MMA WEEKLY - Financial Astrology commentary, Financial Market Analyst and Market Timer

The printed version of Forecast 2014 will be translated into several different languages again this year as follows :

- Chinese Dutch Deutsch Japanese Russian Spanish Italiano

Each of these will also offer the English version of Forecast 2014, as will our Chinese distributor : "Your work is essential to anyone who is serious in this field. I can't thank you enough for it".

Go to the sheet for Downloading the video for the Ultimate book on stock market timing.

I would like to extend my thanks to all 27 attendees at last week's Gold and Silver Market workshop held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, sponsored by Schogt Market Timing, Ltd. It was a fabulous experience with subscribers present from 10 different countries. And the workshop itself - combined with all the intelligent questions and comments - was one of the best ever. The energy level was phenomenal. Thank you all for your participation. The next workshop will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2. Go directly to http://macastrology.tripod.com or see announcements below for more information. Many of the Gold and Silver studies presented in Amsterdam will be shared in Ann Arbor, for they are very pertinent to what is happening now.

The Market Week in Review :

The headlines said it all last week, and the key word in every instance was "Surprise!" Surprise Supreme Court decision for full support on Obamacare. Surprise decisions and agreements of European leaders to deal with their ongoing debt crisis at the Euro summit meeting, in which no such surprises were expected at all. In fact, most commentators suggested the summit would be an utter failure. This is the nature of Uranus. Nothing goes as expected, for better or worse.

In response to these projected disappointments and then realized pleasant surprises, the equity markets of the world reacted in typical Uranian fashion too. They were erratic and volatile. They were down until Tuesday, went up strongly Wednesday, then fell sharply again on Thursday, only to open sharply higher again on Friday.

The same can be said of Gold and Silver. Both started to rally last Monday following their lows of the prior Friday, June 22. But by Tuesday, those rallies ended and both fell hard into Thursday, with Silver taking out its lows of the past several months (but not Gold). Then on the agreement between Euro leaders and banks on new and unexpected plans to cope with their debt crisis, both metals exploded up on Friday. Crude Oil was another stellar performer on Friday, rising more than $7.00/barrel.

Regarding the Supreme Court decision on the USA health care law and the Euro summit agreements, please keep in mind our prior comments made for this period of time : "It doesn't end there. I mean, there is more - three days and three aspects more. On June 27, Venus ends its retrograde period and returns to direct motion. Historically this has a 73% correlation to primary or greater cycles within 10 trading days. One would normally look forward to a Venus station as a time of love and agreement. But with Saturn also stationary within three days, it leans more towards disappointment and break down in agreements. One side feels manipulated, and it is hard to have love and agreement when both parties are not feeling it mutually. Of course with Jupiter square Neptune, both parties may not immediately be fully conscious of what they just agreed to. It sounded good in principle, but the "devil is in the details", and then one party may realize later there was a "sleight of hand trick" inserted into the contract".

Everything looks great today. There is cause to celebrate. But do we really understand what this means, and do we understand the details that are being proposed ? With Jupiter and Neptune, the spirit of the agreements is wonderful. But what do the words really mean to the different parties that will be affected ? What will be the actual consequences ? Will health care costs really come down to meet the criteria of "Affordable Health Care", as many assume ? Will the proposed changes to Europe's new bailout scheme really be enough, and will all the leaders really commit to it ? With Pluto in Capricorn being squared by Uranus in Aries for the next 33 months, there is more to these stories yet to be told. Remember : nothing goes as expected with Uranus - and Uranus is square to Pluto June 2012 through March 2015. Could the Health Care law be repealed as Republicans promise to do ? It's possible under Uranus square Pluto. But I doubt that they will succeed with Neptune in Pisces for the next 14 years. That's a symbol conducive for universal health care. Even if it is repealed, there is another one coming. It's a social movement that cannot be stopped, in my opinion.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

Over the past few weekly columns, I have been inserting trading recommendations made to our subscribers in the prior week. Readers seem to like this type of information to just see how accurate these reports, based on our unique timing methods, have been in many cases.

Last week's best trades were in Precious Metals. The Weekly Report for the week starting June 25 stated , " You may now buy back any positions you had taken off in the past two weeks, and move the stop-loss now down to a close below 1520". Previously we had covered some positions at prices above 1630, so we bought back last week around 1570. On Friday, Gold was up over 1600.

The daily report for Tuesday, June 26, for GLD (the Gold ETF) stated , " Look to buy in daily support, with a stop-loss on a close below 148". That was around 152.60. By Friday, GLD was testing 156.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

Although the most intense gathering of powerful geocosmic signatures for the year 2012 took place June 23-29, the after-effects will remain in force through mid-July. This Tuesday, July 3, is important because it is a full moon and Mars enters Libra, a cardinal sign. Oftentimes an ingress of Mars into a cardinal sign corresponds to a major reversal in Treasuries, since the Federal Reserve Board's chart (founded December 23, 1913) has the Sun-Pluto opposition at 0-1 degree of Cancer-Capricorn, which are also cardinal signs. Financial Astrologers may look for several other markets to reverse within three days of this date too, for Treasuries are often leading indicators for other sectors.

Heliocentric Mercury will enter Sagittarius on July 5. This presents a big play in Gold, both before and after this date, as described in detail to our weekly and daily subscribers. In fact, it has begun with Thursday's low, which was right in the time band expected for a low based on this signature.

Longer Term Thoughts :

"Capitalism was an economic system in which the private sector drove the economic process through saving, capital accumulation, and investment. The government's role was very limited. The United States has not had that kind of economic system for decades... Almost all the major industries are subsidized in one way or the other by the government and almost half the households receive some kind of government assistance... the economic system is no longer driven by savings and investment. Instead, it is driven by borrowing and consumption. This is not capitalism. Market forces no longer drive the economy. The current system is government - directed, but not planned... deficit spending and fiat money have allowed the government to satisfy all those competing demands for more than a generation". - Richard Duncan, "The New Depression : The Breakdown of the Paper Money Economy".

It's here. The most powerful and transformative aspect of the new 21 st century officially got underway this past week. It is the first quarter phase of the 112-147 year Uranus-Pluto cycle, and it began on June 24. As we look at last week's news, we see several example of the principles of this dynamic duo being expressed : historical wildfires burning in Colorado; record high temperatures in many parts of the United States causing fears of drought and sending grain prices sharply higher; revelations of Stuxnet - the deployment of a computer worm by the United States and Israel to wreak havoc against an Iranian nuclear facility; the further downgrade of 15 more countries by Moody's rating service; the crisis - and sudden reversal about solutions - in Europe that threatens both its currency and union; the allegation by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter that the United States is abandoning its role as a champion of human rights and instead violating those very rights (International Herald Tribune, June 25, 2012), an Islamic declared the winner in Egyptian elections following the overthrow of its president one year before, and the surprising decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Health Care Act, made victorious by Chief Justice Robert's unexpected alignment with the proponents.

There are of course many more examples that deal with Uranus (cyberspace and technology, revolution and change of regimes, sudden changes of policies in economics and politics, and explosive situations of all types) in square aspect to Pluto (debt, deficits, default, downgrade, reform, danger to crops and human life through nature). This is cathartic stuff, and it will take a combination of brilliant and innovative thought to solve these, plus consensus from leaders who are polarized from one another about as much as has even been the case in history. Merkel demands austerity and accountability, while Hollande of France, Monti of Italy, and Rajoy of Spain demand more government stimulus and accommodation from the ECB (European Central Bank). In the USA, the Tea Party demands lower taxes and less government spending while the White House demands higher taxes and another round of government stimulus (spending).

Where is the right answer ?

If government spending and credit expansion stops, there will be a Depression on the lines of what happened the last time Uranus squared Pluto (1931-1934). If government debt and the escalation of credit is ramped up again via the creation of more fiat money by the Fed to support more spending by the government, then the day of reckoning will be even worse when it does come due later on (called "kicking the can down the road").

But the astrological symbolism of "The Day of Reckoning" is coming up quite soon, as Saturn (accountability) will enter Scorpio (debt and reform) in October 2012. Saturn will remain there, and in mutual reception to Pluto in Capricorn, through September 2015 - just about the same amount of time that Uranus will be in square to Pluto (June 24, 2012-March 17, 2015).

Yet there is hope. Saturn will not only be in mutual reception to Pluto, but these two dark but realistic forces of the cosmos will be in a favorable sextile (60 degree relationship) to one another December 26, 2012 through September 22, 2013 (see "Forecast 2012" book for more details). It is possible to devise a long-term plan to resolve - correct - the debt explosion then. But it will take a long-term plan, and the government will have to be part of it. The government will also - in all likelihood - have to undergo the very austerity measures they ask their people to accept. In other words, this concept of austerity (sacrifice) proclaimed as necessary by nearly every government on earth, has to pertain to government spending - the public sector - and not just to the private sector and individual in terms of more taxes and regulations and hence reduced business. Both sides will have to agree to sacrifices and austerity measures to make Saturn-Pluto work effectively, for Saturn is best when it reduces (not expands) and Pluto is best when it is allowed to reform (not destroy and terminate).

Amidst all this, the basic principle of economics will have to be supported. That is, you need increased revenues and decreased expenses (spending) to get control over the debt. That's a challenge, for one side says the only way you can increase employment is for the government to spend more, not less, and the other side says you can increase employment without incurring greater government expenditures by reducing taxes on both individuals and small businesses, thereby providing more money for the consumer to spend without increasing his/her debt load.

With Jupiter in square to Neptune right now, everyone is celebrating more bailouts, government spending, and a retreat from austerity. But Jupiter leaves this aspect soon, and reality will creep in once again. The austerity theme is far from dead. In typical Pluto-in-Capricorn fashion, it will rise again from the dead because - let's face it - governments can't afford to keep spending far more than they are bringing in ad infinitum. At some point the spending must bring a return - as in a good investment. But for that to happen, our leaders need to plan more wisely for the long-term, instead of just the next election cycle. And those who are willing to plan realistically far ahead like this - and to tell people the truth about the situation - will need the support of that nation's people.

To be continued... (next week)

Announcements :

Recently I announced that I will be starting a new direction in life over the next two years, involving a mentor-apprenticeship program on Financial Market Timing and Analysis, according to the unique methodology I have developed over the past 30+ years. I didn't expect any response yet, as we are still developing the format. But... there has been a huge response! We know we are behind the curve on getting out information on this rapidly developing project, but we are working out the details and more announcements will be made shortly. So far we have determined that the training will take place over eight weekends stretching from 2013-2014. The dates for 2013 have now been selected. They are : April 6-8, June 15-17, Aug 10-12, and Oct 12-14. The 2014 schedule will be determined in 2013 . These 8 sessions will be the only time that Raymond Merriman will give this entire training in person. A pplications for the "On Line Market Timing Academy" (OLMTA) are being accepted now. There will be an introductory training session, September 15-16 in Troy, Michigan (see below). For more information, or an application form, please contact Amber Lundsten, call 1-248-626-3034, or go to or scroll down the opening page (next page) of www.mmacycles.com. Raymond Merriman's "Market Timing Academy" (MMTA) will offer a pre-training course on "Beginning Principles of Financial Astrology for Financial Market Timing", September 15-16, in Troy, Michigan, at the Management Education Center of Michigan State University. This 10-12 hour course may be attended live, in person, or via webcast televised to your computer. An archive of this workshop will be available for 30 days afterwards to those who sign up. This workshop will basically train non-astrologers in the use of reading an ephemeris, the table of planetary positions for any given day. This is essential to anyone who wishes to understand how to find a geocosmic critical reversal date for financial markets. This course (or audit of it) is a pre-requisite for anyone entering the MMTA market training course, as developed and instructed by Raymond Merriman. The MMTA two-year training course will begin in April 2013, and will involve 8 weekends of study - 4 weekends each in 2013 and 2014. For more information and registration, please go to www.mmacycles.com (front page, near bottom). We will make announcements as this training program unfolds. The cost for the September 15-16 pre-training workshop is $395.00 ($300 for MMA subscribers). This cost will be deducted from the fee of the two-year training course to those who apply and are accepted into MMTA by October 15, 2012.

NEW! Now available Mini-Congress 'Outlook for 2012' on CD !!! Recordings of the congress "Outlook for 2012", held January 21, 2012 in Amsterdam, are now available on CD, with audio and PDFs of PowerPoint slides. All lectures are spoken in English.
The following presentations are included on this CD :

1) 2012 End Time of Dawning by Irma Schogt (20 minutes) ;

2) Happy New Year by Drs. Karen Hamaker-Zondag (20 minutes , regarding ECB and Federal Reserve Board) ;

3) 2012 = The Center of the Storm by Antonia Langsdorf (20 minutes, regarding Mayan calendar and astrology);

4) Forecast for 2012 by Raymond Merriman (1 hour).

Total length 2 hours, with PowerPoint slides sent online in a PDF document. Cost is $55.00 plus postage. Please go there, or www.mmacycles.com for ordering info.

If you are an active short-term trader, or even if you are an investor who likes to keep up with our current thoughts on financial markets, you may be interested in our Weekly or even Daily Market reports with short-term trading recommendations, (see a sample there, of the weekly). It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or even weekly basis, as I no longer offer personal consultations. 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, Euro-Yen cash, T-Notes, Soybeans, Crude Oil, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. Both reports provide trading strategies and recommendations for position traders as well as for shorter-term aggressive traders. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report.
If you want more information call our offices at 1-248-626-3034.
These reports are extremely valuable to those who trade ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds). In the words of one of our subscribers :"I am really pleased with your recommendations through the Daily and Weekly Trade Recommendations. I have used them to trade gold and silver stocks in my IRA. In the last eight years I increased my account from $60,000 to $712,000. Thanks for your excellent publications". - Bryden C., Small Business Owner, Illinois.

The monthly MMA Cycles report and its companion MMA Japanese Cycles and MMA European Cycles reports went out last week. If you are subscriber to any these monthly reports and did not receive it, let us know at once via our email.

- This report covers our long term analysis of the stock market (DJIA and S&P futures), Gold, Silver, T-Notes, Euro and Swiss Franc currencies, grains and crude oil. It also provides the list of geocosmic and solar-lunar reversal zones for the 1-2 months. This report comes out Monday night to subscribers.
- The MMA Japanese Markets Cycles report covers the Nikkei, JGB Bonds, and the Dollar-Yen.
- The new MMA Europe Cycles report covers the German DAX, Swiss SMI, and Netherlands AEX stock indices, each in english only and will be available on Wednesday.
For subscription information, please go to our web site, or call us at 1-248-626-3034. If you are not a subscriber, you can check this service out on a 2-month trial basis for only $50.00.

Upcoming Events :

August 2-6, 2012 : Midwest Astrology Conference, in Ann Arbor, MI, Holiday Inn. Pre-seminar workshop on Financial Astrology and Financial Market Timing with Raymond Merriman on Thursday, August 2. Featuring over 20 astrologers, including Michael Lutin, Chris McRae, Bob Thibodeau, Dennis Fairchild, Monica Dimino, Richard Smoot, Grace Morris and others. For more information, call 303-828-5445, 303-604-2777, or email macasrtrology@yahoo.com, or go to http://macastrology.tripod.com.

September 15-16 : Troy Michigan. OLMTA - the On-Line Market Timing Academy - will conduct it pre-curriculum introductory workshop on "Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing". This will be an introductory course on how to read an ephemeris and how to calculate a critical reversal date. It is open to anyone, but understanding this material is mandatory for anyone entering the MMA mentor-apprenticeship program that will officially start in March 2013. This introductory workshop will be available as a live webinar too. The cost is $300 to subscribers of any MMA subscription report, or $395 to others. For further information, please contact or ordersmmma@msn.com.

April 6-8, 2013 : MMTA Course 1 : "Cycles and Chart Patterns in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan. This will be the first of eight courses given by The Merriman Market Timing Academy (MMTA). It is available to those who attend onsite, or via a live webcast that will take place from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday and Sunday, as well as Monday from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, followed by a two-hour exam for those wishing to receive a certificate upon the completion of the MMTA entire 8 course program. The raw footage will be available for review for attendees for the 30 days following this course.

June 15-17, 2013 : MMTA Course 2 : "Geocosmic Correlations to Long-Term Cycles in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

August 10-12, 2013 : MMTA Course 3 : "Geocosmic Correlations to Primary and Trading Cycles in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location : MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

October 12-14, 2013 : MMTA Course 4 : "Solar-Lunar Correlations to Short-Term Reversals in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

The MMA Catalogue of products and services for 2013 is now out!!! You can download it in PDF. The ordering page is the last page of the catalogue. This is especially useful for those outside of the USA, since we do not mail these out by mail unless requested.

We are pleased to announce that the Spanish publication of "Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing" has just been completed. For more information and ordering, please contact www.lecochonsideral.info/semana.html.

I am oftentimes asked for recommendations of a money manager who uses my methods, since I won't manage other people's money. The thing is, almost all money managers I know use their own systems. But many subscribe to my services and share my thoughts about the future of the economy, various financial markets, and how to position one's portfolio along these lines. One money manager who subscribes to our services that I would suggest for those looking to structure a longer-term portfolio, such as a retirement account, is Duke O'Neill of Boulder, Colorado. He can be reached at dukeoneil1@gmail.com, or 1-(303) 545-5837. For those looking for a professional trader of commodity and futures contract might consider Ted Lee Fisher at ted.fisher@comcast.net. Ted is a legend in financial futures and has a seat on the CME. Both are very knowledgeable of the tools I use, of the way I am looking at markets, and yet each makes their own decisions as to exactly when to enter and exit any market. They will be more than happy to assist you.

To the above list, I would also like to recommend long-term MMA subscriber Erwin Brunner of Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Brunner is the founder of BrunnerInvest AG. One of his five funds was awarded the"Best in-house fund of funds" in the world recently. Mr. Brunner is a former director of the Swiss Banking Corporation (today it is known as UBS), and a general director of Rothschild Bank in Zurich. As an independent wealth manager for high net worth individuals and institutional clients only, he places his clients into the funds of the best performing fund managers in the world, via his own research and experience. For high net worth readers interested in Mr. Brunner's funds, please contact him through www.brunnerinvest.ch.

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.

Disclaimer and statement of purpose : The purpose of this column is not to predict the future movement of various financial markets. However, that is the purpose of the MMA (Merriman Market Analyst) subscription services. This column is not a subscription service. It is a free service, except in those cases where a fee may be assessed to cover the cost of translating this column from English into a non-English language. This weekly report is written with the intent to educate the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they are happening. In this regard, this report will oftentimes report what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week, and discuss that movement in light of the geocosmic signatures that were in effect. It will then identify the geocosmic factors that will be in effect in the next week, or even month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures will likely affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from a perspective of a cycle’s analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and even financial markets of the world. It is possible that some forecasts will be made based on these factors. However, the primary goal is to both educate and alert the reader as to the psychological climate we are in, from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand these psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) the news events and hence financial markets of the day.

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.

Top of the page