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(This post initially appeared on tyhis website on March 22, 2026)

Gold – the safe haven – has been more volatile than ever. However, the general trend does remain bullish. The following chart has been fitted with Jupiter quantum lines. As at March 20, the quantum line at $4600 was providing underlying support.

Gold follows a 243-day larger cycle and a smaller 58.65-day cycle. Recall that 243 days is the axial spin time of Venus and 58.65 days is the axial spin time of Mercury. A Bayer Rule 11-A projection from late January points to the last days of March. A Bayer Rule 10-A projection from the March 2 pivot points to the first week of April. The 58.65-day cycle is due to end/start again at the end of March. Another Bayer Rule 11-A projection from late January points to the last days of March.

Pay close attention to the events that are immediately ahead of us. It is hard to see through the mixed messages coming out of Washington. However, cycles and tools like Bayer projections can help cut through the confusion. Something is about to happen. It could be a positive development or it could be something worse….

What Happened Since

Late March gave a swing pivot low and a brief recovery. However, the recovery failed in early April and sent Gold prices to the $4000 level. The end of the 58.65-day cycle in early August gave a buying opportunity, but this rally too failed at a Bayer’s Rule 10-A projection from the June 29 low. From the swing point in mid-August Bayer’s Rule 10-A and 11-A projections are pointing to mid to late October for the next pivot point. Watch carefully. The current 58.65-day cycle will be ending in early October (next week).

Jupiter quantum lines continue to act as support and resistance. Here and now, Sept 29, the underlying Jupiter lines is being severely tested. A failure of this line to hold will bring the $3950 level into focus.

(originally posted to this website on Dec 31, 2025)

The race is on to see who can be the first to extract critical minerals from the seafloor. One of the race participants is The Metals Company (N:TMC). Here and now, the Company is awaiting approvals from the White House regarding the suggested NOAA approach to the seafloor mineral extraction permitting process.

In the meantime, TMC has now completed some laboratory studies that demonstrate the mineral-rich nodules on the seafloor area near the South Pacific island of Nauru contain valuable amounts of manganese sulfate – a key material in battery cathodes for EVs.

TMC price has a cyclicality to it. Larger cycles are equivalent to the 225-day Venus orbital cycle around the Sun. Smaller cycles equate to the Mercury axial spin cycle of 58.65 days. Here and now, one can see on the above chart how the larger 225-day cycle ended in early December. The end of this cycle marked the failure of a rally attempt. Here and now, one can also see the trend on TMC – as measured by the Slow Stochastic and the True Strength Index – is bearish. Late January will bring the end of the current 58.65-day cycle AND a Bayer Rule #11-A increment (see green line in chart). I will be watching TMC closely in January. I have reason to believe share price is going to briefly dip to around $4.50 per share.

The Company says it has about $115 million cash on hand now. Exploration expenses plus general & admin expenses in Q3 amounted to around $50 million. TMC says not to worry because there are outstanding warrants that when exercised will bring in fresh money.

Here is the breakdown: there are 5.3 million warrants outstanding at an exercise price of $2.00. There are 12.3 million warrants outstanding at an exercise price of $4.50. There are 1 million warrants at an exercise price of $5.87. There are 9.1 million warrants at an exercise price of $4.72 subject to the US Govt granting mineral extraction licenses. Beyond these tranches, there are 6.8 million warrants at an exercise price of $7.00 and 24.5 million with an exercise price of $11.50.

TMC needs some dramatic news and soon if it is going to sport cash “burn” rates like it did in Q3. The share price really needs to get closer to $9 or $10 to encourage warrant holders to exercise their warrants. Share price will only move if the US Govt can offer up some approval of the recent NOAA proposal and if the island of Nauru itself needs to issue operating permits to TMC.

The clock is ticking….I am watching the 58.65 day cycle slowly unfold….

What Has Happened Since

TMC finally hit a brick wall. It is the United Nations (a subcommittee on seafloor activities) that gives permission to exploit minerals from the seafloor. In an effort to save itself, TMC then entered into a bizarre deal where it used its remaining cash plus proceeds from a financing to acquire a 1% royalty in a Minnesota iron ore project. Shareholders have been less than impressed.

At the time TMC went public, Venus was at -1.00 degrees latitude and Mercury was at -5.00 degrees latitude. Examining these latitude levels into the current timeframe shows that price does exhibit a response at Venus +/- 1.00 degrees and Mercury at +/- 5.00 degrees. TMC is also underpinned by a 58.65-day cycle. Price tends to exhibit a response at cycle endpoints and midpoints.

Until or unless the United Nations decides to allow sub-surface exploitation of mineral respources, TMC will be nothing more than a 1% royalty in an iron ore mine in Minnesota.

This is an excerpt from the April 5, 2024 Astrology Letter….

As more data centers embrace Artificial Intelligence, the additional computing power will require more electrical energy. Who generates this electricity? Is there an investment opportunity for us?

This week I had an inquiry from a subscriber asking if I could look at a few power generation utility stocks. Thank you for this….I wish I could get more inquiries like this….

The first thing that must be understood is that utility companies are regulated by state/provincial/local authorities as to how much they can charge consumers for electricity. As interest rates have risen thanks to Central Banks fighting inflation, investors have looked away from the dividends on utility stocks and embraced the rising yields on Treasury bonds. Utility stocks do not usually perform well when interest rates are rising.

However, Central Banks are now done raising rates. Rates may not come down quickly from here, but rates will not go up. We could start seeing utility stocks make a bottoming pattern soon. In some cases, certain utility-type stocks have just recently made a bottom.

In this issue I will take a look at TC Energy (Toronto: TRP), Duke Energy (N:DUK), and American Electric Power (Q:AEP).

TC Energy ( TSX: TRP): TC Energy owns or has an interest in 7 natural gas power plants, 2 wind projects, and a 48% interest in the Bruce Power nuclear plant in Ontario. In total, TC Energy has 7000 MW of electrical generating capacity. In addition, when it comes to natural gas pipeline distribution systems, TC Energy is the biggest player in Canada and also in parts of the USA.

Trans Canada Energy seems to function on long cycles of 401 weeks (blue arcs) and 597 weeks (red arcs).

Within these longer cycles, I am seeing smaller 79 week cycles (yellow arcs), and 22 week cycles (pink arcs – see chart on next page).

The 79 week cycle will end in November. The 22 week cycle will end in May.

This chart has been fitted with the Slow Stochastic trend indicator. Times when the Stochastic gave a buy or sell signal can be seen aligning to the action of the Moon relative to key points in the 1952 natal horoscope.

Here and now, the trend is drifting sideways to lower. IF price takes out the dashed purple resistance line shown at the top right of the chart, price will advance to possibly the $63 level (a Fibonacci 61.8% retrace of the 2022-2023 decline).

In the meantime, watch the Stochastic for a more attractive buy signal and for that buy signal to align to Moon passing a key point on the 1952 natal horoscope.

Note also – in the coming May-June timeframe, Jupiter will pass by the natal Moon. This should be a positive development. In the July timeframe, Mars will pass the natal Moon point. This should also be a favorable development.

The stock pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share. At current prices, this is a 7.2% yield. The 2023 financial statements show that this dividend is sustainable and supported by earnings and cash flows.

Full disclosure to subscribers – I am getting ready to personally buy TC Energy on any  further weakness in price…..

George Bayer was a German immigrant who arrived in New York around 1900. He arrived well versed in astrology. Soon enough he had found a broker in New York whom he would use to enter trades on Chicago Wheat futures. In the late 1930s, he took the time to document the various rules and techniques he had used over the years to earn a living trading Wheat. In the early 1940s, Bayer “retired” and was seldom heard from again. Whether he knew W.D. Gann, he never did say in any of his writings.

The following is an excerpt from the Feb 25 issue of the Astrology Letter….

Venus latitude

The planets orbit the Sun following a plane of motion called the ecliptic plane. To an observer positioned on the Sun (heliocentric astrology system), the planets will be seen to wander slightly above and below the ecliptic plane. Bayer noticed a correlation between price on stocks and commodities and the time when Venus was at maximum latitude, minimum latitude, or zero latitude.

This chart illustrates Gold prices with Venus latitude displayed in  the lower pane on the chart. I have used the drawing tool on my Optuma software to overlay the times when latitude is zero. Do you see trend changes? Using your eye, take a look at the mid-way point of the red arcs. Ask yourself – does the trend change at these mid-points? Early April should give a trend change on Gold futures price.

And….so what happened? you ask…

Well….the trend on Gold went from being generally sideways to being seriously bullish. And this happened in early April just as Venus latitude reached a low point.

Thank You ! George Bayer – whoever you were…..

An excerpt from the Feb 10, 2024 issue of the Astrology Letter…

Search around the internet and you will find people promoting the concept of seasonality. The above chart of Wheat price is a typical example.

Look towards left side of this seasonality chart.

The suggestion is that Wheat prices will decline sharply every year in the month of March after having made a peak in late February/early March. Surely this must mean that here and now I should be planning to take a short position on Chicago Wheat futures once the month of March arrives?

Well….not exactly….

These seasonality charts are based on many years of price data. The above chart is based on 20 years of price data. Over the scope of 20 years, if several years posted strong declines during the month of March, those points would mathematically more than compensate for multiple years of modest or no significant price declines. Hence, the person viewing a seasonality chart at face value can be led astray.

As a trader or investor, how do you use these seasonality charts and at the same time stay out of trouble? The answer is to use some basic astrology.

The starting point for the application of basic astrology is to look at the first trade horoscope. In the case of Wheat, we need to study the natal horoscope for Wheat futures which started trading on January 2, 1877. (Note – Corn and Oats share this same first trade date).

The above horoscope wheel from Jan 2, 1877 shows the position of the planets. What is curiously interesting is how the Mid Heaven, Mercury, Pluto and Moon form a 4-sided parallellogram shape. I am convinced that traders such as W.D. Gann watched for bodies like the Sun, Moon, and Mars to transit past the corner points in this 4-sided geometric shape.

In 2023, the price of Wheat peaked on February 13. To the student of seasonality, this would have been unexpected because the seasonality chart calls for a peak at the end of February. So, why did Wheat peak in mid-February? At February 13, Moon was passing the natal Mid-Heaven point (and the natal Mars point). Mercury was passing the natal Mercury point in the 1877 horoscope. Two corner points in the geometric pattern in the 1877 chart! No wonder price peaked as human emotion changed.

More recently, in 2024, the price of Wheat had been trending down. In mid-January, a countertrend started but failed around Jan 24-26. Taking this to be the seasonal top, means the student of seasonality was once again tripped up because price peaked before it should have. Why did price peak in late January? Sun had just passed the natal Mercury location. Mars was passing the 1877 natal Ascendant point and Saturn was at the natal Saturn point.

The next time you see a Seasonal chart, do not just blindly accept the price turning points illustrated on the chart. The chart itself will be based on 20-30 years of data which gives a somewhat mis-leading view of things.

Instead, look at underlying planetary transit events that align to the natal first trade horoscope. These events will cause the seasonal price trend turning points to shift slightly from year to year. The strength of any planetary aspects will also play a role in the voracity of what price does at a trend turning point.

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.