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Oil, U.S. Treasuries and gold prices rose on Friday, with crude soaring nearly 6%, on safe-haven buying driven by the escalating Middle East conflict as Israel urged civilians to leave the northern Gaza Strip. - Caroline Valetkevitch, "Oil, Treasuries, Gold Prices Jump Amid Mideast Fears", Reuters, October 13, 2023.

The war in Ukraine, along with the unprecedented attacks in Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas last weekend, may have "far-reaching impacts on energy and food markets, global trade and geopolitical relationships", Dimon said in a statement accompanying the bank's third-quarter earnings release. "This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades", Jamie Dimon said. - Megan Henney, "JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns : 'This May be the Most Dangerous Time the World has seen in Decades': Sounds Alarm over Economic Outlook Amid Israel-Hamas War", www.foxbusiness.com, October 13, 2023.

It was a week in which Gold and Crude Oil soared, which right away tells one that there is trouble in the world.

Despite the heightened alarm of danger in the Middle East following last Saturday's horrific invasion of Israel by Hamas, global stock markets performed rather well. Most followed a similar pattern. They held their recent lows of October 4-6, and rallied smartly into Thursday, October 12. This was surprising from a geocosmic point of view, for equity markets often rise into a Venus/Saturn opposition, +/- 4 trading days. The opposition occurred on October 10. On Friday, October 12, most sold off as Israel announced that all residents of Gaza strip must evacuate immediately. The retaliation is about to begin and the goal is exterminate all members of Hamas.

Yet the Venus/Saturn opposition is not what drove other markets last week. It was Mars square Pluto, Pluto turning stationary direct, and Mars ingressing into Scorpio. These are signatures of life, death, and rebirth. We are witnessing the middle part of this triad, and investors flocked to the markets that appropriate in terms of geo[political crises : Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil. They didn't run for Bitcoion and crypto, which is interesting. Bitcoin fell most of the week and Ethereum dropped to its lowest mark in over six months. Gold, on the other hand, skyrocketed $125 from its contracted primary cycle two of October 6 to Friday's high on October 13. Silver exploded up nearly 10% over the past week.

Short-Term Geocosmics and longer-term thoughts :

Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Sun Tzu, "The Art of War".

"We made them think that Hamas was busy with governing Gaza, and that it wanted to focus on the 2.5 million Palestinians there, and has abandoned the resistance altogether. All the while, under the table, Hamas was preparing for this big attack". - Ali Baraka in interview on Russia Today, "Hamas Explains How They Did It", Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2023.

There are no major planetary aspects this week other than the solar eclipse this weekend (see below). But that doesn't mean it will be a quiet week.

The events of last week's violent attack on Israelis by Hamas will likely alter the course of policies in that region for many weeks, even months and possibly years. The vast majority of the world is condemning the attack, with a few extremist sympathizers supporting it. I can understand the frustration, anger, and even utter hopelessness of Palestinians in Gaza who feel as if they are living in a cage with no chance in life. And I can understand how such frustration can erupt into violence. Yet, it is hard to empathize with the scope of a planned attack intentionally deigned to brutally murder so many innocent civilians, including the decapitation of children along with other depravities too disheartening to print.. It is difficult to understand the level of depravity that would lead to that scope of violence against an unarmed, unprotected, and innocent mass of people. I can understand launching a campaign of war against the military or government of one's enemy. But intentionally targeting innocent civilians and children? This is an act beyond any normal cause for empathy, especially since so many Palestinians and Israelis had been working cooperatively to forge an alliance to improve the conditions in the region recently. There had been promise that these alliances were working. But that is all shattered now by the undermining of a dangerous minority of terrorists and their sympathetic extremists once again controlling the narrative. And this narrative is about to be upstaged by the Israeli leadership and military who vow to wipe Hamas off the face of the earth. Retaliation and vengeance - even death to the end - is a chant to be expected under a highlighted Pluto and Scorpio when someone is wronged to this level of degeneracy.

When we look for the astrological correlates to this horrific event and the consequences that will surely follow, there is no lack of signatures present, as described in last week's column (written before the attack) or in last year's Forecast 2023 Book . As mentioned above, October 7 was the day before Mars squared Pluto, three days before Pluto turned direct, and four days before Mars entered Scorpio, the sign co-ruled by Mars and Pluto, To that list we can add this weekend's solar eclipse on Saturday, October 14, at 21° Libra, in opposition to Chiron near 18° Aries.

Chiron is something between a minor planet and an asteroid located between the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt. It has a 50-year orbital cycle around the Sun, which is interesting because the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel was exactly 50 years and one day from the October 6, 1973 Yom Kipper attack by an Arab coalition, the last attack of this magnitude on Israel, which always seems on the brink of attack. Chiron was also about 18°Aries then, too. There was no eclipse at that time, but Chiron was in opposition to Uranus and Saturn was square Pluto, with the North Node of the Moon on Saturn. That's equally as powerful as the transits and solar eclipse of October 7-14.

In the study of astrology, Chiron is considered the "wounder warrior". In Aries, it is motivated by the principle of fighting for one's rights or in defenses of one's beliefs, as in war or aggression, which can explode into violence if negative. But with Chiron, the key word is "wounded". With Aries, the key words are assertion or aggression, to take action. The combination is now manifesting as an all-out war in which lives will be in danger, and many will be lost to violence.

How long will this war last? In 1973, the Yom Kipper War lasted only 19 days before the Israeli army put down the aggressors and regain their land. This one could last longer for several astrological reasons. First, the Sun is applying to a conjunction with Mars on November 18, 2023. It seems likely that the drive to fight and/or defend one's territory and people will increase during the applying phase of this aspect. Both sides will be aggressive. This is also the aspect we have been pointing to as a correlation 8% or greater declines in many world stock indices within about six weeks of a crest. I don't think we've seen the end of it yet.

Second, Mars will enter Sagittarius and Capricorn, November 24, 2023 ,through February 14, 2024. Several years ago I published a study in the ISAR Journal illustrating the correlation of this planet/signs combination to large-than-normal price swings in Crude Oil, further related to disputes, unrest, and wars in the Middle East involving Israel. This new round of conflict may not end until sometime during this period. But even beyond that, the opening chapters of the Forecast 2023 Book provided a correlation between wars involving the United States and Uranus entering Gemini (WWII), Neptune entering Aries (Civil War), and Pluto entering Aquarius (American Revolution). The last time each of these planets entered each of these signs correspond to the three most important wars in the history of the U.S. All three of these conditions unfold between 2023 and 2025.

This doesn't mean the Israeli-Hamas war continues that long, for the U.S. is involved in conflicts with several other regimes as well that could erupt into greater wars for the nation. But its involvement that long in a Middle East war can't be ruled out, either. A copy of that opening chapter from Forecast 2023 was sent out to everyone on this Free Weekly Report list in an effort to facilitate understanding of the times we are living in. If you didn't receive a copy of this chapter and would like one, please let us know. There is no cost. We want everyone to understand what astrology says about the cosmic dynamics of this time, at least from the perspective of this astrologer.

It all seems so bleak right now. But then again, we are headed for the Aries Vortex of 2025-2026, after which a new world of opportunities is still very possible, even probable in my view. This will be described in depth in the forthcoming Forecast 2024 Book (see below for info).

~~Longer-Term thoughts :~~

To be continued (next week).

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Note 1 : A Special Update on Gold was issued late the evening of October 4 to all MMA report subscribers. It covered the special geocosmic situation now in effect for Gold, including price targets and chart patterns. It also notes the current situation with stock indices. If you are a subscriber to any of these reports and did not receive this special update, let us know at once! If you are not a subscriber and wish a copy of this report, consider a minimum one-month subscription to the monthly MMA Cycles Report for only $35, which will cover this special Gold update as well as the next monthly MMA Cycles Report, due out the following week. Yearly subscriptions are also available now at reduced rates during the annual Forecast 2024 pre-publication special (see below). To order the MMA Cycles report and receive this special Golod update too, click here.

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Upcoming Events :

December 10, 2023 : SPECIAL WEBINAR ON OPTIONS STRATEGIES USING MMA MARKET TIMING TECHNIQUES. This three-hour Zoom workshop will be led by veteran options trader and MMTA student Derak Pania, who made an splendid presentation to the class just before the Gold move that began October 6. Derek will discuss the nature of options (terminology, calculations of Delta and other Greek studies to determine the best value options to trade at the given time, and option strategies like bull and bear spreads. His strategy to buy Gold calls and bull option spreads in early October has already resulted in exceptional profits for MMTA students. He will revisit this trade and discuss new strategies in other markets that look attractive for options trading in early December. The cost will be $195.00 if registered before December 1, and $250 afterwards. Registration for this workshop will open next week at www.mmacycles.com > Shop > Webinars a

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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.

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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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