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"U.S. equities gave back earlier gains on Friday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it is investigating new emails related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. - Fred Imbert, "Stocks Slide After FBI Says It's Probing New Clinton Emails, CNBC, October 28, 2016.

" . third-quarter GDP growth came in at 2.9 percent , a better-than-expected reading that dents Trump's case that the economy has stalled out. Trump has spent much of the campaign describing the U.S. economy as a disaster... "Right now our country is dying at 1 percent GDP", the GOP nominee said during the third debate. - Ben White, "Polls Tighten for Trump but Along Came GDP", CNBC, October 28, 2016.

The "October shock" suggested by Mars translating the Pluto/Uranus square finally struck on Friday, October 28, the last day of the transit, when Mars squared Uranus. As written last week, " We are also currently in the midst of the Mars translation to Pluto and Uranus, October 19-28. This is when "shocks" can hit the world, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, volcano eruptions, and. both terrorist and cyber-attacks. We are already seeing the latter, as well as the Mars-Pluto WikiLeaks revelations that HRC paid people to start fights at Trump rallies and used underhanded tactics to deny Bernie Sanders a fair shake at the Democratic nomination, right on the heels of the leaks of Trump's 2005 interview regarding his crude and demeaning opinion of women. Yes, this set up also has the potential to correlate with dangerous conditions all around, but by itself, it is short-lived". Last week also noted two earthquakes in central Italy, more disturbing WikiLeaks revelations about the Clinton Foundation operation, capped by Friday's announcement that the FBI will reopen its investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server based on devices once used by the infamous Anthony Weiner.

It was another strange week for financial markets. Equities were strong in Japan with the Nikkei is testing its yearly high made in April. China's Shanghai Index also put in a two-month high last week. However, prices fell most of the week in Hong Kong and the Australian All Ords. On Friday, the Hang Seng fell to its lowest mark since September 1.

In Europe, the German Dax rallied to its highest level all year on our October 25 geocosmic critical reversal date (CRD) before selling off into Friday. The Netherlands AEX made a monthly high on October 24 before also selling off. But the London FTSE and Zurich SMI were down most of the week, with the SMI falling to its lowest level since just after Brexit in late June.

In the USA, the NASDAQ futures made its all-time high on Tuesday's CRD (critical reversal date) and then sold off rather hard. The DJIA and S&P struggled all week, with the later falling sharply after the FBI announcement of the reopening the Clinton email investigation. But in Argentina, the Merval index soared to another new all-time last week, while Brazil's Bovespa to a new multi-year high. Thus, there are numerous cases of intermarket bearish divergence signals across the globe, coincident with last week's geocosmic critical reversal date (CRD).

Gold and Silver were nicely up most of the week, with Gold up to 1285 on Friday, its highest mark since it broke down October 4. The October 25 CRD was important to the Euro currency too, which made a new multi-month low that day at 1.0848.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

The Mars translation to Pluto and Uranus erupted last week as expected, in terms of both natural events (earthquakes in Italy) and political activity (FBI reopening its investigation of Clinton email matter).

This week finds another interesting geocosmic translation unfolding. On October 29, Venus will conjunct Saturn, and on the following Saturday, November 5, it will trine Uranus. This becomes an early preview of the forthcoming Saturn/Uranus trine that will be in its central time band December 4, 2016 through November 11, 2017. Historically, this very long planetary cycle phase has a correspondence to long-term cycle crests, so it will be interesting to see if stock prices rally this week. They could, for one of our rules is that any market declining into a Venus/Saturn hard aspect is a good candidate to reverse and start a rally. Several stock markets, plus crude oil, have been falling into the end of last week, as the Venus/Saturn conjunction occurs over this weekend. Venus/Saturn may also be symbolic of a stressed-out female figure (Venus female, Saturn stress). Hillary Clinton must be feeling a little of that on Friday as this aspect approaches.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

Two weeks ago, 12 notable international and national astrologers at the ISAR 2016 convention unanimously forecasted that Hillary Clinton would be the likely victor in the 2016 USA presidential election. I also arrived at the same conclusion back in early August. Of course, many polls have recently shown the same probability. But those polls are tightening now amidst all the new WikiLeaks releases pointing to possible irregularities (and maybe even illegal behavior) on how the Clintons intertwined their non-profit foundation with political activities, which is not permissible under law, and then possibly covered this up and obstructed investigations by both Congress and the FBI. Could the polls and astrologers be wrong? If so, this will be the most stunning upset since the Truman-Dewey election of 1948. However, it is possible.

There are two points I would like to discuss in this matter. The first is the fact that the USA Dollar is rising again. It is nearing its double top of slightly over 100 (March and December 2015), which has been its highest mark since April 2003. In previous columns, and in the recent Forecast Books, I demonstrated that the US Dollar topped out every 16 years, as a Republican won the election. In happened in 2000, 1984, 1968, and 1952. Since 1900, this failed only once, in 1944, when Franklin Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term. For much of this year, I did not think that would happen this time, for as I correctly forecasted, the Fed would not raise its short-term rates prior to the election. This was correct and the Dollar fell to 91.91 in May. But since then, the Dollar has been rising, and has now broken out above an important trendline, to a high of 99.11 on October 25, an important geocosmic Critical Reversal Date. Whether this rally holds remains to be seen It could easily break higher - much higher. There are other factors that could correspond to a rising dollar and still favor Hillary Clinton, such as: which candidate is supported by groups that benefit from a falling Dollar? Multi-national corps, which typically contribute to the Republican party. This time, however, they are contributing to the Democratic candidate.

The other factor has to do with Hillary Clinton's correct time of birth, and hence her correct natal chart. This has been the source of a big controversy in the field of astrology recently, and could make a difference in the art of forecasting an outcome. Different astrologers have stated that Hillary has told them directly that she was born at 8:02 AM in some cases, and 8:00 PM in others. Back in 2009, one astrologer claimed that he (or a clerk) saw her birth certificate in the early 1990's at the Cook County Courthouse of Records in Chicago, and it stated her time of birth was 2:18 AM. Another astrologer reported that he called the Illinois state records division a month ago, and via an investigative technique where he would give a time and the clerk would respond "no" when incorrect, and remain silent when the correct time was given, the clerk remained silent when he gave her the time of 2:18 AM. He later walked this back when a reporter from the Washington Post quizzed him further. He did have that conversation, but he could not verify that the clerk was actually viewing the birth certificate during the conversation. Based on that, many astrologers have dismissed this time - because of this source - as highly unlikely (to put it kindly). But is that time to be dismissed as any more invalid (or valid) than the 8:02 AM or 8:00 PM times ?.

Allow me for moment to talk to the astrologers who read this column. Since I first heard about the 2:18 AM time, I have found out that Vedic Astrologers have been using this time for Hillary Clinton for years. I do not know where they got it from. Additionally, a well-known astrologer in Phoenix, AZ inserted the major dates of Hillary's biography into a software rectification program named JigSaw, created by respected astrologer Bernadette Brady. After examining the dates of events in her life, JigSaw calculated that Hillary was born at 2:20 AM October 26, 1947. The results have an orb of error of one degree, or four minutes of clock time. Another astrologer, whom I greatly respect, stated that this means nothing, but I beg to differ. It is a software calculation program based on methods designed by a credible astrologer, and - independent of any subjective bias - it came out with that time of birth, which matches close enough to the 2:18 AM time that was supposedly cited on Clinton's birth certificate. What are the odds of that? I am sure it reaches the level of statistical significance.

One of the harshest criticisms published by one so-called astrologer was that a 2:18 AM time of birth cannot possibly be accurate because it does not indicate a person of importance or prominence. I have to question both this astrologer's integrity and own professional credibility, because no matter what time of the day one would have been born then, the final dispositor would be the mutual reception between the Sun in Scorpio and Mars and Pluto in Leo. This is basic natal interpretation. A final dispositor being the Sun absolutely has the potential of becoming prominent. The Sun is the star. A dispositor of Mars and Pluto also refers to a person of great force (power) and potential importance, especially in Leo. It doesn't matter what time of the day one would be born on October 26, 1947 for that to be the case, so this commentator's criticism of the 2:18 AM doesn't hold up to basic and accepted astrological standards of analysis.

Now one final point to make. If Hillary is born at 2:18 AM, then Saturn has been transiting over her natal Nadir (4 th house cusp), back and forth, due to its retrograde motion, since January 2016. This is the only chart of the three where this 29-year cyclical condition is present. The importance of this cannot be underscored in the study of astrology, for Saturn crossing the Nadir, is symbolically a low point in one's outer life. It is a time of great challenges and personal dilemmas, where accountability is demanded for one's prior actions and decisions. Saturn is the time keeper. It measures where you are in your station in life, according to where it is transiting in the chart. The higher it is in the chart, the higher the person is in his/her life cycle, generally speaking (other factors must also be considered, but by itself, this is the primary measurement used to ascertain that status). The lower it is the chart, the more difficult it is to attain what you want in terms of outward success - but it can be done, as long as one is fully accountable for their past actions and decisions. There is no escaping accountability when Saturn is strong by transit like this. In a spiritual sense, this is a time of intense "karmic" experiences. By itself, it may not denote a loss in the election. However, as a forecasting tool, it is my opinion that if she loses the election, the time of 2:18 AM will have to be considered worthy of future consideration, more so than the other times of birth that are being used, as mentioned before.

Of course, if she loses the election, it will no longer matter. I think that will be the end of Hilary Clinton in national politics. For now, however, my bias is still that she will prevail on Election Day. And, I am uncertain if the 2:18 AM, 8:02 AM, or 8:00 PM time is most accurate. In my mind, both 2:18 AM and 8:02 AM fit her character well, as I know of her. But the 2:18 AM fits the best narrative of one who stands to lose the most, at this time in her life.

To be continued (next week).

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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.

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