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Note : The purpose of this column is to provide educational insights into the tenets of geocosmic studies as they correspond to economic, political, and socio-psychological matters, as one of several tools that in turn may assist in the practice of financial market timing. This column is not intended, nor should it be used, as an advisory service for trading financial markets, without use of other financial market analysis tools. MMA subscription reports provide that type of advisory service, with specific recommendations for trading.

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"Trump announced Thursday that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum as early as next week. "Trump Doubles Down : 'Trade Wars are Good, and Easy to Win,'" www.cnbc.com, March 2, 2018.

He took credit for the stock market's spectacular rise in 2017. Now Donald Trump may have to own what could turn out to be the beginning of the first bear market since 2009 in the U.S. stock market. This decision could signal the end of the great Saturn/Uranus waning trine bull market. Historically, this 45-year aspect has coincided with all-time highs in U.S. stocks in its prior four occurrences (as well as this, the fifth one). In the prior 4 cases, the U.S. market declined 17-80%. The high is/was due anytime between December 2016 and September 2018. The high in the DJIA, so far, occurred on January 26, 2018, at 26,616. The last time this aspect was in force was 1972-1973. Then the DJIA topped out with an all-time high also in January (1973) at 1067. That was followed by a 23-month decline off that high in which DJIA lost 46 % of its value, the steepest decline since the Great Depression 42 years earlier. It also coincided with the beginning of the end of Richard Nixon's political career.

After rising sharply last Monday, February 26, to 25,800, its highest mark since it collapsed over 3000 points from its all-time high of January 26, to 23,360 on February 9, investors were beginning to think the February decline was a fluke. That dangerous assumption was discussed in last week's column, related to the heavy emphasis of Neptune and Pisces, which can lead to a such a wish, and hence complacency (again). However, the concern becomes greater now because we move from a Neptune-heavy period into a Jupiter-heavy one (March 1-13). Usually, Jupiter is optimistic, and correlates with rising equity prices. But when that doesn't happen, optimism can quickly shift to hysteria and panic. In either case - optimism or panic - one of Jupiter's core dynamics rises to the surface : exaggeration. Thus, this is a very dangerous period for stocks everywhere if they don't find a floor and reverse up quickly. The time for exaggeration is in effect for the next two weeks of trading. Of course, if it does reverse here, it can just as quickly witness very strong up days. Interesting enough, the S&P and NASDAQ did reverse their declines intraday on Friday, and closed nicely higher, in what is known as a "key reversal up" signal. Let's see if those indices can follow through with gains on Monday, or if Friday's reversal was just a pause before the washout resumes as we head to the center of the Jupiter shower.

In other markets, Gold, Silver, and the Euro fell rather sharply into March 1, our geocosmic critical reversal date, and then reversed nicely up from those lows to end the week.

Short-Term Geocosmics and longer-term thoughts :

Donald Trump made the biggest policy blunder of his presidency Thursday by announcing that next week he will impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.75% on the news as investors absorbed the self-inflicted folly. Review and Outlook",Trump's Tariff Folly", Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2018.

"When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win", Trump tweets. Thomas Frank",Trump Doubles Down : 'Trade Wars are Good, and Easy to Win'", www.cnbc.com, March 2, 2018.

Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA) into law in 1934. RTAA gave the president power to negotiate bilateral, reciprocal trade agreements with other countries. ... At the same time, countries in Europe enacted protectionist policies. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_Tariff_Act, "Reciprocal Tariff Act" - Wikipedia (sent in by MMTA graduate Kat Powell).

"Saturn in opposition to (the USA's) Venus and Jupiter can derail many programs that affect the financial condition of the USA. Jupiter is trade, and the creator of "The Art of Deal" seems on track to mastermind the unwinding of several trade deals that could have been positive for economic growth. If these trade deals falter, and the money supply is drained (at the same time other creatures and parasites of the swamp are being drained), then this newly found booming economy could run into a wall (Saturn)." Forecast 2018 Book, chapter on the USA.

What do May 1934 and May 2018 have in common ? The ingress of Uranus in Taurus. It is an 84-year planetary cycle, the orbit of Uranus around the Sun, as seen from Earth.

There are other geocosmic correlates to trade issues. "Trade" in a nation's chart is ruled by Jupiter, and the USA chart of July 2 or 4, 1776 finds Jupiter in early Cancer. In 2018, Saturn will transit back and forth in opposition to the USA Jupiter, from early Capricorn, which is a dynamic symbolic of trade wars. As discussed in Forecast 2018, this was the one area of Donald Trump's economic vision that I found most worrisome (his lack of an economic view regarding the long-term importance of investing in the environment was a close second).

Last week's reaction by financial markets to his foray into new trade wars was stark example of why I find these proposed tariffs worrisome. They ares going to raise the price of steel and aluminum for companies that use steel and aluminum in manufacturing their products, which means. inflation is on the march, which means. the Fed will have new reasons to keep raising interest rates, which means. we can no longer rule out the possibility that the all-time high of January 26-29, 2018, may have been the start of a new bear market in equities, which means. Donald Trump's best days could now be behind him. Or, if he is right and trade wars are good and can be easily won, then maybe he is the smartest man on the planet after all, and we will all become rich by investing in his "America First" agenda. With his progressed Venus on his natal Jupiter in his second house of finances, I have little doubt that he will become rich(er) during this period. But then, there is that nagging Saturn transit making a cardinal T-square to his natal Mercury/Neptune square for most of 2018, which pertains to demands for accountability where the matter of ethics and accuracy/credibility of his stated "facts" are concerned. He owned the bull market, and he will either continue to own it, or he will be held accountable if this new direction turns out to be the beginning stages of a new bear market.

After this summer, once Saturn and Uranus leave their soft trine aspect, we transition into Jupiter square Neptune, followed by Saturn conjunct Pluto, followed by Saturn square Uranus (2019-2021). Financial Astrologers will know why I am a little concerned that the decisions being made today may have serious economic, market, and political consequences by then. It is all part of "The Great Reset" as described in our recent webinar and Forecast 2018 Book . It is also a subject I will cover in my presentations at both the UAC conference in Chicago in May, and the AAGB conference in England in June. I look forward to seeing many of you at one or the other event, or the GLAC conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in July (see "Events" below).

~~Longer-term thoughts~~ :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

Note 1 : RAY MERRIMAN'S 2018 WORLDWIDE "FORECAST 2018" LIVE WEBINAR, took place on Saturday, February 3, 2018. The MP4 recording are now available. It came out very well. This broadcast addressed subjects from this year's Forecast 2018 Book, with updates on several financial and commodity markets such as Bitcoin, the U.S. stock market, Gold and Silver, Currencies. Crude oil and Live cattle (Uranus in Taurus). Cost is $45.00, and includes the slides of the presentation. To reserve a copy of this live broadcast, contact us directly at 1-248-626-3034, 800-MMA-3349, or email at :
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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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