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The Market Week in Review :

Sometimes the symmetry between geocosmic signatures and financial markets is so uncanny that it leaves even Financial Astrologers in awe. Such was the case last week - and even the last six weeks - in global stock markets and with Venus retrograde.

Let's take a brief trip down memory lane (and why not, with Pluto in Capricorn and Saturn in Scorpio, both symbolizing errors of the past from which we either suffer the consequences, or learn from and make constructive adjustments for the future). Remember at the end of last 2013, with stock markets up 25+% all over the world, and everyone riding a wave of euphoria that 2014 will be almost as good (if not better). Many stock markets, such as in the USA, Germany, India, and even Argentina, were registering new all-time highs. Others, like the Netherlands AEX and Zurich's SMI, were making new multi-year highs, while the London FTSE was challenging its all-time high of May 22 (which it still hasn't exceeded yet). The talk on the street was that the world recovery was surely underway now, and the stock markets just reflected that reality.

But then a funny thing happened after investors left their New Year's Eve parties. The rallies stopped. This was very close to the time when Venus turned retrograde on Saturday, December 21. Within 5 trading days, most stock markets had ceased their euphoric, Jupiterian, celebration, just as the Sun had also entered that powerful T-square formation involving Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto. Within a couple of weeks, the tune had turned from "Happy Days are Here Again", to "The Dark Side of the Moon".

What was happening ? Well, Venus was turning retrograde, and that meant many markets that had been in strong trends would be vulnerable to reversing. Stock markets had been in a strong trend up. They started to reverse down. Yes, it took the European markets a couple more weeks before they turned too, but eventually everyone got in sync with the same dance step and took a fox trot down. When the Sun hit Pluto and touched off the cardinal T-square, the party was basically over except for those wild and stubborn Europeans that didn't want to leave until last of the intoxicants were finally devoured. When the keg was emptied, they fell hard too. even harder than the rest because they partied longer than everyone else, as they are known to do.

So down, down, down came the stock markets of the world, and up, up, and up went the world's anxiety that this was indeed "The Big One". Except that it wasn't. At least not yet. Just as equities topped out and began nose-diving within about five trading days of Venus turning retrograde, they stopped their plunge towards doomsday within three trading days of Venus turning direct, on January 31. The counter-trend symmetry of Venus retrograde worked again. Most stock markets of the world bottomed last Monday-Wednesday (February 3-5), and then began a torrid rally. It didn't matter that the USA employment report of Friday showed only 113,000 new jobs when closer to 200,000 was expected. The Venus hand of the cosmic clock struck twelve, and the alarm sounded. It was time to wake up and reverse back to the pre-Venus retrograde trend. The theme song changed to "Here Comes the Sun", and of course, everyone now exclaimed to anyone who would listen that, "We knew this was just a correction all along". But did they really ? No. Not unless they knew something about Financial Astrology and the character of Venus retrograde.

Other financial markets also made stunning reversals coincident with Venus retrograde, such as Treasuries (a primary cycle low on December 31 and a high on February 3), the Dollar-Yen (a high on January 2 and low on February 3), the Euro and Swiss Franc (a high on December 27 and low on February 3). And of course Gold and Silver, which made important lows on December 31, and then kept on rising as of this writing. Well, actually Silver made a double bottom right on the day that Venus turned direct, January 31, and then took off. All in all, it was a good performance for Aphrodite (Venus), worthy of a cosmic Oscar.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

The best of the weekly trades was in the Dollar-Yen, which advised , " Position traders are flat and may look to buy on a decline to 100.00 -101.00, with a stop-loss on a close below 96.00 or 98.00, depending on your risk allowance. " The low was 100.76, and it closed the week testing 102.50. Aggressive traders in the S&P futures were advised, " Let's cover all shorts now in weekly support (1756-1758) and go long there with a stop-loss on a (weekly) close below 1735". Some may think that was the best trade of the week, as the S&P closed at 1792.50.

Mercury is retrograde, so we stand aside on opening new position trades during this period. The only daily trade for aggressive traders enacted and now open took place in Gold, which advised on February 5, " Aggressive traders are flat and may sell short at 1260-1263, with a stop-loss on a close above xxx". It is too soon to tell how this trade will work out, as it did drop back to the 1250 area, but then closed the week around 1267.

For more information on the daily or weekly market reports, please follow this link, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

Venus retrograde is over, and now Mercury retrograde has begun (February 6-28). As stated last week, under Mercury retrograde, "You just need to adapt to new rules and let go of expectations and common sense, because the normal rules don't work, expectations fail to be realized and thus need to be changed, and common sense plays second fiddle to intuition, which is not always sensible. Financial markets exhibit these characteristics too under Mercury retrograde. That is, the normal buy and sell signals fail, support and resistance zones fail - but only briefly. This is a climate of "fake outs" and "whipsaws", so our motto is : take profits too soon. Don't sit around and wait for your price targets to be met because every 1-4 days, the momentum stalls for about 20 minutes, and then reverses for the next 1-4 days. However, do pay special attention to the middle of Mercury retrograde (February 17), because any market that didn't reverse around the retrograde date is vulnerable to reverse then - at least for a few days (more than 1-4 days)".

For this week, we also note that the Sun will square Saturn on February 11. By itself, this is not a signature with a strong correlation to reversals in equity markets. Nevertheless, it does involve Saturn, so any market that has been declining into this period is subject to starting a rally after it is over. The lunar cycles next week (including the full moon of February 14) are not that bullish for stocks, so perhaps we will see 1-2 day pullback by midweek.

Longer-Term Thoughts :

"My point is broader (than anti-Semitism) : Stoking class envy is a step in a familiar dangerous and highly incendiary process. Any ideology or movement, right or left, that is organized negatively - against rather than for - enjoys an inherent advantage in politics, mobilizing unappeasable energies that never have to default on their announced goal of cleansing the body politic of its alleged poisons". - Ruth R. Wisse, Professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard, "The Dark Side of the War on the One Percent", Wall Street Journal, February 4.

The idea of class envy, warfare, income inequality, or social injustice, or whatever you want to call it, is related to Saturn transiting the Virgo-Libra-Scorpio sector of the zodiac (September 2007 - September 2015). That is the middle of the zodiac, where the principles of justice, fairness, balance, and equality reach their zenith as a socio-political issue, for Libra is symbolized by the scales of justice, and Saturn represents accountability. It may be most pronounced now with Saturn in Scorpio and Uranus in the middle of its 33-month square to Pluto (June 2012 through March 2015). Pluto is the ruler of Scorpio, and thus "disposes" Saturn in Scorpio. At the same time, Saturn in Scorpio disposes Pluto in Capricorn, for Saturn rules Capricorn. This combination is known as a "mutual reception" between Saturn and Pluto, for they are currently in each other's sign. Lest you get confused with this astrological language, suffice it to say that this time in particular gives rise to these issues just mentioned : social justice, fairness, and equality. The problem is when these issues are used to "divide" people and lead society into class warfare and envy, for as Ruth Wisse states, ". Any ideology or movement, right or left, that is organized negatively - against rather than for - enjoys an inherent advantage in politics." Thus we experience yet another manifestation of this powerful Uranus square Pluto aspect, but at a time when transiting Saturn is also in critical part of the zodiac that already highlights many of these same social principles.

There is no argument that the past 30 years have witnessed an almost obscene widening of the income gap between the top 1% and lower 50%. That difference has widened even more during the past five years. Why is that, and what can be done to reverse that trend ? Is it the role of the government to intervene and correct ? And if so, is the means to do this best achieved by encouraging the populace negatively against the top 1% ?.

The positive issue in this debate - and understanding - might be with Uranus, a planet whose principals include the urge for freedom and independence. But to have the awareness of being free and independent, it is first of all necessary to have the opportunity to move upward in one's community, if that is the choice one wishes to make. Ultimately, as President Obama himself explains, it is really income opportunity that is necessary to stress, not income inequality backed by provocations that arouse divisions and lead to class warfare.

As always, there is a higher expression possible with these astrological principles. Sure, Uranus and Pluto are in a square aspect, arguably the most challenging of all aspects known to astrologers. But whenever two planets come together in an aspect (specific mathematical/spatial relationship) to one another, the behaviors, activities, and events associated with those two planets attempt to integrate with one another. They "peak" at the time of the aspect, which - in the case of Uranus square Pluto - can last up to three years. They either "peak" in a manner of escalating conflict and tension and even explosion (as in "class warfare"). Or they peak in the expression of harmonious integration. In the first case, the result is polarizing and divisive. Sides are drawn and intensive battles (for power, in this present case) commence. In the latter case, the result is unifying and liberating. There is a leap of mass consciousness because "we overcame this together", with the inclusion (not exclusion) of many diverse people and ideas involved (Uranus). The people and ideas were not branded as hostile to society just because they weren't "the norm".

Today, politics in America have the image of being divided between the Democrats (or liberals) and Republicans (or conservatives). Both parties have so far successfully diminished the fact that more Americans now belong to neither party. They belong to a group called "Independents". Isn't that just right ? The majority of people in the United States now consider themselves "Independents". Uranus is indeed alive and well. And as long as this positive expression of Uranus is winning, there is hope for America, for it means the "norm" is changing. As long as this trend continues towards independence (Uranus) of political affiliation, there is hope for "unity in diversity" (positive Uranus) and away from "power via separation and division" (negative expression of Uranus, as well as Pluto in Capricorn and Saturn in Scorpio).

The conventional political party system may not like this trend that is happening under the radar and on their watch, but to a Financial/Mundane Astrologer like myself, I think it bodes well for the post-Uranus/Pluto square period to come. After all, this is a waxing square, not a waning square. And waxing squares represent the pain of birth, not death. It is more akin to the Sun rising at dawn, rather than setting at dusk.

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

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On December 14 we conducted a webinar (and live speech) on Forecasts 2014. This two-hour presentation will be available on DVD, CD (audio) or via live streaming download on our website around the first week of January. The cost will be $45.00. It will cover the Cardinal Climax, the Uranus-Pluto square: where we've been, where we are, and where we are going in 2014, as it pertains to global and national politics, economics, and collective psychology. It will also give our outlook for the U.S. stock market, and Gold, plus answers to questions about Silver, Crude Oil, and currencies. The announcement and online ordering info will be posted on MMA's website. In the meantime, you may reserve your copy of this webinar by calling Amber at 1-248-626-3034 or email her. The raw footage viewing of this event is available now through January 11. You may view that too when ordering your CD or DVD or live streaming copy.

The first year of MMTA (the Merriman Market Timing Academy) is now completed!!! Course 4 was the course that short-term traders had been waiting for!!! And in about 3-4 weeks, it will be available on DVD or as an LMS on-line video. If you are a short-term trader, and want to know the best times to trade each month based on Sun-Moon signs and lunar phases, then this is the course you will not want to miss! There is nothing like this course taught anywhere else. The title for this course is "Solar-Lunar Correlations to Short-Term Trading Cycles", and it covered topics like : the General Flow of Moon Through the Signs and its Correspondence to Price Activity in U.S. Stock Market and Precious Metals; Formal Research Studies that Measure the Correlation of Solar-Lunar Combinations to Short-Term Trading Reversals in Financial Markets (Tops and Bottoms) ; Important Sun-Moon Correlations for U.S. Stocks ; Important Sun-Moon Correlations for Silver; Understanding the Trade Set Up for Optimal Use of Solar-Lunar Reversals; Enhancing timing using intraday charts (60-, 30- and 5-minute charts) ; and much more. The cost of this course is $2750.00, plus postage if ordering DVD, or no postage if uploading from our website. The course includes the Course 4 workbook, which is worth the price of the course itself. Short-term trading, as discussed in this course, pertains to positions lasting as short as a few hours (one day) to as long as three weeks.
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Course 3 of MMA's Market Timing Academy took place August 10-12, 2013, at the Management Education Center (MEC) in Troy, Michigan. The title of this course is "Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles. " It defined trading cycles - their length and patterns - and show which geocosmic signatures coincide with primary, half-primary, major, and shorter-term trading cycles in several financial markets, i.e. gold, silver, stock indices, currencies, grains. It discussed the historical correlation of Mars in Scorpio and heliocentric Mercury on Sagittarius to sharp swings in gold and silver, and how to trade them. The DVD and LMS of this course will be available around mid-September. This is a course you will not want to miss! The cost is $2750 for each.
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Course 2 of MMTA, titled".Geocosmic Correlations to Investment Cycles in Financial Market". has been completed!!! The raw footage of this course is now available, and the DVD will be available in six weeks. This course examined the correlation of Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and the Moon's North Node to long-term trends and their cycle troughs and crests in many financial markets, including stock indices and precious metals, going back over 200 years. Special attention was be given to the Uranus-Pluto and Saturn-Neptune cycles in various financial and commodity markets, plus the transit of Jupiter through the signs of the zodiac and its correlation to long- and intermediate-term stock market and Silver cycles. The cost of this raw footage or DVD is $2750. For information and/or registration, please go to here or there, or call us at 1-248-626-3034.

If you are interested in a review of Course 1 of MMTA that took place April 6-8, please visit here. Or go to the www.mmacycles.com website and scroll down the first page. Henry Canciglia has an extensive background in the U.S. political and intelligence community. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Henry is one of the 15 apprentices for the two-year MMTA course.

Next year's second year of MMTA courses will begin in March 2014. Please visit www.merrimanmta.com for more information, and research papers on market timing findings conducted by apprentices, which are posted as they are received. Many of these are extremely well done and valuable.

Our 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.
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- 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.
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June 2-5, 2014 : MMTA Course 6 : "Advanced Support-Resistance Calculations for Trading".

August 25-28, 2014 : MMTA Course 7 : "Combining Technical Studies, Cycles, and Critical Reversal Dates for Traders".

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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 theBest 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.

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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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