Thursday, November 7, 2024
The 24 Chinese Solar Terms in 2025 │ Winter Begins Today ( 立冬 - Lì Dōng )
Thursday, March 21, 2024
The 18.6 Year Cycle in the General Economy | Louis M. Thompson
Louis M. Thompson (1989) - The 18.6-Year Cycle in the General Economy.
In: Cycles, May/June 1989, Foundation for the Study of Cycles.
Friday, March 15, 2024
S&P 500 Index vs 18.61 Year Lunar Node Cycle │ March - April 2024
Chris Camillo, 2023
Monday, January 8, 2024
S&P 500 Index vs 18.61 Year Lunar Node Cycle │ January 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
S&P 500 Index vs 18.61 Year Lunar Node Cycle │ Projection into April 2024
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Year-End Rally, January Effect, and Trend for the Year Ahead | Jack Gillen
The Moon-Stats | Jack Gillen
Jack Gillen (2002) - AstroStats for the New York Stock Exchange.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Astrological Methods of Forecasting the DJIA | Carol S. Mull
Cafe Astrology .com - This Month’s Ephemeris |
Planetary Hours Calculator |
I know a daytrader who runs an astrological chart on his computer every fifteen minutes for New York City and then acts accordingly. This planet-to-Midheaven indicator is good for the hourly wobbles in the market and should always be considered against the general trend.
Solar, Lunar and Planets Ephemerides - Rise - Midheaven Transit - Set |
Sun and Moon Aspects: The astrological aspects that are easiest to learn and use are those between the Sun and the Moon. These can be found in an Almanac, ephemeris or astrological calendar. The Sun and Moon are conjunct at the New Moon and, unless overshadowed by heavier aspects, the market can be expected to move upward at that time.
Monthly Lunation Cycle 8 Lunar Sun-Moon 45° Phases |
The Sun and Moon are in square aspect (90°) at the first quarter and the last quarter and a bear market is the normal result. The Sun and Moon are in opposition (180°) at the Full Moon, which usually brings a somewhat bullish market, but is not as positive as the New Moon. Sun/Moon trines (120°) come halfway between the opposition and the first quarter or last quarter. They are indicators of bull markets.
TimeAndDate.com - Eclipses and Transits Visible in New York |
The usual method is to list the aspects that are within a degree of orb on a given day over New York City within market hours, plus the more important ones that fall after or before the market is open. A numerical value is then assigned to each aspect. Conjunctions are ten; sextiles are 3; trines 10; squares 8, and oppositions six. In general, conjunctions, sextiles and trines are positive, whiles squares and oppositions are negative but this can be overridden by the nature of the planets involved. Saturn and Mars are always negative. Jupiter, Venus and Sun are always positive.
Geocentric and Heliocentric Bradley Indices |
When the list is complete, add your negative column and then your positive column. If you have -86 and +13, you should definitely expect a down-day at the market. Plus 72 and minus 14 would indicate a bull market. This same method of tallying aspects can be used on a hourly basis or even fifteen minutes.
Sun-Moon Daily Arc Move on Sphere = Longitude Speed |
Sunspots: Periods of solar prominence (sunspots) pour forth energy, causing all earthly activities to increase, including stock market trading. The usual result of this stimulus is a major market turning point, either up or down. Increased sunspot activity occurs whenever the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. The greatest influence of all this tidal-like force occurs when Jupiter and Venus are in a heliocentric line-up with the Earth at 0°, 45°, and 90°, but lesser activity produces the well-known Dow cycles of 89 weeks, 124 weeks, and 208 weeks [see also HERE].
Jan Alvestad - Solar Terrestrial Activity Report |
A very good illustration of this market indicator occurred on October 19, 1987, when the market dropped 505 points. Jupiter was exactly opposite the Sun, increasing solar flares and market timing--thus forcing a market turning point. Another example is October 27, 1997, when Jupiter was square the Sun. So, be aware that heliocentric aspects to the Sun mark major market turning points, both up and down.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Celestial Phenomena |
Retrograde Planets Calendar |
It is the increase or decrease of velocity that counts and the direction does not matter. When Mercury is stationery or nearly so, the market has a very low volume and is bearish. If Mercury is rapidly gaining in velocity, the market gains rapidly. If Mercury is gaining velocity slowly, the market is up a little. The tone of the market can be discerned by the actions of Mercury .
Jack Gillen's Sensitive Degrees of the Sun |
Venus' Daily Motion |
The Outer Planets: Very long term trends changes are marked by the aspects of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune. A very good book about this is THE EGG OF COLUMBUS by George Bayer, which pretends to be describing a banquet or feast. If you set charts for the dates given in the book, you will find exact aspects of the outer planets. Enough said? These long-term trends have been charted as cycles of varying lengths, but for exact work, you will need to work from the helio-centric aspects of the outer planets.
HeavensAbove.com - Planet Summary |
Geocentric and Heliocentric Aspect Search Engine (500BC - 2500AD) |
See also:
Monday, October 10, 2022
Lunar Phases and Stock Returns | Kathy Yuan et al.
Figure 1 - Average Daily Return of the Global Portfolio by Lunar Dates |
Figure 2 - Average Daily Stock Returns of Global Portfolio by Lunar Windows |
Figure 3 - Distribution of Full Moon Days on Days of Week |
Kathy Yuan, Lu Zheng & Qiaoqiao Zhu (2002) - Are Investors Moonstruck? Lunar Phases and Stock Returns.
Carol S. Mull (198?) - The Lunar Cycle (disjointed find and fragment of unknown source and context)
Carol S. Mull (1989) - Astrological Methods of Forecasting the DJIA
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Sun and the Moon | Jack Gillen
The Sun is an energy planet. It gives and takes energy. A solar cycle is 365.25 days. It affects the stock market every 30 days, as the Sun transits through the 12 signs of the zodiac. The Sun also has an 11-year solar cycle in which Sun-spot activity peaks, followed by five and a half years of solar flares, a period of more or less calm with respect to the Sun’s surface. And during this period the Sunspot areas emit a wide range of intense radio and electromagnetic radiation of various types, affecting people and conditions of the planet Earth. This has been researched not only by astrologers but by astronomers. It has a definite effect on the stock market, commodities, and other areas related to the stock market.
As in all living matters it seems to affect mundane things like corporations and the stock market in the same way. This is to say that with regard to the birth month and the birth date, six months prior to the birth date the solar cycle is high, giving energy and pushing the related company forward [Example 1]. The Sun also is a planet associated with the ego, appearance and personality. Six months prior to the birth date, the company is brought out before the public. The birth date to six months after, the energy flow is low it becomes weaker and this affects the stock market in the same way.
As an example, the stock market was born May 17, 1792. So the months of May through November relate to low activity, affecting the market's price and structure. As we go from December through May, we go through the high cycle, the up period of the Sun. But there are many cycles of the Sun that affect different areas of the stock market as the Sun affects each house with relation to the buying public. In each six-month period of the year we will also find a close relationship between price. movement and volume from Aquarius to Leo, or from February to the last two weeks of July. Looking at example 1, we find that the birth month and the Sun cycle six months prior to the birth month is at a high level; six months after the birth date, it is at a low level.
In Example 2 we take the Midheaven aspect to the Ascendant. We can see in Example 2 that the chart of the stock exchange starts its up level in the sign of Aquarius and its down level begins in the sign of Leo. So these are the two breaking points within a year: under Aquarius and under Leo as the Sun transits these signs. The low part of the chart, which is the Nadir, is the sign of Libra. This will generally be the low point of the year, as October would always represent low price. low volume, in which the opposite point to the Midheaven is Aries. This would be affected by the planet represented at the Midheaven. However, in April, under no afflictions, this would be a great month where records would be set in the areas of volume and prices.
As we start with Aquarius, this would run from the last two weeks of January through the first two weeks of July. However, as the cycle proceeds through Pisces, which is a weak sign, it would represent a weak month for volume. From the latter part of March through April and May, and even into June, these could be above average months for prices and volume. Now, as the Leo portion is activated from July through October, these are very weak months. You cannot expect too much in the way of prices or volume. If there is any weakness in the market it will more or less have a breakdown during these months. Not only are we in the six-month period after the birth date but we also have the effect in the Leo portion of the house when the Sun is moving downward towards the Nadir, which is the cusp of the fourth house. The Midheaven is always the cusp of the tenth house.
So the low points in this pattern would mainly be in February through Aquarius and in August when it drops down, with a peak at the Midheaven which would be in April under the sign of Aries.
The six-month cycle tends to extend from the Aquarius portion to the Leo portion and, again, from the Leo point to the February point prices tend to follow the volume curves from these aspects, with the weaknesses in the February-March, July-August and October-November periods. Therefore, in judging the stock market as to whether it will turn up or down, it is best to look at the Sun and the aspects pertaining to the Sun. If the Sun is under heavy affliction, these periods represent a bearish market. In good aspect, it will be bullish. In the good periods moving upward toward the Midheaven, it will be higher than normal. Moving toward the lower section, it will be lower than normal. This is why there will be so many depressions, recessions, panic and fear in the stock exchange in the latter part of the year as October approaches.
The market is always influenced by the Sun pattern and it will happen year
after year. From January to the last two weeks in July, market prices will
trend upwards, and in the latter part of the year after the influence of Leo,
the market will be down in price. This is the average trend that will always
occur and it affects volume as well as prices. However, it is important to
realize the influence of the Sun in the chart of the New York Stock Exchange,
and the Sun’s complete cycle.
Also, any corporation will be affected by certain cycles of the Sun through these signs. It is important to backtrack about 12 years during the pattern of the Sun’s cycle in order to see the pattern on which the company is being activated as far as the solar cycle.
The period of the Sun in Aries is usually from March 20 through April 19,
Taurus, April 20 through May 20; Gemini, May 21 through June 20; Cancer, June
21 through July 22; Leo, July 23 through August 22; Virgo. August 23 through
September 22; Libra, September 23 through October 22: Scorpio, October 23
through November 21; Sagittarius, November 22 through December 21; Capricorn,
December 22 through January 19; Aquarius, January 20 through February 15; and
Pisces, February 19 through March 20. These are the twelve signs with the
transit of the Sun.
Again, let me stress the importance of the aspect of the Sun during these periods. If it involves a combination that relates to panic, crashes, recession or depression, then these months will be more intensified as far as the effect. If the transit is in a trine or a good aspect then the movement will be fess severe than under normal conditions.
There is one more important point to the solar cycle which is really the result of another cycle. This is the 19-year cycle of the motion of the plane of the Moon's orbit. It is the solar eclipse cycle. Although there is partial or total eclipse each year. usually there will be an eclipse near the same degree of the zodiac once every 19 years. This is a major eclipse. This major eclipse does have an effect on changes within the stock market and these changes have been reflected year after year during these cycles. Since this eclipse involves the Moon, it represents changes in relation from a Moon-Sun characteristic.
In this cycle the Sun makes a complete circuit of the sky and reaches the same Node at the same place on the ecliptic as shown in Diagram 3. This length of time is 6585.32] solar days, which is 48 years, 11.33 days. The shortest time required for the Sun to travel from and return to the same node is 346.6 solar days, an interval known as an eclipse year. It is listed on the calendar year because of the effect of the session which is known as a slow regression of the nodes around the ecliptic. Nineteen of the eclipse years contain 6585.4 days, which is precisely 223 synodic months, This is when the Nodes themselves become important in the predictions on the stock market.
The Moon affects changes and emotions. The daily influence on the stock market
is related to changes of the Moon as it transits through each sign. Its effect
on individual corporations would be the same. The Moon works in association with the planet Saturn. The Moon's phase cycle is
from 28 to 29.5 days. Saturn’s cycle is 28 to 29,5 years, So, where it takes
Saturn 2.5 years to transit one sign, it takes the Moon 2.5 days. If the Moon
shows weakness in one sign as to where a stock would drop rapidly during that
time, then when Saturn is also in the sign this would cause a 2.5 year downtrend
for the stock. For example. if the Moon goes into Taurus and the stock goes up
or down, it will do the same when Saturn is in that sign. So ever though a lot
of aspects related to the Moon are minor, such as a stock might drop one-eighth
to one-half, during its transit through any one sign, it does relate 10 a
longer trend with the effects of Saturn.
In judging the daily influence of the Moon's dominance over a certain stock, bear in mind the influence of a transit of the Sun. If the Sun’s movement shows a high point for the Dow-Jones averages, then the Moon as a negative factor on the Dow-Jones will not have that much influence. If they are both at a high point, then the stock would rise extremely high on that day. So use the Moon as a daily indicator together with the 30-day movement of the Sun in each sign.
There are three cycles related to the Moon. One is called a Moon return. This
cycle occurs every four years, when the Moon returns to the same position.
(Check the four-year cycles day by day of a stock.) Another cycle is 27.5 days
by the sign itself and 28 or 29.5 days by phase. These are the cycles
represented by the Moon. The pattern of the four-year cycle is more dominant in
a long-term trend relating to the stock market. The Moon also has a period in
which it is stagnant, or void of course. 1t is a period when the Moon is
changing from one sign to another without being aspected. From research this is
not a period to purchase stock as it represents changes indicating a complete
reverse. It is an unstable period of the Moon.
You can also determine monthly trends by watching the Moon under each cycle. In a period of 28-29.5 days, if the Moon falls square, conjunction, or opposite to planets passing over the Midheaven, this will give you an indication of good or bad returns following the week in relation to the stock market itself. It generally relates to people's emotions. The Moon's Nodes are also prominent indicators as far as the movement around the zodiac. If an individual stock has the Moon's North Node going toward the Midheaven, this indicates it will have movement. If it falls below the Ascendant, this generally causes it to move downwards. However, again, you have to use the other planetary movements to make a complete judgment. You cannot do it by the Nodes themselves, but the Nodes would reinforce any conditions shown as a downtrend in a certain stock.
The Moon and Sun in relation to each other show a type of speed that a certain cycle is indicated to move under because the effects of the Sun, the Moon and Earth are the prominent factors relating to the movement during the year, The other planets more or less determine tong-tern trends.
The speed of the Moon is affected by the tidal deformation of the Earth which
produces a gradual increase on the Moon’s orbital speed which in turn makes the
Moon slowly recede, causing a fast or a slow Moon which does reflect the
aspects as far as movement of a cycle. IF it’s fast, there's a lot of action in
the market, or if it's slow, then a change is predicted. In Diagram 4 we have a
plain view of the Moon's orbit, We show that the Earth-Moon gravitational
inter-reaction generates two bulges, more or less like a plastic bubble. The
Earth has an axial rotation which is faster than the orbital rotation of the
Moon, and the effect of this frictional drag is that the bulges arc carried
around the Earth's rotation until a balance is established between the drag and
the tide generating force.
The pattern of the four year cycle is more dominant in a long-term trend relating to the stock market. The Moon also has a period which is stagnant. This is called the Moon void of course. It is a period when the Moon is changing from one side to another without being aspected. This is not a period to purchase stock as it represents changes that could go completely reverse. It is an unstable period of the Moon itself.
In Diagram 4 we have equilibrium point 1. This is nearer to the Moon than point 2, and is therefore experiencing a stronger gravitational attraction than 2. Both 1 and 2 are displaced from the central line so that the forces along with 1 and 3 and 2 and 3 converge toward the center of the Moon. These two forces may be resolved at the Moon into components that act, in one case, along the central line toward the Earth; and in the other case at right angle into the direction of the Moon's orbit. The components acting toward the century add together, whereas the components in direction of the orbit are in opposition. Because the force along 1 and 3 is larger than along 2 and 3, this means a net unbalance force acting on the Moon in the orbital direction, which has the effect of accelerating its motion, moving it into an orbit of a larger radius; modern estimates indicate a recessional speed of about 3.2 cm. per year.
For accurate calculation, there are many Moon sign books and Moon calendars,
that will give you the transit of the Moon each day, which you can relate to
stock predictions. In the speed of a stock, we have the one-half cycle, the one-fourth, and the
three-fourths, all of which indicate changes in relation to the up and down
cycle price of each stock.