USING
PLANETARY ASPECTS IN THE FINANCIAL MARKET
by Marlene Pfeifle
Wouldn't it be great if one could say
with certainty that when a certain planet transits another planet
the stock market will go up, or that the stock you just bought this
morning will increase significantly in it's price per share by tomorrow?
Why, we'd all be rich! Unfortunately there is always
room for more than one interpretation of geocosmic energy and there
is always risk involved in the financial markets.
Nothing is quite so simple. However,
if we do our homework well and then use astrological principals
to help time when we buy and sell stocks, we have the potential
to potentially increase our profits and greatly limit our downside
risk in the financial market. Potential is
the keyword here.
The best way to use astrology
for timing the buying and selling of stocks is to first choose a
sound and solid stock in a favorable sector.
Then, most importantly, research how that stock has performed during
past transits by comparing the stock price chart to the transits of
the IPO chart of the stock. Then then make your decision to buy or
sell. Historical prices are easily downloaded in Excel
form from Yahoo
Finance to your computer. A tool that I
use to do research is AIR
Software's Market Trader (www.alphee.com).
You will find when doing your research
that it is the 4th harmonic aspects (often referred to as the "hard"
aspects in astrology) that move a stock price, and not the "easy"
aspects, trines and sextiles. What a Financial Astrologer
is looking for in the stock market is what will generate price movement,
reversals, and timing the trend changes, etc. Dynamic
energy is needed to move the market and most often this energy comes
from what has been thought of traditionally as difficult, or bad
aspects.
Rule #1 for a Financial Astrologer:
do not think in terms of "Good = Trines and Sextiles"
and that "Bad = Squares and Oppositions". You
may find yourself being surprised at what can move a stock price.
The benefic planets still seem to line up as "good"
planets in financial astrology, but it is the dynamic energy from
4th harmonic aspects that create price change and market movement.
Sun trine Venus just maybe might pop the price of
a stock for a day but it won't give it a substantial pop in price
nor will it be sustainable.
Although there is no cosmic
guarantee that a particular aspect will predict either a rising
or falling market or stock price, there are a number of geocosmic
contacts that often do produce a predictable rise or drop in price!
In Bill
Meridian's book, Planetary Stock Trading - III, he gives
a list of Bullish and Bearish planetary combinations by transit that,
in my experience, I've found to be very reliable.
However, as a guideline, I urge that
when using astrological cookbook interpretations to always first
look at the stock's IPO chart and/or chart of incorporation to see
how planets are aspected in the horoscope. Generally, I go by the
"nothing promised, nothing gained/ or lost" theory proclaimed
by astrologers Ivy
Goldstein Jacobson and other traditionalists, who have taught
that if there is not an aspect in the natal chart between planets
then there is "no promise" (no significant - if any at
all - impact ) from an applying aspect between the same two planets
in any future chart.
I have found if a planet is not aspected
strongly in the IPO chart of a stock chances are, when transited,
the price movement will not be significant or sustaining
in either direction - up or down. Additionally,
if a stock is badly aspected by a planet in it's IPO chart then
a planet which is considered to bring about a bullish rise may
surprise you when it does the very opposite! (And visa versa,
if a stock is aspected very well by a planet that is considered
to bring about a bearish movement - you may not see a negative
effect, in fact, it can be very positive!)
Taking into consideration the chart
of the corporation, the daily aspects of the moon, and paying attention
to the unfolding geocosmic energy from planets that are applying
to the financial sector of the stock at the same time as the stock
chart, the following is a list of transiting planetary contacts
- largely through 4th Harmonic aspects - that have more often than
not proved reliably as favorable (or unfavorable) and generally
have moved the market and stock prices:
Bullish, or
Favorable Aspects
-
Major aspects from
Jupiter to most planets and points. Jupiter
is very favorable to all planets and points with the exception
of Jupiter aspects to Mars and Saturn which can trigger
both favorable and unfavorable price swings. (Remember to
look at the IPO chart to see how these planets are connected)
-
Major aspects between
Sun and Venus are generally favorable.
-
Major aspects from Neptune
to the Sun and to Venus. (With Neptune comes times
of uncertainty filled with hopes, wishes and dreams - they often
coincide with false rumors and illusions. Be sure to take careful
note of how Neptune is aspected in the IPO chart!)
-
Major aspects
from Uranus to Venus and to the chart angles are
generally favorable. (Note: one must be very certain of the
accuracy of chart data if using angles and pay attention to
how well Uranus is placed in the chart!)
Bearish, or
Unfavorable Aspects
- Major aspects by Saturn to most planets,
and points - with the exception of aspects from
transiting Saturn to Mercury and Mars which can trigger both
favorable and unfavorable price swings.
- Major Uranus and Neptune aspects
to Pluto.
- Major Pluto aspects to an angle
or the Lunar nodes. (Again,
be certain of the chart!)
A takeover can be favorable or unfavorable
to a stock's price per share. Pluto, representing power and
control, is often involved by transiting aspect in buyouts and takeovers
of corporations. Jupiter-Pluto an aspect representing
optimism, expansion, change and a thrust toward power and success
is often very favorable.
Eclipses can have a positive
or negative effect that may last as long as two or three months
depending upon the planet aspected by the eclipse.
Eclipses impact the market and the movement of stock prices
by triggering, or turning on, whatever planets they touch within
3 degrees of the applying eclipse aspect. This geocosmic energy
can be triggered during the eclipse or later when a transiting planet
(particularly Mars) activates the eclipse degree by aspect. The
hard aspects, especially the conjunction and square are most notable.
Aspects to either Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus or the stock chart
angles from an eclipse are all favorable. Generally they
will give rise in the price per share of a stock, while eclipses
to Saturn and Pluto do the opposite and tend to drive a stock price
down. During an eclipse stock prices can be unpredictable
and erratic.
A note about the the transiting
Moon - always pay attention to the daily aspects of the
Moon! The Moon will trigger applying geocosmic aspects into
play, as well as determine the general mood - minute by minute -
hour by hour - of the market each day. Day traders can use
the times when the Moon forms an aspect to time intra-day turning
points or reversals. On days when the Moon makes many
aspects the market often has large volumes of buying and selling,
while days when there are not many or no aspects, the market can
be slow or filled with uncertainty. Some astrologers prefer not
to trade during the Void-of-Course Moon, (as well as during Mercury
RX), but I have not been convinced that one necessarily should avoid
the market during these times.
Transiting planets and geocosmic combinations
of aspects influence the market in many different ways, and each
combination of energy driven by the transits of planets has both
positive and negative influences depending upon many different types
of circumstances including the influences of the greater cycles
of geocosmic energy - cycles of the outer planets - that are unfolding
at the same time. Always check your ephemeris and pay particular
attention to the trending market and the unfolding cycles.
Happy Trading!
Author's note: Astrology
is a precise market timing tool, but it can not sensibly be used
as a stand-alone strategy for financial investing. For
example, astrology cannot be used to determine market trends like
technical analysis, nor can astrology be used as a key to determine
whether a particular stock has a sound and solid economic basis
like fundamental analysis. Success in the financial market
begins first with the understanding and use of the principles of
what has been considered traditional types of market analysis, and
then applying geocosmic principles as a final step in one's investment
strategy. Kaye Shinker offers a course on Business
and Financial Astrology that addresses how to choose stocks and
I strongly recommend taking her on-line courses. - Marlene
Pfeifle
References:
Llewellyn's New World Astrology Series, Financial Astrology,
edited by Joan McEvers. 1991 Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN.
Planetary Stock Trading - III, Bill Meridian. Cycles
Research, New York, N Y, 2002.
Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing,
Raymond Merriman. Seek-It Publications, W. Bloomfield, MI,
1995.
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