Jupiter and Pluto Declination
When it comes to financial astrology, there is more to the subject than just planets appearing in certain signs. One must also be cognizant of the concept of declination, where declination is the amount (above or below) that a planet deviates from the ecliptic plane during orbit of the Sun. Think of the planets as race cars going around a track. Think of the race cars periodically rising above the track. That would be positive (or northerly) declination. The opposite would be negative (or southerly) declination.
Declination then opens itself to the notion of parallel and contra-parallel. Suppose two planets on a given day were both exhibiting positive declination. Suppose that on that day they were both at the same number of degrees of declination. That would be a parallel event. Suppose that two planets on a given day were experiencing declination – one positive and the other planet at negative declination. Suppose that at a particular day, one planet was at 12 degrees positive declination and the other planet at -12 degrees declination. That would be a contra-parallel event.
Consider now, some events involving Pluto and Jupiter that had significant bearing on the financial markets.
February 9 through mid-March, 2009: Jupiter and Pluto approached each other in declination, were at exact parallel (same degree of declination) on February 23 and then slowly drifted apart in degrees of declination until they were more than 2 degrees apart by mid-March. Leading up to this event, Gold prices had chopped sideways for 8 trading sessions prior. But, at February 9, a rally started that took Gold from $892 to $1004. Oddly enough, at February 23 when Jupiter and Pluto were exactly at parallel (the same degree of declination), the price of Gold peaked at $1004 and proceeded to fall all the way to year end where it traded at $867.
Significant price peak in Gold price August-September 2011: In 2011, Gold exhibited a massive price rally. But this all came to a halt in late August / early September 2011. I remember this time well as I found myself intrigued by the sudden failure of this rally that many were forecasting would take Gold to much higher prices. So what happened? Jupiter recorded a maxima point in its declination path is what happened.
May 19, 2012 through July 12, 2012: During this time span, Jupiter and Pluto were contra-parallel to each other. The price of Gold had reached $1800 in late February, 2012 before running out of steam. By mid-May, Gold price was back in the mid-$1500 range. On May 16, price recorded an inflection low point at $1526. What happened to trigger this? The answer is, on May 19 Jupiter and Pluto officially came into a contra-parallel declination setup. This contra-parallel event lasted until mid-July with Gold price thrashing about wildly. Price stayed firm and by the early days of October was setting up to test $1800 again. But, the price rally failed. Why? The answer is – Jupiter recorded another of its declination maxima levels.
January 1 through early April 2013: During this time span, Gold prices were trending lower and had been since Jupiter made its maxima declination in October 2012. Jupiter and Pluto were contra-parallel in the opening part of 2013. This situation ended in early April when their declinations moved more than 1.5 degrees apart. Just as contra-parallel was ending, Gold price exhibited a severe plunge from $1590 to $1321.
Late October 2013: Jupiter and Pluto briefly made another contra-parallel event in late October. Gold price was at $1361 at the date of contra-parallel, but could not hold. By year end (Dec 31 is the McWhirter first trade date for Gold), Gold prices had made an inflection low point of $1202.
June 17-July 20, 2014: Jupiter and Pluto were contra-parallel in declination. Two trading sessions ahead of the date when contra-parallel ended, Gold prices hit $1346. After this, prices steadily fell into November eventually hitting $1132.
June 17-July 20, 2014: Jupiter and Pluto were contra-parallel in declination. The 10 Year Treasury market drifted sideways to higher during this time. At the very day the contra-parallel ended, the 10 Year Treasury market recorded a peak and promptly proceeded to fall from 127.00 to 123.50.
And such is the power of declination. Whether the declination in and of itself is influencing mankind’s emotions or whether these parallel and contra-parallel events are being used to manipulate markets remains a hot topic for discussion. I am tending towards the latter idea…
There are software programs out there that will assist you in generating declination plots. In the absence of a software program, consider the data at the following link:
