S&P 500 Index vs Lunar Node Speed | The Moon's Rhythm in November 2018

S&P 500 Index vs True Lunar Node Speed @ 0 and Extremes | 30 Day CIT Forecast.
On Nov 07 (Wed) the lunar node's speed will reach a short term minimum.
Stock indices are likely to move sideways-to-down from Nov 08 (Thu) into Nov 12 (Mon).

S&P 500 Index vs Natural Trading Days | Cluster ± August 8-9 (Wed-Thu)

Aug 08 (Wed) = 90 TD from Apr 02 (Mon) Low + 180 CD from Feb 09 (Fri) Low

+ True Lunar Node Speed @ Max + MOO @ Max N-Declination

 Aug 09 (Thu) = 135 TD from Jan 26 (Fri) Major High + SUN 000 MER

+ VEN contra parallel SAT (heliocentric) + VEN 120 URA (h) + VEN 090 SAT (h).

   

S&P 500 Index vs True Lunar Node Speed @ 0 and Extremes | 30 Day CIT Forecast.

S&P 500 Index vs Lunar Year Cycle | Blood Moon Eclipse on July 27

 

 

The total phase of the “blood moon” eclipse on July 27 (Fri) will last 1 hour and 43 minutes, making it the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century. During the eclipse, the Moon will turn a spectacular red, while the red planet Mars reaches opposition to the Sun on the same day. Mars will appear brightest in the night sky from July 27 (Fri) to July 30 (Mon), and its closest approach to Earth will occur on July 31 (Tue).

The Moon’s wobble periods during lunar and solar eclipses usually coincide with major highs and lows in financial markets, and the Lunar Year Cycle (354.36 calendar days) projects a low in the S&P 500 on August 8 (Wed), which is also 181 calendar days (or 184.74 solar degrees) from the major low in stocks on February 8 (Thu), 2018.

 

July 23-24 (Mon-Tue) Low and upturn, July 27 (Fri) High, and August 8 (Wed) Low in the S&P 500?

 

Major Celestial Phenomena during late July and early August 2018.
Source: NAO of Japan

S&P 500 versus the True Lunar Node's Speed │ August 2017

 Upcoming Turn-Days: Aug 04 (Fri), Aug 12 (Sat), Aug 16 (Wed), Aug 19 (Sat), Aug 28 (Mon), Sep 02 (Sat).

 

Lunar eclipses (e.g., Aug 07, 2017) occur at full moon, and solar eclipses (e.g., Aug 21, 2017) occur at new moon, but only when their alignments take place in three dimensions. Relative to Earth’s orbit, the plane of the Moon’s orbit is inclined, with a mean inclination of 5.1454°. Eclipses occur only near the nodes, where the lunar orbit intersects the solar orbital plane. Earth’s mean orbital plane is called the ecliptic (a term synonymous with “eclipse”).

There are two nodal crossings of the ecliptic per nodal period: the ascending node and the descending node. Half the nodal period is the shortest possible interval between two eclipses. Solar and lunar eclipses differ significantly: during a total solar eclipse, the Moon’s shadow forms only a narrow band on Earth, whereas Earth’s conical shadow at the Moon’s mean distance is over 9,000 km wide—nearly three lunar diameters. As a result, only a small percentage of people experience each solar eclipse, while roughly half the world can view each lunar eclipse.

Before and after lunar and solar eclipses, the True Lunar Node begins to wobble (e.g., around Jul 30, 2017), moving rapidly back and forth—retrograde, stationary, then direct. Financial markets are said to correlate with this 4–14 day cycle of retrograde–stationary–direct motion of the True Lunar Node.

Approximately every 86.655 days, a so-called “moon wobble” (lunar libration) occurs when the Sun is conjunct (e.g., Aug 16, 2017), opposite, or square (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) the Lunar Node (4 × 86.655 days = 1 nodical year, or eclipse year = 346.62 days). The Node begins wobbling about two weeks before the exact event and remains unstable until about one week after. If coupled with solar or lunar eclipses, the wobble effect can be extended.

As the Sun approaches conjunction or opposition to the Lunar Node, its motion is nearly blocked (speed at or near zero). Notably, these periods are associated with exuberant mood and frenzy, often correlating with rallies or crashes in financial markets.