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MMA COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING
October 1 - 2012
Raymond A. Merriman©

Financial Market Analyst & Market Timer.

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The Market Week in Review :

Most stock markets of the world struggled last week. After posting yearly highs September 14-21, these market started falling hard after secondary highs around Tuesday, September 25 when the Moon was in Aquarius, often a lunar sign correlating with market highs. But the culprit was Mars, which entered a very sensitive degree to the NYSE chart in the later half of the week. By the end of the week, many equity markets had plummeted sharply, with some - like the Amsterdam AEX - falling to new monthly lows. Yet some performed very well right into the end of the week, like the Hang Seng of Hong Kong, which continues to rally to new 4-month highs, and the Zurich SMI, which soared to a new yearly high.

Gold and Silver mirrored the USA stock markets. That is, they fell sharply off their multi-month highs of the prior week into a low on Wednesday, September 26. But then they came back to close the week strong, in preparation for the heliocentric romp of Mercury into Sagittarius, October 1-12. With Mars also poised to end its trek through Scorpio on October 7, the next week (and maybe even early the following week) looks ready for some impressive price activity.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

The weekly report had numerous new trades initiated and several positions exited for handsome profits last week in the NASDAQ, Soybeans, Crude Oil, and precious metals. But these may be the most interesting : concerning November Soybeans, last week's reported advised, "Position traders are flat and may look to go long in weekly support (1557-1571) with a stop-loss on a close below 1450. Aggressive traders are also flat and may buy anywhere below 1575 with a stop-loss on a close below 1500 or 1450, depending on your risk allowance". The low of the week was right there, at 1557, and it closed at 1601.

In Crude Oil, last week's report advised, "Aggressive traders are also short with a stop-loss on either a close above 95.75 or weekly resistance, depending on your risk allowance. However let's look to exit at 89.50-90.70 if offered and go long there with a stop-loss on a close below 88.00". The low was 88.95 and it closed the week at 92.19.

Short-Term Geocosmics :  

Last week I discussed the importance of full moon coming up on September 29, and stated that it will form a grand square to the Uranus-Pluto waxing square, all in cardinal signs (action). Well, it's actually a T-square, not a grand square, but it is still a powerful signature nonetheless that "... sometimes coincides with earthquakes, volcano eruptions, electrical black-outs, high winds, and huge tidal waves within one week. If not at the full moon, these types of events can be touched off at the quarter moon phases of one week before or after. These signatures involve Uranus, so they are abrupt, disruptive, and unpredictable as to their exact form and location. Perhaps it could be a terrorist act. In many cases these types of signatures correlate with very sharp declines in financial markets, but not always".

But this full moon T-square, with the Sun in translation to the Uranus-Pluto square, is part of bigger time band containing 11 important geocosmic signatures that unfold between September 26 and October 16. The strongest signatures in this cluster take place right now and then again over the weekend of October 5-8. Thus reversals in various financial markets can occur at any time during the next 10 trading sessions.

From a longer-term viewpoint, this coming week is important because of several planetary ingresses. A planetary ingress denotes the time when a planet changes from one sign to the next. On October 3, Venus will enter Virgo, where it will remain through October 28. Mercury and Saturn then enter Scorpio on October 5. Saturn will stay in Scorpio for most of the next three years, whereas Mercury will remain there through October 29. An finally, Mars will switch from Scorpio to Sagittarius on October 7. That means four planets will change signs this week, which implies a major shift in attention by the collective, and especially for the investment community. What could cause such a powerful shift ? I am not sure. But as a result, many markets will be vulnerable to reversing their long-term trends now. The most important change, of course, will be Saturn moving from Libra to Scorpio for the next three years. As discussed at length in the Forecast 2012 Book, this represents a "Time of Reckoning" pertaining to all matters of debt. The can that has been kicked down the road has now reached the end of that road. And at the end of this road may be the dreaded "Fiscal Cliff," coming up on January 1, 2013.

And finally we have a somewhat important planetary station arising on October 4, when Jupiter turns retrograde. It is still possible that stock markets advance once more to a new cycle high within a week of this occurrence. If so, you might be able to more clearly see that "Fiscal Cliff" down the road. If instead it coincides with a cycle low, then perhaps Mars in Sagittarius (October 6-November 16) provides one more opportunity for an equity rally to new highs. With Mars in Sagittarius, everything becomes exaggerated. It is oftentimes a period irrational exuberance or hysteria and panic for the world. It can be war-like.

Longer Term Thoughts :

"In Iowa, 119,318 Democratic voters have requested absentee ballots, compared with 24,909 Republicans". -The Wall Street Journal, Friday, September 28, "Candidates Exchange Barbs on Patriotism," by Laura Meckler and Colleen McCain Nelson.

Election season is in full swing in the United States, with the first of three debates between President Obama and Governor Romney scheduled to take place this coming week. Most of the polls show President Obama comfortably ahead, and both parties are concerned about the integrity of the voting process. Democrats are upset at attempts to suppress minority votes with new "voter identification" requirements (i.e. you have to prove that you are who you say you are), which they claim are racially discriminatory. Republicans are worried about voter intimidation issues (i.e. the Black Panthers gun toting incident at a voting precinct in Philadelphia in the last election), plus voter fraud concerns surrounding the huge turnout prior to Election Day in 2008 in which Obama received 58% of the record absentee votes that accounted for a whopping 30+% of all votes counted in that election. Allegations of irregularities in the 2008 election were documented in the book titled "Injustice," by Christian Adams, a former official with the Department of Justice who later resigned in protest over the DOJ's disinterest in following through on many of those complaints. The DOJ dismissed his concerns as that of a disgruntled employee, but no one ever disputed his citation of sources.

Could the presidential election of 2012 be tainted with fraudulence in the voting or vote counting ? It is a possibility as denoted by geocosmic signatures in force at the time of the election and shortly thereafter. In fact, the geocosmic picture provides ample fodder for several conspiracy theories, which are in line with the nature of Uranus being in its powerful waxing square formation to Pluto, now through March 2015. That is, Uranus can coincide with a major upset, an unexpected outcome, a change of course. And Pluto can (amongst other possibilities) coincide with efforts to alter the reported results through behind-the-scenes maneuvers by powerful or secretive groups of people who may even have criminal intentions. Think "Watergate", 1972, filled with intrigue about burglaries and break-ins by Republican operatives into the headquarters of Democratic candidate George McGovern. In that election, McGovern ended losing by a huge landslide. But the celebration for the huge Republican victory was short-lived as President Nixon was forced to resign amidst these secretive, behind-the-scenes, criminal actions. Had it not been for a presidential pardon by Gerald Ford, Nixon might have ended up in prison. All this revelation came to light in 1974, under planetary aspects that have similarity in principle to some geocosmic signatures in effect 2012-2015.

Last week I presented the following geocosmic picture: "There is something I want to share with readers about the election - an astrological conspiracy theory. After all, Uranus is square Pluto, and that's a rather heavy dynamic suggestive of a slew of conspiracy theories. And so I have one too based on

1) Mercury turning retrograde on Election Day,
2) Neptune turning direct 4 days later,
3) Mercury going direct on November 26 and
4) Mars conjunct Pluto in Capricorn (and Venus conjunct Saturn in Scorpio) on November 27".

An astrologically-based conspiracy theory might go like this (use your imagination). On Election Day, November 6, Mercury begins its 20-day retrograde period. The election results are soon afterwards modified. In other words, they are found to be inaccurate. This doesn't happen just once, but it seems to be a repetitive phenomenon over the next few days. People start noticing a pattern, and as Neptune turns stationary direct on Saturday-Sunday, November 10-11, rumblings start to be heard that the election has been tainted by fraud. The final results are held up until these allegations are investigated. The next week, as the new moon unfolds in the secretive sign of Scorpio, more incidents of irregularities or manipulation are revealed, especially as both Mercury retrograde and Neptune stationary are in square to one another (November 13). The rumors - the conspiracy theories - take on a new life as both sides accuse the other of malevolent intent. These only escalate into threats as both Mercury and Moon move into Sagittarius November 14-16, with outrage starting boil out of control.

On November 23, Mars forms a waning square to Uranus, and moves toward its conjunction with Pluto in Capricorn on November 27. The threats escalate, but they are not limited to just the United States, War threats are being shouted in the Middle East as Iran (or is it Israel ?) fire a missile at the other. After all, when Mars is in Sagittarius and Capricorn, military threats and confrontations between Israel and her neighbors reach a peak historically. During this same time frame (November 23-27), Mercury turns direct and Venus conjuncts Saturn in Scorpio, sending the stock market sharply lower.

The results of the election are finally announced. There are a couple of possibilities here :


1) Mitt Romney won. Violence and riots break out across the USA and the results are not accepted. Martial Law is declared. Financial markets are closed. The Election results are disputed and calls for a new election get underway.
2) Barack Obama won. There are no riots immediately, but calls for Obama's impeachment start up as the nation faces the prospect of war as Israel and Iran start theirs, but Obama refuses to take sides. Tensions mount between the two parties and what to do about the Iran-Israeli conflict.
3) The election results are put on hold as war breaks out in the Middle East. A winner is not declared for an indefinite period, and the longer this goes on, the more restless the USA population becomes. It starts to become chaotic, and more calls for Obama's removal escalate, while the president withdraws from the public eye. The more he withdraws, the louder the calls for his removal become.

And finally

4) Well, not really finally, because with Uranus involved so strongly, nothing will happen exactly as anyone predicts. Uranus rules surprises. Things don't go as one would expect, even forecasts made by financial astrologers. But we must keep open to the possibility that nothing dramatic occurs, in spite of all these powerful geocosmic signatures taking place. Maybe Mercury retrograde indicates a return of Obama for four more years. The nation re-lives the same issues as the last 4 years (think Obama Care and national debt), and these next four years are mired again in gridlock because Obama won and the Republicans kept control of the House, and maybe gained control of the Senate. Maybe the Neptune station denotes fraud in some of the House and Senate elections, but not in the presidential race. Maybe the Mars translation to Uranus and Pluto indicates that there are tensions between Iran and Israel, but both sides withhold force, and the threat passes without a major incident. Maybe the stock market pauses as it considers the "Fiscal Cliff" ahead, but talks begin in December to give the new Congress more time to work out a compromise for a fiscal road map. Maybe it all turns out well in the end after a lot of initial scares. Then again, it is Neptune turning stationary in November, and Neptune rules dreams and idealism. But that won't end the onslaught of conspiracy theories due to continue into 2015. And like everyone else, I may share some as well as we go along, all with the intent of fostering a deeper understanding of the correlation between cycles in human activity and cycles in the cosmos.

To be continued... (next week)  

Announcements :

             Forecast 2013 Book : Only one more month to take advantage of the special pre-publications offer for the Forecast 2013 Book. As in the past, MMA offers a special pre-publication discount rate for those who pre-order the next year's book before October 15, 2012. We are pleased to announce that the cost of this year's book will remain the same as last year at $55.00. We are also pleased to announce that the special pre-publication rate of $45.00 (plus postage) will available to those who order prior to October 30! Additionally we will offer Forecast 2013 in an e-book format at these same prices, although the e-book may not contain the planetary calendar and ephemeris in the back, as will be the case in the printed hard copy editions. But there will be no postage costs with the e-book. As always, a limited number are printed, so order now, save even more big bucks, and make sure you reserve your 2013 book before they sell out (or you forget)!!!.
To order, you may call MMA offices at 1-248-626-3034, or contact Amber. Or go to our website link. We have also posted a "Scorecard" of this year's forecasts.

             We are pleased to announce the completion of "The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Volume 2 : Geocosmic Correlations to Investment Cycles". We expect this book to be in print sometime in September - hopefully in time for the September 15-16 workshop. This means that the special $75.00 pre-order rate will end August 15. At that point, the normal rate of $125 (plus postage) will go into effect. To take advantage of the special pre-order discount price, please go to.

             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.

             Speaking of our weekly subscription reports, we now offer a new one titled : MMA Weekly Treasuries, Soybeans, and Crude Oil Report. This will be a 3-5 page report offering comments, analysis, forecasts, and trading strategy for next week's market activity in the U.S. 10-Year T-Notes (Treasuries), Soybeans, and Crude Oil futures only. List of support/resistance areas, trend indicator points, geocosmic and lunar reversal points for the week, cycles phasing, and recommended buy and sell strategies. The cost is $750/yr or $250/3 months. We will offer a one-month trial subscription for $50.00, available only until August 15, as part of our introduction to this new service. Subscriptions are delivered by downloadable postings on the MMA Website, which is entered via your personal password. It is also delivered via an email attachment to all subscribers over the weekend before the market opens.

             The DVD of the Denver Workshop on Financial Market Timing is still available! This financial markets workshop offers a completely unique and original perspective, integrating :

1) Market Timing studies,

2) Price Objective calculations,

3) Technical Analysis,

4) Pattern Recognition studies, and

5) Trend Analysis.

The primary focus of this workshop is on Market Timing Studies, particularly Cycles Analysis and Geocosmic Studies, as leading indicators that identify when to anticipate a reversal in all financial markets. Gold and the U.S. stock market are studied in great detail, especially regarding their current status. There is a wealth of timely and valuable information in this DVD, especially pertaining to the forthcoming Uranus-Pluto square of June 24, 2012, lasting through March 2015, and the important Jupiter correlation to stock market cycles coming up August-November 2012 and March-May 2013. The cost for this 4-hour DVD is $180.00 plus postage. To order, or call Amber at 1-248-626-3034. If you are a trader or investor who appreciates the value of market timing - especially in the next few months - this is a presentation you will not want to miss.

             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 :

             January 11-12, 2012 : Zurich Switzerland. "Forecast 2013 Symposia" sponsored by AstroData.
January 11 lecture on Forecasts 2013. January 12 will be a special 5-hour workshop on "The Gold Market : Forecasting the Future Price of Gold and Silver". 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM. This is a special workshop on precious metals you will not want to miss !!! Cost is €345 ex VAT. Subscribers of any MMA reports (trials excluded) receive a 15% discount. For further information, follow this link or contact ASTRODATA AG, Tel. 41 (0) 43 343 33 66, or email info@mma-europe.ch. This will be special, and a great opportunity to meet some very impressive market timers who will be present. Register now as seating is limited!.

             January 17, 2013 : Amsterdam, Netherlands. "Forecast 2013", Sponsored by Schogt Market Timing. Call 31-(0) 294-415-917 for further more information, Or there.

             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.


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