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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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Larry Kudlow, the chief economic adviser to President Trump, accused staff members of the Federal Reserve's Board of being part of the "deep state". - Megan Henney, "Larry Kudlow Accuses Feb Board of Being 'Deep State' ",https://foxbusiness.com, October 17, 2019.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday blasted President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, calling the move "a grave strategic mistake" in an op-ed for Washington Post. "The recently announced pullout risks repeating the Obama administration's reckless withdrawal from Iraq, which facilitated the rise of the Islamic State in the first place", McConnell wrote in the op-ed. While his piece does not explicitly lay blame at Trump's feet - or even mention his name - it warns that the Trump administration's sudden foreign policy shift "will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances". - Kevin Breuninger, "Mitch McConnell Blasts Trump's Syria Withdrawal as a 'Strategic Nightmare' ". https://www.cnbc.com, October 18, 2019.

President Donald Trump will host world leaders at a G-7 economic summit in 2020 at his Doral golf resort in Miami, the White House said Thursday, despite condemnation from lawmakers and the president's critics who said he is again using public duties for personal gain. - David Jackson and John Fritze, "Trump to Host G-7 at his Golf Club in Miami", USA Today. October 18, 2019.

Global equity markets started out strong last week, on the heels of the productive trade meetings between the U.S. and China one week ago. But then the market's biggest risk - the "political risk" - began to take over as a series of criticisms and concerns regarding President Trump's decisions, actions, and even psychological stability begin to emerge, even as the investigation into possible impeachment proceedings continued to unfold. It was not a good week for Donald Trump, although he did give a rousing speech in Texas on Thursday evening that demonstrated that his supporters still love him, still stand behind him.

The geocosmic climate of last week was also interesting. The week began with the opposition of Venus and Uranus on Saturday, October 12, and Jupiter forming a sesquiquadrate (135°) to Uranus on Monday, October 14, with the Full Moon making a T-squares with Pluto in between the two Uranus signatures. The Full Moon in a T-square with Pluto likely relates to the impeachment proceedings, as well as more "tell-all" books and articles being released that reveal a White House in chaos under the President's watch. But the Uranus aspects are more important to our work as market timers, for they usually coincide with either a reversal in market prices (counter-trend moves) or a breakout of long-standing resistance or support zones. Looking at the performance of world equity markets last week, one can see signs of both types of market behavior.

In the U.S. the Dow Jones Industrial Average made its weekly high on Tuesday, October 16, then began to pull back. On Thursday, October 17, both the S&P and NASDAQ futures made their weekly highs, as the Moon entered Gemini. But by the end of Friday, all three markets had pulled back sharply, with the DJIA down 255 points on that day alone. A Gemini Moon period (Thursday-Friday) has that potential to suddenly coincide with sharp market reversals, but they don't necessarily last very long. Still, it is a concern that the DJIA peaked right after the Uranus aspects and didn't break to new highs.

In Asia and the Pacific Rim, a similar pattern unfolded in the Shanghai Composite Index, which made a triple top on Monday, October 14, and then started a decline into the end of the week. But in Japan, India, and Hong Kong, stock markets exploded higher right into the end of the week, with the Nikkei rising to its highest level of 2019.

In Europe, the German DAX rallied to its highest level of the year on October 17. No other European indices made new highs for this year last week, for a case of intermarket bearish divergence of indices in the same region.

In other markets, Crude Oil rallied to its highest mark since its probable primary cycle low of October 3, testing 55.00 on Monday October 14. It pulled back for 2 days, and then started to climb again by the end of the week, looking poised to go higher this week. The Euro currency had a good week, soaring to 1.1172 on Friday, its highest level in 2 months. It is starting to flash signs that a long-term cycle low may have occurred on October 1, at 1.0877. If so, this will bode well for Gold and Silver, which were both relatively quiet last week, but still holding above their probable primary cycle lows of October 1. It was not a great week for Bitcoin, however, as it dropped back to 7719 on Friday, testing its multi-month low of 7671 made on October 7. If that can hold as a double bottom, it could be very bullish. But if it breaks, another 20% decline may be "in the stars". With Uranus in Taurus for another 5-6 years, I would not count this cryptocurrency out of another huge rally again in the near future.

Short-Term Geocosmics ~~and longer term thoughts~~ :

In terms of geocosmic activity, it was relatively quiet last week following the Uranus aspects and the Full Moon T-square of Pluto, which may have correlated with the electrical shutdown by PG&E and a 4.5 Earthquake in San Francisco that hit Californians, October 9-14.

The next series of major geocosmic signatures begins on October 27, when Mars will form a waning square to Saturn and Pluto that will last through November 5. This is a geopolitical dynamic, one that might exhibit combative, war-like rhetoric or action. Mars with Pluto and Saturn symbolizes a threat to human life or nature, and a need to explore options to any actions that might be perceived as hostile and coercive. Mars is in Libra, which is its detriment. Since Libra rules agreements where both sides see a need to compromise in order to "close the deal, and Mars represents the principle of "me first", or "my way or the highway", it suggests that new (Mars) proposals may be offered to move negotiations (Libra) forward. But with Saturn and Pluto involved, there may be difficulty finding acceptance rather than resistance. If there is no willingness to compromise, the result may be anger and frustration from one of the parties, and the process could be in danger of breaking down. This applies to both the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, and the impeachment proceedings (Saturn and Pluto) involving President Trump.

Given that the Sun will also form a New Moon that will be in opposition to Uranus (October 28), while Mercury will be turning retrograde (October 31-November 20) during this the same time, it is advisable to be patient and make sure all possibilities and their outcomes are considered before acting or reacting impulsively. In the case of the U.S. President, we also note that the first two weeks of November is especially highly charged. It is a TMI period, ("Too Much Information" and a "Trump Mars Indicator"). It is a time when the political risk to the market is most highlighted.

How will equity markets react during this period? Well, between October 27 and November 14, there are five geocosmic signatures that have a strong correlation to sudden sharp but possibly brief reversals. These do not necessarily end the bull market trend, but they can indicate sudden 1-4 day declines. And given that we are entering the final two months of the 13-month transit of Jupiter through Sagittarius, a long-term cycle crest continues to be due. The ideal time was/is August 2019 +/- 2 months, and so far, the high in the S&P and NASDAQ occurred in the last week of July, which is right on time. Yet, the market has not yet broken down, so we cannot rule out the possibility of another thrust up to a new all-time high in at least one major U.S. equity market, if not all three, that we track.

~~Longer-Term thoughts and opinions :~~

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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