TheBull,theBearandthePlanets

TradingtheFinancialMarketsUsingAstrology

M.G.Bucholtz,B.Sc.,MBA

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Contents

DisclaimerAcknowledgementsFiguresandTablesIntroductionChapterOne:AstrologyBasicsfortheMarketTraderChapterTwo:TradingUsingLunarAstrologyChapterThree:PlanetaryTradingChapterFour:AstrologyandCommodityFuturesEpilogue:FinalThoughtsAppendixA:LunarEventDatesAppendixB:RetrogradeEventDatesAppendixC:Sun-PlanetAspectDatesAppendixD:MercuryAspectDatesAppendixE:VenusandMarsAspectDatesAppendixF:FirstTradeDatesGlossaryofTermsEndNotesAboutTheAuthor

DisclaimerAllmaterialprovidedhereinisbasedonfinancialmarketobservationsofthe author and material gleaned from astrological publicationsresearched by the author to supplement his own trading. This book iswrittenwithsincere intent for thosewhoactively tradeand invest in thefinancial markets and who are looking to incorporate astrologicalphenomenaintotheirmarketactivity.Whilethematerialpresentedhereinhas proven reliable to the author in his personal trading and investingactivity, there is no guarantee the material herein will continue to bereliable into the future. The author and publisher assume no liabilitywhatsoever forany investmentor tradingdecisionsmadeby readersofthisbook.Thereaderaloneisresponsibleforalltradingandinvestmentoutcomesandisfurtheradvisednottoexceedhisorherrisktoleranceswhentradingorinvestingonthefinancialmarkets.

AcknowledgementsTomybeautifulwifeJeanne,whocontinuestoinspiremeinsomany

waysandwithoutwhoseencouragementthisbookwouldnothavebeenpossible.

FiguresandTablesFigure1-1TheEclipticFigure1-2TheZodiacSignsFigure2-1LunarPhasesFigure2-2LunarDatainanEphemerisFigure2-3TeckResources(TSX:TCK/b)dailychartFigure2-4AllianceGrainTraders(TSX:AGT)dailychartFigure2-5TeckResources(TSX:TCK/b)apogeeandperigeeFigure2-6TeckResources30minutechartFigure2-7AllianceGrainTradersapogeeandperigeeFigure2-8AllianceGrainTraders30minutechartFigure2-9S&P500Index—NorthNodechangingsignsFigure2-10S&P500Index—SolarandLunareclipsesFigure2-11DowJonesIndustrialAveragehourlychartJune4,2012Figure2-12DowJonesIndustrialAveragehourlychart

November13,2012Figure3-1ThePlanetsFigure3-2AstrologySymbolsFigure3-3EphemerispageDecember1980Figure3-4Apple(Nasdaq:AAPL)heliocentricfirsttradechartFigure3-5Aspectsaffecting(Nasdaq:AAPL)sharepriceFigure3-6Moreaspectsaffecting(Nasdaq:AAPL)sharepriceFigure3-7FordMotorCompany(NYSE:F)geocentric

firsttradechartFigure3-8Aspectsaffecting(NYSE:F)Figure3-9Moreaspectsaffecting(NYSE:F)Figure3-10ExaltationdatesFigure3-11CocaCola(NYSE:KO)firsttradechartFigure3-12CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MercuryacrossMCFigure3-13CocaCola(NYSE:KO)VenusacrosstheMCFigure3-14CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MarsacrosstheMCFigure3-15CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MercuryandVenusacrosstheAscFigure3-16CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MarsandMercuryacrosstheAscFigure3-17ImperialOil(TSX:IMO)60minutechartFigure3-18S&P500IndexMercuryretrogradeevents

Figure3-19S&P500IndexMercurychangingsignsFigure3-20S&P500IndexMercuryconjunctNeptuneFigure3-21Alcoa(NYSE:AA)MercuryconjunctSaturnFigure3-22S&P500IndexMercuryconjunctUranusFigure3-23USSteel(NYSE:X)MercuryconjunctMarsFigure3-24S&P500IndexJupiter-SunaspectsFigure3-25S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctMercuryFigure3-26S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctVenusFigure3-27S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctNeptuneFigure3-28S&P500IndexVenusConjuncteitherofUranus,

Saturn,NeptuneorMarsFigure3-29S&P500IndexSaturn-SunaspectsFigure3-30S&P500IndexSaturnconjunctMercuryFigure4-1GoldfuturesgeocentricfirsttradechartFigure4-2AspectsaffectingGoldfuturespricesFigure4-3PlutoretrogradeeventsandGoldfuturespricesFigure4-4NeptuneretrogradeeventsandGoldfuturespricesFigure4-5SilverfuturesfirsttradechartFigure4-6LunareventsaffectingSilverfuturespricesFigure4-7AspectsaffectingCopperfuturespricesFigure4-8AspectsaffectingCrudeOilfuturespricesFigure4-9CrudeOilfuturespricesandPluto-NeptuneaspectsFigure4-10Wheat,Corn,OatsheliocentricfirsttradechartFigure4-11Wheatfuturespricesandheliocentric

Mercury-SaturnaspectsFigure4-12Wheatfuturespricesandheliocentric

MercurychangingsignsFigure4-13Cornfuturespricesandheliocentric

Mercury-SaturnaspectsFigure4-14SoybeanfuturesheliocentricfirsttradechartFigure4-15AspectsaffectingSoybeanfuturespricesFigure4-16AspectsaffectingSoybeanOilfuturespricesFigure4-17AspectsaffectingSoybeanMealfuturespricesFigure4-18CanadianDollarandBritishPoundheliocentric

firsttradechartFigure4-19BritishPoundfutures30minutechartFigure4-20AspectsaffectingJapaneseYenfuturesprices

Figure4-21AspectsaffectingEurofuturespricesFigure4-22AspectsaffectingAussieDollarfuturespricesFigure4-23AspectsaffectingLiveCattlefuturespricesFigure4-24AspectsaffectingLeanHogsfuturespricesFigure4-25AspectsaffectingLumberfuturespricesFigure4-2630YearBondfuturesgeocentricfirsttradechartFigure4-27Aspectsaffecting30YearBondfuturesprices0Table2-1LunarfirsttradedatesforseveralCanadianand

USlistedcompaniesTable3-1Exaltation,DetrimentandFallPositionsTable3-2Planet-SunsynodicperiodsTable3-3Planet-PlanetsynodicperiodsTable3-4Saturn-Jupitercyclesub-dividedTable3-5EffectontheS&P500IndexofMercurychangingsignsTable3-6TheeffectofVenusretrogradeeventsTable3-7EffectontheS&P500IndexofJupiterretrogradeevents

IntroductionCallmearebel.Callmearadical.Ihaveneverbeenonetoresignmyselfto mainstream thinking. In 2002, when I decided to become anInvestmentAdvisor, I joinedasmall investment firm inwesternCanadathathadareputationforthinkingoutsidethebox.Iwasmentoredbytwoseasoned Investment Advisors who deepened my understanding oftechnical chart analysis. I learned that markets shift from being in anuptrend tobeing inadowntrendandbackagainacrossbothshortandlonger time horizons. I learned that if I followed these trend changesusing technicalchartanalysis Iwouldbe in tunewith the rhythmof themarkets. This refreshing approach represented a clear break from theacademic financial theory espoused as part of the exam regimenrequired for the licensing process with the Investment DealersAssociation of Canada. And thus began my quest to delve into theuncannyandesotericforcesthatalignwithtrendchangesinthefinancialmarkets.

In2003,afteraseriesof reflectivediscussionswitha fellowInvestmentAdvisor,IappliedtojoinalocalMasonicLodge.EarlyoninmyMasoniceducation, Iwasurged to contemplate thehiddenmysteriesof scienceand nature through further study of the harmony between arithmetic,geometry and astronomy. Nature comprises the whole of our materialuniverse from the solar systemall theway to the smallestmeasurableparticle of matter. Science is the disciplined use of mathematics todescribe the material universe in terms of prediction and control. Theprocess of contemplating the mysteries of science and nature is whatMasons call enlightenment. As I delved further into the relationshipbetweenscienceandnature,Ilearnedthevenerablemarkettrader,W.D.Gann,hadbeenaMasonaswell.Gannspentmuchofhistradingcareerpursuing the study of sacred math and astrological phenomena andapplyingittotradingthemarkets.KnowingthatGannhadbeenaMasonpiquedmycuriosityandmy journey to learnmoreabout the forces thataffect the financial markets took on an almost urgent tone. I began todevour literature relatednotonly to the ideasofW.D.Gannbutalso toesotericmathematicalpatternsofscienceandnature.

I soon learned,however, thatmy journeywas tobea lonelyone.Veryfew people in the financial industry are interested in contemplating theuncanny and esoteric patterns of science and nature, let aloneastrologicalphenomena.Inordertobeacceptedintothemainstreamofthe financial industry, one has to adhere rigidly to decades ofeconometricfinancialtheoryandmodellinggroupthink.

As financial market investing became mainstream in the 1920s,econometricmodellingwasintroducedtoexplainmarketbehaviour.Theseminalworkthatopenedthedoortodecadesofsuchmodellingcamein1934whenGrahamandDoddproducedSecurityAnalysis inwhichtheyadvocatedusingintrinsicvalueasatoolthatcouldhelpidentifysuitableinvestments. In 1938, John Burr Williams penned The Theory ofInvestmentValueinwhichheintroducedthenotionofdiscountingfutureexpectedstreamsofdividendpaymentstobetterdefineintrinsicvalue.In1959,HarryMarkowitzfocusedonrisknotbeinguniformlyequalamongstockmarketinvestmentswhenheintroducedModernPortfolioTheoryinPortfolio Selection—Efficient Diversification of Investments. WilliamSharpeextendedthismannerof thinking in1970withhisworkPortfolioTheoryandCapitalMarkets. Fast forward to the present and one caneasilyfindshelvesofjournalsinuniversitylibraries,brimmingwithmarkettheory.

Becauseeconometricmodelsandtheoriesunderpinmainstreamthinkingacrossthefinancial investment industry, theyalsoformthebackboneofentire programs of study leading to the MBA degree and the CFA(Chartered Financial Analyst) designation. While graduates of theseprogramsmayfeelempoweredandreadytotakeonthefinancialworld,they do not realize they have largely consumed a concentrated diet ofeconomictheoryduringtheircourseofstudy.

In 2005, driven by curiosity, I embarked on the CFA journey but to nosurprisequicklygrewwearyoftheflawsIperceivedinthetheoriesbeingadvanced to explain market movements. I found it difficult to embracetheoriesthatpurportedtopredictfuturestockpricesbasedonenterprisevalue,earningsdataorcashflow.I likewisefoundithardtoacceptthatcomplex credit default swaps and asset backed obligation instrumentswere being hailed as proper investment strategies complete withpredictivemodels.

In 2008, the ‘theoryland’ crowdwas given a long overduewakeup callwhen financial markets around the globe convulsed andmajor indicesplunged.Since then, thewindsofchangehavestarted toblow.A2012FinancialTimes Special Report onMBA Educationmakes it clear thatknowing the theory of business is no longer enough to get studentswhere they want to be. In this same report, Peter Trufano, Dean ofOxfordUniversity’sSaidBusinessSchool,notes“...post-recessionandmarketcrash,studentsneedadeepunderstandingoftheeconomy fromavarietyofperspectives.Science,technologyandpoliticsallplayarole.”Canadian David Orell, author of the books Truth or Beauty andEconomyths does an excellent job of assaultingmainstream economicthinking toprovidehis readerswithawake-upcall.Orell’sbooksareareminder that our desire to cling to theory is part of a centuries-oldimpulsetoseetheworldinsimple,elegantterms.

DespitesomehopefulsignsofchangeandthehardworkofauthorslikeDavidOrelltopainstakinglyexposeflawsineconometricmodels,Ifinditdisheartening that the financial industry continues to cling to narrowtheorieswhenitisobviousthatmanyofthecausesofeventsinourworldare intangibleandcannotbeseen, feltorheard.Weknow that tidesattheseashoreriseandfall.Tryaswemay,wecanneverseeorfeeltheactual force that moves the water. We know that earthquakes andvolcanoscancausetremendousdamage.Yet,weareunabletoseetheshiftingtectonicplatesdeepintheEarth’scrustthatcausetheseevents.ScientistshavenowexplainedhowthegravitationalpullsofJupiterandSaturnon theSun’sgaseousmattercontribute tosolarsunspotactivity.Yet, we cannot readily feel their gravitational pulls. Because we areunable to physically see and feel the causes of events around us, weimmediately opt for the comfort of eloquently penned explanatorytheoriesderivedfromlargestreamsofdatacollectedoverlongspansoftime. And so it is that individual investors entrusting their hard earneddollars to Investment Advisors and Financial Planners soon becomeresignedto thenotion that investing in the financialmarkets isaweary,mindnumbing, long termprocessoverlainand interwovenwithmodels,analystopinionsandtheory.

Itneednotbeso.

Thefinancialmarketsarenothingmorethanonebigpsychologicaleventruled by the emotions of fear and hope.Whenmarket participants arefearful, they sell.When they are feeling hopeful, they buy. If intangibleforces are capable of causing events like tidal motion, earthquakes,volcanosandsunspots,surelythenitmustbeplausiblethatthesesameforcescaninfluencetheemotionsoffearandhopewithinhumanbeingsandtherebyinfluencebuyingandsellingactivityonthemarkets.

Science tells us planet Earth is one gigantic electromagnet with polessituated north and south. The various other planets that comprise oursolar system are also electromagnetic in nature and exert gravitationalpullsoneachotheraswellasonplanetEarth.SciencealsotellsustheSunshinesonourgiganticelectromagnetwhilecontinuallyemittinghighfrequencywavesofradiation.

In grade school science classweall at onepoint playedwitha simpleprism.Welearnedthatbyvaryingtheangleof lightbeingshoneontheprism,wecould influence the refractionof the light toproducedifferentcolors. And so it is with the Sun’s radiated energy experienced bymankindonthesurfaceoftheEarth.AsthevariousplanetsorbittheSunandmake different angles with one another, the intensity of the Sun’sradiation reflectingoff their surfacesvaries.Asa result, the intensityoftheSun’sradiationreachingEarthvaries.Thisreasoningformsthebasisfor thenotionthatouremotionsarecontinuallychanging inresponsetothese variances. By extension of the argument, it is these changingemotions that can influence the behavior of our buying and sellingpatternsaswetradeonthefinancialmarkets.

As a result ofmy trading experiences on themarkets andmy esotericresearchoverthepastdecade,Ihavenowlargelydivorcedmyselffromthe theories that continue to be embraced by the financial investmentindustry.Tradingandinvestinghavebecomevibrantandexcitingforme.IhavecometoembraceastrologicalphenomenasuchasMoonphases,planetary aspects and synodic patterns. I use these phenomena andpatterns incloseconjunctionwith technicalchartanalysis techniques tolook for trendchangedevelopmentson indices,ETFs, individualstocksandcommodityfutures.

For the record, I do not consider myself to be an astrologer. I use

astrology only to trade themarkets. I do not use astrology to counselpeopleorpredictindividualfates.MyeducationalbackgroundincludesanEngineeringdegreefromQueen’sUniversityinCanadaandanMBAfromHeriotWattUniversityinScotland.Asaresultofmyengineeringbentandmy Masonic contemplations, I derive great satisfaction from observingpatterns of astrology—especially those that align with the financialmarkets.Thesciencebehindhowandwhyastrologicpatternsoftenalignwith the trendchangesof themarkets isdeep,mysteriousandelusive.These characteristics further add to the satisfaction I derive whenapplyingastrologytothemarkets.

The decision to write this book was a struggle. For quite some time Idebatedwhetherornottoevensharethismaterialwithothersgiventheskeptical looksandcomments I receivewhen trying toexplain to closeassociatesthatscienceandnatureplayaroleinthebehavioroffinancialmarkets.Theturningpointformecameinearly2012whenIattendedtheUnited Astrology Conference in New Orleans, USA where an entirecurriculum track was devoted to financial astrology. Listening to thediscussionsinthehallwaysbetweenlectures,IrealizedIwasnotaloneinembracing intangible forces that move the markets. There are ever-growingnumbersoftradersandinvestorswhoareopenlyembracingtheconnectionbetween financialmarketbehaviorand the intangible forcesofthecosmos.

Thisbookintroducesthereadertocorrelationsbetweenplanetarycycles,planetaryaspects,lunarphenomenaandthemarkets.Thesecorrelationsarenotnew.Infact,theyhavebeenknownaboutandusedsuccessfullyby traders and investors for many decades. There have been manycolorfulpersonalitiesovertheyearsasidefromjustW.D.Gannwhohaveemployed astrology towards successful trading. In fact, some of theoldestmanuscriptsresearchedwhilepreparingthisbookdatebacktotheearly1900s. Indeed, themostenjoyablepartof researchingandwritingthisbookwasdiscoveringandreadinghistoricalfinancialastrologybooksandpapersfoundinvariouslibrariesacrossNorthAmerica.

Thecorrelationsyouwilllearnaboutinthisbookshouldneverbeblindlyused in a vacuum. Rather, astrology should always be used inconjunctionwithtechnicalchartanalysisandwiththeprevailingshortandlongertermtrendsofthemarkets.Ideallytoderivemaximumsatisfaction

from thisbook, youshouldhaveacomfortablegraspon thecommonlyusedtechnicalchartanalysis techniques.Aswell,youshouldalsohavecopies of Ephemeris Tables spanning 1900-2000 and 2000 forward. IpersonallyusetheNewAmericanEphemerisforthe21stCenturyanditscounterpartNewAmericanEphemeris for the 20th Century which arereadilyavailableatmostbookstores.Alternatively,youmayalsoconsidergettinganastrologysoftwareprogramthatwillprovideyouwiththesamedata.

After reading this book and applying someof the astrological conceptspresented in it, Ihavenodoubtyouwillcometoviewouruniverse inaverydifferent,almostreverentway.Iexpectmanyofyouwillevenseektofurtheryourknowledgeofastrologythroughindepthstudy.Ihopeyourtradingandinvestingactivitywilltakeonanewpersonalmeaningasyoucometoviewthefinancialmarketsinadifferentway.

CHAPTERONE

AstrologyBasicsfortheMarketTrader

Astrologyisanancientsciencethatdescribestheinfluenceoftheplanetsonevents of natureandbehaviour ofmankind.This ancient science isrootedinthousandsofyearsofobservationacrossmanycivilizations.

•TheancientSumerians,AkkadiansandBabyloniansbetween the4th

and2ndcenturiesBCbelievedtheaffairsofmankindcouldbegaugedbywatchingthemotionsofthestarsandplanets.Theyrecordedtheirpredictionsand future indicationsofprosperityandcalamityonclaytablets.Theseearlyrecordingsformtheveryfoundationsofmoderndayastrology.

• Ancient Egyptian artifacts show that high priests Petosiris andNecepsowho lived during the reign ofRamses IIwere revered fortheirknowledgeofastrology.TheEgyptiancultureisalsothoughttohave developed a 12month x 30 day recordationmethod for timebasedontherepeatedappearancesofconstellations.

•AncientIndianandChineseartifactsrevealthatastrologyhasheldanesteemedplaceinthosesocietiesformanythousandsofyears.

•Hipparchus,PythagorasandPlatoarereverednamesfromtheGreekera. Historians think Pythagoras may have assigned mathematicalvaluestotherelationsbetweencelestialbodiesandPlatomayhaveoffered up predictions relating celestial bodies to human fates.Hipparchus is thought tohavecompileda star catalogueand in sodoingwasthefirsttopopularizeastrology.

•DuringRomantimes,astrologyanddivinationwereusedforpoliticalgain with important military figures surrounding themselves withseers and diviners.PtolemyandValens stand out from the timeofthe Roman Empire as writers on astrology. In 126 AD, Ptolemy

pennedfourbooksontheinfluenceofthestarswhichcollectivelyarecalled the Tetrabiblos. In 160 AD, Valens penned Anthologies inwhichhefurthersummarizedtheprinciplesofastrology.

But, following the conversion of EmperorConstantine toChristianity, in312AD,divinationandmagicbecameacrimeaccording to theChurchandastrologybegana slow retreat to the sidelineswhere for themostpart it remains today. However, despite this sidelining by a Churchseekingtoprotectitsauthority,astrologyhasbeenusedinmoremodernhistory by leading thinkers such as Galilei Galileo, Tycho Brahe,Nostradamus, Johannes Kepler, Sir Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton andBenjaminFranklin.Indeedweowemuchofourcurrentstateofscientificadvancement to these brave souls who refused to let astrology fadeawayandbecomeadistantmemory.

TheZodiacInoursolarsystem, theSun isat thecenter.TheEarth,Moon,planetsandvariousotherasteroidbodiesallcollectivelycompriseourplanetarysystem. The various planets and other asteroid bodies rotate the 360degreesaroundtheSunfollowingapathcalledtheeclipticplane.Pictureagiganticband thatencircles the360degreesof theplanetarysystem.Divide thisband into twelveequalportionsof30degreeseachand theresult is what astrologers call the zodiac. The twelve portions of thezodiacallhavenames includingAries,Cancer,Leoandsoon. If thesenamessoundfamiliar,theyshould.Youroutinelyseealltwelvenamesinthe daily horoscope section of your morning newspaper. The startingpointorzerodegreepointofthezodiacsignAriesisdeemedtobeattheSpringEquinoxofeachyearasshowninFigure1-1.

Figure1-1TheEcliptic

GeocentricandHeliocentricAstrologyAstrologycomesintwodistinctvarieties—geocentricandheliocentric. Ingeocentric astrology, the Earth is taken to be the vantage point forobserving the planets as they pass through the signs of the zodiac.OwingtothedifferenttimesforthevariousplanetstoeachorbittheSun,fromanastrologer’svantagepointonEarth, it appearsas though fromtime to time certain planets make distinct angles (called aspects) withoneanotherandalsowiththeSun.Theaspectsthatarecommonlyusedinastrologyare0,30,45,60,90,120,150and180degrees.

Inheliocentricastrology,theSunistakentobethevantagepointandtoanobserverpositionedontheSun,itlikewiseappearsasthoughvariousplanetsaremakingangleswithotherplanetsfromtimetotime.

Iuseboth typesofastrology tocomplimentmy tradingactivity,but Ido

findIamslowlydevelopingapreferencefortheheliocentricvariety.Thismay be because it is a bit cleaner than the geocentric method, forheliocentricastrologydoesnotworryaboutfeaturessuchasAscendant,Descendant,MCand IC.Mostof theexamplesyouwillsee throughoutthisbookarebasedongeocentric astrology, but youwill also seehowheliocentricastrologyplaysa role in trading themarkets too,especiallywhenitcomestocommodityfutures.Afterreadingthisbook,Iencourageyouto takea lookatbothmethods.Likeme,youwillprobably find thatyoustarttodevelopapreferenceforonemethodovertheother.

Ascendant,Descendant,MCandICAs the Earth rotates on its axis once in every 24 hours, an observersituated on Earth will detect an apparent motion of the zodiac.Astrologersfurtherapplyfourcardinalpointstothezodiac,almostlikethenorth, south, east and west points on a compass. The east point istermed theascendant and is often abbreviated Asc. The west point istermedthedescendantandisoftenabbreviatedDsc.Thesouthpoint istermed the Mid-Heaven (from the Latin Medium Coeli) and is oftenabbreviated MC. The north point is termed the ImumCoeli (Latin forbottomofthesky)andisabbreviatedIC.Thesecardinalpointsareoftenused when applying astrology to the markets. For example, when theNew York Stock Exchange officially opened for business on May 17,1792, ithad itsascendant inCancer, itsMC inAries, itsDescendant inCapricornanditsICinLibra.

MythologyandMeaningsThroughout history, various stories and characteristic behaviours havebeenassignedtothe12signsof thezodiac.ThediagraminFigure1-2provides a visual rendering of the 12 signs and the traditional imagerythat relates to each sign. What then follows is an amusing bit ofmythologyforeachsign.

Figure1-2TheZodiacSigns

Aries(0to30degrees,21March-20April)According to Greek mythology, Nephele, the mother of Phrixus andHelles, gaveher sonsa ramwith a golden fleece.Toescape their evilstepmother, Hera, the sons mounted the ram and fled. When theyreachedthesea,Hellesfellintothewaterandperished.Phrixussurvivedtheordeal, theram’s fleecewasdedicatedtoZeuswhothenraisedtheramintotheheavensandmadeitaconstellation.

Taurus(30to60degrees,21April-21May)AccordingtoRomanlegend,JupitertooktheformofabullandbecameinfatuatedwiththefairmaidenEuropa.WhenEuropadecidedtoridethebull,herushedintotheseaandwhiskedEuropaofftoCrete.Jupiterthenraisedthebullintotheheavenswhereitbecameastar.

Gemini(60to90degrees,22May-21June)InGreekmythology,thetwinsareconsideredtobeHerculesandApollo.InRoman legend, the twins are said to beCastor andPollux, the twinsons of Leda. Pollux was the son of Zeus, who seduced Leda, whileCastorwas the son of Tyndareus, king ofSparta and Leda’s husband.When Castor died, Pollux begged his father Zeus to give Castorimmortality,andhedid,byunitingthemtogetherintheheavens.

Cancer(90to120degrees,22June-23July)Roman legendsaysthatCancer is thecrabthatbitHerculesduringhisfightwiththeHydraanditwasplacedintheheavensasastarbyJuno,theenemyofHercules.

Leo(120to150degrees,24July-23August)LegendsaysthatHerculesbattledwiththeNemeanlionandwon.Zeusraisedtheliontotheheavensandmadeitintoastar.

Virgo(150to180degrees,24August-23September)Legend has it that Virgo is a constellation modelled after Justitia,daughter of Astraeus and Ancora, who lived before man sinned. Aftermansinned,Justitiareturnedtotheheavens.

Libra(180to210degrees,24September-23October)Libra was known in Babylonian astronomy as scales that were heldsacred to thesungodShamash,whowasalso thepatronof truthandjustice.InRomanmythology,LibraisconsideredtodepictthescalesheldbyAstraea,thegoddessofjustice.

Scorpio(210to240degrees,24October-22November)According toGreekmythology,Orionboasted toDianaandLatona thathe could kill every animal onEarth. So they sent for a scorpionwhichstungOriontodeath.Jupiterthenraisedthescorpiontotheheavens.

Sagittarius(240to270degrees,23November-22December)InBabylonianlegend,SagittariuswastheGodofWar.InGreeklegend,Sagittarius is denoted as a centaur (halfman, half horse) in the act ofshootinganarrow.InRomanlegend,SagittariuswasacentaurwhokilledhimselfwhenheaccidentlydroppedoneofHercules’poisonedarrowsonhishoof.

Capricorn(270to300degrees,23December-20January)InGreek legend, during thewarwith the giants, theGreekGodsweredrivenintoEgypt.Inordertoescapethewrathoftheencroachinggiants,eachGreekGod changedhis shape. TheGodPan leapt into the riverNileandturnedtheupperpartofhisbodyintoagoatandthelowerpartintoa fish, a combinationdeemedworthyby Jupiterwho raisedhim totheheavens.

Aquarius(300to330degrees,21January-19February)Accordingtolegend,DeucalionthesonofPrometheuswasraisedtotheheavensaftersurvivingthegreatdelugethatfloodedtheworld.

Pisces(330to360degrees,20February-20March)In Greek legend, Aphrodite and Eros were surprised by Typhon whileplaying along the river Nile. They jumped into the water and werechangedintotwofishes.

Aswecansee,astrologydatesbackmanymillennia.Ancientsocietiescorrelated their events and future activities to the planets. Modernsociety, however, has put astrology on the back burner. But, slowly,tradersandinvestorsarestartingtoacceptitagain.

Now, let’s seehow lunar astrology canbeusedas a tool to tradeandinvestinthemarkets.

CHAPTERTWO

TradingUsingLunarAstrologyLookskywardonanyclearnightandyouwillseetheMooninoneofitsvariousphases.TheMoonistheclosestofalltheplanetarybodiestotheEarthandhaslongbeenheldinfascinationbymankind.

In traditional astrology, theMoon is associated with changingmood orhealth. In 6th century Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey),physiciansat thecourtofEmperorJustinianadvised thatgoutcouldbecuredby inscribingversesofHomeronacopperplatewhen theMoonwasinthesignofLibraorLeo.In17thcenturyFrance,astrologersusedtheMoontoexplainmoodchangesinwomen.In17thcenturyEngland,herbal remedy practitioners advised people to pluck the petals of thepeony flower when the Moon was waning. During the Renaissanceperiod,itwasthoughtthatdreamscouldcometrueiftheMoonwasinthesignsofTaurus,Leo,AquariusorScorpio.

In modern times, the Moon continues to be recognized as a powerfulcelestial body. And there exists a fascinating correlation between theMoonandfinancialmarketbehaviour.Myobservationshaveshownthatfor selected stocks lunar phenomena when used in combination withtechnicalchartanalysiscanaddawholenewdimension to tradingandinvesting. This chapter examines lunar phases and variations in theMoon’s distance from Earth. These phenomena are closely related toshort term changes of trend on stocks and commodity futures. Thischapter also looksat theNorthNodeof theMoonand its influenceonmarketsasitchangessignsofthezodiac.ThescientificrelationbetweenlunarphenomenaandthemarketsiselusivebutifthegravitationalpulloftheMoon can influence tides, surely it also influences our emotions offear and hope which in turn rule our investment buying and sellingdecisions.

LunarPhasesandtheSynodicMonthThe phases of the Moon are well-known in scientific circles for theireffects on the ocean’s tides and on the mating behaviour in certainspecies. The Full Moon is known to psychologists for bumping up theratesofviolentcrimeandirrationalbehaviour. Infact, theterms‘lunacy’and ‘lunatic’aredrawn fromthewidespreadobservationof theway theMoonaffectsmentalandemotionalstates.Manyseriousgardenersalsoknow that the phases of the Moon affect suitable times for planting,fertilizingandharvesting.

MuchliketheplanetsorbittheSun,theMoonorbitstheEarth.TheMoonorbits the360degreesaroundtheEarth inaplaneofmotioncalledthelunar orbit plane. This orbit plane is inclined at about 5 degrees to theeclipticplaneoftheEarth.TheMoonorbitsEarthwithaslightlyellipticalpattern inapproximately27.3days,relativetoanobserver locatedonafixed frame of reference-the Sun. This is known as a siderealmonth.HowevertoanobserverlocatedonEarth,duringonesiderealmonth,theEarth hasalso revolvedpartwayaround theSun,making theaverageapparentorbittimelongerthanthesiderealmonthatapproximately29.5days.This29.5dayperiodoftimeisknownasasynodicmonthormorecommonlyalunarmonth.

Toanobserver locatedonplanetEarth, theMooncanbeseenmakingvarious angles or phases to theSunas theEarth journeys around theSun. In fact, there are eight such phases of theMoon that astrologerswork with. The New Moon occurs when the Moon is 0 degrees (orconjunct)totheSun.TheCrescentPhaseoccursataSun-Moonangleof45 degrees. The First Quarter Moon is at 90 degrees. The GibbousPhase is at 135 degrees. The Full Moon is at 180 degrees. TheDisseminating Phase is at 225 degrees. The LastQuarter Phase is at270degrees.TheBalsamicPhase is at 315degrees.For example, onFebruary25,2012theSun,relativetoanobserveronEarth,wasseentobeatazodiaclocationof6degreesPisces.TheMoonwasseentobeat6 degrees of Virgo. This is a separation of 180 degrees and indeedFebruary25,2012wasthedateofaFullMoon.

Whenconsidering theMoon in thecontextof the financialmarkets, thetwomostimpactfulphasesaretheNewMoon(0degreestotheSun)and

theFullMoon (180 degrees to theSun).Eclipses are also very potenteventsformarkettraderstobealertto.ThefollowingdiagramtakenfromBusiness Astrology 101, by Astrologer Georgia Stathis illustrates thevariouslunarphases.

Figure2-1LunarPhases

WithanEphemerisinhandonecaneasilytrackMoonphasesforagivenmonth.TheillustrationinFigure2-2depictsapagetakenfromtheNewAmericanEphemerisforthe21stCentury.Thearrow in the imagepointsto the section of the page that provides Moon data for the month inquestion(December2012).Inthisexample,onecanseetheNewMoonwilloccuronDecember13andtheFullMoonwilloccuronDecember28whichalsohappenstobeaneclipsedate.

Figure2-2LunarDatainanEphemeris

Tohelpyouquicklyidentifylunardates,AppendixApresentsNewMoon,FullMoonandEclipsedatafor2013and2014.

FullMoon,NewMoonandtheFirstTradeDateTheMoonhasthegreatestimpactonthosestocksthatbegantradingfortheveryfirst time(the firsttradedate)ona financialexchangeduringaFullMoonoraNewMoon.AppendixF lists first tradedates for the60largest stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the 30 Dow JonesIndustrial Index components. For a more complete listing of first tradedates, see the website www.investingsuccess.ca and look for the tabcalledAstrology.Thistabcontainsasub-sectioncalledFirstTradeDates.Once a stock’s first trade date is known, look up that date in an

Ephemeris and see whether it coincides with either a Full or a NewMoon. If the first trade date alignswith aNew or FullMoon, then thatstockisagoodcandidateforalunartradingstrategy.

Consider the example of Teck Resources which trades on the TorontoStockExchangeunderthetickerTSX:TCK/b.TeckResourcesisalargeglobalcoal,ironoreandbasemetalminerwithheadquartersinCanada.Teck Resources made its debut onto the Toronto Stock Exchange onMarch25,1952, thedateofaNewMoon.Thedailychart inFigure2-3illustrates the price action of Teck Resources for the 12 month periodcommencingSeptember2011.DarkshadedarrowsdenoteNewMoonswhileun-shadedarrowsdenoteFullMoons.

Figure2-3TeckResources(TSX:TCK/b)dailychart

NotehowNewMoonandFullMoondatesalignverycloselywithswingsinpriceaction.Theselunardatesobviouslydonotaccountfor100%ofallthepriceswingsonthechartasthereisonlyoneNewMoonandoneFullMooneventeachmonth.Butthecorrelationbetweenpriceinflectionpoints and lunar events is uncanny nonetheless. Thus, whenwatchingpriceactionofTeckResources,asaNewMoonorFullMoondatedrawsnear one should use technical chart analysis on short term charts toidentify signs of a trend reversal that offers a short term trading

opportunity.

AnotherexampleofthisdynamiccanbeseenwithAllianceGrainTraderswhichtradesontheTorontoStockExchangeunderthetickerTSX:AGT.Alliance Grain Traders is a commodity trading firm based in westernCanadaspecializing in brokering salesof cleanedandpackagedpeas,beans, lentils and chickpeas to the global marketplace. Alliance GrainTradersmade itsdebuton theTorontoStockExchangeSeptember18,2009, a New Moon. The daily chart in Figure 2-4 illustrates the priceaction of Alliance Grain Traders for the 12 month period commencingSeptember 2011. Dark shaded arrows denote New Moons while un-shadedarrowsdenoteFullMoons.

Figure2-4AllianceGrainTraders(TSX:AGT)dailychart

NotehowNewMoonandFullMoondatesalignverycloselywithswingsinpriceaction.

Asthesetwoexamplesillustrate,theMooncanhavepowerfuleffectsonprice action. The scientific explanation for this is deeper and moremysteriousthanIcanexplain.Thus,Isimplyuselunaroccurrencesasacomplimenttomymoremundanetechnicalchartindicators.

Insummary,toincorporatelunarphenomenaintoatradingstrategy,one

shouldidentifycompaniesthatfirsttradedonaNeworaFullMoondate.Then,knowingthataFullMoonorNewMoondate isapproaching,usetechnical chart analysiswith short term charts towatch for oversold oroverboughtconditionsthatmaywarrantatrade.CompilingashortlistoftradingcandidatesthathadtheirfirsttradedatesonaNeworFullMoonwill takesomeeffort.Tohelpyougetstarted,Table2-1presentssomeCanadianandUSlistedcompanies.

Company TickerSymbol FirstTradeDate LunarInfluence

CentralFund TSX:CEF.a June14,1965 FullMoon

Corby TSX:CDL.a February3,1969 FullMoon

Cdn.WesternBank TSX:CWB May14,1984 FullMoon

CalianTechnology TSX:CTY September15,1993 NewMoon

Cinram TSX:CRW.un March10,1986 NewMoon

MullenGroup TSX:MTL December13,1993 NewMoon

Manulife TSX:MFC September24,1999 FullMoon

PanAmSilver TSX:PAA October9,1984 FullMoon

PowerCorp TSX:PWF October10,1984 FullMoon

Toromont TSX:TIH May21,1974 NewMoon

WestFraser TSX:WFT May7,1986 NewMoon

WestJet TSX:WJA July12,1999 NewMoon

AmericanExpress N:AXP May18,1977 NewMoon

Caterpillar N:CAT December21,1929 NewMoon

Citigroup N:C December4,1998 FullMoon

DukeEnergy N:DUK July12,1961 NewMoon

FedEx N:FDX December28,1978 NewMoon

GeneralElectric N:GE May27,1956 FullMoon

Honeywell N:HUN September19,1929 FullMoon

JPMorgan N:JPM April1,1969 FullMoon

LockheedMartin N:LMT March16,1995 FullMoon

Merck N:MRK May15,1946 FullMoon

Nabors N:NBR November3,2005 NewMoon

TysonFoods N:TSN October17,1997 FullMoon

Table2-1LunarfirsttradedatesforseveralCanadianandUSlistedcompanies

ApogeeandPerigeeBecause of the Moon’s slightly elliptical pattern of rotation around theEarth,therewillbetimeswhenitisfarfromEarthandtherewillbetimeswhenitisclosetoEarth.ThetimewhentheMoonisfarthestfromEarthiscalledapogee.The timewhen theMoon is closest toEarth is calledperigee.

NewZealandauthorKenRinginhisbookLunarCodedescribesapogeeand perigee in considerable detail. The following are some of hisobservations:

•Many,butnotall,ofthemostsevereglobaleventsoccurwithinafewdaysofperigee.

• Fishing is good just before perigee, hopeless right on perigee andgoodagainjustafter.

•Studentsseem todobetter inexamswhen theMoon is inperigee,FullorNew.

• If a First Quarter Moon coincides with a perigee, hurricanes areprobable.

• When the summer Full Moon is in perigee or apogee, very warmtemperaturesmayresult.

•Perigeewasalwaysknownandfearedbyancientsailorsbecauseofthe stormy weather and gales that invariably arrived. By far the

greater number of cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, volcaniceruptions, floods, heat waves and earthquakes in recorded historyhasbeenassociatedwithaperigeeorapogee.

•TheapogeeandperigeeoftheMoonhaveaneffectonthetidesonEarth.When theMoon isatapogee (the furthestdistance from theEarth),ithaslessgravitationalpullwhichcontributestolowertidesorlowervariationinthehigh/lowtidelevel.WhentheMoonisatperigee(closer to the Earth), there is much more gravitational pull whichcontributestotheoppositeeffect:highertidesorgreatervariationinthehighandlowtide.

Tofurtherillustratetheeffectsofapogeeandperigee,consideragainthechartsofTeckResourcesandAllianceGrainTraders.

Figure2-5TeckResources(TSX:TCK/b)apogeeandperigee

Thechart inFigure2-5 is thesameas thechart inFigure2-3,butwithapogeeandperigeeeventsoverlaidasdepictedbysmallcircles.Noticehow these apogee and perigee events tend to align themselves verycloselywithshorterswingchangesintrend.

Figure2-6TeckResources30minutechart

Shortertermchartsfunctionverywelltofocusonlunarevents.Figure2-6illustratesashortterm30minutechartforTeckResourcesfortheperiodDecember 12 through 14, 2012. On December 12, the Moon was atperigee and December 13marked a NewMoon. Note how at perigeepriceactionreachedashorttermtopandthenproceededtodeclineintoashort termswingbottomthenextdayat theNewMoon.Ashort termtradercouldhaveusedtechnicalindicatorssuchasRSI,DMIandCCIinconjunctionwiththeselunareventstotimeatradingentryintothestock.

Figure2-7AllianceGrainTradersapogeeandperigee

Thechart inFigure2-7 is thesameas thechart inFigure2-4,butwithapogeeandperigeeeventsoverlaidasdepictedbysmallcircles.Noticehow these apogee and perigee events tend to align themselves verycloselywithshorterswingchangesintrend.

Figure2-8AllianceGrainTraders30minutechart

Thechart inFigure2-8 illustratesthe30minutechart forAllianceGrainTradersfortheperiodDecember12,2012throughDecember14,2012.Prior to this time span, the trend on Alliance Grain Traders had beendecidedlydownhavingfallenfromabovethe$16persharelevelover3months. A trader seeking to take a position in Alliance Grain Traderscould have watched the price action start to bottom coming intoDecemberand then furtherused theabove30minutechartasperigeeandNewMooneventsdrewclosetotimeasuitableentryintothestock.ForstockshavingafirsttradedatefallingatorverynearaNewMoonorFullMoon,usetechnical

chart analysis and short term charts to watch for tradable events at NewMoons, FullMoons,

apogeeorperigeeevents.

TheNorthNodeofMoonAspreviouslynotedtheEarthorbitstheSuninaplanecalledtheecliptic.TheMoonorbits theEarth in itsownplane.Mathematically, twoplanesthatarenotparallelmust intersect.The intersectionpointsbetween theMoon’s lunarplaneandEarth’seclipticare termedtheNorthandSouth

nodes.AstrologerstendtofocusontheNorthnodeandephemeristablesclearlylistthezodiacalpositionoftheNorthNodeforeachcalendarday.

Study the North Node positions and you will see that it moves in abackwards,retrogradepattern.Thelengthof timefortheNorthNodetomakeafull journeythroughthe12signsofthezodiacis18.6years.Aspartofatradingorinvestingstrategy,considernotingthetimeswhentheNorthNodechangessignsofthezodiac,approximatelyevery1.55years.ThechartinFigure2-9illustratesmonthlypricebehaviouroftheS&P500Index dating back to 1998. On the chart, the circled areas depict thetimeswhentheNorthNodechangedsignsofthezodiac.Notehowthesetimes of sign change align closely with pivotal swing highs and lowsincluding the market peak in 2000 and the peak that preceded thefinancial crisis of 2008.Definitely times for traders and investors to bealert.TheNorthNodemovedintothesignofScorpioonAugust29,2012andseveralweekslatertheS&P500Indexcrestedandbegantodeclineas debates over the US ‘fiscal cliff’ intensified. The North Node willremaininthesignofScorpiountilFebruary2014.

Figure2-9S&P500Index—NorthNodechangingsigns

WatchmajormarketindicesfortrendchangesastheNorthNodeofMoonchangessignsofthe

Zodiacevery1.55years.

SolarandLunarEclipsesA solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun andEarthandfullyorpartiallyblockstheSun.ThiscanhappenonlyataNewMoon,whentheSunandtheMoonareinconjunctionandonlywhentheNewMoonoccursclosetooneoftheNodes.BecausetheMoon’slunarorbitplaneintersectswiththeeclipticplaneatthetwoNodesthatare180degreesapart,NewMoonsoccurclosetothenodesattwoperiodsoftheyear approximately six months (173.3 days) apart, known as eclipseseasons.Therewillalwaysbeatleastonesolareclipseduringaneclipseseason.SometimestheNewMoonoccurscloseenoughtoanodeduringeachoftwoconsecutivemonthstoeclipsetheSunintwopartialeclipses.Thismeansthatinanygivenyear,therewillalwaysbeatleasttwosolareclipses,buttherecouldbeasmanyasfive.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are alignedexactly,orverycloselyso,withtheEarthinthemiddle.TheEarthblocksthe Sun’s rays from striking theMoon. This can only happen at a FullMoon.Eclipsedatesshouldbewatchedcloselyasprice trendchangesoftenoccurat thesedates.The chart inFigure2-10 illustratesmonthlypricebehaviouroftheS&P500futuresdatingback15years.Thecirclesonthechartdepictmanyofthesolarandlunareclipsedates.Noticehowthese dates align quite well with swings in price action. Appendix Aprovides eclipse data for 2013 through 2014. Using technical chartanalysis, watch as eclipse dates approach. If you see oversold oroverboughtconditionsthatcouldlendthemselvestoatrendreversal,bepreparedtotakeactionaccordingly.

Figure2-10S&P500Index—SolarandLunareclipses

The chart illustrated in Figure 2-11 is an hourly snapshot of the DowJonesIndustrialAveragearoundthetimeframeofJune4,2012,thedateof a partial lunar eclipse and the date of amarket swing low. A traderseeking to enter a trade on Dow futures could have watched thedeveloping technicalnegativedivergenceand the risingADX feature totimeanentryposition.

Figure2-11DowJonesIndustrialAveragehourlychartJune4,2012

On a similar note, the chart in Figure 2-12 illustrates the Dow JonesIndustrialAveragearoundtheperiodofNovember13,2012thedateofasolareclipseandaswinghighpointonpriceaction.

Figure2-12DowJonesIndustrialAveragehourlychartNovember13,2012

Watchmajormarketindicestoexhibittrendchangesduringsolarandlunareclipseevents.

Next, let us turn our attention to an examination of how planetaryastrologycanbeincorporatedintoatradingstrategy.

CHAPTERTHREE

PlanetaryTradingThere are eight planets that form the framework for the application ofastrologytotradingandinvestingonthefinancialmarkets.TheseplanetsareMercury,Venus,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,NeptuneandPluto.Inrecent years there has been much debate as to whether or not Plutoqualifiesasatrueplanetorsimplyoneofseveraldwarfplanets.Forthepurposesofthisbook,considerPlutotobeatrueplanet.

Thischapterlooksathowplanetaryaspects,firsttradedatesandsynodicperiodsallcanbeincorporatedintoatradingstrategy.

PlanetsandAspectsThediagraminFigure3-1courtesyofwww.zoomschool.comshowsthepositionalarrangementoftheplanetsinrelationtotheSun.NotealsothesizesoftheotherplanetsincomparisontoEarth.

Figure3-1ThePlanets

From a vantage point located on Earth, as these planets orbit 360degrees around the Sun, they can be seen to make angles (calledaspects) to theSunand toeachother.Theaspectscommonlyused tostudy the financialmarketsare0,30,45,60,90,120and180degrees(respectivelycalledconjunct,semi-sextile,semi-square,sextile,square,

trine and opposition events). The application of astrology to markettrading allows for some ‘room’ (or orb) when considering the variousaspects.

• A conjunct event (0 degree separation) is deemed to be occurringwhen two planets are within 10 degrees of being 0 degrees apartfromeachother.

•Thesameappliestoanoppositionevent(180degreeseparation).• A square event (90 degree separation) is deemed to be occurringwhen twoplanetsarewithin5degreesofbeing90degrees tooneanother.

•A semi-sextile event (30degree separation) event is deemed to beoccurringwhentwoplanetsarewithin3degreesofbeing30degreesfromoneanother.

• A semi-square event (45 degree separation) is deemed to beoccurringwhentwoplanetsarewith3degreesofbeing45degreesapartfromoneanother.

• A sextile event (60 degree separation) is deemed to be occurringwhentwoplanetsarewith5degreesofbeing60degreesapartfromoneanother.

•Atrineevent(120degreeseparation)isdeemedtobeoccurringwhentwoplanetsarewith5degreesofbeing120degreesapartfromoneanother.

StrangeSymbolsandtheEphemerisFigure 3-2 presents a summary of the symbols used in astrology todenote the variousplanets and the variousaspects.As you repeatedlyapplytheinformationinthisbooktoyourmarketactivity,youwillbecomequitefluentwiththesestrangelookingsymbols,calledglyphs.

Figure3-3presentsanexcerpt taken fromaheliocentricEphemeris forthe month of December 1980. Notice how the symbols denoting thevariousplanetsappearalongthetopofthedatatable.Alongtheleftaxis,the days of the month appear. In each column notice the numberexpressedindegreesalongwithaglyph.Thus,foranygivendayinthemonthofDecember1980,onecanfindthepositionoftheMoonandthevariousplanets in termsofdegreesandastrologicalsign.Forexample,on December 1, 1980 we can see that: Jupiter was 26 degrees, 45

minutesintothesignofVirgo.OnDecember20,Venuswas25degreesand17minutesintothesignofLibra.Withalittlepractice,youwillquitesoon findyourself comfortably interpreting thedata inanephemeris. Inmyexperience, a goodheliocentric ephemeris is not something readilyavailable in book stores. I do have one for calendar years 2000 andonwards. However, I find it just as easy to obtainmy heliocentric datafromthewebsitewww.astro.com/swisseph/swepha_e.htm.

Figure3-2AstrologySymbols

Figure3-3EphemerispageDecember1980

CaseStudy#1—Apple(Nasdaq:AAPL)Thebestway toseeastrology inaction is to lookatacasestudy foraparticularstock.InFigure3-3,lookatthedateofDecember12,1980.Onthat date, the data shows thatMercury was at 15 degrees of Scorpio,Venuswasat12degreesofLibra,Marsat2degreesofAquarius,Jupiterat 27 degrees of Virgo, Saturn at 2 degrees of Libra, Uranus at 26degreesofScorpio,Neptuneat22degreesofSagittariusandPlutowasat22degreesofLibra.

ThedateofDecember12,1980happenstobethedaywhenshares inApple (Nasdaq:AAPL) first started trading on a recognized stockexchange.ThisdateisApple’sfirsttradedate.

When applying astrology to an individual stock, the first step is tocomposeavisualdiagramofthepositionsofthePlanetsonthefirsttradedate.Toconstructsuchadiagram,onecouldstartwithablankversionofa diagram similar to that of Figure 1-1 shown back in Chapter 1. But,thankfully technological advances have touched upon the world ofastrology. Software programs are now available to prepare first tradecharts for you. I personally have two programs that I use. The first isproduced by AIR Software and is calledMilleniumTrax, the second isproduced by Astrolabe and is called Solar Fire Gold. Both are veryaffordable. Iamsure therearemanymoresuchprogramsavailable forpurchase and indeed one may even find apps for smart phones andtabletsthatwillhelpyouwithastrologycharts.

Whenrunningoneoftheseprograms,theentrydatarequiredconsistsofthefirsttradedate,thelocationandatime.IfthestockhappenstobeaUS traded equity, the locationwill beNewYork.Canadian equitieswillhave a location of Toronto and U.K. equities would have a location ofLondonandsoon.The timeelementwill be the time thestockstartedtradingon the first tradedate. Ialwaysassume the timeelement tobethehouratwhichthestockexchangestartsitstrading.Sometimestherecanbedelaysingettinganewstockupandtradingforthefirsttime,butthistendstobetheexception.ForUSandCanada,tradestarttimesaretakentobe9:30am.Withdate, timeand locationdataentered into theprogram,theresultwillbeachartshowingtheplacementsoftheplanetson that date. Although termed a first trade chart, such a chart istechnically called a horoscope derived from the Greek horoskopismeaning ‘a look at the hours’. The following figure shows the chartgenerated forApple (Nasdaq:AAPL) using theMilleniumTrax software.Notethatwhenenteringdataparametersforafirsttradechart,youmustspecify whether you are wanting the heliocentric calculations or thegeocentric calculations. In the case of Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), I haveselectedheliocentric.

Figure3-4Apple(Nasdaq:AAPL)heliocentricfirsttradechart

Aftergeneratingafirsttradechart,thesecondstepistostudyitcarefullyandnotetheplanetarypairsthatformaspects.

IntheApple(Nasdaq:AAPL)heliocentricchartonecanseethat:

•Sunis180degreesfromNeptunewhichisanoppositionevent.•SunandPlutoare122degreesapartwhichisatrineevent.•MarsandSaturnare121degreesapartforatrineevent.•MercuryandSaturnare45degreesapartforasemi-squareevent.•NeptuneandPlutoare60degreesapartforasextileevent.•JupiterandSunare97degreesapartwhichisjustabittoomuchforasquareevent.

•MercuryandPlutoare25degreesapartwhich is not quite a semi-sextileevent.

•JupiterandMarsare126degreespartwhichistoomuchforatrineevent.

•SunandVenusare113degreesapartwhichisnotenoughforatrine

event.

Thethirdstepistodeterminewhichoftheaspectsisthemostpowerfulto incorporate into a trading or investing strategy. To make thisdetermination, focus on the aspects made between the faster movinginnerplanets(Mercury,Venus,Mars)withtheSunandaspectsbetweenthesefastermovingplanetsandtheouter,slowermovingplanets.FocusalsoonanyaspectsbetweentheslowerouterplanetsandtheSun.

Fourth,useeitheranephemeristableorasoftwareprogramtogeneratealistofsuchaspectsdatingbackseveralyears.

Fifth,generateastockchartofthestockinquestiongoingbackseveralyears.Mark theaspectdateson thepricechartandseewhichaspectsmostoftenalignwithaswinghighorswing low trendchanges inprice.Once ithasbeendeterminedwhichaspectsalignmostoftenwithpriceswings, these aspects can then be used to look forward in time andanticipatewhentheywillrepeatthemselvesanddeliveraswingchangeinpricetrend.

ContinuingwiththestudyofApple(Nasdaq:AAPL),theaspectsinvolvingSun-Neptune, Sun-Pluto, Mars-Saturn, Mercury-Saturn and Neptune-Plutoallappear tobeexcellentcandidates to focuson.However,giventhat Neptune and Pluto are both slowermoving outer planets, we candiscard them from the list. Figure 3-5 presents a daily chart of Apple(Nasdaq:AAPL) from October 2011 to October 2012. Notice how aMercury-Saturn45degreeaspectoccursinverycloseproximitytoswinghighsmadeinOctober,Aprilandatthe$705peakinSeptember.TradersengagedinAAPLstockandwatchingcharttechnicalanalysiswouldhavehad an extrameasure of fore-warning at these swing highs. The dailychart in Figure 3-6 covers the same time frame and shows additionalaspectsthattraderswouldhavebeenalertto.Andsoitgoes.Thisishowastrologicalaspectsasdeterminedfromafirsttradechartcanbeusedasaverypowerfulcomplimenttothetechnicalanalysistechniquesalreadybeingaspartofyourtrading.

Figure3-5Aspectsaffecting(Nasdaq:AAPL)shareprice

Figure3-6Moreaspectsaffecting(Nasdaq:AAPL)shareprice

CaseStudy#2—FordMotorCompany(NYSE:F)

As another case study, consider the Ford Motor Company. Figure 3-7illustratesthefirsttradechartforFordgeneratedusingtheMilleniumTraxsoftware.Inthiscasestudy,Iamusinggeocentricastrologytoshowyouhowitdiffersslightlyfromitsheliocentriccounterpart.

Figure3-7FordMotorCompany(NYSE:F)geocentricfirsttradechart

Therearefouraspectsthatimmediatelystandoutonthischart.Venusis180degreesoppositetoNeptune,MercuryisoppositePluto,MercuryisoppositeSaturnandVenusis90degreessquaretoUranus.

Figure3-8Aspectsaffecting(NYSE:F)

Figure3-8 illustratesadaily price chart ofFordMotorCompanydatingback12months.Noteinmid-June2012,sharepriceactionexperiencedareversalat theMercury-Plutoopposition,after failing togetabovethelate-Mayhighs. InearlyOctober,priceactionregisteredaswingbottomthusgivingtraderswhomissedthelateAugustbottomanotherchancetotakelongpositions.

Figure3-9Moreaspectsaffecting(NYSE:F)

Figure3-9illustratestheMercury-SaturnandVenus-Uranusaspects.TheMercury-Saturn aspect inMay alignswithwhat appears to be a short-covering rally.Theswinghigh inAugustwouldhavebeenagoodpointfor short term traders to takeprofits assuming longpositionshadbeeninitiatedinearlyAugustasaNewMoonappeared.

Theaspectsillustratedintheprecedingtwofiguresdonotcapturealltheswings in price. But when used in conjunction with technical chartanalysis,theseaspectswillprovideyouwithauniqueperspectiveonthepriceactionofFordMotorCompanyshares.

FiveStepsforApplyingAstrologytoIndividualStocks

1.Compileafirsttradedateastrologychartforthestockinquestion.

2.Notetheplanetarypairsthatformaspects.

3.Determinewhichoftheseaspectshavethemostpowerfulimpactonprice.

4.Generatealistoftheseaspectsgoingbackseveralyears.

5.Overlaytheseaspectsonastockchartgoingbackseveralyearstoverifytheireffectiveness.

Then,watchfortheseaspectstore-occurinthefuture.

Ruler-Ship,Exaltation,FallandDetriment

Astrology also rests firmly on the notions of ruler-ship, exaltation,detrimentand fall.Eachsignof thezodiac isdeemedtobe ‘ruled’byaplanet or planetary pair. That is, the particular zodiac sign will exhibitcharacteristics similar to its ruling planet or planetary pair. For a givenzodiacsign(orpointwithinasign),certainplanetsfunctionverywellandexhibit powerful influence. This powerful influence is called exaltation.Therearealsosigns inwhichagivenplanetmayexhibit unpredictablebehaviorthuskeepingtradersandinvestorsonedge.Thisisbehaviouriscalleddetriment.Lastly,therearesignswhereplanetsexhibitveryweakamountsofinfluence.Thisweakinfluenceiscalledfall.

Table3-1showstheruler-shipofthevarioussignsalongwithpositionsofexaltation,fallanddetriment.Noticethatwhenaplanetisinexaltationinasign,itwillbeinfallwhenitreachestheopposingsignofthezodiac.Aplanetwillbeinfallwhenitappearsinasignoppositetothatsignwhichitrules.Forexample,ifJupiterfiguresprominentlyinthepricemovesofastock,itwouldbewisetopaycloseattentiontopriceactionofthatstockas Jupiter experiences exaltation in the sign of Cancer. Table 3-1suggeststhatthepointof5degreesCancershouldbefocusedon.Someolder literature studied when researching this book was adamant thatexaltationandfallonlyoccurredatcertaindegreesofasign,whileotherpublications took a slightly more relaxed stance and consideredexaltationand fall tooccurduring theentire transitof thesign. IfVenusfiguresprominentlyinthepricemovesofastock,takenotethatVenusisindetrimentasitpassesthroughthesignsofAriesandScorpio,soanyfavourable price action you may be expecting may be somewhatdampened.Thus,whenincorporatingthenotionsofexaltation,detrimentandfallintoyourtradingstrategy,besuretodoadequateback-testingtoseehowpriceactionhasrespondedinpastacrosstheentiretransitofasignaswellasatthespecificpointslistedinTable3-1.Backtestingcanbedonewiththehelpofephemeristablesorwithasoftwareprogram.

Sign Ruler Exaltation Fall Detriment

Aries Mars/Pluto Sun19degrees Saturn21degrees Venus

Taurus Venus Moon3degrees Uranus Mars

Gemini Mercury Mercury Jupiter

Cancer Moon Jupiter5degrees Mars28degrees Saturn

Leo Sun Neptune Pluto Uranus

Virgo Mercury Mercury15degrees Venus27degrees Neptune

Libra Venus Saturn21degrees Sun19degrees Mars/Pluto

Scorpio Mars Uranus Moon3degrees Venus

Sagittarius Jupiter SouthNode3degrees Mercury Mercury

Capricorn Saturn Mars28degrees Jupiter5degrees Moon

Aquarius Uranus/Saturn Pluto Neptune Sun

Pisces Neptune/Jupiter Venus27degrees Mercury15degrees Mercury

Table3-1Exaltation,DetrimentandFallPositions

Looking once again at our example of Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), we canclearly see the influences of exaltation. Using the ephemeris tables, Ideterminedthecalendardates forseveralof theaboveexaltationdatesthatfellintothetimeframeAugust2011toAugust2012.Figure3-10plotsthesedates.

Figure3-10Exaltationdates

Noticehow theSunat19degreesofAriespositionalignswithamajorswinghighinApril2012.SeetherallythatgotunderwayearlyinOctober2011.ThisrallystumbledforawhileasSaturnentereditsexaltedtimeat21degreesofLibra.Saturnhasareputationforspoilingthepartyandinthis case it lived up to its reputation. Lastly, Venus entered its point ofexaltation inFebruary2012.Pricewasalready rallyingat that time,butlookcloselyandyouwillseethatasVenushititspointofexaltation,priceactionsurgedquickly.Althoughnotshownon thischart,Mercuryhit15degrees Virgo and exaltation on September 9, 2012. Price action ofAAPL the very next day fell some $18 per share in true ‘mercurial’fashion!

OnSeptember21,2012whenAAPLhit itshighof$705, it iscurioustoobserve thatSaturnwasat28degreesofLibra, justpast itsmaximumpointofexaltation.Saturntypicallycanhaveadetrimentaleffectonsharepriceactionandinthiscase,itseemsthatoncetheall-timewasreached,Saturn exerted its powerful suppressing nature to drive price actiondownwards.Aswell,atthetimeofthispricehigh,MarswasinthesignofScorpio where it rules. Mars having war-like tendency, seems to havedeclaredwar on sharepriceasAAPLwent on to losenearly $200pershare invalueby theendof2012.Lastly,at the timeof the$705high,

Jupiter was at 16 degrees Gemini. Jupiter typically is associated withexpansive behaviours and by being in Gemini, it was in fall, thus itsexpansionary tendenciesweremuted, givingadded impetus to a fall inshareprice.

Although using planetary phenomena in market trading requiresconsiderablepreparationwork,onceyouhavedonethepreparationworkfor your favorite stocks or commodity futures, you stand to enjoy adistinct advantage in your trading. This advantage can then be furthersharpened by using synodic periods, sign changes, retrograde motionandMid-HeavenandAscendant techniqueswhichwenowwillexamineingreaterdetail.Watchforsignificantpricemovementsatthosetimeswhenplanetsareinexaltation,detrimentor

fall.

Mid-HeavenandAscendantStrategiesInChapterOne,theconceptsofMid-Heaven(MC)andAscendant(Asc)wereintroduced.TousethenotionofMid-Heaveninatradingstrategy,itisalsonecessarytogenerateageocentricfirsttradechart.Thechart inFigure3-11isthatofCocaCola(NYSE:KO)whichhasafirsttradedateofSeptember26,1924.

Onthisoranygeocentricfirsttradechart,theMid-Heavenisatthetopofthe chart. In the case of Coca Cola, the Mid-Heaven (MC) is at 29degreesoftheSignofLeo.

Eachcalendaryear,tradersshouldmakecarefulnoteofwhenthefastermovingplanetsMercuryandVenuspassacrosstheMid-Heavenpositionfoundinastock’sfirsttradechart.SlightlyslowermovingMarscanalsobe important too.Within one or two degrees on either side of theMCposition watch stock price action for possible swing reversals in trend.Sometimesuchswingscanbeshortinduration,sometimeslarger.

Figure3-11CocaCola(NYSE:KO)firsttradechart

TheAscendant (denotedAsc) onageocentric first trade chart suchastheone inFigure3-11 is takenasbeingat the9o’clockposition.Eachcalendar year, traders should make careful note of when the fastermovingplanetsMercuryandVenuspassacross theAscendant.WatchtoowhatslightlyslowerMarsdoes.Withinonedayoneithersideofthesedatesobservesharepriceactionclosely forpossibleswingreversals intrend.Sometimesuchswingscanbeshortinduration,sometimeslarger.

In the caseofCocaCola, the planetMercury in 2011passedover theMid-Heaven position of 29 degrees Leo on July 27, turned retrograde,passed over the point 29 Leo on August 9, turned direct and againpassed over 29 Leo on September 9, 2011. The chart in Figure 3-12depicts daily price action covering these dates. Note how these MCcrossingdatesalignwithpricetopsandpriceswings.

Venus in 2011 passed over the Mid-Heaven on August 21 and Marscrossed the Mid-Heaven on November 10. The chart in Figure 3-13

depicts hourly price action covering the time frame around August 21,2011.NotehowVenuscrossingtheMCofCocaColaalignswithaverynicetradabledipinpriceactionthatatraderorinvestorcouldhavebeentracking.ThechartinFigure3-14depictshourlypriceactioncoveringthetimeframearoundNovember10,2011.NotehowMarscrossingtheMCofCocaCola alignswith another very nice tradable dip in price actionthatatraderorinvestorcouldhavebeenwatchingfor.

In 2012, Mercury passed over the Mid-Heaven on September 1 andVenusonOctober3.Althoughnotshownhere,thechartsforthesetimeframesalsoshowinterestingswingsinpriceaction.SlowermovingMarswillnotpasstheMid-Heavenin2012.

In2011,MercurypassedovertheAscendant(Asc)onOctober24,VenusonOctober22.SlowermovingMarsdidnotpass theAscendant (Asc).Figure 3-15 depicts hourly price action covering this period.Notice therise and fall of price action as Mercury and Venus crossed theAscendant.

Figure3-12CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MercuryacrossMC

Figure3-13CocaCola(NYSE:KO)VenusacrosstheMC

Figure3-14CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MarsacrosstheMC

Figure3-15CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MercuryandVenusacrosstheAsc

In 2012, Mercury passed the Mid-Heaven on October 17, Venus onDecember 5 and Mars on September 17. The chart in Figure 3-16illustratespriceactioncovering theperiodmid-September2012 tomid-October,2012.ThebottompaneonthechartistheCommodityChannelIndex (CCI), a standard technical indicator used to denote overboughtandoversoldconditions.MarscrossedtheAscendantonSeptember17andonedaylater,intra-daypriceactionhitanoverboughtpeak.Mercurycrossed the Ascendant on October 17, a critical line of support wasbreachedandCCIcrossedbelow the ‘minus100’mark.Analert traderwatchingthisunfoldcouldhavetakenadvantageaccordingly.

Figure3-16CocaCola(NYSE:KO)MarsandMercuryacrosstheAsc

Figure3-17ImperialOil(TSX:IMO)60minutechart

Asanotherexample,consider ImperialOil,a largeCanadian integratedoilconcernwhichtradesontheTorontoStockExchangeunderthetickersymbolTSX:IMO.ThechartinFigure3-14showshourlypriceactionforImperialOilduring the timeframeofAugust13,2012.Although the firsttrade chart is not displayed, the Mid-Heaven for Imperial Oil is at 23degreesofLibra.MarscrossedoverthisMid-HeavenpositiononAugust13, 2012. An alert trader using technical chart analysis and short termchartswouldhavenotedabreakoutabovealineofresistanceandthenarunupinpriceof$1ashare.Watchforsignificantpricemoveswhentheplanets,Mercury,VenusandMarscrosstheAscand

MCfirsttradechartpositionsofstocks.

TradingusingSynodicCyclesEachoftheplanetsorbitstheSunwithadifferentperiodofrevolutionasTable3-2shows.MercurybeingclosetotheSuncompletesitsorbitveryquickly. Pluto being far away from theSun takes a good longwhile tocompleteanorbit.

Planet SynodicOrbitalPeriodAroundSun

Mercury 88days

Venus 225days

Earth 365days

Mars 687days

Jupiter 11.85years

Saturn 29.42years

Uranus 83.75years

Neptune 163.74years

Pluto 245.33years

Table3-2Planet-Sunsynodicperiods

Asynodiccycleisthatlengthoftimeforacelestialbodytocompleteanentirepatternasreferenced fromthe fixedobservationpointof theSun(heliocentric). Such a pattern is usually taken to mean the time fromwhen a planet is conjunct (0 degrees) to Earth to when it is againconjunctEarth.Suchapatterncouldalsobethetimefromwhenaplanetisconjunct (0degrees)anotherplanet towhen it isagainconjunct thatplanet. Table 3-3 presents various planet to planet synodic cycles. Asynodic cycle between two planets is given by S = (s1 x s2)/(s2-s1),wheres1ands2arethetimestoorbit theSunastakenfromTable3-2previous.

Earth Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

Mercury 116days 144.5days 100.9days 89.8days 88.7days 88.2days 88.1days 88.0days

Venus 584days 144.5days 334.5days 237.3days 229.8days 226.6days 225.8days 225.5days

Mars 780days 100.9days 334.5days 2.23years 2.0years 1.92years 1.90years 1.90years

Jupiter 399days 89.8days 237.3days 2.23years 19.85years 13.81years 12.77years 12.45years

Saturn 376days 88.7days 229.8days 2.0years 19.85years 45.26years 35.68years 33.40years

Uranus 370days 88.2days 226.6days 1.92years 13.81years 45.26years 171.42years 127.15years

Neptune 367days 88.1days 225.8days 1.90years 12.77years 35.68years 171.42years 492.34years

Pluto 367days 88.0days 225.5days 1.90years 12.45years 33.40years 127.15years 492.34years

Table3-3Planet-Planetsynodicperiods

AsTable3-3shows,SaturnandJupiterhavea19.85yearsynodicorbitalperiod. The 0, 90 and 180 degree aspects are important to follow formarket traders. Consider the following historical heliocentricdevelopments.Saturnwas0degreesseparatedfromJupiterforthefirst8 months of 1961. During 1961, the Dow Jones Industrials peaked atnear734beforedecliningtothe580levelforadropofabout20percent.In1970andintoearly1971,SaturnandJupitercameintoa180degreeaspectonanumberofoccasions.DuringthistimeframetheDowJonesIndustrialsregisteredasignificantlowaftermakinga285pointdrop(28percent) from a high in 1968. From late-1975 tomid-1976 Saturn andJupitercameintoa90degreeaspectonseveraloccasionsandtheDowJonesIndustrialsralliedhardandfastfromasignificantlowmadelatein1974. In the first half of 1981, Saturn and Jupiter again enjoyed a 0degree aspect, the first such occurrence since 1961. This time framemarked a peak in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Interestinglyenough, following this peak, a sell-off of some 24% took place whichcleared thedecks for thestartofamajorbullmarket run.FromMay toSeptember2000,SaturnandJupiteragainarrivedata0degreeaspectsome19yearsafter the lastsuchaspect.Thisaspectcamejustas theDowJonesIndustrialswasreachingamajorhigh.Inthefirstpartof2006Saturn and Jupiterwere at a 90 degree aspect andmarkets had an 8percentdeclinebeforeresuminganuptrend.Fromlate2010throughMay2011,SaturnandJupiterwereata180degreeaspect.DuringthisperiodthemarketralliedsmartlyonlytopeakandfadeinMayjustasthisaspectwasconcluding.SaturnandJupiterarescheduledtomakea90degreeaspect again frommid-2015 to the end of 2015. Traders and investorsshouldbemindfulofthistimeframeforapossiblesignificantturnintrend.

In addition to the 0, 90 and 180 degree aspects, breaking the SaturnJupitersynodiccycleof19.85yearsintosmallerincrementscanalsogive

auniqueperspectiveonmarketbehaviour.Table3-4presentssomeofthesesmallersubdivisions.

Sub-DivisionofSaturn-Jupitercycle Expressedintermsofmonthsoftime

19.85/4 59.6months

19.85/5 47.7months

19.85/6 39.7months

19.85/7 34months

19.85/8 29.8months

19.85/9 26.5months

Table3-4Saturn-Jupitercyclesub-divided

Considerthatin2002theS&PfuturesbottomedonOctober7.Projectingahead59.6monthstakesonetothestartofOctober2007.ThemarketsregisteredanotablesecondaryhighonOctober8,2007.Fromthissame2002 low, projecting ahead34months takes one to earlyAugust 2005and in factmarketsregisteredaswinghighat thisvery timewhichwasnotchallengeduntil3monthslater.Projectingahead29.8monthsrevealsaswingbottominApril2005.Andlastlyprojectingforward26.5monthsplacesoneinDecember2004whenmarketspeaked.Thispeakwasnotbesteduntil8monthslater.

FromtheOctober2007high,projectingforward29.8monthstakesonetoaswinghighearlyin2010.Projectingahead34monthstakesonetothelow for 2010. Projecting ahead 47.7months takes one to the October2011lows.Projectingahead59.6monthstakesonetoSeptember2012duringwhichNorthAmericanindiceshitapeak.

StudyingsomeofthelongersynodicperiodsbetweenvariousplanetsisaninterestingexerciseandonethatIenjoyengaginginfrequentlyusingboth individual stocks and market indices. While these longer synodicperiodsmaynotbeofhelpwithshorttermtrading,theymayhelpexplainsomeofthelongertermpricecycleswehaveseenunfoldovertheyears.

For further information to ponder, consider that financial marketsregisteredasignificantpeakin1929andasignificantlowin1974.Isthisa45yearSaturn-Uranussynodicperiod inaction? In2000 themarketsregistered a significant high and a significant low in early 2009. Is thisone-halfofaJupiter-Saturnsynodicperiod?Marketsregisteredalowinlate2002andasignificantlowinearly2009.Isthisone-halfofaJupiter-Uranussynodicperiod?Myresearchintotheselongercyclesisongoingandwilllikelyformthesubjectmatterofaseparatebooktobepublishedinthenearfuture.

Synodicperiodsareafascinatingphenomenon.Studyinglongertermmarketpriceactioninterms

ofsynodicperiodscanassistthetraderinseeingthemarketsfromadifferentperspective.

TradingusingRetrogradePeriodsandSignChangesWhenaplanet is retrograde, itappears tobestandingstillmomentarilyfrom the viewpoint of an observer situated on planet Earth. Althoughorbitingplanetsneverstandstill,whenaplanetisretrogradeitisasiftwovehicles aremoving in the same direction and one vehicle passes theother. As the faster vehicle (faster orbiting planet) passes the slowervehicle(slowerorbitingplanet), forabriefmoment intimeitappearsasthough theslowervehicle (slowerorbitingplanet) ismovingbackwards.Ofcourse it isnot reallymovingbackwards, theeffect ispurely illusory.Signchangesarealso important times towatch forwhen incorporatingastrologyintoatradingstrategy.Asthevariousplanetsmovefrombeingin one sign to being in another, quite often one will see a short termchangeintrend.Thefollowingpagespresentnumerousexamplesofhowsynodic periods, retrograde events and sign changes all impact themarkets.

MercuryduringRetrogradeandatSignchangesTradersshouldfocusonthoseperiodsoftimewhengeocentricMercuryis retrograde.During thecourseofacalendaryear,Mercurywillexhibitthree retrogradeperiods.Thechart inFigure3-18 illustratesdailypricedata for the S&P continuous contract for August 2011 through toSeptember 2012 and the Mercury retrograde events. Note that duringeach of these periods themarkets exhibited some pronounced swings

whichtraderscouldhavecapturedusingtechnicalchartanalysis.Asanaside, it is interesting tonote thatMercury turnedretrogradeexactlyonthe date of the 2012 US Presidential election. In traditional ‘mercurial’fashion,theelectionyieldedsomethingofasurprise.Despitepollstakenby many organizations that all showed a very tight race in the endPresident Obama captured a comfortable majority of electoral collegevotes. The day after the election, Mercury handed out yet anothersurprisewhenmarketindicesinEuropeandNorthAmericadroppedhardandfast,leavingtradersgaspingforbreath.WithMercuryretrogradeandalsobeing indetriment in thesignofSagittarius (seeTable3-1), thesesurpriseswereactuallynotsurprisesatall to thoseversed inastrology.For2013MercurywillberetrogradeFebruary23toMarch16,June26toJuly19andagainfromOctober21toNovember9.

MercurychangingsignsoftheZodiacalsodeserveswatchingbytraders.In particular, Mercury entering the sign of Scorpio can lead to somenotablemarketsell-offsorsomenotable rallies,eachofwhich thealerttraderwillbeabletorecognizeusingtechnicalchartanalysis.Thechartin Figure 3-19 illustrates price action on the S&P 500 Index for theSeptember-October2012period.MercuryenteredthesignofScorpioonSaturday,October6.NotethatonOctober5,S&Pfuturesmadeaswinghigh and then declined for several trading sessions.Mercury transitingthroughAquarius,PiscesandpartofAriesalsocandeliversomenotablemarketmoveswhichtradersshouldbealertto.Table3-5presentssomedatagoingback to2007 to further illustrate thepowerfulsignificanceofMercurychangingandmovingthroughsignsoftheZodiac.

Figure3-18S&P500IndexMercuryretrogradeevents

Figure3-19S&P500IndexMercurychangingsigns

The following Table summarizes some recent geocentric Mercury signtransits.

Event Date(s) Outcome

MercuryentersScorpio Nov12,2007 53pointgainonS&Pfuturesover2sessions

MercuryinAquarius Jan9-Jan22,

2008

261pointdeclineonS&Pfutures

MercurythroughPiscesand

Aries

Mar17-April28,

2008

146pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryentersScorpio Nov5,2008 100pointdeclineonS&Pfuturesover2sessions

MercuryinAquarius Feb15-Mar6,

2009

75pointdeclineonS&Pfutures

MercurythroughPiscesand

Aries

Mar10-Apr28,

2009

223pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryentersScorpio Oct29,2009 37pointdeclineonS&Pfuturesover3sessions

MercuryinAquarius Feb11-Feb22,

2010

56pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercurythroughPiscesand

Aries

Mar2-Apr2,2010 66pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryentersScorpio Oct21,2010 16pointgainonS&Pfuturesover3sessions

MercuryinAquarius Feb4-Feb18,

2011

44pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercurythroughPiscesand

Aries

Feb22-May16,

2011

62pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryentersScorpio Oct13-Nov2,

2011

100pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryinAquarius Jan28-Feb15,

2012

49pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercurythroughPiscesand

Aries

Mar6-Mar27,

2012

82pointrallyonS&Pfutures

MercuryinScorpio Oct6-Oct29,2012 30pointdeclinefollowedbya37pointrallyfollowedbya51pointdeclineon

S&Pfutures

MercuryinScorpio Nov15-Dec11,

2012

89pointriseinS&Pfutures

Table3-5EffectontheS&P500IndexofMercurychangingsigns

Mercury(0degrees)ConjunctionEventsMercuryconjunctNeptune (geocentric) isanaspect that tradersshouldwatchcarefully for itspropensity todeliverswinghighsor lows to form.ThechartinFigure3-20illustratesS&P500Indexpriceactionforthefirst6 months of 2008. Note the four dates when Mercury was conjunctNeptunealldeliveredturnsintrend.Althoughnotshownonthischart,theMarch 2009 lows align within a couple trading sessions to a Mercury-Neptuneconjunction.

Figure3-20S&P500IndexMercuryconjunctNeptune

MercuryconjunctSaturn(geocentric)isanotheraspecttowatchfor.Thechart in Figure 3-21 illustrates price action for late 2009 for Alcoa(NYSE:AA). Note how the three instances of Mercury conjunct Saturn

align very well with swings in price. Although not shown here, it isinteresting to note that themarket sell-off of earlyOctober 2011 alignsverywellwithaMercury-Saturnconjunction.

Figure3-21Alcoa(NYSE:AA)MercuryconjunctSaturn

MercuryconjunctUranus(geocentric)bearswatchingalso.Thechart inFigure 3-22 illustrates S&P 500 Index price action for 2012. The threedatesofconjunctionshownonthechartalignverywellwithchanges intrend.

Figure3-22S&P500IndexMercuryconjunctUranus

Lastly,MercuryconjunctMars(geocentric)isanotheraspecttowatchfor.ThechartinFigure3-23illustratespriceactionforUSSteelCorpinlate2010.Twoofthedatesofconjunctionshownonthechartalignwithminorchanges in trend while the date in February 2011 aligns with a largerdegreetrendchange.

Figure3-23USSteel(NYSE:X)MercuryconjunctMars

Traders and investors should be alert for significant price action on stocks when the planet

Mercuryisretrograde,makessignchangesorisconjuncttootherplanets.

VenusRetrogradeEventsEarlier, I noted the importance of watching those times when Venuscrosses the Mid-Heaven and Ascendant positions from the first tradechart. Inaddition,tradersshouldalsowatchthoseperiodsoftimewhengeocentric Venus is retrograde. Table 3-6 summarizes some of theseperiods going back several years. Looking forward, the next VenusretrogradeeventwillbeDecember21,2013toJanuary30,2014.

RetrogradeDates Notes MarketBehaviour

Oct10-Nov20,

2002

SignificantmarketlowonOctober10,2002 152pointrallyonS&Pfuturesduringthisretrogradeperiod

May17-June28,

2004

67pointrallyonS&Pfuturesduringthisretrogradeperiod

Dec24,2005-Feb

2,2006

48pointrallyonS&PfuturesbetweenDecember30,2005

andJanuary12,2006

July27-Sept7, Significantmarketpeakreached1monthafter 124pointrallyonS&PfuturesbetweenAugust16,2007and

2007 retrogradeevent September4,2007

Mar6-Apr16,

2009

SignificantmarketlowonMarch6,2009 202pointrallyonS&Pfuturesduringthisretrogradeperiod

Oct8-Nov16,

2010

79pointrallyonS&PfuturesbetweenOctober8and

November5,2010

May15-June26,

2012

Theill-fatedFacebookIPOoccurredinthis

timeframe

93pointrallyonS&PfuturesbetweenJune4-20,2012

Table3-6TheeffectofVenusretrogradeevents

Venusretrogradeevents(althoughnotfrequent)areoftenassociatedwithsignificantmarkethighs

andlows.

JupiterRetrogradeEventsandJupiter-SunaspectsFromourvantagepointhereonEarth,weseeJupiterexhibitretrogradebehaviouronceayearorsoandeachof theseretrogradeperiodslastsforabout3½months.Lookingbackover thepastdecade, it becomesapparentthatthemarkettendstoexhibitonlynetmodestchangesduringthese retrograde periods. Only one rally of over 100 pointsmagnitudehasoccurredduringaJupiterretrogradeeventsince2001asTable3-7shows.

RetrogradeDates S&PfuturesMove(closetoclosebasis)

Nov2,2001-Feb28,2002 Gainof17points

Dec3,2002-April2,2003 Lossof46points

Jan3,2004-May3,2004 Gainof7points

Feb2,2005-June4,2005 Gainof5points

Mar4,2006-July4,2006 Gainof11points

Apr6,2007-Aug6,2007 Gainof15points

May8,2008-Sept7,2008 Lossof125points

June15,2009-Oct11,2009 Gainof148points

July22,2010-Nov16,2010 Gainof87points

Aug30,2011-Dec24,2011 Gainof54points

Oct3,2012-Jan29,2013 Gainof68points

Table3-7EffectontheS&P500IndexofJupiterretrogradeevents

FromourvantagepointonEarth, Jupitercanbeseen tomakevariousaspectswith theSun. It is important toexamine thevariousaspectsofJupiterwiththeSuntogainafullerappreciationfortheimportanceofthisplanet to trading strategies. The chart illustrated in Figure 3-24 showsS&P futures prices from August 2011 to August 2012. Note how thevariousaspectsofJupiterandSunarecloselyalignedwithswinghighsandlows.

Figure3-24S&P500IndexJupiter-Sunaspects

Traders should watch the planet Jupiter closely, during times when it is retrograde, when it

aspectstheSunorwhenitmakes0degreeaspectstootherplanets.

JupiterconjunctVenusandMercuryeventsJupiter conjunct Venus andMercury are geocentric events that tradersshouldwatch for.Such conjunctionsonly occur a few timeseach year.Thechart inFigure3-25illustratesS&P500priceactionfromlate2008into2009.ThethreedatescircledonthechartareconjunctionsofJupiterandMercury.Notehow in the first threecases theconjunctionsalignedwith swingmovements in themarket. In the February 2009 event, themarkets immediately proceeded to break down out of a sidewaysconsolidationrange.

Figure3-25S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctMercury

ConjunctionsofJupiterandVenus(geocentric)arenottoocommon,butshouldbewatched for regardless.Thechart inFigure3-26showsS&P500priceactionfrommid-2011tomid-2012.Duringthistimespan,onlytwoJupiter-Venusconjunctionsoccurred.Inthecaseofthe2011event,priceactionpeakedacoupletradingsessionspriortoa40pointdeclineon the S&P. In the 2012 case, price action surged higher the sessionpriortotheconjunction.

Figure3-26S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctVenus

JupiteraspectstoMars,Saturn,NeptuneandUranusThe90degreesquareaspectbetweengeocentricJupiterandMarsbearsclosewatching.AnexaminationoftheS&Pfuturespricesdatingbackto1995showsthatwhenJupiterisata90degreeaspecttoMarsonecanexpecttoseeswingtopsorswingbottomswithinafewdayseithersideof theactualaspect.FromFebruary3 toaboutFebruary16, these twoplanets were within orb of being 90 degrees to each other. Whathappenedtothemarkets?TheS&PfuturespeakedonFebruary19andsoldoffforacoupletradingsessionsthereafter.

Anothergeocentricaspect towatch for is Jupiter180degrees toMars.An examination of the S&P futures dating back to 1987 shows traderscanexpecttoseeswinghighsorswinglowsonthemarketoneithersideofthisaspect.

The 0, 90 and 180 degree aspects between Jupiter and Uranus alsobears watching, even though such aspects are infrequent. A review ofS&Pfuturesdatingbackto1997showstraderscanexpectswinghighsor swing lows at these aspects, especially if Jupiter is in the signs of

Aries,LeoorSagittarius.

A study of S&P futures data going back to 1990 shows a total of 27geocentric aspect occurrences (0, 60, 90, 120, 180 degrees) betweentheseJupiterandNeptune.Withonepossibleexception,itisevidentthataspectsbetweentheseplanetsareverycloselyalignedwithswinghighsand lows. Traders should watch for these aspects, however infrequenttheymaybe.Thechart inFigure3-27showsthreedates in2009whenJupiterwasconjunctNeptune.

Figure3-27S&P500IndexJupiterconjunctNeptune

A study of S&P futures data going back to 1990 shows 24 aspectgeocentric occurrences (0, 60, 90, 120, 180 degrees) between JupiterandPluto.Tradersshouldwatchcarefully for theseaspects tooccurasthey are closely aligned with swing highs and swing lows. It is alsointeresting tonote thatsimilarswinghighsand lowscanbeseenwhenoverlayingtheseaspectsontoachartofCrudeOilfutures.

VenusconjuncteitherofMars,Saturn,NeptuneorUranus

EachyearthereisaclusterofdateswhengeocentricVenusisconjuncttheseplanets.Tradersshouldbealerttothesedates.

Figure3-28S&P500IndexVenusConjuncteitherofUranus,Saturn,NeptuneorMars

Sun-SaturneventsWhileSaturndoeshaveperiodsofretrogradeactivity,astudyoftheS&P500 price data reveals mixed behaviour. What is more important arethose timeswhengeocentricSaturnmakesvariousaspectsofwith theSun. Figure 3-29 illustrates price action of the S&P 500 Index for 12monthsstartingfromSeptember2011.Notehowaspectangles22.5,45,60,90,135and150all canalignverywellwithswinghighsand lows.WhenapplyingSun-Saturnaspectstootherstocks,ETF’sorcommoditycontractstradersshouldlookatallthevariousaspectstoseeifanystandoutasbeingmorepowerfulthanothers.

Figure3-29S&P500IndexSaturn-Sunaspects

TradersandinvestorsshouldwatchforSun-Saturneventstocorrelatewithpriceswingsonmajor

marketindicessuchastheDowJones,theS&P500andtheTorontoStockExchange.

SaturnconjunctMercuryeventsSaturnconjunctMercury(geocentric)eventsarenotveryfrequent,butdodeservewatching.Thechart inFigure3-30illustratesthreesucheventsin2009.Thefirsttwoalignverywellwithpivotalturnsonpriceaction,thethirdwithonlyasmallinterruptionintrend.ItisfurtherinterestingtonotethemarketlowsinOctober2011alignwithinafewtradingsessionstothebottomregisteredinthatmonth.

Figure3-30S&P500IndexSaturnconjunctMercury

Mars-UranuseventsAstudyofS&Pfuturesperformancedatingbackto2000hasshownthattradersshouldcarefullystudythevariousgeocentricaspectsofMarsandUranus.Thecorrelationoftheiraspectstoswinghighsandswinglowsisverystrongindeed.For2013,therewillbeninevariousaspectstowatchfor.

SunconjunctUranuscombinationinaspecttoJupiterThegeocentriccombinationofSunconjunctUranusinaspecttoJupiterdeservestobepencilledinonlongertermtradingcalendars.WhenSunandUranusareata0degreeseparationtoeachother,whichisayearlyevent,watchforthoseinstanceswhentheplanetJupiterthenmakesa0,30,60,90,120or180degreeaspecttothisconjunctpair.AstudyofS&Pfuturesdatagoingbackto1990showsthattheseaspectoccurrencesarecloselyassociatedwithswinghighsor lows.AnotableexampleofsuchoccurredinMarchof2009withindaysofamajor lowwhenJupiterwas180degreesoppositetotheconjunctSun-Uranuspair.TheendofMarch2013willseeaSun-Uranus0degreeaspectwithJupiterat60degreesto

thispair.

Saturn-UranuseventsGeocentric Saturn and Uranus aspects in the context of technologystocks makes for an interesting study. A look at Nasdaq futures datagoingbackto1999showsthatthe14aspecteventsbetweenthesetwoplanetsarecloselyalignedwithswinghighsorlows.Infact,theultimatetoponNasdaqoccurredwhenthesetwoplanetswerewithin5degreesofregistering an exact 90 degree hard aspect to one another. Traders oftechnologystocksshouldwatchallaspectsbetweenthesetwobodiesforpossibleturningpointsonNasdaqandtechnologystocks.

NeptunethroughtheSignsPlanetNeptuneorbitstheSunisjustover163years,spendingjustunder14yearsineachZodiacsign.AstudyofhistoricdatahasshownthatthetimeswhengeocentricNeptunechangessignsarealltoooftentimesoftrendchangeonthemarketsaswasthecaseinearly1970,early1984andearly1998.ThemostrecentsignchangeoccurredinearlyApril2011shortly after which S&P futures reached a peak that remainedunchallengedfor10months.

UranusthroughtheSignsUranuschangingsignsofthezodiacisaninfrequentoccurrence,butonethatnonethelessdeserveswatching.Anexaminationofhistoricaldataofthe Dow Jones Industrial average reveals that geocentric Uranus signchanges in September 1968, September 1975, November 1981 andMarch2011wereallcloselyassociated(withinseveralweekseithersideoftheactualdate)withswinghighsonthemarket.Otheraspectevents tobealert for includeSaturnconjunctMercury,Mars-Uranus,Sun-Uranus

withJupiter,Sun-Uranus,NeptunechangingsignsandUranuschangingsigns.

Aspectsbetweenplanets,firsttradedatesandsynodicperiodscomprisesome heavy subject matter. Incorporating these techniques into anoverall trading strategy may at first seem daunting. However, withrepeatedpractice, it soonbecomesverystraightforward.Let’snow turnourattentiontoanexplorationofhowastrologycanbeusedaspartofatradingstrategyforcommodityfutures.

CHAPTERFOUR

AstrologyandCommodityFuturesSofarinthisbookthefocushasbeenmainlyongeocentricastrologyinwhich the vantage point for determining planetary phenomena is theEarth. TheNewAmericanEphemeris for the 21stCentury referred toearlier is based on geocentric astrology. Heliocentric astrologysometimes appears in older writings related to trading the commodityfuturesmarkets.Recall that inheliocentricastrologytherearenohousedivisions, no Ascendant, Mid-Heaven or retrograde motions. PlanetaryaspectsandsignchangesaredeterminedwithavantagepointbeingtheSun.Thisseeminglysimplifiedapproachmaywellexplainthedeclineinits popularity amongst astrologers. Even though the heliocentricapproach may no longer be as popular, its effectiveness as a tool toassisttradersandinvestorshasnotdiminished.

Asmentionedinthepreviouschapter,heliocentricastrologyrequirestheuseofanephemeriscontainingheliocentricdata.Intheabsenceofsuchanephemeris,agoodvenueforobtainingheliocentricdataisthewebsitewww.astro.com/swisseph/swepha_e.htm. If you are using a softwareprogramtogeneratefirsttradecharts,selecttheheliocentricformatwhenenteringtheparameterstocreatethechart.

What follows in this chapter is a look at several commodity futurescontractswherepriceactionalignsverywellwithastrologicphenomena—someof itgeocentric,someof itheliocentric. Itmustbestressedthatwhen trading commodity futures, all the astrological techniques andphenomenadiscussed in this book up to this pointwill also apply. Theexamples that follow show certain additional aspects and phenomenathatolderliteraturesourceshavesuggestedapplytocommodityfutures.Asanoteofcaution, tradingon the futuresmarketsentailsmuchmoreriskthanontheequitymarketsduetotheuseofleverage.Beingaware

of the larger degree prevailing trend is vitally important when tradingcommodityfutures.

GoldfuturesGold futures started trading on the New YorkMercantile Exchange onDecember31,1974.

Figure4-1Goldfuturesgeocentricfirsttradechart

Figure4-1showsthefirsttradedatechartforGoldfuturesingeocentricformat.NoticehowPlutoandSunare90degreesaspecttooneanother.Note also how the North Node is at a 30 degree aspect to the Sun.Lastly,Venus ison theAscendantwhichbodeswell forsomerepetitivepatterns.

The daily chart in Figure 4-2 shows Gold price action for 12 monthsstartingOctober2011.Theun-shadedarrowsdrawnon thechart showthe Sun-Pluto 0, 60, 90, 120 and 180 degree aspects. The shadedarrowsshowtheSun-NorthNode0,60,90,120and180degreeaspects.Notehowtheseaspectdatesalignverywellwithshorttermtrendturning

points.While there remainmany other swing bottoms and tops on thechart, the Sun-Pluto and Sun-North Node aspects align with enoughoccurrences tomakea significant difference to the successof a traderwhofollowsGoldfutures.

Figure4-2AspectsaffectingGoldfuturesprices

NeptuneandPlutoalsoalignverycloselytoGoldswinghighsandswinglowsattimesofmovingfrombeingRetrogradetobeingDirectagain.TheweeklychartinFigure4-3showsGoldfuturespricesgoingbackto2008andillustratesthoseperiodswhenPlutowasretrograde.NoticethatPlutowill be retrograde once a year. Observe that immediately after eachretrograde event Gold prices register a swing high or low of varyingmagnitude.

Figure4-3PlutoretrogradeeventsandGoldfuturesprices

The chart in Figure 4-4 is similar to that in Figure 4-3, except that itillustrates the times when Neptune is retrograde. Notice that at theconclusion of each Neptune retrograde event, Gold prices register aswinghighorlowofvaryingmagnitude.

Figure4-4NeptuneretrogradeeventsandGoldfuturesprices

WhetheryouaretradingGoldfuturesorinvestinginGoldminingequities,payparticularattention

to geocentric Sun-Pluto and Sun-North Node aspects. Also watch carefully those times when

PlutoandNeptunegofrombeingretrogradetobeingdirect.

SilverfuturesThe first trade date for Silver futureswas July 5, 1933. The first tradechart using geocentric format is displayed in Figure 4-5. Note the SunandMoonarenearlyopposite toeachother thussuggesting that thesetwobodieswillfigureprominentlyinSilverpriceswings.

Figure4-5Silverfuturesfirsttradechart

The chart in Figure 4-6 illustrates daily-nearest Silver futures pricesduring 2012. Un-shaded arrows depict Full Moons and shaded arrowsareNewMoons.NoticehowtheseMoonphaseeventsaligncloselywithswinghighs,swinglowsandbreak-outs.Theotherphenomenontonoteis thepositionof theSunat13degreesCancer in theSilver first trade

chart. Zero degrees of Cancer each yearmarks the Summer Solstice.Hence,Silverfuturesstartedtradingameretwoweeksafterthesolsticewhichmeans that the time around annual solstice and equinox eventsmayplayaroleinSilverpricefluctuations.

Figure4-6LunareventsaffectingSilverfuturespricesWhether you are trading Silver futures or investing in pure-play Silver mining equities, pay

particularattentiontoMoonphasesandtimessurroundingtheannualequinoxesandsolstices.

CopperfuturesThefirsttradedateforCopperfutureswasJuly29,1988.Thegeocentricchart shows that at the time Copper futures started trading, Sun andMercurywere0degreesapartandtherewasalunareclipseeventgoingonaswell. The chart inFigure4-7 showsCopper futuresprices goingbacktolate2011.NotehowtheSun-Mercuryconjuncteventsalignverycloselytopriceswingsaswellaspricebreakdownsandbreakouts.Thischart also shows two lunar eclipseevents.Again note how thesealignwithsignificantturningpointsinprice.

Figure4-7AspectsaffectingCopperfuturesprices

Whether you are trading Copper futures or investing in pure-play Coppermining equities, pay

particularattentiontogeocentricSun-Mercuryconjunctaspectsaswellaseclipseevents.

CrudeOilfuturesCrudeOilfuturesstartedtradinginNewYorkonMarch3,1983.Thefirsttradechart ingeocentric formatshows thatPluto ison theDescendantlineandSun-Neptuneaspecteachotherata72degreeanglewhichisauniqueaspectas72degreesis1/5thof360degrees.Thislikelyexplainswhy older writings on financial astrology dating back over 25 yearsindicate that Sun-Pluto and Sun-Neptune aspects should be watchedclosely when trading Crude Oil futures. In Figure 4-8, the circledtimeframes are those in which a Sun-Pluto aspect occurred followedwithindaysbyaSun-Neptuneaspect.Noticethedistinctvolatilityduringtheseaspectsthatanalerttradercouldtakeadvantageof.

Figure4-8AspectsaffectingCrudeOilfuturesprices

OldwritingsbyLongandothersmentionPlutoandNeptuneretrograde.Figure4-9illustratesweeklypriceactiononCrudeOilfuturesdatingfromNovember2010topresent.NoticehowtheperiodsofPlutoandNeptunegoingretrogradeareassociatedwithsignificantpricehighsorlows.

Figure4-9CrudeOilfuturespricesandPluto-Neptuneaspects

EnergymarketfollowersshouldwatchforpricetrendswingsonCrudeOiltoalignwithgeocentric

Sun-PlutoandSun-Neptuneevents.

Wheat,CornandOatsfuturesWheat futures (as well as Corn and Oats futures) started trading inChicago on January 2, 1877. Figure 4-10 shows the heliocentric firsttradechart.ObservationsthatimmediatelycanbeseenareMercuryandJupiterina90degreesquareaspecttoeachother,MercuryandSaturnninedegreesapartforaconjunctionandalsoaVenus-Marsconjunction.Financial astrology books from the 1970s suggest thatMercury-JupiterandMercury-SaturnaspectsarekeytofollowingpriceswingsonWheat,CornandOats.

Figure4-10Wheat,Corn,Oatsheliocentricfirsttradechart

TradersofWheat,CornandOatsfuturesshouldpayparticularattentiontoheliocentricaspectsof

Mercury-JupiterandMercury-Saturn.HeliocentricMercurychangingsignscanalsoplayarolein

priceswings.GeocentricMarssquareMoonalsoholdspotentialforpriceswingsonCornfutures.

Figure4-11illustratesadailycontinuationchartforWheatfuturesdatingfromOctober2011.Overlaidonthischartarethe0,90and180degreeaspectsbetweenheliocentricMercuryandSaturnshownasshadeddots.The shaded arrows are the 0, 90 and 180 degree aspects betweenheliocentricMercuryandJupiter.Therearemanyfactorsthatdeterminegrain futures prices includingweather and government agency reports.But, nevertheless, Figure 4-11 does show that theMercury-Saturn andMercury-Jupiter aspects do align reasonably well enough with priceswings.Tradersofgrainfutureswouldbewisetowatchfortheseaspectstooccur.

Figure4-11WheatfuturespricesandheliocentricMercury-Saturnaspects

The financial astrology writings of Jeanne Long suggest that Wheattraders should also watch dates when heliocentric Mercury changessigns.Figure4-12illustratesthetimeframeofAugust22-28,2012.Usingthis hourly chart, an alert trader could have caught the move whenMercury moved into Gemini. On August 28, 2012 a downtrend endedwhenMercuryenteredCancer.

Figure4-12WheatfuturespricesandheliocentricMercurychangingsigns

AsforCornfutures,Figure4-13showsdailycontinuationpriceactionofCorn futures dating fromOctober 2011. The arrows are the dates of 0and180degreeaspectsofheliocentricMercuryandSaturn.Theshadeddotsaredatesof0,90and180degreeaspectsofMercuryandJupiter.AgaintherearemanyfactorsthancanleadtoswingsinCornprices,butthecorrelationofpriceswings to theseheliocentricaspects isauniquetool thata tradercanadd tohisorherarsenalof techniques.Asnotedabove, heliocentric Mercury changing signs aligns to swings inWheatprices. Although not shown here, there are also well-documentedtechniques that call for Corn traders to watch for heliocentric Mercurychanging signs and for geocentric Mars to be square the Moon.Heliocentric Mercury will change signs approximately once every sixdays. Such dates that fall during the Monday to Friday trading weekshouldbewatchedinparticular.GeocentricMarswillbeata90degreeaspecttoMoonapproximatelytwotimeseachmonth.

Figure4-13CornfuturespricesandheliocentricMercury-Saturnaspects

SoybeanfuturesSoybean futures started trading in Chicago on October 5, 1936. OldfinancialastrologyliteraturebyPesaventoandothersstatesthattradersshouldwatchheliocentricVenusasitchangessigns.HowthisempiricalnotionwasarrivedatmaybeinpartrelatedtotheheliocentricfirsttradechartalignmentofVenuswithMercuryandNeptune.NotethatVenusis90 degrees (square) to Neptune. Venus is further 135 degrees toMercury.Neptune isalso135degrees toMercury.This configuration iscalled Thor’s Hammer by astrologers. Old literature also states thatSoybeantradersshouldbealerttothosetimeswhengeocentricMercuryturns direct after being in retrograde. Figure 4-14 illustrates theheliocentricfirsttradechartofSoybeanfutures.

Figure4-14Soybeanfuturesheliocentricfirsttradechart

The chart in Figure 4-15 displays Soybean futures price action for thelatter part of 2012. The arrows point to those times when heliocentricVenus changed signs. Note the close correlation to changes in trend.Someof these trendchangeswereminorandbestsuited toshort termtrading. However, the Venus sign change in in mid-August led to asizeable rally to theupside.Thesignchangeat theendofAugustwasthestartofa largersell-off.Thesignchange inmid-Novemberwas thestartofamoveupand thesignchange inearlyDecemberwascloselyalignedtothestartofanastyyear-endmovetothedownside.GeocentricMercurygoingfromretrogradebacktodirectasitdidinearlyAugustandagain in late November can also be seen to correlate well to trendchanges. Again, there are many factors that affect the Soybean tradeincludingweatherandexportdata,butVenussignchangesandMercuryturningdirectseemtocorrelatealltoowellforatradertoignore.

Figure4-15AspectsaffectingSoybeanfuturespricesSoybeanfuturestradersshouldwatchforheliocentricVenustochangesigns.GeocentricMercury

goingfromretrogradebacktodirectalsoholdspotentialforpriceswings.

SoybeanOilfuturesSoybean Oil futures started trading on July 17, 1950. The heliocentricversion of the first trade chart showsMercury within a few degrees ofbeingconjunct toPluto.Figure4-16showspriceactionofSoybeanOilfutures for the12monthscommencing in late2011.On thechart,notethe occurrences of heliocentric Mercury being 0 degrees to Pluto.Althoughnotshownonthischart,tradersalsoshouldtakecarefulnoteofthose dates when heliocentric Mercury changes signs of the Zodiac.Suchsignchangesoccurthreetofivetimesamonth.

Figure4-16AspectsaffectingSoybeanOilfuturesprices

SoybeanMealfuturesSoybeanMealstartedtradingAugust9,1951.Theheliocentricversionofthe first tradechart shows thatVenushad just changedsigns,enteringAquarius, thusprovidingastronghint thatVenuschangingsignsmightfigure in price swings for the futures contract. Also evident on theheliocentric first trade chart is a conjunction between Mercury andasteroid body Chiron which is situated between Saturn and Uranus.Chiron has an orbital period of about 50 years and although not oftenmentioned in financial astrology, is important nonetheless. The chart inFigure 4-17 shows price action for Soybean Meal for the six monthsfollowingMay2012.Notehowthetimescorrespondingtosignchangesalign very well with price swings. Note also that those times whenheliocentricMercuryis0,90,or180degreestoChironseemtoalsoalignverywell.

Figure4-17AspectsaffectingSoybeanMealfuturesprices

TradersofSoybeanMeal futuresshouldwatchcarefully forheliocentricVenus tochangesigns

and for heliocentric Mercury to aspect asteroid body Chiron. Traders of Soybean Oil futures

should watch carefully for heliocentric Mercury to change signs. Trend shifts also may be

correlatedtoheliocentricMercurybeing0degreestoPluto.

CanadianDollarandBritishPoundAspectsbetweenheliocentricMercuryandSaturnplayaroleinthepriceswingsonCurrencyfutures.

ThechartinFigure4-18showsCanadianDollarfuturespriceactionfor1year starting from mid-September 2011. Canadian Dollar futures andBritish Pound futures both began trading on the Chicago MercantileExchangeonMay16,1972.

Figure4-18CanadianDollarandBritishPoundheliocentricfirsttradechart

In Figure 4-18, the timeframes associated with a 0 degree aspectbetween heliocentricMercury and Saturn are denoted by a circle. Thetimeframesassociatedwitha90degreeaspectaredenotedbyasquare.Note the close correlation between price trend changes and theseMercury-Saturn aspects. Knowing that a heliocentric Mercury-Saturnaspect is approaching, Canadian dollar and British Pound currencytraders can use shorter term charts towatch for a suitable trade entrypoints.

The 30 minute chart in Figure 4-19 illustrates price action for Britishpound futures on August 31, 2012. On this date, heliocentric Mercurywasat a 90degreeaspect to heliocentricSaturn.Note the rise of 100points on the futures, a gain of $625 for the alert trader on a singlecontract.

Figure4-19BritishPoundfutures30minutechartCurrencyfuturestradersshouldbealertforheliocentricMercury-Saturnaspectstoinfluencethe

BritishPoundandtheCanadianDollar.

JapaneseYenTheJapaneseYenalsorespondswelltoastrologicalaspects.TradersformanyyearshavebeenfollowingtheheliocentricMercury-Plutoaspects.Figure 4-20 displays Yen futures price action with the 0, 90 and 180degree heliocentric Mercury-Pluto aspects denoted by circledtimeframes.Note the strongcorrelation to swinghighsand lows.WhiletheMercury-Plutoaspectsdonotaccountforeverypivotalswinginprice,the correlation is strong enough that traders of Yen currency futureswouldbewisetowatchcloselyfortheseMercury-Plutoaspectstooccur.

Figure4-20AspectsaffectingJapaneseYenfuturespricesHeliocentricMercury-Plutoaspects can influence the JapaneseYen.Futures traders shouldbe

alertfortheseaspectstooccur.

EuroTheheliocentric first trade chart for theEurowhichbecame theofficialcurrency for the European Union on January 1, 2002 shows a clearconnection of 120 degrees (trine) between Mercury and Jupiter. Thechart in Figure 4-21 presents futures price action for the periodDecember 2011 to November 2012. Note the various occurrences ofheliocentric Mercury trine Jupiter and how they align very closely withswingsinprice.

Figure4-21AspectsaffectingEurofuturespricesHeliocentric aspects that haveMercury 120 degrees to Jupiter are often associatedwith trend

swingsontheEurocurrency.

AustralianDollarThe geocentric first trade chart for the Australian Dollar futures whichstarted trading inChicagoonJanuary13,1987clearly showsSunandMercuryconjunct(0degrees)inthesignofCapricorn.ThechartinFigure4-22 presents futures price action for the period December 2011 toNovember 2012. Note the various occurrences of geocentric MercuryconjunctSunandhowtheyalignverycloselywithswingsinprice.

Figure4-22AspectsaffectingAussieDollarfuturesprices

Geocentric occurrences of Mercury 0 degrees to Sun often align with trend changes on the

Australiandollar.

LiveCattleLive Cattle futures first started trading on the Chicago MercantileexchangeonNovember30,1964.ThechartinFigure4-23showsweeklypriceactiondatingback to2008.NoticehowLiveCattle futuresexhibiteither swings in trend and also sharpmoves in price around the timescorrespondingto180daysand360daysfromNovember30.Notealsohow periods of Mars being retrograde are associated with significantprice levels. The Mars retrograde event in late 2009 represented thelowest price level for Live Cattle futures between 2008 and late 2012.TheMarsretrogradeeventof2012represented thehighestpricenotedduring this time frame.Clearly,Marsretrogradeeventsshouldbe takenveryseriouslybyCattlefuturestraders.

Figure4-23AspectsaffectingLiveCattlefuturesprices

TradersofLiveCattlefuturesshouldbealerttotimeswhenMarsturnsretrograde.

LeanHogsLeanHog futuresstarted tradingonFebruary28,1966on theChicagoMercantileExchange.ThechartinFigure4-24illustratespriceactiononaweeklybasisdatingbackto2008.IfusinggeocentricastrologytofollowHogfutures,notehowtheNorthNodeofMoonchangingsigniscloselyalignedwithsignificantpriceswings.TheheliocentricfirsttradechartforLean Hogs shows that Sun is 90 degrees square to Mercury. Theheliocentricsquaringofthesetwobodiesoccurssixorseventimeseachyearand thesedatesare indicatedon thechart inFigure4-24aswell.Notice how these dates all too often occur in very close proximity toswingsinprice.

Figure4-24AspectsaffectingLeanHogsfuturesprices

TradersofLeanHogfuturesshouldwatchforNorthNodesignchanges.Onashortertermbasis,

heliocentricMercurymaking90degreeaspectstoSunisalsoimportant.

LumberLumberfuturesstartedtradinginChicagoonOctober1,1969.Thechartin Figure 4-25 illustrates price action on a weekly basis for Lumberfutures going back to 2008. Note how the occurrences of heliocentricMercury being 180 degrees opposite Jupiter align very closely withswings in price. In fact, on the heliocentric first trade chart for Lumberfutures,MercuryiswithintwodegreesofbeingoppositeJupiter.

Figure4-25AspectsaffectingLumberfuturesprices

Lumber futures traders should watch for heliocentric Jupiter to make 180 degree aspects to

Mercury.

30YearBondsThe geocentric first Trade chart of 30Year Treasury Bond futures is amost interesting one indeed as Figure 4-26 shows.Mars is within twoweeks of changing sign, is about to aspect Jupiter, is 30 degrees toVenus, iswithin orb of being 60 degrees toSun andSaturn and is 90degrees to Mercury. Financial astrology writings by Pesaventoresearched while preparing this book spoke very strongly in favour ofwatching those times whenMars was changing sign and when it wasmaking notable aspectswith other planets. Judging from the first tradechart,thisnowmakessense.Figure4-27illustratespriceactiononBondfuturesdatingbackfiveyears.NoticehowthetimeswhenMarschangessignalignverywellwithsignificantprice trendchanges.NotealsohowtheperiodsofMarsbeingretrogradealigncloselywithsomesignificantturningpointsinprice.

Figure4-2630YearBondfuturesgeocentricfirsttradechart

Figure4-27Aspectsaffecting30YearBondfuturesprices

BondfuturestradersshouldbealerttothosetimeswhengeocentricMarschangessignsandalso

whengeocentricMarsturnsretrograde.Thechallengingfactoratthistimehowevercontinuesto

be the persistent intervention of the Federal Reserve into the bond markets which can derail

astrologicaleffects.

EPILOGUE

FinalThoughtsThefinancialmarketsareadynamicentityfueledbymanyfactors,someof which we can easily comprehend, some of which are esoteric.Astrologicalphenomenacandrivepriceactionandcreatetrendchangesacross both short and longer term time horizons. This book hasintroduced you to an extensive range of astrological phenomena andshown you numerous examples to illustrate how these phenomenaimpact variousmarkets.With the information gleaned from this book, Isincerely hope you will now feel compelled to make astrology acompaniontotechnicalchartanalysisasyoutradethemarkets.Ifurtherhopethatasyoudoso,youwillcometoviewthefinancialmarketsinaverydifferentway.

AppendixANewMoonandFullMoonDatafor2013and20142013Date NewMoon FullMoon 2014Date NewMoon FullMoon

January11 X January1 X

January27 X January16 X

February10 X January30 X

February25 X February14 X

March11 X March1 X

March27 X March16 X

April10 X March30 X

April25(L) X April15(L) X

May10(S) X April29(S) X

May25(L) X May14 X

June8 X May28 X

June23 X June13 X

July8 X June27 X

July22 X July12 X

August6 X July26 X

August21 X August10 X

September5 X August25 X

September19 X September9 X

October5 X September24 X

October18(L) X October8(L) X

November3(S) X October23(S) X

November17 X November6 X

December3 X November22 X

December17 X December6 X

December22 X

(S)Solareclipse(L)Lunareclipse

2013PerigeeandApogeeDates2013PerigeeDate 2013ApogeeDate

January10 January22

February7 February19

March5 March19

March31 April15

April27 May13

May26 June9

June23 July7

July21 August3

August19 August30

September15 September27

October10 October25

November6 November22

December4 December19

2014PerigeeandApogeeDates2014PerigeeDate 2014ApogeeDate

January1 January16

January30 February19

February27 March19

March27 April15

April23 May13

May18 June9

June15 July7

July13 August3

August20 August30

September8 September27

October6 October25

November3 November22

November27 December19

December24

TableA-3

AppendixBRetrogradeEvents2013and20142013PlanetaryRetrogradeEventsMercuryRetrograde:February23-March16,June26-July19,October21-November9VenusRetrograde:December21-January30,2014JupiterRetrograde:October4,2012-January29,2013,November7,2013-March5,2014SaturnRetrograde:February18,2013-July7,2013UranusRetrograde:July17-December16,2013PlutoRetrograde:April12-September19,2013

2014PlanetaryRetrogradeEventsMercuryRetrograde:February6-February27,June7-July1,October4-October24VenusRetrograde:December21,2013-January30,2014JupiterRetrograde:November7,2013-March5,2014,December8-April6,2015SaturnRetrograde:March2,2014-July19,2014UranusRetrograde:July22-December20,2014PlutoRetrograde:April14-September22,2014

AppendixCSun-PlanetAspects2013Sun-JupiterAspects2013Date Aspect

January25 120degrees

February25 90degrees

April1 60degrees

April20 45degrees

May9 30degrees

June19 0degrees

July30 30degrees

August19 45degrees

September7 60degrees

October12 90degrees

November12 120degrees

2014Sun-JupiterAspects2013Date Aspect

January5 180degrees

February28 120degrees

April1 90degrees

May6 60degrees

May25 45degrees

June13 30degrees

July24 0degrees

September3 30degrees

September22 45degrees

October10 60degrees

November13 90degrees

December14 120degrees

2013Sun-SaturnAspects

2013Date Aspect

March1 120degrees

April28 180degrees

June26 120degrees

July27 90degrees

August30 60degrees

September16 45degrees

October3 30degrees

November6 0degrees

December9 30degrees

December26 45degrees

2014Sun-SaturnAspects

2014Date Aspect

January11 60degrees

February11 90degrees

March13 120degrees

May10 180degrees

July8 120degrees

August9 90degrees

September11 60degrees

September28 45degrees

October15 30degrees

2013Sun-PlutoAspects

2013Date Aspect

January29 30degrees

February14 45degrees

March1 60degrees

March31 90degrees

May1 120degrees

July1 180degrees

September1 120degrees

October1 90degrees

November1 60degrees

November16 45degrees

December2 30degrees

2014Sun-PlutoAspects

2014Date Aspect

January1 0degrees

February13 0degrees

February16 45degrees

March3 90degrees

May3 120degrees

July4 180degrees

September3 120degrees

October4 90degrees

November3 60degrees

November19 45degrees

December4 30degrees

2013Sun-VenusAspects

2013Date Aspect

March28 0degrees

July21 30degrees

October4 45degrees

November22 45degrees

December20 30degrees

2014Sun-VenusAspects

2014Date Aspect

January11 0degrees

February2 30degrees

March4 45degrees

April15 45degrees

July1 30degrees

October25 0degrees

2013Sun-MercuryAspects

2013Date Aspect

January18 0degrees

March4 0degrees

May11 0degrees

July9 0degrees

August24 0degrees

November1 0degrees

December29 0degrees

2014Sun-MercuryAspects

2014Date Aspect

February15 0degrees

April25 0degrees

June19 0degrees

August8 0degrees

October16 0degrees

December8 0degrees

2013Sun-NorthNodeAspects

2013Date Aspect

January12 60degrees

February9 90degrees

March10 120degrees

May7 180degrees

July5 120degrees

August4 90degrees

September2 60degrees

September17 45degrees

October1 30degrees

October30 0degrees

November27 30degrees

December12 45degrees

December26 60degrees

2014Sun-NorthNodeAspects

2014Date Aspect

January23 90degrees

February20 120degrees

April18 180degrees

June16 120degrees

July16 90degrees

August15 60degrees

August29 45degrees

September13 30degrees

October12 0degrees

November10 30degrees

November24 45degrees

December8 60degrees

2013Sun-NeptuneAspects

2013Date Aspect

January6 45degrees

January21 30degrees

February21 0degrees

March24 30degrees

April8 60degrees

May26 90degrees

June26 120degrees

August26 180degrees

October25 120degrees

November24 90degrees

December24 60degrees

2014Sun-NeptuneAspects

2014Date Aspect

January8 45degrees

January23 30degrees

February23 0degrees

March26 30degrees

April11 45degrees

April27 60degrees

May28 90degrees

June29 120degrees

August29 180degrees

October28 120degrees

November27 90degrees

December26 60degrees

AppendixD2013Mercury-JupiterAspects

2013Date Aspect

January22 120degrees

February9 90degrees

March9 90degrees

March29 90degrees

April23 60degrees

May2 45degrees

May10 30degrees

May27 0degrees

August14 30degrees

August22 45degrees

August30 60degrees

September19 90degrees

November28 120degrees

2014Mercury-JupiterAspects

2014Date Aspect

January3 180degrees

March26 120degrees

April14 90degrees

April30 60degrees

May8 45degrees

May17 30degrees

June25 30degrees

July12 30degrees

August2 0degrees

August19 30degrees

August29 45degrees

September10 60degrees

October20 60degrees

November1 60degrees

November23 90degrees

December12 120degrees

2013Mercury-SaturnAspects

2013Date Aspect

January6 60degrees

January25 90degrees

February12 120degrees

March7 120degrees

March28 120degrees

May5 180degrees

June3 120degrees

August11 90degrees

August27 60degrees

September4 45degrees

September14 30degrees

October8 0degrees

October29 0degrees

November25 0degrees

December17 30degrees

December27 45degrees

2014Mercury-SaturnAspects

2014Date Aspect

January6 60degrees

January25 90degrees

February19 90degrees

March11 90degrees

April2 120degrees

May2 180degrees

July24 120degrees

August8 90degrees

August25 60degrees

September4 45degrees

September16 30degrees

October17 30degrees

November4 30degrees

November25 0degrees

December16 30degrees

December26 45degrees

2013Mercury-PlutoAspects

2013Date Aspect

January6 0degrees

February2 45degrees

February12 60degrees

March7 60degrees

March29 60degrees

April21 90degrees

May7 120degrees

June7 180degrees

August28 120degrees

September14 90degrees

October6 60degrees

November1 60degrees

November20 60degrees

December1 45degrees

December11 30degrees

December31 0degrees

2014Mercury-PlutoAspects

2014Date Aspect

January18 30degrees

January28 45degrees

February15 45degrees

March16 45degrees

March28 60degrees

April15 90degrees

April29 120degrees

July22 180degrees

August21 120degrees

September9 90degrees

November16 60degrees

November26 45degrees

December5 30degrees

December25 0degrees

2013Mercury-VenusAspects

2013Date Aspect

March7 0degrees

May24 0degrees

July11 30degrees

July20 45degrees

August16 45degrees

September4 30degrees

October24 30degrees

October31 45degrees

November8 60degrees

November27 60degrees

December13 45degrees

December23 30degrees

2014Mercury-VenusAspects

2014Date Aspect

January7 0degrees

January21 30degrees

January30 45degrees

February11 45degrees

February21 30degrees

April10 30degrees

April27 45degrees

May15 60degrees

May28 60degrees

June12 45degrees

June21 30degrees

August22 30degrees

October1 30degrees

October17 0degrees

2013Mercury-MarsAspects

2013Date Aspect

January6 30degrees

February8 0degrees

February26 0degrees

March19 30degrees

April5 30degrees

May7 0degrees

May31 30degrees

July1 30degrees

August21 30degrees

September2 45degrees

September17 60degrees

November1 60degrees

December3 60degrees

December31 90degrees

2014Mercury-MarsAspects

2014Date Aspect

January24 120degrees

February16 120degrees

March14 120degrees

April16 180degrees

May12 120degrees

August2 90degrees

August25 60degrees

September11 45degrees

October7 45degrees

October16 60degrees

November21 60degrees

December10 45degrees

December28 30degrees

AppendixE2013Venus-MarsAspects

2013Date Aspect

February2 30degrees

April7 0degrees

June6 30degrees

July5 45degrees

August2 60degrees

September28 90degrees

2014Venus-MarsAspects

2014Date Aspect

January16 90degrees

March2 90degrees

March29 120degrees

May11 180degrees

July13 120degrees

August27 90degrees

October20 60degrees

November18 45degrees

December19 30degrees

2013Mars90degreestoMoon

2013Date 2013Date

January6 June28

January20 July14

February4 July27

February18 August11

March5 September9

April3 September23

April18 October8

May2 October21

May17 November5

May30 November19

June15 December4

December18

2014Mars90degreestoMoon

2014Date 2014Date

January1 June28

January15 July12

January29 July26

February12 August9

February26 August24

March11 September7

March25 September21

April7 October6

April20 October20

May4 November4

May17 November19

AppendixFFirstTradeDatesTSX60StocksStock TickerSymbol FirstTradeDate

Agnico-EagleMinesLtd. AEM December27,1957

AgriumInc. AGU April20,1993

ARCResourcesLtd. ARX July10,1996

BankofMontreal BMO June9,1922

BankofNovaScotia BNS May16,1919

BarrickGoldCorporation ABX May2,1983

BCEInc. BCE July11,1905

BombardierInc. BBD/b September28,1976

BrookfieldAssetManagement BAM/a May19,1971

CamecoCorporation CCO July4,1991

CanadianImperialBankOfCommerce CM June2,1961

CanadianNaturalResourcesLimited CNQ May14,1976

CanadianNationalRailwayCompany CNR November17,1995

CanadianOilSandsLimited COS November29,1995

CanadianPacificRailwayLimited CP August21,2001

CanadianTireCorporation CTC/a January2,1945

CrescentPointEnergyCorp. CPG September30,2002

CenovusEnergyInc. CVE November2,2009

EldoradoGoldCorporation ELD October22,1993

EncanaCorporation ECA August21,2001

EnbridgeInc. ENB February15,1953

EnerplusCorporation ERF March11,1987

FirstQuantumMineralsLtd. FM January11,2000

FortisInc. FTS November19,1969

GildanActivewearInc. GIL June18,1998

GoldcorpInc. G June20,1983

HuskyEnergyInc. HSE October19,1993

IAMGOLDCorporation IMG March7,1986

ImperialOilLimited IMO November25,1921

KinrossGoldCorporation K July26,1983

LoblawCompaniesLimited L March13,1956

MagnaInternationalInc. MG December20,1962

ManulifeFinancialCorporation MFC December6,2001

MetroInc. MRU January19,1993

NationalBankofCanada NA November1,1979

NexenInc. NXY July14,1971

PennWestPetroleumLtd. PWT August1,1980

PotashCorporation POT November2,1989

PowerCorporation POW March2,1936

RogersCommunications RCI/b April1,1971

ResearchInMotion RIM October21,1997

RoyalBankofCanada RY July2,1918

SaputoInc. SAP October6,1997

ShoppersDrugMart SC November20,2001

ShawCommunications SJR/b March25,1983

SNC-LavalinGroupInc SNC October10,1986

SilverWheatonCorp. SLW October22,2004

SunLifeFinancialInc. SLF March23,2000

SuncorEnergyInc. SU September4,1979

TeckResourcesLimited TCK/b March25,1952

TalismanEnergyInc. TLM December28,1971

ThomsonReutersCorporation TRI March13,1980

TimHortonsInc. THI March24,2006

Toronto-DominionBank TD February2,1955

TransAltaCorporation TA November24,1953

TELUSCorporation T January25,1999

TransCanadaCorporation TRP January2,1958

ValeantPharmaceuticals VRX June29,1987

GeorgeWestonLimited WN April19,1929

YamanaGoldInc. YRI February9,1995

DowJonesIndustrialAverageStocksStock TickerSymbol FirstTradeDate

3M MMM January14,1946

Alcoa AA June11,1951

AmericanExpress AXP May18,1977

A&T T February15,1984

BankofAmerica BAC June28,1976

Boeing BA September4,1935

Caterpillar CAT December2,1929

Chevron CVX June24,1961

CiscoSystems CSCO February16,1990

duPont DD May25,1922

ExxonMobil XOM March25,1920

GeneralElectric GE May27,1926

HewlettPackard HPQ March17,1961

HomeDepot HD September22,1981

Intel INTC August7,1981

IBM IBM February14,1924

Johnson&Johnson JNJ September25,1944

JPMorgan JPM April1,1969

McDonald’s MCD July5,1966

Merck MRK May15,1946

Microsoft MSFT March13,1986

Pfizer PFE January17,1944

Proctor&Gamble PG September12,1929

CocaCola KO September26,1944

TravellersCompany TRV May11,1988

UnitedTechnologies UTX September5,1934

UnitedHealthGroup UNH October17,1984

VerizonCommunications VZ July3,2000

WalMartStores WMT August25,1972

WaltDisney DIS November12,1957

GlossaryofTermsApogee: Because of the Moon’s slightly elliptical pattern of rotationaroundtheEarth,therewillbetimeswhenit isfarfromEarthandtherewillbetimeswhenitisclosetoEarth.ThetimewhentheMoonisfarthestfromEarthiscalledapogee.

Asc:seeAscendant.

Ascendant:Oneof fourcardinalpointsonahoroscope, theAscendantissituatedintheEast.

Aspect: The angular relationship between two planets measured indegrees.

Conjunct:Anangularrelationshipof0degreesbetweentwoplanets.

Descendant: One of four cardinal points on a horoscope, theDescendantissituatedintheWest.

Detriment:Thatpointwithinazodiacsignwhenaplanet isdeemed toexhibitunpredictablebehaviour.

Directmotion:ThenormalforwardmotionofaplanetthroughthezodiacsignswhenviewedfromavantagepointonEarth.

Dsc:seeDescendant.

Ecliptic:Aplanar feature inclined to theEarth’sequatoratanangleofjust over 23 degrees. The various planets and other asteroid bodiesrotatearoundtheSunconfinedtoeithersideoftheeclipticplane.

Ephemeris:Adailytabularcompilationofplanetaryandlunarpositions.

Equinox:Aneventoccurringtwiceannually,anequinoxeventmarksthetimewhenthe tiltof theEarth’saxis isneither towardoraway fromtheSun.

Exaltation:Thatpointwithinazodiacsignwhenaplanet isdeemedtoexhibitpowerfulinfluence.

Fall:Thatpointwithinazodiacsignwhenaplanet isdeemedtoexhibitweakinfluence.

FirstTradechart:Azodiacchartdepictingthepositionsoftheplanetsatthetimeacompany’sstockoracommodityfuturecommencedtradingonarecognizedfinancialexchange.

FullMoon:Fromavantagepoint situatedonEarth,when theMoon isseentobe180degreestotheSun.

GeocentricAstrology: That version of astrology inwhich the vantagepointfordeterminingplanetaryaspectsistheEarth.

HeliocentricAstrology:Thatversionofastrology inwhichthevantagepointfordeterminingplanetaryaspectsistheSun.

IC:seeImmumCoeli.

ImmumCoeli:Oneof fourcardinalpointsonahoroscope, the ImmumCoeliissituatedintheNorth.

LunarEclipse:A lunareclipseoccurswhen theSun,Earth,andMoonarealignedexactly,orverycloselyso,withtheEarthinthemiddle.TheEarthblockstheSun’sraysfromstrikingtheMoon.

MC:seeMid-Heaven.

Mid-Heaven: One of four cardinal points on a horoscope, the Mid-HeavenissituatedintheSouth.

NewMoon:FromavantagepointsituatedonEarth,whentheMoon isseentobe0degreestotheSun.

NorthNodeofMoon:TheintersectionpointsbetweentheMoon’splaneandEarth’seclipticare termed theNorthandSouthnodes.Astrologerstend to focus on the North node and ephemeris tables clearly list thezodiacalpositionoftheNorthNodeforeachcalendarday.

Opposition: An angular relationship of 180 degrees between twoplanets.

Orb:Theamountofflexibilityortolerancegiventoanaspect.

Perigee: Because of the Moon’s slightly elliptical pattern of rotationaroundtheEarth,therewillbetimeswhenit isfarfromEarthandtherewillbetimeswhenitisclosetoEarthThetimewhentheMoonisclosest

toEarthiscalledperigee.

Retrogrademotion:TheapparentbackwardsmotionofaplanetthroughthezodiacsignswhenviewedfromavantagepointonEarth.

Semi-Sextile: An angular relationship of 30 degrees between twoplanets.

Semi-Square: An angular relationship of 45 degrees between twoplanets.

Sextile:Anangularrelationshipof60degreesbetweentwoplanets.

SiderealMonth:TheMoonorbitsEarthwithaslightlyellipticalpatterninapproximately27.3days,relativetoafixedframeofreference.

SiderealOrbitalPeriod:ThetimerequiredforaplanettomakeonefullorbitoftheSunasviewedfromafixedvantagepointontheSun.

SolarEclipse:A solareclipseoccurswhen theMoonpassesbetweentheSunandEarthandfullyorpartiallyblockstheSun.

Solstice:Aneventoccurring twiceannually,asolsticeeventmarks thetime when the Sun reaches its highest or lowest altitude above thehorizonatnoon.

Square:Anangularrelationshipof90degreesbetweentwoplanets.

SynodicMonth:Duringonesiderealmonth,Earthhasalsorevolvedpartway around the Sun, making the average apparent time between oneNewMoon and the next NewMoon longer than the siderealmonth atapproximately29.5days.Alsocalledalunarmonth.

SynodicOrbitalPeriod:ThetimerequiredforaplanettomakeonefullorbitoftheSunasviewedfromafixedvantagepointonEarth.

Trine:Anangularrelationshipof120degreesbetweentwoplanets.

Zodiac:animaginaryencirclingthe360degreesoftheplanetarysystemdividedintotwelveequalportionsof30degreeseach.

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AboutTheAuthorMalcolm Bucholtz, B.Sc., MBA is a graduate of Queen’s UniversityFacultyofEngineeringinCanadaandHeriotWattUniversityinScotlandwherehe receivedanMBAdegree.Afterworking inCanadian industryfor far too many years, Malcolm followed his passion for the financialmarketsbybecominganInvestmentAdvisor/CommodityTradingAdvisorwith an independent brokerage firm in western Canada. Today, heresides in western Canada where he consults to small cap resourcecompanies and trades the financial markets using technical chartanalysis,esotericmathematicsandtheastrologicalprinciplesoutlinedinthisbook.Hemaintainsbothawebsite(www.investingsuccess.ca)andablog(www.astrologicaltrading.wordpress.com)whereheprovidestradersandinvestorswithastrologicalinsightsintothefinancialmarkets.