Off the top of my head; My general experience and notion is that the markets MAY find their tops or bottoms at the solar or lunar eclipses - the solar being in priority, but the turning point may come on either the preceeding or following lunation. According to the movement of the market - it also seemed worth while noting at which of the Moons nodes the solar eclipse occured, because the South node would depress and turn an expanding market down, while the North node may turn it up.

At any rate, just take this for thumb rules and keep your eye on the market. The astrological signification may be where the trouble ends - not where it begins. Or rather - I think things are connected and the key dates in June may easily prove to be in ratio with the eclipse dates in end August or mid-September.

Hi Andrew!!!
Your these speaking of the book, "Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting", by Louise Mc Whirter, 1938.
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Andrew J. Bevan wrote:Off the top of my head; My general experience and notion is that the markets MAY find their tops or bottoms at the solar or lunar eclipses - the solar being in priority, but the turning point may come on either the preceeding or following lunation. According to the movement of the market - it also seemed worth while noting at which of the Moons nodes the solar eclipse occured, because the South node would depress and turn an expanding market down, while the North node may turn it up.

At any rate, just take this for thumb rules and keep your eye on the market. The astrological signification may be where the trouble ends - not where it begins. Or rather - I think things are connected and the key dates in June may easily prove to be in ratio with the eclipse dates in end August or mid-September.

This would appear to be an area that is ripe for empirical research. Certainly, the crash of 1987 occurred a few weeks after eclipses. But then again, there are eclipses 4 eclipses a year regardless of whether its a bull or a bear market. I doubt there is any distinct pattern. The 1987 top occurred in August, whereas the first eclipse occurred a month later on Sep 23. Would this count as a "hit"? I don't know.

Being in the middle of a hectic market movement, I am not at the process of going through papers and digging up details at present. But as I recall the crash 87 came 1,5 lunation after the eclipse - while this movement starts 1,5 lunations ahead of the eclipse.

Check the facts - I just thought I'd pass it on. My mind and focus is elsewhere at present.

No worries.

Interesting that the selloff is continuing today in a big way. And tr Mars (12 Taurus) is conjoining the natal Mercury position (12-13 Taurus in both the charts I posted above. Tropically, this Mars 6 Gemini is hitting the Mercury 6/7 Gemini.

It just makes a lot of sense.

Personally, I went long European stocks at close today. Seeing the US recovery it should prove to bring in a profit. When trading markets like this - just act! Use astrology as a guideline - but then adjust according to whatever information you can read out of the market. I am undecided as whether today was the bottom - either short/long term - but astrology adds to ones understanding of the market. Will simply have to get back to a breakdown on the details later.

I admire your courage. I suspect it has a ways too go, but may recover, if temporarily. Medium term, I'm not optimistic on stocks. The S&P formed a classic double top this year (first top was its 2000 all time high) but failed to push through. I'm advising people to keep cash ready for early 2008 lows.

I'm not an active investor, as I feel I have much more to learn before I plunge in headlong.

US markets hit their lows on Thursday; in Asia and Europe on Friday 17. Notice I turned long on Thursday. Yes, it looked nasty - but my position was sold in the market with a nice profit in the wake of the FED-chairman cutting interest rates on Friday.

I am now prepared for the possibility of a rebound leading us up toward the lunar eclipse of Aug. 28. The movement might develop like this;
Up through to Tuesday or Wednesday, follow by a drop back before a second thrust that will lead into the next week and complete the movement. But there is still an obvious need for caution and to stay on one's toes. Don't ever take anything for granted!

Details update: The DJIA used 30 days, or 29.53 days - which equals the Moon's synodic month, from the top of July 17. to the local bottom of August 16. The market is then likely to spend 11 days correcting this fall, or rather 11,23 days - which is 0.382 and a lesser fibonacci fraction of the lunar cycle. This will bring us up to August 28., which is the day of the lunar eclipse and I suspect may be the top before the new turn down.

Congrats, Andrew.

You look like a genius at the moment. I gather you are an active trader so you won't necessarily hold on to those equities for long.

I haven't looked at the indicators for the short term. Certainly there are signs of new lows late in 2008. For those who take a less active approach, I would think going long at the end of the year will pay off well in spring 2008. I can see a big rally then.

I don't know whether any of you follow any of CNBC's shows (financial tv) who frequently are guested by techical analysists offering their opinion on market development. Yesterday technical analyst Chris Locke, of Oystermanagement.com, integrated both the lunar eclipse and solar eclipse of 11.September into his technical analysis.

Very cool.

I don't get CNBC but will check it out online if I can.

What did say about the market and what might be the effects of these ecliipses?

I know that CNBC has had Arch Crawford on several times (he's a favourite of Ron Insana's).

My thoughts on the stock markets, in view of the lunar eclipse tomorrow Aug 28., are that I think the retracement upwards seems uncompleted and markets might have further to go and need more time to complete their movement. Most often towards the end of a campaign, there is a spurt of conviction in the current direction. I do not see that as yet. Markets have been expressing stability - but then wishy-washy upward. The Swedish market seems 2,5%-6% short of any reasonable top.

The US markets have retraced 50% of their falls. The Norwegian market has retraced 38.2% of its losses - BUT the geometry still looks incomplete. It could be that the markets take a breather here and we could have completed the first leg up, but I am hesitant to bail out because I feel that some further market impetus is in store and we should look for a top at a later date that either forms a greater fractional relationship to the length of the lunar month, or that the movement terminates at the solar eclipse of September 11., which by the way occurs at the Moon's South node of downward motions.

This is essentially how I find that the market can be worked by the aid of astrology. Astrology provides guideposts to the big picture. As the market moves along, astrology provides a series of key dates to movements that develop in geometrical patterns. At key points it is possible to take a step back and see whether the pieces fit and the pattern makes sense. Adjust your exposiure in the market accordingly.