, as well as The Fed Chairman.  Social problems arise, and there is a possibility of scandal.

The ruler of the Taurus rising chart, Venus, is located in the sixth house on the cusp of the seventh - If well aspected this would be very fortunate, however, that isn't happening either!

Venus is not well placed in the sign of Scorpio, especially when opposing the chart's rising degree in Taurus. And there is an applying square from Mars. This is not good for the working class.  Unemployment, worries of an increase in taxation, and higher expenditures is of great concern.  Money, money, money is on the minds of the working people - investors are interested in stable stocks that yield high dividends.

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Gold rally, Euro indices & Wall Street 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 Sept. 9, 2013

Lion Tamer / Cosmic Cop

Last week's trading has provided some clarity on a couple of important fronts.

The bounceback rally on Wall Street is probably about to fail again and gold may have launched a new rally phase.

We will take a closer look at the targets for both of those in a few moments.

Also in this weekend's edition ... an update on the major European indices

Last weekend, I outlined my overview for the month ahead and provided a list of important dates. If you missed that edition, or want a refresher, you'll find it in the Archives.

The week begins with Mars squaring Saturn and Mercury moving to Libra. Midweek, Venus moves into Scorpio as the Moon makes its monthly transit of Sagittarius for a couple of days.

We almost always get wide-range moves with a Saggy Moon - up or down, depending on whether optimism or fear gets exaggerated. It could be fear, because ...

Venus is in detriment in Scorpio and will be approaching a conjunction to Saturn; Mercury in Libra suggests a lot of diplomatic talk; and Mars square to Saturn suggests the desire for heroic aggression will face increased challenges from stubborn resistance.

Astrologers call Saturn the cosmic cop. America likes to think it's the world's policeman. The two are having a face-off ... and with even the French starting to backpeddle over Syria, Saturn seems to be winning.

We will start this edition with a look at gold, which is probably now launching into a rally phase likely to run for a few weeks. It also means, unfortunately, we need to chat a little more about Elliott Wave theory.

We talked about this last weekend. Corrections within uptrends tend to mark a three-wave pattern known as an ABC correction. And uptrends tend to occur in a five-wave pattern where Waves 1, 3 and 5 are upwards and Waves 2 and 4 are ABC corrections downward.

So, gold ...

There is now some evidence to suggest, very strongly, that the big correction in gold is over, done, finished. If that is so, gold prices are now in the early stages of a new Bull run.

I normally place no real importance at all on a single day's price bar. However, on Friday, the move in gold was strong enough to greatly decrease the possibility of another dramatic slump and greatly increase the probability that the June 28 low was The Low ... for a very long time to come.

In the chart below, I have marked out what I think is now happening ... that the Wave 4 correction is probably finished and that gold has started its Wave 5 push higher. Until then, it was possible that the rise from late June was an ABC correction upwards in an ongoing Bear market ... where 1 was really an A, 2 was really a B, and 3 was C.

If you look closely, you can see that both Waves 1 and 3 subdivided into 5 individual subwaves - and Wave 5 may do the same.

If gold is now embarked on a Wave 5 rise, there are two obvious targets - 1450ish ... or potentially even 1520ish, though that one would really be pushing the envelope.

Let's view the weekly ...

One of the things that concerns me about the 1500s target is the past performance of the gold price as it rose into Sun intersections; both of which I've marked with a light blue circle. The timing for that is the few days around September 23.

However, if price can get back above the Wave 3 high, it does enter a zone where there is little planetary resistance to prevent it from reaching 1518. One word of caution though. In Elliott Wave terms, Wave 3 cannot be the smallest wave. And since this one is smaller than Wave 1, it means Wave 5 must not run longer than $161.40. That puts the 1518 target at the very outer edge of what's "allowed".

Now, also some advance warning. If what I think is probably the right pattern turns out to be so in reality, it means gold will then have finished Wave 1 of a new Bull run. In other words, it'll just be a bigger version of what we've seen so far, where the individual waves have so far subdivided into a 5 wave pattern.

And that means there will be another BIG correction ... a higher-level Wave 2 downwards. We'll keep track of this as it goes along. For the moment, the odds favour a multi-week gold rally.

Now let's turn our attention to Pollyanna, Wall Street's SP500. Last weekend, I indicated two possible options with a leaning towards a stronger bounceback. I'll update and combine those charts now into one ...

I indicated last weekend we were more likely to see a bounce into the 1658 to 1690 price range. The minimum target has now been reached. We cannot set the downside target for certain until we are sure the bounce is over. The probability still remains the 1580 to 1600 zone.

One thing ...

The correction has filled all the gaps Pollyanna made when it launched into its post-June rally - except one; at 1593. There is also an unfilled upside gap at 1684.83, but that need not be filled during this bounce because the probability is that this Bull run still has one more major rally left in it.

There are ... groan ... alternative counts. Which, as I've said, is the danger in trying to apply EW accurately in real time. The most significant alternative remains the possibility that the correction will chop about in a contracting sideways triangle, eating Time rather than Price.

Still, overall ... especially with this month's transits and the current state of the lunar phase ... I think what's probable is a rally for gold and further decline for Wall Street stocks.

In a moment, I'll update the Weekly Planets charts for some of the major European indices.

Firstly though, in quite unabashed favoritism, I'll deal with my home index - the ASX200. Australia is off to the polls this weekend for a Federal election.

London is next ...

Holland ..

France ...

Germany ...

Okay, that's enough waffle for one weekend. Take a look at gold and the charts for your favorite gold miners. Carefully consider whether your general stocks are showing topping signs.

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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A high-energy astro union of aspects

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 November 26, 2012

The first couple of days this week are likely to be volatile as Americans get past Thanksgiving and return to their trading desks.

There are three major astrological aspects on Monday and Tuesday, followed by a lunar eclipse Full Moon as Wall Street opens on Wednesday.

And the little winged-heel guy, Mercury, goes Direct again - having delivered the "perfect" sequence of events during his Rx phase.

We discussed early in the month what is the "normal" behaviour for a Merc Rx period ... the Retrograde date starts a trend, which changes course halfway through, and that by the Direct-again date, prices tend to be back within 1% of where they started the whole phase.

Friday's jump back to the 1410-ish level marked on the SP500's long-range planet price chart ticked all the boxes.

But now things get interesting again. First cab off the rank is a Sun trine to Uranus, quickly followed by a Venus conjunction with Saturn and then a Mars conjunction with Pluto.

Then there's a lunar eclipse Full Moon in Gemini ... and just a normal Moon in Gemini usually brings wide-range days in both directions.

That's a lot of astro energy at play within a very short timeframe.

Let me chat a little about the nature of that energy. Most astrologers work on the assumption that a trine aspect is largely benevolent and interpret the symbolism as an "easy flow" of energy.

The trouble is that an easy flow of energy can be a very bad influence. The real nature of the trine aspect is the sudden removal of all obstacles. Now, this is a damn fine thing if you've been out of work for months, having trouble finding a new job. You suddenly get one ... and it'll frequently be a much better job than the one you lost or left.

However, if you happen to be facing fraud charges ... or anxiously avoiding an audit by the tax office ... the trine can suddenly pull the rug out from under you and you fall hard onto your butt in a deep pile of dung.

And then we have the Venus/Saturn conjunction in Scorpio, the sign which relates to debt, death and taxes. Venus in Scorpio is not the kind of girl you bring home to meet Mum. She's an evil, scheming, manipulative bitch who'll hump your brains out ... and then eat them. While you're still alive.

And that's her good side!

Saturn in Scorpio is even worse. On a mundane level, Saturn is "The Government" and since Scorpio relates to debt and taxes, it represents a timeframe when the business of government will relate strongly to those issues. It means time is running out for governments to continue short-term, quick-fix solutions to problems like sovereign debt and the American "fiscal cliff".

And since Mars conjuncts Pluto in the sign of Capricorn, that's a reiteration of the overall theme. Mars and Pluto rule Scorpio, where Saturn currently travels, and they're meeting in Cappy, which is Saturn's home ground. So, we get this sense that the astro pressure is about to be ramped up dramatically when it comes to money (Venus), government (Saturn) and death, debt and taxes (Mars and Pluto).

When we couple those themes with the Sun trine to Uranus and the volatility implied by a Gemini lunar eclipse Full Moon, it is possible things could get real scary, real fast.

However, let me remind you again of the house rule here ... astrological expectations do not over-ride technical conditions. So, let's look at some charts.

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Firstly, I want to check the historical behaviour of Venus conjunct Saturn aspects - marked with red bars on the chart above. By itself, it's not conclusive and reliable as a turning point ... which is basically the same conclusion we reached with the so-called "Mars/Uranus crash cycle" chart we looked at again last weekend.

But, what happens when we look at the four - Venus conjunct Saturn, Sun trine Uranus, and Mars conjunct Pluto and square Uranus?

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In the chart above, Venus/Saturn is red, Sun/Uranus dark blue; Mars/Uranus pink and Mars/Pluto light blue. Three of these were present in the formation of the two previous Bull peaks. Three of them were nearby during the two previous Bear bottoms ... and near the bottom of last year's August/October plunge.

So, the concern here is not one single aspect ... it's the combination of the punch jammed into a narrow timeframe.

Our next chart is Pollyana's performance during the Mercury Rx phase.

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As usual, the official figures from the NYSE won't reflect the silly gap on Friday's half-day, when markets are easily manipulated. The danger is that this is a set-up and not the real start of the annual Santa Claus rally. Yes, I'm still more than mildly concerned by the lack of a positive divergence signal in the oscillators as Miss Pollyanna made her low on the 16th.

The bounceback is even more obvious on the monthly bars in the 500's long-range planetary price chart.

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It's interesting to look at a monthly chart of the FTSE from a technical point of view. While Polly is playing to the planets, the FTSE can't seem to break through the topside of a triangle ... at least not in a sustained way.

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I'll wrap up this weekend's edition with a few Weekly Planets charts and hopefully get back to a wider look at other indices next weekend when it'll be time to look at the likely ranges for December.

Just bear in mind that the Mercury Rx phase did it's "normal" thing virtually perfectly ... but that we have a combination of astro aspects happening over the next few days which have a tendency to be present when markets are marking out important turning points.

NASDAQ 100 Weekly Planets:

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DAX Weekly Planets:

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ASX 200 Weekly Planets:

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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