Astrological weather for May

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning May 6, 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday's Open gapped up into the target zone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

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!

Saturn, gold and WPs for TSX and Asia

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 April 29, 2013

 Markets rallied last week between 3 of the 4 astrological aspects reviewed in last weekend's edition.

It started with Venus in opposition to Saturn and continued into the lunar eclipse Full Moon (with the Moon conjunct Saturn) and tended to stall going into this weekend's Sun opposition Saturn aspect.

The remaining one of the four, and perhaps the most important, arrives midway through the coming week - Mars opposed to Saturn.

If markets continue rising into the aspect - and that is certainly possible given it's the end of the month - we will all need to watch target levels and oscillators very carefully for signs of a potential intermediate peak.

There are still no major alarm bells going off in the SP500's monthly charts, but signs of weakening are starting to become obvious in weekly charts.

However, since it has been a while since I reviewed the state of the Asian indices and because I neglected to update Canadian readers recently when I published updated Weekly Planets charts for Western indices, most of this edition will deal with those markets.

We'll also take another look at gold. I had an email exchange with an Indian businessman during the week who is tipping significant reversals in gold prices on May 10 and 17, based on his interpretation of the Vedic aspects.

I am by no means any sort of an expert on Vedic astrology, which forms part of the daily culture of Hindi society. However, I do know from past studies that it tends to be much better than Western astrology at predicting actual events and timing. As always, the accuracy of the forecast depends on both the skill and the bias of the interpreter.

The bounceback in greenback gold prices has been strong - and continues to conform to the planetary charts I revealed this year in Forecast 2013.

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Over the past couple of weekends, we've discussed gold at some length and in the Archives you will find the weekly chart with the major price targets marked. For those of you trading gold, or gold miners, without the benefit of the planetary charts, the Fibonacci retracement levels provide alternative targets.

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Obviously, the red FiboRx levels deal with only the recent nosedive, while the blue levels show a wider range from an earlier peak. What is interesting, at least at a surface level, is the apparent importance of 50% markers - something the ASX200 does often. Last week's continued bounce went close to recapturing the 618 FiboRx of the sharp downleg, before ending the week near the 50% marker.

Now that we have a wider range to view, we can see that the sideways shuffle before the plunge also took place within what can now be defined as a 618-50% horizontal zone. Important consolidations, either up or down, often become a 50% range marker. It could mean the gold correction is over. I'm still quite uncertain that is the case - and I wouldn't be confident about the resumption of a gold bull market until I see a marginally lower price trough accompanied by a higher low in the long-range oscillator.

Before turning to Canada and Asia, let's take another quick look at a chart I published recently for Pollyanna, the SP500.

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I indicated recently Miss Polly may be embarked on a run between different Uranus/Pluto planetary lines - a run which began at the lower yellow oval and may be heading for the higher oval, priced at around 1609.

Now, my apologies to Canada. I forgot to update you when I last looked at the Western indices. So, to make it up, I'll give you both a Weekly Planets chart and a long-range version, starting with the latter.

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And the Weekly Planets chart, with a narrower range of price targets, is below.

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India's Nifty50 is next. It put in a recent bottom at a Saturn/Uranus level - and backed off last week from a weekly Saturn line. If the index is going higher, it could have the next Saturn/Uranus zone as a target - around the 6200s.

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Next we go to KL, which has a tendency to target Node lines for major moves, with interim stalls at Saturn levels. The small-range stalling in the past few weeks is fairly obvious, but the oscillator isn't wavering and, having overcome the 1666 Node line, the next major target is in the 1750s.

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Jakarta appears to be in a weaker position. It has been trapped by a primary overhead Saturn - and the oscillator is declining. Since the oscillator is still well above the +100 level, it is possible it could turn out to be a continuation pattern and there'll be a new surge to about 5150, which is the next highest Neptune level.

If you look at the chart, you can see the past importance of the grey Neptune lines. Having consolidated on top of the last one now priced at 4750ish, the higher level does seem to be a valid target.

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Up to Singapore, where there has been much to-ing and fro-ing as the index consolidates below the primary Neptune level which capped the STI's 2010 price peaks. The falling highs of the MACD histogram peaks indicate growing internal weakness - and this Neptune level is obviously a strong one. Breakout puts the 3500s as the next major planetary barrier.

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Over to Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng has recovered from an apparent false break below a primary Saturn.

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And next a quick visit to Shanghai ...

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And, finally, to the ASX200 ...

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And that's a wrap for this weekend. The target prices within the Weekly Planets charts don't change too much from one week to the next, so you might want to keep track of your favorite index until these are updated again in a few weeks.
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 4 aspects of the apocalypse

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 April 22, 2013

Nerves of steel will be required over the next couple of weeks as four market-moving aspects take control of the markets.

Despite the shift from fiery Aries into earthy and stable Taurus by the Sun, Venus and Mars, fast and volatile moves in different directions are likely.

I'll show you the historical performance of these aspects in a moment and it'll be obvious why we all need to exercise care and caution.

Each one of the aspects is capable of producing a significant High or Low in markets. But, when they occur as a tight grouping together, the Highs and Lows have a strong historical tendency to be relatively major in intermediate terms ... and in some cases, a multi-year change of trend.

Now, apocalypse is probably too strong a word. But, I have a 5th House, unaspected Sagittarian Sun, so quiet and reserved understatement tends not to be a character trait. And at least I got your attention.

The aspects begin with Venus, in Taurus, opposing Saturn, in Scorpio, on Monday (USA time). The Full Moon later in the week is a lunar eclipse FM and with the Moon conjuncting Saturn.

Next weekend, the Sun opposes Saturn; and at the end of the following week, Mars, the mover of markets, also opposes Saturn ... meaning that "drive" is hurtling towards a collision with a brick wall.

We'll also be taking another look at gold this weekend for those of you holding positions in the metal itself, or in relevant mining stocks.

But first, we'll look at the historical performance of the four astrological events I mentioned a moment ago. In the chart below, a weekly of the SP500, Mars oppose Saturn events are marked with a red bar; Venus oppose Saturn is pink; Sun oppose Saturn is blue; and lunar eclipses are green bars.

Each single one is important individually, but I have circled the 6 previous occasions when these four have arrived as a group ... and their impact on stock prices has been sudden and dramatic.

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Two of the 6 played an important role in determining the bottom of the past two Bear crashes. One was present at a temporary stall in the early 2000s Bear; and the remaining 3 marked important turning points within intermediate corrections during Bull runs.

It's not then a true apocalypse scenario ... but it just might feel that way if you're caught on the wrong side of the sudden turns. And not one of these events was an insignificant, ho-hum period in the markets.

Next we'll take a close-up look at what happened on daily charts during the last appearance of this tight grouping in early 2011.

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The series began with Sun in opposition to Saturn marking out a top ... a fall then into Mars oppose Saturn ... a rise into Venus oppose Saturn ... and a sharp drop into a new low at the green lunar eclipse. We could be in for a wild ride in the next couple of weeks, especially with 3 of the 4 due to play out this week.

Now let's turn our attention to gold again. And I won't bother stepping politely this weekend. This appears to have been pure larceny. The big banks, most notably two of those which own the US Federal Reserve, had amassed enormous Short positions in gold.

Unfortunately, the broad world market didn't agree and price was shuffling sideways rather than tanking. At the same time, there had been a run on physical gold depositories. For some obscure reason, investors didn't trust the system and had begun moving their bullion into private vaults. Oh, tsk*tsk. This was a big problem for the banks ... not only was price not sliding dramatically, they were in dire danger of default if people kept rolling up with armoured vans to move their physical gold.

A co-ordinated worldwide raid was launched. Over in London, the computers which handle sales of physical gold crashed, supposedly because of the number of people trying to place trades. Far too many of which were Buy orders! Gee golly, the computers at the American dealers which handle paper gold did not crash - even though they, too, were suddenly inundated with orders.

Meanwhile, they all stayed open over the weekend to send out margin calls ... but not open enough to allow anyone to transfer money to meet the margin calls by the market opening on Monday. It was theft on a massive scale ... and just as with the various other incidents like the flash crash and the Fat-Fingered Freddy "mistake", absolutely nothing will be done about it.

If it were, we might find out the real reason why the US Federal Reserve can't actually supply Germany's 300 tons of bullion for 7 years.

The banks are playing a very dangerous game. They desperately need real amounts of physical gold - and, of course, they want it cheap. Their problem is ... drive the price too low and physical gold will dry up fast because a lot of small mines have a very high cost of production and will be forced to shutter, rather than lose money.

In any case, the price of gold continues to respond, quite precisely, to the planetary charts I introduced this year in Forecast 2013. Let's start with a close-up of the daily action.

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After the forced margin-call selling on Monday, the bounceback began with a false break below a secondary Pluto line, when price touched a Sun line. In technical terms, this does appear to be - probably - a temporary bounce before another drop. That drop is likely to produce an even bigger bounce, possibly even a change in the overall downtrend.

We'll go now to the weekly chart. The most significant price levels are the primary Pluto lines - 1518, 1363 and 1160. Also significant are the primary Sun lines. Primary Sun support is provided in the coming week at 1300.

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Okay, that's it for this edition. I will try, next weekend, to update Weekly Planets charts for Canada and the major Asian indices; it has been a few weeks since we last looked at them.

Be aware of at least the potential for things to go crazy over the next two weeks. The particular set of astrological aspects to Saturn, combined with a lunar eclipse, very rarely fails to produce fast moves in different directions - and are often exact on the day, as I tried to illustrate with the second chart in this edition.
Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

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

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...

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

Gold ... and WPs for Western 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 April 15, 2013

Gold plunged dramatically on Friday, ostensibly because Cyprus needs to unload $525 million of its gold reserves to help pay for the island's bail-out.

The plunge came only a day after Goldman Sachs urged customers to Short gold, with a target of $1450.

In the background is Germany's order to repatriate its French and USA bullion back to home soil.

Reportedly, the US Federal Reserve has told the Germans it will take 7 years to ship the 300 tons.  That's a bit odd, given the number of ships sitting idle. And it makes you wonder whether Pussy Galore could be bothered raiding Fort Knox these days.

Still, we should probably leave the conspiracy theories alone. The Spooky Stuff is quite weird enough ... and we'll be taking a look at some of that in relation to gold in a moment or two.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street stock indices play out the normal April strength while most other major world indices have been correcting for weeks.

In the coming week, the Sun, Venus and Mars all move out of Aries and into Taurus. Venus, ruler of boodle, is the only one of them literally at home in Taurus, which is a far more stable energy than the volatility of Arien fire.

I'll publish updates of planetary charts for a few of the Western indices in this edition, but we'll deal first with gold. Last week was marked in Forecast 2013 as a potential major turning point for gold prices.

And it turned out to be one where major planetary support at 1518 was broken with ease.

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I mentioned last weekend that I am indebted to American astrologer, Pat Hardy, for sharing this chart of gold, timed for the first sale of the modern era when legal restrictions on Americans owning gold were lifted. Pat runs the Energies, Trends, Cycles website at: http://www.pathardytrends.com

She produced this "birth" chart for gold trades after getting access to the hand-written logs from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

You'll probably have to do a bit of scrolling here to understand what I'm talking about, especially if your knowledge of astrology is scant. The inner wheel contains the planets for the first trade and the outer wheel shows the current position of transiting planets.

In the slice of the pie marked with a 2, note that Uranus, the Sun, Mars and Venus were all in Aries last week opposing gold's natal Pluto at 09.13 Libra (the 8th House). Uranus in hard aspect to Pluto - a theme we've been talking about for a long time now, though in a broader context.

In the original birth chart, the Sun and Pluto are squared ... so transiting oppositions to Pluto also square gold's natal Sun at 09.33 Capricorn. And, of course, the transiting Pluto, is conjuncting that Sun. Short version ... it's all a big deal; there's a lot of volatile energy and since Uranus is in the transit mix there will be "surprise" breakouts AND breakdowns and "normal" support/resistance levels will be sliced through like warm butter.

And the volatility is not over yet, because with the Sun, Venus and Mars now moving into Taurus, they'll all oppose gold's natal Uranus at 01.52 Scorpio (9th House).

However, there is also other symbolism at work - and that relates to the position of transiting Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter is currently finishing a transit of gold's 4th House and will move into the 5th, which is the house with general rulership of gold and, specifically, of financial speculation. It's the gambler's house ... and the FatBoy just lurvs a good roll of the dice and spin of the wheel!

Transiting Saturn is at 09.21 Scorpio in the 9th House, moving towards a conjunction with gold's Midheaven. Now, in the chart of an individual there is a time to put yourself Out There and a time when progress in the outer world is extremely difficult. The difficult time is when Saturn travels through what Grant Lewi used to call "the obscure sector" - the first quadrant of the chart from the Ascendant to the start of the 4th House.

Once it moves past the 4th House, it is a time when we make rapid progress in the world ... and, with most people, Saturn conjuncting the Midheaven means a major career peak. The reality is it's a time when we get the recognition we deserve. For a few, that can mean ... Do not pass go, do not collect $200, Go directly to jail. Saturn's like that. Hey, we're talking about an Old God who ate his own babies!

Anyway, my point here is that both Jupiter and Saturn are past "the obscure sector" and rising in gold's natal chart. While Saturn conjunct the MC gives you the public position you deserve, Jupiter conjuncting the MC suddenly brings an unbelievable rise out-of-the-blue.

So, while the current transits to gold's natal Sun/Pluto square ... and to Uranus ... predict high-levels of volatility and sudden moves, the overall symbolism from the Jupiter/Saturn transit positions means it is very unlikely gold's bull run is finished.

And now that we've reviewed les Spookies, let's look at the technical conditions, starting with the big picture view. Below is a log-scale chart of greenback gold. See the big spike on the left as American investors piled into gold once the legal restrictions were lifted.

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From about the middle of the chart, we see the modern Bull run. The first significant correction lost 22% in 5 months; the second lost 29.5% in 7 months. And for the past 19 months we've been in a sideways shuffle/correction which, at Friday's close, brought down the price by 21.7%. We've had an overbalance of Time, but not of Price - not so far!

The Canary, in this case a medium-range 20CCI, has plunged to a trough level not seen for a very long time - and I've put in a grey line so you can more easily see how this trough compares with previous ones. Taking a cue from the oscillator alone, this plunge is not finished.

So, what about the planetary charts? Well, below is a weekly. The lines currently priced at 1542 and 1518 have been important before, both as Resistance and as Support.

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Goldman Sachs mentioned a Short target of 1450 - and there is a planetary line at that level, albiet not a particularly strong one.

Next chart is the daily ...

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And the interesting thing about the daily is that despite the depth of the price plunge, the Canary has not fallen so deeply as its previous trough.

It means the probability of a bounceback is strong - but may not last long.

Okay ... onto the stock markets. Firstly, the SP500.

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We've had a breakout above the orange Node line at 1572. I had thought it would hold for a larger correction, as most other major indices have endured. But, Pollyanna is still all goo-goo/ga-ga. It's not shown on this chart, but the breakout arrived on Wednesday when overnight trade forced a gap Open above the line.

If it's a false break, Chicken Little will be back real soon. If it's not, then the index may be embarked on a run between Uranus/Pluto planetary barriers. This long-running Santa rally began with a touch of the Uranus/Pluto zone I've marked with a yellow oval at the bottom of the chart.

Along the way, it stalled at and then had a false break of Uranus/Pluto and corrected down into Saturn ... Twice; Both of which I've marked with circled 1s and 2s. So, the target for a third repeat performance would be 1608 to 1610.

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The Nasdaq 100 Weekly Planet chart is above. What we'd thought was a potential Head&Shoulders pattern developing may now have morphed into something else (as they often do!). The fast MACD though, either in its signal line peaks or the height of its histograms, grows increasingly unhappy with the rally.

Over to Germany ...

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And onto the FTSE ...

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And, finally, Auntie ... the ASX 200

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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!

Astrological Investing New Moon forecast for the New Moon in Aries, April 10, 2013

Astrological Investing New Moon forecasts show general trends and financial outlook for the month. The New Moon in Aries,  April 10, 2013  - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE.  

The New Moon in Aries, April 10, 2013 - Chart from the point of view of Wall Street and the NYSE. (Click for larger image)

"Reality is frequently inaccurate." - Douglas Adams, from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The New Moon in Aries, under the intoxicating influence of Neptune attempts to follow the script set by the Equinox chart. (Read The Spring Equinox, March 20, 2013)

Neptune and Jupiter rule the Pisces rising chart of the New Moon.

An Astrological Trip Around the New Moon in Aries Chart

The New Moon (Sun/ Moon) is in the first house with Uranus, Mars and Venus - Mercury is conjunct the Ascendant

The Sun and Moon in the first house conjunct Venus and Mars is indicative of investor discontent. There will be days of volatility in the market - emphasized by Uranus also being in the first house square Pluto.  Discontentment creates conditions that take unexpected turns.

In financial astrology, Venus represents money, profit and the value of stocks. 
Venus in the first house is usually a very positive influence, however, she is now in a sign of her detriment - Aries - and conjunct Mars.  Contrary to her natural nature, she is the Female Warrior who wants what she wants, when she wants it, and she wants it now.  Investors want to be in stocks, but want reliable performing stocks.  You will see investors selling more risky small and mid-cap stocks and buying DOW stocks. 

Mercury is in the twelfth house on the cusp of the Ascendant.
Whenever a planet is within 5 degrees of the Ascendant its energy is thrust forward, becoming very prominent in the first house. Mercury in any house actively engages a sense of busyness in areas represented by the house.

When it is well aspected it increases trade and work, and new enterprises - when afflicted, the media can get involved in personal attacks - there can be accusations and libelous actions.  Mercury afflicted is indicative of much discontent.

Mercury in Pisces is in its detriment – meaning its natural energy is thwarted.  That being so,  Mercury in Pisces in this New Moon's first house supports the dissatisfaction and unexpected conditions the other planets bring to the first house.

Sun in Aries is exalted - keep that in mind!   When the Aries Sun is in its "home" - the first house - it is very strong regardless what challenges arise.  The placement of the Sun in the first house promises prosperity, and the Aries Sun is determined to push the market further.


Click to read this article in full on the astrologicalinvesting.com web site. 
On the web site, read what houses Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are transiting and the interpretation of the planets in the houses.

Also, take note of the Moon Phases section and get the "Head's Up" - upcoming astrological events list.

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

Trines,
Marley

Old Gods Gold Chart

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 April 8, 2013

PRICE of GOLD
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There is a special section in Forecast 2013 where Randall Ashbourne reveals, "..for the first time anywhere, the two Old Gods responsible for rallies and declines in the price of gold."

"Forecast 2013 readers should have known in advance where the price turning points in gold would be ... and that the sharp, sudden drop into Thursday's low was likely to produce a bounce, if not a complete trend change.

And the reason it may be more significant than a simple bounce is predicted in the transit table on Page 75, which has the next few trading days specially marked as a potential trend changer..." ( scroll down or click to read Old Gods ... and Gold  - blog post below - in it's entirety)

NOTE: Originally when the Eye of RA report was posted earlier today, somehow the image of the gold chart and text did not appear correctly. I have updated the blog - all corrections made - but hopefully all who read the blog when the chart did not appear will now be able to go back and re-read it in its entirety. - Thanks!  Marley

Old Gods ... 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 April 8, 2013
A few weeks ago I urged those of you who had bought Forecast 2013 to check the state of your favorite stock index against the target prices contained in the section starting on Page 41.

If you did - and took notice of the material in the earlier chapter, Mars ... the mover of markets, which outlines a general tendency for markets to rise strongly with Mars travelling between Capricorn and Aries - you probably locked in some significant profits.

American readers would have known in advance that the 1572 level on the SP500 marked a price tag that had the potential to turn the index down. Which it started to do last week after hitting $1573.66.

Australian traders would have known that 5126 was a very key price target likely to produce a correction. The ASX200 peaked at 5163 almost four weeks ago.

DAX traders were forewarned of an upside target level priced at 7993 at the start of the year when Forecast 2013 was available. The index overshot to 8074 a month ago.

FTSE traders knew the levels of 6387 and 6550 were likely to be major turning points. The high for the year so far was 6534, recorded early last month.

Forecast 2013 contains a special section on what moves the price of gold - and that's what we'll be taking a closer look at this weekend.

Before we do that, however, I'll paste a small excerpt from Forecast 2013 relating to my home market, the ASX 200. To begin, I'll republish the chart used in the Forecast.

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And this is the relevant part of the text associated with the original chart:

"The ASX200 is a Neptune index. While its intermediate trends find Support or Resistance at other significant planetary lines, it is Neptune which provides the most striking barriers, upside and downside, during the long-range moves.

The dashed line which provided massive Resistance, broken only temporarily, at the 2010 and 2011 peaks is priced around 4770 for 2013.

Breakout above that level opens the next target area in the 5100s. The earlier IC chart showed positive divergence present in the 50CCI and it is obvious on the Neptune chart, using the 20CCI (intermediate-range).

Again, taking the state of the oscillator in isolation from all other factors, the ASX has clearly embarked on a bid to retest its former highs and there is a strong indication that while it might stall at 4770, there would be no alarm bells going off unless it hit the 5100s with clear negative divergence in the oscillator."

 And this is that chart now: - 

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I go through this exercise for a number of reasons. One is ... you MUST use a reliable oscillator and become as comfortable with it as an old glove. Not a whole stack of oscillators! That just leads to confusion and indecision. In December/January, I was able to use this long-range Old Gods chart for Auntie, in combination with an oscillator, to predict the index would go to the 5100s and we would then need to check the performance of the oscillator for signs of negative divergence.

Well, Auntie hit the level ... pretty damn exactly. The second thing we take from the chart is that the oscillator, in this case a 20 CCI, or what I call an intermediate-range Canary, actually confirmed the validity of the High. That is ... NO negative divergence. It means that sometime this year, it is likely there will be another attempt to breakout above the 5130ish level. We'll continue to monitor the Canary when that happens to see if it's still singing sweetly, or is starting to squark horribly.

Auntie is not alone in hitting the Forecast targets.

Now, there is a special section in Forecast 2013 where I reveal, I think for the first time anywhere, the two Old Gods responsible for rallies and declines in the price of gold.

And I say again to those of you who bought the Forecast ... your homework for this weekend is to reread the chapter starting on Page 61 - Old Gods ... and gold! 

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I'm not going to reveal here exactly who the Old Gods of gold are, or the mythology surrounding them. However, Forecast 2013 readers should have known in advance where the price turning points in gold would be ... and that the sharp, sudden drop into Thursday's low was likely to produce a bounce, if not a complete trend change.

And the reason it may be more significant than a simple bounce is predicted in the transit table on Page 75, which has the next few trading days specially marked as a potential trend changer.

I would like to record my gratitude to American astrologer, Pat Hardy, for sharing with me - and you - an accurate birth chart for the modern era of gold trading.

Pat runs the Energies, Trends, Cycles website at: http://www.pathardytrends.com

For many years, she produced a financial newsletter and understands perfectly the need to have an accurate birth time for any person or entity. So, she delved closely into the records, after gaining access to the logs from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which traded both London and NY Comex gold.

And the very first gold trade of the modern American era took place in Chicago … which suddenly produces a chart that makes a lot more sense than the New York chart most commonly used.

Okay, I'm nearing the end of this weekend's waffle. I know many readers will be mildly miffed that I'm not updating Weekly Planets charts or talking about transits.

But, if I have a duty of care, it is to those people who bought the book and/or the Forecast and this edition is tailored specifically for them.

For the most part, stock indices have been hitting key upside target levels predicted in the Forecast and we are now within a general timeframe, and at price levels, where key markets could be reversing direction.

As I indicated by using the ASX200 as an example, the state of the Canaries is not screaming alarm bells and it does seem probable that there will be another test of recent Highs, perhaps even another breakout. In the meantime, though, gold has hit one of its key downside levels - though there's a stronger one at 1518.

I know some readers get thrown by whipsaw signals from the daily Idiot when markets go into a sideways correction. Let me remind all of you that The Idiot is a three-timeframe system and you may need to re-read the first chapter of the book to remind yourself of the rules.

And one of the other reasons for the format of this edition is to remind you of another important lesson. STOP talking too much! STOP reading every Tom, Dick and Harriet with an opinion about where things are going. TURN OFF the bloody television talk shows.

And spend more time consulting your own, simple charts - preferably using just The Idiot and a single, reliable oscillator.

The point of trading is to make money - safely and reliably - and without driving yourself crazy in the analysis!


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!

April 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 April, 2013.

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Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They are perfect for viewing on an iPad orother 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!

April 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 April, 2013.

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 Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They are perfect for viewing on an iPad orother 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!

April 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 April 2013

click for larger image

Using locational transiting aspects is critical in market timing.

The Astrological Calendars that are posted each month are available as full 13-month calendars for purchase.

They 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!