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I recently took the time to read Tunnel Through the Air, written by W.D. Gann in 1927. This book is part love story, part sci-fi novel and part war story. Through it all, Gann has embedded several clues as to where to find repetitive cycles that can assist one in trading. The story revolves around Robert Gordon, a farm lad from Texas who ends up making it big in New York. Gann lists several dates when young Robert traded Cotton futures. In order to decipher what Gann is telling you, it is critical to have a working knowledge of astrology. I soon enough figured out that Robert Gordon was looking to put on Cotton trades at times when a repetitive cycle was due. The repetitive cycle is planetary declination. The various planets revolve around the Sun following a plane of motion called the ‘ecliptic’ plane. Thanks to gravitational pull from the Sun, the various planets move above and below the ecliptic plane. Planets closer to Sun and thus more subject to Sun’s gravitational pull will wander above and below the ecliptic several times in a year. Slower moving, massive outer planets take longer to move above and below the ecliptic.

What I figured out from reading Gann’s book was that a trader should determine the declinations of the various planets at the first trade date. In the case of Cotton, I found the first trade date to be June 20, 1870. The declination data was obtained in my Solar Fire Gold software program. Alternatively, one could find this data on-line with a simple search.

Next I looked at a recent chart of Cotton. What I was looking for were definite highs and lows. I noted that in mid-January 2020, Cotton turned in a trend change that would see price fall 24 cents per pound. At this trend change, Saturn and Jupiter (two heavyweight planets) were parallel in declination to where they had been at Cotton’s first trade date. Mars was contra-parallel in declination. Moon had just made its maximum declination. The downward plunge in price came to an end at March 31, 2020 with Moon at maximum declination and Mars and Jupiter parallel to their first trade date declinations.

Note – if the first trade declination of ….say…Mars was +22 degrees, a parallel event would occur any time Mars passed through a declination level of +22 degrees. A contra-parallel event would occur when Mars passed through a declination level of – 22 degrees.

I have subsequently tested this technique on other commodities and some stocks too. I am absolutely stunned at how this technique works. And the most amazing thing – this technique is hidden in plain view. You just have to know where to look and what to look for.

We take it for granted that Greenwich, England is the 0 degree start point for longitudinal measurement. But, why Greenwich? Why not some location more profound, like the Great Pyramid of Egypt? Famed theosophist Madame H.P. Blavatsky said the Great Pyramid of Egypt should be the start point for longitudinal measure.

Taking the 0 degree start point for longitude to be the Pyramid, one can apply the principles of Right Ascension ( simple math…) to see that New York (and the NYSE) are at 15 of Sagittarius on the zodiac wheel. What has happened as Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto have transited over this 15 of Sagittarius point will astound you! And this is only going back to 1987 as far as my data feed allows.

More recently, the Covid 19 related market plunge in March 2020 was marked by a Mars passage over 15 Sagittarius!

So where do I find ideas such as this? The answer is I read a lot. In my travels I always seek out used book shops and look for old astrology texts. Sometimes I put these on my shelf and forget about them. Recently in a fated moment, a book tumbled off my shelf and landed on the floor of my office. It was a 1969 text written by Dane Rudhyar. Although Rudhyar was not a financial astrologer, his bit about the 0 degree longitude start point got me thinking and I did come back testing.

Certainly more evidence that the markets are responding to hidden patterns that are actually in plain sight (if you understand Astrology which 99% of people DO NOT). This prevailing lack of Astrology understanding gives the powers that be on Wall Street free reign to manipulate markets using hidden patterns. With each manipulated crisis, these players get cover by the mainstream media who dredge up flimsy statistics to justify the market crisis. Moreover, with each crisis, these players exact more and more control over a fearful Federal Reserve whose FOMC district governors vote to open the money spigots another turn to prevent collapse of the system. Where and when will all this end?

Many market traders like to employ visible charting techniques such as moving averages and stochastics to gauge buying and selling decisions on stocks, commodities and indices. But what if there was something less visible that only a select few knew about? What if this less visible technique was actually part of our world?

Stop 10 people on the street and ask them to explain how electrons around an atom move in different energy levels, called orbital shells. You would be lucky to find one person who could explain. Yet, open any Physics textbook and you can learn all about it. Now…what if the price of a stock or commodity behaved like an electron? What if there were quantum “energy” levels that stock prices adhered to? What if you could calculate these levels and overlay them on a stock chart? Would your trading and investing performance improve?

It turns out that each planet has a series of “energy” levels that can be overlaid onto a stock price chart. The following chart of Canadian gold miner Pretium Resources (TSX:PVG) illustrates…. In particular, take a look at the price high in 2019. The red line that predicted the extent of this high is related to Mars. A person respecting this quantum level was cautious as price approached this high mark. A more naive person likely would have bought more shares thinking the upward momentum would continue.

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The various planets orbit around the Sun, which is the center of our Solar System. This concept is easily pictured in the mind. But, the planets do not orbit in a perfectly balanced motion. They tend to move up and down slightly in their orbital path. This up and down motion is called ‘declination’. Scientists have for a long time been able to mathematically model the annual expected declinations of the various planets. The software program Solar Fire Gold that I use comes equipped with declination plots. The following is a screenshot of the first part of the 2020 year:

I draw your attention to the red line and the blue line on the above plot. The red line is the declination of Mars; the blue line the declination of Venus. These two planets and their declinations are critical to financial markets. Take a close look at the red line again. Note that it made its low point (declination minimum) in mid-February, 2020. And….when did the markets seriously begin to decline in response to Covid 19? The timing connection between market events and declination is at times spooky! The next time interval I am looking for is early May when Venus makes its declination maximum. Moreover, this coming declination event is also closely aligned to a phenomenon called Venus retrograde which too is a powerful marker for trend changes across markets. Things are about to get very interesting….keep your eye on the markets.

One technique that practitioners of financial Astrology use is that of ‘price square time’. Price and time are deemed to have squared when a measure of time equals (or is a whole number multiple of) a move in price. When the average person hears mention of time, the instinct is to look at a calendar to measure the time interval. Calendar based time is related to the Earth moving around the Sun over a 12 month period (365 days). So, who says we have to measure time based on Earth and Sun? What if we measured time based on the degrees of advancement of heliocentric Venus or heliocentric Mars?

In my April 13th Astrology Letter, I noted: If I look at the overall S&P 500 decline from Feb 20^th to March 23 lows and take the close-close basis or the high-low basis, the price differential equates to 23 X or 24 X respectively the heliocentric move of Venus over the same time. Price and time appear to have squared.

In order for you to calculate price square time events, you will need a Heliocentric Ephemeris book of tables. You can find these Tables on-line with a quick on-line search, or you can talk to your local bookseller and have a copy purchased if you prefer a physical book.

I knew something was coming. The Astrology of Jupiter & Saturn told me so. But, I had no way of knowing it would be this….

In the Introductory remarks in my 2020 Financial Astrology Almanac ,I pointed out that 2020 would be the end of the current 20 year Gann Master Cycle and the beginning of a new cycle. I cautioned that 2020 would be a critical year for financial astrology. I hinted that 2020 could well mark the end of financial astrology as a tool if markets continued to power irrationally higher nurtured by a steady diet of low interest rate liquidity being injected into the system. What I did not know and could not know is that two Black Swan events would swamp the global economy starting in February 2020 – a crushing oil price war and the spread of a virulent flu strain that stands to re-shape leisure activity, social activity and indeed life as we know it. What we are all experiencing right now is the power of fear. Financial markets are a forward looking, discounting mechanism dominated by two emotions – fear and greed. When one of these emotions decidedly disappears completely and the other comes to dominate entirely, financial astrology as a tool breaks down.

How did we get to this position of fear?

I think what precipitated the entire calamity across markets was a breakdown of trust in the credit markets. I believe this breakdown may have started already in September 2019 when the overnight lending rate momentarily spiked, causing the Federal Reserve to start injecting massive liquidity into the banking system. The average investor scarcely took notice as all appeared well in the economy and across markets (at least according to Bloomberg, CNBC and others). It would appear that credit market matters did not improve, despite the liquidity injections. During October, November and December the amount of money injected into the system was staggering. In fact the injections were being dubbed ‘not-QE4’. Finally in February 2020 the strain on the credit system was too much and selling began in earnest by parties seeking to raise cash and reduce margin leverage. What should have been a 10-15% correction then suddenly spiraled out of control in Black Swan-like fashion. The Saudis and Russians could not agree on Oil output levels and a price war erupted, driving WTO Crude sharply lower. The spill-over effect drove equity markets lower, triggering more margin woes for over-leveraged players. Then the corona virus arrived on North American shores. Next thing you know, outright fear took over and a market selling frenzy resulted. Fear was now feeding on fear and investors were fleeing the markets.

There is only one cure for fear and that antidote is called optimism.

I remain optimistic that common sense will return to the situation real soon. I remain optimistic that this virus, like so many other virus organisms before it, will fade away as the weather changes now that Spring is here. In coming issues of the Astrology Letter, I will offer you some opinions on some large cap stocks that I feel have been overly beaten down. As the economy claws its way back to normalcy, these larger cap issues will hopefully lead the way. I will also offer some reviews of key financial astrology concepts so that as things return to some semblance of normal, your astrology skills remain robust. I remain optimistic that financial astrology will resume its place as a powerful tool for analysing markets.

Be well. stay safe.

In my travels, I recently came across an old book in a used bookstore that was all about planetary declination. So, first off – what is declination?

The planets orbit the Sun each in their own pattern but they are confined to a plane of motion called the ecliptic plane. As the planets orbit the Sun, they move up and down slightly relative to the ecliptic. This is what we call declination. Let’s say Mars was 10 degrees above the ecliptic. We would say Mars was at +10 degrees of declination. Let’s say Neptune was 5 degrees below the ecliptic. we would say it was at -5 degrees of declination.

Now, let’s take a look at planet pairs. Let’s say that on a given day, Mars was at +10 degrees of declination and Pluto was also at +10 degrees of declination. We would say that at that time, these two planets were at “parallel”. Let’s say on a given day, Jupiter was at +20 degrees of declination and Mars was at -20 degrees. We would say that at that time, these two planets were at “contra-parallel”.

Now, here is where it gets weird.Take a commodity – Gold, Cotton, Oil etc… Take a look at the declinations of the planets at the day in history when that commodity first started trading (the first trade date). Make a note of which pairs of planets were at parallel and contra-parallel.

Now, fast forward to here and now. Using tables of declination data (or a suitable software program), look for times when these very same parallel and contra-parallel events occur. Now, look at the price chart for the commodity. What you might see will shock you. All too often, sharp pivotal trend changes can be seen to initiate at the start or sometime finish of these parallel and contra-parallel events.

Now ask yourself – is this the power of Nature? Or, is this men in dark suits at hedge funds and investment banks manipulating the markets? If it is the latter – how evil-genius, brilliant of them. Very few people on the street are aware of declination. It is almost like declination is a timing mechanism and if people are unaware of it, then the men in dark suits will be free to swing the markets around to their benefit. The mainstream media will backstop the situation with their usual inept storymaking. ( …and in other news, the price of Gold was down today after blah, blah, from the Federal Reserve said blah, blah in a speech….).

So far, I am seeing a correlation between declination events and Gold, Cotton and Crude Oil. In the coming weeks, I will systematically look at all the commodities that I currently review in my Astrology Almanac. I would not be shocked to see the correlations extend across all commodities that trade in Chicago and New York.

It is one of my deeply held beliefs that the foundations of the American financial system are anchored in Astrology. In my annual Almanac publication I show how the Moon passing one of 4 key points in the 1792 natal birth horoscope of the NYSE all too often aligns to short, sharp inflection points on the Dow Jones Average and the S&P 500.

My readings have lately uncovered something else that supports my belief about Astrology being the anchor of the system.

It is reported that W.D.Gann followed the Jan 2, 1977 first trade natal horoscope for Wheat and Corn that trade on the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade – which is part of the CME Group today). It is also generally understood that he followed horoscope charts from 1848 and 1859. As it turns out, the CBOT was founded April 3, 1848 and on Feb 18, 1859 the Exchange received permission to self-regulate itself.

Here is the 1877 horoscope for Wheat and Corn. Note that the Ascendant and Mid-Heaven are in Cardinal Signs, namely Capricorn and Libra. Specifically, Sun is 12 Capricorn and MC is 15 Libra.

The above chart is the 1848 horoscope for the founding of the CBOT. Note that Sun and Moon are conjunct (New Moon), note that the New Moon is at 13 Aries which is 90 degrees to the Ascendant point in the wheat/Corn 1877 chart and note that Jupiter in the 1848 horoscope is at 12 Cancer which marks the Descendant point in the 1877 Wheat/Corn horoscope.

The above chart is the 1859 horoscope for the date when CBOT was granted self-regulatory status. Note Mars is at 13 Aries, which is the same point as the New Moon in the 1848 horoscope. Venus at 12 Capricorn is at the same location as the Ascendant in the 1877 Wheat/Corn horoscope. In both the 1848 and 1859 horoscopes, note further that Node is at 29 degrees of its sign.

Is all this purely accidental? Not a chance, I say.

It is peculiar occurrences like this between horoscope wheels that embolden my view that Astrology in past played a significant role in price movements on commodities. People like Gann and McWhirter were intuitive enough to figure this out and profited handsomely from their acumen. Fast forward to today and I still think the big boys like Goldman Sachs very quietly manipulate markets at key astrological events. Sadly, today very few people lend credence to Astrology which means the wizards that are using it have few barriers to success.

This is why I continue to author books on the subject of Financial Astrology. We must ensure this valuable correlation to the markets is not lost forever.

Over the years, there have been a small group of stocks (perhaps by accident, perhaps by design) that have made their IPO debuts on the market during Venus Retrograde. The odd thing is, these stocks seemingly have a memory and on subsequent Venus Retrograde events have displayed increased volatility. A classic case is that of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) which IPO’d in May 2012 during a Venus Retrograde.

The following chart (generated in Market Analyst software) shows Facebook price action overlaid with Venus Retrograde events.

I will be watching Facebook closely during the coming Retrograde event. This could be a good buying opportunity. Keep your eye too on the coming IPO for tech concern SNAP ( a.k.a. Snapchat). It is setting up to IPO and its first trade date will be perhaps right at the start of Retrograde.

Starting on March 4th and continuing for 40 days Venus will be Retrograde. As I explain in my 2017 Financial Astrology Almanac, Retrograde does not mean the planet suddenly starts moving backwards in the sky. Rather, it is passing Earth (think of 2 race cars around a circuit) because Venus travels around the Sun quicker (225 days) than Earth travels around the Sun (365 days). As it passes us, we see it appearing in various zodiac signs/constellations and to us it appears successively in signs that are in reverse (backwards) order on the zodiac. To the ancients, this must have been quite a sight and to the divine seers Retrogrades were highly esteemed events in the heavens.

There is a link between Retrograde events and financial markets. I still struggle with this. Do these events somehow affect our inner psyches? Or, do the wizards on Wall Street deliberately move the markets at Retrograde events to engineer more profitable trading opportunities?

The following chart (generated in Market Analyst software) shows that in 2007, the US equity markets hit a peak at Venus Retrograde and the 2009 lows came at a Venus Retrograde. Co-incidence? You tell me….

Since 2009, there have been other Venus Retrograde events too as the following chart shows (again created in Market Analyst software). Each time, the US equity markets have responded notably.

My eyes will be glued to the e-mini Dow futures for possible trading opportunities at the coming 40 day Retrograde event. If Wall Street wants to manipulate the market for 40 days starting on March 4, I can play that game too….