Financial Astrology - MMA WEEKLY, Comments for the week ahead, Market timing

The Market Week in Review :

Last week was certainly in line with Mercury and Uranus turning stationary direct. Stock markets around the world put in very divergent performances, with some making new all-time highs, and others declining sharply to multi-week lows. And the currencies and precious metals soared against the U.S. Dollar, to new multi-month highs in Silver, and new yearly highs in the Euro currency. Corn also continued its uninterrupted ascent to new 10-year highs, up well over 50% now, consistent with our summer forecast of a new bull market.

In Europe, only the German DAX made a new multi-year high last week, reaching 6497 on November 22, which was the exact midpoint of the huge cluster of geocosmic signatures extending from October 23 to December 22. But by Friday, it had plummeted down to 6267 intraday, with technical oscillators falling sharply. The Netherlands AEX, London FTSE, and the Swiss Zurich stock indices all failed in the rallies early last week, and then also declined sharply by week's end with bearish technical conditions. The Swiss market got hit especially hard, after posting its all-time highs back on November 7.

In the Pacific Rim, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong continued its rampant ascent to new all-time highs into November 23. The Australian All Ordinaries also rallied smartly by the end of the week after ending a decline on November 20, but it fell a little short of its all-time high registered back on November 7. In Japan, the situation was completely different, as the Nikkei fell all week to test its previous primary cycle low of 15,500 back on September 25. To our way of looking at things in this critical reversal period, the Nikkei is flashing buy signals while all these other indices are overbought and perhaps readying for a sell-off.

             In the Americas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average marched to another new all-time on our November 22 critical reversal date, and the NASDAQ Composite continued rallying to a new multi-year high even on Friday. However, it is still down by over 50% from its highs of early 2000. The Bovespa of Brazil also made a new-all-time on Thursday, and Argentina's Merval index came very close to doing the same on Friday.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

             This week continues the barrage of geocosmic signatures that began October 23. This weekend, November 25, Venus will square Uranus. Next Sunday, the Sun will square Uranus, just ahead of the full moon which forms a T-square with Uranus. All of these contacts with Uranus suggest a very unstable and volatile climate for both stocks and the mundane world. And this is emphasized even more as the war-like combination of Mars and Saturn form a square right in the middle, on Wednesday, November 29. In terms of Mother Nature, this could all coincide with high winds, hurricanes, and/or earthquakes. In terms of the geopolitical climate, it likely corresponds with an escalation of violence and threats of war. In fact, Friday's Wall Street Journal reported that the insurgents' sectarian attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday were the deadliest yet since the U.S. invasion over three years ago. Another article headlined “Deadly Iraq Attacks Underscore Militants'Growing Organization.” In terms of markets, Uranus rules technology stocks, and it is of importance to note that the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite continues making new highs into this Uranus-laden time band. It suggests a reversal of great amplitude could happen.

             Last week I discussed the concern about all the planets now entering the euphoric sign of Sagittarius, including its ruling planet Sagittarius. But when Jupiter and Sagittarius are not “irrationally exuberant,” driving prices higher, they can turn out to be the opposite : hysteria leading to exaggerated fears and driving prices down very quickly and very sharply. In this respect, we also note that transiting Mars is now entering into a T-square to the natal Mercury-Pluto square of the New York Stock Exchange this week. All of this points to an unstable market climate that is prone to very sharp price reversals. Such instability has proven to be a boon to both currencies and precious metals as forecasted. As indicated in prior reports, precious metals and currencies typically make a crest in the zodiac sector corresponding to current Mars' position between November 13 and December 4. Bingo! Both metals are making multi-week highs, and the Euro currency is making new yearly highs as last week came to an end. But these same studies indicate that once this high is in, each could pull back into mid-December. But the fact that the Euro currency has now posted a new high supports our view that the bullish phase of the 4-yeart cycle has indeed resumed.

Long-Term Thoughts :

The Saturn-Neptune opposition continues in force, and is evident in last week's news again. Preciously we reported that this has to do with violations of trust between the populace and leaders of both government and business. It is a signature of ethical violations, corruption, and scandals. And it is not just in regards to U.S. politics. Friday's Wall Street Journal had another headline titled: “Corruption Probe Threatens Germany's Image: Siemens, DaimlerChrysler Get Caught Up in Inquiries.”

We also indicated this was a signature that could correlate with great personal danger to world leaders, and sure enough, a popular politician in Lebanon was assassinated, with a cloud of suspicion directed towards Syria's involvement. We also stated that this aspect, combined with Mercury retrograde during the U.S. mid-term elections on November 7 would likely result in several disputed results that would not be known for several days or even weeks. On November 21, the Wall Street Journal reported, “Florida certified Republican Buchanan has won Rep. Katherine Harris's House seat. Democrat Jennings sued, citing an unusually big undercount.” A day later, the Journal reported, “Rep Wilson (R., N.M) retained her house seat, as did Rep Schmidt (R., Ohio), leaving four (of the seven) races still unresolved or contested.” It seems the Republicans are doing pretty well in these disputed recounts.

In other news related to Saturn-Neptune, “Canada's opposition Liberals agreed to support Prime Minister Harper's surprise (Uranus too!) motion recognizing Quebec as a nation within a united Canada.” What! Talk about chaos... And “A former Russian spy died in a London intensive care unit”. The Kremlin had said he'd been poisoned, but the cause of death remains uncertain. Spies, poison, assassinations...they are all part of Neptune's magical wonderment.

But on the positive side, Neptune also pertains to the ability to find a peace within oneself, even in the midst of all this chaos and madness. Thank God for astrology to help us understand these times - and to spot potential turning points in financial markets.

Announcements :

To all of our European readers, and especially German-speaking audience, please note that I will be giving a talk in Cologne, Germany, titled: “Forecasts for 2007: A Mundane Astrological and Financial Markets Overview.” It will take place January 20, 2007, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, at the one-day symposium, sponsored by DAV (largest German Astrology organization) and MMA-Europe, at the Maritim Cologne Hotel. The title of the symposium is “Signs for the Future: An Astrological Look at World, Economic, and Individual Conditions for 2007 and Beyond.” Guest speakers include Claude Weiss (Switzerland), Christoph Schubert-Weller (Germany), Antonia Langsdorf (Germany), Alexandra Klinghammer (Switzerland), and Raymond Merriman (USA). Cost is 75 Euro for pre-registration. For further information, contact 49-221-6800050, or go to http://www.mma-europe.de. Or email info@mma-europe.de.

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The Forecasts for 2007 Book goes to the printers this week, and all pre-ordered books will be mailed on December 15 (or hopefully a day or two earlier). This year's book is a little larger than previous year's (8 pages longer), but as always, it shapes up to be another exciting year. All years of this decade are significant due to the “Triple Saturn” oppositions which started in 2001. Utilizing the study of cycles and geocosmic factors, the annual Forecasts book outlines forthcoming trends pertaining to political, economic, and financial markets throughout the world. Special sections included on The United States and its President, Interest Rates, Stock Markets, Precious Metals, Currencies, Crude Oil, Weather, and Grain markets. And of course: the all-important Critical Reversal Dates for financial markets in 2007. To order this year's book, or call us at 1-800-MMA-3349.

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