January 17, 2025

Transit Outlook — Week of 13 January 2025

(12 January 2025)  The transits are mixed this week but still seem unsettled.  The ongoing Jupiter-Saturn square will be activated once again as Venus approaches its conjunction with Saturn on Saturday, January 18.  While the Jupiter-Saturn square denotes ongoing tension between openness to the future (Jupiter) and a preference for law and order and tradition (Saturn), the introduction of Venus could soften that contradiction. By itself, Venus-Saturn conjunction suggest austerity and self-denial as the luxurious and comfort-loving nature of Venus is compelled to reconcile with the constraining aspect of Saturn. Venus-Saturn implies a more instrumental approach to spending and perhaps a more goal-oriented approach to social interaction (think Trump's Art of the Deal).  But the Venus influence could act as...

Research study: the Venus-Saturn conjunction and the stock market

(11 January 2025)  Financial markets are barometers of collective human sentiment.  Prices go up when people are optimistic about the future and prices fall...

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigns

(8 January 2025) The post-Covid political wave against incumbent governments claimed another victim Monday as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.  Trudeau...

Transit Outlook — Week of 6 January 2025

(5 January 2025) The transits this week suggest a cautious and methodical strategy may yield the best results.  A go-slow approach may still find...

The New Year’s Chart 2025

(27 December 2024)  Another year has come and gone.  2024 was certainly eventful as Donald Trump successfully completed one of the most improbable political...

Transit Outlook — Week of 30 December 2024

(26 December 2024) The transits to start the New Year look both tense and unstable.  The close alignment of two malefics, Mars and Rahu,...

Transit Outlook — Week of 23 December 2024

(22 December 2024) The transits for the final full week of the year suggest a cautious ending to 2024. As we have noted previously,...

Research study: the effect of Jupiter-Saturn aspects on the stock market

(17 December 2024) Astrology has a long history that dates back many centuries to Egypt and Mesopotamia.  As modern practitioners of this traditional science,...

Transit Outlook — Week of 16 December 2024; FOMC

(16 December 2024) The transits this week offer a mix of themes with varying degrees of hope and tension.  With the entry of the...

Transit Outlook — Week of 9 December 2024; RFK Jr.

(8 December 2024)  This week could bring further fallout of the retrograde cycle of Mars. Mars stationed retrograde last Friday, December 6, at 12...

Research study: the effect of Mars retrograde on financial markets

(5 December 2024) One of the most basic assumptions in both astrology and financial astrology is that malefic planets produce negative outcomes.  In traditional...

Transit Outlook — Week of 2 December 2024; Jupiter-90-Saturn

(1 December 2024)  There could an undercurrent of tension this week.  Saturn's sense of restraint and pessimism may come to fore as it will...

Transit Outlook — Week of 25 November 2024; Mercury retrograde

(24 November 2024)  The transit picture this week is dominated by the Mercury retrograde station.  Mercury turns retrograde Monday evening at 9.42 pm EST. ...

Transit Outlook — Week of 18 November 2024; Trump cabinet picks

(17 November 2024) The transits this week remain somewhat unstable.  Last week's 120-degree Mars-Rahu alignment moves a bit past exact but will still be...

Transit Outlook — Week of 11 November 2024; Trump returns to power

(10 November 2024) In the end, it wasn't as close as many observers thought.   Besides winning the popular vote, Donald Trump ended up winning...

Transit Outlook — Week of 4 November 2024; US election looms

(3 November 2024) Emotions are riding high on the eve of a hard-fought and often bitter US election campaign.  With most polls showing Donald...

Transit Outlook — Week of 28 October 2024

(27 October 2024) The transits this week suggest that mutually respectful negotiation and compromise may be in short supply.  With Mars is approaching its...

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