Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and natural gas. The selling was not unexpected given the ongoing bearish influence of several key alignments: the 105-degree Jupiter-Saturn alignment, the Mercury Rx-Venus and Mercury Rx-Sun conjunctions and the approaching triple conjunction of the Mercury Rx, Mars and the North Lunar Node. But how much lower could stocks go?  This is hard to say based on our analysis.  Our backtesting only looks at average and median outcomes and thus...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by the close of trading although they still finished lower on the day. This bearish start to the week isn't too surprising given the negative track record of the current alignments.  The Jupiter-105-Saturn alignment that was exact on Feb 19 has seemingly played a role with this market decline.  The current alignment (red line) started off well above the average and median but is now undergoing some mean reversion. ...

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Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran...

Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by...

Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran...

Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by...

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Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran. ...

Stocks fall after Mercury turns retrograde; Iran attack unsettles markets

(1 March 2026)  US stocks finished modestly lower last week on higher-than-expected wholesale inflation data and renewed worries over the negative economic impact of...

Stocks vulnerable before Saturn-Pluto alignment

(25 February 2026)  So far this week US stocks have been choppy with a slight bearish bias as most indexes have moved lower. This...

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Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by...

Stocks fall after Mercury turns retrograde; Iran attack unsettles markets

(1 March 2026)  US stocks finished modestly lower last week on higher-than-expected wholesale inflation data and renewed worries over the negative economic impact of AI.  Not even the Nvidia earnings beat was enough to keep the market up.   Despite...

Stocks vulnerable before Saturn-Pluto alignment

(25 February 2026)  So far this week US stocks have been choppy with a slight bearish bias as most indexes have moved lower. This isn't surprising given the approach of the conjunction between retrograde Mercury and Venus on Saturday,...
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Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by...

Stocks fall after Mercury turns retrograde; Iran attack unsettles markets

(1 March 2026)  US stocks finished modestly lower last week on higher-than-expected wholesale inflation data and renewed worries over the negative economic impact of AI.  Not even the Nvidia earnings beat was enough to keep the market up.   Despite...

Stocks vulnerable before Saturn-Pluto alignment

(25 February 2026)  So far this week US stocks have been choppy with a slight bearish bias as most indexes have moved lower. This isn't surprising given the approach of the conjunction between retrograde Mercury and Venus on Saturday,...

Feb 28: Mercury retrograde conjunct Venus

(22 February 2026)  US stocks ended the week higher as markets rallied after Friday's Supreme Court decision struck down Trump's tariff policy. Even with the prospect of an imminent US attack on Iran, stocks are hovering just below their...

This week’s hidden Jupiter-Saturn aspect

(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...

After its ingress, Saturn conjoins Neptune

(15 February 2026) Stocks generally moved lower last week on growing fears that AI disruption could undermine profitability in several economic sectors.  While technology shares once again led the decline, the broader market indexes like the NYSE Composite actually...

Volatile markets ahead of Saturn ingress

(8 February 2026)  After a very volatile week, US stocks rebounded strongly on Friday although the indexes ended mixed.  The tech-heavy NASDAQ was still down sharply but small caps and non-tech blue chips were generally higher, with the Dow...

Stocks dip ahead of the Saturn ingress into Aries

(1 February 2026)  Stocks were mostly lower last week amid market turbulence following the sudden crash of gold and silver prices.  While the blue chip S&P 500 managed to finish the week slightly higher, all the other major indexes...

The FOMC meeting and the Mars-Pluto conjunction

(25 January 2026) US stocks ended the week slightly lower as Greenland-related tariff fears briefly shook market confidence.  President Trump calmed the early week volatility, however, after announcing a face-saving deal with the EU which would apparently give the...
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Combining alignment effects: assessing bullish and bearish influences

(8 March 2026) Stocks fell across the board last week as investors reacted to the US-Israel attack on Iran.  Oil prices spiked as Iran closed the Straits of Hormuz, a strategic bottleneck for the world's supply of oil and...

Markets sink on Iran war, Mercury Rx conjunctions

(4 March 2026)  US stocks are down are so far this week as investors weigh the geopolitical fallout of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.  The indexes fell sharply at the open on Tuesday but staged a substantial recovery by...