(18 February 2026) Synopsis: Thursday's "hidden" Jupiter-Saturn alignment introduces some downside risk to the market over the next week or two. Evidence from previous 105-degree Jupiter-Saturn aspects suggests a bearish bias in its aftermath, although none of the intervals tested quite reached statistical significance. Combined with next week's Mercury Rx-Venus conjunction, a pullback of indeterminate size becomes more likely over the next two to three weeks.
Sunday's newsletter focused mainly on the upcoming Saturn-Neptune conjunction on Friday, Feb 20. And yet upon closer inspection, I realized this was no ordinary conjunction. That is because at the time of the conjunction, Saturn and Neptune will also form a simultaneous aspect with Jupiter. That is quite unusual. The only previous time this...
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