The Slowing Economy
In my Jan 4th, 2019 Astrology Letter, I had the following to say:
Why is everyone in a state of panic? Markets will be down hard one day, and up sharply the next. Why all of a sudden are we hearing that a recession is imminent? The answer for this erratic human behavior could well rest with planetary positions. The answer could well revolve around powerful bankers manipulating markets in accordance with certain planetary aspects.
For long term subscribers, you are all well familiar now with the McWhirter Model. If you are a recent subscriber, please note that I elaborate on the McWhirter Model in the 2019 Almanac now available on Amazon.com. But, in brief – Louise McWhirter supposedly was an astrologer who existed in the 1920s through the 1940s. She wrote a book in 1937 summarizing her research. Personally, I think there was no McWhirter. The name is a cover for someone else and that someone could have been WD Gann or perhaps even a high ranking official from Cleveland Bank & Trust who dabbled in financial astrology. The premise of the Model says that when the North Node enters Cancer, the economy which has been doing well will start reverting back to normal. As the Node eventually approaches Aquarius, the economy is in rough shape and making a bottom. The entire economic cycle of the Node moving clockwise around the zodiac is 18.6 years. Australian author and economist Fred Harrison has studied this cycle going back to the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s Britain. There is no doubt in his mind that the cycle exists and that bankers who are in the know take advantage of it.
The following zodiac shows planetary positions as of January 4, 2019. Notice that the Node (which rotates clockwise through the zodiac) has now entered Cancer (it sits at 27 Cancer right now). Please note also that Uranus is 90 degrees square the Node. McWhirter’s Model cautions that such a square aspect can be a rough time and we are certainly seeing that right now. But, there is more…. come April, we will have Saturn 180 degrees to the Node and McWhirter warns that this also can be a rough period of time. So, get set for it – 2019 is going to be a volatile year.
