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When I first started writing my thoughts on financial astrology, I approached the subject from the stance that astrology events impacted human emotion which in turn impacted buying and selling behavior on the markets.

I still believe this to be true, but I have broadened my stance somewhat.

If you were to step out onto a busy sidewalk in any major global city and ask 100 random people when Mercury was Retrograde or when Venus would be at Inferior Conjunction or when Mars would be passing 14 of Cancer you would be lucky to find but a handful of people who knew what you were asking them.

Is it then possible that behind the curtain in Chicago, London, New York there are clever people who orchestrate short term trend changes on the markets at these key astrology events? If the average man (investor) on the street is otherwise ignorant of astrology, such manipulative efforts could easily succeed. Fear and greed move markets and once the trend change has been orchestrated, fear and greed will take over to establish some momentum and some profit for those in control.

As a simple exercise, take a global stock index of your choosing. Overlay this chart with Mercury Retrograde events and see how well these events align to pivot swing points. Not all pivots are huge swings, but to a party trading large numbers of contracts these pivots would be money makers.

Take a look at some Commodity futures from the CBOT and overlay Mercury Retrograde events. You will see the same general alignment to pivot swing points.

There is more than just Mercury at work here. Consider also Venus cycles, Mars cycles and Moon cycles.

In my opinion, Astrology is the secret language of the select few who are in control of the financial markets. In my efforts as a writer and blogger, all I am trying to do is create a following of like-minded people who are interested in following some of these pivotal swings across stocks, commodities and indices. After all, why should only a select few enjoy all the spoils of astrology?

I recently had an opportunity to read The Harbinger by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn.

In his book, Cahn states that the birth date of America was the date George Washington was sworn in as President – April 30, 1789 in the morning hours around 9am.

Here is where my curiosity gets piqued. Here s where I dive off the deep end into the pool of astrology. On this swearing in date in 1789, the Moon in the horoscope wheel was passing 14 degrees of Cancer.

Where was the Sun on July 4, 1776 – the date recognized as American Independence Day ? Why, it was at 14 of Cancer.

Where was the Ascendant on May 19, 1789 at the founding date of the New York Stock Exchange? Why it was passing 14 of Cancer, of course.

Now, here is where things get weird. In the early 1500s, Spanish writer Bartolome de las Casas penned a narrative of Columbus’ discovery of the New World. He wrote that on the evening of October 11, 1492 Columbus and his party were anchored at sea and in the distance they saw flickering lights which they took to be fires burning. So, where was the Moon in the zodiac wheel on the evening of October 11, 1492? Why, yes…, it was at 14 Cancer.

Fast forward now to April 3, 1848 when a group of Chicago businessmen founded the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). And where was the Moon on that morning when the corporate documents were being finalized and signed? Why, 14 of Cancer of course.

I am at a loss to explain this 14 of Cancer point. But, I can tell you that I have looked at it thoroughly and I have noted price inflection points on CBOT agricultural commodities do often align to dates when heliocentric Mercury, Mars and Venus pass 14 of Cancer. And, the entire McWhirter methodology is based on structuring monthly lunation charts with the Ascendant at 14 Cancer.

If anyone out there has some deeper ideas on 14 Cancer – I would enjoy hearing from you.

The following is an excerpt taken from the Jan 16, 2015 E-Alert:

A couple years back when I was doing astrology research in the British Library I stumbled upon a book by author Constance Brown. After presenting various thoughts on chart technical analysis, she took a hard left turn and started postulating on how musical tones might align to price behaviour on stocks and commodities.

Unfortunately, she was unable to explain this connection in a clear enough manner for me to grasp.
On a subsequent visit to Toronto, I happened into an independent bookstore where I found a book entitled Quadruvium – The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music and Cosmology.

Believe me… I am not a musician. I play the radio and the CD player and not much else. But I have now scoured the pages of this Quadruvium book and I think I now see where Constance Brown was coming from with her musical theory.

Using a starting point of 261.62 Hertz (middle C), one can derive the scale of audible musical frequencies.

The following table is a partial list of frequencies:

frequency Musical note

8.17579892 C(-1)
8.66195722 C#/Db(-1)
9.17702400 D(-1)
9.72271824 D#/Eb(-1)
10.30086115 E(-1)
10.91338223 F(-1)
11.56232571 F#/Gb(-1)
12.24985737 G(-1)
12.97827180 G#/Ab(-1)
13.75000000 A(-1)
14.56761755 A#/Bb(-1)
15.43385316 B(-1)
16.35159783 C0
17.32391444 C#/Db0
18.35404799 D0
19.44543648 D#/Eb0
20.60172231 E0
21.82676446 F0
23.12465142 F#/Gb0
24.49971475 G0
25.95654360 G#/Ab0
27.50000000 A0
29.13523509 A#/Bb0
30.86770633 B0
32.70319566 C1
34.64782887 C#/Db1
36.70809599 D1
38.89087297 D#/Eb1
41.20344461 E1
43.65352893 F1
46.24930284 F#/Gb1
48.99942950 G1
51.91308720 G#/Ab1
55.00000000 A1
58.27047019 A#/Bb1
61.73541266 B1
65.40639133 C2
69.29565774 C#/Db2
73.41619198 D2
77.78174593 D#/Eb2
82.40688923 E2
87.30705786 F2
92.49860568 F#/Gb2
97.99885900 G2
103.82617439 G#/Ab2
110.00000000 A2
116.54094038 A#/Bb2
123.47082531 B2
130.81278265 C3
138.59131549 C#/Db3
146.83238396 D3
155.56349186 D#/Eb3
164.81377846 E3
174.61411572 F3
184.99721136 F#/Gb3
195.99771799 G3
207.65234879 G#/Ab3
220.00000000 A3
233.08188076 A#/Bb3
246.94165063 B3
261.62556530 C4
277.18263098 C#/Db4
293.66476792 D4
311.12698372 D#/Eb4
329.62755691 E4
349.22823143 F4
369.99442271 F#/Gb4
391.99543598 G4
415.30469758 G#/Ab4
440.00000000 A4
466.16376152 A#/Bb4
493.88330126 B4
523.25113060 C5
554.36526195 C#/Db5
587.32953583 D5
622.25396744 D#/Eb5
659.25511383 E5
698.45646287 F5
739.98884542 F#/Gb5
783.99087196 G5
830.60939516 G#/Ab5
880.00000000 A5
932.32752304 A#/Bb5
987.76660251 B5
1046.50226120 C6
1108.73052391 C#/Db6
1174.65907167 D6
1244.50793489 D#/Eb6
1318.51022765 E6
1396.91292573 F6
1479.97769085 F#/Gb6
1567.98174393 G6
1661.21879032 G#/Ab6
1760.00000000 A6
1864.65504607 A#/Bb6
1975.53320502 B6
2093.00452240 C7
2217.46104781 C#/Db7
2349.31814334 D7
2489.01586978 D#/Eb7
2637.02045530 E7
2793.82585146 F7
2959.95538169 F#/Gb7
3135.96348785 G7
3322.43758064 G#/Ab7
3520.00000000 A7
3729.31009214 A#/Bb7
3951.06641005 B7
4186.00904481 C8
4434.92209563 C#/Db8
4698.63628668 D8
4978.03173955 D#/Eb8
5274.04091061 E8
5587.65170293 F8
5919.91076339 F#/Gb8
6271.92697571 G8
6644.87516128 G#/Ab8
7040.00000000 A8
7458.62018429 A#/Bb8
7902.13282010 B8
8372.01808962 C9

In the Jan 16th E-Alert, I presented numerous examples of stocks and commodities to show how frequencies can be used to define support and resistance levels. The following is one of those examples:

The following chart illustrates daily price action on Gold of late. In March 2014, with the stochastic in short term overbought territory Gold was struggling to get above the 1396.91 Hz frequency level. A sell signal followed shortly thereafter. In May 2014, Gold prices found support at the 1244.50 Hz frequency and a buy signal followed thereafter on the DMI and stochastic. In July 2014, price was struggling to get and stay above the 1318.51 Hz frequency. A technical sell signal followed thereafter. In October 2014, price was struggling to get above the 1244.5 Hz level and a sell signal resulted. In December 2014, a rally faltered as price stalled out at the 1244.5 Hz frequency level.

Support for Gold right now rests at the 1174.65 Hz level. Any violation of that support will see the 1108.73 Hz level come into play. I would be a buyer of Gold if price action could get and stay above the 1244.50 Hz level.

the following is an excerpt from the Jan 9, 2015 E-alert, written while I was on vacation in Bisbee, Arizona:

Ask anyone when the birthday of America is – and they will quickly tell you July 4, 1776 – the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.

The other day I made an accidental find here in Bisbee, Arizona when I spotted on the bottom shelf in a dusty old antique shop a book by famed astrology Jim Lewis. Lewis and his contemporaries have done serious back-testing on the subject of America’s birth date and subsequent dates in history that occurred at hard aspects to the birth date. What they have concluded is that the most appropriate birth date for America is actually July 6, 1775. This is the date the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia issued a formal written Declaration of War against England’s King George III.

I will be using this birth date in my studies of significant turning points in American history. One longer cycle of time that I follow is that of heliocentric Uranus which takes 84 years to orbit the Sun. If one traces the movement of Uranus and its long cycles, it can be seen that from a start date of 1775 – a cycle of Uranus takes us to the events in time aligning to the election of Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent Civil War. Add another Uranus cycle and we land right in the midst of the Second World War. Add another Uranus cycle and we land in 2027. This is interesting in light of the 18.6 year economic cycle that I have talked about at length in various E-Alerts and in my published books. The year 2027 is slated to be the bottom (or end) of the current economic cycle that started in late 2008. I will leave it to you to speculate on what 2027 might bring in light of the past 2 Uranus cycles having aligned to wars.

The following is an excerpt of material provided to subscribers in my Jan 9, 2015 E-Alert:

Soybean futures started trading for the first time on October 5, 1936. Thus, the transiting Sun will make a 0 degree hard aspect to Soybeans natal Sun early in October of each year. The following chart illustrates daily nearest Soybean prices.

I have overlaid this chart with the 0, 90 and 180 degree aspects of transiting Sun and transiting Mars to the natal Sun position. Note how back in April-June, 2014 Mars was Retrograde and this spent a good deal of time in and around the Soybeans natal Sun position. This event coincided with a price peak on Soybeans. More recently, Soybeans exhibited a trend shift at the end of September, just as transiting Sun was passing the natal sun location. This trend shift was confirmed by the Slow Stochastic. A price inflection point was registered in early November as Mars made a 90 degree aspect to the natal Sun location.

To add further to my observations in my Dec 10th E-Alert, please note that geocentric Mars will be 0 degrees to Uranus on March 5, 2015. Also at this time, Mars will be 120 degrees to Jupiter and Uranus will be 120 degrees to Jupiter.

** It is reasonable to then expect a significant development on Soybeans at this early March timeframe. **

Follow-up: The following chart shows that in fact something did happen to Soybeans price at or near March 5, 2015. Once again, McWhirter astrology prevails !

The following is a shortened excerpt of material was presented to subscribers in the January 2, 2015 E-Alert.

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Mercury is also the closest to the Sun. As a result of its proximity to the powerful gravitational pull of the Sun, Mercury moves very quickly – completing an orbit of the Sun in 88 days.

Scientists at NASA have now concluded that Mercury does in fact have a di-polar magnetic field. This field is strong enough to deflect solar wind particles that have emanated from the Sun. These solar winds then carry on towards the Earth. Scientists have also determined that Mercury has an eccentric orbit in which its distance from the Sun will range from 46 million kms to 70 million kms. When Mercury is nearer to the Sun (ie… 46 million kms away), it is moving at its fastest (~56.6 kms per second). When Mercury is farther from the Sun (ie… 70 million kms away), it is moving slower (~38.7 kms per second). The point where it is nearest to the Sun is called Perihelion. The point where it is farthest from the Sun is called Aphelion.

One must also consider the Superior and Inferior Conjunctions of Mercury. When Mercury is between the Earth and the Sun, it is in Inferior Conjunction. When Sun is between Earth and Mercury, then Mercury is said to be at Superior Conjunction. It helps to think of Mercury at Inferior Conjunction as being the start of a new 88 day cycle.

The following charts of the S&P 500 and also of Gold illustrate the influence of Mercury.

I have overlaid these charts with Mercury greatest east and West elongation points (labelled E and W), Mercury Perihelion and Aphelion points (labelled P and A) as well as Superior and Inferior Conjunctions (labelled Inf and Sup).

The following list is dates to watch for when Mercury will be at a key part of its orbit.

2015/05/07 Mercury Greatest Elongation East
2015/05/30 Mercury Inferior Conjunction
2015/06/02 Mercury Aphelion
2015/06/24 Mercury Greatest Elongation West
2015/07/16 Mercury Perihelion
2015/07/23 Mercury Superior Conjunction
2015/08/29 Mercury Aphelion
2015/09/04 Mercury Greatest Elongation East
2015/09/30 Mercury Inferior Conjunction