Total Trend 1 day ago 1 week ago
53-64 Neutral 41-59 49
(Bearish 0-40; Neutral 40-60; Bullish 60-100)
Comment: Good Sun, not so good Moon
US stocks dipped Friday again as concerns over Trump’s trade war dominated sentiment. I had thought we might have seen a big move given the unusually high number of close aspects. That really wasn’t the case as the decline was fairly modest. Friday’s index score had a very large 18-point range and reflected uncertainty over direction. In the end, the positive and negative alignments largely offset each other.
Monday’s index has a broad range of 53-64. This tilts more positively than we have seen recently although barely into the bullish zone. There is a nice Sun-Jupiter-Pluto alignment which is good for 10 points by itself. Whether it is enough for a positive close is another question. The Moon appears to have a deteroriating condition throughout the trading day. It starts somewhat favourably but ends up under the bearish aspect of Saturn, albeit with a few degrees to spare. The Venus-Mars square is resolving into a bullish Venus-Uranus opposition and a bearish Mars-Ketu conjunction. I suspect the bullish Venus influence could appear well ahead of Mars and it may be several days yet before bearish Mars is manifest.
Moon 8-14/20
Sun 9/10
Transit Alignments: 14/25
NYSE Alignments: 12-15/25
NASDAQ Alignments: 10-12/20
Financial Astrology Index for Friday, 7 September 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 6 September 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Friday 31 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 30 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Friday, 24 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Thursday, 23 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday 22 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Tuesday 21 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Monday 20 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Friday 17 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Thursday 16 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Wednesday 15 August 2018
Financial Astrology Index for Tuesday 13/14 August 2018
Background and disclaimer (Updated 4 Sep 2018)
Can market probabilities be reduced to a single number? Given the large number of planetary variables involved, it is very difficult to distill the relative balance of optimism and pessimism into simple numerical form. The Financial Astrology Index (FAI) is my attempt to explore this possibility. The index has a theoretical range between 0 (all bearish) to 100 (all bullish). Most of time, it should move between 20 and 80. Readings above 60 should be considered bullish, while readings below 40 are bearish. Readings between 40 and 60 are neutral.
It may be read in a similar way to technical indicators such as the RSI and Stochastics which show overbought and oversold conditions in the market. A number above 80 is very bullish and suggests a strong up trend. In some situations (e.g. near resistance, in a bearish market), this may also indicate a heightened risk of a reversal lower. Alternatively, a falling FAI in a rising market can create a negative divergence which may be an indication of rising downside risk. Conversely, a rising FAI can set up a positive divergence against a backdrop of a bear market or market correction. This divergence could be signal that a rebound may come soon. The trend in the FAI is at least as important as the actual value in terms of understanding possible future price patterns.
As always, it is not intended as a substitute for established stock market technical indicators. If anything, it is intended to stand alongside them and should be treated as an additional source of information — just another tool in the investor’s toolkit.
Fair warning: this is still experimental and more of a work-in-progress. I will likely be tweaking the relative weights of the different factors as I go.
By way of disclaimer, let me state the obvious: do not use this index as a stand-alone method for investing. There are simply too many unknowns in astrology. Astrology is best used as a supplementary source of information in tandem with other technical and fundamental approaches. This is not to be taken as investment advice. For informational purposes only.
