This free Financial astrology column for the week ahead is not the same as our service titled :
MMA Weekly Comments and Recommendations on Financial Markets,
 which is available by subscription only (read a sample with the above link).

Please note that now the Forecast for 2012 book is now completed and all orders that were received as of December 10 have been sent out as of December 12. Those that were received afterwards will be sent out early this coming week. It is quite amazing. The pre-orders for this year's book were double last year's pre-pub orders - and last year was a record for us. I think that the more uncertain the world seems to become, the greater the demand for the information of Financial and Mundane Astrologers.

The Market Week in Review :

The January 23 geocosmic critical reversal date coincided with an expected trough (low) in most stock indices of the world last week. And those lows have so far held above the lows of November 21 and/or late October, which started the current primary cycle for most stock markets. But there is still danger.

In the Far East and Pacific Rim, the Australian All Ordinaries bottomed at 3300 right on January 23. That low was a re-test of the 3201 level of November 21, but the rally towards 3500 by the end of the week was not enough to confirm this as the start of new primary cycle. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was closed most of the week in observance of the Chinese New Year on last Monday's Solar Eclipse. But following a low of 12,439 on January 21, it rallied smartly to 13,560 last Thursday. Japan's Nikkei Index bottomed on Monday, January 26, at 7671, which was also a successful re-test of its October and November lows of 6995 and 7406. By Thursday it was up to 8305 before settling back to close just below 8000. India's Nifty Index bottom at 2661 on January 23 and managed to climb back to 2881 by Friday. In all cases, the lows of the January 23 period held above the lows of last October-November. In all cases, the rallies lasted until the last two days of this past week, but those rallies were not enough to confirm that primary cycles were completed. With the Venus "translation" to the Cardinal Climax planets still in effect through the end of this coming week, danger is still present.

In Europe, the Netherlands AEX bottomed at 227.53 on our January 23 reversal date, which was a successful re-test of the 220.12 low of November 21. The German DAX index also bottomed on January 23, at 4067, which formed a successful re-test and triple bottom to the 4014 and 4034 lows of October 24 and November 21. The same pattern was evidenced in the London FTSE, which bottomed at 4046 on January 23, well above its lows of October and November. The Swiss SMI Index however was not so impressive. After putting in a low at 5194 on January 23, and rallying to 5457 the next day (Monday, January 26), it fell back again to 5241 intraday on Friday. In fact, all the other European indices topped out Thursday, only to start a retreat into Friday, thus calling into question just how stable the January 23 critical reversal date will be.

A similar pattern was present in the USA stock markets. After bottoming at 7909 last Friday, January 23, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to 8405 on Thursday, closing up over 200 points. However, in typical Mercury retrograde fashion, that bullish signal was negated the very next day as it sold off and closed down 226 points. By Friday, it was trading below 8000 again. That was true in the NASDAQ Composite, which made a low of 1434 last Friday, January 23. By Wednesday it was up to 1568. But by Friday, it was back down below 1475. Once again, we see the fickle nature of markets under Mercury retrograde, in which buy and sell signals do not last more than 1-4 days. In fact, it confirms our belief that during these times, we will see more than usual number of "fake outs" of various technical signals.

Gold and Silver formed an impressive top last Monday, and started a healthy sell off. But those sell-offs suddenly reversed on Thursday and by Friday, both were well above Monday's highs. What is most interesting is that these sharp rallies in the metals occurred while currency prices were declining against the US Dollar. The story is that in times of uncertainty, Gold and the US Dollar are seen as safe havens. But we have been in a time of uncertainty for quite some time now, and the Dollar has gone opposite metals for most of this period, as would be "normally" expected - except under Mercury retrograde, when the "norm" is no longer is reliable.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

The Mercury retrograde period ends this weekend, February 1. However, it may take all of this week before markets return to more normal technical conditions, especially given that the Employment and Payroll reports will come out Friday, February 5. If that is not enough to make the market on edge, consider also that Saturn will makes its second of five oppositions to Uranus that day, and Venus will complete its "translation" of the Saturn, Uranus, Pluto T-square then as well. As stated last week, "... but more relevant to market reversals is the translation of Venus to the developing Cardinal Climax planets of Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto. These three planets are moving towards an 80-90 year T-square configuration with one another. From January 22 through February 5, Venus will first conjunct Uranus (January 22), then form an opposition to Saturn (January 24), and finally a square to Pluto (February 5)... . Thus these markets either reverse in this time band (January 23-26), or else they break down and enter a "panic" phase, which has been the pattern with these translation periods in about 80% of cases in the past year".

This week is important. Will the lows of January 23-26 hold ? Or will they break and be followed by yet another panic ? The answer will tell us something about the status of the longer-term trend. I have my bias which will be shared with subscribers in this week's weekly report (sample).

Long-Term Thoughts :

What ARE they thinking ? The economy is headed into its deepest recession since the 1930's, the stock market has suffered its greatest decline since the 1930's, and the government has taken nearly $1 trillion of taxpayers' monies to "rescue" the banking and financial services industry that is perceived to be at the root of this problem. And what do these Wall Street and banking firms do with that money ? They give bonuses exceeding $4B to their executives and buy new corporate jets for travel convenience for these same executives. Are these businesses and banking leaders really so out of touch with Main Street that they cannot see why even President Barack Obama calls this behavior "irresponsible and shameful ?" Apparently so, but this fits right in with the nature of the long-term planetary signatures in effect right now.

As discussed at length in both the 2008 and 2009 Forecast books, Saturn is now in Virgo, September 2, 2007 through October 29, 2009, with a brief return April 7-July 21, 2010. Saturn pertains to dissatisfaction, a feeling of frustration and lack of support. Virgo rules the work force. Typically when Saturn transits through Virgo and Libra - the middle of the zodiac - there is a heightened sense of social injustices to the "common man", or "Main Street". It is a time when workers can feel taken advantage of, treated unfairly. If this frustration reaches a certain level, workers become rebellious, and demand change, or else they strike. They can strike by stopping work, thereby shutting down the channels of distribution of essential goods (i.e. as in France this week). They can protest by electing new leaders to replace those who allowed the inequities to take place. That is basically what happened in the United States last year. The middle class was "squeezed out" of sharing equitably in all the prosperity that was reflected in the all-time highs in stock markets around the world. The frustration reached that critical "heightened sense of inequality" during the election season as :

- 1) the economic crisis hit and
- 2) Saturn in Virgo made its first of five passages in opposition to Uranus.

Uranus pertains to sudden crisis, where events occur unexpectedly and without adequate preparation. Hardly anyone expected the banking crisis to erupt going into an election. After an election, yes, but not just before it. Everyone may have failed to properly underestimate the competency and sensitivity of the leadership's ability in handling the economic situation that was arising as this Saturn-Uranus opposition was approaching. They certainly failed to understand the pent-up frustration of Saturn in Virgo that would be unleashed by the middle class ("common man") just in time for the election.

But what is most astounding is that this same failure in sensitivity by banking and financial leaders is continuing even after the route in the election, and even after the crisis in the banking system has occurred, and even after taxpayers' monies have been tapped to come to the "rescue" of these banks. Using "taxpayer bailout money" to buy corporate jets and award their executives - who mostly had dismal performances " with huge bonuses ? But then again maybe this should not be so surprising to Financial Astrologers. After all, Saturn is still in Virgo, and later this coming week, it will make its second of five opposition aspects to Uranus. Only three more to go. At this rate, one has to wonder what will be left of U.S. banks and financial institutions by July 2010 when the fifth and final passage takes place. What will be left of the "management class" when the "common man" (and Obama) gets done with them ? Saturn opposite Uranus, to be followed by Saturn square Pluto, and then Uranus square Pluto. It sounds like a 5-year funeral procession for a class of people ("executives-on-greed" steroids) about to become extinct. We may see another giant fall in the next five weeks, and even days. I just don't see Obama having much sympathy if one of these institutions teeters on the edge right now. And some are. They are going down, unless they wake up and act more responsible and socially sensitive in his eyes. This attitude that they are "too big to allow to fail", isn't going to cut it with the new sheriff in town.

Announcements :

             The "SOS Global Market Cycles Report" will come out this week, Tuesday, February 2. And it will be out one day later in German to our German SOS subscribers (please go to www.mma-europe.ch in to order the German version of SOS). This SOS monthly report addresses the long - and intermediate - term cycles that affect all world markets, but specifically through the history of the U.S. stock market, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It is the "big picture" ahead, like where we are now in terms of the 18 - and 4 - year cycles. It also discusses the shorter cycles (primary and its phases) of the German DAX, Netherlands AEX, the Australian All Ordinaries, Hang Seng of Hong Kong, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the XAU Gold and Silver Mining index. The German edition also covers the Swiss Market Index (SMI). For information.

             For those interested in learning or improving your understanding of astrology, please note that a fantastic conference in Astrology is going to take place August 19-24, 2009, at the luxurious Oakbrook Hills Marriot Resort, just outside of Chicago (not far from O'Hare Airport). This will be the ISAR (International Society for Astrological Research) 2009 conference, featuring over 80 professional astrologers from all over the world, including Jeff Jawer, Rick Levine, Michael Lutin, Claude Weiss, Nick Campion, Verena Bachmann, and several Financial Astrologers, including myself. There will be a whole track on Financial Astrology, and I will be giving a one-day workshop on Financial Astrology the day after the main conference. For more information, and registration, please go to www.isar2009.com. For those who golf, note that this resort has one of the most impressive golf courses on the PGA tour. Golf where the pros golf, and learn astrology from some of the best astrologers in the world, all at the same time!

             If you are an active short-term trader, you may be interested in our Weekly or even Daily Market reports with short-term trading recommendations. It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or even weekly basis. These reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Swiss Franc, Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, T-Notes, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report. For more information, go to http://www.mmacycles.com/services, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034. In the words of one of our subscribers: " I recently subscribed to your weekly report and am finding it to be excellent and a very useful companion to the MMA Cycles Report.  I can't imagine now managing my investments without them".

             You can now order Forecast for 2009 in four languages ! It will be available in Japanese, via Toshi Nippou Ltd
in Tokyo at http://www.toushinippou.co.jp,
in German at www.mma-europe.ch and www.mma-europe.de, and
in Spanish via www.mma-spanish.com.
In English, you can order directly from us, via our web site, or you can order from www.markettiming.nl in Netherlands, www.astrodata.com in Zurich, Earlthorn Ltd in Hong Kong at www.earlthorn.com or email at earlthorn2000@yahoo.com. In Melbourne, Australia, you may order the Forecast 2009 book through email at investorbooks@iprimus.com.

             For those of you unable to attend our first "Forecast for 2009" speech (via the web) on Saturday, December 13, please know that you can order a a CD audio recording of this presentation at this time. The cost is $45.00 plus postage.

             The first MMA Cycles and MMA Japanese Cycles Report of the year was sent out last week. If you are subscriber and did not receive this report, please contact us immediately at ordersmma@msn.com. The "MMA Cycles Report" is our market advisory report for traders of the U.S. stock indices, T-Notes, Gold, Silver, Euro, Swiss Franc, Grains, and Crude Oil. This report may be issued Tuesday night to those who receive it via email. The "MMA Japan Cycles Report" covers the Nikkei, Dollar/Yen, and JGB Bonds, and will come out Wednesday night or Thursday. For more information and subscription.

             We have added an exciting new feature to our web site. Now, on the very front page, you can get a daily update on the weighted values of the Solar-Lunar cycles for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Silver market, via the studies conducted in "The Ultimate Book on Sock Market Timing Vol 4 : Solar-Lunar Correlations to Trading Cycles," and "The Sun, Moon And Silver Market : Secrets of a Silver Trader." These are the studies, I use personally when trading stock index futures, ETFs (like DIA and Silver fund), and Silver futures. Anything over 100 means it has an above average correlation to reversing from an isolated high or low if it forms that day. The higher the value, the more probable the reversal. To see these daily values, please go to www.mmacycles.com , and just check it out.

             As a side note, there are now only 4 boxes of the English version Forecast for 2012 book left for sale. It is projected that they will sell out in the next 3-5 weeks. There will be no reprints this year, so if you haven't ordered and you wish a copy, now is the time to place that order. This will be the third time in the past 4 years they have sold out.

             Our MMA 2013 catalogue is now out. If you are interested in receiving this catalogue, you can download it directly Or just click here. A list of all our products and services and software programs is included therein.

             The German version of "Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics" is now in print. It is also a revision of the earlier work in English. For more information on this book, please go to our German web site at www.mma-europe.de.

             The newly revised The Sun, The Moon, and Silver Book : Secrets of a Silver Trader, is now out. This is a book that you will use as a reference guide for...many, many years. It identifies all the key Sun-Moon combinations that have a higher (and lower) than expected probability of correlating with 4% or greater reversals in COMEX Silver. It also identifies "Big Range Days" - those days in which the range of Silver is most likely to be 3.5% or more of the price of Silver, which is a great tool for day traders. This book fulfills the dream of all traders: high probability winning trade possibilities, with minimal market exposure. It is that "extra edge." And Silver is a great market to trade now. The cost is $125.00. For ordering on line.

             If you are an active short-term trader, you may wish to consider subscribing to our Weekly or even Daily Market Reports with short-term trading recommendations. It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or even weekly basis. These reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Swiss Franc, Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, T-Bonds, Soybeans, Wheat, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Bonds, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report. For more information, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034. In the words of one of our subscribers : "I recently subscribed to your weekly report and am finding it to be excellent and a very useful companion to the MMA Cycles Report. I can't imagine now managing my investments without them."

             I have had several calls regarding a “crisis investing” portfolio that I suggested could be developed with the help of a money manager who subscribes to my reports, and shares my views about the next few years. If you are interested, you can contact him at ted.fisher@comcast.net.
He will be more than happy to assist you.

No guarantee as to the accuracy of this report is being made here. Any decisions in financial markets are solely the responsibility of the reader, and neither the author nor the publishers assume any responsibility at all for those individual decisions. Reader should understand that futures and options trading are considered high risk.

Subscribe NOW

and get the cutting edge of news and trading strategies before others!

Copyright © 2007
MMACYCLES@msn.com

Top of the page