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An excerpt from the January 30, 2024 issue of the Astrology Report …..

‘M’ Patterns

I will conclude this issue with a quick look at the letter ‘M’. Very often, topping patterns on a price chart will resemble the letter ‘M’.

The above S&P 500 chart is presented in monthly format. Sometimes taking a step back and looking at a monthly chart will reveal valuable information.

If the current leg of the ‘M’ pattern wants to extend by Fibonacci 1.382 X the length of the 2022 down leg, this implies a target of 5300 on the S&P 500.

We will know in a matter of days if the SEC is going to approve a spot Bitcoin ETF.

The astrology of Bitcoin says that this is a prime time for something to happen. I have been watching BitCoin for some time now and I can tell you it behaves in accordance with human emotion, just like a stock on the stock market. As proof of this, take a look at the following chart:

From early 2019 through to mid-2021, BitCoin soared higher and in so doing made a big double top formation on the chart. Price then declined – but look where it stopped. It retraced a Fibonacci 78.6% of the runup. When ever a stock or commodity retraces this much, there is a 95% chance that a bottom is being recorded.

Here and now, BitCoin has clawed it way back, retracing 61.8% of the massive declines. If the SEC approves the ETF, look for a push higher to retrace 78.6% of the massive declines. This will bring $60,000 into focus.

If the SEC is going to embrace the ETF, the timing is otherwise perfect. For years now, I have noticed a correlation between price swing points on BitCoin and the declination of Venus. Why this is so, I cannot explain. Call it one of the mysteries of the cosmos.

Here and now, Venus is at its declination low. Something is going to happen with respect to price trend. Perhaps the SEC approves the ETF and price rockets upward. Perhaps the SEC postpones its decision and BitCoin tumbles.

What happens in the coming days is in the hands of Venus….

Where does the US government keep its money?

The answer to this question used to be – in the various large banking institutions across America.

But that has changed since 2019. Now the Gov’t keeps its money in the various regional Federal Reserve banks. You can track the ebb and flow of money in and out of the regional Fed banks by looking at the following chart which is always available on the website from the St. Louis Federal Reserve bank.

As the Gov’t collects money from taxes and fees, the bank balance rises. When the chart shows the bank balance to be declining, what is happening is the Govt is maybe paying some bills but for sure the Govt is withdrawing cash from the Fed regional banks and parking it with a select few of the largest, most stable institutions (ie JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs…). These commercial behemoths then lend out this newly deposited cash to earn an interest return. Or, maybe these behemoths use the cash for trading the markets. In any case, when the Gov’t needs some cash to pay bills, it will ask that the big banks to send some of it back to the Fed.

If you look at a chart of the S&P 500, you will see (with a bit of lag) the connection between cash flowing out of the Fed regional banks and the general trend of the equity market.

What I do not know is why the Govt adopted this strategy in 2019. Does it not want to spread its money across the wider banking system? Is it afraid that there are too many mid-tier banks out there that are unstable?

I will be watching this chart as it evolves in 2024. Something ‘big’ is apparently happening….

In my recent newsletter writings I tried to make the case that the consumer is troubled. I based my argument on the declining savings rate in the banking system. The following chart illustrates further.

Some stock charts further add to my argument. And you can expect to hear more about the consumer situation on financial media outlets like Bloomberg. Stock charts of the big retailers are now warning of a pending economic slowdown. The media analysts are starting to clue in that there is a story here. The following chart of Wal Mart screams “slow down” with its big gap down in price.

WalMart has an IPO date of August 25, 1972. Venus plays a key role in navigating the WalMart (WMT) price chart. This seems due to Venus having been conjunct the Mid-Heaven (MH) point at the IPO date.

The nasty gap down at the right side of the chart speaks to concerns expressed by senior management. Note how the various swing pivot points on the price chart align to celestial bodies passing key points of the 1972 natal horoscope. Note how the gap down was triggered by Venus passing the 1972 natal Asc point. In the future pay close attention to where Venus is in the zodiac relative to the 1972 key natal points in the Wal Mart horoscope. I have further added (blue font) a list of dates to be alert to in the near future. These dates will help you better navigate the price action of Wal Mart shares.

Consumer weakness also appears to be finding its way into the farming community. The famous maker of green-colored farm implements and machinery (Deer & Co) traces its IPO date to January 13, 1978. In all, 2023 has not been a good year for Deere (NYSE:DE). Share price declined into late May, rebounded into July and has been falling ever since. Commodity prices are low and the cost of obtaining financing to purchase crop input supplies is rising. (I recently had a farmer in my area here in western Canada tell me his crop input loan for 2024 will be at an uncomfortable 10.1% interest.) The farm operator is getting squeezed. When a farm operator is getting squeezed, he will not be buying new farm equipment. The chart of DE speaks to this reality.

I have overlaid the above chart with events of celestial bodies passing key points on the 1978 natal horoscope. If there will be a turning point for DE share price look to December when Mars and Sun pass the natal MH point. However, the general weakness could continue until the end of Q1 2024 when Saturn finally moves away from the natal Asc point and Mars passes the natal Asc point.

The Astrology of The Situation Between Israel and Hamas

According to author Marjorie Orr in her book The Astrological History of the World, the state of Israel was founded on May 14, 1948. She cites the time of 4:00 pm (local time, Tel Aviv). The following horoscope wheel shows the planetary positions at this date. By the way – her book is still available on Amazon for a very decent price.

The attack by Hamas came at 6:30 am on October 7, 2023. Laying the horoscope wheel for that time atop the natal horoscope for Israel shows the following:

Note that Jupiter is conjunct the natal Node in the sign of Taurus.

Uranus is conjunct the natal Sun

Venus is conjunct the natal Mars point

Moon is close enough to be regarded as conjunct the natal Moon

Sun is conjunct natal Neptune

The Ascendant is conjunct the natal Ascendant at 23 Libra

Mars is conjunct the natal Ascendant

That makes 7 conjunctions. WOW! This attack was foretold by the planets; destined to happen. If you believe in a “higher Power”, this is probably a good time to sit quietly and think about the world and the how and why of geopolitical events….

Gold is having a rough time. The yellow metal seemingly does not like positive real interest rates. Nor does it like the fact that the US Dollar is strengthening. Gold is bearish in many ways right now.

The above chart shows Gold futures prices overlaid with a Pluto 4^th harmonic quantum line (CS=2), a Neptune 3^rd harmonic quantum line (CS=2), as well as Saturn 3^rd and 4^th harmonic quantum lines (CS=2). In addition, the chart has been overlaid with Jupiter 4^th and 5^th harmonic quantum lines (CS=18).

It appears as though Gold will test the Neptune 3^rd harmonic quantum line in the near term.  Ideally, I would like to see this test of the quantum line occur along with an Astro event. October 8 will have Moon passing the 1919 Gold Fix natal Ascendant. Mars will work its way past the natal Ascendant from October 12-25. Sun will pass the natal Ascendant from October 24-31.

The Neptune 3^rd harmonic quantum line so happens to also be the Fibonacci 61.8% retracement level of the October 2022 to May 2023 price rally.

If this retest occurs, get ready to buy an ETF that has Gold bullion exposure. An ETF of gold mining stocks is potentially risky because miners are getting squeezed by higher operating costs these days. This will be reflected in share price.

Copper sees half of its global demand coming from China. Copper is a good barometer of the China situation. Problem is, China right now is not the robust, double-digit growth China of the past. The Chinese economy is struggling. Economic uncertainty is prompting Chinese households to stash money into savings rather than go out to spend, and companies remain wary of making new investments.

The following chart shows a bearish intermediate trend (red dashed line) on copper. The major trend (200-day average, black dashed line) is also bearish with price trading beneath it. All in all, not a good situation. Note what happened on the above chart when the 200-day average intersected with the intermediate trend line. Price turned lower. This is not a positive situation.

The January 2023 highs of $4.30 represent a Fibonacci 61.8% retrace of the 2022 declines. Price could not push beyond the 61.8% retracement level. Here and now, Copper is below the 38.2% retracement level. I expect to see a re-test of the May 2023 lows.

The next Hurst intervals of longer duration (602 days and 285 days) will manifest in October 2023.

In late October 2023, Mars and Sun will both transit past 9 of Scorpio, a key planetary point in the 1988 Copper futures first trade horoscope. In addition, a Venus 137-degree heliocentric interval will manifest in October (measured from the March 2022 price high point).

These bits of evidence lead me to believe that October could bring a meaningful trend change in Copper prices.

Aphelion and Perihelion are two terms that are seldom mentioned when it comes to astrology. To be entirely correct, these terms are more related to astronomy than astrology. When a planet is at aphelion, it is farthest away from the Sun as part of its orbital journey. When a planet is at perihelion, it is closest to the Sun as part of its orbital journey. Do aphelion events of inner planets like Mercury and Venus affect human emotion? I say they have a very strong propensity to affect emotions. Let’s look further.

Here is a chart segment from 2020 when the Covid panic set in. Days ahead of the massive meltdown, Mercury was at perihelion. In March 2020 as the market was finding a bottom and as human emotion was settling down, Venus was at perihelion and Mercury was at aphelion.

The following is a chart of Corn futures. Note the shallow rounded top at the Mercury perihelion event in April 2023. The Venus perihelion event in April created a more pronounced selloff. The Mercury aphelion event in May culminated in a swing low. The Mars aphelion event in late May resulted in an end to the price recovery. More recently, a Mercury perihelion event in June led to a steep selloff in Corn prices.

These are but two examples. My back-testing shows that all of the Mercury, Venus, and Mars aphelion/perihelion events should be looked at. There will be many that do not affect human emotion. BUT when there is an effect, the financial markets will react strongly. As the old adage says, forewarned is forearmed.

Many years ago the administrators who worked to launch a new commodity contract onto an exchange seemingly were well versed in astrology. A case in point is crude oil futures and their first trade date of March 30, 1983. The horoscope wheel shows a rectangular pattern with corner points of Neptune, Mars, Node, and Moon. I have noticed that times when Sun (or Mars) passes these corner point locations in the zodiac, there is a price response on crude oil futures; sometimes a muted response, sometimes a significant response.

The following chart shows what happened recently when Sun passed three of these corner points:

In December 2022, Sun passing the 1983 Neptune point caused a drawdown in oil price. In March 2023, a steep drawdown was associated with Sun passing the 1983 Node point. In April 2023, a steep selloff was triggered as Sun passed the 1983 Mars location.

Along the way, Mercury and Moon passing these same corner points helped to define other pivot points.

Fibonacci math also plays a role in defining the crude oil price chart. In Nov-Dec 2022, oil prices fell significantly. Price recovering to the $80 level was Fibonacci 48.6% retrace of this drawdown. This same price level recently acted as overhead resistance in April 2023. A selloff in early May was halted as Moon passed the 1983 natal Moon point.

And so it goes. Astrology is a powerful tool in guiding you through the turbulent oil market.

After making a significant low in March 2020, the Canadian dollar rallied into mid-2021. Since then, it has retraced much of those gains and now is trading in a sideways channel.

In fact, the Canadian dollar retraced a Fibonacci 78.6% of its 2020-2021 gains. This level forms the lower bound of the trading channel.

In August 2022, the Canadian Dollar started on a swift trajectory lower. The recent recovery amounts to a Fibonacci 48.6% retrace of this steep drawdown. This 48.6% level forms the upper boundary of the channel.

A pullback towards the lower part of the channel will set up the opportunity to sell some Put Options. A rise through the top of the channel will provide the opportunity to take a long position.